10 4 20 14 16 16 14 For a free subscription to ALIVE magazine, email [email protected] and write “ALIVE subscription” in the subject line. Provide your name, address and phone number. marianist.com Subscribe Now! Printed on recycled paper. 4 Learn more about the Marianists at marianist.com. Father Oscar Vasquez, SM Provincial Brother Bernard Ploeger, SM Assistant Provincial Allison Hewitt Executive Director of Mission Advancement Jan D. Dixon Editor Bernadette McCaffrey Groner Communications Manager Ann Mueller Communications Specialist Contributing writers Carol Dexter Bernadette McCaffrey Groner Alex Z. Salinas John Schroeder Photography Mike Bizelli, pages 10, 14 Robin Jerstad, cover, 4 - 7; 16 - 19 Derek Miyahara, pages 8 - 9 Skip Peterson, page 11 Andy Snow, pages 20 - 21 Graphic design Jean Lopez, Lopez Needleman Graphic Design, Inc. Front cover Children and young adults with Father John Thompson, SM, from Holy Rosary parish, where Marianist volunteers from St. Mary’s University are working to build community through a summer camp. ALIVE Fall/Winter 2018 – Vol.15, No. 3 ALIVE is published three times a year (Spring, Summer, Fall/Winter) by the Marianist Province of the United States. Comments welcomed. Direct to the editor: Jan D. Dixon, Marianist Province of the United States, 4425 West Pine Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108 or [email protected]. Changes to the mailing list, email [email protected]. The Society of Mary (Marianists) is an international Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers. The Marianist Province of the United States comprises more than 250 professed brothers and priests serving in the United States. The Province also includes communities and ministries in India, Ireland and Mexico. In the United States, they sponsor three universities: University of Dayton in Ohio, St. Mary’s University in San Antonio and Chaminade University of Honolulu, as well as 19 high schools/middle schools, six parishes and four retreat centers. The order has been present in the United States since 1849 when the Marianists came to Cincinnati. Blessed William Jospeh Chaminade founded the Society of Mary in 1817. I N S I D E … AGENTS OF CHANGE Holy Rosary Parish and St. Mary’s University team up to offer a summer camp for children and families living in one of San Antonio’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. OPENING TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD Thirteen people met for a year-long study on Marianist spirituality, yielding new insights on faith and practice in the 21st century. FATHER QUENTIN’S LIGHT BULB MOMENT How Blessed Chaminade’s methods for growing in faith came alive for a venerable Marianist scholar WELCOME TO REMUDA VAQUERA! The Marianists host the first summer camp for girls at Tecaboca. BRICK-BY-BRICK Marianist Brother Bob Wiethorn enjoys ministering with others, building on an enduring foundation of faith and friendship in the communities he has served. DEPARTMENTS Provincial Letter....................................................................................... 2 The View from Here.................................................................................8 In Remembrance.....................................................................................22