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F in R the I L E O N R D S D From the Editor To read more fascinating details about the front cover, in the artist’s he front cover is the result of a own words, simply google “The photo search to accompany Three Companions by Dora Bittau” Fr. Daly’s article about the or go to the link at the bottom of this friendsT of Ignatius (see page 5). web page: http://www.gprep.com/ We found individual images of the three apps/pages/index.jsp?type=d&uREC_ , and Fr. Fennessy, our resident art ID=263808&pREC_ID=587203. expert, identified them as coming from the Chapel of the Three Companions at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, their personal experiences of spiritual Manresa Staff Washington. We then contacted the companionship, one by Denise Anderson Ms. Denise Anderson school to request a high resolution photo that includes testimonies from her Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ of the full image along with permission “Women to Women” friends and Fr. Henry Chamberlain, SJ for Manresa to publish it, and Wendy Fr. Gary Wright’s explanation about the Fr. Francis Daly, SJ Griffin from their Communications & Jesuit Alumni and Friends of Detroit. Executive Director Special Events Department graciously While more stories carry this theme, Ms. Ann Dillon provided both. Fr. Peter Fennessy, SJ there are other “reader-friendly” articles Fr. Steve Hurd, SJ Adding the words “Friends in the Lord” you won’t want to miss, such as “Praying Mr. Thomas Hurley to the side panels provides the title of with Art” by DIA Docent Carole Sugrue Controller Fr. Daly’s article as well as the theme and a delightful read about our own Br. Mike O’Grady, SJ of this issue. His article is beautifully Fr. Leo Cachat as told by Paul Seibold. Mr. Steve Raymond enhanced by the artist’s rendering of the Associate Director Your friendly Publications Team is most Ms. Anne Smith three friends: St. (left) pleased to present this spring/summer Ms. Ruth Ann Stevens holding the book of his master’s teachings issue to all of you dear Manresa friends in Business Manager and a seashell, symbolizing baptism; the Lord. Ms. Rita Tinetti St. Ignatius (center), the dignified God bless you all, Development Director face drawn from his death mask; and Board of Directors St. holding his book Fr. Timothy Babcock Memoriale (“Memories”). The bordered Mr. Robert Babinski area at the bottom further depicts the PS As always, be sure to read our online Mr. Basta lives of these Jesuit founders. Inside E-Supplement for “bonus material” on Mr. John Bernia, Jr. this issue you will find an article by articles marked with a star. [From our Fr. Fran Daly, SJ Fr. Fennessy describing seven other homepage, click on “Resources” and then Fr. 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Peter Fennessy, SJ, (front) [email protected] Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304. Please Grace Seroka, Paul Seibold and Anne Smith. or use Manresa’s postal address. contact the Business Manager to report duplicate mailings. For more Front Cover: “The Three Companions” icon by Dora N. Bittau, at the Chapel of the information contact 248.644.4933 or [email protected]. Three Companions, Gonzaga Preparatory School, Spokane, WA. Used by permission. Page 2 From our Executive Director This year, Francis has declared a Jubilee Year of th e continue to celebrate our 90 anniversary Mercy and has written, “We as we look forward to spring and the need constantly to contemplate splendor of God’s creation awakening to the mystery of mercy. It is a newW life. St. Ignatius began a new life on March 25, wellspring of joy, serenity, and 1522, the Feast of the Annunciation. [Read an article peace. Our salvation depends on related to this feast on page 7.] On the night before Mary’s it”; and he continues, “. . . mercy is feast, he made an all-night vigil before the Madonna of the ultimate and supreme act by Montserrat, where he surrendered his sword and became which God comes to meet us.” a knight of Christ. In the morning St. Ignatius left for Francis J. Daly, SJ Manresa, where he spent ten months in prayer with Retreatants frequently tell us that Manresa is a sacred Christ. He experienced Jesus inviting him to labor with place. It is holy ground where for 90 years many friends Him in establishing His kingdom. Like Jesus, Ignatius have come to encounter Jesus Christ, Who is the face realized he needed companions for this mission. While of God’s mercy. These friends in the Lord, who have in studies at the University of , Ignatius met six responded generously to Christ’s invitation to follow him, companions who vowed to follow Jesus. They became have made Manresa a sacred place. known as “friends in the Lord.” [Read more about these In a retreat, we have the opportunity to be still and friends on pages 5 and 6.] contemplate “God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness (Ex. 34:6).” God is always waiting for us and welcomes At Manresa Jesuit Retreat us in the time we spend with Him. He wants us to House today, we still need men experience His forgiveness, joy and peace. I hope during this season of new life, you can take some time for yourself and women who are inspired by to make a retreat and reawaken your relationship with the the vocation of St. Ignatius and Lord. Please pray that Manresa continues to be a sacred place where men and women gather to rest in the mercy desire to serve Christ’s mission. and love of Jesus Christ. We are grateful for all our May we all have the grace to become faithful friends in “friends in the Lord” who bring the Lord. new life to Manresa and help us make known the love and mercy of Jesus Christ.

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Page 4 Friends in the Lord fellowship. Arriving at the from remote villages, isolated fortresses and small cities, these s a philosophy and student at the seven were united by friendship, a common desire to serve University of Paris in 1529, God and the knowledge that they had found in each other shared an apartment with Francis Xavier and what they had been seeking. PeterA Faber, close friends who had been at the College of Sainte Barbe for three and a half years. Faber helped Ignatius with his studies. Ignatius in turn shared with God placed all people in our Faber the wisdom of his Spiritual Exercises. This process lives so that we could both serve of exchange, through which each man gave what he had to the others, was built on mutual trust and reverence and them and learn from them. later would become essential for their way of life. Although uncertain of the way God was leading them, Although Ignatius the seven were confident that and Francis were both God was working in and Basques, Ignatius through them. Ignatius directed confided later that Xavier each companion through the was the toughest material Spiritual Exercises and became he had ever worked spiritual director to each of with. Ignatius patiently, these new friends in the Lord. gently and skillfully Throughout their studies, they challenged the spiritually persevered in their friendship, aloof Xavier. He tried sharing academic and spiritual to win Francis over with help as well as assistance in acts of kindness. He temporal matters. Their example recommended Xavier’s The First Vows at Montmartre, Konrad Baumeister, 1881. and conversation exerted philosophy lectures to Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier, Peter Faber, , considerable influence on their students, sent students Alonzo Salmeron, Simon Rodriguez and Nicholas Bobadilla, all students at the University of Paris, had enthusiasm, fellow students to be tutored by Francis exuberance, a sense of camaraderie and a taste for Through the Spiritual Exercises and even helped him adventure. On August 15, 1534 the seven men, so and spiritual conversation, we financially from time to different in age, character, nationality, social origin and Jesuits and our apostolic partners time. However, Francis indeed even in apostolic and spiritual experience, climbed build a community of respect rejected these appeals to Montmartre outside Paris where Faber, the only priest, celebrated the Mass. At the moment of communion, each and trust with one another. In and refused to consider pronounced his private vows and received the Eucharist. this way we continue to become Ignatius’ suggestions that friends in the Lord and labor he listen to Jesus’ invitation to labor with Him. in the mission that Jesus entrusted to Ignatius Loyola, Peter Faber and Francis Xavier. Indeed, the term “Friends Trust and reverence are in the Lord” was renewed in the 1975 document “The necessary to create the intimacy Union of Minds and Hearts” at the Jesuits’ 32nd . This document exhorted Jesuits: “From for becoming friends in the Lord. union with God in Christ flows of necessity brotherly love . . . Jesuits are companions not only in the sense of fellow The death of Xavier’s saintly sister Magdalena, an abbess workers in the apostolate but truly brothers and friends in of the Poor Clares, sobered him. His desire for reputation the Lord.” and wealth faded, and he listened more attentively to his We all have the opportunity to become friends in the roommates, Loyola and Faber. By the time Faber returned Lord, with Whom we partner in our mission today. Our home to care for his aged father in 1533, Ignatius had won faith helps us realize that God placed all people in our Francis over, and for the rest of their lives their friendship lives so that we could both serve them and learn from supported them even though continents separated them. them. God’s grace helps us see people in new ways and Faber, Loyola and Xavier had discovered that trust with greater compassion and understanding. Often we and reverence are necessary to create the intimacy for may be surprised by becoming friends with someone we becoming friends in the Lord. never thought possible. Friendship is a wonderful gift, and By 1534 the original group of three companions had we do not want to take it for granted. grown to seven because others were attracted to their ~by Francis J. Daly, SJ Page 5 The First Companions Alfonso Salmerón (1515-1585) was a forthright, good-humored, friendly young man with a fantastic gnatius of Loyola seemed to enjoy the company of memory. Pope Paul III sent him as a papal nuncio to others with similar values whether as the youngest of Ireland and as papal theologian to the . 13 children, a page at the court at Arévalo or a soldier He traveled all over Europe teaching, helped to open in military comradeship. And after his conversion, from the college in Naples and still found time to write 16 I volumes of biblical commentary. his first studies in 1524 to the founding of the Jesuits in 1540, many companions were attracted to him, Nicolás Alonso (1511-1590), called Bobadilla after and some drifted away. We are familiar with the three his native village in Castile, was a passionate firebrand saints who roomed together in Paris—Ignatius of Loyola, who forcefully said exactly what he meant. He came to Francis Xavier and Peter Faber—about whom Fr. Daly Paris for postgraduate studies and approached Ignatius has written in his article on the preceding page. because he was known to be helpful to students. Bobadilla was King John’s original choice for the Konrad Baumeister’s painting, which accompanies mission to India, but when he fell sick, Xavier went Fr. Daly’s article of the companions’ vows at Montmartre, instead, while Bobadilla stayed in Europe to become an however, includes four others. important diplomat, a champion of daily Communion and the last of the companions to die. Simão Rodrigues (1510-1579), a Portuguese nobleman who studied with Ignatius at Sainte-Barbe, is mostly remembered as the super-pious Provincial of Portugal who led his novices overboard in the same direction, a man who once tried to run away in the middle of the night to become a hermit. After Montmartre, Ignatius returned to his native land because of his failing health, promising to meet his companions in . Meanwhile in Paris three other men were introduced to the Spiritual Exercises by Peter Faber. They joined the six companions when they renewed their vows in 1535 and 1536. Paschase Broët (1500-1562), a French priest, renowned for his retreats and homilies, became a legate of Pope Paul III to Siena and Ireland, a Provincial in Italy and later in where he won recognition for the Jesuit order. He died ministering to the plague- stricken in Paris. Jean Codure (1508-1541), from Provence, was imprisoned in Padua for preaching the Gospel. He worked with Ignatius to draft the original Constitutions of the Society. The First Companions—Friends in the Lord Claude Jay (1504-1552), a Savoyard priest and classmate of Peter Faber, was missioned by Pope Paul III to the Council of Trent and later to the Diet of Diego Laínez (1512-1565), a man of Jewish ancestry Augsburg. from Castile, and Alfonso Salmerón from Toledo met at the University of Alcala and became close friends. The companions did meet with Ignatius in Venice in 1537. They had heard of Ignatius at Alcala and were eager Those who were not priests were ordained. And not being able to go to the , they put themselves at the to meet him. Diego was a small man, not physically disposal of the Pope, who began to send them on various strong, but learned and brilliant, skillful in , missions. That gave them pause. They took forty days to religious, pure and docile. As the Pope’s theologian discern whether they should part as friends in the Lord, or during the Council of Trent he had extraordinary whether they should form a religious order, which is what privileges because of his theological wisdom. He they did. became the second Superior General of the Jesuits. ~ by Peter Fennessy, SJ Page 6 Praying with Art speak to me with a gentle voice? Why did I always think He spoke with a commanding voice? A gentle, soft voice is ooking at a work of art can give us new insights to more difficult to hear. Do I take moretime when I pray to make our prayers more meaningful. In March we hear this gentle voice? celebrate the Annunciation, which is the moment Fra Angelico depicts Mary not when actually when the Gabriel invited Mary to become the L appears to her. Instead, she is portrayed after she hears his mother of Christ: “And coming to her, he said, ‘Hail favored message. Her eyes do not meet his, they are respectfully one! The Lord is with you.’ But she was greatly troubled lowered. Holding her prayer book in one hand, she crosses at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this her arms over her chest. This is a gesture of submission, might be. [Then] Mary said, ‘Behold I am the handmaid one that says humbly, “I have taken to heart what you have of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word asked of me.” Though much older than Mary must have (Luke 1:28-29, 38).’”

Angel of the Annunciation and Annunciate, 1450-1455, Fra Angelico, tempera on panel; 13” x 10-5/8” each, Detroit Institute of Arts, bequest of Eleanor Clay Ford.

Many artists have been inspired by Luke’s telling of this been, I wonder if I could make a commitment like that to story. Before beginning to paint their interpretation of the Lord even now. the biblical passage, the artists probably asked themselves In both paintings the colors are delicate, the curls of hair several questions. Why was Mary favored? How old could are perfectly formed and the fabric of their clothes hangs she have been? She was greatly troubled: what does that gently over their bodies. Overall, it is a direct depiction of imply? Was she happy or afraid to be the handmaid of the the biblical passage. However, the addition of gold leaf Lord? And what about the archangel? How should he be on the haloes and the panel adds a richness that enhances portrayed? the significance of the Annunciation. Vasari, an early Fra Angelico, who at the age of 20 became a Dominican biographer of painters, said this about Fra Angelico: “He friar, was already a respected painter. When he decided painted incessantly [and] he never would have touched to paint this pair of paintings of the Annunciation, he a brush had he not first humbled himself in prayer.” In answered these questions in his own way and probably gazing at such paintings may we too be humbly moved to a asked himself even more questions before he began to spirit of prayer. paint. ~ by Carole Sugrue In the first of the pair of paintings, the archangel Gabriel Carole Sugrue holds a BA degree in wears a dalmatic, a vestment usually worn by a deacon who Instrumental Music, an MA in Counseling proclaims the Gospel, the Word of God. Here, Gabriel and an MA in Humanities, all from Wayne is sent by God to deliver a message. Fra Angelico paints State University. She taught elementary, Gabriel as someone who couldn’t possibly frighten Mary junior and senior high school students for when he appeared unexpectedly. He doesn’t even hold the 18 years in the Detroit area before marrying traditional scepter, which denotes power. His eyes look Jerry Sugrue. After their sons were older, Carole became a directly at Mary. His right hand gently lifts his left arm docent at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where she has been as he says, “Listen to me.” I wonder, does God sometimes serving for 29 years. Page 7 JESUIT SPOTLIGHT: Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ — Celebrating 50 Years e didn’t want to be a Jesuit. India in 1966, and his tertianship followed in 1967 in No, really, he didn’t. He Hazaribagh (India’s Bihar State) and included three made a novena praying mission “experiments,” each one month long. The first was Hthat his application to the order not in Calcutta, living with the Mission of Charity brothers and be accepted. But God had other helping care for the destitute dying: “I saw plans. When his novena ended, his her every day. One day my Jesuit companion and I told her acceptance letter came, and the rest that caring for the poor was great but the long-term remedy is history as we shall see. was to do away with society’s sinful structures. Mother Born in Cleveland as the seventh of Teresa replied with a eight children, Leo Cachat (“Ka- twinkle, ‘I know that. SHAY”) is named after his father, God wants me to look after the poorest of the The young Fr. Leo, who was employed at Cleveland’s circa 1966 Common Pleas Court. His mother, poor. The Society of Zita, was a homemaker, “and she did a wonderful of Jesus can work on the it.” The family was “very Catholic,” with holy statues and sinful structures.’” pictures about the house. They prayed the rosary daily Fr. Leo’s second when the brothers were overseas during World War II. mission experiment was with famine relief Fr. Leo fondly remembers helping Mother After graduating from St. Ignatius High School, Leo Teresa during his tertianship in Calcutta. studied pre-med at John Carroll University. He never and parish work at planned to be a priest; in fact, after an eight-day retreat Sasaram (Bihar State), India. It was a place of outcasts with the Sodality (now Christian Life Community) he and aboriginals, as Father Leo described. The third was at was told by the retreat director that he did not have a Holy Family Hospital, Patna (capital of Bihar State). There vocation. However, driving home one evening, “some force” he taught the student nurses English and medical ethics had him pull into the parking lot of his parish, St. Rose and helped in the hospital. of Lima; he went in and had a “knock-down fight” over After five years in India, Fr. Leo returned to Nepal in 1968. whether to become a Jesuit. Over the next ten years he taught school, managed hostels An exploratory interview at and was principal of St. Xavier School in Kathmandu. John Carroll and his eventual From 1978 to 1983 Fr. Leo set up and directed a retreat acceptance led him to enter center, Godavari Ashram, and from 1984 to 1991 a the novitiate on September formation house, Kamal Niwas, both in Kathmandu. In 1, 1954. It was only when the months of December and January during this period he made his first vows two he also led retreats throughout Asia, primarily in India, years later that he was at Pakistan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines peace about his calling to the and Korea. He served as regional superior for the Jesuits in . He never Nepal from 1991 to 1997. had any doubts after that. Fr. Leo studied at the Sadhana Institute near Pune, India In 1961 Fr. Leo left for Nepal, in 1977 and 1978, under the tutelage of the school’s which he describes as “the director, Fr. Anthony de Mello, SJ. There he learned more Fr. Leo celebrates his first Mass, after happiest days of my life.” He about Eastern spirituality. Fr. Leo notes, “In the Western his ordination of March 20, 1966. was ordained in Kurseong, setting, the head is farthest from the earth, but Fr. de Mello Spanning His Jesuit Years 1968–1978—Returned to Nepal; taught, ran 1997–2001—Missioned in Burma; gave hostels and served as principal of St. Xavier retreats and helped set up an English- 1954—Began Jesuit novitiate in Milford, Ohio School in Jawalakhel (new, second location, language institute 1958—Earned BA in literature (Milford) within the city) 2001—Returned to USA, took sabbatical at 1960—Awarded MA in philosophy (West 1977–1978—Attended Sadhana Institute in Berkeley Baden, Indiana) India 1961–1963—Missioned in Nepal; taught at 2002–2005—Became chaplain to faculty and 1978–1983—Set up and directed retreat staff at University of Detroit High School Kathmandu’s St. Xavier grade- and high school center in Kathmandu 1963–1967—Studied and received licentiate 1984–1991—Set up and directed formation 2005—Began giving weekend retreats at in theology at Jesuit-run Papal Seminary in Manresa Poona (now Pune, near Mumbai, India) house in Kathmandu 1966—Ordained in Kurseong, India 1991–1997—Served as regional superior for 2007–Present—Joined and serves on (Darjeeling District) Jesuits in Nepal Manresa ministerial team

Page 8 bridged that gap and helped me move from intellectualizing the chapel but I had to remember to to intuiting and experiencing.” [Editor’s note: Fr. Leo will sit in a chair, not on the floor.“ In share reminiscences about Fr. de Mello on May 3, 2016 as part 2005 then-Director Jim Serrick, of Manresa’s Speakers’ Series.] SJ asked Fr. Leo to give weekend When Fr. Leo came home on a three-month sabbatical in retreats at Manresa, and in 2007 he 1997 he experienced a visceral sense that his time in Nepal succeeded Fr. Benno Kornely, SJ was finished. He then traveled to the Holy Land and spent on the ministerial staff. Fr. Leo was ten weeks as a spiritual guide to Maryknoll priests and diagnosed with oral cancer in August brothers there. From the Holy Land, he returned to Burma 2012 and received radiation and where he had led numerous chemo treatments over a four-month retreats over the years. He was period. With God’s grace, there has Fr. Leo Cachat celebrates missioned four years in Burma been no recurrence. 50 years as a Jesuit priest before he returned home in In his ninth year at the house, Fr. on March 20, 2016. 2001 with two bags and a Leo continues his ministry giving individually directed carry-on. retreats, conference retreats, spiritual direction and various Fr. Leo became chaplain to the presentations. He also offers Mass at nearby parishes and faculty and staff at U-D High a Catholic school. “I’m glad to be free of administrative School in 2002. Even so, it duties (that was my Purgatory) so I can focus on the wasn’t until 2005 that he felt he sacramental ministries.” He is grateful that the Chicago- had fully re-entered American Detroit provincial continues to allow him to lead retreats Celebrating Mass in the room culture. “In Nepal I would in the Philippines. And sure enough, as this article is of St. Ignatius’ conversion at prepared for print, the energetic Fr. Leo is on a two-month th take off my shoes and sit on the Loyola, Spain in 2015 on the 49 mission to the Philippine island of Mindanao. anniversary of his ordination was floor. At U-D High I’d still “a deeply moving experience.” take off my shoes upon entering ~ by Paul Seibold

From Those Who Know Him Well Sr. Grace Chia, an Infant Jesus sister from Yangon, Myanmar, attended Elaine Chilcote was a missionary Sadhana Institute with Fr. Leo. with her husband in Nepal when Fr. Leo Cachat has the rare capacity they met Fr. Leo at Godavari Jesuit to accept all kinds of people and make Retreat Center in Kathmandu in 1982. them feel at home almost immediately. For Leo’s 50th birthday I wrote a five-act play, which was acted by a Fr. Bill Robins, SJ lives in Nepal cast from our crazy Wednesday night where both he and Fr. Leo served as prayer group. The “Guru of Godavari” Regional Superiors. was such a good sport about being His positive attitude and eagerness to “roasted” in this way. He is graced encourage have always been a great with a combination of sensitivity, help to me. In 1985 he was the first Dr. Veit Burger with Fr. Leo in spirituality and a wicked sense of local superior of the Kamal Niwas Kathmandu, Nepal humor . . . Jesuit Training Center. I stayed in the community for its first few years. He Dr. Veit and Brigitte Burger from Ken Cachat heads the board at replaced me as the Nepal Regional Austria became friends with Fr. Leo in Loyola Spirituality Center. Superior in 1991. He was always Kathmandu in the late 70s. Fr. Leo is my uncle and he is very clear in expressing thoughts and Fr. Leo Cachat . . . over time became hard to describe! He is very loving sharing feelings. When angry, he our spiritual guru, a dear friend and very present. When I am in NEVER hurts! his presence, it seems that all his and finally a family member. His Vivencia S. Aleria is from the Oasis attention is focused only on me. In intellectual sharpness, his spiritual of Life Retreat House (Philippines), width in the footsteps of a Teilhard that way, he displays love and makes which Fr. Leo co-founded in 2002. everyone feel very special. de Chardin or Thomas Merton, his Whenever he visits the Philippines skills as retreat master, paired with . . . (Fr. Leo) generously shares Fr. Cap Miller, SJ was a high school his “hum(b)ility” and above all his classmate with Fr. Leo. his talent, time, treasure, energy and personal charism by giving wonderful sense of humor make him Fr. Leo and I were in the same a most beloved member of the human classroom at St. Ignatius for four retreats and counselling to those in species (except, of course, on these years—and he was much better need. He is a Father, a Brother, a days, when he would appear at our behaved than me! Later he joined Co-missionary and a Friend to us. me in Nepal—and again later, he was Praised be God for such a wonderful house and start to yodel; no, no, it my/our Regional Superior. Words person, a spiritual guide and was not the yodeling that we objected to describe Leo: compassionate, inspiration whose life is filled with the to, but the ungodly early time in the dynamic, true Jesuit. Divine and points to the Divine. morning).

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In Honor of John and Heather Hendrickson In Memory of Pauline Bourgeois In Memory of Edna E Ingram 16th Wedding Anniversary Allan and Nita Cohen Kathleen Mills Saralou Hendrickson In Memory of Jesse Burrell, Sr. In Memory of Fr. P Douglas Keller, SJ In Honor of Fr. Ken Kaucheck Jesse Burrell Mary Gallant Fr. John Child In Memory of A B Chettle In Memory of Ronald A Makowski In Honor of Elizabeth King’s 80th Birthday Gregory Denlea Mark Makowski Mike McKale In Memory of Donna Chisholm In Memory of Ray Matonic Kathleen Mielock Schuyler and Nora Hamill Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sobeck Theresa Shen In Memory of Henry J and Mary Jean Cornillie In Memory of John Thomas McMahon III In Honor of Peter Kreher Joseph and Anne Cornillie Mary Oliver Edward and Donna Posluszny In Memory of Jimmy Dahlberg In Memory of James N Motschall, Sr. James and Denise Motschall In Honor of Manresa’s Jesuit Priests Kathleen Mills In Memory of William O’Connor and Staff In Memory of Rita Ellis Karen Delano Sr. Stephanie Helfrich, OSU Mary Jo Henry Therese Feicht In Honor of Manresa’s Staff In Memory of Thomas Foot Lorraine Gies Thomas and Joan Cliff Suzanna Croll Dennis and Cheryl Marks In Honor of Michael Orona Jacalyn Foot Patrick and Michele Mulcare Manuel and Norma Orona In Memory of Paul Greening In Memory of Debbie Schaefer In Honor of the Retired Religious George and Rosemary Burke William and Elaine Freidinger Laurie Schwartz John and Marie Canepa Marty Sabo In Honor of John (Jack) Joseph Schodowski Donald and Suzanne Condit In Memory of Helen Schodowski Joseph and Karen Schodowski Denise Conflitti John Schodowski In Honor of Martin Trombley Bridget Flanigan In Memory of John and Michael Sennett Renee Rourke Richard J Higginbotham Family Thomas and Janet Sennett In Honor of Helen Vardon Richard L Higginbotham Family In Memory of Barbara Steele Mary Judith Gregart Michael and Staci Rosenburg William and Mary Scott In Honor of Patricia Ward In Memory of Richard Hassett Michael and Barb Timm Jennifer Johnson James O’Callaghan Lee and Annmarie Wurm In Memory of Joseph Bauer In Memory of Rev. Leslie Huttinger In Memory of Their Parents Maria Jerome John and Mary Conricode Gerald and Patricia Szczepanski

Page 11 First Spanish Version of Primer Taller en Español the “Discernment of God’s sobre “Discernimiento de la Will Workshop” Held Voluntad de Dios” tuvo lugar at Manresa en Manresa

ast November Manresa offered its first Spanish l pasado Noviembre Manresa fue el sitio en donde version of the Discernment of God’s Will se ofreció el primer taller en español sobre el workshop to 16 Hispanic participants. It was the discernimiento de la Voluntad de Dios, con 16 Lculmination of several months of preparation by three Eparticipantes. Fue la culminación de varios meses de commissioned interns, Carmen Fernandez, Mayra preparación por tres internos comisionados, Carmen Hallal and Sergio Pagés, in collaboration with other Fernández, Mayra Hallal y Sergio Pagés, en colabo- members of El Rincón Ignaciano. ración con otros miembros del Rincón Ignaciano. Personal invitations were Se hicieron invitaciones made via phone and email personales por teléfono, to nearly 100 people who y correo electrónico a had previously completed cerca de 100 personas que the Discernment of Spirits habían completado el taller workshop. The team also de Discernimiento de reached out to family and Espíritu. El equipo recurrió friends whose donations a familiares y amigos cuyas allowed lower-income donaciones permitieron que invitees to attend. personas de bajos recursos pudieran atender. Unique to the Spanish workshop was the inclusion Único, en el taller en of a personal testimony español, fue la inclusión de that illustrated the Ignatian un testimonio personal que rules of discernment being ilustraba las reglas Ignacianas taught. Sessions began Workshop participants, from left to right, are (bottom row) Jesus Ramirez, Brandy sobre el discernimiento que with a brief presentation Muñoz, Teresa Suazo, (middle row) Yulima Rojas, Irma Cantero, Graciela estaban siendo enseñadas. followed by small group Ramirez, Magdalena Arzabala, Lilia Sanchez, (back row) Cecilia Pacheco*, Bernardo Pacheco*, Sergio Pages, Tobias Navarrete, Alejandra Medina*, Mayra Las sesiones empezaron discussions of case studies Hallal, Hilda Sancen, Carmen Fernandez and Elizabeth Navarro. con una breve presentación and reflection questions. * Asterisk indicates facilitators Bold font indictes presenters seguida por grupos pequeños Participants, facilitators de discusión sobre casos and presenters then reconvened for a “plenario” to share estudiados y preguntas para reflexión. Los participantes, highlights and key takeaways. On the second night facilitadores y presentadores se reunieron en una sesión attendees watched Guten Tag, Ramón, a humorous but plenaria para compartir lo más sobresaliente y lo que cada illustrative movie about the perils and joys of a Mexican uno se llevaba. La segunda noche los participantes vieron immigrant to , which added to the workshop’s “GuttenTag, Ramón” una película llena de humor, pero discernment experience. que ilustraba las dificultades y alegrías de un inmigrante This completes the second Ignatian discernment Mexicano en Alemania, lo que añadió a la experiencia de workshop that has been translated into Spanish by El discernimiento del taller. Rincón Ignaciano. Their long-term goal is to translate Esto completa el segundo taller de discernimiento the remaining mini-courses so that Hispanics may learn Ignaciano que ha sido traducido al español por el Rincón Ignatian spirituality in their native language with the Ignaciano. La meta a largo plazo es la de traducir todos anticipation of becoming spiritual directors, ready to los mini cursos para que los hispanos puedan aprender serve our immigrant community. la espiritualidad Ignaciana en su lengua nativa, con la ~ by Sergio Pagés expectativa de que salgan directores espirituales listos para [Editor’s Note: The Spanish version of this article in the next ayudar a nuestra comunidad inmigrante. column was translated by Maria Charria.] ~ por Sergio Pagés, traducido por Maria Charria

Page 12 Click here for bonus material to read more about this workshop. SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP ...... from a Director’s Perspective ever in my wildest dreams could I have imagined great longing for God. The trust grows between us as we I would be blessed with this ministry! I had sit together month by month and as the directee shares found my life so enriched by receiving spiritual what is on his heart. Nothing is outside God’s concern, so direction and my faith so deepened by making the work issues, family relationships, past hurts—all may be N brought to direction. Exercises. But how could I share this gift? It was my director, Fr. Jim Lewis, SJ, who surprised me by Occasionally, I begin to think I know (but don’t let on) encouraging me to seek training in a formation program. where God is leading a directee, or how God might Now, as a director myself, I have come to understand my resolve a conflict or heal a brokenness in him. I should role to be that of a soul companion, as primarily a listener, know better by now: ours is a God of surprises! In occasionally a guide and, only rarely, a teacher. In all this, time, the two of us come to be delighted by the tender, I most hope to be an instrument of God’s loving will. I unexpected but perfect way the Lord touches this heart begin by remembering that God is not just now beginning only He knows so well and loves so much. It is truly a gift to tend this soul but has been loving and inviting her all and a privilege to be invited into that relationship. along. I have to listen carefully to what she shares and to ~ by Sandy Harding how she feels; I ask questions to probe more deeply. God Sandy Harding has been working will reveal Himself in this. And my directee will learn as a spiritual director since 1993 much about herself as well. Whether she is finding prayer and, since her retirement as a dark and empty or filled with consolation, I remain with French teacher, leads a person her where she is. We wait on God Who is, always, the each year through the Spiritual true Director. Exercises. She is married, the mother of two adult children and I am constantly awed by the goodness of the people lives in Maumee, Ohio where she who ask me to accompany them; I am humbled by their meets with directees in her home. generosity, their willingness to be vulnerable and their . . . from a Directee’s Perspective

Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. Our time together is a kind of privileged co-discovery of You must travel it by yourself. what God is doing in my life, and an exploration of how It is not far. It is within reach. I might respond to Him with greater openness, courage Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and generosity. It is a time of sacredness, honesty and joy, and did not know. —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass where something of the mystery of God is glimpsed in the mirror of our conversation. y experience as a directee has been one of being ~ by Alan C. Haras deeply affirmed and confirmed. Before I started Alan Haras completed Manresa’s spiritual direction, I was a seeker—always Internship in Ignatian Spirituality looking, but never finding. Spiritual direction, especially in 2013 and has been working as M a spiritual director since that time. through the Ignatian tradition, gave me “a way of proceeding”—not simply as a seeker, but as a pilgrim. It He is currently being trained to lead has provided me with numerous opportunities to discover others through the Spiritual Exercises myself as deeply loved by God, as well as for learning how by Ann Dillon and Fr. Steve Hurd, SJ. to read the compass of my own heart. Alan lives in Rochester with his wife, Rita G. Patel, and provides spiritual My director has been instrumental in this. Her ability to direction in Lake Orion. truly listen has helped me to hear myself. Her willingness to stand with me has helped me to discover God in the midst If you are interested in meeting with a spiritual of my struggles, confusion and limitations. She has walked director, contact Ann Dillon in the Ignatian with me as I have begun to own what is most authentic and Formation Office to begin the process. Ann can meaningful in my life, and as I grow in friendship with the be reached by calling Manresa at 248.644.4933 One who so faithfully companions me. Ext. *813 or via email at [email protected].

Page 13 Tea: The Jesuit Connection IGNATIANISMS: ne of the Society’s fascinating facts “Indifference” is that the generic “It is necessary to make Oname for tea, Camellia, derives from the name of ourselves indifferent to all Rev. Georg Kamel, SJ created things . . . so that, (1661-1706), a Moravian- on our part, we want not Tea specialist Phyllis Barkey snaps a born Jesuit brother, photo of guests Jennifer and Charlotte pharmacist and missionary. health rather than sickness, for her blog, The Relevant Tea Leaf. Manresa continued the riches rather than poverty, connection on December 7, when 64 guests gathered honor rather than dishonor, in the Wernert Lounge for the house’s annual Advent Tea. Hosted by the Women to Women Prayer Group, long rather than short life, the afternoon began with a personal testimony by Mary and so in all the rest . . .” Glantz, who described how she responded, initially ~ from The Spiritual Exercises reluctantly, to God’s invitation to generosity and a by St. Ignatius of Loyola presentation by Denise Anderson, Director of Women’s eally? Why is it necessary to make ourselves Programs, on “God’s Invitation – Our Response.” indifferent? Because we are to use all created The guests made their way to the dining room and things to help us praise, reverence and serve God. found places among the tables set with linen table cloths What’s this? Suppose you win the lottery. You’re and donated china tea cups. Lively conversation was R excited! The lottery officials tell you that you can punctuated by the flash of cell phone cameras to cement either have your winnings in a monthly allotment new friendships. Tea specialist and blogger Phyllis (good tax advantage) or a lump sum (great for an Barkey, a first-time guest, brought her friend Lori and expensive project). Now, which do you choose? It’s was joined by Jennifer and Charlotte, friends who had easy, isn’t it? You choose the one that best fits into met at a women’s retreat. Said Phyllis, “I love seeing your needs and goals. young women who like tea, but even more, young women who dedicate themselves to following Christ.” There are many things in life over which we have little Editor’s note: To see the Tea as Phyllis saw it, visit her blog, control. Take health and sickness. We can eat well, www.relevanttealeaf.blogspot.com and click on successive Older exercise, get plenty of rest, etc. Still, we may have a Posts at bottom right.under Tuesday, December 8, 2015. family history of heart problems, cancer or whatever. What happens when we visit the doctor and discover Tale of the Tea Cups that our worst fear has been realized? Of course, we’re sad, angry, hopeful, etc. What remains after we’ve worked through our feelings? A choice. Will this dreaded reality become an opportunity to praise, reverence and serve God or to become bitter and resentful?

hen Rita Tinetti, Manresa’s Development Wouldn’t it have been helpful if before we reached Director and former member of the Moms’ that decision we had taken some time to develop a pragmatic attitude toward the future? That attitude Club at Shrine High School in Royal Oak, is easy when we win the lottery, not so easy when we initiated Manresa’s Advent Tea, she arranged to borrow W face an unpleasant reality. Indifference is not apathy, a the Moms’ Club’s tea cups for the event. This year the lack of feeling. In fact, indifference demands studied (now past) president of the Moms’ Club offered to donate attention to one’s feelings. Only when one accepts the collection to Manresa. “We don’t use them anymore them will one be able to make the choice that praises, . . . I would rather the collection stayed together and we reverences and serves God our Lord. knew they were being used by a wonderful organization.” Manresa happily accepted and plans to use the cups on That’s why “indifference” is the condition of human special occasions throughout the year. Be sure to enjoy freedom. them at this year’s Advent Tea! ~ by Steve Hurd, SJ, Co-director, Internship in Spiritual Companionship ~ by Paul Seibold and Rita Tinetti Page 14 Growing Friendships, Women to Women friendship and what they have to say during lectio divina hen I learned the theme for this issue of [prayer and reflection on the Scripture readings].” Manresa Matters was “Friends in the Lord,” my first thought went to the Women to Women Phyllis Gorski of Troy says she’s been attending meetings for at least seven years. “I love being with PrayerW Group. Since becoming Director of Women’s the other ladies . . . We’re all seeking to Programs last year, I have been blessed to watch the know Christ more intimately and we share friendships in this group begin, renew and deepen. Perhaps because of our families and our children, it’s best if some of the women in the group tell you about it our spouses. We have things in common.” themselves . . . Phyllis has made friends in the group including Sr. Shaun Marie, who she learned Carol Boulanger of Rochester Hills is one of is first cousins with a friend she’s known since childhood. the longest-standing members of the group. She joined in 2007, a year after it began. Sandra Timko from Beverly Hills, who began Asked what keeps her coming back, Carol around the same time as Phyllis, says, “It’s replied, “It feeds my soul. Being at Manresa, not only the love but you feel very strongly the the friendship of the women, the atmosphere power of the Holy Spirit working in the room in this place. You feel home here.” and in people’s hearts. I feel like we take that with us and everybody’s stronger.” Sandra Conlen joined us last fall. She drives from Shelby Township, about 45 minutes away, indicative of her commitment to attend. In many ways, “Friends in the Lord” is what Manresa is all “I decided that I needed to do this for myself, about: we reflect the intimacy and depth of our friendship to reflect on the readings a little bit more . . . for with Christ to the friends we invite and guests we my spirituality. I love the readings and the reflection and the stories that connect the encounter within this sacred space. women, how it affects their lives.” ~ by Denise Anderson, Director of Women’s Programs Women to Women meets about twice a month on Monday a Bernardine Sr. Shaun Marie Fattal, mornings, beginning with coffee and Franciscan sister from Our Lady of Sorrows fellowship at 9:30 AM, followed by prayer and in Farmington, has been a participant for four and a half years. She says what keeps faith sharing until 11:30 AM. See ourwebsite her coming is the camaraderie, how the calendar or read Manresa Memos for the other women supported her when her niece current schedule. All women are welcome was dying two years ago and her sister last and there is no cost to attend. As our theme year “in their prayers, and in talking about it, and just their invites, just “Come As You Are.” Denise Anderson

Book Brotherhood Going Strong he men’s book club group, “Of Books and Men,” book, in a practical, very readable fashion, describes the has met monthly during the last two years to principles of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, taking us to consider the writings of four successive authors. our Creator’s seemingly unimaginable desire that each of InT the fall of 2014 we discussed Fr. Ron Rohlheiser’s us become divine as He is divine. insights about growing in our relationship with others And in the winter of 2016 we reviewed and discussed as expressed in his book, Sacred Fire, a follow-up to his ’ encyclical, Laudato Si’. The encyclical has classic, The Holy Longing. provided our group, diverse in backgrounds including In the winter of 2015 we took on Chris Lowney’s business, professional and religious, with opportunities to Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads, a concise share and discuss the Pope’s insightful and challenging description and reflection of Pope Francis’ life and writing about our planet earth and our collective and leadership style as influenced by the Ignatian-Jesuit individual responsibilities to maintain its environmental tradition in which he was formed. integrity. The discussion was lively and We discussed our own work-a-day respectful. experiences and the application of A brotherhood has been formed. A Pope Francis’ leadership style in our tradition has been established. Come own lives. join us! Watch for our new fall This past fall, ten of us met to offering at Manresa’s website,www. discuss the book of our good friend, manresa-sj.org, and in Manresa Memos. Fr. Bernie Owens, SJ, More than Joe Olesnavage You Could Ever Imagine. Fr. Bernie’s ~ by Joe Olesnavage and Steve Raymond Steve Raymond Page 15 Brass Rubbings Presentation Follows Special Memorial Service

Fr. Peter Fennessy holds up a rubbing of the brass to Bp. Robert Hallum Patricia Seibold references some of the books she used in preparing (d. 1417) to illustrate a typical medieval European monument. her presentation for Manresa. n observance of Manresa’s 90th anniversary, Fr. Peter a doorway. Completing a rubbing of proper contrast in the Fennessy, SJ led a vespers service on All Souls’ Day larger size range could take up to ten hours. commemorating the deceased members of the Manresa family since the house’s founding. About 40 people gath- I began making brass rubbings in the 1970s when my I husband, Paul, was stationed in Germany on his Army ered in the chapel for the evening prayer, after which we moved to the Wernert lounge for a presentation on brass tour. I continued making and accumulating rubbings rubbings I was invited to give. from countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands and England until my collection grew to about 100. My From the 14th to the 17th centuries, brasses were fascination centered on what they represented in terms of monuments used to memorialize certain deceased persons costume, heraldry, rank, from various strata of occupations, inscriptions European society. A and religious symbolism. monumental brass is For my talk I displayed engraved on sheets a replica brass as well as of that metal that rubbings of brasses to six are then inlaid into people, each with a life a larger stone. A story. It is fitting for us rubbing is made by to remember those who placing a length of have completed their paper on top of the earthly journey, whether brass and rubbing we do so with physical the paper with a monuments or in prayer. stick of wax. Brasses May all of our beloved vary widely in size, departed rest in peace. from that of a Several brass rubbings were displayed in the Wernert lounge for a presentation that followed postcard to that of the All Souls’ Day vespers service in honor of Manresa’s deceased retreatants and benefactors. ~ by Patricia Seibold Born into the Resurrection (August – December 2015) Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. [Mt. 25:34]

Name Retreat Group # Name Retreat Group # Geraldine Carroll Manresa Women VII 1 Bill Moran (July 2015) St. Mary Magdalen 35 James Collins Budd Group 5 William O’Connor Leo XIII K of C 49 Sr. Joanne Gibbons, CSJ Sisters 1 Philip Provencal St. Valerie 24 Margaret Hanafee Manresa Women VII 11 Ann Rohr Manresa Women I 5 Richard Hassett Various 5 John Shema Bayer-Toledo 22 Ruth Johnson Manresa Women VII 5 Edward F. Zoltanski Weisenburger 7 Angelo Miele Alhambra 24

Page 16 Brother Guy Returns THE JESUIT ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF DETROIT

he first Jesuits came together as “friends in the Lord” during theirT time as students at the University of Paris. It’s still true today that life-long bonds nvited by Manresa, Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ can form among students delivered a talk, “Astronomy, God and the Search or others who have shared a for Elegance” on the evening of November 18 at the common experience. In recent ICranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills. The years, beginning in Cleveland Institute kindly made its 200-seat auditorium available (2007), a number of cities have seen gatherings of those to Manresa to accommodate what turned out to be a connected with the Jesuits who now live in the same metro standing-room-only audience. area—in Chicago, Washington, DC and Milwaukee, Almost exactly a year earlier, Manresa had reached out among other cities. Adapting the Cleveland model, the to Br. Guy through a Detroit Free Press reporter who Jesuit Alumni and Friends of Detroit ( JAFD) came to had written about the Detroit native and curator of the birth two years ago, following a well-attended gathering Vatican meteorite collection receiving the Carl Sagan of Jesuit alumni with speaker Chris Lowney (author of Medal for communication in planetary science. This led Heroic Leadership and Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way to Br. Guy visiting the house for an interview, as reported He Leads). in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of Manresa Matters and The mission of the Jesuit Alumni and Friends of Detroit its E-Supplement. Shortly thereafter, Br. Guy became is to create an informal network of those who have president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation and on been inspired by their experience of Jesuit ministries or September 18 was named by Pope Francis to be director are interested in learning about the Jesuit mission and of the Vatican Observatory. spirituality of St. Ignatius. JAFD seeks to promote the call Br. Guy delivered his Cranbrook talk with charm, wit, to be men and women for others through Jesuit ministries sincerity and infectious enthusiasm. Aided by a polished in the Detroit metropolitan area. (They do not engage in slide show, he explained how , Galileo, Newton fund-raising.) and Einstein advanced the discipline of science to the JAFD gathers three times a year for a weekday luncheon, present time. Choosing among scientific hypotheses often at the Detroit Athletic Club or the Atheneum, and interpretations is guided by a sense of elegance, and to hear a great speaker present a Jesuit perspective on knowing our theories are always incomplete causes us a topic of current interest. Participants enjoy not only to discard our science textbooks every few years. The meeting up with old friends and classmates, but also essence of true science is to know what we don’t know but the opportunity to make new friends and network with with confidence that God will help us to learn and with others who share their Ignatian-inspired vision and yearning for the truth and beauty that comprise elegance. values. Many affiliated with Manresa have participated to God incarnate in a date. Both individual registrations and table sponsorships particular time and are available. JAFD invites you to bring your friends or place demands that co-workers—all are welcome. Find JAFD at facebook. we encounter Him com/JAFDetroit, or make reservations for your next there, and if we event at connect.jesuitsmidwest.org/ close our eyes to the jafd. For more information, write to knowledge of the [email protected]. universe around us, ~ by Fr. Gary Wright, SJ we are closing our eyes to God. Manresa Board Member Fr. Gary Wright, SJ is pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul ~ by Paul Seibold Jesuit Church and founder of JAFD. Page 17 2016 PREACHED RETREAT SCHEDULE Choose any gender-specific retreat date that best fits your schedule—these are not restricted to the groups named. To register call 248.644.4933 Ext. 10 or click here to register. Conference Retreats for Men DATES NAME OF RETREATS & GROUPS DIRECTORS THE BLESSED FRANCIS PAGE WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – GRAND RAPIDS – METAMORA; 4/8 – 10 MONSIGNOR GORDON COUNCIL K of C; ST. CHRISTOPHER; ST. DANIEL, Clarkston; Fr. Bob Ytsen, SJ ST. GERTRUDE; ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA, Farmington Hills; ST. JUDE; WYANDOTTE - DOWNRIVER THE ST. WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN — GAYLORD; MOTHER OF GOD; RESUR- 4/22 – 24 RECTION, Canton; SACRED HEART, Auburn Hills; ST. , Rochester; ST. JOSEPH, Dexter Fr. Stephen Bonian, SJ (Lansing Diocese); SOUTH LYON; U of D HIGH ALUMNI ~ Theme: A Retreat with Icons 4/29 – 5/1 THE ST. WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN Fr. Steve Hurd, SJ

OUR LADY OF THE WAY WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – BROTHER RICE ALUMNI; DETROIT POLICE 5/13 – 15 Fr. Peter Fennessy, SJ & FIRE FIGHTERS; MEN OF MANRESA; MT. PLEASANT; GESU, Detroit 8/5 – 7 THE FR. JACK SCHUETT, SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for AA MEN (Requires $40 deposit) Mr. Terry Sullivan THE ST. STEPHEN PONGRÁCZ, SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN — LEONARD STUMM; ST. ; 8/26 – 28 Fr. Tim Babcock THE TWELVE STEPPERS

THE BLESSED SEBASTIAN KIMURA, SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – McDONALD-McHARDY; 9/9 – 11 Fr. Tim Shepard, SJ ST. MARY OF THE HILLS; SERRA OF OAKLAND COUNTRY; SHRINE - REICHENBACH THE ST. FRANCIS BORGIA, SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – BERRY; FEUERSTEIN; K of C DETROIT 9/30 – 10/2 Fr. Steve Hurd, SJ ARCHDIOCESE; MAHER; ST. ANTHONY, Temperance; ST. ELIZABETH, Tecumseh; ST. LOUISE 10/6 – 9 4-DAY ST. , SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – R WEISENBURGER - SERRA Sr. Linda Sevcik, SM THE ST. , SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – CATHOLIC LAWYERS & 10/21 – 23 PHYSICIANS; FR. COTTER K of C; FORD TRACTOR; JACKSON-LANSING GROUP; OAKLAND Fr. Tim Babcock ST. VINCENT DE PAUL; CHARLES TALBOT GROUP

THE ST. , SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – BODDE - SCHWEIHOFER - 10/28 – 30 ST. CLARE OF MONTEFALCO; OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA; ST. , Traverse City Fr. Peter Fennessy, SJ (Gaylord Diocese); ST. HUBERT, Mount Clemens; ST. JOSEPH, Lake Orion; ST. VALERIE THE ST. RUPERT MAYER WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – ASCENSION; HOLY NAME, Birmingham; 11/4 – 6 , Ira Township; ST. BONIFACE, New Riegel, OH (Toledo Diocese); Fr. Pat Fairbanks, SJ ST. CLEMENT - CENTER LINE

12/2 – 4 THE ST. FRANCIS XAVIER WEEKEND RETREAT for MEN – BAYER - TOLEDO - DEFIANCE Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ

Conference Retreats for Men and Women DATES NAME OF RETREATS & GROUPS DIRECTORS Sr. Sally Smolen, RSM & 4/1 – 3 RETREAT FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE Fr. Gene Merz, SJ 4/15 – 17 CHRISTIAN MEDITATION RETREAT (Requires $50 deposit) Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ 6/3 – 5 VEN AL SILENCIO / COME TO THE SILENCE – HISPANIC RETREAT To Be Announced 7/29 – 31 THE ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA, SJ SILENT WEEKEND RETREAT FOR TRADITIONALLY MARRIED COUPLES To Be Announced

8/19 – 21 THE URBAN PARISHES RETREAT To Be Announced Fr. John Esper & 9/23 – 25 MANRESA INNER HEALING RETREAT Ms. Debbie Tourville WEEKEND WORKSHOP ON THE DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS ACCORDING TO ST. IGNATIUS OF Fr. Steve Hurd, SJ & 12/9 – 11 LOYOLA (Requires $50 registration fee) Ms. Ann Dillon

Conference Retreats for Religious DATES NAME OF RETREATS & GROUPS DIRECTORS Fr. Fran Daly, SJ & 6/12 – 18 THE ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE SISTERS’ RETREAT FOR RELIGIOUS SISTERS Sr. Kathie Budesky, IHM

Page 18 2016 PREACHED RETREAT SCHEDULE - continued Conference Retreats for Women DATES NAME OF RETREATS & GROUPS DIRECTORS 5/6 – 8 MARY, MOTHER OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS, MOTHER’S DAY RETREAT for MANRESA WOMEN V Fr. Steve Hurd, SJ 5/27 – 29 THE FR. FRED, SJ WEEKEND RETREAT for AA WOMEN (Requires $40 deposit) Mr. Terry Sullivan 6/9 – 12 4-DAY SR. MARY WARD, IBVM RETREAT for MANRESA WOMEN VI Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ 9/13 – 15 MIDWEEK BLESSED FRANCISCO GÁRATE, SJ RETREAT for WOMEN VII Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ 9/16 – 18 THE ST. , SJ RETREAT for WOMEN III Fr. Bob Ytsen, SJ 10/13 – 16 4-DAY ST. DOMINIC COLLINS, SJ RETREAT for WOMEN VIII Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ 11/11 – 13 THE BLESSED WEEKEND RETREAT for WOMEN IX Fr. Bob Ytsen, SJ 11/25 – 27 THE EDWARD DOWLING WEEKEND RETREAT FOR AA WOMEN II (Requires $40 deposit) Fr. Peter Fennessy, SJ

A Special Friendship orty years ago Jerry Hawkins invited me to attend a retreat at Manresa with him, and we’ve been attending retreats together ever since! When praying the rosary outdoors during our retreats, we always pause by the Fbridge to remember the deceased—former retreatants and loved ones—and pray for them each by name. Tom Youngblood (on right) during one of many retreats Perhaps my sharing will encourage others to invite someone to join them at with his long-time friend Manresa. and fellow retreatant Jerry Take it from me, if you do bring someone to Manresa, he or she will always be Hawkins. “I am so thankful grateful and never forget you! to Jerry for bringing me to Manresa,” says Tom. ~ by Tom Youngblood Family Ties was together with many men of my family at a conference retreat at Manresa last September. There is a special grace that seems simply to rise in the dust from the ground at every step when one can share time with those closest, especially amid the holiness of dedicated time with the Lord. I certainly knew God was close and anticipated a Igood few days, but He did even more that weekend. Generally during the retreat on the last evening, retreatants have the opportunity to receive an anointing after praying for one another. God pointed out what order should look like to me in the hushed chapel. Typically we sit as a family for the conferences so, in turn, a father would go forward to pray over his son; a son would go forward to pray for his father. Then each would move to the center for an anointing from the priest, proclaiming the healing that just took place. The presence of the Holy Spirit in the room was palpable as healing after healing was being wrought before my eyes. We were like little children with the arm of Jesus over our shoulders. I could see and feel the blessing of father to son. God wants you to know it from His own hand. Believe in Him. ~ by Hugh Buchanan (excerpts from a “Sunday Reflection”) Editor’s note: Hugh’s Sunday reflections appear onManresa’s Facebook page. Retreatant Awards (August – December 2015) Manresa Pin Manresa Crest Manresa Blazer (presented on the 15th Retreat) (presented on the 25th Retreat) (presented on the 50th Retreat) Al Boyko Faiz Mansour Kathleen Chadwick Arthur Koscinski Carol Cody Jim Miller Louis Scieszka Joseph Studer Jim Coller Lionel Montagne Roger Greger Rose Santiago-Heide Daniel Hallagan

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The Work Behind the Workshop Supplement to Manresa Matters page 12 (First Spanish Version of the “Discernment of God’s Will Workshop” Held at Manresa) Go East, Young Man! Supplementing Manresa Matters Spring/Summer 2016 — pages 8–9 (Fr. Leo Cachat, SJ—Celebrating 50 Years) 1951 at Godavari, in Kathmandu Valley. All of its students were boarders and took high school certification exams through Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. The British provided scholarships for a few qualifying Gurkha boys, of the tribe that supplied Britain with renowned warriors. I taught there initially from 1961 to 1963, as a scholastic; and the week I arrived, in June 1961, Nepal’s king and queen attended the school’s tenth anniversary celebration. In 1968 I returned from India to Nepal where I served from 1970 to 1977 as principal of St. Xavier School at its new, second location, Jawalakhel within the city. Meanwhile, exam grading was moved from Cambridge to local Fr. Leo as Principal of St. Xavier’s School, Kathmandu, administration. Nepal sits in the center with Fr. Gafney (on his right ), Fr. Donnelly (on his left) and other staff, in the mid-70s Isn’t the span of nearly 30 years, from 1968 to 1997, a long time to be in a location some might t was a blessing to spend some four hours consider remote? interviewing Fr. Leo Cachat. He held nothing back in substance or in graciousness. The names, During those years I left Nepal periodically for visits I to India and elsewhere in Asia to give retreats and dates and anecdotes that he speedily summoned were sprinkled with chuckles of recollection and other priestly ministry; for home visits, first in 1968 explanatory asides, but most notable was his deep, and then normally every five years; to for our complete and unalloyed happiness. I can now say general chapter, General Congregation 32, from that I have met a truly happy man. In this portion of December 1974 to March 1975; etc. During those the interview, Fr. Leo provides further details about absences, even at Sadhana from July 1977 to May his missionary work in Asia as well as insights into 1978, my home base was Kathmandu mission. his spiritual life. Were you under any limitations on your ~ by Paul Seibold missionary work in Nepal? Fr. Leo, over the many years you served in Nepal Yes. Nepal’s history imposed a constraint on and studied in India, did you learn the languages religious instruction. The 18th-century warlord there? I speak Nepalese and “bazaar Hindi.”

What language did you use when giving retreats in the countries you’ve mentioned? I used English because most of those countries had some affiliation with Britain or, in the case of the Philippines, the United States. I also used English in the retreats I gave in Nepal because the retreatants there were mostly Westerners: expatriates, trekkers and tourists. Similarly, most of the attendees at the formation house were from India, had finished high school and were already Catholic.

Could you describe the instruction at St. Xavier School in Kathmandu? Mahendra (front, right) was his assistant at Godavari Xavier was a grade- and high school founded in Ashram when Fr. Leo started the retreat house. Standing in back are Mahendra’s daughter and wife.

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Prithvi Narayan Shah subdued 14 valleys and made peace with others under the principle, “We are many races but one nation.” To avoid proselytizing, Xavier School taught secular subjects and introduced Christ in the Franciscan manner, through action. The school also taught “moral science,” that is, good behavior, consistently with the parents’ values. At that time, 60% of Nepalese, in the south, were Hindus, and 40%, in the north, were Buddhists. Ironically, one of the subjects for the Cambridge The young Fr. Leo, Principal of exam was Bible study, the students’ easiest subject St. Xavier’s School, Jawalakhel, because they could relate to the stories’ agrarian at a prize distribution in 1975 setting. There were no indigenous Nepali Catholics until after 1997 when I left for Burma. Just before I Jesuit Fr. Francesco Palliola was martyred in nearby left I was asked by the parish priests to baptize 14 Ponot (now Jose Dalman) on January 29, 1648. A adults; now there are Nepali Catholics as well as cancer cure was attributed to him about ten years many other Christians. The first local Jesuit was ago, and on January 6, 2016, the local bishop will ordained in Kathmandu the day of the earthquake initiate the cause for his sainthood.* The priest in there, April 25, 2015. Manakam, with whom I work, has a parish, a college, a school and 43 “chapels.” Every chapel is a basic ecclesial community and is operated by a man and a woman who serve as catechists and care for the Eucharist. They do a wonderful job with the Liturgy of the Word, and they distribute Communion. The locals hear the Word in their dialect; my homily and the following discussion are in English. * Editor’s note: As meanwhile reported at the website of the Philippine Jesuits, https://www.phjesuits.org/portal/ servant-of-god-francesco-palliola-sj-champion-of-the- indigenous-people/

Could you provide more detail about your struggle over whether to become a Jesuit? St.Xavier’s in Jawalakhel, 1977 If you want to try to jam a religious experience into literal scientific categories it doesn’t work, but I’ll In preaching retreats in Asia, did you take an give it a try. On July 20, 1954, Tuesday, sometime approach different from your approach with between 4:30 and 5:30, I was drawn into St. Rose Westerners? Parish Church, my family’s parish in Cleveland. Most of the people I dealt with in formation were While there, part of me felt revulsion at the invitation natural mystics, and I noted how the Western to be a Jesuit, part of me was afraid I’d go to hell manner of praying compromised that mysticism. if I didn’t and I was somehow or other aware of a So I preached my retreats in Asia with the intuitive mysterious loving presence beckoning me, attracting approach embedded in the retreatants’ way of life. I me. I did not say yes or no, but “let me take one didn’t consciously decide to do this but I recognized step at a time and I will see the Jesuits at John that that was the approach that would reach them, Carroll University.” All of this was not logically as their feedback confirmed. thought out. I was in an inner spiritual fog. When the chairman of the four Jesuits who interviewed me Even now, you continue with missionary work in told me he would send the results of the interviews the Philippines. Could you describe that? to the Chicago Province superior, I felt relieved. I work in the diocese of Dipolog on the western end Perhaps I had a way out. I asked Mary, mother of of Mindanao. There are no Jesuits there now but Jesus, to get me off the hook. When I got the letter

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as prepare for morning prayer, also 15 minutes. Each of the substantial manifestations of the great Mystery, Father, Son (as the risen Jesus) and Spirit, are very special to me in differing contexts. I have devotion to each and also to the Trinity. My devotion flows from One to the Other depending on the situation and context, but they are all present in the great Mystery, the UNKNOWN. On March 20 of 2015, the 49th anniversary of my ordination, I was blessed to say Mass in the room of St. Ignatius’ conversion at Loyola, Spain, a deeply moving experience. In 2016 I celebrate my 50th anniversary at in Milwaukee.

Celebrating Mass at the Godavari Chapel, 1995 from the provincial, I think it was August 15, that I was accepted into the novitiate, I “knew” I was to at least try. Because of the writings of Dr. Tom Dooley, then assisting refugees in Southeast Asia, I also knew that I wanted to work in the missions, and I promptly applied for assignment to Patna, India. My emotions were still mixed. I think it was only when I made my first vows on September 8, 1956 that I shed my doubts about my calling to the Society of Jesus. How do you pray? My body wakes me up early – in Burma it was as Fr. Leo and Sister Theresa Xavier with prayer early as 4:30 -- so I start with the daily reading wheels at Boudanath Temple (Buddhist) from “Give Us This Day” [Editor’s note: Order of Saint Benedict, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN], Did your bout with throat cancer affect your then I do Christian meditation. I have a mantra to spirituality? restore quiet. This would take 45-60 minutes in The treatment was a real blessing for me. I accepted India but now it’s about 30, though could take longer it as a new experience that would draw me closer with Ignatian contemplation. I’m clearest in the to people with cancer and closer to God. I had a morning—not so good in the evening. The Examen unique experience almost every time I was taken into is the very last thing I do, for 15 minutes, as well the tube for radiation therapy. It was as if I was in Mother Mary’s arms, like Christ taken down from the cross. I had a real experience of Mary’s tenderness and Christ’s presence.

What is your favorite Gospel? My favorite Gospel story is John 1:35-39 (John’s disciples follow Jesus).

What is your favorite Ignatian quote? My favorite quote from St. Ignatius is: “Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better Fr. Leo with Renee Cachat, his nephew’s wife, and Sister Theresa Xavier overlooking Kathmandu know when to speak and when to be silent.”

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Any closing reflections? I’m proud of being a Jesuit and I’d like to be remembered as a happy, helping, encouraging person, like Nathaniel/Bartholomew. I wish all would live at peace with themselves and with one another, and my message to them would be, “Be simple, keep your feet planted on Mother Earth.” I’d change nothing in my life; I’d let God do the changing. With special thanks to Fr. Leo’s nephew, Ken Cachat, for providing the majority of the photos for this article. (The photos on the first two pages are courtesy of Fr. Leo.)

Fr. Leo with Renee Cachat at the Machan Wildlife Resort in the southern Nepal terai, ready for a safari adventure

Fr. Leo with nephrew Ken Cachat at Pashupati Temple (Hindu)

Fr. Leo exploring the jungle on the back of an elephant

Fr. Leo with Renee Cachat at Boudanath Temple Rest time at Machan - the safari is hard work! Spring/Summer 2016 Manresa Matters E-Supplement: Page 25 Continue scrolling or click here to go to page 1 Click here to go to the original article The Work Behind the Workshop Supplementing Manresa Matters Spring/Summer 2016 — page 12 (First Spanish Version of the “Discernment of God’s Will Workshop” Held at Manresa)

The workshop did not limit its engagement to the participants’ minds, but it engaged their hearts and own experiences which made of this a very rich event for all the people attending—including the presenters. ~Alejandra Medina, workshop facilitator

even months prior to the November workshop Materials for the Spanish version of this workshop (described on page 12 of Manresa Matters, consisted of translations from the English internship SSpring/Summer issue), a team from El Rincón materials and other books and podcasts, such as Ignaciano (Carmen Fernandez, Mayra Hallal and those from Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMF and Fr. Sergio Pagés) organized a pilot with several spiritu- Jules Toner, SJ. One book that was particularly al directors and community leaders for the purpose instrumental was What’s Your Decision? How to of perfecting the materials, formats and case stud- Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity, an ies. Coinciding with his visit from Kenya, Fr. Bernie Ignatian Approach to Decision Making; this book was Owens, SJ participated in a portion of the pilot and co-authored by Fr. Timothy Hipskind, SJ, a local provided input that was later incorporated into the priest from the University of Detroit Mercy, together workshop. The pilot included a personal testimony with Fr. J. Michael Sparough, SJ and Jim Manney. by Sandy Encinas, a 2011 commissioned spiritual Fr. Hipskind donated the book to several members director. Having of El Rincón recently returned Ignaciano, and one from China, Sandy of our members, spoke about the Maria Charria, decision she and her has undertaken husband made to to translate it into not adopt a girl from Spanish. that country. Her testimony brought Sergio Pagés had many listeners to the opportunity to tears while at the visit an Ignatian same time perfectly formation center, illustrating the rules Centro Ignaciano of discernment that de Reflexión Y were being taught. Ejercicios (CIRE) in Bogotá, Colombia, The pilot gave the Carmen Fernandez, Sergio Pagés and Mayra Hallal (left to right) where he obtained team ideas on how led the first Spanish version of “The Discernment of God’s Will” additional materials to refine and improve workshop by adapting all materials for their Hispanic audience. in Spanish to use the content. They for the workshop met several times to rewrite and polish the materials [Editor’s note: reference http://www.cire.org.co/]. and held web conference calls to discuss and re- hearse the workshop. Once they felt the materials Fr. Iván Restrepo, SJ of the CIRE center expressed were ready, they each took a portion of the remaining his admiration for the team’s methodology in responsibilities. Sergio concentrated on the final edit- preparing the Ignatian concepts, thus helping them ing of materials, including handouts, case studies and conclude that they had chosen the appropriate PowerPoint slides. Mayra and Carmen compiled lists content and direction in their preparations. and personally contacted those who had participated in the prior Discernment of Spirits workshop. (That workshop went through a similar preparation process.) ~ by Sergio Pagés

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