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SACRED HEART MAJOR SEMINARY Chairman, Board of Trustees The Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron Archbishop of Detroit Rector/President Rev. Msgr. Todd J. Lajiness Vice Rector/Dean of Seminarian Formation Rev. Stephen Burr Dean of Studies Rev. Timothy Laboe Dean, Institute for Lay Ministry Getting Our Faith Out of the Garage Dr. Matthew Gerlach Director of Finance, Treasurer Ann Marie Connolly Director of Facilities Management T he gospel prompts us, as disciples of Christ, to live our faith in every moment of our lives. Our faith is not to be put in a garage during the week and then taken out on Sunday for an hour, in the confines of a parish church, and then returned to the garage. When we live our faith only within to encounter the mercy and compassion of the confines of the four walls of the parish the living God. Father Solanus gave power- church on Sunday, we inhibit or stunt our ful witness not by great sermons or books but faith. It becomes a hobby for us and some- rather through his example of humility. He loved those who approached him, he loved thing that remains outside of us. To a certain degree, we might say we mar- the poor who are so often ignored, he loved ginalize our faith and live two lives, one in the marginalized who needed a word of which we express our faith, and one in which encouragement, and he loved the sick who sought the healing of God. we keep it in the garage. To be a witness means To give witness means echoing the words of St. to live our lives in an inte- “Father Solanus gave grated way. It means allow- powerful witness not by Paul when he wrote to the Galatians, “It is no longer ing the Word of God and great sermons or books I who live, but Christ who the Sacraments that we re- but rather through his lives in me.” The work of ceive to have a real impact example of humility.” formation at Sacred Heart on who we are. These en- Major Seminary seeks to counters with Jesus form form humble witnesses who have submitted us and shape us into who we are. To give witness then, is a simple expres- to Christ, who allow the love of Christ to sion of who we are, what we believe, and who dwell deeply in their hearts. Thank you for your support and be we love (the Lord). As with any relationship, that means our understanding and love for assured of our prayers for you. God will develop through our lifetime, and that the way in which we give witness to God Sincerely In Christ, will also develop. At the heart of it for disciples is the de- sire for holiness. That simple desire is what prompted Fr. Solanus Casey to listen so care- Rev. Msgr. Todd J. Lajiness fully to the thousands of people who came Rector/President Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Mosaic | Fall 2017 John Duncan Director of Development and Stewardship David Kelley Director of Institutional Advancement Edmundo Reyes MOSAIC Executive Editor Rev. Msgr. Todd J. Lajiness Managing Editor Daniel Gallio CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Br. David Brokke Fr. Stephen Burr John Carlin Dr. Patricia Cooney Hathaway Michael King Msgr. Todd Lajiness Fr. Clint McDonell Fr. Stephen Pullis Darci Smith Mosaic is published two times per year by Sacred Heart Major Seminary 2701 Chicago Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48206 313-883-8500 [email protected] Read the online Mosaic or sign up for the monthly Mosaic e-newsletter mosaic.shms.edu © 2017, Sacred Heart Major Seminary Designed by FAITH Catholic faithcatholic.com