MOSAIC Summer 2019 | Page 2
SACRED HEART
MAJOR SEMINARY
Chairman, Board of Trustees
The Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron
Archbishop of Detroit
FROM THE RECTOR
A
t the beginning of this past school year, I spoke to the Sacred
Heart faculty and staff and called forth a specific virtue
that has importance to the seminary community as we renewed
ourselves in the mission entrusted to us – that virtue is hospitality.
It is within Matthew 25 that Jesus speaks in a powerful way about
the works of mercy:
“…when the Son of Man comes in his glory, to serve, or those we encounter casu-
and all the angels with him, he will sit upon ally are no longer guests or strangers, but
his glorious throne, and all the nations will be those in whom Christ abides. Therefore,
assembled before him. And he will separate hospitality is truly seeing and hearing the
them one from another, as a shepherd sepa- voice of Christ in and through the other.
rates the sheep from the goats. He will place It’s about providing the space to truly wel-
the sheep on his right and the goats on his left… come Christ and listen to Christ in the
to those on his right, ‘Come, you are blessed other person within our hearts.
by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared
Thank you for being a member of the
for you from the foundation of the world. For Sacred Heart family. As the seminary en-
I was hungry and you gave me food, I was ters upon its centennial year, I am humbly
thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and reminded of all the individuals who upon
you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, listening to the Holy Spirit committed
ill and you cared for me, in prison and you themselves to supporting the mission of
visited me’…‘I say to you, whatever you did for the formation of holy and healthy priests,
one of these least brothers
deacons, and lay leaders.
of mine, you did for me.’
From those first days in
“From those first days
1919, the Holy Spirit
in 1919, the Holy Spirit
It is a call to work
was filling the hearts of
was filling the hearts of
tirelessly for the good of
our students. Today, 100
our students. Today, 100
others, a call to embrace years later, the Holy Spirit years later, the Holy Spir-
and grow as we await the continues to fill the hearts it continues to fill the
Lord’s coming.
hearts of the men and
of the men and women
This issue of Mosaic, studying within our walls.” women studying within
Hospitality, is inspired
our walls. Thank you,
by the missionary zeal exhibited through and be assured of the prayers of the Sacred
countless signs of hospitality by our semi- Heart community for you and all the faith-
narians, lay students, faculty, staff, alum- ful friends and benefactors of the seminary.
ni, and the larger Sacred Heart family.
By living the virtue of hospitality, we are Sincerely In Christ,
called to be more than just a good host.
The virtue of hospitality calls us to see
Christ within the other.
As we live the virtue of hospitality, Rev. Msgr. Todd J. Lajiness
those with whom we work, those we seek Rector/President
Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Mosaic | Summer 2019
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
Director of Finance, Treasurer
Ann Marie Connolly
Director of Facilities Management
John Duncan
Director of Institutional Advancement
David Zanitsch
MOSAIC
Executive Editor
Rev. Msgr. Todd J. Lajiness
Managing Editor
Jamie Gualdoni
David Zanitsch
Contributing Writers
Dr. Patricia Cooney Hathaway
Dcn. Colin Fricke
Jamie Gualdoni
Dr. Mary Healy
Dr. Michael McCallion
Mary Kay McPartlin
Daniel Meloy
Dcn. David Pelican
Catherine Peters
Fr. Stephen Pullis
Katherine Tibai
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