Today's Marists 2024 Volume 8, Issue 2

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Today’s Marists 20243 | Volume 8 | Issue 2 Publisher Editor Editorial Assistants Archivist Editorial Board Joseph Hindelang, SM, Provincial Ted Keating, SM Elizabeth Ann Flens Avila Communications Coordinator Philip Gage, SM Randy Hoover, SM Susan Plews, SSND Susan Illis Ted Keating, SM, Editor Michael Coveny Mike Kelly Joseph Hindelang, SM Randy Hoover, SM Bishop Joel Konzen, SM Bev McDonald Ben McKenna, SM Elizabeth Piper Jack Ridout Nik Rodewald Bill Rowland, SM Linda Sevcik, SM Today’s Marists is published three times a year by The Marist Fathers and Brothers of the United States Province. The contents of this magazine consist of copyrightable material and cannot be reproduced without the expressed written permission of the authors and publisher. We wish to provide a public forum for ideas and opinion. Letters may be sent to: smpublications@maristsociety.org Editorial Office Editor: 202.529.2821 phone | 202.635.4627 fax Today’s Marists Magazine Society of Mary in the U.S. (The Marists) Editorial Office 815 Varnum Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017 smpublications@maristsociety.org www.societyofmaryusa.org E Q Marist Provincial Office 815 Varnum Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017 Marist Center 4408 8th Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-2298 Marist Center of the West 625 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 94108-3210 Distributed freely by request to churches, schools and other organizations. Home delivery is available by free subscription. Contact our Editorial Office. Our website offers additional information of interest to friends of the Marists. It is refreshed regularly. © 2024 by Society of Mary in the U.S. All rights reserved. Printed on partially-recycled stock with a vegetable-based ink mixture. Design: Beth Ponticello | CEDC | cedc.org In this issue... 3 from the Provincial by Joseph Hindelang, SM 4 Living a Marist Life of Reconciliation in a Chaotic and Violent World by Ted Keating, SM Society of Mary of the USA 6 Reconciliation: A Path to Peace in Interreligious Dialogue by Hermes Sabud, SM 8 Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Restoration: Instruments of Divine Mercy by Bill Rowland, SM 9 One Hundred Mass Intentions. Who is My Neighbor? by Francois Chauvet 10 Building Bridges: The Power and Promise of Interfaith Dialogue by Brendan Murphy 12 Killers of the Flower Moon: An Invitation to Solidarity? by Nik Rodewald 14 Broadening Our Marist Mission of Reconciliation to Creation by Samu Tukidia, SM 16 Merciful Tenderness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation by David Raymundo Sánchez Garduño, SM 17 Striving to Live the Marist Values as a Retreat Center Director by Linda Sevcik, SM 18 Reconciling the Sacrament of Reconciliation in a Marist school by Mike Kelly 20 Navigating Our Inner Narrative A Journey Through Reconciliation by Erin Shern Paul 22 Living Mary’s Way of Reconciliation by Bev McDonald 23 What Would Mary Do? by Jack Ridout 24 Marist Lives: Reverend Joseph Fleury, SM by Susan J. Illis 25 News Briefs 25 Book Corner 26 Concluding Prayers of Fratelli Tutti Encyclical 27 Donor Thoughts: Why I Support the Marists by Tammy and Brandon Mosley 2 Today’s Marists Magazine
from the Provincial Rev. Joseph Hindelang, SM Greetings to members of the Marist family, friends of the Marists and all people of goodwill who are reading this. One of my favorite passages from the Bible is an instruction given by Moses to the people of Israel as they are about to enter the land that we call the Holy Land. I have set before you life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I am giving you today, loving the Lord, your God, and walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments, you will live and grow numerous, and the Lord, your God, will bless you. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him. (Dt. 30:15-16, 19-20) Jesus reveals to us a God of love. God created our universe and created all people in God’s image because God loves us. As children of God, we are called to honor the universe and respect all people as evidence of our love for God. When Moses invites us to choose life and good, it is a life of imitating the love of God that we can choose. God wants the good, in fact the best, for all people. Choosing life is for our benefit, as well as the benefit of all our sisters and brothers in the universe. Several of the articles in this issue of Today’s Marists are about reconciliation in some form. Reconciliation can certainly mean the Sacrament, where we acknowledge our need for God’s forgiveness and mercy in our lives because of selfish choices that we make. However, reconciliation can also involve recognizing our call to be better stewards of creation. Sometimes we refer to our vacations or trips as “getting back to nature.” Letting go of many of our regular activities to live a simpler life at the beach or out in the countryside for a few days can be a refreshing experience. Another important meaning of reconciliation is reflecting on the aspects of life that we share with other people. There may be opportunities to let go of things that divided or disrupted our relationship with another person in our family or among our friends. Reconciliation can also involve being more aware of the things that unite us with others, no matter what religious, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation or cultural differences may exist. If we believe that we are children of a loving God, a truth that Jesus reveals to us, it follows that all people are our brothers and sisters. Father Jean-Claude Colin, the founder of the Society of Mary, calls all Marists to follow the example of Mary and to be “instruments of divine mercy.” From the little that we read of Mary in the Scriptures we know that she was a woman of great faith and a woman who looked beyond divisions and worked to unite and include people. Each year as the Church moves through the Easter season and into the celebration of Pentecost, it is a good time for us to ask the Holy Spirit to help open our hearts. It is not always easy to overcome divisions in our relationships or to see that all people of the world are beloved daughters and sons of our loving God. However, that is our call as believers and disciples of Jesus, to become people of reconciliation. Enjoy this issue of Today’s Marists and the gifted authors who have contributed to making this a publication worth reading. Thank you to all involved in providing this issue and thank you to all of you who are taking time to read it. On behalf of the Society of Mary in the United States, I assure you of our prayers for all those who join us in trying to be Mary’s presence in our world. Mary never drew attention to herself but always pointed to her Son, Jesus. Jesus is also the Son of God who became human to show us God’s love in person, to save us and to reconcile us to one another and to the Father! “…reconciliation can also involve recognizing our call to be better stewards of creation.” Cover Explanation Mary Love Forever Being Born, Kelly Latimore, kellylatimoreicons.com The theme of this issue of Today’s Marists is ‘Living a Marist Life of Reconciliation in a Chaotic and Violent World.’ This theme is evident through stories of young Marists around the world who are actively engaging in ministries of Reconciliation. The image of the icon, Mary Love Forever Being Born, was chosen represent how the power of love in the universe reveals to us that “Nothing is impossible with God.” (Lk. 1:37) Volume 8 | Issue 2 3
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