The Valley Catholic May 13, 2014 | Page 5

The Valley Catholic May 13, 2014 in the diocese 5 Institute For Leadership in Ministry Graduates class of 2014 - clase del 2014 Last Name Cristo Rey Amado Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Carlos Sacred Heart of Jesus Barba Mariana Sacred Heart of Jesus Bellamy Larry St. John the Baptist Berrios Juan Antonio San Jose, Mountain View Berrios Olga Patricia San Jose, Mountain View Boxer Jo St. John the Baptist Bugarin Carl St. Victor Cacas Sharon Sacred Heart Saratoga Cardenas the kingdom of God by serving others. On behalf of my classmates, I would like to express our gratitude to our beloved Bishop McGrath for his support of the ILM program and for sharing so much of his time with us over the past three years; to our extraordinary and caring teachers who imparted much more than their knowledge but also their lives and their faith; to our pastors, spouses, families and friends who supported us in our journey, especially when we struggled; and to Linda Cunha-Ricchio, Director of ILM, and her assistants Annabella and Patty, who with great love, vision and persistence made this experience transformative for us. Christ’s call to discipleship can at times seem overwhelming, with so much to learn and do, but with so little time in which to do it. These lines from a prayer written by late Bishop Kenneth Untener, entitled “A Future Not Our Own,” which was dedicated to the memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero, help to reassure us: “We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing this. This enables us to do something and to do it very well. I Ё