2019
Bulletin for April 28, 2019
See the bulletin for details on the following: Our summer Mass and office hours, Grads and Young Professionals Vespers Evening Prayer and Volunteer Training to help our immigrant community.
2019
Bulletin for April 21, 2019
The parish offices are closed tomorrow, we will open at 4:15 pm for daily Mass. Newman lounge will be open for students until midnight. This Wednesday evening beginning at 6 pm all are invited to hear from our interns as they share briefly their experience working and serving our parish community! Come to hear how this experience has impacted them and their faith! Undergrads check the bulletin for upcoming events including study nights, the All-Day Fun-Day, next Sundayâs grad blessing and the Graduation Mass on May 3rd. Graduates and young professionals are invited Monday April 29, at 7 pm for Vespers Evening Prayer. Join us for one of the oldest liturgies of the Church. Following, those who wish will head out to eat and socialize.
2019
2019 Triduum & Easter Sunday Mass Schedule
Thursday 4/18: Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 PM with adoration until midnight
Friday 4/19:Â Good Friday Service at 12:10 PM; bilingual Stations of the Cross at 7:30 PM
Saturday 4/20: Easter Vigil Mass & Reception at 8:30 PM
Sunday 4/21: Easter Mass at 8:30 AM, 10:00, 10:10, 12:00 PM, 12:10 PM, 2:00 (Spanish), 5:00, 9:00
2019
Bulletin for April 7, 2019
See the bulletin for details on: Taste of Italy with Deacon Romolo and Lorraine Leone and the LGBT Outreach Group, Life in the Dump, With Jesus in Gethsemane, Stations of the Cross, Holy Week Volunteers, St. Mary Spirit Week, Grads and Young Professionals monthly mass and dinner, Intern Closing Reception, Donations of Easter candy and baskets needed, The Faith Doing Justice group mental health awareness and the annual Diocesan Service Appeal.
2019
2019 Diocesan Services Appeal
This week begins our Diocesan Services Appeal. âWhoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyâ is the theme of our 2019 DSA.
Our contributions to DSA allow our diocese to expand our efforts of evangelization and social ministry well beyond what an individual or a single parish could accomplish. The programs, ministries and services funded by the DSA offer direct assistance to individuals and families, to parishes, and Catholic schools, and Catholic Charities agencies.
Your generous DSA contribution will support dozens of ministries that help people both spiritually and physically â bringing hope, comfort, and salvation to so many in our diocese. Click here to donate now.
2019
Chapter 9: Kinship
âOften we strike the high moral distance that separates âusâ from âthem,â and yet it is Godâs dream come true when we recognize that there exists no daylight between us. Serving others is good. Itâs a start. But itâs just the hallway that leads to the Grand Ballroom.
Kinship-not serving the other, but being one with the other. Jesus was not âa man for othersâ; he was one with them. There is a world of difference in that.â (188).
Chapter 9 of Tattoos on the Heart focuses on kinship. The idea of kinship is something Iâve been reflecting on this semester. It is something that I want to be. Itâs difficult work. Serving the other is easy. Making a positive change in the world is something Iâve long strived for and is why I am majoring in Public Policy. I am privileged to be a middle-class, Catholic White Male who has two loving parents and attends a prestigious university. Outside of being Gay, I hold every privilege that society gives. It is too easy for me to slip into the false mindset that Iâm a giver and those on the margins are the receivers.
My experience on Alternative Spring Break in El Salvador has had a profound impact on me. The people of El Salvador, and especially my host Madre, Morena, opened up their hearts, experiences, and pain with me. Hearing the first-hand accounts of our host families escape from a military perpetrated massacre, seeing the bloody pictures of the six murdered priests at UCA, and hearing the stories of those whose loved ones were killed trying to migrate to the U.S. broke my heart repeatedly. In sharing with their pain and experiences Iâve found God and a calling to be with the people living in the margins. I wonât pretend to know that I fully comprehend kinship and how to put it in action but I know that Jesus is calling me to do so. He is calling us all to.
âCon frecuencia, logramos a la alta distancia moral que nos separa a ânosotrosâ de âellosâ, y sin embargo, es el sueño cumplido de Dios cuando reconocemos que no existe la luz del dĂa entre nosotros. Servir a los demĂĄs es bueno. Es un comienzo. Pero es sĂłlo el pasillo que conduce al Gran SalĂłn de Baile.
La hermandad no es servir al otro, sino ser uno con el otro. JesĂșs no era âun hombre para los demĂĄsâ: era uno con ellos. Y hay una gran diferencia en esoâ (202).
El capĂtulo 9 de âTatuajes en el corazĂłnâ se centra en la hermandad. He estado reflexionando este semestre sobre la idea de la hermandad. Es algo que quiero ser. Es un trabajo difĂcil. Servir a la otra persona es fĂĄcil. Me he esforzado hacer un cambio positivo en el mundo, y es por esta razĂłn que tengo una concentraciĂłn en las PolĂticas PĂșblicas. Soy privilegiado de ser un hombre catĂłlico de la clase media que tiene dos padres amables y asiste una universidad prestigiosa. AdemĂĄs de ser homosexual, tengo cada privilegio de la sociedad. Es tan fĂĄcil para mĂ tener una perspectiva falsa en la que yo les doy a las personas en los mĂĄrgenes y ellos reciben de mĂ.
Mi experiencia de ASB en El Salvador me impactĂł profundamente. La gente de El Salvador, especialmente mi âhostâ madre (mi madre de acogida), Morena, abrieron sus corazones y hablaron abiertamente conmigo sobre sus experiencias y sufrimiento. Mi corazĂłn se rompiĂł cuando oĂ los testimonios de su escape de un masacre militar, vi fotos de seis sacerdotes que fueron asesinados en UCA, y oĂ las historias de las personas amadas quien fueron asesinadas cuando trataron de emigrar a los EEUU. A travĂ©s de experimentar este sufrimiento con estas personas, he descubierto a Dios y una llamada para pasar tiempo con las personas marginadas. No completamente entiendo la hermandad o cĂłmo implementarla en mi vida, pero yo sĂ© que JesĂșs me llama a hacerlo. Ăl nos llama a todos nosotros a hacerlo.

Evan is the 2nd on the Left. The SMSP ASB El Salvador Group with our Host Families in Guarjila. Evan Swinehart is a junior in the Ford School of Public Policy studying U.S. Immigration and Asylum Policy with a focus on Latin America. He is the Student Coordinator for MAGIS and is a member of the Faith Doing Justice Team. He went on the ASB trip to El Salvador this Spring Break. He seeks to build a more inclusive church and society that embraces every person.
Esta es una foto del grupo de âSpring Break Alternativaâ en El Salvador con la familia anfitriona de los estudiantes. Evan es la segunda persona desde la izquierda. Evan Swinehart estĂĄ en su tercer año en La Escuela de Las PolĂticas PĂșblicas de Ford, y estudia la inmigraciĂłn y polĂtica de asilo de los EEUU con un enfoque en AmĂ©rica Latina. Es el coordinador estudiantil de MAGIS y es un miembro del equipo de la Fe Haciendo Justicia. Evan participĂł en el viaje de ASB en El Salvador durante las vacaciones. Quiere crear una iglesia mĂĄs inclusiva y una sociedad que valora a cada persona.
2019
Chapter 8: Success
âSuccess and failure, ultimately, have little to do with living the gospel. Jesus just stood with the outcasts until they were welcomed, or until he was crucified – whichever came first.â (pg. 172)
I thought I knew what this chapter was about . . . until I didnât.
In a chapter entitled âSuccessâ, Fr. Boyle details the deaths of âScrappyâ, âRaulâ, âLa Shadyâ, âMannyâ, âRonnieâ, and âAngelâ. Why âSuccessâ? Was Fr. Boyle hoping weâd draw parallels between these violent, premature, and undeserved deaths and that of Christâs death on the cross? Were their deaths similarly triumphant? I thought I was on to something.
But then I read the chapter again. Thereâs nothing triumphant about the deaths described in this book. Rather, Fr. Boyle provides us a window into the raw, devastating pain that each of these deaths left behind. And by virtue of living in the margins, Fr. Boyle experiences these tragedies not as an outsider, but as God does, as an insider, his heart laid open, helping to bear the burden of loss.
Despite having ample opportunity, I realize that Fr. Boyle spends little time talking about sin and even less about âsavingâ sinners. I canât recall him reminding any homies (or us) that Jesus died for our sins. Rather, he reminds us that God is too busy loving us to worry about either our successes or our failures. We are saved, not when we renounce our sins, but when we accept that God loves us unconditionally in spite of them. Thus the quote above begs the question: Was the triumph, i.e. âsuccessâ, of the cross ever Christâs primary purpose?  Or was it just a consequence of how he lived, where he lived, and who he lived with?â How might this perspective change the way I live my own life? Can all of us redefine and achieve our own success in a similar manner?
âEl Ă©xito y el fracaso, en la Ășltima instancia, tienen pocas similitudes con el vivir del evangelio. JesĂșs se quedĂł con los forasteros hasta que fueran acogidos, o hasta que JesĂșs fuera crucificado – lo que ocurriĂł primero.â (184)
PensĂ© que sabĂa lo que describiĂł este capĂtulo⊠pero no sabĂa.
En el capĂtulo 8 âĂxitoâ, Padre Greg describe las muertes de âScrappy,â âRaul,â âLa Shady,â âManny,â âRonnie,â and âĂngel.â ÂżPor quĂ© el capĂtulo se llama âĂxitoâ? ÂżQuiere Padre Greg que nosotros hagamos conexiones entre estas muertes violentas, prematuras, y inmerecidas y la muerte de Cristo en la cruz? ÂżSus muertes fueron triunfantes como la de Cristo? PensĂ© que empecĂ© a entender y descifrar el propĂłsito del mensaje de este capĂtulo.
Sin embargo, leà el capitulo otra vez. No hay nada triunfante en las muertes en esta novela. Padre Boyle a propósito nos provee una ventana al dolor crudo y devastador que cada una de estes muertos dejaron atrås. Y por vivir en las mårgenes, Padre Boyle experimenta estas tragedias no como un extraño, sino como Dios las experimenta- como una persona de dentro, su corazón abierto, ayudando a soportar la carga de la pérdida.
A pesar de tener oportunidades abundantes, me doy cuenta de que Padre Boyle pasa poco tiempo hablando sobre los pecados y aĂșn menos sobre âsalvarâ los pecadores. No puedo recordarlo recordandole a ningĂșn compadre (ni a nosotros) que JesĂșs muriĂł por nuestros pecados. Por el contrario, Ă©l nos recuerda que Dios estĂĄ demasiado ocupado amĂĄndonos que no se preocupa por ni nuestros Ă©xitos ni nuestros fracasos. Estamos salvados, no cuando renunciamos a nuestros pecados, sino cuando aceptamos que Dios nos ama incondicionalmente a pesar de ellos. Por lo tanto, la cita que se encuentra arriba en el texto pregunta: ÂżFue el triunfo, es decir âel Ă©xitoâ, de la cruz el propĂłsito primario de Cristo? ÂżO fue solamente una consecuencia de cĂłmo Ă©l vivĂa, donde vivĂa, y con quien vivĂa? ÂżCĂłmo esta explicaciĂłn puede cambiar la manera en la que vivo mi propia vida? ÂżPodemos todos nosotros redefinir y lograr nuestros propios Ă©xitos en una manera similar?

John Osterholzer is a member of the Faith Doing Justice Ministry lead team and a physician at the UM and VA hospitals. He and his wife Kathy have 3 children and have been longtime resident parishioners at St. Mary.
John Osterholzer es un miembro del equipo del Ministerio del Fe Haciendo Justicia y es un mĂ©dico en los hospitales de UM y VA. Ăl y su esposa Kathy tienen tres hijos y han sido feligreses residentes de St. Mary por mucho tiempo.