2020 ALLOCATION OF APPEAL FUNDS $4.5 Million Goal Education Social Services Communications Pastoral Ministries Priestly & Diaconate Ministries www.archsa.org/archbishops-appeal 45 454545 45 Appeal Funded Ministries Archdiocesan Pastoral Ministries Catholic Education Department Head: Catholic University of America Deanery Resource Coordinators Pastoral Ministry Ambassadors Hope for the Future Seminarians Internship Program Superintendent Resource Fund, Catholic schools Assembly Campus Ministry Criminal Justice Ministry: Chrysalis Catholic Communications Deanery Resource Coordinators El Camino de San Antonio Missions Catholic Television of San Antonio Hospital Ministry National Catholic Communication Lay Ministry Formation Fund Sec. Christian Community: Today's Catholic Newspaper Bereavement Training Community Wedding Marriage Conference Marriage Convalidation Training Catholic Social Services Marriage Preparation Training National Youth Sunday Catholic Charities: Theology of the Body Training World Youth Day Catholic Counseling Services Youth Family and Marriage Resources Caritas Legal Services Youth Leadership Development Youth Spectacular Crisis Response Unit Sec. Evangelization, Catechesis and Faith Formation: Guadalupe Community Center (After School Catechetical Resources and Summer Youth Program) Community Baptisms Guadalupe Home Evangelization, Catechesis and Faith Formation Program Mid-Winter Gatherings Financial Wellness and Care Program New Leadership Orientation Parish Outreach & Hotline Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Study Day and Webinar Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Workshops Project Rachel Special Needs Training St. Stephen’s Care Center (Food Pantry and Texts for Parishes in Need Clothing Closet) Sec. Liturgy & Christian Prayer: Senior Services (RSVP/AAS) Adult Confirmations Archdiocesan Liturgies and Resources Chrism Mass La Procesion Liturgical Ministry Trainings Seton Home Pentecost Vigil Mass St. Peter-St. Joseph Children's Home Rite of Election Sec. Mission and Young Adults: Advocacy (State and Local) Campaign on Human Trafficking Priestly and Diaconate Ministries Faithful Citizenship Training Respect Life Masses Diaconate Program Respect Life Prayer Vigil Theology on Tap Office of Vocations Social and Young Adult Resources Priests' Pension Plan, Retired Priests Worship on the River San Antonio Seminarian Fund Young Adult Ambassadors 46 Archdiocesan Pastoral Ministries The Department for Pastoral Ministries supports the archdiocese by providing the educational, spiritual, and formational opportunities to promote the Gospel values in the local Church. Gifts to the Archbishop’s Appeal will support the following pastoral ministries: Department of Pastoral Ministries Head Hospital Ministry Assembly Lay Ministry Formation Fund Campus Ministry Secretariat for Christian Community Criminal Justice Ministry Secretariat for Evangelization, Catechesis & Faith Formation Deanery Resource Coordinators Secretariat for Liturgy and Christian Prayer El Camino de San Antonio Missions Secretariat for Mission and Young Adults Department of Pastoral Ministries Head Department of Pastoral Ministries Pastoral Ministry Ambassadors Joan Martinez, Department Head Seminarian Internship Program Email: [email protected] Phone(210) 734-1638 Assembly This is the “event of the year” for the Archdiocese of San Antonio. All clergy, religious, and laity gather with Archbishop as missionary disciples to explore topics related to our pastoral vision. Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Assembly Chair Email: [email protected] Phone: 210-734-1632 Campus Ministry Campus Ministry serves students in universities and colleges throughout the archdiocese. This ministry connects campus adults with Jesus Christ, the local Church, and its Mission through faith and spiritual formation, leadership development, fellowship, networking, and Christian service projects. Veronica Ybarra, Director Email: [email protected] Phone: (830) 486-5509 Criminal Justice Ministry Chrysalis As Catholics, we are called to social ministry, to act with justice, love tenderly, serve one another, and walk humbly with God. The Criminal Justice Ministry, in partnership with Chrysalis Ministry, recruits, screens, and trains volunteers to minister and provide formation and education to serve the incarcerated, the formerly incarcerated, and their families. Through this ministry, clients and families are able to receive a wide variety of religious and social services. Deacon Robert Leibrecht, Director Email: [email protected] Phone: (210) 734-1980 www.archsa.org/archbishops-appeal 47 474747 47 Archdiocesan Pastoral Ministries Deanery Resource Coordinators The Archdiocese Deanery Coordinators serve as liaisons between their deaneries and the archdiocesan offices. The Deanery Coordinators work with all the pastors in their assigned deanery. They assist pastors to plan realistic parish goals and programs to serve their community. Their efforts support parish staff members and lay leaders to offer programs at the deanery level. Some deanery sponsored events and activities include: Bible studies, liturgy trainings, evangelization retreats, marriage preparation classes, the annual catechist retreat, and many more. For more information on deanery coordinators, please contact the Archbishop’s Appeal. El Camino de San Antonio Missions The El Camino de San Antonio Missions seeks to encourage and support those who desire to encounter the sacred through the San Antonio Missions. A special focus of El Camino de San Antonio Missions will be to reach young people as a new evangelization incorporating the sacred space of the Missions and their surrounding environment. Through the opening of Padre Margil Pilgrimage Center we seek to foster the pilgrim’s conversion to a deeper Gospel life that will renew their faith and their communities. People of all faith or no faith will be supported in their journey to touch the sacred. We seek to transform our communities by engaging a diverse and inclusive community of pilgrims. Rebecca Simmons, Executive Director Email: [email protected] Phone: (210) 734-1648 Hospital Ministry The Archdiocese Hospital Ministry forms individuals to serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to the hospitalized. This ministry carries the presence of Christ to hospital patients and their family members. Volunteers provide regular and emergency pastoral visits to more than thirteen hospitals throughout the San Antonio area. In addition, this ministry works with two priests to provide patients with the Sacrament of Anointing. Elizabeth Ramirez, Director Email: [email protected] Phone: (210) 734-2620 Lay Ministry Formation Fund (LMFF) The Archdiocese Lay Ministry Formation Fund supports the formation of parish laity by providing partial scholarships to attend ongoing formation and enhancement workshops. This assistance enables parishes to properly form laity to serve their parish community. Jazmine Villamil Email: [email protected] Phone: (210) 734-1650 48 Archdiocesan Pastoral Ministries Secretariat for Christian Community Bereavement Training National Youth Sunday Community Wedding Theology of the Body Training Marriage Conference World Youth Day Marriage Convalidation Training Youth Family & Marriage Resources Marriage Preparation Training Youth Leadership Development Youth Spectacular Lizett Farias, Secretariat Director Email: [email protected] Phone: (210) 734-1646 Secretariat for Evangelization, Catechesis & Faith Formation Catechetical Resources Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Community Baptisms Study Day and Webinar Evangelization, Catechesis and Faith Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Formation Program Workshops Mid-Winter Gatherings Special Needs Training New Leadership Orientation Texts for Parishes in Need Gloria Zapiain, Secretariat Director Email: [email protected] Phone: (210) 734-1960 Secretariat for Liturgy and Christian Prayer Adult Confirmations La Procesion Archdiocesan Liturgies and Resources Liturgical Ministry Trainings Chrism Mass Pentecost Vigil Mass Rite of Election Rev. Heliodoro Lucatero, Secretariat Director Email: [email protected] Phone: (210) 734-1912 Secretariat for Mission & Young Adults Advocacy (State & Local) Theology on Tap Campaign on Human Trafficking Social & Young Adult Resources Faithful Citizenship Training Worship on the River Respect Life Masses Young Adult Ambassadors Respect Life Prayer Vigil Aaron Castillo, Secretariat Director Email: [email protected] (210) 734-1655 For more information on these programs, contact Pastoral Ministries Office at (210) 734-2620. www.archsa.org/archbishops-appeal 49 494949 49 Catholic Communications The Appeal supports Catholic communication resources that bring the Good News to our communities through various mediums. Thanks to Appeal donors and Catholic Communications, individuals can experience a true encounter with Christ daily. Today’s Catholic Newspaper Catholic Television of San Antonio National Catholic Communications Catholic Television of San Antonio (CTSA) As an outreach ministry, Catholic Television of San Antonio lives in the spirit of the New Evangelization with programs that inspire, teach the faith, and touch the heart. It provides immediate access to the people of the archdiocese, while helping to fulfill priorities and goals, so that we may live United as Church, Encountering Christ, and Sent by the Spirit.