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Philadelphia, Pa., Jun 15, 2012 \/ 06:34 pm (CNA<\/a>).- Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles told a gathering of seminary teachers and staff that they must study the American culture in order to form priests who can better serve the Church.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe need to understand our culture \u2014 in order to convert it,\u201d the archbishop said June 10 at a conference for seminary formators that was jointly sponsored by Philadelphia\u2019s St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and Saint John Vianney Center.<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Gomez said in his address that seminary staff, faculty, and formation personnel should ensure that the formation they provide is not only multicultural, but counter-cultural, so that the future priests will be able to \u201ccounteract our American culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe pointed the seminary leaders toward the examples given by some of the first missionaries in America, who were \u201cserious students of the indigenous cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Gomez noted that those early missionaries \u201cstudied these cultures in order to transform them,\u201d and he urged the seminary teachers to form men who can \u201csanctify our culture with the values and vision of the Gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Church's mission, he recalled, has always been \u201cto make disciples of all nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThat means transforming every culture so that those cultures serve the human person in his search for the living God and for salvation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tThe Los Angeles archbishop also dedicated part of his talk to commenting on priestly formation in a multicultural context, questions of cultural integration and the use of psychology in seminaries.<\/p>\n

\tHe said that while it is essential to challenge the culture, especially one that is \u201chighly sexualized and materialistic,\u201d those who form American seminarians must teach them to \u201cbe sensitive to cultural differences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tMany traditional \u201cassumptions about spirituality and prayer\u201d have been formed from a European context, but, Archbishop Gomez noted, the \u201cseeds of the Gospel have been sown in every culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe challenge for us is to learn together from all of our Catholics traditions\u201d in order to form more well-rounded priests who can, in turn, serve a more diverse population, he said.<\/p>\n

\tIn order to reach a broader group, those who prepare future priests should be open to taking \u201cadvantage of this rich variety\u201d among Catholics in the United States.<\/p>\n

\tThe best way for a priest to transform the culture, the archbishop said, is to live in a way that attests \u201cto the reality of Jesus Christ and to the power of his Gospel to change lives and save souls.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe world will be converted \u2014 not by words and programs \u2014 but by witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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