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Seeds of Hope Formation, and Much Prayer and Discernment “And they adoring went back into Jerusalem Southwest Kansas with great joy.” -Luke 24:52 The Feast of Pentecost atholic is May 24. CNewspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City www.dcdiocese.org/register Vol. L, No. 5 • Sunday, May 17, 2015 You are Invited! would like to invite you to I the diaconate ordination of Juan Salas on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City. Juan will be ordained a transitional deacon, and he will then have one more year in the seminary before priesthood + Most Rev. John ordination a year from now. B. Brungardt What does a transitional Bishop of the deacon do? How does he Catholic Diocese of minister? The ordination Dodge City rite states: “He will help the Bishop and his Priests in the A May Crowning ministry of word, of altar, and of charity, show- ing himself to be a servant to all. … It will be his St. Mary School in Garden City held its May Crown- duty, at the Bishop’s direction, to exhort believ- ing on May 1. The second graders presented the statue ers and unbelievers alike and to instruct them in of Mary with fl owers, and then two students, Paulina holy doctrine. He will preside over public prayer, Moncada and Desirae Palacios (left) crowned the administer Baptism, assist at and bless Marriages, statue while the students sang Holy Mary. bring Viaticum to the dying, and conduct funeral Photos courtesy of St. Mary School rites.” Juan will make several promises: to be conse- crated for the Church’s ministry, to minister with humble charity, to hold fast to the Catholic faith, to remain celibate, to deepen his prayer life (in- cluding being faithful to the Liturgy of the Hours), Catholic Social to imitate Christ, and to obey me and my succes- sors. These promises are made after many years of Service sows Seeds of Hope formation, and much prayer and discernment. Let us pray for Juan, and all our ordained ministers, that By DAVID MYERS they may faithfully keep their promises. Southwest Kansas Catholic I especially invite all the boys and single men of young man walked into the of- ... I was in prison and you the diocese to this ordination. To participate in this fi ce of Catholic Social Service Holy Mass is to witness an extraordinary commit- A ment of a man to follow Christ in ordained ministry. in Garden City. He wore a baseball came to me. -- Matthew 25:36 cap over shaggy, black hair. A tat- Jesus calls each boy and single man in this diocese too peaked out on his neck from to make an extraordinary commitment to Him, underneath his shirt. After friendly possibly as a diocesan priest, as a husband and dad, greetings, he sat quietly as three CSS or in other ways. Jesus will help you discern – to workers were interviewed by the “prayerfully fi gure out” – your vocational path. Southwest Kansas Catholic. I also invite all the girls and single women of the The man is one of dozens of men diocese. Jesus calls each girl and single woman to and women who have been helped make an extraordinary commitment to Him, pos- to prepare for life after incarceration sibly as a religious sister, as a wife and mom, or in -- and to adjust to life after release other ways. Trust in our Risen Lord to lead you. -- through the Seeds of Hope jail Married couples: your commitment to the Lord, ministry program. to each other, to your children, and to all God’s “We work with offenders in their children is also a gift of the Lord. We pray that you re-entry back into society,” explained grow in your dedication to Jesus, your spouse and MARCI SMITH, director of the “We bond with them in the jail,” as a “job coach”, Sherwin may fi nd your family. Seeds of Hope program. Sherwin said. “The hope is that the himself driving a released ex-convict I suggest that the Knights of Columbus, the “We help them with everything bond will carry on throughout our to the social security offi ce in Dodge schools, the PSR programs, youth ministries, from housing to education to drug and relationship.” City, to the non-food pantry in Garden and other parish groups organize carpools to the alcohol rehabilitation.” The relationship Sherwin speaks City, or to a job interview. ordination. I suggest our Religious Congregations, SCOTT SHERWIN is the presi- of includes CSS sister programs such Many of those with whom the CSS during this Year of Consecrated Life, each bring a dent of the Seeds of Hope Board of as “Work for Success” (an intensive staff works came from broken homes, van load of participants. Directors. It was Sherwin whom the program that helps dads to become Smith explained. Let us all pray for Juan Salas, his family, and his young man was waiting to see. Each successful and responsible fathers) “Socio-economic class does make a seminary formators, as he prepares these last few Saturday, Sherwin holds a non-de- and “MRT” (a series of classes for ex- difference. It’s not uncommon to see days for ordination to the diaconate of Jesus Christ nominational Bible study inside the convicts, and those facing problems a father and son both going through and His Catholic Church. Jesus loves Juan more Finney County Jail. It is there that stemming from addiction and other the prison system at the same time.” than he can ask or imagine! many offenders encounter the Seeds issues). of Hope program for the fi rst time. When he’s not in his offi ce serving Continued on Page 8 See Page 3 for a Q and A article with Juan Salas. Page 2 May 17, 2015 The Southwest Kansas Catholic St. Francis Xavier, Listen to Him Seward, to celebrate isions and Voices we shall always be reduced fi nally to any creaturely thing. Vhave with us in the ordinary lives of When the Lord speaks to us in a substantial ordinary Christians. St. John of the Cross way, no concept of ours can carry its full 100th anniversary urged us not to seek after such exceptional meaning. As St. John put it in a favorite things, however. And the Church has phrase: no clear and distinct knowledge of EWARD -- Father Rene Guesnier, OSB, and St. accepted his judgment as a basic way of God is actually God. It is but our knowl- SFrancis Xavier Parish would like to invite parishioners making sense of these things, and of deal- edge about God. past and present, their families and friends, and anyone ing with them. The visions and the voices usually arise else who is interested, to celebrate the church building’s Start with what we know. What is the when a person is touched by God, and then 100th anniversary on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, at normal way God communicates himself tries to put that experience into thoughts or the parish, 504 Main Street in Seward. to us? He does this through Faith, the words, or signs or sounds. That effort is theological virtue infused in us at Baptism. appropriate enough. We always try to say The event will begin at 9 a.m. with a rosary held at the Bishop Emeritus cemetery. Bishop John B. Brungardt will dedicate the As we grow, we come to assent personally what we have seen. The problem arises to the Faith of the Church by making our when that effort to translate the experience Ronald M. old convent building, which Father Rene explained has own the doctrinal propositions of her Faith: is misunderstood, and overvalued. We are Gilmore been totally restored. what the Church teaches us about the per- prone to think more of the saying than of After the blessing of the convent, a relic of Blessed sons of the Trinity, and about their working the original seeing, and thereby to intro- José Luis Sánchez del Río will be formally installed in- in our world. When it meets no obstacle, duce some distortion into it. side the church. Bishop Brungardt and Father Rene will the virtue of Faith fl owers naturally into To receive God in Faith, our minds must celebrate Mass at 10:30 a.m. acts of Faith. remain as empty as the Holy of Holies in A pot-luck luncheon will follow. Everyone is invited So far, so good. But we need to remem- the Temple of Jerusalem when it was fi lled to bring a covered dish. ber also that the content of Faith cannot by the Divine Presence. Participate in Golf Father Francis Stuart, OSB, dies Priest served diocese from 2002-2004 Classic, support local ather Francis Stuart, OSB, died March Most Rev. (later Cardinal) John Cody, F30, 2015, at Pine View Manor care bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City – St. retired priests facility in Stanberry, Mo. Abbot Gregory Joseph, at Conception Abbey. He served as -- See Page 16 Polan celebrated the Mass of Christian an assistant pastor at St. Aloysius, Kansas Burial at the Basilica of City, Mo., and then as the Immaculate Concep- chaplain at the United tion, Conception, Mo. States Medical Center Burial was in St. Columba for Federal Prisoners Got a minute? Cemetery. in Springfi eld, Mo. Please take a few moments to write a letter of support to our Father Francis served He served as an seminarians. How wonderful it is for them to know that they in the Diocese of Dodge assistant pastor at Sa- are being thought of and prayed for by the folks back home.
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