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MISSI NSOLT
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G I V E Y O U R H E A R T T O T H E L O R D
Dear Friends of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity,
During this year of faith, each one of us is invited in a special way to
reect on the gift of faith and to pray for its increase and manifestation in our
lives. It can be tempting sometimes to think of faith as merely an intellectual
activity by which we afrm our belief in a series of propositions related to God
and the Church. In reality, the gift of faith and our profession of faith goes
much deeper than that. While the faith is certainly related to an intellectual
assent, it also pertains to an act of our will.
The relationship between faith and action is seen clearly in the etymology
of the Latin word credo (I believe). Credo is a compound word that combines
cor, meaning heart, and the verb do, meaning I give. Put simply, credo really
means, I give my heart to the object of my belief. In the context of the Apos-tles Creed, professing our belief in God the Father Almighty, in Jesus Christ, and
in the Holy Spirit should ultimately signify that we not only afrm the existence
of God, but that we give our hearts completely to the Most Holy Trinity. Belief
A MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL PR IEST SERVANT
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in God is not meant to be merely an afrmation of an intellectual proposition, it
extends to an act of giving ones heart to God!
The gift of faith is no static reality in our lives. It is a dynamic force that
constantly challenges us to give our hearts more completely to the Most HolyTrinity on a daily basis. When the faith is truly embraced, life becomes a pilgrim-
age in which the presence of God is deeply experienced and manifested in the
daily events of our lives. This is certainly an accurate description of the life of
the Blessed Virgin Marya pilgrimage of faith by which she gave her heart to
God and experienced His presence and love throughout her life in a radical way.
We too are called to imitate our Mother Mary in giving our hearts to the Holy
Trinity and allowing Gods presence to radiate in our lives. This is what it means
to live by faith.
In this edition of the Missionmagazine, you will encounter a few stories of
people of faith, of people who have given their hearts to the Holy Trinity after
the example of Mary, and have experienced His mercy and love in their lives
and in the lives of others. As this year of faith draws toward its conclusion, let us
pray for one another that
the gift of faith deepen in
our lives, and that each
one of us may follow the
example of our Mother
Mary in giving our hearts
completely to the Most
Holy Trinity.
Fr Peter Marsalek, SOLT
General Priest Servant
FR. PETER MARSALEK, SOLT
WASELECTEDDURINGTHEJULYCHAPTERINCORPUSCHRISTI, TX.
HEISORIGINALLYFROMBURLINGTON, CANADA.
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Th rst duty of th conscratd lif
is to mak visibl th marvls wrought by God in th
frail humanity of thos who ar calld.
Thy bar witnss to ths marvls not so much in
words as by th loqunt languag of a
transgurd lif, capabl of amazing th world.
To popls astonishmnt, thy rspond by
proclaiming th wondrs of grac accomplishd
by th Lord in thos whom h lovs.
VITA CONSECRATA #20
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Lad of the Hol Trinit? Becase the know that these priests care for their
sols and that the are able to minister in poor parishes becase of benefac-
tors who care. Together o represent Gods loe for them.
The drg cartel has threatened and bribed the local police into sb-
mission and collaboration. President Caldern replaced them with federal
arm forces, bt now the arm is sinking into the iolent tactics of the en-
emies! The militar takes
no prisoners. When car-
tel members sbmit after
a battle with the arm,
what is their reward forlaing down their ries?
The are sall ee-
cted immediatel. As a
reslt, there has been
no lessening of kid-
nappings, etortions
and gnre.
Most of the two
thosand folks that
come to Mass here weekl are sacriciall generos, patient, een jofl, in
the midst of poert, corrption and war. Man of m ninet catechists work
ten-hor das in factories for eight-e dollars a week, and et the stillmake time to teach catechism and come to Mass.
Then there are those who sccmb to temptation. Siteen ear-old An-
tonio admitted to me that he had joined the drg cartel becase he wanted
Whn (th assassins) har that thr ar
som of us who lov thm, who ar praying andfasting for thm, thir jaws drop.
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FR. ANTONIO ANDERSON, SOLT
PASTOROFOURLADYOFREFUGEPARISHINNUEVOLAREDO, MEXICO
a Cadillac Escalade like the one that the rthless comandantedroe. Other
oth are sedced b the hope of spporting their parents. The worsening
of the Meican econom had redced Antonios father to riding a bike to
work. Poert did not oblige Antonio to choose aarice, en and iolence,
bt it had tempted him. There is no direct correlation between poert and
iolence, the Meican bishops state in a recent pastoral letter, bt there is
sch a correlation, on the other hand, between ineqalit and iolence.
Wheneer m parishioners and I hae the opportnit to eangelize
these men directl, we do. Recentl two ong cartel members broke into the
hose of one of the members of m parish concil. This good woman soon
had them sitting on her coch listening to the reasons the shold trst inGods wa. In the poor barrios(neighborhood) where I sere, Christs shock-
ing gospel of loe is the cre. Jess shocks the world with his witness and
teaching against iolence. He is no pacist; Jess does not stick a dais in the
mzzle of or rie. No, He spatters o with his Precios Blood. He does
not teach s to rn from iolence. Christ teaches s to confront iolence b
standing rm and offering or other cheek.
Or parish has alwas praed for the kidnapped and killed, and we also
pra for or brothers, the assassins. We spiritall adopt them; we fast for
them on Fridas. It pains s to think that een one of these dark sols might
sffer damnation. The world holds these criminals in tter disdain. When
the hear, therefore, that there are some of s who loe them, who are
praing and fasting for them, their jaws drop. This Christian srpriseloe
has led to miraclos conersions among them.
The mrderers and the mrdered are bried in the commnal mass
grae at or local pblic cemeter, the nidentied bodies of the assassins
and their innocent ictims. Srel the sffering of the ictims who endred
with trst in God and joined the spreme loing sacrice of Christ, will be
the epiator gift that will be a redemptie force fo
r the gilt ling along-
side them.
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So man times we are naware
of how we affect those arond
s. This tre stor shows s
that sometimes or being present to
people, liing and working in jo arenoticed b others and it allows the
Hol Spirit to moe throgh s.
The la faithfl oftentimes gie
witness at their work place. While
sharing the faith at work, a coworker
shared with me a lifelong hrt her
hsband had eperienced.
His mother was eperiencing
difclties and placed him in an or-
phanage rn b religios sisters. He
left the orphanage with a great deal
of hrt from their treatment and as
a reslt left the chrch. He married a
non-Catholic and was instrcted that
b doing so he was now ecommni-
cated from the chrch.
When Or Lads MontessoriSchool moed in down the street from
him, he began to see religios sisters
in a completel new wa. These sisters
were kind, gentle, and seemed jofl in
their ocation. He, with his wife, began
to watch the progress of the school
and how the sisters interacted with the
children. The sisters had no idea how
their presence was a witness and a
sorce of healing to this man.
I wold conerse with the wife
at work abot the school, the sisters
and his past hrts. His wife was erencoraging to him to forgie be-
case she knew how deepl he was
hrt dring his oth.
He neer interacted with the
sisters beond the basic cordial e-
changes, bt the sisters presence
and jo in their ocation moed andopened his heart to forgie and heal.
He had a rather sdden illness and
as he was close to death, he receied
reen
n
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the anointing of the sick. He died
soon after.
This mans interaction with
the three distinct ocations of the
Chrch, priests, religios and laitmade a ital impact on his salation.
The la ocation reached places of his
heart that others at the time cold
not. The religios ocation healed a
hrting sol throgh their witness of
jo in their ocation, apostolic work
and isibilit throgh their religios
habit. The priestl ocation did what
the other two cold not b preparing
him for God throgh the sacraments.
We are all called to be efcacios
instrments of Gods grace b simpl
liing with the ocation to which Godhas called s and throgh the jo that
comes from being a baptized member
of the Bod of Christ.
ROSIE SULLIVAN BUERGLER
GEORGEANDNICOLINASULLIVANRAISEDTHEIREIGHTCHILDRENASPARTOF
THESOLTFAMILY. ROSIEWASBORNATTHEFOUNDATIONHOMEOFSOLT,
INHOLMAN, NM. SHEISCURRENTLYSERVINGHERMOTHERINKANSASCITY,
WHOISTHELAYSERVANTFORTHESOLTCONSECRATEDWIDOWS.
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How good and plasant it is whn brothrs liv in unity.
PSALM 133;1
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camps theme song. It was often arged that o cold hear the camp songs
being sng from the hill all the wa down throgh the town.
Smmer Camp offered no shortage of games and otdoor actiities. After
all, it is smmer. Some crowd faorites were dodge ball and captre the ag; bt
the top ote-getter belonged to water sports at Fathers Lake. Campers loed
to canoe and paddle-boat in the peace and tranqilit of the lake. Camp partici-
pants also enjoed painting and making Rosar bracelets.
Smmer Camp is a great enironment for the oth. There is alwas sch
a positie attitde srronding St. Anns while the kids attend camp. It is trl
amazing to see the kids interacting with one another with kindness and charit
and frther becoming little disciples of Jess throgh Mar.
Summr camp is an instrumnt
for bringing youth into His Light.
KELLI LOPEZ, SOLT SISTER ASPIRANT
KELLIISORIGINALLYFROMCOLORADO. SHORTLYAFTERGRADUATING
FROMTHEUNIVERSITYOFCOLORADO, SHEBEGAN
VOLUNTEERINGATST. ANNSINDIANMISSIONINBELCOURT, ND.
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St. Anns Indian Mission Sum-
mer Camp has been bringing
children and youth (ages
6-18) together since 1998 to en-
joy a variety of activities while
growing deeper in their faith and
forming healthy relationships. The
theme for 2013 is Into His Light
and indeed summer camp is an in-
strument for bringing youth into
His Light. Activities include dailyMass, catechesis, singing and many
outdoor activities such as dodge
ball, capture the fag and canoeing
on Fathers lake.
Many volunteers are needed
to support the camp each summer.
Are you called to volunteer or do
you know someone who may be?Call us at (361) 289-9095!
ow ou can el
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Th conscratd lif thus bcoms on of th tangibl sals
which th Trinity imprsss upon history, so that popl
can sns with longing th attraction of divin bauty.
VITA CONSECRATA #20
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