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T H E M A G A Z I N E O F T H E C AT H O L I C C H U R C H I N W E S T E R N WA S H I N G T O N NOROESTE C AT Ó L I C O PÁ G I N A S 28–31 E N E S PA Ñ O L W W W. N WC AT H O L I C . O R G J A N U A R Y/ F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 5 VOL . 3 NO. 1 Student ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS C AT H O L I C V O I C E S F E AT U R E SEMILLAS DE LA PA L A B R A Why I haven’t given up on the March for Life Q-and-A with author Heather King El Señor te bendiga y te guarde PAGE 10 PAGE 26 PÁGINA 31 “I look forward to meeting the people in the magazine each month and reading their stories.” Sister Joyce Cox, B.V.M. Inform. Inspire. Educate. NORTHWEST CATHOLIC COLLECTION January 24–25, 2015 Northwest Catholic would not be possible without your help. Donate online at www.seattlearchdiocese.org/NWCC. CONTENTS The Magazine of the Catholic Church in Western Washington Copyright 2015 18 Student WWW.NWCATHOLIC.ORG 206-382-4850 [email protected] ESSAY CONTEST Most Reverend J. Peter Sartain Archbishop of Seattle Greg Magnoni ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/EDITOR Stephen Brashear WINNERS PUBLISHER Reflections on how they see Christ in their Catholic schools Kevin Birnbaum ASSISTANT EDITOR Ellen Bollard PRESENTATION EDITOR Anna Weaver MULTIMEDIA EDITOR In this issue 22 Jean Parietti CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Keri Hake ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Ross Brownell ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVE Stephen Brashear Sarah Bartel | Father Cal Christiansen Janet Cleaveland | Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S. | Noreen McEntee Hobson Dan Lee | Phil Lenahan | Mauricio I. Pérez Mark Shea Inspiring servant leaders CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Stephen Brashear COVER PHOTOGRAPHY 26 January/February 2015 • Vol. 3 No. 1 On fire for the light Courtesy Heather King Northwest Catholic (USPS 011-490) is published by Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain. Periodicals postage paid at Seattle, WA, and at additional mailing offices. Northwest Catholic is a membership publication of the Archdiocese of Seattle, 710 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104. Published monthly except for combined issues: January/February and July/August. Subscription rates are $30 per year. Individual issues are $3. Send all subscription information and address changes to: Northwest Catholic, 710 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104, 206-382-4850 or [email protected]. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Northwest Catholic, 710 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104. ©2015 Northwest Catholic, Archdiocese of Seattle. AUDIT PENDING Noroeste Católico ARZOBISPO 28 DEL Las promesas de Dios nos hacen levantarnos de nuevo DEL MES 29 SANTOS Sn. Andrés Bessette y 4 FROM THE ARCHBISHOP Finding peace in a troubled world 5 SAINTS OF THE MONTH A humble doorman and a saintly twin 6 FAITH AND FINANCES Make a financial ‘examination of conscience’ 7 YOUR FAMILY MATTERS Are married people called to chastity? 8 A CATHOLIC HOME Bring your family closer with this Jesuit tradition VOICES 10 CATHOLIC Why the March for Life matters 12 ASK FATHER How can I share my faith with others? 13 A CATHOLIC VIEW The many manifestations of the Son of God 14 FAITH IN ACTION James Savage revived the cathedral’s music ministry 16 WINNING SPIRIT Seattle U basketball coach Kristen O’Neill Sta. Escolástica A D V E R T I S I N G Upcoming issues Advertisement reservation due March 2015 April 2015 1/14/15 2/11/15 OBISPO 30DEL Comienzos interminables 31 SEMILLAS DE LA PALABRA El Señor te bendiga y te guarde 32NEWS 34EVENTS 3 FROM THE ARCHBISHOP ( E N E S PA Ñ O L : PÁ G I N A 2 8 ) God’s promises set us upright again Advent and Christmas ready our hearts to be messengers of peace in a troubled world L ike many of you, I have a list of daily prayer intentions. Included are personal needs, family members and friends, the clergy and religious of the archdiocese, and the many intentions you have asked me to remember in prayer. Among individuals on the list are Pope Francis, President Obama, our governor, our mayors, former governors and mayors of dioceses I have served, and government leaders from around the world. understanding of God’s promise of redemption and release. … The horror of these times would be unendurable unless we kept being cheered and set upright again by the promises that are spoken.” The promises of God, proclaimed by prophets, angels, apostles and the Lord himself, speak to us unrelentingly of the way things are in their deepest reality. They give us the vision of God’s order of things, of God’s grace at work, when the ARCHBISHOP world situation or our personal situation would J. PETER SARTAIN otherwise obscure this truth. God’s promises are not just indications of “where he is taking us” and “what he will do”; they are proclamations of where we are now, what he is doing now, and how we are to live now. It is a wide-ranging list, and its makeup springs from hope They set us upright again. in God and from what I believe is a Christian obligation to Shouting the advent of God pray and work for justice and peace. Awareness of God’s promises makes us messengers, During the Advent and Christmas seasons, our biblical just as he sent angels to bear glad tidings to an ancient readings mentioned the names of faraway places, mostly Middle Eastern, many of which are places of intense political people. Father Delp writes, “So many need their courage strengthened, so many are in despair and in need of interest even today. I am always intrigued by the timelessness consolation, there is so much harshness that needs a gentle of those names, for biblical lands and peoples are also modern lands and peoples. Age-old struggles and animosities hand and an illuminating word, so much loneliness crying out for a word of release, so much loss and pain in search of kindle much of what still erupts on the world scene. inner meaning. God’s messengers know of the blessing that Thus, biblical hopes are also modern hopes. The birth of the Lord has cast like seed into these hours of history.” Christ still confronts all people with the challenge to hope God has cast his seed of blessing into our hour of history in God alone and the need for courage to act in accordance as well. In fact, we are that seed! My daily prayer list is one with that hope. In other words, Christ’s birth confronts us way I work with him to make his blessing known, one way with the fact that God has made things new. Will we live I hope to be made more sensitive by his grace to the cries of according to the new order God has established in his Son? those who suffer. I pray that those who hold the weight of the world in their hands will think beyond themselves and The promises spoken desire something better for their people. God has many ways It would be easy to study world history and conclude that of setting us upright, and all of them call us to trust in his the Christmas message has been missed, or that because promises. They give us bearings, as lighthouses on a raging certain situations have not changed, they will never change. sea. And because we know those promises and believe with If we allow ourselves to think that way, we run many all our hearts that they are true, we proclaim them. risks — the risk of losing hope, the risk of depending on Father Delp knew that we messengers of hope are not ourselves and succumbing to vengeance as the only way simply to tell others of the peace the Son of God has come out of conflict, the risk of deciding that peace is a spiritual to bring. If we believe in his promises and in his coming, we pipedream and not a God-given reality, and the risk of will live in their light. We will be people of peace in every absolving ourselves of responsibility for the world situation situation we confront each day. Our humble, practical love and of the solemn duty to better it. of others will vigorously protest the violence that holds so Taken seriously, Advent and Christmas mitigate those tight a grip on our time. We will be like John the Baptist, risks by reminding us of the good God does, even in the shouting out the advent of God in a world where nothing deepest darkness. seems to have changed for millennia. Shortly before he was executed by the Nazis in 1945 on But things have changed — forever — because of the the false charge of conspiring in an attempt on Hitler’s life, birth of Christ. Father Delp wrote that “Advent’s holiest Jesuit Father Alfred Delp wrote a meditation titled “The consolation is that the angel’s annunciation met with a ready Shaking Reality of Advent.” Though he was writing from heart” in Mary. In 2015, may our hearts stand always ready prison, his words were full of hope: to take God at his word. “Walking up and down in my cell, three paces this way and three paces that way, with my hands in irons and Send your prayer intentions to Archbishop Sartain’s Prayer List, ahead of me an uncertain fate, I have a new and different Archdiocese of Seattle, 710 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104. 4 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org SAINTS OF THE MONTH ( E N E S PA Ñ O L : PÁ G I N A 2 9 ) St. Andre Bessette Humble doorman known as ‘Miracle Man of Montreal’ Born in Canada, Andre worked for three years in the United States as a weaver and manual laborer. After returning to Canada in 1870, he joined the Congregation of the Holy Cross and took final vows in 1874. For decades, Brother Andre humbly served his community near Montreal as doorman, janitor, barber, gardener and infirmarian. With St. Joseph as his model and intercessor, he developed a healing ministry and huge following. In 1904, he moved into Montreal to help build the Oratory of the Holy Cross, and remained there for the rest of his life. When this “Miracle Man of Montreal” was canonized in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI said he “lived the beatitude of the pure of heart.” CNS/Tony Gentile 1845–1937 Feast day: January 6 Pray together Fast in solidarity Give to change lives St. Scholastica Religious founder visited saintly twin each year c. 480–547 Feast day: February 10 Bring YOUR Lent to life. Start today. Download the CRS Rice Bowl app! And visit crsricebowl.org or contact your archdiocesan Missions Office to get involved! CNS/Crosiers Scholastica and her brother, St. Benedict, were born to a wealthy Christian family in Nursia, Italy. Details of their lives come from the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great. After Benedict established his monastery at Monte Cassino, Scholastica founded a convent at Plombariola, and was its abbess for many years. The siblings met once a year outside Monte Cassino. At their final meeting, Scholastica begged Benedict to stay the night and, when he wouldn’t, she asked God for help. A violent storm ensued and Benedict had to stay. They spent the night discussing the joys of heaven, and she died three days later. Scholastica is the patron saint of Benedictine nuns and convulsive children. Rice Bowls/Lenten calendars are available in every parish! Take an extra one for a friend or extended family member. For more information on the CRS Rice Bowl program in this archdiocese please visit www.seattlearchdiocese.org/ricebowl or call the Missions Office at 206-382-4580 or 1-800-869-7028. Catholic News Service 5 FA I T H A N D F I N A N C E S Planning for the New Year Shutterstock A financial ‘examination of conscience’ can help you move toward financial freedom T he New Year Of course, it’s not unusual traditionally for New Year’s resolutions to be “broken” within a few provides an opportunity weeks. Don’t let that stop to review our lives — you from setting them. The looking back at where Lord knows we are weak, we have been, and even but he expects us to make the effort. As the Catechism more important, ahead PHIL LENAHAN of the Catholic Church at where we are going. says, “Self-mastery is a long This sounds a lot like an and exacting work. One can never “examination of conscience,” and consider it acquired once and for all. It presupposes renewed effort at all stages is a very Catholic thing to do. of life.” (CCC 2342) I am an advocate of getting the big picture right. When we do that, it makes it much easier for all of the little things to fall into place. What are the big-picture items in your life that you should be examining? Here are a few to consider: •Your relationship with God. Are you growing in your faith by utilizing the gifts he has given through his church? Consider making a Lenten retreat in 2015 to advance in your faith journey. •Your relationship with family. Do you have the good of your spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters at heart as you live each day? •Are you taking care of your health (mind and body), remembering that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? •Financially, are you fulfilling your responsibility as a steward of Providence? 6 Build a plan When it comes to your finances, here are several steps you can take during 2015 that will help you fulfill your God-given responsibilities. The first and most important is to thank God for the many gifts he has bestowed on you, and to accept the awesome responsibility he has given you to grow those gifts and use them in accord with his will for your life. One of the best ways to express your thanks is to grow in generosity. Review your charitable giving over the past year and consider whether it reflects an appropriate level of gratitude to the Lord. Managing finances well requires planning. Proverbs 24:27 says, “Complete your outdoor tasks, and arrange your work in the field; afterward you can build your house.” Assess your current financial condition (net worth), and compare it to what it should be at this stage in life. While computers have made this process Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org much easier, it’s still up to you to define your goals and objectives. What should you be saving for today — a down payment on a house, a replacement car, a Catholic formation and education for children, seed money for a business, retirement? Until you know what you should be saving for, you can’t build those needs into your plan. Once you’ve assessed your net worth (balance sheet), you’ll need to establish a cash flow plan (budget) for 2015 that uses resources in ways that move you closer to your longterm goals. Reviewing how you spent your resources provides a good starting point, but you’ll want to make adjustments for the financial impact of major life events that you can reasonably anticipate will occur in 2015 and for spending habits that are getting in the way of reaching your long-term goals. Unproductive debt is one of the greatest impediments there is to reaching your financial goals. If your past spending habits have generated unproductive debt, now is the time to correct those habits. I hope that 2015 will be a year that you confidently move forward on your journey to true financial freedom. God love you! Phil Lenahan is the president of Veritas Financial Ministries and author of 7 Steps to Becoming Financially Free. Contact him at veritasadmin@ veritasfinancialministries.com. YO U R FA M I LY M AT T E R S Salt and chastity A pure gaze focuses our desire on our husband or wife alone W hen people defend pornography, they often say things like, “It’s not hurting anybody. What harm is there in just looking? It’s not like you’re doing anything.” Remember Lot’s wife, whose wistful gaze back at Sodom and Gomorrah caused her to turn into a pillar of salt? (see Genesis 19:26) She “just looked” back at the town where sexual immorality was rampant, and it destroyed her. She turned into something sterile, the stuff that tears are made of. The way we look at others is morally and statistics which correlate high divorce rates for spiritually significant. Looking with lust objectimen and women who view pornography. Users fies others and harms marriage. A pure gaze, on also report higher instances of depression and the other hand, sees the other in the full dignity dissatisfaction with their life in general, and in of their personhood, created in the image of particular with their own body image and their God, and it strengthens marriage. A pure gaze is own real-life sexual relationships. Jesus tells us that an important part of marital chastity. the pure of heart, by contrast, are “blessed,” or Wait! Married people don’t need to hear about “happy.” (Matthew 5:8) SARAH BARTEL chastity, do they? Actually, all the baptized need to practice chastity. Because we have been baptized into Intimate, joyful, life-giving Christ, who is the model of all chastity, “all Christ’s faithful A pure gaze that focuses our desire on our husband or are called to lead a chaste life in keeping with their particuwife alone says, with the bride in the Song of Songs, “I lar states of life.” (CCC 2348) Chastity is the virtue which belong to my lover, his yearning is for me.” (7:11) Our faith rightly orders our sexuality so that it serves authentic love. celebrates the beauty and joy of the sexual union of husFor unmarried men and women, celibate clergy, and reliband and wife. In the Book of Tobit, Tobiah and Sarah pray gious brothers and sisters, this means sexual abstinence and before going to bed together on their wedding night: “Now, vibrantly living masculinity and femininity in their celibate not with lust, but with fidelity I take this kinswoman as my relationships. For husbands and wives, chastity preserves wife.” (8:7) The catechism also calls the married lovemakthe integrity of the one-flesh spousal union in all its fruitful ing “noble and honorable,” enriching spouses with “joy richness of meaning. and gratitude.” (CCC 2362) In contrast to the bitterness and sterility of salt, chastity keeps an intimate, joyful, life-giving, Strengthening your union flower-filled garden. (see Song of Songs 4:16) Marital chastity keeps husbands and wives from using Like Lot’s wife, we live where immorality is accepted as each other for selfish gratification. Chastity guides them the norm. How can we keep our look and our hearts pure in to use their sexuality for strengthening their union, for the midst of our pornographic culture? renewing the covenantal self-gift of their wedding vows. It The practice of keeping “custody of the eyes” can help helps them preserve the integrity of the life-giving power married people just as much as celibates. By choosing to intrinsic to sexuality. And it keeps them from looking avert our gaze from the impure images that bombard us, by outside their marriage for sexual arousal or pleasure. choosing to cultivate a pure imagination, we develop a selfAdultery is an obvious offense against marital chastity. mastery that keeps our hearts wholly available for the love But viewing porn on your phone or computer? Reading of our life. Fifty Shades of Grey or other erotica? Fantasizing about Prayer and self-discipline, along with following the someone else while you’re making love to your husband commandments and the teachings of the church, are also or wife? Whether it’s with our physical eyes or the mind’s part of growth in the virtue of chastity. And the reward? eye, sexually gazing at men and women to whom we are Jesus promises: “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall not married, whether they are real or fictitious, attacks the see God.” (Matthew 5:8) We see the image of God in others, purity of our heart, which should belong entirely to our and we see Christ at the heart of our sexual sacrament. spouse. Sarah Bartel, a member of St. Andrew Parish in Sumner, Jesus was very serious about the reality of what we do in holds a doctorate in moral theology and ethics from The our hearts: “Everyone who looks at a woman with lust has Catholic University of America, where she specialized in already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Matthew marriage, family, sexual ethics and bioethics. Her website is www.drsarahbartel.com. 5:28) Perhaps this interior infidelity is at the heart of the 7 A C AT H O L I C H O M E Jesuits reconnect with community pause before dinner to Families can learn from the order’s daily tradition of ‘preprandials’ Tuscan white bean spread • 15-ounce can of cannellini beans, drained and rinsed • 1/4 cup olive oil • 1/2 cup Italian parsley, finely chopped • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped • Juice from 1/2 lemon, or more to taste • Salt and pepper to taste Put all ingredients into a food processor. Run until mostly smooth. Serve with olives, slices of Parmigiano Reggiano, and crostini or crackers. I know how tough it is for families to juggle homework, play practice, after-school sports, piano lessons and chores. Yet I treasure the thought of getting the family around the table not only for dinner, but also for “preprandials.” What’s that, you ask? Preprandials is the charming Latinate name for “before the meal,” and it’s a tradition built into the rhythms of the Jesuit day. At Arrupe House on the campus of Seattle University, for example, the fathers gather daily, after JANET CLEAVELAND 8 the 5:15 p.m. Mass but before dinner. For a half hour or so, they meet in the living room for conversation, a soda or glass of wine and a simple snack, maybe peanuts or chips. On Mondays, however, they may have a more structured meeting with a focused topic of conversation and often a more elaborate snack or two. “Yes, Jesuits love to get together and talk,” Jesuit Father Tom Lucas wrote in an email. Father Lucas is rector of the Arrupe House Jesuit Community and also a professor of art and architecture. The break “gives us a chance to unwind together, share the day’s achievements and challenges, and catch up with each other,” he added. “It provides a small eddy in the river of life for busy and dedicated people.” Now that seems like an idea families can run with — perhaps not every day like the Jesuits, but maybe once a week for starters. If the snacks aren’t Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org very complicated, even the youngest family members can be involved in preparation and serving. Let me offer Tuscan white bean spread with crostini to launch your first preprandials session. The spread is light enough that it won’t ruin bestlaid plans for a nutritious dinner. St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, instructed the early Jesuits to “go out and find God in all things” — good advice for all of us. In those terms, conversation during preprandials can help children understand the triumphs and tougher moments everyone encounters as part of God’s plan for each of us — not a bad outcome from a simple snack and loving conversation. Janet Cleaveland is a member of the Proto-Cathedral of St. James the Greater in Vancouver. Rachel Bauer For the crostini, Italian for “little crusts”: Heat oven to 300 degrees. Slice a baguette into the thinnest slices you can manage, ideally about a 1/4-inch thick. Pour extra-virgin olive oil onto a baking sheet with sides. Drag the bread through the olive oil, giving the slices a good coating on each side. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and bake the slices in the oven for 7 minutes. Sprinkle minced garlic on each slice. Bake another 5 minutes until the garlic is golden. 2015 IS THE YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE “Wake up the world!” “Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living!”– Pope Francis Find Yourself Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Catholic, College-Preparatory Education Girls, Grades 5-12 As Sisters of Providence, we respond to the cry of the poor and the vulnerable wherever we encounter them. That is why two sisters journeyed to the U.S. border with Mexico to assist an unprecedented wave of families and unaccompanied children from Central America. That’s also why we have been bringing scholarships and hope for a brighter future to young people in El Salvador for nearly 20 years. Learn more in a video on our website (www.sistersofprovidence.net). Let us know if we can help you explore whether you are called to this very special life. Sisters of Providence Mother Joseph Province Karen Hawkins, SP, Vocation Director Seattle, WA – (206) 661-5925 [email protected] Apply now for 2015-16 Call for a tour! 4800 139th Ave SE, Bellevue www.sistersofprovidence.net l www.facebook.com/sistersofprovidencemjp 425-641-0700 www.forestridge.org C AT H O L I C V O I C E S Why the March for Life matters Shutterstock Each and every life is a miracle 3-D ultrasound of a baby in its mother’s womb. I remember being a big-bellied pregnant lady at 23 weeks with my third child, standing in the shower as my baby kicked and moved. I had just seen his adorable face on the ultrasound and it dawned on me: It would be legal to kill this child. How do we stop this right now? emotionally and physically. Deplorable women’s health care conditions cannot be tolerated anymore. I march because we are called to love the Lord and one another. Because of the inherent dignity of all, we must build a culture of love that leads to the culture of life. I march because, as St. Paul says in his Letter to the Romans, “Hope does not disappoint.” NOREEN MCENTEE I march because this movement is open to HOBSON That wasn’t my first brush with being pro-life. all. Everyone is invited to the March for Life — I was just a 1-year-old baby when my mother, every individual, every legislator, Democrat or Kathy McEntee, organized the first Washington State March Republican, religious or not. for Life in 1978. If you had told me as a teenager that the I march because, as Feminists for Life so eloquently puts march and I would both be 37 years old and still at this, I it, “Women Deserve Better than Abortion.” would have said you were crazy. I have always felt we are on I march because, although I thought the original pro-life the verge of victory. leaders, including my mom, might live forever — or at least My parents gave their six children the witness that being until we saw the end of abortion on demand — that was not a pro-life Catholic is both joyful and right, and that truth to be. Before her death in 2008, I promised my mom that we and joy transform the world for the better. Long ago I made would all keep up the good fight in her honor, and for all the it my mission to be a formidably educated, exceedingly other heroes who came before us. well-informed, loving and compassionate pro-lifer in my I march because if we don’t, who will? own right. I studied this subject, not just religiously, but I march because this movement is part of a necessary secularly. I read every Planned Parenthood pamphlet I could conversation that will change hearts and minds. I march get my hands on, pored over research, attended debates and for those who disagree with us. We must pray for and love presentations on both sides. everyone. Hate begets hate. Love begets the great big love The truth that has become clear is that abortion is the we need. taking of a human life and it hurts women and society. But I march because it is the least we can do. It is one part of we are a people of hope, called to be the hands and feet of one day out of 365. It is a warm, wonderful crowd and a Christ and bear witness that every life is a blessing, not a short walk. burden. That is why, once again, I’ll be at the March for Life I march because if our presence changes one heart or one in Olympia Jan. 20. Here is a little more of what motivates mind, if we save one baby, then a lifetime dedicated to this me to keep marching year after year. cause has been worth it. Each and every life is a miracle. I march because babies are dying every day. More than And I will keep marching if it means we can save even one 2,800 abortions are performed daily in the U.S., on average. more. Together, I know we will change the lives of women It doesn’t matter if we are talking about first or third and children everywhere. trimester — these are people. You cannot be more or less This is why I march, and I hope you will join us. human. From the moment you were conceived, you were Noreen McEntee Hobson, a member of St. Charles Borromeo always you. 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As an active and faithful Catholic, how can I best share my faith with them and others? How can I be a better witness and evangelist of my Catholic faith? Thank you for your excellent question! Most if not all of us find ourselves in the company of former Catholics and those with no ties to organized religion who can be hostile or indifferent to the Catholic faith. It seems the easiest thing to do in these situations is to keep silent in order to keep the peace. But is this really for the best, or is our Lord perhaps inviting us to consider making a bit more noise? To begin, we should reflect for a moment on Called to evangelize our baptisms. After we were baptized, the priest There is no doubt that we are all called to anointed the crown of our heads with the sacred evangelize people and the culture around us, and chrism oil. While doing so, he said these words: that there are many ways to evangelize co-workers “As Christ was anointed Priest, Prophet, and and others. I think the best way to evangelize King, so may you live always as a member of his others is to be sure that we ourselves have been body, sharing everlasting life.” That is to say, evangelized. We have to know the Lord before we through our baptisms, each of us was anointed, can invite others into that same relationship. like Jesus, to participate in his kingly, priestly and Some of the practical spiritual practices for prophetic ministry. Let’s focus on the prophetic FATHER CAL accomplishing this “self-evangelization” are CHRISTIANSEN dimension. faithfully attending Mass on a weekly basis, daily A prophet is someone who speaks the will of prayer and Scripture reflection, spiritual reading God to others. In the Old Testament, a prophet was an and service to others through involvement with the parish or instrument used by God to bring and keep the covenanted wider community. people in a right relationship with God. Jesus was also sent In 2012, the synod of bishops released an important to do this, and through our baptisms, we are sent as well; as document entitled The New Evangelization for the Christ’s body, all of us are called to be evangelizers. Transmission of the Christian Faith. In it, the bishops made St. Peter reminds us of this evangelizing responsibility of this point: “This task [of evangelizing] invites us to live life all of Christ’s body: “But you are a ‘chosen race, a royal with the gentle power which comes from our identity as priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you children of God, from our union with Christ in the Spirit … may announce the praises’ of him who called you out of and with the determination of someone who knows that the darkness into his wonderful light.” (1 Peter 2:9) goal of all living is an encounter with God the Father in his The Second Vatican Council taught us this as well. Jesus Kingdom.” (119) fulfills his prophetic office “not only through the hierarchy, If we really know the Lord, the joy that this relationship who teach in his name and with his authority, but also creates in us will naturally flow out into the lives of those through the laity, whom he made his witnesses and to around us. We will inherently look for ways to evangelize whom he gave understanding of the faith … so that the — through social media, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, power of the Gospel might shine forth in their daily social through conversations at appropriate and opportune times… and family life.” (Lumen Gentium 35) The council fathers saw the list is endless. This is how our faith was spread by the the evangelizing role of the laity as something passed on to first Christian communities, through personal encounters them directly by Jesus through baptism and confirmation. and friendships, one person at a time. And Pope Francis has written, “In virtue of their May God’s blessings be with you today and always! baptism, all the members of the People of God have become Father Cal Christiansen is pastor of St. Pius X Parish in missionary disciples. All the baptized, whatever their Mountlake Terrace. Send your questions for “Ask Father” to position in the Church or their level of instruction in the [email protected]. faith, are agents of evangelization.” (Evangelii Gaudium 120) 12 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org A OM L IIC I EAT WT E R S YOCUAT R H FA LYVM Ray Meuse, Holy Family, Seattle CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic Ray Meuse, Holy Family, Seattle Shutterstock Ray Meuse, Holy Family, Seattle The many manifestations of the Son of God How does Jesus show himself to you? A common thread ties together the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are Mass readings from Christmas something, so that no human being might boast till the end of January. On Christmas, before God.” (1 Corinthians 1:25-29) of course, we have Jesus’ debut to the Next, we come to Epiphany, when the Magi, who represent all the Gentiles, see Jesus world at Bethlehem. On Jan. 1, we hear manifested to the world. It is significant that the about Jesus being seen by the shepherds. story of the Magi comes to us from Matthew, who On the following Sunday, we see him is the apostle to the Jews. In telling that story, he MARK SHEA being revealed to the Magi. After that, is spurring his countrymen on to a sort of holy envy by pointing to the fact that the words of the we see him being revealed to John the prophets are being fulfilled as the pagans come to honor Baptist, and the following Sunday he is revealed the God of Israel in Christ. through John to us as the beloved Son of God. A mission that encompasses the world The Sunday after that, Jesus begins his mission In the manifestation to John the Baptist, we see Jesus beand the people who were in darkness see a great ing revealed to somebody who knew him, yet did not know light. See the connection? It’s all about Jesus him. John is Jesus’ cousin, yet by his own testimony he “did not know him.” (John 1:31) His point is not that he’d never manifesting himself to the world. heard of Jesus, but that (until the gift of the Holy Spirit made it possible) he didn’t grasp the full truth about Jesus as the beloved Son of God. John is the recipient of revelation — the truth about Jesus is made manifest to him. When that happens, he does what all who have truly received revelation do: He testifies that Jesus is the Son of God. Finally, Jesus begins his mission and is revealed to the world. It is significant that we are reminded of the prophecy Not to the rich, mighty or wise about the “land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali.” (Matthew Next, we see him manifesting himself, not to the rich, 4:15) The language is deliberately archaic (just as if a modern mighty or wise, but to the first-century equivalent of writer were to speak of France as “land of the Franks”). The parking lot attendants. The shepherds who come to adore evangelist is reminding us that this was “ground zero” for him were regarded as the trailer trash of the judgment that fell on Israel seven centuries their world — and they are the ones to before Christ when the Assyrians conquered Jesus continues whom God, in his wisdom, reveals himself the northern kingdom and deported its citizens to manifest first. As Paul says: to oblivion starting with Zebulun and Naphta“For the foolishness of God is wiser li. It is right there that Jesus begins his mission himself today. than human wisdom, and the weakness of redemption — a mission that will ultimately of God is stronger than human strength. encompass the whole world. Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you Jesus continues to manifest himself today. How does he were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, show himself to you? not many were of noble birth. Rather, God chose the Mark Shea is a member of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Seattle. foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the His blog “Catholic and Enjoying It!” is at www.patheos.com/ weak of the world to shame the strong, and God chose the blogs/markshea. At his birth, he shows us himself in the paradox of complete vulnerability: Almighty God in the form of a baby who cannot defend himself and who is completely dependent on the help of his father and mother to care for his most basic needs in a world where the powerful and paranoid want to kill him. 13 S A ICTRHE D FA I N SA TC OTRIYO N Making sacred music Retiring cathedral music director has helped many share their musical gifts THE HIGH NOTES As James Savage retires from St. James Cathedral, he notes some highlights of his 33 years as music director: • Converting a congregation that didn’t sing into one that actively participates in liturgical music. “That to me is the single biggest achievement we’ve had in this time,” Savage said. • Creating a vibrant music program for young people ages 5–20, with the mission of full, active participation in the liturgy through singing. “We want them to be great worshipping Catholics who happen to sing,” Savage said. • Going from two organs that didn’t work to two “magnificent” pipe organs, including the 1907 organ that was restored, and five smaller organs. • Developing a “really wonderful relationship” with the archdiocese’s Spanishspeaking communities, who in recent years invited Savage to participate in December’s Madre de las Americas Mass. “They so beautifully demonstrate what being one body is,” he said. To satisfy the “very determined” monk, Savage and Father Gallagher agreed to meet. “By the end of that meeting, I understood for the first time in my life what ‘call’ was,” Savage said. He took the music director’s job, accepting the opportunity to share his gifts with God’s people — and helping hundreds of others be good stewards of their own God-given talents. Now, after 33 years as the cathedral’s music director, Savage is retiring in January. A vision for sung prayer The music ministry at St. James today is vastly different than the program that Savage took over in 1981, when St. James had fewer than 600 parishioners, the cathedral’s big organ was in disrepair and only 17 people could be scraped up for Savage’s first choir audition. “Father Gallagher believed that the way to build the parish was through a vigorous music program,” said Savage, who became Catholic in 1982. With that vision and Savage’s leadership, the music program was soon flourishing. Just five years after arriving, Savage led the Cathedral Choir on a pilgrimage to Rome, where they sang at St. Peter’s Basilica. Over the years, Savage’s job went from part time to full time and beyond. Today, the cathedral parish has more than 2,200 families, whose worship is enriched by 11 vocal and instrumental groups, as well as four resident ensembles. Sacred concerts and special events are sprinkled through the year, drawing audiences from the wider community. “I’ve been very blessed to have two pastors in a row [including current pastor Father Michael G. Ryan] who’ve had this vision for what sung prayer could be,” said Savage, 71, who has a doctorate in music. ‘Wobbly voices and firm voices’ At St. James, the principal choir is the congregation, Savage said. “Every human being is made in the image of God, and therefore every human being is a singer,” he said. “I really do love certain things about music in a church,” he said. “I like that there are old voices and young voices and wobbly voices and firm voices.” Glenda Voller, who joined the cathedral choir two years after Savage’s arrival, said he “has just exemplified what music can do for worship in liturgy.” St. James now has a nationally recognized cathedral music program that is among the largest in the U.S., with 200 singers and musicians, plus some 110 volunteers. In 2002, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians named Savage its Pastoral Musician of the Year. “I can only take credit for a little bit of it, then there’s this gulf,” Savage said. “That’s how I’ve learned what God’s grace is. I’m continually astounded at the gulf between what I’m able to accomplish and what happens.” 14 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org Stephen Brashear By Jean Parietti Growing up in Oregon as the son of a Baptist preacher, James Savage was always involved in music ministry. While he enjoyed church music, it was more of a hobby than a calling. “It wasn’t the center of my life,” Savage said. That changed in 1981, when he met with Father William E. Gallagher (then pastor of St. James Cathedral) to discuss a part-time job as director of the cathedral’s languishing music program. Savage wasn’t looking for a job; he was already busy with a variety of musical endeavors. But Brother Elias, a monk studying under Savage at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts, thought “I needed the cathedral and the cathedral needed me,” Savage said. Pre Kindergarten Information Night Assumption-St. Bridget Preschool Thursday, February 26th | 9:30-10:30am Assumption Parish - St. Benedict’s Hall 6201 33rd Ave. NE, Seattle 98115 206-524-7452 Inspired to Learn, Called to Serve, Prepared to Lead Holy Family - Auburn Where education meets family and faith. O’Dea High School Congratulations, Benjamin Wahlman, Class of 2015, winner of the NORTHWEST CATHOLIC student essay contest. Thank you, Ben, for exemplifying the spirit of a true O’Dea Gentleman and upholding our tradition of excellence. Winter Open House The latest in technology: Grades 6-8 enjoy 1:1 iPads, interactive classes, and state-of-the-art textbooks. Grades K-5 use iPads for specific classes. Hands-on Science Weekly Science labs. Thursday, January 8th General Program Begins at 6:00 p.m. (206) 622-6596 odea.org HFS students score well above the national average on standardized tests. 90 80 We invite you to experience the difference that HFS can make in your child’s life and your family’s life. 70 60 50 Holy Family National Average 40 30 20 10 0 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade A graph of HFS student performance on ITBS tests. OPEN HOUSE Sunday, Jan 25, 12-3 PM. 505 17th Street SE + Auburn + (253) 833-8688 15 WINNING SPIRIT Seattle U hoops coach Kristen O’Neill strives to Interview by Dan Lee Kristen O’Neill is the associate head women’s basketball coach at Seattle University. Before joining the Redhawks, O’Neill was an All-American at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood before playing at the University of Washington, where she was a four-year starter and three-time co-captain. She played professionally in Madrid and Burgos, Spain, and in Limerick, Ireland, as well as for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. Kristen O’Neill Growing up, O’Neill attended Holy Rosary School in Edmonds and was coached by her father on the CYO basketball team. She is a lector and extraordinary minister of holy Communion at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Seattle, has been an RCIA sponsor at St. James Cathedral, and frequently attends Mass at the University of Washington Newman Center. Committed to the Highest Cause. Patterson Buchanan Fobes & Leitch, Inc., P.S. is proud to provide counsel to Catholic communities of faith within our Religious Practices Group. Supporting them with the highest and most ethical level of prevention, training and advocacy is a commitment we are determined to live every day. seattle office 2112 Third Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, Washington 98121 phone (206) 462-6700 fax (206) 462-6701 toll free (800) 722-3815 www.PattersonBuchanan.com Tell me about your Catholic faith journey and those who have influenced you along the way. My family has been a huge part of my faith journey. My parents instilled a strong foundation in my siblings and me from a young age. My dad is one of the hardest working men I know and put in tons of overtime shifts to send us to Catholic school from kindergarten through eighth grade. I later went on to a large public high school and then the University of Washington. It was really in those settings where I learned that not everyone believes the same things that I do. I really needed to choose whether to embrace my faith or join the crowd. By the grace of God, it was an easy decision for me to make. I love my Catholic faith and I want to live a life that glorifies God, so that’s something that I strive to do every day. Has your faith evolved as your career has evolved from player to coach? Yes, especially in how I see God’s love for us. As a player, I was constantly striving for perfection and could be really hard on myself when I didn’t meet my expectations. Now, as a coach, I see my players with a grace that I didn’t always give myself. If they try and fail, I encourage them to be patient with the process and get back up and try again. It’s such a joy to walk with them through their struggles and see them overcome. How I see my players has made me reflect on the magnitude of God’s love for us, and how he walks with us, and God being our ultimate coach. He sees us with such patience, love and kindness. He is our greatest encourager and wants us to get back up and try again as we journey toward heaven. What words would you say describe your coaching philosophy, and do some of those words also describe how you approach your Catholic faith? My coaching philosophy really is one that values the whole person. I want to see my players strive to live out their gifts and talents to the best of their ability, but also really understand that their value and identity is not based on achievement. Every human person deserves dignity and respect, and that’s definitely the same approach I take with my Catholic faith. 16 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org ATHLETES OF THE MONTH glorify God daily ROSEMARY MCDONAGH Holy Names Academy Senior – cross country Talk a little bit about your daily prayer life. It’s having that personal relationship and just finding ways to talk to God throughout the day — let him know what I’m struggling with, what I’m grateful for, and ask him for grace to love others more fully. I try to attend daily Mass as often as I can. I pray the rosary as part of my daily routine. Lately I’ve really enjoyed spending time in adoration, and that’s usually at least once a week. With how busy life is and everything that’s going on, spending an hour before the Blessed Sacrament, spending that intentional quality time there, has been a really special part of my prayer life. Does your prayer life change much during the height of basketball season, when there are a lot of things coming at you as a coach, and all those responsibilities? Oh, goodness, yeah. I’ve learned if I’m not intentional about my prayer life, it’s easy for it to get crowded out with all the busyness. I travel all the time, and I just try to find ways to keep God in my daily routine. Sometimes that’s reading my Magnificat [prayer booklet] on the plane or downloading a Catholic podcast to listen to while I’m on a hotel treadmill, and then praying the rosary daily — it’s with me everywhere I go, so finding a moment to pray the rosary wherever I am is neat. If you had one last message to leave the people who are most important to you, what would that be? Goodness, that’s a great question. Grace is really what comes to mind, and I think the message would be that the Lord wants to meet you exactly where you are, and in opening your heart to him, his love will change your life. Dan Lee is a freelance journalist and a member of St. Barbara Parish in Black Diamond. This interview has been condensed and edited. A “reliable and unshakable” member of a team that won the 3A state championship in November, Rosemary “commanded more respect than any other captain I have ever had,” said coach Erin McCormick. A three-year varsity runner with a 4.0 GPA, Rosemary finished 17th in the state meet. Outside of running, she has helped recruit students to volunteer building homes in New Orleans during spring break. ADDISON JESKE Pope John Paul II High School Senior – cross country, basketball, baseball A three-sport captain with a 3.993 GPA, Addison has been named team MVP in cross country, most inspirational in baseball, and all-league honorable mention in basketball. He led the school’s Knowledge Bowl team to the 1B state championship in 2013, and currently serves as ASB president. An altar server since fifth grade at St. Michael Parish in Olympia, he is also a member of the school robotics club, debate team, jazz band and choir. Each month, N orthwest C atholic features two high school Athletes of the Month. These athletes are nominated by their schools and selected by a board with members from CYO athletics, Catholic schools and the Fulcrum Foundation. In June, two of these athletes will be selected as Athletes of the Year and receive $1,000 scholarships. These athletes are chosen based on their achievements on and off the field, and in their communities. To sponsor this page or learn more about this program, visit www.seattlearchdiocese. org/advertising, call 206-382-7313 or email [email protected]. Courtesy Seattle University BONUS AUDIO: WWW.NWCATHOLIC.ORG Sponsored by: P atterson Buchanan Fobes & Leitch, inc., p.s. www.PattersonBuchanan.com 17 C O V E R F E AT U R E HIGH SCHOOL WINNER The shocking, subtle presence of Christ By Benjamin Wahlman Student ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS NORTHWEST CATHOLIC’S second annual student essay contest drew entries from hundreds of students attending 43 of Western Washington’s 74 Catholic schools, all reflecting on how they see Christ in their schools. The essays were judged by a panel drawn from the staffs of NORTHWEST CATHOLIC, the archdiocesan Office for Catholic Schools and the Fulcrum Foundation. We are proud to present the winning high school, middle school and elementary school essays. Stephen Brashear For the first 16 years of my life, I never really saw Christ or made any connection to him in my life. I had read and heard about all that he had done over and over again, but never made a genuine connection with the Lord. Thanks to my curiosity, I looked up different miracles and stories of people who had met Christ in their lives. They said that he appeared to them in a dream or right in front of their very eyes at a random time. That was the sign I had always been looking for: a distinct, bearded man popping out in front of my eyes saying “Here I am, Ben.” However, in my junior year of religion class, I learned that Christ is made present in different ways, and my perspective on finding him changed entirely. Now, I am fully confident that Christ is all over the place at O’Dea High School. The first time I recognized Christ at O’Dea, I was shocked. There was a little voice inside my head that just knew Christ was present. In the hallways one day, there were two sophomores fighting over something that had happened a week ago and it continued until then. They started yelling at one another across the halls and looked ready to fight. Suddenly, the smallest sophomore in the grade, who hardly said a word all year, came out of nowhere and stopped the fight. He stood in front of both of them and acted as Jesus would, like a mentor for the two. That day, I saw Christ working in this boy as I had never seen before. For the first time in my life, Jesus was present to me. It was not the spectacular, bearded man coming out of nowhere like I first thought, but Christ was there in a more subtle way. It proved to me that Christ reveals himself in different ways, and that was a valuable lesson I learned that day. From then on I knew that Christ was working around O’Dea this whole time without me even knowing it. Benjamin Wahlman is a senior at O’Dea High School in Seattle. 18 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER Christ through the eyes of a teenager By Morgan DeMeulemeester ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINNER Christ is everywhere By John Tramountanas Christ is everywhere at St. John. If you don’t believe me, I will prove it to you. Christ is in the teachers. I see him in Mrs. Ocampo’s smile. Christ is also in my friends. I see him whenever I have a good time with them. Sometimes I see Christ in the funniest places. Our vice principal, Señor Pablo, has a very large beard. Our school’s fundraiser this year used his beard as the theme. It was called “Fear the Beard.” His beard helped raise lots of money for our school. I never thought I would see Christ in a beard, but there he was! Christ is always there for you, especially at St. John School. Sometimes, when I am sad at school, I notice Christ and it makes me feel better. When I get hurt at recess, Christ is in the kindness of the people who help me. If I get angry, Christ helps me calm down. I also see him at Mass, and I always see Christ when I pray, which I do every day. These are some of the ways that you can see Christ at St. John School, but there are many more. If you come to St. John, you will see him where you least expect it. If you don’t believe me, just look in Señor Pablo’s beard! Stephen Br ashear rashear Stephe nB Take a deep breath, it’s going to be fine is what I think to myself after having a stressful morning at my house: handling my fighting brothers, rushing to get ready, forgetting a book … the list just goes on. After a near explosion in my head, we finally arrive, late of course, at school. I choose to take the front entrance so I can walk through the halls and look at all the things the students have worked on. Nearing my homeroom, I suddenly stop. I realize that I’m not even stressed — in fact, I feel completely relaxed, and filled with Christ. That is the feeling our school gives to you, and you can experience this through the faculty and students, but also through our community service. It is difficult to choose who I see Jesus through the most, but if I had to choose, I would say my teachers and classmates. My teachers demonstrate Christ by being gentle and kind with each and every one of us, helping us increase our knowledge of God. They take our intentions, help us pray, and lead us in the Mass. As for my classmates, they shine with the Holy Spirit, accepting everyone and cooperating, even through tough times. Another way I see Christ at my school is through our community services. At AssumptionSt. Bridget, community service is important to us. Starting the summer before seventh grade, you are required to do service hours, and I think this helps demonstrate the Catholic social teaching on rights and responsibilities. Furthermore, throughout the school year, many things are held to raise money and help others (recent examples include our Vico Fundraiser, raising money for Oso, and our Whale of a Sale popsicle sale). Having things going on in our lives can distract us from seeing God, but I have realized that, with the help of my cooperative classmates and teachers, along with the community service I do, I can keep this from happening. I believe that I, and my school, are filled with Christ, and even on the darkest of days, we shine through the darkness. John Tramountanas is a fifthgrader at St. John School in Seattle. Morgan DeMeulemeester is an eighth-grader at Assumption-St. Bridget School in Seattle. 19 1.75 X 2.1 ST. 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Santos guides his eighth-graders in making a difference now By Jean Parietti U p s t a i r s at O u r L a d y of G u a d a l u p e S c h o o l i n S e at tl e , yo u m ig ht f i n d J .C . S a nto s ’ e ig hth - g ra d e r s i n th e m i d d l e of th e “ M o ra lit y To p 4 0 .” T h e s tu d e nt s b ri n g i n s e c u l a r s o n g s with th e m e s re l ate d to m o ra l s o r va l u e s li ke co m p a s si o n , s e lf- re s p e c t a n d s e r va nt l e a d e r s h i p . Af te r h avi n g a li s te n , th e cl a s s d i s c u s s e s “ h ow th o s e ly ri c s te a c h u s a b o u t m o ra lit y with i n o u r c u ltu re ,” S a nto s s a i d . I t ’s o n e of th e ways S a nto s b ri n g s h i s va ri e d i nte re s t s i nto th e cl a s s ro o m to e n g a g e a n d c h a ll e n g e e ig hth - g ra d e r s a s th ey l e a r n m o re a b o u t th e m s e lve s , th e i r va l u e s a n d ways to m a ke a d if fe re n ce i n th e i r co m m u n iti e s n ow. “ Te a c h i n g p rovi d e s a n o u tl et fo r a ll th i s s tu f f. I c a n si n g i n th e m i d d l e of cl a s s if I fe e l li ke d o i n g it ,” s a i d S a nto s , 3 3 , wh o si n g s i n a g ro u p, T h e St a r r y C rown s , th at p l ays s a c re d a n d s e c u l a r m u si c . A n d h e re m i n d s th e m th at th ey d o n ’ t h ave to b e a n a d u lt to c h a n g e th e wo rl d . Stephen Brashear N ow i n h i s 1 0 th ye a r at O u r L a d y of G u a d a l u p e , S a nto s s ays h e i n s p i re s h i s s tu d e nt s by te lli n g th e m th ey ’re p a r t of th e wo rl d “a n d yo u h ave a g re ate r c a lli n g to s e r ve it . O u r c h u rc h te a c h e s th at yo u n e e d to b e a s e r va nt l e a d e r, a p e r s o n wh o s e r ve s , a n a d vo c ate fo r th e p o o r.” 23 F E AT U R E S T O R Y Ed Santos Family is important to J.C. Santos, left, shown here with his mom, Liz Santos; dad, Ed Santos; sister-in-law, Aimee Cabrera Santos; and brother, Mario Santos. The photo was taken at Seattle’s Dr. Jose Rizal Park, where J.C.’s late uncle, local artist and professor Val Laigo, constructed a mural titled East is West. The big picture “I firmly believe that we experience God in the Santos has been pondering the big picture for a long time, relationships that we have with other people,” Santos said. at least since the sixth grade. The Santos family remains close. When J.C. moved to Nearly every day that year, his journals from religion Our Lady of Guadalupe’s High Point neighborhood, his class at St. Benedict School in Seattle included a reflection parents soon moved nearby, followed by his newly married question. He said the questions made him ask, brother and sister-in-law, who last year welcomed “What am I ultimately here for, what’s my their first child, Miguel. “I firmly purpose and how does that tie into my identity?” “We’re all within five minutes of each other,” believe that “I feel that made me a real thinker about life,” Santos said. “I see them almost every day, if not he said. “It really helped me develop an interest to chat, to eat.” we experience in learning about God and how God interacts in While close to his family, Santos has become my life.” more tied to his adopted community. He started a God in the He spent his youth in Seattle and Edmonds, twice-weekly basketball night for school parents where church was a big part of life for the Santos relationships that also is open to the neighborhood. And he family — parents Ed and Liz and sons Mario and joined Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, where he that we have J.C. (short for Juan Carlos). “I think a lot of that has shared his musical talents as a choir member has to do with being Filipino,” Santos said. His and cantor. with other father came to the U.S. from the Philippines and “He is just a remarkable teacher, a remarkable his mother has Filipino roots. Even after moving human being and a remarkable parishioner,” said people.” to Edmonds, the family remained parishioners at Father Jack Walmesley, Our Lady of Guadalupe’s St. Benedict Parish. J.C. Santos pastor. Santos credits his father with giving him “all ‘Being a seeker of God’ the opportunities to experience and learn about the faith,” Besides his parents, Santos points to a handful of people as well as instilling the desire and responsibility to serve who have served as inspiration for the teacher he is today. others, stepping up wherever there’s a need. At O’Dea High School, religion teacher Tom Schutte He has a close connection with his mother — impacted, he believes, by her three life-threatening hospitalizations, the got his attention by dressing as Moses and incorporating contemporary music in class. first when he was in fifth grade — that has given him insight At Seattle University, professor Jodi Kelly made an impact on his relationship with God and taught him the importance by coming to her “theology of the person” class with energy of human relationships. 24 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org and a passion for “being a seeker of God,” Santos said. Santos earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism and humanities at Seattle U and set out to be a journalist. He was a weekend news assistant at The Seattle Times before being offered a full-time job at Northwest Cable News — for a shift starting at 2 a.m. “That was a deterrent,” Santos said, laughing. Then Santos had a gut feeling — what about teaching? He enjoyed working with youth and had found volunteer work at schools rewarding. He decided to go all out for it, and earned his master’s degree in teaching at Seattle U. After teaching his own English lesson during an internship at Shorewood High School, Santos realized, “I really love this, and this is what I want to do for the rest of my life in one way or another.” Learning with the kids Stephen Brashear In the classroom, Santos weaves together his passion for God, music, sports, writing, travel and life. He is focused on teaching beyond the textbook and the school walls, and looks for unusual ways to teach his classes — sixth-grade religion and social studies; seventh-grade social studies and literature; and eighth-grade religion and language arts. “I had a fantastic mentor in Kristin,” Santos said of Kristin Dixon, longtime principal at Our Lady of Guadalupe who now is an assistant superintendent in the archdiocesan Office for Catholic Schools. The result is that Santos is “creative, upbeat and knows how to make learning fun,” said eighth-grader Matthew Morin. “He’s very interactive,” added classmate Dorothy Servin. Parent Melissa Lane said it’s obvious that Santos is passionate about teaching. “J.C. brings a level of compassion and just general caring about each student,” said Lane, whose daughter, Riley, is a sixth-grader at the school and whose son, Jake, is now a sophomore at O’Dea High School — thanks to the influence of Santos. Principal Donna Ramos said Santos has a “unique ability to relate to middle-school students. J.C. is such a person of faith, and that comes through in everything he does with the students,” she added. Religion is one of Santos’ favorite subjects to teach, and he so much,” Santos said. “The kids have been extremely inspiring to me, to see what they’re capable of.” learns along with the kids. Leading up to high school, the eighth-grade year is an “When they have a challenging question, sometimes it’s important one, so Santos helps his students something that I’m challenged about, too,” “J.C. brings a level of explore their identities and values. “You have he said. “It’s this moment in the class where to understand who you are if you’re going to I tell them where I’m at with it and that I’m compassion and just have a sense of how you’re going to make an still working to seek truth in that matter. Because that’s really what faith is.” general caring about impact in the world,” he explained. He talks about how their decisions impact When Santos became the eighth-grade their relationships with God and others, as teacher five years ago (after five years of each student.” well as their legacy. “It gives them a bigger teaching seventh grade), it meant taking Parent Melissa Lane scope, the meaning of their life,” he said. the reins of the Juan Diego Project. The At the core is the Christian call to service. yearlong, individual project combines Whether they one day become social workers, bio-engineers, study, reflection and service, focusing on an issue the Fortune 500 leaders, doctors or teachers, he tells them, “I eighth-grader cares deeply about, such as homelessness or never want you to forget that in some facet of your life, you restoration of the nearby Duwamish River. need to contribute to the betterment of your community, or The project has become Santos’ “baby,” reinvigorating your society. That’s what we’re here for.” what he does as a teacher. “I feel like every year I’ve grown 25 F E AT U R E On FIRE for the LIGHT Dynamic Catholic convert, writer and speaker Heather King comes to Federal Way Interview by Anna Weaver H So I went to a noon Mass at St. Basil in L.A. I’d eather King, a Catholic author, been in Catholic churches many times before to speaker and blogger, has become look at the art and, of course, I’d seen a crucifix before, but it was something about this consecrated known for her passionate, freeform talks time and space, in the middle of the day, in the on faith. She often touches upon her middle of a huge city, with people in there kneeling background as a recovering alcoholic, in the middle of the day. I was so moved by that and I still am. convert and lawyer-turned-writer. King I just saw Christ on the crucifix, and my heart Heather King is originally from New Hampshire but was just moved with pity for this innocent victim, now lives in the Los Angeles area, where she has a the guy who had done nothing but speak the truth and act culture column in the L.A. Archdiocese’s newspa- out of love. Of course, we killed him, but there he is, still above the altar in every Catholic church in the world. I just per, The Tidings. She has written several books, got it, in a very visceral way, that this is an entirely different including Stumble: Virtue, Vice, and the Space thing than an empty cross. Then I heard, “Lord, I am not Between, which will be released in March. worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be That same month, King will visit Western Washington to lead a Lenten retreat at the Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center at the Palisades (see page 34). Who is your audience for this retreat? Any human being with a questing-seeking heart who is daring to get in touch with the deepest questions of our heart, which are “Why was I made?”; “What is my purpose on Earth?”; “What is my particular little mission that nobody else could fulfill?” I come as a storyteller and I come as a witness, as someone who had this miraculous event occur in my life. First of all, I was a terrible, terrible drunk for 20 years. I’m not a drunk anymore. I haven’t had a drink or a drug in 27 years and that really remains as a central, astonishing fact in my life. I’m all about the everyday mysticism of finding Christ in every moment of our lives and carving out great spaces of, insofar as possible, silence and solitude and really meeting Christ in the depths of our lonely, anguished hearts. What led you to the Catholic Church? I was working as an attorney in Beverly Hills. I had recently started going to Protestant churches because I’d been raised Protestant, but the meat wasn’t there, being called to my highest self wasn’t there. I just hungered. I somehow had my childhood Bible and I brought it to work and started reading it. I was completely compelled by the Gospels. I read the Gospels with no commentary, no outside help. I just read them as a hungry, hungry seeker of God, and when you do that it transforms you if you’re open enough to it. You just see this is it, this is the only way to live in integrity. healed.” And oh, this is what I’ve been looking for my whole life! The Mass is the center of my faith. Not that I’m not distracted half the time when I’m there, but it’s just got everything in it. It’s a scandal, it’s a shock, it’s a mystery and it’s weird beyond weird. If you’re looking at it from the outside, you’d have no idea of the splendor and the sublimeness and the majesty. If you’re not looking for it, not hungry for it, and not open to it, it will be utterly closed to you. You could go to a Mass and just think, who cares. If you’re hungry for it, you just literally have to fall to your knees. How did you decide to leave law and become a writer? I had a huge, agonizing struggle over quitting my job as a lawyer. I was fairly newly sober, fairly newly married. I was making money for the first time in my life. This call on my heart that I had since I was a child just surfaced, as it did when I came to Catholicism. It was asking those deep questions and realizing that if I don’t at least try to heed this call to write, that will be the biggest sin I have ever committed. So I quit my job and began to write. I always have been sort of mentored by Flannery O’Conner, a wonderful, genius Catholic writer, who, I think, may be the greatest writer of the 20th century. She had this great quote in one of her letters. She said, “We are not judged by what we are basically. We are judged by how hard we use what we have been given. Success means nothing to the Lord, nor gracefulness.” Really, that gave me permission to quit my job. I came into the church in 1996, and it was right around the same time that I started to write. Writing is my vocation as a Catholic and as a human being. It’s always through a Catholic lens no matter what I’m writing about. 26 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org LOOK FOR A VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER KING ON WWW.NWCATHOLIC.ORG IN LATE MARCH. There’s a lot of wit in your writing and talks. Where do you get your sense of humor? I probably got my sense of humor from my father, who’s super funny. You can use humor to be glib and to avoid your real feelings, and that to me isn’t really humor. But it is tragicomic, our existence. Flannery O’Connor had an incredible sense of dry humor. St. Thérèse apparently was a gifted mimic. Her mother superior said she was a mystic, she was comic, she could have her crying one minute and just on the floor laughing in the next. That’s very attractive. That is how I would like to be known, as a mystic comic. On the other hand, I live in the middle of, possibly, the hipster capital of the world, Silver Lake, Los Angeles. I live in Hipsterville and I love all the great things about Hipsterville: the good food and eyeglass frames. But I think there’s a real danger in being the hip Catholic, or “I’m going to be the bad Catholic.” I’m like, “No, I’m a stumbling, broken Catholic, but I’m actually a good Catholic.” I’m very, very, in some ways kind of laughably, orthodox. I do think I have my own voice. I spend a ton of time by myself and I always have throughout my life. My whole drinking career was one of almost pathological isolation in some ways. Now I don’t see those years as wasted, I really see them as an essential part of my formation, and they, in fact, formed me to be in the world, but not of it. Therefore, I can just have this sense of humor and also be, I hope, deeply, deeply reverent. This interview has been condensed and edited. Courtesy Heather King You have a strong devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Why is that? St. Thérèse has become a wonderful companion for me. I have a photo of her on my desk, right beside this beautiful Rembrandt of Christ. It’s not airbrushed, it’s not prettified, and she just has this gaze that is not threatening or challenging but it just gazes straight into your eyes and pierces you, makes you want to sit up a little straighter and really be honest. My life has been so different from Thérèse’s, clearly. I was a barfly, crappy barroom drinking for years and years and everything that goes along with that. I’ve written about healing from abortion — I have a very checkered past. I’m a convert. I live in the middle of Los Angeles. Thérèse was a bourgeois French girl, cradle Catholic, pious, religious family and begged to enter the convent at the age of 15. We have very different backgrounds, but the heart at the middle of it is the same. I just think Thérèse is just so relevant to our times. I think our culture is very much about let’s just excise the bad parts, cut them out, cosmetically excise all of our defects. I find that’s not the way of Christ. This inner life that’s on fire with Christ that the rest of the world may not see at all, this is very radical in our culture of selfies and “Look at me, and here’s my cat, and here’s my baby, and here’s me! I’m so happy, and my life is so great.” Thérèse was full of joy but she also suffered, more or less unremittingly. I think that is pretty much the path of any human being. We have all of these horrible problems in the world. Thérèse knew the way to address that. We’re not going to wipe all of that out. The way to address that is by literally surrendering our hearts, our minds, our bodies, in a very hidden, invisible way, whatever our station. 27 D E L A R ZO B I S P O ( I N E N G L I S H : PA G E 4 ) Las promesas de Dios nos hacen levantarnos de nuevo Adviento y Navidad nos hacen mensajeros de paz en un mundo turbulento C omo tantos de ustedes, yo tengo una promesas divinas de redención y liberación. … El horror de esos días será insoportable, a menos lista de intenciones diarias. Incluye que las promesas anunciadas nos hagan siempre mis necesidades personales, familiares levantarnos.” y amigos, los sacerdotes y religiosas Las promesas de Dios, proclamadas por los de la arquidiócesis, y las muchas profetas, ángeles, apóstoles y el Señor mismo, nos hablan incansablemente de cómo son las cosas en intenciones que ustedes me han pedido su realidad más profunda. Nos dan la visión de que recuerde en mi oración. Algunos Dios sobre el orden de las cosas, de cómo trabaja personajes presentes en mi lista son el la gracia de Dios, cuando la situación del mundo ARZOBISPO J. PETER SARTAIN y la personal parecieran obscurecer esta verdad. Papa Francisco, el Presidente Obama, Las promesas de Dios no son solo indicaciones nuestro gobernador, el alcalde, antiguos de “hacia donde nos está llevando” o “la que Él va a hacer”, alcaldes y gobernadores de las diócesis en las que son proclamaciones de donde estamos ahora, lo que Él está haciendo ahora y como debemos vivir ahora. Las promesas he servido, y líderes mundiales. Es una lista muy variada, y brota desde mi esperanza en Dios y lo que creo que es mi obligación cristiana, orar y trabajar por la paz y la justicia. Durante el tiempo de Adviento y Navidad, nuestras lecturas bíblicas mencionan lugares lejanos, principalmente del Medio Oriente, muchos de los cuales de intenso interés político incluso hoy. Siempre me intriga la atemporalidad de esos nombres, porque los lugares bíblicos son también tierras y gentes de hoy. Antiguos conflictos y animosidades encienden gran parte de lo que continua surgiendo en el escenario mundial. Así pues, las esperanzas bíblicas son también esperanzas actuales. El nacimiento de Cristo desafía a todos a esperar solo en Dios y a actuar valientemente de acuerdo a esa esperanza. En otras palabras, el nacimiento de Cristo nos confronta con el hecho de que Dios ha hecho nuevas todas las cosas. ¿Viviremos de acuerdo al nuevo orden de cosas que Dios ha establecido con su Hijo? Las promesas anunciadas Sería fácil estudiar la historia del mundo y concluir que el mensaje navideño se ha perdido, o que porque ciertas circunstancias no han cambiado, no van a cambiar nunca. Si pensamos de esa forma corremos muchos riesgos: el riesgo de perder la esperanza, el riesgo de depender de nosotros mismos y rendirnos ante la venganza como la solución al conflicto, el riesgo de decidir que la paz es un refugio espiritual y no un real don de Dios, y el riesgo de absolvernos de cualquier responsabilidad por la situación del mundo y de la solemne obligación de hacer algo por mejorarlo. Tomados con seriedad, el Adviento y la Navidad mitigan esos riesgos recordándonos las bondades de Dios, aun en las situaciones más obscuras. Poco antes de ser fusilado por los nazis en l945, falsamente acusado de conspirar en un atentado contra la vida de Hitler, el sacerdote Jesuita Alfred Delp escribió una reflexión titulada “La Trepidante Realidad del Adviento”. Aunque escribió desde la prisión, sus palabras estaban llenas de esperanza: “Caminando de un lado al otro de mi celda, tres pasos para allá y tres pasos para acá, con las manos esposadas y un futuro incierto, tengo una nueva perspectiva sobre las nos enderezan una y otra vez. Gritar la venida de Dios La conciencia de las promesas de Dios nos hace mensajeros, como envió a los ángeles a anunciar la buena nueva en la antigüedad. Padre Delp escribe, “Tantos necesitan ser fortalecidos, tantos están desesperados y necesitan consuelo, hay tanta rudeza que necesita una mano amable y una palabra que ilumine, tanta soledad clamando por una palabra de libertad, tanta pérdida y dolor en busca de sentido. Los mensajeros de Dios saben las bendiciones que Dios envía como semillas en esos momentos de la historia.” Dios ha enviado su semilla de bendición a nuestra historia también. De hecho, ¡nosotros somos esa semilla! Mi oración diaria es una forma en que yo trabajo con Él para hacer que se conozcan sus bendiciones, es un modo en que espero ser más sensible con su gracia a los gemidos de los que sufren. Oro por los que tienen el peso del mundo en sus manos para que piensen más allá de sí mismos y deseen algo mejor para su gente. Dios tiene muchas maneras de levantarnos, pero todas nos invitan a confiar en sus promesas. Nos dan pistas, como faros en medio de la tempestad. Y como sabemos de esas promesas y creemos en nuestros corazones que son verdaderas, por eso las proclamamos. Padre Delp sabía que nosotros, los mensajeros de esperanza, no vamos simplemente a hablarles a los demás de la paz que el Hijo de Dios ha venido a traer. Si creemos en sus promesas y su venida, viviremos en su luz. Seremos gente de paz en todas las circunstancias de nuestra vida diaria. Nuestro humilde amor por los demás protestará vigorosamente contra la violencia que nos tiene aferrados en nuestros días. Seremos como Juan el Bautista, gritando la venida de Dios en un mundo que parece no cambiar a través de los siglos. Pero las cosas han cambiado — para siempre — por el nacimiento de Cristo. Padre Delp escribió que: “La más santa consolación del Adviento es que el anuncio del ángel se encontró con un corazón preparado” en María. Que en 2015 estén nuestros corazones preparados a recibir a Dios y su palabra. Envíe sus intenciones de oración a la Lista de Oración del Arzobispo Sartain a: Archdiocese of Seattle, 710 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104. 28 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org S A N T O S D E L M E S ( I N E N G L I S H : PA G E 5 ) Sn. Andrés Bessette Humilde portero conocido como ‘El Hombre Milagroso de Montreal’ Nacido en Canadá, Andrés trabajó por tres años en los Estados Unidos como tejedor y obrero. Tras su regreso a Canadá en 1870, ingresó a la Congregación de la Santa Cruz e hizo sus votos perpetuos en 1874. Por décadas, el Hermano Andrés sirvió humildemente en su comunidad cerca de Montreal como portero, conserje, barbero, jardinero y enfermero. Tomando a Sn. José como modelo e intercessor, desarrolló el ministerio de sanación con muchos seguidores. En 1904, se mudó a Montreal para ayudar a construir el Oratorio de la Santa Cruz y permaneció allí el resto de su vida. Cuando este “Hombre Milagroso de Montreal” fue canonizado en 2010, el Papa Benedicto XVI dijo que “había vivido la bienaventuranza de la limpieza de corazón.” Sta. Escolástica Fundadora religiosa se reunía con su gemelo santo cada año CNS/Tony Gentile 1845–1937 Fiesta: Enero 6 “Cada mes anhelo conocer a las personas que aparecen en la revista y leer sus historias.” Hermana Joyce Cox, B.V.M. Informar. Inspirar. Educar. COLECTA NOROESTE CATÓLICO Enero 24–25, 2015 NOROESTE CATÓLICO no sería posible sin tu ayuda. Dona en línea en www.seattlearchdiocese.org/NWCC. tu de jornada Cuaresma comienza aquí Orando juntos Ayunando en solidaridad Donando para cambiar vidas CNS/Crosiers 480–547 aprox. Fiesta: Febrero 10 Escolástica y su hermano Sn. Benito nacieron en el seno de una afluente familia cristiana en Nursia, Italia. Los detalles de sus vidas son conocidos por los Diálogos de Sn. Gregorio Magno. Después de que Benito estableciera su monasterio en Monte Cassino, Escolástica fundó un convento en Plombariola y fue su abadesa por muchos años. Los hermanos se reunían una vez al año en las afueras de Monte Cassino. La última vez, Escolástica pidió a Benito que se quedara por la noche y al no poder, pidió a Dios su ayuda. Sobrevino una fuerte tormenta que hizo que Benito tuviera que quedarse. Pasaron la noche hablando de los gozos del cielo y ella murió tres días después. Escolástica es la santa patrona de las monjas benedictinas y de los niños que padecen de convulsiones. Lleva TU Cuaresma a la vida. ¡Comienza ya, descargando la aplicación de Plato de Arroz de CRS hoy mismo! ¡Y visita crsricebowl.org o communícate con tu Oficina Arquidiocesana de Misiones para un mayor compromiso! Los calendarios Plato de Arroz/Cuaresma están disponibles en ¡tu parroquia! Llévate uno más para tu amigo o familiar cercano. Para mayor información sobre el programa de CRS Plato de Arroz en esta arquidiócesis, visita por favor www.seattlearchdiocese.org/ricebowl o llama a la Oficina de Misiones al 206-382-4580 o al 1-800-869-7028. Catholic News Service 29 DEL OBISPO ( I N E N G L I S H : W W W. N W C AT H O L I C . O R G ) Comienzos interminables El Año Nuevo nos da la ocasión de volver a empezar A l despertar cada mañana, casi invaria- blemente mi corazón se encuentra inundado de sentimientos que me lleva largo tiempo identificar: sorpresa, gratitud, esperanza, cansancio, anhelo, deseo, alegría, nostalgia, incertidumbre y algunos otros mezclados de todo. OBISPO EUSEBIO El calendario civil nos marca un nuevo año en la era cristiana. Iniciémoslo con plena conciencia de lo mucho que ha caminado y cambiado el ser humano. Iniciémoslo agradecidos por los que siguen compartiendo y arriesgando su existencia con cada uno de nosotros. Iniciémoslo con gozo por los errores que hemos podido corregir. Iniciémoslo constatando con vergüenza los muchos inicios equivocados que van dejando a nuestro alrededor secuelas de terror, de injusticia, de desigualdad, de soledad y de amargas lágrimas en nuestra vida o en el mundo. ELIZONDO, M.SP.S. Nuestra existencia toda es un empiezo interminable, quizá hasta en el cielo. Podemos con precisión señalar nuestro inicio en este mundo, pero el final, Seguir comenzando está eternamente abierto. Empecemos este año intentando nuevas formas de perdón Al irme a la cama cada noche, el cúmulo de sensaciones y cercanía con los que hemos estado alejados, para quizá vividas durante el día me hace estar abierto a iniciar el siguiente, si se me brinda la oportunidad. Mis errores me ha- descubrir que también ellos han cambiado. Emprendamos nuevos pasos de servicio para sorprendernos del potencial en cen anhelar un día más para poder corregirlos; mis aciertos despiertan en mi interior deseos por compartir; mi cansancio nuestras vidas que aún no hemos estrenado. Comencemos este nuevo ciclo intentando llegar a las periferias de nuestra me descubre el largo camino aún no recorrido; mi nostalgia propia existencia, esas áreas de nuestra persona en las que me llama a buscar más de lo ya saboreado; mi incertidumno nos hemos atrevido a entrar: la ternura, la confianza, la bre me permite confiar más en lo que otrohan conseguido; transparencia, la veracidad, la fe. mi gratitud me lleva a descubrirme más necesitado de los En todas estas áreas estamos siempre empezando, de demás; mi sorpresa me hace palpar más mi fragilidad ante acuerdo al momento concreto que enfrentamos de edad, de la inmensidad de Dios y mi esperanza me confirma que el salud, de relaciones interpersonales, de trabajo o de intimiCreador nunca da por terminada su obra en mi porque su dad con Dios. Nuestra humanidad insuflada de la presencia presencia amorosa es infinitamente creativa. divina, tiene siempre capacidad de más, tiene siempre anhelo Apertura y confianza de más, tiene siempre necesidad de más, está interminableSe ha dicho que los humanos somos animales de costummente empezando. bres. Las experiencias vividas trazan un patrón en nuestra Las mujeres y hombres que nosotros llamamos santos mente y cuerpo que nos predispone a responder de manera vivieron alegremente sorprendidos en la tierra y seguramente similar a lo ya vivido. Jesús, el Verbo de Dios hecho hombre, siguen siendo sorprendidos en el cielo. Su intercesión por nonos enseñó a vivir cada día con esa apertura a la sorpresa sotros nos impulsa a comenzar un año más con entusiasmo, de Dios, que siempre cuida de nosotros pues valemos mucho convencidos de que tenemos aún mucho por descubrir, por más que “las aves del cielo que no siembran”, y el Padre las ofrecer, por recibir, en ese eterno ciclo de los amados por Dios. cuida; nos mostró cómo pedir solo el “pan de cada día”, María, aquella fiel joven judía, supo dejarse sorprender nos advirtió que estemos preparados para dejar este mundo por el Todopoderoso que hace siempre maravillas, y con su porque “no sabemos el día ni la hora”; en fin, nos dio con generosa respuesta humana nos sorprende a nosotros por su vida, la pauta para vivir comenzando siempre, y hacerlo todas las generaciones. con tal intensidad y pasión que nos haga dar lo mejor de ¡Bendito y sorpresivo año nuevo para todos! nosotros mismos en cada momento y en cada encuentro en Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., es obispo auxiliar de Seattle y vicario la tierra y en la eternidad. para el ministerio hispano. 30 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org S E M I L L A S D E L A PA L A B R A ( I N E N G L I S H : W W W. N W C AT H O L I C . O R G ) Sh ut te r st oc k, Ca e Le ó n ral d ted El Señor te bendiga y te guarde La bendición de Dios a lo largo del año que comienza E l 1 de enero, en la primera lectura de la Misa de la solemnidad de Santa María, Madre de Dios, el Señor indica a Moisés que Aarón y los sacerdotes bendigan a su pueblo con estas palabras: “El Señor MAURICIO I. PÉREZ te bendiga y te guarde; el Señor ilumine su rostro sobre ti y te sea propicio; el Señor muestre a ti su rostro y te conceda la paz.” (Números 6,24-26) En la Iglesia, veneramos a la Santísima Virgen como Madre de Dios el 1 de enero. Si bien nuestro año en la Iglesia ha comenzado en Adviento, la primera hoja de nuestro calendario civil coincide con la fecha en que celebramos la Theotokos. De esta forma, lector querido, la bendición que transmite Aarón a los israelitas en nombre del Señor, cobra también sentido al iniciar un año más en tu vida. Sobre todo al pedir Dios a Moisés que esta sea la bendición del pueblo por siempre. Nota que esta bendición menciona tres veces el nombre divino, asegurándote así la presencia del Dios trino que te protege. La fórmula de bendición tiene tres partes y cada una pide del Señor dos favores: bendición y protección; luz divina y prosperidad; el rostro divino y la paz. De sus distintos significados, la bendición que expresa esta fórmula se refiere a que el Señor santifique a aquellos sobre quienes se invoca la bendición. Así, elevo mi oración para que a lo largo de este año el Señor te santifique. Que además te guarde de todo aquello que comprometa tu seguridad, tu integridad y tu relación con Él. Que te guarde de todos tus enemigos. Y si es preciso, que te guarde incluso de ti mismo. Que a lo largo del año, la luz de Dios marque tu camino y disipe las tinieblas de la incertidumbre y del desconsuelo. Y que al resplandecer el rostro de Dios sobre ti, puedas reflejar su amor a todos los que te rodean. Haciéndoles sentir tú mismo su presencia, su comprensión y su perdón. Así, el Señor te será propicio y te concederá aquellos favores que necesites para ti y para los tuyos. Que el año que comienza, el Señor te muestre su santo rostro en todo momento. Y que tú seas capaz de mirarlo siempre cara a cara, con esa confianza de que gozan solo aquellos que saben serle fieles y que pueden verlo a los ojos y sostenerle la mirada. Ante el rostro del Señor podrás entonces hablarle de tus gozos, de tus logros, de tus cosechas. Podrás también contarle tus tristezas. Podrás plantearle tus sueños, tus deseos y tus anhelos. Podrás confiarle tus miedos, tus tropiezos, tus caídas. Podrás derramar una lágrima o dos si lo precisas. Podrás incluso contemplar su rostro en el silencio y llenarte así, en su presencia, de su paz divina. Te deseo que nunca falte para ti la bendición de Dios a lo largo del año que comienza. ¡Apasiónate por nuestra fe! Mauricio I. Pérez, miembro de la Parroquia de Sta. Mónica en Mercer Island, es periodista católico. Su sitio web es www. semillasparalavida.org. 31 NEWS Kent Reporter/Ross Coyle The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Seattle/King County unveiled a new mural by local artist Blanca Santander at its Kent Thrift Store Dec. 3. Santander completed the mural in collaboration with students from Kent schools and volunteers from Centro Rendu, a St. Vincent de Paul initiative to serve Hispanics in King County. The project was funded by a grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the national anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic bishops. PREPARES The three Catholic Charities agencies of Washington state — Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, Catholic Charities Spokane and Catholic Charities of Yakima — have received a Strategic National Grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the national anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic bishops. The grant provides $492,580 in firstyear funding for the “Life to Justice Initiative,” with the possibility of up to four additional years of funding as the project proceeds, according to a release. The agencies are using the grant to accelerate development of Prepares, an initiative to provide pregnancy and parenting support resources for mothers, fathers and children up to age 5. Additionally, the grant will connect Prepares to two specific initiatives to assist farmworker and African-American communities. The Black American Initiative will form a network of African-American leaders to organize black families to access tools and resources that can help lift them out of poverty. The Catholic Farmworker Initiative will train leaders in the Skagit Valley to engage effectively with legislators and service providers on issues of health, education and housing. CNS/Paul Haring Grant helps new pregnancy and parenting support program PAPAL VISIT Pope Francis confirms visit to U.S. Pope Francis said Nov. 17 that he would attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September, making it the first confirmed stop on what is expected to be a more extensive papal visit to North America. “I would like to confirm that, God willing, in September 2015 I will go to Philadelphia for the eighth World Meeting of Families,” the pope said. Catholic News Service 32 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org Visit www.NWCatholic.org for more news and events. BY THE NUMBERS 22,114 Total enrollment in Western Washington’s 74 Catholic schools, down 1 percent from last year’s total of 22,375. While overall enrollment has dipped nearly 4 percent over the last five years, Hispanic enrollment has grown by more than 28 percent. Hispanic students now account for just over 8 percent of all students. QUOTABLE “Marriage and the family are in crisis today. We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people reject marriage as a public obligation. This revolution of customs and morals has often waved ‘the flag of freedom,’ but it has, in reality, brought spiritual and material devastation to countless human beings, especially IN MEMORIAM the poorest and most vulnerable.” Please remember recently deceased priests, deacons, sisters and brothers in your prayers. POPE FRANCIS, in a Nov. 17 address to an interreligious conference on traditional marriage BUSINESS GUIDE CNS/Paul Haring Father John Horan, Nov. 24 To advertise in the NW Catholic Business Guide, contact [email protected] or call 206-382-7313. All advertising rates and sizes: www.seattlearchdiocese.org/advertising PUGET SOUND PROBATES PROBATE ADMINISTRATION | ESTATE & TRUST SETTLEMENT DAVID T. 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The Mass precedes the annual Washington State March for Life, at noon at the state Capitol in Olympia, which marks the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing abortion in the U.S. For details about the Mass for Life, call the archdiocesan Liturgy Office at 206-382-4878. For information about parking and other logistics, visit www.seattlearchdiocese.org/CFF/Resources.aspx. Andrew Lichtenwalner, the executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Andrew Youth, will give a Lichtenwalner presentation on “The Mystery and Vocation of the Family” at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at Mercer Island’s St. Monica Parish, 4301 88th Ave. S.E. Lichtenwalner will discuss the 2014 and 2015 Synods on the Family, the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, and USCCB initiatives on marriage and family life. The event is free. RSVP by Feb. 12 to 206-382-4096 or [email protected]. SPECIAL MASS WOMEN’S RETREAT Writer and speaker to lead Lenten retreat Heather King, a popular Catholic convert, writer and speaker (see page 26), will lead a women’s Lenten retreat, with the theme “On Fire for the Light,” March 20–22 at the Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center at the Palisades, 4700 S.W. Dash Point Road, Federal Way. Heather King The price is $199 per person (single room) or $165 per person (double room), and includes six meals and two nights in a room with private bath. Scholarships are available. For more information, call 206-748-7991. SPECIAL COLLECTION Help keep NORTHWEST CATHOLIC going strong A special collection will be held in parishes Jan. 24–25 to support Northwest Catholic magazine, which is delivered free of charge 10 times each year to every registered Catholic household in the Archdiocese of Seattle — more than 123,000 — as well as our news website, www.NWCatholic.org, and our social media presence at www.facebook. com/NorthwestCatholic and www.twitter.com/NWestCatholic. You can donate online at www.seattlearchdiocese.org/NWCC. Celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life In celebration of the Year of Consecrated Life declared by Pope Francis, which began Nov. 30 and runs through Feb. 2, 2016, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain will celebrate a special Mass Sunday, Feb. 8, at noon at St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave. Religious communities will have exhibits highlighting their ministries at a reception following the Mass in the Isaac Orr Conference Room across the street from the cathedral. Visit www.NWCatholic.org for more news and events. 34 Northwest Catholic / January/February 2015 / www.NWCatholic.org Where will my granchildren find my grave? Do you have the cremated remains of a loved one at home? Have you given thought to scattering the cremated remains in the mountains, on the golf course, in Puget Sound? Having chosen cremation, many people simply don’t know what to do after the urn is returned to the family. If you are considering alternatives to cemetery burial, consider the value of a permanent place of visitation and prayer for future generations of your family – the Catholic Cemetery. Your permanent place of burial in a Catholic cemetery provides you with the opportunity to be present in the lives of future generations of your family yet unborn and to share the values of your faith with them. Your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren will be so glad that you made this choice. Pre-Planning will allow you to address these questions well before there is a need. This is truly a great gift of love that you will leave to your family. Your Archdiocesan Catholic cemeteries offer a wide variety of choices for the placement of cremated remains with prices starting at $265.00. ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CEMETERIES 1-888-784-8683 English www.MyCatholicCemetery.org www.NuestrosCementeriosCatolicos.org Español Courtesy St. Mary, Centralia Calvary Cemetery Holyrood Cemetery GetHsemane Cemetery st. PatriCk Cemetery Seattle 206-522-0996 Shoreline 206-363-8404 Federal Way Sea: 253-838-2240 Tac: 253-927-3350 Kent, Washington 98032 Administered by Gethsemane Cemetery 253-838-2240 C atHoliC C emeteries . . . tHere r eally is a d ifferenCe * Associated Catholic Cemeteries counselors who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and Tagalog are available by appointment. 35 A publication of the Archdiocese of Seattle 710 Ninth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 www.NWCatholic.org Inform. Inspire. Educate. NORTHWEST CATHOLIC COLLECTION January 24–25, 2015 Northwest Catholic would not be possible without your help. Donate online at www.seattlearchdiocese.org/NWCC. “I look forward to meeting the people in the magazine each month and reading their stories.” Sister Joyce Cox, B.V.M. 2015 New Year’s Resolution #1 √ Schedule Northwest CatholiC 2015 ads Maximize your business potential in 2015. Reach 123,000 new consumers through Northwest CatholiC. Published 10 times a year, Northwest CatholiC is the second-largest circulation-based magazine in Washington, with one of the best CPMs in the market. To learn more about advertising, contact Keri Hake, [email protected]. 2014/2015 calendar: www.seattlearchdiocese.org/advertising