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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
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Why I haven’t
given up on the
March for Life
Q-and-A
with author
Heather King
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Reflections on how
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ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Stephen Brashear
Sarah Bartel | Father Cal Christiansen
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Mark Shea
Inspiring
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
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On fire for
the light
Courtesy Heather King
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AUDIT PENDING
Noroeste Católico
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Las promesas de Dios
nos hacen levantarnos
de nuevo
DEL MES
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Sn. Andrés Bessette y
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FROM THE ARCHBISHOP
Finding peace in a
troubled world
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SAINTS OF THE MONTH
A humble doorman and
a saintly twin
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FAITH AND FINANCES
Make a financial
‘examination of conscience’
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YOUR FAMILY MATTERS
Are married people
called to chastity?
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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?
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A CATHOLIC VIEW
The many manifestations
of the Son of God
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FAITH IN ACTION
James Savage revived the
cathedral’s music ministry
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WINNING SPIRIT
Seattle U basketball coach
Kristen O’Neill
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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
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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.
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FA I T H A N D F I N A N C E S
Planning for the New Year
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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?
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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C AT H O L I C V O I C E S
Why the
March for Life
matters
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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.
Parish in Tacoma, is president of the Washington State March
I march because women are dying and getting injured,
for Life.
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How can I best
share my faith
Q
A
with others?
Where I work, there are a number of former and nonpracticing Catholics as well as some
who grew up with no connection to organized religion. 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)
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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.
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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.”
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.
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WINNING SPIRIT
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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.
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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.
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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.
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captain I have ever had,” said coach Erin
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in the state meet. Outside of running,
she has helped recruit students to volunteer building homes in New Orleans
during spring break.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Inspiring
SERVANT
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J.C. Santos guides his eighth-graders
in making a difference now
By Jean Parietti
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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.”
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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.
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
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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.
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.
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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.
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
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con tu Oficina Arquidiocesana de
Misiones para un mayor compromiso!
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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
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EVENTS
FAMILY LIFE
Marriage expert to
discuss Synods
on the Family
Chris Tumbusch
MASS FOR LIFE
Archbishop to celebrate Mass
before annual march
Archbishop J. Peter Sartain will celebrate a Mass for Life Tuesday, Jan.
20, at 9:30 a.m. in the Marcus Pavilion at Saint Martin’s University, 5300
Pacific Ave. S.E., Lacey.
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
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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.
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