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Leading Through the Laity Logos and Tag Lines Over the Years Practicum Catch up with Paulist students Matt Berrios and Stuart Wilson-Smith, who are on their pastoral year. Spring 2015 Page 8 Vol. 21 No. 2 HONORED: Paulist Center presents Hecker Award ...... 3 ON THE GO: Mobile giving now available ..................... 6 INSIDE: CELEBRATE: Paulists mark ministry milestones ..... 4-5 PLACES AND FACES: See who’s doing what .................. 7 President’s Message CSP: What’s it mean? can’t tell you how many times I have I been asked that question. Like all religious men and women, Paulists add initials after their name to signify membership in their community. In case you didn’t know, CSP stands for “Congregation of St. Paul,” which is short for “The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle.” Since our found- ing, we have been commonly known as the Paulist Fathers. Of course, we have never been satisfied with just PT/Stefani Manowski one definition of our initials. Humor- Paulist Associates from across the United States and Canada gather for their annual retreat at St. Mary’s on the Lake, ous alternatives include “Can’t Stop the Paulist retreat house on Lake George, N.Y. The Associates recently elected four of their members to the Paulist Preaching” and “Congregation of Associates Board. Semi-Protestants.” Beyond initials, we have used numerous Leading through the laity logos and tag lines over the years. Be- Paulist Associates elect board members ing that our Mother Church is just a few By Stefani Manowski of more than 150 lay men and women blocks from Madison who, after a formation process, prom- Avenue, home of The Paulist Associates have elected ise to support the work of the Paulist “Mad Men,” it just four of its members to the Paulist Asso- community and to live the Paulist seems inevitable. ciates National Board: Angela Barbieri charism in their daily lives. For the last decade, we have used the of St. Peter’s Church in Toronto; Paula “The Paulist Associates are a mod- tag line: “Giving the Word A Voice,” Cuozzo from the Paulist Center in Boston; ern extension of Father Hecker’s which articulates our primary charism Cathy Hoekstra from St. Andrew’s Cathe- grand vision of an American culture of evangelization. Before that, terms dral in Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Terry shaped by the Catholic religion,” Fa- like “Missionaries to Main Street” and Modica of the Tampa, Fla., associates ther Desiderio said. “They are the “Conversion of America” were em- group. The lay associates will join Father ones who carry the Catholic imagina- ployed. The current logo you see on Frank Desiderio, CSP, the Associates’ na- tion, values and beliefs into the offic- our printed materials was developed tional director; Father Michael Kallock, es, malls and community meetings of in 2000. It combines the Book and CSP, director of the Paulist Centre for contemporary North America.” Sword, symbols of St. Paul, our patron, Catholic Evangelisation in Toronto; and One of the national board’s goals is to and the fire of Pentecost, signifying Paulist historian Father Paul Robichaud, figure out how to support and connect our devotion to the Holy Spirit. There CSP, in comprising the associates board. with the “‘ex-patriot’ Associates: those is also a family of logos for our various “This is a great national board,” said Associates who have moved away from Paulist Ministries: Paulist Press, Paulist Father Desiderio. “They will provide a local Paulist foundation but still see Productions, Landings, Paulist Evange- guidance for the Associates and do the themselves as Paulist missionaries,” lization Ministries and Busted Halo. work of keeping groups connected.” according to Father Desiderio. Continued on Page 2 The Paulist Associates are a group Meet the board members on Page 2 What’s in the ‘CSP’ name? Continued from Page 1 Clearly, there is a lot going on in our Paulist tradition and our Paulist Ministries. With all of this richness and diversity, we realized at our recent General Assembly that we need to articulate a clear and unified mes- sage about who we are, so we can cut through the clutter of information and communicate effectively espe- cially to those considering joining the Paulist Fathers as well as those who wish to support us. The Assembly man- Courtesy Father Jerry Tully, CSP dated that we raise funds to engage Father Eric Andrews, CSP (center), was the keynote speaker at a March 13 fund raiser for Catholic Charities of those professionals who can help us East Tennessee in Knoxville themed, “An Emerald O’Cassion.” Father Rich Andre, CSP, associate pastor of St. increase the awareness of the Paulist John XXIII University Parish at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (from left); Father Don Andrie, CSP, pastor of St. John XXIII; Father Ron Franco, CSP, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Knoxville; and Father Jerry Fathers, so our important contribution Tully, CSP, associate pastor at Immaculate Conception, joined Father Andrews at the event. to the Church in North America may be more widely known. With support and direction from Meet the Associates lay board members parishioners at St. Paul the Apostle Angela Barbieri Cathy Hoekstra Church in Los Angeles, we are now St. Peter’s Church, Toronto Cathedral of St. Andrew, Grand Rapids, working with experts in branding and Member since 2014 Mich. marketing to renew our image for “I am hopeful that there will be an Member since 2007 today’s world. Soon, Paulists, parish- increase in membership of the Paulist “I hope that the national board will ioners, associates and co-workers will Associates. I would like to work with not only provide guidelines for the be interviewed about their impres- my fellow colleagues in witnessing the groups, but get more people excited sions of the Paulists and our ministry. Paulist Associates expand our pres- about the Paulist Associates. Hope- From those individual and group ence on social media and other com- fully, we will be better able to support interviews, a new expression of our munications and marketing vehicles.” the Paulist Fathers in their mission as community and our mission will be they support us.” developed, always in close coordina- Paula Cuozzo tion with us. Paulist Center, Boston Terry Modica Hopefully, by Advent we will be Member since 2001 Paulist Associates, Tampa, Fla. rolling out a new look for the Paulists “When the Associates gather on the Member since 2008 that will be energizing for us and cap- national or international level, we share “I hope to provide guidance, ideas, tivating to those who haven’t heard what is going on in our local groups and energy for national and regional of us before. No matter what, we will – what this group is doing in terms of retreats that connect priests with as- continue to keep on preaching the evangelization, what that group is doing sociates in a community-building at- Good News, because as you know, we in terms of reconciliation. We learn from mosphere that builds stronger aware- just can’t stop! one another the meaning of what it is to ness of who we all are as Paulists and live the Paulist charism in daily life.” descendants of Father Hecker.” The Summer 2015 edition of Paulist Today will be available in electronic format only. Please scan the QR code at the left or visit paulistorg/paulisttoday to register to receive the electronic Very Rev. Eric Andrews, CSP edition or view on paulist.org. President of the Paulist Fathers Published by Contact Us Missionary Society Phone: 202-269-2521 of St. Paul the Apostle Office for Media Relations Web: www.paulist.org Paulist Today 3015 Fourth Street NE E-mail: [email protected] Washington, D.C. 20017 Editor and Production: Stefani Manowski 2 Paulist Today - Spring 2015 Courtesy of the Paulist Center Brayton and Suzanne Shanley (at left) are presented with the 2015 Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice by the Paulist Center in Boston on Feb. 7. The Shanleys founded the Agape community in Massachusetts in 1987. Rosemary Weiss (center) nominated the Shanleys for the award, which was presented by Susan Rutkowski, pastoral minister for social justice at the Paulist Center. Living the faith Agape founders receive Hecker Award for Social Justice Food comes from the organic gar- special company,” said Mr. Shanley, dedicated to prayer, voluntary simplic- dens, and meals are vegetarian. Wood who holds a master’s degree in pasto- ity, and Gospel-centered nonviolent from the 34-acre homestead provides ral ministry from Boston College and witness in the world.” The community heat and a means of cooking. The sun is a former college professor. “People regularly welcomes visitors, volunteers, provides energy, and the car is fueled who have been peacemakers, sided interns and retreatants. The Shanleys by vegetable oil donated by a local res- with the poor and marginalized. They have rich connections with the Paulist taurant. There is prayer three times a are people who hold up the very best Center; both have taught courses at the day. Christian nonviolence and wit- of what it is to be Catholic. That is the center and “have years of appreciating ness, eco-theology and voluntary sim- kind of life we try to live.” the intentionality of the Paulist Mission, plicity are not just intellectual con- especially its commitment to peace and cepts, but daily realities. justice,” said Mrs. Shanley, also a for- This description is not of an obscure mer English professor. religious order, but a way of life for ‘The Paulist sense of seeking the “The Paulist sense of seeking the the residents and visitors of the Agape truth and commitment to the truth and commitment to the cultural Community, located along the Quabbin cultural realities we deal with as realities we deal with as Americans Reservoir watershed in Ware, Mass.
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