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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 Dr. Matthew Gerlach DIVINE LOVE Director of Finance, Treasurer Ann Marie Connolly Director of Facilities Management John Duncan T he book of Genesis reveals that “God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Gn 1:27). From the beginning humanity has been blessed as that special creation by the living God, created out of love—created for love—and in the image of the living God. Director of Development and Stewardship David Kelley Director of Communications Edmundo Reyes MOSAIC Executive Editor Rev. Msgr. Todd J. Lajiness As male and female, God created the image and likeness of God. Pope Paul humanity with the capacity to love one VI recognized clearly that contraception another. And through revelation and the opens a pathway through which persons gift of incarnation, we are invited by Jesus can begin to use one another as objects of to participate in the divine love of Father, pleasure and not according to the genuine, Son, and Spirit. The possibility of loving sacrificial love from which we are created. In October, the Church will recognize God, then, comes from the fact that God the wisdom and courage has first loved us and giv- of Pope Paul VI and cel- en us the gift of redemp- “... the love we express ebrate his canonization. tion through the mystery to one another is not As you read the articles of the incarnate Word. disassociated from in this issue of the Mo- This year the univer- the love that God saic, may they inspire you sal Church celebrates the to contemplate the depth fiftieth anniversary of bestows on us.” to which God loves us, by the encyclical Humanae Vitae. Through the course of the encycli- sending his Son whose heart was pierced cal, there is a foundational principle that for our salvation. Be assured of the prayers gives substance and meaning to the specific of the Sacred Heart community for you and teachings on contraception and married all the faithful friends and benefactors of life. As human beings, the love we express the seminary! to one another is not disassociated from the love that God bestows on us. Therefore, Sincerely In Christ, our expressions of love should be rooted in an awareness of our own dignity and the dignity of the other. Authentic love is mani- fested in words and actions that respect the Rev. Msgr. Todd J. Lajiness other deeply for who she or he is, created in Rector/President Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Mosaic | Spring 2018 Managing Editor Jonathan Francis Contributing Writers Dcn. Perrin Atisha Richard Budd Theodore Devine Maggie Doyle Ryan Eggenberger Dr. Patricia Cooney Hathaway Dr. Mary Healy Jeremy Ingles Dr. Mark Latkovic Marco Maceri Sr. Agnes Maria Dcn. John McKenzie Fr. Peter F. Ryan Dr. Janet Smith Darci Swisher Biak Thuantho 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 © 2018, Sacred Heart Major Seminary Designed by FAITH Catholic faithcatholic.com