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Contributions on Salvatorian History, Charism, and Spirituality Volume Ten The Priestly Calling– Salvatorian Experience A Project of the Joint History and Charism Committee Ms. Janet E Bitzan, SDS Ms. Sue Haertel, SDS S. Nelda Hernandez, SDS Fr. Michael Hoffman, SDS Cl. Patric Nikolas, SDS Fr. Dan Pekarske, SDS S. Barbara Reynolds, SDS S. Carol Thresher, SDS With Permission of the Superiors S. Beverly Heitke, SDS Provincial of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Savior Fr. Joseph Rodrigues, SDS Provincial of the Society of the Divine Savior Mr. Kenzia Drake, SDS National Director of the Lay Salvatorians April, 2017 CONTENTS Introduction to Volume Ten vii Part One: Consecrated to the Lord 1 Introduction to the English Edition 5 Introduction 7 Fr. Bonaventure Lüthen: A Salvatorian 9 The Path to the Sanctuary 9 Castle Chaplain and Curate in Wewer 10 In Service to Priestly Holiness 11 In the Ways of Providence 12 With Firm Trust 13 Homecoming 16 Priests with Hearts Like Jesus’ 20 Humility 21 Zeal for God’s Glory 23 Zeal for Souls 25 Love for Children 26 Love for Sinners 28 A Spirit of Prayer 29 Love for the Sick 31 Love for the Poor Souls 32 A Final Installment 34 The Friend of Children 38 The Mystery of Love 38 In the Strength of God 40 In the Love of Christ 42 Through Mary 44 The Ideal 46 In the Spirit of Atonement 48 His Cross 50 His Dignity 52 His Death 54 His Crown 56 iii Homo Dei: Man of God 59 Not I but Christ who Lives in Me 59 At the Altar 60 Repentance and Prayer 62 Salvatores Mundi: Saviors of the World 65 Part Two: Priest’s Day 69 Diamond Jubilee of the Priest’s Day Devotion 71 Starting Point: Berlin 71 Threatened Persecuiton, New Challenges 71 Father Paschalis Schmid 72 How Relevant is it Today? 73 Extension of the Movement 73 The Prayer Day Today 74 Promoting Priest’s Day in the United States 75 Part Three: The Priest 77 The Priest 79 About this Work 81 About the Artist 83 About the Author 85 I - Chosen! Blessed! Consecrated! 86 II - Mediator Between God and Man 90 III - Herald of the Truth 94 IV - All Heart for the Little Ones 98 V - The Good Shepherd 102 VI - Father of the Poor 106 VII - Disciple of Learning 110 VIII - Patron of the Arts 114 IX - Friend of the People 118 X - Apostolic Missionary 122 XI - Consoler of the Dying 126 XII - The Priest’s Sacred Place of Refuge 130 XIII - Finished 134 XIV - The Priest’s Triumph 138 iv Part Four: Refl ections on Priesthood in the 21st Century 143 Introduction 143 Salvatorian Conversation on Priesthood in the 21st Century 145 The Priest as a Person 145 The Priest in Sacramental Ministry 146 The Priest’s Leadership Role 146 The Priest’s Role of Enabling and Empowering the Laity / The Role of Collaboration 147 The Priest’s Commitment to Live as an Example of God’s Love 148 The Priesthood and Salvatorian Charism 149 The Salvatorian Ministry of Inclusion 150 Appendix 151 v Place holder text. The Priestly Calling–Salvatorian Experience Introduction This is Volume 10 in the series Contributions on Salvatorian History, Charism and Spirituality: The Priestly Calling–Salvatorian Experience. It presents for the fi rst time in English the works of four important Salvatorians in Europe and America. Each in his own way worked to realize Fr. Jordan’s dream of a stable religious order enlisting the special gifts of priests–holy, zealous and truly apostolic priests. Even before meeting in person, we can assume that Fr. Jordan knew of Fr. Bernard Luethen (who would later take the name “Bonaventure”) through the latter’s writings. These appeared in Ambrosius, a magazine for priests, where he encouraged and often cajoled priests to live lives worthy of their calling. Many of his articles were collected and published in Germany in the 1930’s in a book entitled Helig dem Herrn, Consecrated to the Lord. This volume clearly illumines what might have drawn Jordan and Leuthen into their life-long collaboration. It also explains why Jordan insisted that each new province open a school for training priests as soon as possible. This impetus shaped the future of each province, most especially in the USA. Another German Salvatorian in the 1930’s, Fr. Pascalis Schmid, worked to establish and to spread worldwide a devotion known as “Priest’s Day.” On the fi rst Thursday or fi rst Saturday of each month, faithful Catholics were encouraged to pray for God to sustain their priests in holiness and apostolic zeal. Here we read Fr. Stephen Horn’s article about Fr. Pachalis Schmid and the Priest’s Day movement. Schmid was trying to show the people of his time the day-to-day prayer life and ministry life of the priest. He attempted to answer the still often-asked question, “What does a priest do all day?” by outlining many of the works and activities of the priest that were not always publically seen. Besides the preparation for and ministry of praying Mass daily, there was also the recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours, visits to the sick and dying, the hospitalized and homebound and sharing the Eucharist with them, sacramental preparation sessions, administration of the parish, work with the children in his care, and general visits to the homes of his parish members. Schmid wanted the people of the Church to feel personally involved in the ministries of their priests by their prayer and refl ection. vii Seeing a latent artistic talent in the shoemaker brother, Br. Aegidius Roeder, Fr. Jordan sent him to art school and immediately thereafter enlisted him to illustrate the many Salvatorian publications. Although Br. Aegidius died in the late 1920’s, the USA Salvatorian priest-editor, Fr. Winfrid Herbst, undertook a posthumous collaboration with Br. Aegidius, using his illustrations and supplementing them with his own spiritual refl ections. These too are published here for the fi rst time. In this work, we see “priesthood” in a unique way: through the eyes of a Salvatorian Brother, and all of it expressed without using his own words. He saw the work, the spirituality, and the dedication of the priests around him in the community, and he conveyed what he saw in his art. Herbst’s words may describe priestly ministry in the language of the 1930’s church, but Roeder’s art refl ects a timeless and wordless look into the life of the priests who try to draw a direct link between spiritual life and secular life for the people in their care. Some may wonder whether a volume dedicated to the priestly calling, especially one that recycles articles from long ago, has any but historical value today. After all, we live in an age that greatly values the contributions of religious sisters, brothers, deacons and the laity–an age when the priestly vocation is seen as just one of many ways in which to minister in the world. Nevertheless, the priestly vocation remains unique even today. So, this volume concludes with refl ections from several of today’s USA Salvatorian men and women on the ever-changing role of the priest. We asked them to look at the priesthood as they see it in the Church of the 21st Century and how all of us, as Salvatorian people in our Salvatorian places, can energize and empower entire parishes and other church communities in the work of the Church today. Members of the Joint History and Charism Committee Ms. Janet Bitzan Ms. Sue Haertel Sr. Nelda Hernandez Fr. Michael Hoffman Cl. Patric Nikolas Fr. Daniel Pekarske Sr. Barbara Reynolds Sr. Carol Thresher. viii Part One: Consecrated to the Lord Place holder text. Fr. Willibrord Menke, SDS Consecrated to the Lord. A Legacy for Priests in Diffi cult Times God ennobled the week by adding Sunday and turning it into the Lord’s Day. God also enriched all other human dwellings by instituting churches to be the house of the Lord, and added to the secular songs of concert halls psalms to be sung to God. That very same God has added priests to the various classes of people to be the anointed of the Lord. Yes, it is true that the priest is dust from the earth, born from the dust like all the children of Adam. But a priest, as dust in the Savior’s hand, is meant to open the eyes of the blind. A priest is the hem on the Savior’s garment so that the healing power of God may fl ow out to those seeking healing. Cardinal Faulhaber, Zeitfragen 3 Place holder text. Introduction to the English Edition In October 1878, Fr. Bernard Lüthen (known in religious life as Bonaventura) moved from the castle in Wewer to Donauwörth, Bavaria to assist the work of Ludwig Auer’s Cassineum. There he was assigned to edit Ambrosius, which he subtitled For Directors of Christian Mother’s Associations and Pastors. The fi rst issue to appear under his direction was on November 1, 1877. In 1939, in the book you have before you, Consecrated to the Lord. A Legacy for Priests in Diffi cult Times, Salvatorian Father Wilibrord Menke, SDS, selected and reprinted 24 articles which Fr. Lüthen addressed to priests in Ambrosius between 1878 and 1881. The overarching theme is the crucial importance for priests to be holy. They must have hearts like Christ’s Sacred Heart; and like Jesus, the Divine Friend of Children, they too must be zealous in their outreach to youth.
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