The Sulpicians, Province of the US Up date Spring 2019 Bishop Charles Kasonde Visits Sulpician Seminaries Provincial’s Message he U.S. Province of TSulpicians arrived in Zambia in 1989. Over these years, our Sound Bites men have had the opportunity to John C. Kemper, PSS work with seminarians at the three levels of the national ife needs to be more than a seminary system—the series of sound bites linked propaedeutic year at Emmaus Ltogether by a loosely held Spirituality Centre, the common thread. In our world philosophy house at St. today, we are bombarded with information, often in thirty- Augustine’s Major Seminary in second sound bites or, even Mpima, and the theologate at St. worse, in a 140-character Dominic’s Major Seminary in tweet. Lusaka. Through these programs As a lover of history, I we have seen many young men to study for the Licentiate in appreciate how much of our become priests. One has Sacred Theology (STL) at St. knowledge of the past comes become a bishop, Bishop Mary’s Seminary. Bishop to us in finely crafted, Charles Kasonde. Kasonde was the second reflective letters and Shortly after Bishop Kasonde recipient of this scholarship. He documents. These records was ordained to the priesthood, completed his degree in 2008. provide us not only with an he was chosen by the Zambian Less than two years later, he was account of the times past but Bishops to participate in the joint ordained the Bishop of Solwezi. they also give us a glimpse of venture between the Province He is the first African priest to be the character of those who and St. Mary’s Seminary and made a bishop who did not produced them. University to provide a receive his ecclesiastical degree (Continued on back cover) scholarship for a Zambian priest (Continued on Page 2) Inside this issue: Improvements Planned at St. Anthony’s ... p 9 Interprovincial Collaboration ... p 15 Resources ... pp 16-17 In Memoriam: Fr. Ky ... p 19 Happy Birthday, Fr. Mattingly! ... p 20 Bishop Charles Kasonde (Continued from Page 1) Left photo: Bishop Kasonde greets Fr. John Mattingly, PSS, and Fr. Richard MacDonough, PSS, at the Villa. Right Photo: Fr. Richard Gula, PSS, docent Joan Leyrer, and the bishop at the tomb of Fr. Nagot, PSS, in the historic chapel at Paca Street. acolyte first at Theological from Rome, but from the United to pray at the graveside of Above: Fr. Chris Arockiaraj, PSS, Bishop Kasonde, States at our St. Mary’s College and then at St. Mary’s. Fr. Raymond Brown, PSS, and and Fr. Hy Nguyen, PSS, at Theological College. Seminary. Already the African While Bishop Kasonde was in the first Sulpician missionaries to Left: Seminarians from the Diocese of Harrisburg Baltimore, he was also the with Fr. John Kemper, PSS, the Bishop, and Fr. Phil bishops recognize in him a man Zambia. His last stop was to principal celebrant at the Sunday Brown, PSS, Rector of St. Mary’s Seminary. of great talent and leadership, for Paca Street to visit the historic Mass at our Sulpician parish, Our Below: The choir of Our Lady of the Angels Parish at he has recently been elected chapel and visitor center. When Lady of the Angels, in Mass with the Bishop. Chairman of the Association of Bishop Kasonde finished his Charlestown Retirement Member Episcopal Conferences Community in Catonsville, studies at St. Mary’s, the chapel in Eastern Africa (AMECEA). Maryland. This Mass gave the was being renovated and the Recognizing the significance Bishop an opportunity to express visitor center was under of this new role, and the long- his thanks to the parish for their construction. standing association that the generous support of an U.S. Sulpicians have with Bishop annual scholarship for a Kasonde, the Provincial, Fr. John student to attend Emmaus Kemper, PSS, in concert with our Spirituality Centre, which the two seminaries, St. Mary’s and Sulpicians staff and Theological College, the National administrate. The Seminary of The Catholic parishioners of Our Lady of University of America, invited him the Angels have also been to the United States so that we generous in their financial could celebrate with him as a support for special distinguished alumnus and he fundraising campaigns for could celebrate with us his other projects. After the appreciation of our mission in Mass, he joined the Zambia. While here, Bishop Sulpician retirement Kasonde was the principal community for lunch at Villa celebrant for the installation of Olier. He then stopped to the ministries of lector and visit the Sulpician cemetery Fr. Gerald McBrearity, PSS, talking with the Bishop. 2 Update Spring 2019 Spring 2019 Update 3 Fr. James McKearney Is New Selner Chair Fr. David Thayer Named Senior Researcher heological College has a long University in 1996; the STL (2006), ver since the Second Vatican from 2002 to 2014 and has been Ttradition of providing the pastoral and the STD (2008) from the Pontifical ECouncil encouraged religious a General Consultor from 2008 to training of the seminarians who are Gregorian University, Rome, with the communities to get in touch with the present. taking their academic courses at the thesis: “Sacred Music’s Theological their roots and charism, the For many years, Fr. Thayer has University. An integral component of and Catechetical Significance: A Sulpicians have been putting been a regular contributor to the being prepared to provide liturgical Patristic Foundation for Contemporary together resources that retrieve formation of Sulpician candidates leadership is to have an Music Criticism.” our tradition and interpret it for through his presentations on the understanding of the musical About his position, Fr. McKearney today’s Church. A precious few of French School and the Sulpician structure of Liturgy, along with an says, “I look forward to this fine the members, however, have spiritual tradition. His reputation ability to prepare and judge opportunity and am honored to be the dedicated themselves to this task as an interpreter of the French appropriate music for worship. To first Sulpician to hold the Rev. John C. in a conscientious way. Fr. David School is highly respected ensure that there will be the highest Selner Chair for Sacred Music and Thayer, PSS, is one of them. among his confreres, not only in quality of musical and liturgical Liturgy at Theological College. Among Though his professional the States but also in Canada formation of candidates preparing for my hopes are helping seminarians to training was in philosophy (PhD and France as well. Knowing that ordained ministry at Theological receive an education in Church Music from Penn State, 1982), Fr. he had developed some College, the Sulpician Province has suitable for the needs of the Church Thayer developed a serious significant works on the French established the Rev. John C. Selner, PSS, Chair for and today’s parish. Also, I hope to be able to prepare interest in understanding the School, but has not had the time Sacred Music and Liturgy. seminarians for their role as future singers and French School of Spirituality, to pull them together for websites of each of our Fr. Selner is well remembered as musician, celebrants. I think it is wonderful that TC will have a particularly the Sulpician publication and posterity, the seminaries. In short, my goal in composer, writer, and director of music who served Sulpician in this position full time.” expression of it. He developed Provincial Council decided that this new role is to introduce at Theological College for eleven years. While on the the necessary language skills in the Province would be well people to some of my friends, French that enabled him to work faculty of TC, he also served as an associate served if Fr. Thayer were to retire who just happen to have lived in with the original sources. Over from his duties at Theological professor at The Catholic University of America and seventeenth-century France.” the years he has translated many College and devote himself was Music Director at the National Shrine of the sources into English, and he has totally to completing the work he Immaculate Conception. His legacy will now live on written several articles that has long been desiring to do with through this endowed Chair. The endowment for this interpret the French School for the French School. To that end, Chair has already reached over $918,000 toward the contemporary times. the Provincial Council appointed Update goal of $1,500,000. At the same time, he has been him to be Senior Researcher on The Province is happy to announce that the first to is a publication that seeks to inform holding several important the French School in the its readership of the state and hold this Chair will be a Sulpician, Fr. James positions. He served as a Sulpician Tradition with current activities of the US Province McKearney, PSS. Fr. McKearney was ordained for of the Society of St. Sulpice, its full-time faculty member, first at residence at Villa Olier. the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, in 1997 membership and institutions. For the college level of St. Mary’s About his new position, Fr. more information, please visit our and has been a Sulpician since 2001. He brings a Seminary and University in Thayer says, “I feel overwhelmed website at www.sulpicians.org. wealth of experience and expertise to this position. Catonsville (1975-1977), and then by the possibilities that this new He served as music teacher for adults with special Editor in Chief: at St. Patrick’s College in position offers me.” He went on Carleen Kramer needs from 1985 to 1990 in Southbury, Connecticut; Mountain View (1978-1980) and to say, “I have enough projects the parish music director at Assumption Church in Copy Editor & Design: again when its name changed to already in the works that I can Marguerite Plank Ansonia, Connecticut, from 1988 to 1992; the Dean St.