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