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www.archindy.org November 3, 2000 Vol. XXXX, No. 5 50¢ Archbishop Buechlein confirms federal Death Row inmates process that he waived earlier this year. his associations with Catholics who have David Paul Hammer, who asked to be Sister Rita Clare said Hammer decided ministered to him in prison and helped to seek clemency as well as appeal his him with his faith journey. He met executed, now says he wants to live death sentence because “he feels that if his Archbishop Buechlein at the penitentiary execution takes place, it will open the in early July during a pastoral visit By Mary Ann Wyand Providence Sister Rita Clare Gerardot, floodgate for many other federal execu- arranged for the Church’s Jubilee Day for Hammer’s spiritual advisor for the past tions.” Prisoners. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein con- nine months. She said he waived his appeal process As Hammer’s spiritual advisor, Sister firmed federal Death Row inmate David Hammer, a 42-year-old convicted mur- earlier this year because he “didn’t think Rita Clare helped teach him about the Paul Hammer and another Death Row derer from Oklahoma, is scheduled to be that he could continue to live his life in sacraments to prepare him for his recep- inmate as members of the executed by lethal injection on Nov. 15 at prison.” tion into the Church and his first during a eucharistic liturgy on Oct. 27 at the penitentiary. If the execution proceeds If his appeal or request for clemency is Communion. the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute. as scheduled, he will be the first federal granted, she said, “I think it will still be a “The Mass was just beautiful, very cel- The archbishop made the private pas- prisoner executed in 37 years. struggle,” but that his faith will help him. ebratory,” Sister Rita Clare said. “Father toral visit in response to the inmates’ In October, Hammer requested Hammer was baptized in a Baptist [Francis] Roof [the Catholic chaplain at requests and with the permission of fed- clemency from President Clinton and also church, Sister Rita Clare said, and chose the penitentiary] arranged the liturgy for eral prison officials, according to asked his attorney to reinstate the appeals to join the Catholic Church as a result of See CONFIRM, page 3 Growing Hispanic population is changing Survey finds focus of Halloween in archdiocese that religious By Jennifer Del Vechio freedom is All that’s needed is a picture of a beloved deceased person, his or her deteriorating favorite food and a candle to light in prayer. Then get ready to sing, dance, laugh in the world and maybe even cry. “It’s a party of faith,” said Ricardo WASHINGTON (CNS)—A major new Inmán, pastoral associate at St. Mary survey finds that religious freedom is Parish in . deteriorating rapidly in much of the Inmán realizes the Mexican tradition, world. formally known as El Día de los The survey covers 75 countries with Muertos or “Day of the Dead,” is per- nearly 90 percent of the world’s people. It plexing and strange to many people. found that, at the turn of the millennium, But it celebrates the Catholic holy only 25 percent live under conditions of days of All Saints and All Souls on broad religious freedom, while 39 percent Nov. 1 and 2. live under partly free conditions and 36 The difference is that the celebration percent in circumstances where religious does it with a Mexican flair that has its freedoms are fundamentally violated. roots in 2,000-year-old Mexican-Indian In comparative rankings, Estonia, traditions. Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway For Father Michael O’Mara, pastor at and the United States fared best with a St. Mary Parish, and area Catholic 1 rating. schoolteachers, the Mexican holiday is At the other extreme, with the worst playing a pivotal role in shifting the rating of 7, were Turkmenistan, Iran, focus from Halloween’s ghouls and gob- Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Burma, North Korea lins and fear of the dead, to teaching and Tibet (China). about the Church’s communion of saints The 340-page study—“Religious and how the dead can help us. Freedom in the World: A Global Report “They aren’t dead in the popular on Freedom and Persecution”—was sense, but are very much alive in the reli- released Oct. 26 by Freedom House’s gious sense,” said Father O’Mara. Center for Religious Freedom in “That’s what we want to talk about.” Washington. The Church instituted All Saints Day See FREEDOM, page 25 to honor all saints known and unknown. Halloween falls the day before because Pope Gregory III moved the Feast of All Saints to Nov. 1. The eve of the feast was known as “All Hallow’s Eve,” and a fast was required. Many recipes and tra- ditions were created for this evening, because of the former “fast before the feast.” In England, families gathered around the fireplace to enjoy cider, nuts

and apples. Across Europe, recipes for Vechio Del Jennifer Photos by pancakes, breads and fruitcakes were This is an example of how altars are made and decorated to celebrate the Mexican holiday, El Día made and passed down through the gen- de los Muertos or “Day of the Dead.”The celebration parallels All Saints Day and All Souls Day and erations. Dressing up for Halloween is how the Mexican culture celebrates the feast days. started in France in the 14th century. In 998, St. Odilo, the abbot of a help those who have suffered a recent loss, will find three side altars decorated with monastery in Cluny, France, added a cel- said Father O’Mara. candles, fruits and flowers. ebration on Nov. 2 to pray for all the “It reminds us that the dead are still The altar nearest the front has been souls of the faithful departed. with us,” and shows that “every culture has reserved for parishioners to bring pic- The two days show the union of all its own name for the same [Catholic] tures of their deceased loved ones. More the faithful on earth, the saints in heaven feast,” he said. than 100 white candles sit around the and the poor souls in purgatory. At St. Mary, Inmán is doing his best to altar, each symbolizing the name of a The Mexican celebration ties all that recreate the Mexican celebration. dead person. On top of the altar is a large together with extra festivities. It also can As visitors walk inside the church, they See HALLOWEEN, page 3 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 St. Vincent de Paul Society helped nearly 28,000 in past year By Mary Ann Wyand conference president. There are many Father John Buckel, an unfilled positions at all levels of the orga- author and Saint Meinrad PLAINFIELD—St. Vincent de Paul nization. Please pray that Vincentians will School of Theology Society members from the Indianapolis ‘step out of their comfort zone’ and con- faculty member, was the Council gathered at the Primo Banquet sider a leadership position. It can be a keynote speaker for the Hall in Plainfield on Oct. 22 to celebrate very rewarding experience, particularly St. Vincent de Paul the past year of Christian service and to for those that understand and follow the Society’s annual meeting plan continuing assistance to the poor in attributes of a servant leader.” and also celebrated a the new millennium. Father John Buckel, an author and Saint eucharistic liturgy with Council president Donald Striegel, a Meinrad School of Theology faculty mem- the Vincentians. During member of St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis, ber, was the keynote speaker for the soci- his homily, Father Buckel presented the society’s annual report to ety’s annual meeting and also celebrated a explained that “the council members. eucharistic liturgy with the Vincentians. [eucharistic] cup signals The Indianapolis council served 27,827 During his homily, Father Buckel the sacrifice which is people in need from Oct. 1, 1999, until explained that “the [eucharistic] cup sig- necessary to do Sept. 30 of this year. nals the sacrifice which is necessary to do God’s will.” During the annual meeting, the group God’s will.” also honored Indianapolis Vincentians The account of Jesus at prayer at Ray Benjamin of Holy Spirit Parish, Bill Gethsemane is one of the most important Quigley of Christ the King Parish, Al parts of the New Testament, he said. Hohmann and Bob Landwerlen of “Jesus prayed, ‘Lord, take this cup away St. Roch Parish, Pat Jerrell of St. Jude from me.’ Jesus was fully God and fully Parish and Wilma Ruwe of St. Luke human, and his humanity comes out very Parish for distinguished service to the clearly here. We can all identify with society and to the poor. Jesus. So often, there are aspects of life,

In his column in the society’s things in which we have to engage, suf- Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann September newsletter, Striegel noted that, fering we must embrace at times, and “The concept of servant leadership is the Jesus speaks for us all when he prays, The eucharistic cup “has a lot of sig- The Gospel of Mark “talks a lot about key to the success and works of the “Father, take this cup away from me.’ nificance,” he said. “It was referred to discipleship,” he said. “The mark of a St. Vincent de Paul Society. This is the “The joy of Christianity is also a sacri- as a sacrifice, which is sometimes nec- disciple is someone who serves.” very foundation upon which Frederick fice,” Father Buckel said. “The great con- essary for us to do God’s will. When And as disciples, he said, Christians Ozanam founded our society in 1833, solation is that we are not alone. Christ is you drink from the cup, and when you help relieve the suffering of others. when he described the poor as ‘our mas- with us. Christ died alone so that we would say ‘Amen,’ that amen represents that “Whenever something bad happens, we ters.’ Thus we are the servants. not have to. In John 16:32, Christ says, ‘I you believe it is the blood of Christ and ask why, and Jesus was the same way,” “However, we do need to take this am not alone because the Father is with it also is a promise to do everything that Father Buckel said. “In this same way, we concept one step further to the sometimes me.’And we are never alone. We never you can, no matter what sacrifice is certainly have an obligation to try to get rid urgent need for individuals to fill the tra- have to face life alone. The Christian com- involved, to be a faithful follower of of any suffering that we have in our lives ditional definition of leaders, such as munity ensures that.” Jesus Christ.” and in the lives of others.” † Catholics must protect human life, theology professor says By Mary Ann Wyand statements from the U.S. bishops. that Vatican II also gave us a hierarchy of that allows abortion and euthanasia. Second of three parts One lesson is easy to understand, he truths in morals, even though the council The culture of death promotes attacks said. “Every believer shares responsibility fathers did not use this exact phrase. In on human life, violations of human per- “The protection of human life and the for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” what I call the hierarchy of morals, a set sonal integrity and insults on human promotion of human dignity are insepara- And unless of moral absolutes is proposed, by which, dignity, Ginter said, behaviors that Pope ble,” Dr. Mark E. Ginter explained during human life is if transgressed, one acts less than John Paul II calls “intrinsically evil a recent discussion of “Abortion and the respected, humanly.” acts.” Hierarchy of Morals” at St. Thérèse of Ginter said, con- In its writings, he said, the council In his encylical Veritas Splendor,the the Infant Jesus, (Little Flower) Parish in flicting values emphasized that whatever is opposed to Holy Father differentiates between “a Indianapolis. will continue to life itself, whatever violates the integrity human act which is intrinsically evil by “But in a culture which believes in poison society. of the human person, whatever insults definition—objectively,” Ginter said, religious freedom,” he said, “there will be “The Second human dignity are “infamies” that “poi- and “the subjective culpability of the conflicting values.” Vatican Council, son human society” and are “a supreme person engaging in any of these acts.” As an assistant professor of moral the- held in Rome dishonor to the Creator.” Regarding the tragedy of abortion, he ology at Saint Meinrad School of from 1962 to Nearly 40 years after Vatican II, he said, “Project Rachel is a very important Theology, Ginter teaches seminarians and 1965, gave us a said, these infamies have taken hold in ministry of the Church, which recognizes lay students how to analyze the intrica- hierarchy of society and grown stronger in a culture See ABORTION, page 7 cies of Scripture, papal encyclicals, truths in faith,” documents, the he said. “It is Catechism of the Catholic Church and Dr. Mark E. Ginter my contention Jubilee Masses Special Jubilee Masses are being cel- Young Adult Mass (Ages 18-39) ebrated throughout the year. These Nov. 4 St. Louis Church, Batesville, Masses focus on senior citizens and 7:30 p.m. young adults, but are open to all. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein said the Masses celebrate the contribu- Senior Citizen Mass tions of those who have shouldered the Nov. 19 Sisters of St. Francis faith through the past century and the Motherhouse Chapel, Camera Ready Ad younger generation that is being asked Oldenburg, 2 p.m. to carry it forward. Negative

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to eat and drink and celebrate. HALLOWEEN “You know it’s not all over after our continued from page 1 death,” Inmán said. It’s also about showing that death is picture of Archbishop Oscar Romero of not scary, but sacred, he said. San Salvador, who was assassinated in Sending that message is important, said 1980. Vincent Barnes, principal of St. Matthew “He is very important to the Mexi- School in Indianapolis. cans,” said Francisco Adell, who is help- Students in Spanish class have been ing with the celebration. making their own altars out of shoeboxes Archbishop Romero, who was known to commemorate the Mexican “Day of the for his sermons on violence, injustice and Dead.” human rights, was killed while celebrat- “We want students to understand it’s ing Mass. not just about dress-up and going trick- His people consider him a martyr, or-treating,” Barnes said. “They don’t Adell said. always realize it because of media and The picture represents a part of Mexi- society. But we want them to know all Above, Daniel Robles (left) and Francisco Adell place a can culture and how Mexicans honor their about All Saints Day and All Souls Day. photograph of the late Archbishop Oscar Romero of dead. This is one way for them to know about El Salvador on an altar at St. Mary Parish in Indianapolis. Creating the altar and making the cele- the Catholic faith.” bration successful was so important that Indeed, teachers are fighting against Left, Judy McFadden, dean of students at St. Philip Inmán asked a friend, Daniel Robles, to secular culture when trying to explain the Neri School in Indianapolis, helps Abel Ramirez, a drive a few hours to help him. true significance of Halloween. Vechio Del Jennifer Photos by third-grader, dress up as St. Peter. Robles, a seminarian at Saint Meinrad “All Souls Day and All Saints Day get School of Theology, is originally from forgotten because of Halloween,” said Another student, Zack Flinchum, said an example. While he’s not a recognized Mexico. Kelly Schenher, the religion teacher at the best part was learning about the saint in the Catholic Church, Pruitt said “For us this is very important,” Robles St. Philip Neri. saints. it’s important to show students examples said. “It not only celebrates life, it cele- Schenher had students dress up as saints “They had a lot of hard jobs to do,” he of people who did saintly deeds. brates new life, eternity. and write a report about them. They came said. “[King] fought for everyone to be “People don’t understand the culture dressed as saints during the all-school Other schools were also trying to edu- equal and respected and love one and think it is strange. It’s a feeling of we Mass Nov. 1 (which is a holy day of oblig- cate students about the Church holy days. another,” Pruitt said. miss you and all the memories about you ation). At St. Rita Parish, students dressed up She also explained to students how and now you are on the other side and Student Abel Ramirez dressed up as as black saints and also wore their saint they can pray for the dead and explained maybe you can help me.” St. Peter. His favorite fact about the saint costumes to school and Mass. that everyone is called to be a saint. Inmán said fresh fruit is brought that was that Jesus changed his name to Peter, Janette Pruitt, teacher assistant, told stu- “I tell the children that they are the deceased one liked. It later is eaten by which means rock. dents about St. Charles Luwanga, a responsible for how they treat one those participating. “And you get to dress up,” said Ugandan martyr, and outlined qualities of another, and if we have a problem, we He added that, in Mexico, headstones Ramirez, who attends church at St. Patrick saints. pray for inspiration from the Holy Spirit,” are made like tables where people can go Parish in Indianapolis. She also used Martin Luther King Jr. as she said. †

“Sister Camille reached out to him and [as a result of their confirmation] and that, visit,” she said. “It was hard, but they CONFIRM helped him to know his own worth and even though they are confined, the pres- said they forgave one another for things continued from page 1 God’s forgiveness,” Sister Rita Clare said. ence of God is always with them in a very of the past. David prayed with his “She had a number of prayer cards made special way,” she said. “He also said that brother, and that was the first time that four Death Row inmates. We sang all of for his confirmation that said, ‘In joyful we are connected with the communion of he had ever asked his brother to pray the parts of the Mass. The confirmation celebration of my reception into the saints, and we believe the saints in heaven with him.” took place within the Mass, and it was Catholic Church, Oct. 27, 2000. Please are part of our lives.” Sister Rita and Sister Camille were also the first time that David had received pray for me. David Paul Hammer.’ Sister Rita Clare said Hammer and the allowed to visit Death Row with the arch- holy Communion.” Following that is the Prayer of St. Francis. other death row inmate who was con- bishop and see the men’s cells. Their ear- She said readings chosen for the liturgy It’s a nice memento that David can send to firmed are happy about joining the lier visits with Hammer were arranged were about the descent of the Holy Spirit his friends.” Catholic Church. behind glass in a special visitation area. upon the assembled crowd at Pentecost. During the confirmation liturgy, the “David told me that he believes he has “It meant a lot to the men that the arch- “The men participated fully in the archbishop “wore a red vestment that had received forgiveness from God, but that bishop took the time to come to the prison liturgy,” she said. “They sang and recited been given to him recently with the the hardest thing was for him to forgive to celebrate Mass and confirm them,” the prayers as well as they knew them. images of St. Peter and St. Paul on it,” himself,” she said. “He often expresses to Sister Rita Clare said. “We were able to God was very present there.” Sister Rita Clare said. “He gave an excel- me that he knows God loves him. shake their hands and give them each a Mercy Sister Camille D’Arienzo of lent homily about the fact that both Peter “I feel that God’s grace has touched hug, which is unusual. Their hands were Brooklyn, N.Y., who was Hammer’s spiri- and Paul were sinners, as all of us are, and him,” she said. “He is a prayerful person, bound, and they couldn’t hug us, but we tual advisor during his incarceration in the they changed their lives and did great and he prays regularly. I think his confir- could hug them. It was a very emotional prison at Allenwood, Pa., traveled from things for the Church. mation will be a great strength for him. and joyous time. God’s power and love New York to witness his reception into the “The archbishop reminded the men that “His brother and sister-in-law came to were very manifest in all that happened Church. there is an invisible presence with them visit him last week, and they had a good there.” †

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Seeking the Face of the Lord Official Weekly Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler TheCriterion 1915 - 1994 Criterion Founding Editor Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher William R. Bruns, Executive Editor Greg A. Otolski, Managing Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Gray November Editorial brings thoughts Food For The Poor of death and life

e reported in our Oct. 20 issue he brought his expertise to FFP. Where are the flowers, the fair young that our loved ones are with us flowers, that lately sprang and stood that the founder of Food For Today FFP is the 65th largest interna- spiritually as friends. They are with In brighter light and softer airs, The Poor (FFP) has resigned tional charity. Last year, U.S. donors W a beauteous sisterhood? us in our prayer and they pray for from the international relief agency gave $51 million toward the total bud- Alas! they all are in their graves, us. We celebrate the marvel of because of financial and sexual miscon- get of $182 million. Mahfood is the the gentle race of flowers God’s grace in their lives and of all duct. Ferdinand “Ferdy” Mahfood said person who has been most responsible Are lying in their lowly beds, the good they did, mostly in an that his bipolar disorder, also known as for the growth and for the good that with the fair and good of ours. manic depression, had caused his inap- FFP has done. The rain is falling where they lie, unsung way. propriate behavior. The FFP board But Mahfood wasn’t running Food but the cold November rain And for those of our dear ones appointed his brother Robin to replace For The Poor by himself. There are Calls not, from out the gloomy earth, who may still depend on our prayer him. more than 200 employees at its head- the lovely ones again. as they continue to be purified by This was an important story because quarters in Deerfield Beach, Fla. FFP’s God’s merciful love, we gather to ou who have been faithful we know that many readers of The board is committed to continuing the pray that they may soon be free of Criterion are regular supporters of Food work it has done for the past 18 years. readers for many years have purgatory. One of the gifts of this For The Poor. They first learned about The scandal has alarmed the mis- seen these words before. the good FFP has done in The Criterion, sionaries whose work has been funded YOnce again, I recall the year of Great Jubilee is the provi- especially in the poor countries in the by FFP. Already there have been arti- words of the poet William Cullen sion of our Church that allows us to Caribbean and Central America, and cles quoting various Church leaders in gain a plenary indulgence for souls they responded to advertisements placed Central America, such as Archbishop Bryant as my mother used to recite them to me come fall and winter. in purgatory. Visits to one of the by the agency. Fernando Saenz Lacalle of El Salvador, designated Jubilee churches around Staff members have traveled with who fear that the support they have “Melancholy days are come, the Mahfood to Haiti, Jamaica and El received might be cut back. saddest of the year …” she would the archdiocese with the usual con- Salvador to see for themselves that FFP Both internal and external investiga- intone when I would remark that I ditions allow us to intercede for really is helping the poor in those coun- tions are now going on to determine if didn’t care for the gray and rainy loved ones in an extraordinary way tries. They returned to write articles Mahfood made any improper expendi- days of November. Even in my this year. Our intercessory prayer about what they observed. tures other than the $150,000 he has helps souls in need to perfect their Readers met Father Richard Albert, a admitted to (and which his family has younger years, I thought the poet’s words were apt not only for Mother love for God. And we surely know dynamo of a man who is pastor of a repaid). The family seems determined that we will need those who come parish in Riverton City, Jamaica, a com- to make things right, which is why Nature’s wintering season, but they munity built on a garbage dump. They Robin Mahfood turned over the export- were also suggestive of our remem- after us to pray for us. learned about the Evelyne Mahfood import business to his sons so he could brance of “the souls of all the faith- As we observe All Saints Day Centre, named for Ferdy’s mother, that devote his attention to FFP. ful departed” and “the last things” and All Souls Day, we also gather feeds 700 families a day, and the mater- We believe, however, that the FFP in the month of November. to support each other in faith. We nity hospital for destitute women, both board would be wise to bring in new Yet, as we think of death and the support those of you who suffer in Soleil, Cite, Haiti. They read about leadership, with no connection to the deeply because of the loss of a Carmelite Father David Blanchard and Mahfood family. The FFP board must last things, we Christians do so in a the birthing room in his parish, and the realize that its concern now should be different way than does the poet. loved one, perhaps as recently as homes that were being built for the with its thousands of donors and not Actually, the commemoration of yesterday or today. We support homeless by Jesuit Father Michael with Mahfood. Donors would feel more All Souls is not about death but each other in grief. We also come Campbell-Johnson in El Salvador. comfortable if someone else, with about life. Despite our fears of together to be reminded that we These were only a few of the many pro- unquestioned integrity, would take over. dying and our grief at the loss of a belong to a larger Church than we jects funded by FFP. That’s what happened after the founder loved one, ever since the suffering, can imagine. All of those who have What has been most impressive about of Covenant House became involved in gone before us in faith all those FFP is that it has always helped the poor scandal, and that’s what should happen death and resurrection of Jesus, we to help themselves. It gives them things with FFP. are not defeated by death. We have many years ago, and those who like sewing machines, trucks and farm We hope and pray that Mahfood will the gift of faith. We believe that have only recently left us, remain implements. It provides funds for get the help he needs with his mental once and for all, Christ destroyed members of our Church. We classes to teach trades to the poor so illness and that he will be able to con- death, and he won eternal life for believe in the communion of saints they can support themselves. tinue to help FFP in the future. Food for us. Thank God for the gift of our through the ages. The scandal can’t help but hurt FFP the Poor should be able to continue to faith in the gray of winter! We keep our loved ones together because Mahfood has been its charis- use his expertise as long as he can’t in Catholic cemeteries as a matic leader ever since he founded the write checks or give away money. Just as more darkness on the organization in 1982. Seemingly tireless, Meanwhile, donors should not allow earth and the graying of the trees reminder that the saints in heaven he was constantly visiting the poor, usu- the mistakes of one man to destroy all and the disappearing of flowers are and the souls in purgatory are still ally with reporters in tow. He had been a the good he has done or to crush the only a passing season on the way members of our Church. The tradi- successful businessman before founding hopes of the missionaries and the poor to springtime, so, too, death for us tion of burial in Christian cemeter- FFP, running the import-export business he has served. is only a passing on to a beautiful ies is as old as the Roman cata- that he turned over to his brothers, and — John F. Fink springtime that will last forever. combs, and it is an important tradi- This life on earth to which we die tion. We keep ourselves together as is a threshold to a kingdom where a community of faith, even in every tear is wiped away. We do death, as a reminder that the final not celebrate death. We celebrate day will come when we will all be life. raised from the dead. And then our This time of year we remember bodies and spirits will be trans- our loved ones whom we miss formed in some miraculous way dearly, but our grief turns to a that will allow us to see God as he Published weekly except the last week of December and the first week of January. 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Buscando la Cara del Señor Catholic Social Thought/Fr. William J. Byron, S.J. Arzobispo Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. The principle of participation (Part III in a series) sold. If enough good people buy the kind of food, drink, clothing, housing, trans- Lo gris de Participation, as the first four letters in portation, books, magazines and entertain- the word suggest, means taking part. The ment that meet the standards of a good word hints at the idea society, we will enjoy a good and whole- of partnership, but some way of life. doesn’t claim full part- • Low voter participation permits relatively noviembre trae nership status for all few citizens to control political outcomes. participants in all deci- • Low buyer participation in markets for sion-making processes. products and services that reflect high Catholic social standards and solid values permits a pensamientos de teaching holds that spending minority to define our culture everyone has a part to downward. play in the making of a However, participation considerations good society. Each person has a right not to extend beyond workplace, polling place la muerte y la vida be shut out from participating in those and marketplace; they look to decision— institutions that are necessary for human making in family, faith and civic communi- fulfillment. Nor should anyone be excluded ties as well. ¿Dónde están las flores, las bellas tiernas stros seres queridos están con nosotros from participation in the decisions and for- The principle of participation can be flores, espiritualmente como amigos. Están mation of policies that directly affect his or negated in the family circle by a domineer- que hace poco brotaron y se erigieron con nosotros en nuestras oraciones y her personal development. ing spouse or parent. It can be forgotten in en el trasluz más claro y en los vientos ellos oran por nosotros. Celebramos la This principle applies in a special way to a patriarchal parish. And it can be violated más delicados, maravilla de la gracia de Dios en sus conditions associated with work because it by discrimination against, or inattention una bella cofradía? vidas y todo el bien que hicieron, en is in and through work toward, would-be par- ¡Ay! Todas reposan en sus sepulcros, mayor parte sin reconocimiento. that the individual par- ticipants in private la gentil raza de las flores Y en cuanto a nuestros seres queri- ticipates in God’s cre- ‘Each of us is responsible clubs and civic organi- yacen en sus lechos humildes, dos que puedan todavía depender de ation. If the dignity of for overcoming the iner- zations. con lo justo y benevolente de nosotros. nuestra oración a medida que con- work is to be protected, Denial of participa- Caen las lluvias dónde estas están, tinúan purificándose en el amor miseri- the basic rights of tia, hesitation, fear, self- tion is one thing, refusal pero la lluvia fría de noviembre no llama cordioso de Dios, nos reunimos a orar workers—the right to ishness or whatever else to participate is another desde la tenebrosa tierra, para que pronto se libren del purgato- productive work, to that holds us back from and, in my view, the otra vez a las cautivadoras. rio. Uno de los dones de este año del decent and fair wages, more common problem Gran Jubileo es la provisión de nuestra to organize and join doing what should be for most of us. Each of Los que han sido fieles lectores por Iglesia que nos permite obtener una unions, to own private done if we are to meet us is responsible for muchos años ya han visto estas pal- indulgencia plenaria para las almas en property, to take eco- our responsibilities as overcoming the inertia, abras anteriormente. Una vez más purgatorio. Las visitas a una de las nomic initiatives—must hesitation, fear, selfish- recuerdo las palabras del poeta William iglesias designadas para el Jubileo por be protected. participating human ness or whatever else Cullen Bryant, de la forma que mi toda la archidiócesis, con las condi- Also important (and beings.’ that holds us back from madre solía recitármelas cuando lle- ciones usuales, nos dejan interceder por of special relevance to doing what should be gaba el otoño e invierno. parte de nuestros seres queridos de those of voting age) is done if we are to meet Ella salmodiaría “han llegado los modo extraordinario este año. Nuestra the question of voter participation in elec- our responsibilities as participating human días melancólicos, los más tristes del oración intercesora ayuda a las almas tions that determine public policy and elect beings. año …” cuando yo manifestaba que no necesitadas a perfeccionar su amor por public officials. This is democracy’s way of “Never volunteer for anything” may me gustaban los días grises y lluviosos Dios. Y sabemos con seguridad que getting things done. It works best with full have been good advice for nervous new- de noviembre. Aun cuando yo era vamos a necesitar que aquellos que nos voter participation. It cannot work well if comers to military service in the days of joven, pensaba que las palabras del siguen oren por nosotros. voter nonparticipation gives away the polit- the wartime draft. But faith urges us to help poeta eran acertadas tanto para la A medida que observamos el Día de ical store to those who care little about the one another in the style of the Good estación del invierno de la Madre Todos los Santos y el Día de los common good. Samaritan and to participate in some way Naturaleza, como también para hacer- Difuntos, también nos reunimos para Failure to register to vote, coupled with in the political processes that can change nos recordar “las almas de los fieles apoyar el uno al otro en la fe. nonparticipation by registered voters, hands unjust social structures or forge new and difuntos” y “las cosas finales” en el Apoyamos a aquellos de ustedes que control of the process over to those who just ways of assuring peace and justice for mes de noviembre. sufren profundamente debido a la pér- resist campaign finance reform and con- all in the human community. Aun así, cuando meditamos sobre la dida de algún ser querido, talvez tan sider themselves entitled to the best gov- muerte y las cosas finales, como cris- recientemente como ayer u hoy. Nos ernment that money can buy. (Jesuit Father William J. Byron, pastor of tianos pensamos de modo distinto del apoyamos el uno al otro en el dolor. Although money can pollute the political Holy Trinity Parish in Washington, D.C., is poeta. Realmente la conmemoración de También nos reunimos para recordar process, it is necessary to move the wheels a noted economist, former distinguished los Difuntos no tiene que ver con la que pertenecemos a una iglesia más of commerce. Here again, participation is professor of the practice of ethics at muerte, sino con la vida. A pesar de grande de lo que podemos imagi- important. Every day in the marketplace Georgetown University and former presi- nuestro temor a la muerte y de nuestro narnos. Todos los que han partido en fe there is a national referendum on taste, dent of The Catholic University of America pesar por la pérdida de algún ser muchos años atrás antes que nosotros y style, standards, safety, quality and the and the University of Scranton. This 10- querido, después del sufrimiento, aquellos que acaban de fallecer, siguen characteristics of anything else that can be part series will appear biweekly.) † muerte y resurrección de Jesús, la siendo miembros de nuestra Iglesia. muerte no nos vence. Tenemos el don Creemos en la comunión de los santos de la fe. Creemos que de una vez por por los siglos. todas, Cristo derrotó la muerte y ganó Mantenemos juntos a nuestros seres la vida eterna para nosotros. ¡Gracias a queridos en los cementerios católicos Dios por el don de nuestra fe durante lo como un recordatorio de que los santos gris del invierno! en el cielo y las almas en el purgatorio Así como la oscuridad en la tierra, lo aún son miembros de nuestra iglesia. gris de los árboles y la desaparición de La tradición de entierro en los las flores solamente son una estación cementerios cristianos es tan vieja pasajera en el camino a la primavera, como las catacumbas romanas, y es también para nosotros la muerte es sólo una tradición importante. Nos manten- un paso hacia una hermosa primavera emos juntos como una comunidad de que durará por siempre. Esta vida en la fe, aun en la muerte, como recordatorio tierra en la que morimos es un umbral de que el día final vendrá cuando se a un reino dónde se limpia toda nos resucite de entre los muertos. lágrima. No celebramos la muerte. Entonces nuestros cuerpos y espíritus Celebramos la vida. se transformarán de un modo mila- Durante esta temporada del año, groso que nos permita ver a Dios tal recordamos a nuestros seres queridos a como es. De tal forma que mientras quienes extrañamos muchísimo, pero recordemos a nuestros seres queridos nuestro pesar se convierte en una dulce en estos días melancólicos, también tristeza ya que sabemos que cuando celebramos la vida y la esperanza. † morimos, la vida cambia y no desa- parece. Además, creemos en la comu- Traducido por: Language Training nión de los santos. Sabemos que nue- Center, Indianapolis

La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en noviembre Las escuelas secundarias católicas: que ellas sean una fuente continua para promover los valores católicos de servir y dedicar su vida como regalo a los demás, especialmente en el cargo de sacerdotes o religiosos. Page 6 The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000

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FaithFest, an ecumenical event, will be held from the school cafeteria. The cost is $10 per child or $25 per life office, at 317-236-1521 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1521. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Exhibition Hall at the family. Donuts and juice will be provided in the morning, Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., in Indianapolis. but parents must provide a sack lunch for each child. A special commemorative art exhibit honoring the The Archdiocese of Indianapolis will join area churches to Activities and games are planned. The event will help Sisters of Providence will open with a reception at 7 p.m. offer information. There will also be three special areas for seniors attend the presidential inauguration in Washington Nov. 1 at the Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College art gallery children, youth and adults. The Church Federation of D.C. Information: Marsha Petro, 317-356-6377, ext. 171. in Hulman Hall. The artwork is in appreciation for the for- Greater Indianapolis organizes the day. It concludes with a giveness of the college’s $1.3 million debt to the congrega- prayer service and fellowship meal. A statewide adoption fair to help people learn more about tion. The exhibit includes paintings, drawings, fabric col- “special needs” adoption will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. lage, weaving, stained glass and photography. Gallery hours Looking for a babysitter to have a morning of free time Nov. 11 at the Indianapolis Marriott Atrium, 7202 E. 21st are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday after the open- or for holiday shopping? Seniors at Father Scecina St., in Indianapolis. Special needs children are often those ing day. Information: 812-535-5137. Memorial High School, 5000 Nowland Ave. in who are older, who have been abused or who are disabled. Indianapolis, will babysit from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 18 in New Albany Deanery Catholic Charities will hold a A retreat to help those in a recovery process, called dinner, silent auction and fund-raising event Nov. 11 at “12-Step Spirituality: New Beginning-New Life,” will be Joe Huber’s Barnyard Bash in Starlight. The event begins held from 7 p.m. Nov. 24 to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at the at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. Musical Mount Saint Francis Retreat Center at Mount Saint Francis entertainment will be provided by the Floyd Central High in southern Indiana. Information: 812-923-8817. School quartet. All proceeds benefit the work of Catholic Charities in Clark, Floyd, Harrison and Washington coun- St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Indianapolis invites guests ties. Information: 812-923-9658. † to its Auction 2000, a biennial holiday auction and dinner, at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 at the Indianapolis Colts Pavilion on West 56th Street in Indianapolis. The cost is $50 per per- VIPs . . . son. Proceeds benefit the parish’s operating expenses. Information and tickets: 317-253-1461. James and Cleora Miller Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis will sponsor of Indianapolis “24 Hours for Life,” eucharistic adoration for Election will celebrate Day, on Nov. 6-7. The prayer vigil before the Blessed their 50th wed- Sacrament will be held at Holy Rosary Church, 520 Stevens ding anniver- St. in Indianapolis, beginning after the 5:30 p.m. Mass on sary Nov. 7. Nov. 6 and concluding with Benediction at 5:30 p.m. on The couple was Submitted photo from PBS Nov. 7. Public prayers will be offered every three hours. married on that Information: 317-636-4478. date in 1950 at ‘Call to Holiness’ St. Joseph The archdiocesan Birthline ministry, coordinated by the Church in The PBS program “American Byzantine” chronicles the cre- Office of Pro-Life Activities, needs donations of maternity Strington, Ill. ation of “The Universal Call to Holiness,” a major new work clothing, all types of baby clothing and accessories, cribs, They will cele- of religious art recently installed in the Basilica of the strollers, car seats, playpens, diapers and infant formula. brate their National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in The Birthline ministry helps pregnant women in crisis and anniversary Nov. 11 with a renewal of vows at St. Washington, D.C. Produced by Journey Films, the program young mothers who have recently given birth and need Lawrence Church in Indianapolis, followed by a recep- airs on WFYI Channel 20 in Indianapolis at 2 p.m. on Nov. 5. assistance. Donations that are in good condition should be tion at the Capri Restaurant. They have seven children: Check PBS program listings for its availability in other tele- delivered to the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center, 1400 Cindy Baden, Terri Miller, Roberta Bush, Maureen vision broadcast areas in central and southern Indiana. N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis. Information: Gospel of Kocher, Dennis, Tim and Robert Miller. They also have Life Sister Diane Carollo, director of the archdiocesan pro- 14 grandchildren. †

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gical abortions was the lowest since dignity are inseparable,” he said. “It the most fundamental human good and ABORTION 1975,” Ginter said. “That’s the good would be nice if we had a political party the condition for all others.’ ” continued from page 2 news. The bad news is the number of which didn’t separate them.” Ginter said the bishops “call on U.S. abortions in 1997 was 1.4 million. Since Quoting from the U.S. bishops’ docu- Catholics—us Catholics—to ‘recover that subjective culpability on the part of 1973 [the year abor- ment Living the their identity as followers of Jesus the woman who procures an abortion may tion was legalized], Gospel of Life, Ginter Christ and to be leaders in the renewal be significantly reduced or absolutely that works out to be ‘The protection of human said the bishops of American respect for the sanctity of absent because of circumstances such as more than 37 million life and the promotion emphasize that, “‘We life.’ ” the coercion of will. But the objectivity of surgical abortions.” live the Gospel of Explaining that “we know that we the act of abortion is, in fact, in and of That number does of human dignity are Life when we live in have entered upon a new Dark Age itself evil.” not include countless inseparable. It would be solidarity with the when self-evident truths are no longer Jesus called Christians to be “leavens chemical abortions, he poor of the world, evident to selves,” Ginter said, “the in society,” he said, and that includes said, which are not nice if we had a political standing up for their Gospel of Life is a big project, but Jesus working to end societal conditions and documented because lives and dignity. Yet promised us the grace to accomplish it economic policies that threaten the of the difficulty in party which didn’t abortion and euthana- as his body on earth. We need to form sacredness of human life. recording the use of separate them.’ sia have become pre- the leaders who are going to help estab- “Statistics from the Centers for Disease various abortifacients. eminent threats to lish the culture of life in America. It’s Control [in Atlanta] indicate that in 1997, “The protection of human dignity going to take a while, but don’t despair. the last year on record, the number of sur- human life and the promotion of human because they directly attack life itself, God is the victor.” †

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From the Archives Archbishop Biskup decided to renovate cathedral; supported Total Catholic Education concept n 1967, during Archbishop Paul C. Schulte’s During his time as archbishop of Indianapolis, 22nd year as spiritual leader of the Catholic Archbishop Biskup decided to renovate SS. Peter IChurch in central and southern Indiana, the and Paul Cathedral, although the actual renova- Most Rev. George J. Biskup, bishop of Des tion would be carried out by his successor. He Moines, , was named coadjutor archbishop, also supported the concept of Total Catholic with the right of succession, to the archbishop of Education and the establishment of lay boards of Indianapolis. He also served as pastor of Holy education. It was during his administration that Cross Parish in Indianapolis. the archdiocese became known nationally for its A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, holistic approach to Catholic education under the was born in 1911 and ordained in Rome in 1937. leadership of Father Gerald A. Gettelfinger, then Following ordination, he served as an assistant pas- superintendent of Catholic education (now bishop tor of the cathedral parish in Dubuque, Iowa. From of Evansville). 1939-1948, he was a professor at . Archbishop Biskup resigned in March 1979 In 1948, he was assigned to the Sacred due to failing health. He died in October of that Congregation for the Oriental Church in Rome, year and is interred at Calvary Cemetery in and in 1949, he was named a papal chamberlain. Indianapolis. † He was named a domestic in 1951 and served briefly as chancellor of the Archdiocese of (This feature is based on information currently in the arch- diocesan archives and is as accurate as possible. The Dubuque before becoming vicar general of archives would appreciate receiving additional information Dubuque and chaplain at the motherhouse of the or, if necessary, corrected information from readers. Also, Presentation Sisters there. He was named auxil- the archives is attempting to expand its collection. If you iary to the archbishop of Dubuque in 1957 before have photographs or other materials, please send them to becoming bishop of Des Moines in 1965. Associate Archivist Janet Newland, Archives, P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1410. Newland may be When Archbishop Schulte resigned in 1970, reached at 317-236-1429, or 800-382-9836, ext.1429, or by Archbishop Biskup succeeded him. e-mail at [email protected].)

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St. Bartholomew parishioner Sarah Lujan of Columbus Parishes plan (right) shows a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas, to Jubilee tour of St. Bartholomew School stu- dents Taylor (left) and Brook Sorg. The girls are members of Marian image a costumed Guadalupe Troupe that will accompany the life- The missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a life- sized missionary image of Our sized photographic replica of the original tilma and miracu- Lady of Guadalupe to some lous image of the patroness of the Americas, will be dis- parishes and schools in the played for veneration at these locations from Nov. 7-16: archdiocese. Lujan is the coor- Nov. 7, 10:30 a.m.-noon—Indiana Girls’ School, Plainfield, dinator of the student troupe. program and video. Nov. 7, 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.—St. Elizabeth’s, Indianapolis, program and video. Nov. 8, 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m.—St. Bartholomew School, Columbus, Mass at 8:15 a.m. for students in the fifth through eighth grades followed by vigil. Nov. 8, 10:45 a.m.-11 a.m.—St. Bartholomew Church, Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann Columbus, program for preschool students. Nov. 8, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.—St. Bartholomew Church, Columbus, noon Mass, Men’s Ministry, with blessing, Angelus and procession. Nov. 8, 1 p.m.-8 p.m.—St. Bartholomew Church, Columbus, eucharistic adoration, rosary and meditation. Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m.—St. Charles Borromeo Church, Bloomington, Mass. Nov. 9, 9 a.m-11 a.m.—pro-life prayer walk outside Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, Bloomington. Nov. 9, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.—St. Vincent Hospital, North Vernon, display of missionary image and program with Christian musician Marty Rotella of Ridgefield Park, N.J. Nov. 9, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.—Holy Trinity Church, Edinburgh, Guadalupe Troupe, program with Marty Rotella and vigil. Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m.-8 a.m.—Holy Trinity Church, Edinburgh, vigil. Nov. 10, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.—St. Rose of Lima School, Franklin, program for students with Marty Rotella. Nov. 10, noon—St. Mary School, North Vernon, program for students with Marty Rotella. Nov. 10, 5 p.m.—St. Mary Church, North Vernon, free concert by Marty Rotella. Nov. 10, 6 p.m.—St. Mary Church, North Vernon, Spanish Mass and Guadalupe Troupe. Nov. 10, 7 p.m.-7:30 p.m.—candlelight procession, North Vernon. Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.—St. Mary Parish Hall, North Vernon, fiesta with music, food and games. Nov. 10 and Nov. 11, 7 p.m.-9 a.m.—St. Mary Church, North Vernon, eucharistic adoration and vigil. Nov. 11, 8 a.m.—St. Mary Church, North Vernon, blessing of the sick. Nov. 11, 4:45 p.m.—St. Bartholomew Church, Columbus, blessing and Mass at 5 p.m. Nov. 11, 6:45 p.m.—St. Bartholomew Church, Columbus, blessing, Spanish Mass at 7 p.m., Guadalupe Troupe. Nov. 11, 8:30 p.m.—St. Bartholomew Church, Columbus, free concert by Marty Rotella. Nov. 12, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.—St. Bartholomew Church, Columbus, Masses at 7:45 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and noon. (No veneration after 10:15 a.m. Mass.) Nov. 12, 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.—St. Ambrose Church, Seymour, rosary walk to outside Planned Parenthood clinic for pro- life prayers, followed by music, dance, roses procession and Living Rosary by students at the church. Nov. 12, 5 p.m.-midnight—St. Ambrose Church, Seymour, Spanish Mass at 5 p.m. Guadalupe Troupe, eucharistic adoration. Nov. 13, 7 a.m.-11 a.m.—St. Ambrose Church, Seymour, Mass at 8 a.m. followed by 15-decade rosary. Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m.—St. Ambrose Church, Seymour, program for students and prayer service. Nov. 13, 1 p.m.-2:15 p.m.—St. Bartholomew School, Columbus, program for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Nov. 13, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.—outside Planned Parenthood clinic, Columbus, for pro-life prayer service. Nov. 13 and Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m.-8 a.m.—St. Patrick Chapel, Madison, Mass at 6 p.m., eucharistic adoration and vigil. Nov. 14, 8 a.m.-10 a.m.—St. Patrick Chapel, Madison, Mass at 8:15 a.m. for Pope John XXIII School and Father Michael Shawe Memorial Jr./Sr. High School students. Nov. 14, 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m.—St. Charles Borromeo School, Bloomington, program for students in preschool through eighth grade. Nov. 14, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.—St. Paul Catholic Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, rosary at 6:30 p.m. and Spanish Mass at 7 p.m. followed by veneration. Nov. 14 and Nov. 15, 10:30 p.m.-8 a.m.—outside U.S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, prayer vigil for Death Row inmate David Hammer, scheduled to be executed Nov. 15. Nov. 15, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.—St. Patrick Chapel, Terre Haute, programs for St. Patrick School students and area high school students. Nov. 15 and Nov. 16, 5 p.m.-8 a.m.—St. Vincent de Paul Church, Bedford, vigil. Nov. 16, 8:30 a.m.-noon—St. Vincent de Paul School, Bedford, program for students and veneration. Nov. 16, 1 p.m.-6 p.m.—St. Vincent de Paul Church, Bedford, veneration and Mass at 5:30 p.m. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Consultant says Catholic education makes a diffenence

By Jennifer Del Vechio school in Detroit, began touring the country three years John Findlater, an ago to help parents and teachers get back to Catholic educational consul- The goal is to help parents. basics. tant to Catholic But to do it, parents have to risk being “weird and After all, what’s the point of teachers expending energy schools, talked bizarre,” said John Findlater, an educational consultant to for little pay and parents struggling to pay for Catholic about the impor- Catholic schools. schools if children aren’t going to be different, Findlater tance of a Catholic Findlater spoke Oct. 17 at St. Jude Parish in asked. education with par- Indianapolis on raising Catholic children. His main mes- “If we are turning out kids like public schools, then we ents in Indianapolis. sage was that Catholic kids “better be different from have a problem,” Findlater said. “I’m not against public others.” schools, but we aren’t involved in public schools.” “When your child gets their first job or shares a dorm The speech was held for all Indianapolis South Deanery room with a kid that has never been to a , I schools to help parents be “proactive instead of reactive,” pray God someone stops them and says, ‘Did you go to a said Cindy Kiesel, president of the Roncalli High School Catholic school. You are so weird.’ ” parents’ association. Parents in the audience laughed as Findlater told them “Parents and all of us, are so busy,” Kiesel said. “We what will make them stand out. thought [Findlater] could give us the tools to use to raise They’ll be the parents who send their kids out with better kids and lead kids a better way.” Catholic Relief Services boxes collecting coins for Tim and Ann Schubach, members of Nativity of Our Halloween instead of candy to teach the virtue of sacrifice Lord Jesus Christ Parish in Indianapolis, said they will and giving to the poor. They’ll require their children to be soon have children in school and the talk reinforced the home for dinner and accept no telephone calls during that importance of Catholic education. time to teach them the importance of family time. “A lot of what he said makes sense,” Tim Schubach Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by Nor will they focus their attention on test scores and said. “We just need to be reminded of it.” grades, but will be more concerned with the virtues their Other parents brought up questions about how to start remember that.” children are being taught in school. the process or how they could get back to being more of He added that nothing changes overnight, but to start Many times it will go against society’s norms, but an authority. slowly. Findlater said it’s worth it. Findlater said parents often make the mistake of think- “You can’t handle everything tomorrow,” he said. Findlater, a former principal of the University of ing of their children as adults because they grow up so “Think deeply and pray fervently on how you will Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy and the founder quickly and “talk like adults.” respond to the task the Lord has given to you, and some- of Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Academy, an inner-city “But they are still children,” he said. “We have to time this week start improving one thing.” † Catholic school in Greenwood starts golf team

By Jennifer Del Vechio “I didn’t see why golf had to end and why it couldn’t “At Roncalli they have a golf team, and this will help be extended six or seven more weeks,” Plew said. me to play there,” she said. When eighth-grader Cara Gaughan heard she could The problem was that there wasn’t any organized arch- Students ended their season with a 4-1 record. play on the first middle school golf team in the archdio- diocesan middle school golf teams. The season ended last month after five matches and a cese, she started thinking about her future. Plew contacted the Catholic Youth Organization and record of 4-1. She saw it as an opportunity to help her make the golf Our Lady of the Greenwood’s athletic board. He was told The goal is to have at least 12 matches and other team at Roncalli High School, the Indianapolis South golf was not a CYO sport, but encouraged to still try to parochial schools in the archdiocese participating by next Deanery interparochial high school, next year. She also form a team. fall, Plew said. thinks it will help her in college. From there, Plew held an organizational meeting and Students interested in becoming a part of the league “There are lots of scholarships out there for girls in golf ended up with 21 boys and five girls playing in grades next season can phone Plew at 317-888-7369. † that go unused,” Cara said. “It’s a good sport and some- sixth through eighth. thing you can do a lot and you can play by yourself.” But scheduling matches proved to be difficult, and Plew Cara and 26 other students from Our Lady of the began contacting Johnson County public middle schools. Greenwood School ended up playing five matches this year Students ended up playing matches with Greenwood Protest march to after school parents decided it was time for a golf team. Middle School, Southport Middle School and Custer The idea started as a simple plan to help students Baker Middle School in Franklin. improve their golf game, but is quickly turning into a goal Alex Lowe, an eighth-grader, said having a golf team end death penalty to bring other parochial schools together for a golf league, “is cool.” said David Plew, an Our Lady of the Greenwood parent “There were some people on the team that it was their set for Nov. 10-14 who helped organize the team. first time playing and this gives them a lot of practice,” Plew wanted to see his son, Adam, continue to work on Alex said. Participants in the National March to Stop his golf skills after competing in the Pepsi Prep Tour this Anna Osborne, a sixth-grader, said she hopes the golf Executions will walk from the Federal Courts summer. team continues. Building in Indianapolis to the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute from Nov. 10-14. The march is organized by volunteers of various amnesty organizations working under the auspices of the Abolitionist Action Committee. Interested persons are invited to join the group for all or part of the march along the U.S. 40. St. Susanna parishioner Karen Burkhart of Plainfield, the Indiana Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Amnesty International, said the marchers also will gather at the Plainfield Friends Meeting, 105 S. East St. in Plainfield, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 for an educational program about “Healing Over Vengeance.” The program is open to the public. Burkhart said speakers include Bill Pelke and This Ad Is George White, who are relatives of murder victims and oppose the death penalty in all cases. They will speak about the power of forgiveness and reconcilia- Camera Ready! tion and the importance of breaking the cycle of killing in the United States. Abe Bonowitz, who represents Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and has helped orga- nize the march, will discuss the group’s advocacy Altenheim efforts.

4494 (For information about the march or program, call Karen Burkhart at 317-839-1618 or Ann Tarvin at 4x6 317-839-6490.) † Neg

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A message from the archbishop Continuing the Journey of Hope “I urgently desire to encourage diocese, we are going to focus our all the members of God’s people, efforts on growing in this kind of disci- pleship. The next stage of our Journey of particularly those living in Hope 2001 emphasizes evangelization as America ... to take up this [new an ongoing call and challenge that evangelization] and to cooperate renews and transforms all our church in carrying it out.” life. We have been engaged in evange- lization already. But we need to become — Pope John Paul II more intentional in the way we live our lives and practice our ministries.

e in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis The Disciples in Mission process Wwant to respond to this powerful The principal resource we are making call issued by our Holy Father, Pope John available to the parishes of the archdio- Paul II, in cese is Disciples in Mission: An Ecclesia in Evangelization Experience. This process America was developed by the Paulist National (The Church Catholic Evangelization Association to aid in America). the implementation of our national Our Jubilee Catholic evangelization plan, Go and celebrations Make Disciples. A shorthand version of have been the three goals is: wonderful, • Enthusiasm for faith but they are • Welcoming and inviting not the end • Gospel impact on society. of our jour- This Disciples in Mission process Inc. Photography, Banayote Photo by Archbishop Buechlein receives the gifts during the Celebration in the Spirit of Hope liturgy at the ney. Rather takes a two-pronged approach to foster- RCA Dome on Sept. 16 in Indianapolis. they are the ing these goals. Archbishop Daniel M. beginning of Buechlein First, it assists in raising the overall the next stage awareness of the evangelizing dimen- belonging to a faith community. As they already taking place. I have been of that journey. Our prayer in the weeks sions of our church life. talk about those things in our Catholic impressed with the young people who before Sept. 16 and our celebration that Second, it assists in developing a pool faith that give them joy, it is often hard have made the long bus trip to take part day were a strong request that the Holy of local leaders who can keep evange- to stop the conversation and bring the in the pro-life rally in Washington, D.C., Spirit would mobilize and energize us for lization in the forefront of our planning group back to order. This is an example each year. I am delighted with the high the efforts we will make the next several and our actions and keep moving it of what we bishops were after when we school students who respond to the A years. along over the long haul. made enthusiasm for the faith the first Promise to Keep program. I am happy to Disciples in Mission helps us notice goal of Go and Make Disciples. We do hear of the fine work done in service Lifelong discipleship how much we have already been doing in not have to fake it. We just need to rec- programs. What would we want to share At our Celebration in the Spirit of evangelization and it encourages us to ognize that we have already experienced with these young people? Or, if you are Hope: The Great Jubilee in Indianapolis operate with an evangelizing perspective. it and talk about it naturally. a young person, what would you want us that Saturday afternoon we confirmed It helps us identify what God is calling us My second question for reflection is, “elders” to share with you? more than 3,000 young people and to do next and helps us commit ourselves “Can you think of some times in your life I am sure that every one of you had adults. The sacrament of confirmation is to taking two or three concrete steps when things were really difficult and your something to say in response to these not a graduation. Along with baptism toward actually doing it. faith helped you get through?” If you poll questions. and the Eucharist it is one of the sacra- the people who begin the process of enter- ments of initiation. We are initiated into Jesus helps us with challenge ing the Church and ask them how God led Sharing what nourishes lifelong discipleship. We continue to This call to become a consciously them there, most frequently they will talk These questions simply offer you an grow through all the stages of our lives. evangelizing faith community can seem about Catholics they know who made an opportunity to name some ways that your As my fellow bishops and I wrote in challenging indeed. But whenever we start impression on them. They have seen peo- relationship with Jesus and your life in the our pastoral plan for adult faith forma- feeling overwhelmed, we need to turn to ple who lost a loved one, who experi- Church has made a difference in your life. tion in the United States, Our Hearts Jesus. We bishops found a model for adult enced debilitating or life-threatening ill- And that is the core of evangelization. Were Burning Within Us: “The Church’s faith formation and for evangelization in nesses, who have faced a whole litany of One definition of evangelization is what pastoral ministry exists to sustain the the Gospel scene where Jesus joins the tragic circumstances. And yet those peo- takes place when one hungry person tells work of the Gospel. One way it does this disciples on the road to Emmaus. Jesus ple have found the companionship of another where he or she found bread. is by nourishing and strengthening lay walks with these disciples and listens to Jesus who walked the way of the cross. And so our participation in the men and women in their calling and the story of their dreams and their grief. And those observing them say, “If their Disciples in Mission process over the identity as people of faith, as contribu- He opens up a wider perspective for them faith could get them through something next few years will be an opportunity to tors to the life and work of the Church by connecting their story with the larger like that, then that’s what I want for recognize how we have been blessed by and as disciples whose mission is to the story of the people of God. myself and my family.” the Good News of Jesus Christ in word world. To grow in discipleship through- Third, “Have there been times in your and sacrament. We will have the chance out life, all believers need and are called Four questions to consider life when something wonderful hap- to deepen our appreciation of the gift of pened, and your faith helped you cele- to build vibrant parish and diocesan Through the gift of his Spirit, Jesus has faith and to share that awareness, first brate it?” Some critics of Christianity communities of faith and service.” given us the ability to walk with people in with each other within our faith commu- have said that our version of the Good a similar way. I invite you to spend a little nities, and then by reaching out to those News is often neither good nor news. Jesus Christ is our center of faith time reflecting on four questions. Catholics who are no longer active and Christ indeed walks with us through the The center of our faith is a person— First, “What do you enjoy most to those without a church family. valley of the shadow of death but we do Jesus Christ. So the first step in coming to about being Catholic?” The key word not remain there forever. The Jesus we faith is getting to know him and to accept in this question is enjoy. I am not ask- Our own Emmaus experience follow is the risen Christ. One of the him as our Lord and Savior. But our rela- ing what you consider most important, gifts people find in the sacraments is that My prayer is that as we continue our tionship with Christ is dynamic. It keeps but what makes you happy and excited they do help us celebrate key moments Journey of Hope through the Disciples growing. So we need to open ourselves about our faith. After all, joy is one of in life. We have an Easter faith. in Mission process, we will have an again and again to a deepening relation- the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Finally, I ask, “What is it about our experience of Jesus similar to that of the ship with Jesus. If we do that, we experi- When this question has been pro- faith that we most want to pass on to the disciples on the road to Emmaus. May ence a call to commit ourselves to joining posed in retreats and other gatherings, it next generation?” that experience motivate us to rush to Christ in continuing his mission to bring generates a number of responses. People We always want to share with our join various groups of our brothers and the Good News of God’s love to people in say how much the Mass means to them. young people the best we have to offer. sisters to tell them, “Our hearts were ways that are concrete and effective. They speak of how wonderful it is to And so the values and beliefs of our burning within us” so that their hearts receive Christ in holy Communion. They faith are treasures we want to share. It is may be set on fire as well. Next leg of journey: evangelization list the blessings of the sacraments. so encouraging to see ways this is —Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Over the next few years as an arch- And they appreciate the gift of Page 12 Evangelization Supplement The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Disciples in Mission process is in preparation phase

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein has dinator Jesuit Father Joe Folzenlogen have information sessions offered around the these, and shares its plans in a report to the reminded us that the Disciples in Mission featured Disciples in Mission in their archdiocese. These gatherings will give archdiocesan team. That group reviews the process takes a two-pronged approach to columns in The Criterion. pastors, parish staff, pastoral councils, and reports and looks for common themes and helping a diocese foster the evangelization Our Jubilee celebration has evangeliza- appropriate committees and individuals it sees if there are resources needed to dimension of its life and ministry as a local tion as its focus. Archbishop Daniel gave a the opportunity to get the data the parish assist parishes in what they have planned to Church. First, it tries to raise everyone’s stirring homily during the Sept. 16 Jubilee needs to make its decision whether it will do. Then we repeat the whole process in level of awareness of our call to join Christ liturgy, showing how evangelization grows participate or not, and if so, to what 2003 and 2004. in continuing his mission. Second, it trains naturally out of our experience of God. If extent. By then we will have developed a per- a pool of local leaders to help keep the prisoners in a maximum security prison can Once a parish decides to commit to the spective and a way of operating that will evangelization agenda on the table and learn to share faith, then certainly the rest process, the next step is to find a parish allow us to go about our church life and moving along. What are some of the specif- of us can. coordinator. Together with parish leader- ministry with a more intentional approach ic steps involved? We have formed an archdiocesan team ship, that person recruits people to mem- to the evangelization dimension of our Right now we are in what is called the composed of the Evangelization Commis- bers of the parish team. It is very important commitment to Christ. We will be better “preparation year” of the Disciples in sion, the Multicultural Commission and a to recognize that the role of this group is Disciples in Mission. † Mission process. Paulist Father Bob Rivers Field Team. Father Folzenlogen from the not to do all the work, but rather to assist spoke to both the archdiocese’s Evangelization Commission and Celina fellow parishioners in recognizing their Management Council and the Priests’ Acosta-Taylor from the Multicultural own call and to become more active in Council last January. Their favorable reac- Commission traveled to Washington, D.C. in responding to it. Timetable for tion led to a presentation at the February late August to participate in the training Several training sessions will be offered Priest/Parish Life Coordinator business workshop for diocesan coordinators of to assist parish coordinators and the teams. Disciples in Mission meeting and the eventual decision to make Disciples in Mission. In early December, two During the summer, a training day for coor- this resource available to the parishes of the members of the Disciples in Mission staff, dinators will be offered at several regional 2000 archdiocese. Since then additional presenta- Notre Dame Sister Susan Wolf and Paulist sites. In the fall, there will be a round of tions were made to the educational admin- Father Ken Boyack will come to Indianapolis deanery training days for parish teams to • November 3—Evangelization Supple- istrators’ gathering in August and to several to train the diocesan team, which will in turn get them started on preparing for the ment for The Criterion deanery meetings this fall. Mailings went support parishes in their participation in the Lenten formation activities. In late winter, • November 8—Update at Clergy/PLC out to youth ministers and the leaders of process. there will be a similar round to prepare for business meeting various organizations and movements Then the focus shifts to the parishes the parish reflection/planning days during • December 1-2—Paulist Training work- which have a liaison with the archdiocese. themselves. From mid-January to mid- the Easter season. By gathering together shop for Diocesan Leadership Team Archbishop Daniel and evangelization coor- March there will be a series of deanery with other parishes for training, people begin to build a peer network which they can draw on in the future. 2001 The parish as a whole becomes more • Mid-January through mid-March— active with the prayer campaign, which Deanery Information Sessions begins in January of 2002. The main forma- • Mid-March to mid-April—Commitment tion activities take place during Lent. Decisions by parishes Pastors are encouraged to preach on the • Spring—Appointment of parish coordi- Sunday Lenten readings from an evange- nators, start forming parish teams lization perspective. Parishioners will be • Summer—Kickoff of training for parish invited to participate in small groups to coordinators reflect on and share the Scripture readings for the upcoming Sunday. Options like fam- • Summer—Complete formation of ily activities or age-level groups for teens parish teams will also be offered. Each week there will • Fall—Round 1 of parish team training be bulletin inserts offering material about our American bishops’ evangelization plan, 2002 Go and Make Disciples. But we do not just want to talk about • Pre-Lent—Prayer campaign evangelization, we want to do some. So • Lent—Preaching, scripture reflection during the Easter season the parish comes groups, inserts on Go and Make together for a day of reflection and plan- Disciples ning. Using the Lenten experiences and the • Late Winter—Round 2 of parish team three goals of Go and Make Disciples,the training parish asks what it has already been doing • Easter Season—Parish reflection plan- in evangelization. Most of the time, parish- ning days es are pleasantly surprised how much they • July—Parish reports and plans submitted are doing. They just never realized it was • Summer—Review of reports and plans evangelization. by diocesan team Then the parish asks what God is asking it to do next. It is encouraged to boil this • Identifying common threads for resourcing and support Photo by Father Joe Fozenlogen Father Photo by down to a couple of specific next steps it Benedictine Father Jeremy King, listens intently to some discussion about Disciples in Mission at a can work on during the next nine or 10 Tell City Deanery meeting. months. It commits itself to working on Dec. 8 marks 25th anniversary of evangelization in modern world In 1974, a Synod of Bishops convened that the Gospel may have its proper impact? tion plan produced by our American bish- Sacraments, and popular piety. in Rome to address the issue of evangeliza- In response to those questions and the ops in 1991, Go and Make Disciples. The Beneficiaries of Evangelization. tion. They posed three questions: deliberations of the synod, Pope Paul VI From Christ the Evangelizer to the Everyone is included in the command of • What has happened to that hidden energy of wrote a pastoral exhortation Evangelization Evangelizing Church. Kingdom and salva- Jesus, “Go to the whole world and proclaim the Good News, which is able to have such in the Modern World (Evangelii Nuntiandi) tion are key words in the message of Jesus. the Good News to all creation.” Although a powerful effect on the human conscience? which was published on Dec. 8, 1975. This He has commissioned his followers to con- the first proclamation is directed to those • Is the evangelical force of the Gospels document has been a major catalyst in the tinue his mission. So the Church exists in who have never heard of Jesus, we also capable of transforming lives? renewal of Catholic evangelization, and it order to evangelize. The whole Church need to recognize the need to re-evangelize • What methods should be followed to insure was the foundation of national evangeliza- receives that mission, and the work of each for those who were baptized but in effect individual member is important for the live outside the Christian faith. Paulist Father Bob Rivers whole. Workers for Evangelization. The work presented Disciples in What is Evangelization? Evangelizing of evangelization is a basic duty of the peo- Mission to the archbishop means bringing the Good News into all ple of God. It is a ministry of the universal and the archdiocesan strata of humanity, and through its influ- Church and the local Churches. The indi- Management Council, the ence, transforming humanity from within vidual Churches have the task of assimilat- Priests’ Council, and a and making it new. When the Church seeks ing the essence of the Gospel message and Priest/Parish Life to covert, solely through the divine power transposing it into the language and form Coordinator business of the Message, both the personal and col- that a particular people can understand. The meeting. lective consciences of people, as well as the laity have a special call to put to use every activities in which they engage, the Church Christian and evangelical possibility in the evangelizes. affairs of the world. The Content of Evangelization. The The Spirit of Evangelization. The center of the message is this: salvation in Holy Spirit is the principal agent of evange- Jesus Christ. It preaches hope in the promises lization who inspires each individual to pro- of God, and it preaches brotherly love. claim the Gospel. There are obstacles like Evangelization also includes the temporal lack of personal fervor and divisions among struggles of people. Christians. But there is also a great oppor- Methods of Evangelization. Some of tunity under the guidance of the Spirit. the fundamental methods of evangelization A summary is available through the are: witness of life, good preaching, good Paulists at www.pncea.org, and the full text is liturgy, catechetical instruction, use of the in bookstores on the web by searching for

Photo by Father Joe Fozenlogen Father Photo by mass media, personal contact, the “Evangelization in the Modern World.” † The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Evangelization Supplement Page 13 Diocesan leadership team looks toward Dec. 1-2 training Members of the Archdiocesan gleaned from the experience of dioceses Leadership Team are looking forward to and parishes who have been doing their training overnight Dec. 1-2 at the Disciples in Mission the last three years. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Their insights are included in the text and Center in Beech Grove. Notre Dame Sister also highlighted in special “tip” items des- Susan Wolf, Executive Director of the ignated in the margins by a light bulb. Paulist National Catholic Evangelization There are also a good number of web Association, and Paulist Father Ken resources marked by an icon of a comput- Boyack, President of that organization, will er mouse. They can be accessed at facilitate the event. The session begins on www.disciplesinmission.org. Friday evening and concludes with a There is a profile of Sister Susan in an Eucharistic liturgy Saturday afternoon. article on page 14 of this issue. Father The purpose of the program is to give Boyack is the director of the Paulist the team an overview of the Disciples in National Catholic Evangelization Mission process as it will unfold in the Association and also the director of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. In addition, Disciples in Mission team. He has pub- there will be specific presentations to pre- lished two collections of articles on pare those team members who will be Catholic evangelization: Catholic training and assisting parish coordinators Evangelization Today: A New Pentecost and parish teams as they guide the process for the United States and The New in their respective faith communities. Catholic Evangelization. Together with There will also be input on analyzing the Paulist Father Frank DiSiano, he has col- parish reports and then preparing a dioce- laborated on three other publications: san report and communicating it. Creating the Evangelizing Parish, In going through the training work- Commentary and Planning Guide for Go shop, the archdiocesan team will have the and Make Disciples and Discovering My benefit of using the newly published sec- Experience of God: Awareness and ond editions of both the diocesan and Witness. He has also served as a consultor Joe Fozenlogen Father Photo by parish leadership team manuals. These for the evangelization committe of the Notre Dame Sister Susan Wolf and Paulist Father Ken Boyack will facilitate the training overnight for the documents now incorporate the wisdom National Council of Catholic Bishops. † Diocesan Leadership Team on Dec. 1-2 at the Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center in Beech Grove. Disciples in Missions information sessions January-March Disciples in Mission is a resource that the archdiocese is making available to its parish- es. It is also a resource that includes a wide variety of options. To help parishes make their decision about whether they will participate and just how they will participate, there will be a series of information sessions held between mid- January and mid-March of 2001. These two-hour presen- tations will be conducted by Jesuit Father Joe Folzenlogen and one or two members of the archdiocesan leadership team. There will be at least one session in each of the deaneries outside of the Indi- anapolis area. In Indianapolis, there will be one weekday This Ad Is evening session and one Satur- day morning session. In addi- tion there will be one session Camera Ready! in Spanish in the Indianapolis area and at least one in another St. Francis location in the archdiocese. Each parish will receive a 1844 copy of the Disciples in Mission preview kit. This includes a brochure outlining 5x10 the process, a summary of Go and Make Disciples, an infor- Neg mational brochure to use on a parish sign-up day, prayer cards, posters, a set of the Lenten bulletin inserts on Go and Make Disciples, a copy of the homily helps, and samples of the participant booklet and leader’s guide, the teen booklet and leader’s guide, and the family activity booklet. In addition everyone attending the sessions will receive handouts that give an overview of the steps in the process, examples of ways parishes have adapted the process to their particular cir- cumstances, suggestions about the people a parish needs to do the process, and some data about the costs of the process. Copies of various print and media resources for the process will be on display and there will be ample opportuni- ty for questions. † Page 14 Evangelization Supplement The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Sister Susan Wolf is contact for archdiocesan Disciples in Mission

Each diocese participating in the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ to inac- developers of Disciples in Mission. She Notre Dame College and an master’s degree Disciples in Mission evangelization experi- tive Catholics and to those who have no serves as a PNCEA contact with five of the in Religious Education from John Carroll ence enters into a church family. 31 participating dioceses and is part of the University, both in Cleveland, Ohio. In May, partnership with a As chief operating officer of PNCEA, Disciples in Mission training team for arch- Sister Susan received a Master of Business staff contact per- Sister Susan supervises daily operations diocesan and diocesan coordinators of Administration degree from Marymount son. Notre Dame of the 10 department, 19-member staff. Disciples in Mission. University in Arlington, Va. In December, she Sister Susan Wolf She coordinates the association’s strategic Previously, Sister Susan served as a co- will complete the requirements for a is the liaison for planning and implementation processes, director of the Paulist Evangelization Graduate Certificate in Organizational the Archdiocese which includes the development of new Training Institutes, three one-week work- Development, also from Marymount of Indianapolis. ministries. shops that trained parish evangelization University. Sister Susan Sister Susan is currently leading a three- leaders, and as general editor of Sister Susan began her professional is Executive member team developing a highly partici- Evangelization Update, PNCEA’s bimonthly ministry as a junior high school teacher in Director and pative, evangelizing planning process for newsletter 1996-1999. Sister Susan created Catholic elementary schools in Ohio; Chief Operating parishes. Two parishes will pilot this and published Planning Worksheets for became an author of student texts and Officer of the process in spring 2001. Parish Planning Goals I, II and III of Go and Make teacher manuals for the Christ Our Life Paulist National with an Evangelizing Perspective (PPEP) Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for religion series published by Loyola Sister Susan Wolf Catholic which includes training for parish leaders, a Catholic Evangelization in United States. University Press, and then served in parish Evangelization trained facilitator to work with the parish She also served as general editor for the six ministry as a director of religious education Association (PNCEA) in Washington, D.C. design team for large group events, and book series of daily meditations, Following and a pastoral associate for 15 years. PNCEA is a national Catholic organization leadership development opportunities for Jesus Day by Day, published by PNCEA in Before coming to PNCEA in 1991, Sister founded in 1977 by Paulist Father Alvin A. the pastor, will be launched nationally in 1995. Susan served as the executive director of Illig to equip active Catholics for the work fall 2001. Sister Susan, a Sister of Notre Dame from the National Council for Catholic of evangelization and to proclaim the Sister Susan was one of the original Chardon, Ohio, has a bachelor’s degree from Evangelization in Washington, D.C. † Archdiocesan leadership team formed for Disciples in Mission isciples in Mission works by sure that parishes receive the help they Dinvolving an ever widening circle need to use the process, and review the of participants. Each circle receives parish reports looking for common training to resource and support the next themes that could benefit from some larger circle. One of the first groups in form of archdiocesan support. the series is the Diocesan Leadership The very structure of the Evangeli- team. In the Archdiocese of Indiana- zation Commission reflects the arch- polis this has three components: the diocesan vision that evangelization is not Evangelization Commission, the a set of separate projects but rather a Multicultural Commission, and the dimension of every aspect of our church Field Team. Together they will oversee life and ministry. The members and the the Disciples in Mission Process, make ministry areas they represent are: Sandra Behringer, Stewardship and Develop- ment; Harry Dudley, Catholic Education and Faith Formation; Charlie Gardner, Spiritual Life and Worship; Tom Gay- brick, Catholic Charities and Family Ministries; Sister of Providence Marilyn Herber, Clergy and Parish Life Coor- dinators: Formation and Personnel; Ed Isakson, Lay Ministry and Pastoral Services; Steve James, Finance and Administrative Services; Susan Schramm, Communications; and Ann Tully, Vicariate Judicial. In a similar fashion, the Multicultural Commission helps the archdiocese incor- porate the perspective of our diverse eth- nic and cultural heritage in all its endeav- ors. Current members include: Celina Acosta-Taylor, Sacred Heart Parish, Jeffersonville; Gladys Jaen Doll, St. Anthony Parish, Morris; Father Rick Photo by Father Joe Fozenlogen Father Photo by Ginther, SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Celina Acosta-Taylor, (left) a member of the Archiocese of Indianapolis’ Multicultural Commission and and Office for Worship; Ed Isakson, Pastoral Council, picks up some pointers about Disciples in Mission from Margo Johnson, coordinator Department of Human Resources; Lillian of parish teams for the Diocese of Covington, Ky. Stevenson, St. Rita Parish, Indianapolis; Blanche Stewart, St. Lawrence Parish, Indianapolis; Amanda Strong, Indiana- Oddi, Office of Catholic Education; and ing, and training for parish teams. They polis; Olga Villa-Para, Indianapolis; Angies Munoz-Silver, New Albany, Ind. include: Madonna Barr, Our Lady of Maru Villalta, Indianapolis; Jo Garcia Father Kennth Taylor is the director of the Providence Parish, Brownstown; Mark Hoy, Indianapolis; Carmen Montanez, Multicultural Commission. Braun, St. Pius X Parish, Indianapolis; Terre Haute; Nhan Nguyen, Vietnamese Finally, there is a group of people of Nancy Fahringer, Batesville Deanery Catholic Community, Indianapolis; Diane people who will team up with Jesuit Center; Brian Foust, Holy Spirit Parish, Orr, St. Andrew Parish, Indianapolis; Father Joe Folzenlogen, evangelization Indianapolis; Judy Koch, Our Lady of the

Photo by Banayote Photography, Inc. Photography, Banayote Photo by David Weir, Holy Angels Parish, Indiana- coordinator and archdiocesan coordinator Greenwood Parish, Greenwood; Cheryl Disciples in Mission encourages parishes to polis; Oscar Morales, St. Patrick Parish, of Disciples in Mission, to offer direct Schnitzius, Catholic Community of discover their own way of sharing the faith Indianapolis; Jasmine Chong, Korean services to parishes like the deanery infor- Richmond; Kay Taylor, St. Michael with the communities they minister to. Catholic Community, Indianapolis; Karen mation sessions, parish coordinator train- Parish, Brookfield. † Flexibility is hallmark of Disciples in Mission program One of the features that appealed to the tions and skills. But examining the tasks the let was produced. Then the feedback came parishes will approach Disciples in Mission archdiocesan Priests’ Council in recom- team needed to accomplish, we realized we that teens felt uncomfortable being alone in differently. Some parishes will start out mending Disciples in Mission was its flexi- already had groups doing those tasks. A a group with all adults, and they did not using all available Lenten formation activi- bility. The process offers a wide range of parish which already has an active evange- feel it was cool to be with their families, so ties. But in other places, it might be better resources and presents a well-designed lization committee or team could simply a teen group resource was developed. There to use one activity the first year, add anoth- structure, but a parish is free to tailor it to ask that group to undertake this agenda are also the different language versions of er one the next and finally do the full set in its own circumstances. In fact, one of the rather than trying to create a new group. Or the participant booklets, and now one done the third year. things Jesuit Father Joe Folzenlogen and in places where two or three parishes share from an African American perspective. The important thing to keep in mind is Celina Taylor-Acosta heard frequently a pastor, there might be only one team There are some parishes which already that Disciples in Mission is inviting us to when they talked with diocesan coordina- rather than three. have flourishing small faith communities. enter into a long-term growth process. tors at the Washington workshop was, Another example of options is contained They do not have to disband those and start Parishes like people grow in different “Adapt, adapt, adapt.” in the Lenten faith sharing groups. Orig- over. They can simply use Disciples in ways and at different paces. We need to The archdiocese has already set an inally the idea was for groups of parish- Mission as a way of encouraging the forma- get started, and to keep going. Evangeli- example of adaptation in the way it has ioners to come together in each other’s tion of additional groups. They can use zation is a permanent part of our life as a formed its diocesan leadership team. The homes. But then some people pointed out their own resource materials and link those Church. We will always be working on it. manuals offer a sample model of a group of that we needed to foster the family as the to the reflection/planning day. Once we take those first steps, we are on a dozen people each with particular connec- domestic Church, so a family activity book- Timing is another factor where different our way. † The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Evangelization Supplement Page 15 Disciples in Mission stresses multicultural awareness

The evangelizing mission of the sions and the spirituality that flows from Church aims at conversion. It certainly them are important to them. If we as a works toward that transformation in invid- Church are going to receive the benefits uals, but it does not stop. Jesus desired of the diverse gifts the Holy Spirit has that the whole world be set on fire with placed in our people from different God’s love, and the Church shares that national, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, desire. So in our evangelization ministry, then we need to learn to operate in a way we need to pay attention to society and that is truly inclusive. Disciples in culture as well as individuals. Pope Paul Mission constantly challenges participants VI called us to evangelize all cultures “in to use a multicultural lens to view what is a vital way, in depth and right to their developing in a parish and the diocese as very roots,” which imples a profound the process unfolds. respect for the language, signs, and sym- One form of support lies in the differ- bols, and of “ways of praying, of loving, ent translations of the Disciples in of looking at life and the world which dis- Mission materials. Currently there are tinguish this or that human gathering” (On Spanish, Vietnamese, Polish, and Haitian Evangelization in the Modern Word, # 20, Creole versions. But language is not the 63). only mark of diverse cultures. During the Disciples in Mission encourages past year, the Disciples in Mission staff parishes to become more welcoming and commissioned a participant’s booklet for inviting. But if people are going to feel at the Lenten faith sharing groups that was home in our faith communities, they need written from an African American per- to know that they are valued and accepted. spective. Their language and their cultural expres- At a recent meeting in one of the deaneries away from the Indianapolis area, Photo by Banayote Photography, Inc. Photography, Banayote Photo by the participants reminded evangelization coordinator Jesuit Father Joe Folzenlogen Above, the Celebration in that the culture of parishes in the small the Spirit of Hope: The Great town and rural areas is different from that Jubilee, on Sept. 16 in the in the large urban centers. One size defi- RCA Dome in Indianapolis nitely does not fit all. The images and sym- was a wonderful opportunity bols that speak powerfully in one place may to recognize the gifts of the have little meaning in another. diverse cultures within the When Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein Archdiocese. became the ordinary of this archdiocese, he commissioned a new archdiocesan logo that At right, Su Tri Nguyen, would capture the diversity found in the Vietnamese representative Archdiocese of Indianapolis. There are four on the diocesan leadership “views” of the archdiocese, one in each team for the Diocese of quadrant of a cross: an urban landscape, a Galveston-Houston, empha- small town, a farm and an open, hilly coun- sizes a point with Paulist tryside. All four vistas are held together in Father Ken Boyack, director unity by the cross, which touches and of Disciples in Mission. embraces each of them. Nguyen translated the In a similar fashion, Disciples in Mis- Disciples in Mission

sion helps to focus on Christ as the center materials into Vietnamese. Joe Fozenlogen Father Photo by of our faith. As St. Paul reminds us in sev- eral of his writings, we are all members of Christ’s body. We all have different gifts, The archdiocese already has a multicul- training on Dec. 1-2 at the Benedict Inn This Vietnamese Disciples in Mission brochure we play different roles, we are called to dif- tural commission, and that group has Retreat and Conference Center in Beech quote John’s Gospel, Chapter 10, Verse 10: “I ferent ministries. But whatever we have and agreed to serve on the Disciples in Mission Grove. From then on, Disciples in Mission came so that they might have life and have it are and do, we build up the one body of diocesan leadership team. Members of the will always be an agenda item for all their more abundantly. Christ. commission will participate in the team meetings. † Discípulos Misioneros Una Experiencia Evangelizadora

¿Qué es Discípulos Misioneros? elementos de la vida pastoral para lograr un Discípoulos Misioneros es un processo que meta común: una Iglesia santa y misionera. integra las liturgies dominicales, los grupos que comparten la fe, la catequesis, las ¿Proporciona la PNCEA todos los materi- actividades familiars, la planificación y las als para Discípulos Misioneros? actividades de implementación en una Sí. Todos estos materials enriquecerán las experiencia evangelizadora y unificada para homilies, la preparación de agents pastorals toda la parroquia. Su objetivo es colocar la y la labor evangelizadora que la parroquia dimension misionera en el corazón de la ya está llevando a cabo, o ayudarán a ini- comunidad de fe, para transformaria desde ciarlos. dentro. ¿Se puede obtener Discipulos Misioneros ¿Cómo funciona Discípulos Misioneros? en español? La Asociación Paulista Nacional para la Sí. Hay una edición en español de Evangelización Católica (PNCEA) trabaja Discípulos Misioneros para responder a los en colaboración con la dioceses para crear hispanos, importante segmento de la un equipo promotor que organice y coor- población católica. Tanto de edición en

dine Discípulos Misioneros. La dioceses castellano come en ingles son de lectura Joe Fozenlogen Father Photo by invita las parroquias a participar, prepara fácil, con conciencia de la diversitad cultur- equipos promotores locales que ejecutan el al católica. Faith Symbol programa, y les ofrece apoyo continuo. El The rose window in the facade of St. Anne Church in New Castle is an important faith symbol for programa enlaza-en un patoral de conjunto- Ruegen diariamente para que Dios bendiga that parish community. diversos ministerios y culturas, y todos los este ministerio. †

(Spanish) (Polish) (Vietnamese) (Heitian Creole)

The Disciples in Mission logo above is translated into several languages. Disciples in Mission in Mission constantly challenges participants to use a multicultural lens to view what is develop- encourages parishes to become more welcoming and inviting to people of all cultures. Disciples ing in a parish and the diocese as the process unfolds. Page 16 Evangelization Supplement The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Participants praise Disciples in Mission process Across the United States there are 21 dio- ments from parishes in the Archdiocese of At left, St. Anne Parish ceses that have been engaged in Disciples in Chicago: in New Castle is located Mission over the the past three years. Their in a county that is observations give the Archdiocese of “Parishioners were positive in their remarks about gathering and sharing 5 percent Catholic. There Indianapolis an idea of what it can look for- is a rich potential for ward to as it enters into the process. Scripture in small groups. Many renewed acquaintances with friends and other outreach. Diocese of Raleigh, N.C. parishioners and shared their vision for our parish. Participants recognized, welcomed, The Most Rev. F. Joseph Gossman, and introduced others from their groups at Bishop of Raleigh, N.C., commented on Sunday Liturgies. Anxieties about sharing the changes he saw in his diocese after the personal faith stories soon became stories first two years of Disciples in Mission. He of enthusiastic sharing among groups. identified three major areas of impact: Participants became more aware of the energy, language, and behavior. He felt actual Gospel at the Liturgy. Names and that Disciples in Mission have given his faces of parishioners came together.” people a positive multi-cultural focus out- — St. Emily Parish, Mount Prospect, Ill. ward on mission. The planning/reflection days brought people of all races and cul- “The faith sharing groups have helped Below, parishes in tures together to talk and share their to bring so many of us closer together. the archdiocese like vision and experience of what it means to More of our parishioners are reading the St. Gabriel’s in be Church. There is a growing realization Bible and they are enjoying it! They are Connersville have that stewardship and evangelization are asking how they can be better Catholics. histories that go back two sides of the same coin. There is an For the most part, we felt that the interac- more than 100 years. increased demand for Scripture study and tion and dialogue with other parishioners Disciples in Mission adult formation. Priests are seeing that was very worthwhile. It helped us to meet encourages building evangelization does not result in more new people and to get to know others even Joe Fozenlogen Father Photos by on those traditions . work, but in getting more workers. better. The Parish Day of Reflection was ence and we hope that it will help to focus Parishes and deaneries are using words the other success story. Those who attended our evangelization efforts.” like evangelization, unchurched, inactive the reflection day expressed their wishes — St. Vincent Ferrer Parish, River Forest, Ill. Catholics, welcoming, multicultural. and goals for our parish.” Parish plans are incorporating the frame- — St. Eulalia Parish, Maywood, Ill. “There is a real sense of something very work of the three goals of Go and Make special happening in our parish and there is Disciples. People are becoming more “Many of the participants felt inspired and spiritually moved by being in a small a feeling of wanting to continue the prayer comfortable inviting people to attend and faith sharing beyond the original time. church with them and welcoming new group and sharing Scripture and faith with other members of our parish. They had Participants felt that reading and discussing people. People are buying Bibles and Scripture before they were proclaimed on reading them. Non-Catholic spouses par- the chance to get to know parishioners they would normally recognize only by Sunday helped them to listen to them with ticipated in the Lenten faith sharing. Teen- a different perspective. There was a very agers have gotten involved. Many people sight. The participants felt better prepared to participate in the weekend Liturgies real energy present at our reflection day.” new to the diocese appreciated the small — Our Lady of the Snows Parish, Chicago, Ill. groups. There is a formal outreach to having reflected on the readings before- inactive Catholics underway. hand. Homilies were more meaningful for them. They carried the words with them “We thought we would be lucky to get 50 people to sign up to be in a small group Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. throughout the week in a more profound way.” and got almost twice as many. Participating Enthusiasm for Disciples in Mission — St. Alphonsus Liguori Parish, in Disciples in Mission made the team as was also reflected in the observations of Prospect Heights, Ill. well as the parish more aware of the need Diocesan Leadership Team Members. For to be more welcoming and the mission of instance, Father Dennis McAuliffe from the “Reflecting on the three goals helped evangelization. That is our goal for the process called Emmaus 2000. The teen Office of Catholic Education in the Diocese identify and affirm what we are already upcoming year.” booklet met with positive response. of Brooklyn noted that Disciples in Mission doing the parish (PADS, Food Pantry, — St. Dorothy Parish, Chicago, Ill. Those finishing two years felt they had puts flesh on the bishops’ national plan, Go Ministry of Care, Hospitality, Welcoming, found gifted and skilled leaders. They said and Make Disciples. It incorporates two Meaningful Liturgies, etc.) as well as “An overwhelming majority of partici- there was now a sense that evangelization is necessary elements for any successful evan- make some suggestions for fostering more pants have a clearer understanding of the doable. The process enchanced the “sensus gelization program: family oriented activities. Because of this goals and objectives of Catholic evangeliza- fidelium,” the sense of the faithful. There is • It brings conversion to the evangelizers (the we have started a Family Ministry with tion for our parish and are able to see how a real hunger for small faith sharing groups. people in the pews) strong emphasis on a Family Mass each our current programs and ministries are car- There is better collaboration at the deanery • It enables them to reach out as a parish month and various activities fostering rying on the evangelizing mission of Jesus level. People have the practical Jesus and community. family participation.” Christ. We are encouraged by the fact that not just an intellectual Jesus. Disciples in Mission was well received and Get staffs on board to create a positive air, — St. Alphonsus Liguori Parish, Prospect Heights, Ill. expect that this year’s success will lead to Challenges but avoid having staff on the training team. even greater success next year.” Parishioners are trained by people who look Although there is a lot more postive feed- “We decided to adopt Disciples in — St. Columba Parish, Chicago, Ill. like themselves. Parishioners become leaven back that could be shared, it is important to Mission because we liked the small group note that there have been some difficulties for others and don’t see it simply as another “The faith sharing groups have encour- materials. We soon discovered that Disciples and challenges in doing Disciples in Mission. program. aged people to speak more openly about in Mission was not just another small group Both the participants and the Disciples in their faith experiences and to read the program, but a more holistic process. The Mission team were honest about these issues, Archdiocese of Chicago Scriptures more. The overall reaction to the Lenten small group experience was excellent and their frank discussion and subsequent parish reflection evening was upbeat and There is also positive feedback from the and we look forward to next Lent. The parish action have resulted in improvements like the positive. We believe that Disciples in parish reports. Here is a sampling of com- reflection day was also an excellent experi- revised Family Activity Booklet and the sec- Mission is a useful tool to encourage the ond edition of both the diocesan and parish ongoing faith development of its parish- leadership team manuals. ioners. We have gone through the initial Some of the issues that dioceses com- growing pains associated with starting a mented on were the cumbersome paperwork new endeavor, and we believe we have the involved in the first attempts at the reporting basic organization in place. Based on our process. This has now been simplified and experience, the team has decided to partici- streamlined. As could be expected, many pate a second year.” dioceses reported a wide range of commit- — St. Gertrude Parish, Chicago, Ill. ment and enthusiasm in the parishes in their area. For those in leadership, this can create Feedback From National Workshop a tension between letting it happen and “fol- During the training weekend for dioce- lowing the rules.” It is hard to maintain the san coordinators, there was a session in understanding that Disciples in Mission is a which the dioceses gathered in groups process and not a program. according to their year in the process. The The multi-racial, multi-cultural compo- veterans shared some of their highlights and nents met with mixed success. In some places successes and offered some suggestions to people learned and grew, in others they sim- those just beginning the process. ply ignored the possibility, and in a few Those who had completed three years places there was some outright resistance. reported that once the program got out into the parishes, it operated on auto-pilot. It Balance Sheet was lay led, and people were carrying on Even though there were these and other just fine. There were many small groups problems, those dioceses doing Disciples in established and continuing. One diocese Mission were unanimous in saying they were had a diocesan day of evangelization as one happy they had chose to do the process. They of its results. There was a heightened had strong words of encouragment for those awareness of the connections between evan- places just starting out and assured them they A number of parishes in the Archdiocese of Indianpolis look out on rural scenes like this one gelization and stewardship. Dioceses would both enjoy the process and would see across from St. Rose Parish in Knightstown. Disciples in Mission supports evangelizing in your reported having more welcoming communi- some postive results in both parishes and the own environment. ties. One diocese initiated a home visiting diocese as a whole. † The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Evangelization Supplement Page 17

Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Web resources for Disciples in Mission and evangelization Association encourges evangelization ministry • PNCEA—Disciples in Mission PNCEA stands for Paulist National Catholic Evangeliza- Evangelization Resources Catalogue http://www.disciplesinmission.org tion Association. The organization was founded in 1977 by Finally PNCEA produces an Evangelization Resources • Diocese of Raleigh—Disciples in Mission Paul Father Alvin Illig. It has three main goals: Catalogue. Books, videos, ecclesial documents, and http://www.raldioc.org/evangelization/disciples.html • Building up the body of Christ practical tools essential to implementing the vision of • Archdiocese of Indianapolis—Disciples in Mission • Equipping active Catholics for the work of evangelization Catholic evangelization—especially the vision expressed http://www.archindy.org/DM/ in Go and Make Disciples—are described in this 8-page • Proclaiming the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ to • NCCB/USCC Bishops’ Conference Evangelization inactive Catholics and the unchurched. publication. Committee The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is entering into one of http://www.nccbuscc.org/evangelization/index.htm the resources developed by PNCEA, namely Disciples in New Venture • National Council for Catholic Evangelization Looking to the future, the PNCEA team is developing Mission. But the organization has other ministries as well. http://www.catholicevangelization.org a new service called PPEP, Parish Planning from an Share the Word Evanglizing Perspective. This process will includes train- One of these is Share the Word: Scripture Reflections ing for parish leaders, a trained facilitator to work with Contact Information for Today’s Disciples. Begun 20 years ago, this insightful the parish design team for large group events, and leader- For more information call 202-832-5022, fax 202-269- commentary on the Sunday Scripture readings has adopted ship development opportunities for the pastor. Two 0209; write PNCEA, 3031 Fourth Street NE, Washington, a new format which provides: commentary on the Sunday parishes will pilot this process in spring 2001 and the D.C., 20027-1102, email [email protected], or check out readings, reflections on the daily Scripture readings, arti- service will be launched nationally in fall 2001. the website at www.paulist.org/pncea/. cles that nourish readers’ Catholic faith and inspire them to share it with others and suggestions for group use. Experts in Scripture, Catholic evangelization and spirituality pre- sent practical ideas about evangelization in an engaging, easy-to-read style.

Parish Missions A new resource the PNCEA has made available in the past couple of years is Parish Missions: A Spirituality for an Evangelizing Parish. Parish Missions are a week-long spiritual experience for parishes seeking a fresh encounter with Jesus Christ and a deeper understanding of the new evangelization. Available in both English and Spanish, the missions are designed to help people catch the evangeliz- ing spirit. They are a community religious experience meant to foster understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that lead the parish to become spiritually renewed and more missionary minded.

Prison Ministries Through Prison Ministries the PNCEA supports prison chaplains and volunteers with the reproducible newsletters Let’s talk! and Hablemos! PNCEA provides prisoners with Bibles, Share the Word, Invitation, and much more. PNCEA promotes a prayer crusade for inmates, their fami- lies, victims of crime, and all prison ministers. FARIS MAILING INCORPORATED Introducing Our Giant Mail Box To Handle This Ad Is The Growing Needs Of Your Business • Chesire addressing Camera Ready! • Automatic inserting • EDP services • List maintenance St. Vincent Hospital • Premium fulfillment • Mailing consultants 1654 • Printing services 4x12 Analysis of mailing requirements 317-246-3315 Camera Ready Neg 5517 W. Minnesota St., Indianapolis Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary School Principal - Mrs. Barbara Reece Secretary - Lori Hughes Mrs. Patty Deakins Mrs. Karen Rosenberger Mrs. Tammy Kikta Mr. Dale Miller Mrs. Nicole Siples Mrs. Tiffany Migliorini Jane Lee Saucerman

19 North Alabama St. • Brazil, Indiana 47834 Page 18 Evangelization Supplement The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 National Council for Catholic Evangelization makes changes The leadership of the National Council that the position of president was vacant. for Catholic Evangelization (NCCE) will That position has been filled by Father breathe a sigh of relief when the year 2000 Larry Espisitor. Father Larry, a native of comes to a close. It may have been the Webster, Mass., is well known to NCCE Jubilee Year, but for NCCE it was filled with members. He has been an active member challenges and hard rather than leisurely since 1995 and in that brief period of time celebrations. However, the organization has has served as Region 1 representative, con- weathered the storm and is looking forward ference coordinator in 1998, vice-president, to the new millennium with renewed vigor. and now president. He is also pastor of Last January the executive director St. Joseph’s parish in Auburn, Mass., and resigned abruptly. NCCE called on the Director of the Office of Evangelization Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary Sister for the Diocese of Worcester. John Mary Vianney to serve an interim What is the organization that these peo- director. Then it arranged a series of meet- ple lead, and what does it offer to the ings to take a hard look at its mission and parishes of the Archdiocese of Indiana- its goals and objectives. It seemed best to polis? The mission statement tells us that cancel its annual conference while this NCCE is an independent membership orga- was going on. nization founded in 1983 to promote evan- Religious of Jesus and Mary Sister Pris- gelization as based on Evangelii Nuntiandi cilla Lemire was selected as the new execu- (Evangelization in the Modern World) by tive director on May 22, and assumed her Pope Paul VI. The NCCE exists to affirm, to

position on Sept. 1. A native of New motivate and to network Catholic evange- Joe Fozenlogen Father Photos by Hampshire, Sister Priscilla has been in reli- lization efforts throughout the United States Val Keller, Region VII alternate from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and Servants of the Holy Heart of gious life for 40 years. Her love for her in order to work towards a united national Mary Sister John Mary Vianney Vranak, Region VII Representative, look over some material for an faith and her zeal in sharing it have been effort to proclaim Christ and to extend his upcoming board meeting of the National Council for Catholic Evangelization. expressed in her ministry as educator, Church. school administrator, parish minister, and The last several years the Archdiocese director of evangelization for the Diocese of Indianapolis has sent its evangelization an edition of Go and Make Disciples that Kenneth Untener of Saginaw, Mich., will be of San Diego. For most of her 25 years in coordinator and one member of its to the incorporates reflection questions and a the presenter for the preaching day, June 6. San Diego she served in catechetical min- annual conference. In addition, Father planning process, and offers workshops on Warren Grayson Brown will present a con- istry, and pioneered the RCIA programs in Clarence Waldon, one of the founders of Go and Make Disciples in parishes and dio- cert and offer a workshop. The Mexican the diocese. NCCE and pastor of Holy Angels Church in ceses. American Cultural Center will do a keynote An active NCCE member, she has served Indianapolis, and Sister of St. Joseph Jesuit Father Joe Folzenlogen is the in both English and Spanish on “What it as Region 12 representative and in that Kathleen Karbowski, school evangelizer at Indiana state representative for Region 7 Means to Welcome in a Culturally Diverse capacity coordinated the highly successful Holy Angels, have been regular attendees of NCCE. Twice annual he meets with the Church.” They will also do a workshop on 1996 conference, and subsequently served and have also presented workshops. The state representatives from Illinois and “Loss of Hispanics to Other Faiths” and a as president. She assumes this new role past three years, the conference followed Wisconsin along with the Region 7 NCCE second one on “Reaching Out to Youth.” with a great deal of experience in the min- the Jubilee preparations of themes for the board representative. The most recent More details about other offerings at the istry of evangelization and with a knowl- persons of the Trinity. gathering was in Chicago on Oct. 19. The conference will be published when the pre- edge of NCCE and its needs. In addition to the conference, the NCCE group shares what is going on in the dio- senters have been confirmed. Sister Priscilla’s new ministry meant publishes an quarterly newsletter, publishes ceses in their state and gets caught up on There are several kinds of membership in NCCE business. Father Folzenlogen NCCE on national, diocesan, parish, and indi- brought along several items connected vidual levels. For more information contact with our Jubilee celebration in the RCA NCCE by writing Suite 90, McCormick The National Dome in Indianapolis. Pavilion at Theological College, 415 Mich- In 2001, the annual conference will be igan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20017, or call Council for Catholic held in Raleigh, N.C., from June 6-9. The 800-786-NCCE, or visit the web site at theme will be “Holy Ground.” Bishop Evangelization www.catholicevangelization.org. † will hold its annual Oración Para Discípulos Prayer for conference in Misioneros Disciples in Mission

Amoroso Dios, Loving God, Raleigh, NC Nos llamaste por nuestro nombre, you called us each by name June 6-9, 2001 y entregaste a tu único Hijo and gave your only Son to redeem para redimirnos. us. En tu fidelidad enviaste In your faithfulness, al Espíritu Santo you sent the Holy Spirit para completar la misión to complete the mission of Jesus de Jesús entre nosotros. among us.

Abre nuestros corazones a Jesús. Open our hearts to Jesus. Danos valor para anunciar su Give us the courage to speak nombre his name a los que están cerca de nosotros, to those who are close to us y generosidad para compartir and the generosity to share his love su amor with those who are far away. This Ad Is con los que están alejados. We pray tht every person Te pedimos que cada persona throughout the world Camera Ready! en este mundo sea invitada be invited to know and love Jesus a conocer y amar a Jesús as Savior and Redeemer. como Salvador y Redentor. May they come to know his Que todos conozcan su infinito all-surpassing love. St. Mary-of-the-Woods amor. May that love transform Que ese amor transforme every element of our society. 2778 todas las esferas de nuestra sociedad. We ask this through Christ, 3x5 1/2 Our Lord. Te lo pedimos por Cristo, Amen. Neg nuestro Señor, Amén. Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us. María, Madre de la Iglesia, ruega por nosotros. St. Paul the Apostle, Pray for us. San Pablo Apóstol,

ruega por nosotros. Used with permission of the Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association. All rights reserved. A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2000 by Catholic News FaithAlive! Service. Dignity of a person is a transcendent value

By Fr. Herbert Weber three cases I’ve described provided me with the neces- sary faces. Sometimes God hits me with more than one eye- One more episode took place the same week as the opener at a time. other three. It began with a telephone call. The voice on The following four interactions happened within a the phone was that of a longtime friend from El week of each other. These stories, about people’s lives, Salvador. Miguel asked me to visit him in a nearby city. all help to transform human rights from an abstract He had just come back to the United States with his notion into something concrete. wife and teen-age daughter. Donny and Danielle invited me to visit them and After driving an hour the following Sunday evening, their newborn baby, whose name is Hope. The child had I found the little place where Miguel and Victoria were not been expected to survive to full-term in the womb. living with their daughter and several other When she was born, there were indeed serious prob- Salvadorans. lems. Nonetheless, the tiny girl fought to stay alive. Then, over a simple meal, they told me how they When I visited them, I held the child, who was light recently had entered the United States without any as a feather. A tiny tube inserted through her nose pro- papers. They explained that it had been a long and dan- vided nourishment because she had become too gerous ordeal. In fact, they had been separated for sev- exhausted each time she had tried to eat. eral days before they found each other again. Regardless of her various physical impairments, her Miguel said he felt that he and his wife had to come parents were as proud as any parents. I knew I was to the United States because they simply could not pro- holding one of God’s special children. The child was vide for themselves and their family, including four loved and considered of tremendous worth. more children still living in El Salvador. A day later, I made my weekly visit to Ohio’s death They were among the marginalized people in this row at the state penitentiary located two miles from my Central American country, where a small number of influ- church. Only five prisoners are allowed to attend our ential power brokers control all of the land and wealth. Mass each week. The others I visit cell-to-cell. Human rights, summed up in the unique value of the Kneeling on the floor so I could talk through the human person, include the right to a livelihood, food-tray slot, I prayed with a prisoner named Tom and employment and self-fulfillment, as well as the right to shared Communion with him. life, religious practice and economic security. Afterward, out of the blue, Tom handed me six- I know that Miguel’s fondest dream is to help his unused, stamped envelopes and asked me to give them children have a life in a land where they will be able to to the poor. As I looked at them, I asked about his ges- provide for their children. ture. He responded that he receives $18 per month. His I suppose there are plenty of other faces that could gift was the only way that he could think of to tithe his help us understand the significance of human rights— income! He added, “I have to live my faith as seriously faces that would help to explain the serious nature of as everyone else lives theirs.” the Church’s call to respect those rights. For me, how-

Later that day, I returned to the church and stopped ever, these four faces are sufficient. CNS photo at the free lunch program housed in the basement. I Whether the picture is of a child or of a criminal, one cannot deny noticed a volunteer cleaning the tables. She gently (Father Herbert Weber is the pastor of St. Peter Parish the personal worth of each human being—worth that is not related approached a young mother with two children. In a in Mansfield, Ohio.) † to one’s accomplishments, productivity or achievements. grandmotherly way, she asked if she could get anything more for the young woman or her children. Then she went back to get a cup of punch for the lit- Human rights must include family rights tle girl. Upon returning, the older woman sat down and visited with the client, much as any two women any- By H. Richard McCord expressed in personal, individual terms, have a social where would do over the kitchen table. dimension because every person is a social being. Each of these episodes reminded me of the core of Family rights are human rights expressed in commu- Moreover, if the family had no rights and no protec- any discussion on human rights, namely, the innate dig- nity language. At the heart of Christian belief lies an tions, then this fundamental community, which Pope nity of the human person. astounding truth. God chose to become human in the John Paul II calls a “school of a deeper humanity,” could Whether the picture is of a vulnerable newborn child person of Jesus by being born into a family. not do its job of teaching about human rights and respon- or of a criminal sentenced for execution, one cannot An essential part of Catholic teaching is its recogni- sibilities, of instilling respect for them and encouraging deny the personal worth of each human being—worth tion of human dignity. And human dignity leads the behavior that promotes them. that is not related to one’s accomplishments, productiv- Church to affirm and defend human rights, particularly Just as the state does not give a person human rights, ity or achievements. when they are violated by oppressive political systems or neither does it confer fundamental family rights. The Pope John Paul II wrote in his 1998 World Day of unjust laws. family exists before any other society or the state. Peace message that “the dignity of the human person is No society or government can grant human rights. In 1983, the Vatican prepared a Charter of the Rights a transcendent value.” These already exist within a person. Broad human rights of the Family and presented it to nations and organiza- Just as that dignity cannot be forfeited through crime, are expressed in specific groups of rights that are politi- tions as a way of safeguarding the family and guarantee- so too it is not lost in the pain of poverty or hunger. cal, civil, economic, social and cultural. Laws and public ing the safe exercise of human rights by all people. The The woman working in the free lunch program knew policies should support and protect these in concrete sit- charter makes it clear that these rights arise from that that the mother and children had a right to be treated uations. “law which is inscribed by the Creator in the heart of with dignity and respect. The Church, along with its emphasis on human rights, every human being.” The way the term “human rights” often is used is reminds us of family rights. To speak of family rights is rather nebulous. Its meaning becomes clear, however, to signal that there is no such thing as the autonomous, (H. Richard McCord is the director of the U.S. bishops’ when human faces can be applied to it. Each of the unconnected individual. All human rights, though Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth.) † Discussion Point Human rights are often neglected This Week’s Question lem. In our community, we’re working together to do What human right too often is neglected, ignored or better in these things.” (Elsie Houston, Clarksdale, abused? Miss.) “Life. We’re killing our kids, the unborn—more than Lend Us Your Voice we’ve lost in any war. Also, life in Third World coun- tries is pretty cheap, and we can all do something An upcoming edition asks: Tell when or how an aspect about that.” (Deacon Jim Hatch, Bonita, Calif.) of a sacrament you always had known about (or heard, or seen) suddenly becomes meaningful to you in a “Basically, the rights of children. Parenting is the new way. highest calling, and often it is done as an after- thought.” (April DeNike, Seattle, Wash.) To respond for possible publication, write to Faith “Health care can sometimes be neglected, and this is a Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. basic human right. Also, prejudice can still be a prob- 20017-1100. † CNS photo Page 20 The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Spirituality for Today/ St. John Neumann was bishop of Philadelphia Fr. John Catoir (Tenth in a series) built a log cabin for himself and lived in a German Bible history. Priests are it austerely, seldom building a fire even In 1851, the Vatican appointed Father John Nepomucene Neumann was born during the winters of upstate New York. Neumann the fourth bishop of on March 28, 1811, in Bohemia, now part He ate a meager diet, sometimes only Philadelphia. He was consecrated on people too of the Czech Republic. bread and water. He walked to other March 28, 1852, when he was 41. He was always small; towns in the parish, sometimes 30 or 40 Later in 1852, the U.S. bishops held No one doubts that priests are people as an adult he was miles away, in all kinds of weather, say- the First Plenary Council of , too. Priests are just ordinary people with an only 5 feet 2 inches ing Mass for parishioners in log chapels. at which Bishop Neumann was asked to extraordinary vocation. tall. In 1840, Father Neumann decided to revise the catechism he had written ear- Most priests are He studied for the become a Redemptorist priest. He for- lier. It was then used throughout the wounded healers who priesthood and was mally applied for admission to the con- United States for most of the rest of the feel quite inadequate to ready to be ordained, gregation and was accepted, becoming 19th century. their calling. I received but his ordination was the first novice of the Redemptorists in Bishop Neumann then settled down to a letter from one such put off because (a the United States. He spent his novitiate administer his diocese, the largest in the gentleman, and I’d like reason we find diffi- year preaching missions in cities in a United States at the time. In 1854, dur- to share it with you. cult to believe today) the diocese wide area of the eastern United States: ing an audience with the pope, he was “The seminary days decided it had enough priests. Since he Baltimore, New York, Rochester, able to report that, in less than three were difficult. ... My was not needed as a priest in Bohemia, Buffalo, Norwalk and three places in years, the number of children in the dio- fears were strong. I never felt good enough. he looked elsewhere. He learned about Ohio—Canton, Randolph and cese’s parochial schools had increased I felt guilty for not achieving great holiness. the work of missionaries in the United Steubenville. from 500 to 9,000. In the course of only ... After ordination I continued to feel more States and decided to go there. He made his religious profession on five years, Bishop Neumann saw 50 and more inadequate. I thought I had con- Bishop John Dubois of New York was Jan. 16, 1842. Then, as a professed churches erected. He began the building quered my sexual demons but my problem glad to see him because he had only 36 Redemptorist, he continued his mission- of the magnificent cathedral and saw its got worse, and I began to drink. priests to care for the 200,000 Catholics ary work despite the fact that he suffered exterior completed. “Eventually I was able to leave booze in his diocese. The bishop ordained him constantly from poor health. He worked Bishop Neumann died suddenly on alone, but I still struggled. The growing on June 25, 1836, and sent him to principally among the Germans and Jan. 5, 1860, when he was only 48. Pope process has been a painful one. I have no Buffalo. His parish consisted of 900 became popular among them. He wrote a Paul VI canonized him on June 19, 1977. great talents that I know of. I am not an square miles in western New York. He small and a large German catechism and His feast day is Jan. 5. † administrator. I am no great speaker or writer, but I am a priest, not the one I Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes wanted to be, but maybe somehow the one that Jesus needs me to be.” This is a priest who has felt the burden Getting back to our roots of his human nature. He has come to accept himself with all his faults and failings by Putnam County ladies have no shame. supposed to not only allow, but also facili- up, nor could my old uncle pick her up, so gradually realizing that Jesus needed him to This was aptly demonstrated recently when tate the process. And go somewhere else for she dragged herself to bed. After about a be a priest who is meek and humble of Mike Redmond a lunch. week of carrying on as usual, she finally heart. humor columnist for Today, rural women are more plugged in decided to go to the doctor because she still Jesus wants all his ministers to be sensi- The Indianapolis Star, to opportunities for enrichment and social hurt. It turned out she’d broken her hip tive and forgiving toward those who come came to speak to some intercourse. But they still enjoy a down- rather badly and had to stay in the hospital to the Church in need. Ministers, who know of them at a county home evening of humor and reminiscence, for a few days. what it is to be weak themselves, can Achievement Night for which Mike provided. When I heard this I thought, “Yup, empathize better with the weakness of oth- extension homemaker The shame part came during the question sounds familiar.” The stargazing and the ers. clubs. and answer session when an elderly lady stoic response to pain and disaster, that’s In spite of all the scandals and pomp, the Spending an even- bluntly asked Mike, “Are you married?” By rural people for you. At the risk of being a Church still remains a safe port in the storm ing as the only man in the hush that followed, it was obvious that sloppy romantic, I’d say it’s that wonderful of life. The Lord recruits wounded healers a gaggle of ladies everyone had been dying to ask the same combination of independence, appreciation as ministers at every level because he didn’t seem to faze Mike at all but, as he question. That’s down-home ladies for you, for beauty and common sense that mark explained, he is the child (and grandchild) they have no shame. But Mike answered people who live on and by the land. of Club ladies so he understands the drill. graciously, and that’s a rural-raised boy for Of course, my family and most of the ‘Ministers, who know what (However, the fact that the members just you, too. Putnam County Club ladies lived through call it “Club,” rather than “The Club” or Which brings me to the question of rural hard times. They remember vividly the it is to be weak themselves, “Extension Homemaker Club,” is still a roots. Most of us have them if we go back Great Depression and all the wars follow- can empathize better with mystery to him.) far enough, and it’s good to be reminded of ing, if not also the early immigrant experi- the weakness of others.’ Mike’s speech enumerated his experi- them now and then. ence that brought everyone to the farm in ences with the ladies, and how he and his Recently, a cousin told me the latest the first place. Their pleasures and accom- siblings had to scurry around, clean, prepare news about his parents, who are now up in plishments were humble by today’s bizarre and then generally stay out of sight until the their 80s and still living on their Wisconsin standards, but they were indeed joyful, ful- knows that they are the ones who will be meeting was over. He knew the ladies loved farm. It seems they’d driven up to the top of filling and useful to others. gentle with his people. their boys and would tolerate just about the high hill behind the house to admire the That’s not a bad thing, is it? Maybe, like The Lord wants his Church to be a anything from them, except when it was stars one evening, taking a picnic supper Alex Haley, we should all examine our refuge of sinners because, as Church, we time for Club. along. They’d planned to spend the night at roots more often. have at least as much to say about mercy as Ditto the adult males. Because those a small travel trailer they kept up there. we do about morality. Therefore the priest’s were the days when Club was one of the When they decided to retire they headed (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the job, it seems to me, is both speaking the few educational and social experiences for the trailer, but on the way my aunt Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular truth with love and creating an atmosphere available to rural women, and men were slipped and fell heavily. She couldn’t get columnist for The Criterion.) † of emotional comfort for those in need. Evangelization is the art of attracting the Faithful Lines/ afflicted in order to pour oil on their Shirley Vogler Meister wounds. Those who put salt in their wounds will have to answer to God for it. Guard the gullible from psychic fraud I like the words of this wounded priest. He reminds me of St. Augustine who went “Oh, my!” Beverley said. “Here’s mail searching period.” Yet, can we generally denounce the through his own private hell before he for Mom.” We laughed to tears as the letter contin- possibility of psychic power? Surely not. became a great saint. Augustine once gave ued: “No one but a psychic like myself Scientific and spiritual evidence confirm this advice to a troubled parishioner: “Do Our mother died in 1996, but from time could know more about what you are the supernatural and, from time to time, what you can do, and pray for what you to time the postperson still delivers mail going through … I have a vision of you as relatives and friends have quietly shared cannot yet do.” His comforting, pastoral to “Irene Vogler.” Bev a quiet person … feeling alone within extraordinary experiences. I have too. approach gives us all something to think read to me the unfa- yourself … concerned about a personal Catholic history and lore also attest to a about as we try to reach out to others. miliar return name matter.” We fueled the laughter by adding wide variety of spiritual or psychic phe- The priest whose letter I quoted above is and address on the our own barbed or macabre observations. nomena. The Church is constantly chal- probably a saint, though I’m sure he doesn’t envelope, then opened Bev’s husband came along wondering, lenged by these reports, and it very wisely know it. I say this because he concluded his it. A New York City “What’s going on?” We explained. John is slow to acknowledge them. letter with these words. psychic wrote, “In the smiled, then departed, shaking his head I believe I’m a rational person, better “I am realizing more and more that Jesus next 30 seconds it not only at the psychic’s absurd letter but able to discern what’s legitimate and is not expecting great things of me. He takes you to read this, at our reaction. Settling down, we realized what’s not than, let’s say, someone who wants me to do the little things that come I will astound you by that Mom, who had a healthy sense of for whatever reason is more vulnerable. up daily. Once I have done that he some- telling you what I humor, would’ve also been belly-laughing It’s up to mature and clear-minded how takes over, and all kinds of wonderful know about you and what is in your if she’d been with us. “What silliness!” I Christians to guide those who aren’t. things (usually far above the value of the future.” said. Commercial psychic promotions, espe- little things I did) begin to happen, and to Not champion speedreaders, neither of But it isn’t really silly. It’s frightening. cially when they include prophecy, are move out to others in ever wider circles. us could’ve absorbed the two-page, tightly Writers like this pseudo-psychic are prob- more than suspect. Go to the Bible, a “I think what I am saying is that the little typed, single-spaced letter that quickly. ably making loads of money from recipi- priest and Church literature for wisdom in things seem to be much more important at However, the absurdity of it certainly ents of their letters. In the early years of this matter. Beware of false psychics and this time than they were before.” pressed our funny bones. “Considering Mom’s Alzheimer’s, she might’ve been prophets. As we get older, and wiser, I think all of Mom’s dead, this woman’s not a very susceptible herself. Like the television us see the wisdom of this insight. good psychic, is she?” I said as Bev infomercials promising psychic prowess, (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of chuckled and read on: “I have a premoni- such letters prey on people who are alone, Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is (Father John Catoir is a regular columnist tion you are going through a very soul- emotionally hurt, confused or sick. a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † with Catholic News Service.) † The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000 Page 21

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, Nov. 6 Friday, Nov. 10 Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000 Philippians 2:1-4 Leo the Great, pope and Psalm 131:1-3 doctor of the Church • Deuteronomy 6:2-6 creed, but they are words repeated daily in Luke 14:12-14 Philippians 3:17-4:1 the Jewish liturgy. • Hebrews 7:23-28 Psalm 122:1-5 • Mark 12:28-34 Hebrews again is the source of a second reading, and again the second reading Tuesday, Nov. 7 Luke 16:1-8 brings us a splendid and deeply expressive Philippians 2:5-11 The Book of Deuteronomy is the source message about Jesus. Psalm 22:26-32 Saturday, Nov. 11 of the first reading this weekend. Jesus, in the understanding of Hebrews, Luke 14:15-24 Martin of Tours, bishop Deuteronomy’s is not simply a priest. There were, of name is Greek in ori- course, many priests active at the time of Philippians 4:10-19 gin, meaning “second.” Jesus and for a generation or so thereafter Wednesday, Nov. 8 Psalm 112:1-2, 5-6, 8-9 However, the book is in the Jewish society. There came to be Philippians 2:12-18 Luke 16:9-15 not second on the list many priests in Christianity, but Jesus is Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 of Old Testament writ- the one and only priest. Only Jesus could Luke 14:25-33 Sunday, Nov. 12 ings as they have been offer the most fitting tribute to God. Only Thirty-second Sunday in grouped in the Bible. in Jesus could true communication and It is actually the fifth true reconciliation between God and Thursday, Nov. 9 Ordinary Time book. humanity occur. He is the one, great, eter- The Dedication of the Lateran 1 Kings 17:10-16 Nevertheless, it very nal priest, and for Christians all other Basilica Psalm 146:7-10 much is one of the first five books of the priests merely are in the Lord’s very per- Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Hebrews 9:24-28 Bible, and this means that it is part of the son and identity. Psalm 84:3-6, 8, 11 Mark 12:38-44 “Torah,” the basic law and philosophy of St. Mark’s Gospel furnishes the last Jewish life. Drawn from the teachings of reading this weekend. 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17 or Mark 12:41-44 Moses, these five books contain the As Jesus uttered these words, they fell John 2:13-22 premises and requirements that even today with a tone of great familiarity on the ears ideally guide every aspect of Jewish life. It of the Jews who heard them. has been the case for millennia. As noted above, they were the basic, Central to the Jewish concept of reality and often repeated, notions and confes- the order of existence. It separates us from the source of love and all that love implies, is the idea of God. It is much more refined sions of Jewish belief. In invoking them, God. It denies God. It brings disorder and as the God loving us. than merely a profession of the belief that Jesus stood firmly and clearly in the great misery in its wake. They call us to return this love in our a divinity exists. Essential to divinity itself current of Revelation that had come from Deuteronomy, and then Jesus, in these actual personal relationship with God, and are the facts that the deity is a person. God to the Jews through Moses and the readings call us to love. They call us to to return it in reality by our active love for Revelation even gave the person a prophets. Again the emphasis is upon love, recognize God, and to recognize God as others. † name, but pious Jews felt themselves upon a relationship between God and unworthy even to pronounce the name or humankind. Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen write it. Thus, the title “God” came to be substituted for the name in discussion and Reflection in prayer. It is a custom that remains today The first and third readings today can be among Christians. reduced to calls for pure intentions or Church prays for people Critical also to the concept of divinity warm feelings in religion and in the con- was the notion that God is one. All around duct of life. The admonition to love often the Jews were societies where religion is treated in this sense. that commit suicide meant many gods. For the Jews, to multi- In fact, however, they are—in a cap- ply the divine person was to negate the sule—the most profound expressions of Last year, our 22-year-old son com- ple who commit suicide would be part of notion of divinity. It was a profound philo- belief in the existence of God itself. In this Qmitted suicide. He seemed to be that group. Are such people really open sophical insight, one later confirmed in the belief—so treasured by Jews over so many happy, was an altar “sinners” whose Christian burial would deepest logic of both Christianity and centuries and by Christians who hold to server, helped around give scandal? Islam as a well as of Judaism itself. the teachings of Christ—God is a person, church and had a good Particularly today, bishops and other Finally, for Jews a great marvel existed eternal and almighty, without physical job and a lady friend. pastors generally believe just the oppo- in the fact that humans could communicate form, but a person nonetheless. God is Needless to say, we site. The scandal would be if a Christian with God. one. God loves, because God is the source miss him dearly. I go burial were refused. They rightly act with With these fundamentals as the basis, of love itself. to Mass daily and great awareness of our limitations in this weekend’s reading comes into focus Love is more than a kind instinct. It is a offer my Communion knowing what really happened spiritually better. full and free gift of self. It is the greatest for him. and with particular care for those who are Most important are the last several statement of the diversity of creation and When he died, left behind. verses, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is God! of personal direction and sense of self. In many of our priests Surely taking one’s own life is a seri- The Lord is one! You shall love the Lord, the love of God are not only creation, but comforted us with the assurance that our ous matter. But how much was the indi- your God, with all your heart, and with all also order and peace in every sense of Lord would welcome Michael home. vidual capable of genuine reflection on your soul, and with all your strength.” existence. He must have been very troubled over what he or she was doing? How much These words form not only the Jewish Qualifying love, or negating love, upsets something, but some people say the sin of true consent of the will was there? suicide is never forgiven. That would be I have had the sad experience of deal- more than I could bear. ing with suicide many times in my 46 My Journey to God How is suicide treated in the Catholic years as a priest. Circumstances surround- faith? Is Catholic burial always permit- ing these deaths gave strong hints to ted? Will he be allowed to go home to our everyone who knew them that the Father? deceased were hampered mentally or I pray every day that he has found the emotionally, often to a highly serious The Choice peace he couldn’t find on this earth. degree, at the time of death. (Ohio) Sometimes those hints are evident, Would I …would you? … change places with obviously erratic behavior pointing with a soul First, I am pleased that you had to some crippling psychological dysfunc- Whose host seems fairer, brighter, with Apriests who supported you and your tion. more charm faith in such a good way. I hope you take Sometimes they are not apparent, when Than ever I could muster, speech more faith and confidence in what they told such a self-destructive action contradicts droll, you. our every experience with that person. A personality engaging, warm? The Catechism of the Catholic Church There is no evidence of any plans or reflects this same good theology when it reflection beforehand. To all appearances, To exchange one’s self means to says we each have responsibility for our something inside the person just relinquish lives, but we should not despair of the “cracked,” and we likely will never know All cherished memories, even sorrow salvation of persons who take their own what that might have been. And loved ones, steadfast, from whom lives. In offering Christian burial rites, we to borrow By ways known to him alone, God has make no judgment on the individual’s Strength to cope, and heartaches thus ways of providing for them spiritually, relationship with God. Again, as it does extinguish. and the Church always holds them (as it for all of us, the Church simply begs

CNS photo does all the departed) in its prayers God’s mercy for the deceased and for Could I, with such a choice, accept (# 2283). those who have been hurt by the death. unknown My nondescript, small self must be my Much of the Catholic Church’s beliefs As I said, it seems to me that the A stranger’s psyche, perhaps dark and choice. on the subject are reflected in its funeral encouragement that your priests gave you lone, God made me childlike; may I heed His policies. Canon law lists very briefly was based on solid Catholic belief about With grievous sins to live with or atone, voice. those who are to be deprived of Catholic God and on what we understand today Having long since done penance for my rites. Among these are “manifest sinners about such suicides as your son’s. own? By Anna-Margaret O’Sullivan for whom ecclesiastical funeral rites can- not be granted without public scandal” (Send questions for this column to Father (Anna-Margaret O’Sullivan is a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin.) (Canon 1184). John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651 Insofar as they are covered at all, peo- or by e-mail to [email protected].) † Page 22 The Criterion Friday, November 3, 2000

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The Criterion welcomes announcements of archdiocesan Passionist Mission, 7 p.m. adults $6, children 7-12 $3, Church and parish open-to-the-public activities for “The Information: 812-944-0417. children 3-6 $1.50. Infor- mation: 812-852-4394. Active List.” Please be brief—listing date, location, event, November 9 sponsor, cost and time. Include a phone number for verifi- St. Mark Church, 535 E. November 11-12 cation. No announcements will be taken by telephone. Edgewood Ave., Indianapolis. St. Bernadette Church, 4838 E. Notices must be in our office by 10 a.m. Monday the week Card party, noon. Information: Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis. of (Friday) publication: The Criterion; The Active List; 317-787-8246. Christmas boutique, holiday 1400 N. Meridian St. (hand deliver); P.O. Box 1717; crafts and bake sale. Infor- Indianapolis, IN 46206 (mail); 317-236-1593 (fax); November 10 mation: 317-356-5867. [email protected] (e-mail). Little Flower Ladies Club, 1401 N. Bosart Ave., November 11-15 November 4 November 4-5 Indianapolis. Card party and St. Lawrence Parish, 542 St. Christopher Church, 5301 St. John the Baptist Church, luncheon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $6. Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. W. 16th St., Indianapolis. St. 25743 State Road 1, Dover. Information: 317-357-3121 or Parish Mission, Father Jim Christopher Elizabeth Ministry, Craft show, Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 317-359-5717. Farrell, 7 p.m. service to reflect and pray “For Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Those Who Have Lost Information: 812-623-2899. November 10-11 November 12 Children,” 10 a.m. Information: St. Mark Parish, 535 E. Father Thomas Scecina 317-241-6314. November 5 Edgewood Ave., Indianapolis. Memorial High School Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory “The Spirituality of St. Paul,” Gymnasium, 5000 Nowland "You may continue to take everything with a grain of salt... St. Mark School, 535 E. School, 2801 West 86th St., Father John Buckle, Ave., Indianapolis. Eighth- “Exploring Our Faith” work- except food." Edgewood Ave., Indianapolis. Indianapolis. Mass, 11:30 grade open house, 4-7 p.m. shop, Fri. 7-9:30 p.m., Sat. School/parent/teacher group a.m., open house, 12:30-3 p.m. dinner served. Information: 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., $50, © 2000 CNS Graphics annual craft junction, 9 a.m.- Information: 317-876-4726. 317-356-6377, ext. 113. senior discount. Registration: 4 p.m., ladies club sponsored 317-955-6451. lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. St. Nicholas Hall, 6461 E. Monastery of Immaculate November 18 Weekly St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. Information: 317-882-2706. November 11 Conception Church, St. Malachy Parish, 326 N. Seventh and eighth grades Green St. (Highway 267), Sundays St. Rose Parish, U.S. Highway Ferdinand. Theresa Bauer, sponsoring whole hog sausage Brownsburg, Noll Hall, Holy Rosary Church, 520 St. Luke Church, 7575 Holiday 40 West, Knightstown. organ recital, 3 p.m. Free and pancake breakfast, 7:30 annual Christmas bazaar, Santa Stevens St., Indianapolis. Dr. East, Indianapolis. Natural Holiday craft bazaar and lun- admission. Information: 812- a.m.-noon. Free-will offering. arrives 1 p.m., free admission. Tridentine Mass, 10 a.m. Family Planning classes. cheon, baked goods, handmade 367-1411. Information: 317-852-7695. Information: 317-259-4373. Monte Cassino Hill Climb, items, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Infor- November 12-15 St. Rita Church, Indianapolis. St. Meinrad. 8K (5-mile) run mation: 765-345-5405 or 765- Recurring St. Martin of Tours Parish, 345-2617. Benedict Inn Retreat and Mass in Vietnamese, 2 p.m. or walk through hills. Registra- 1720 E. Harrison St., Martins- tion at 12:30 p.m. Race starts Conference Center, 1402 Daily St. Anthony of Padua Church, ville. Holiday bazaar, 9 a.m.- at 2 p.m. Information: 812- Hayden Museum and Hayden Southern Ave., Beech Grove. 3 p.m. Information: 317-831- 357-6501. Pavilion, U.S. 50 to County Retreat, “A Refreshing Our Lady of the Greenwood Clarksville. “Be Not Afraid” 7293. Road 675 West, Hayden, north Experience for Ministers and Parish, 335 S. Meridian St., holy hour, 6 p.m. Cardinal Ritter High School, ¼ mile to County Road 20 Those Who Care for Others.” Greenwood. Perpetual adora- St. John the Apostle Church, 3360 West 30th St., Indian- South. St. Joseph Parish Information: 317-788-7581. tion. Christ the King Church, 1827 4607 W. State Road 46, apolis. Open house, 11 a.m.- Rosary Society, 19th annual Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- Bloomington. Holiday craft 1 p.m. Information: 317-924- craft bazaar, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. November 17-18 Holy Rosary Church, 520 apolis. Exposition of the show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., lunch 4333. Information: 812-346-8685. Little Flower Church, 4720 E. Stevens St., Indianapolis. Blessed Sacrament, 7:30- served 11 a.m.-2 p.m., no 13th St., Indianapolis. “Glory Tridentine (Latin) Mass, Mon.- 9 p.m.; rosary for world peace, admission fee. Information: November 5-8 St. Maurice Church Hall, 8874 Day,” 8 p.m., free-will offering Fri., noon; Wed., Fri., 8 p.m. 812-876-1974 or 812-879- St. Mary Church, 415 E. Harrison St., Napoleon. Fall to benefit school restoration. 5:30 p.m. Information: 317- 5022. Eighth St., New Albany. smorgasbord, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Reservations: 317-357-8352. 636-4478. —See ACTIVE LIST, page 23

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Meridian St., Prospect St., Indianapolis. Christ the King Church, 1827 SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Andrew Church, 4052 E. Greenwood. Prayer group, Mass in English, 4 p.m. St. Mary Church, New Albany. Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- Indianapolis. Mass for Civitas 7:30 p.m. Eucharistic adoration and con- apolis. Exposition of the Dei, Catholic business group, 38th St., Indianapolis. Mass Monthly fessions after 9 p.m. Mass. Blessed Sacrament, 2 p.m.- 6:30 a.m.; Indianapolis Athletic for Life by archdiocesan Office Tuesdays 7 a.m. (Monday); rosary, Club, breakfast, talk, 7:15- of Pro-Life Activities, St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. First Sundays Second Mondays 8 p.m. Open until midnight. 8:30 a.m., $20. Information: 8:30 a.m.; walk to Clinic for Joe Rd. W., Sellersburg. St. Paul Church, Sellersburg. Church at Mount St. Francis. Women, 2951 E. 38th St., Third Mondays Shawn Conway, 317-264-9400, Shepherds of Christ rosary, Prayer group, 7-8:15 p.m. Holy hour for vocations to ext. 35; or David Gorsage, rosary; return to church for St. Matthew Parish, 4100 E. prayers after 7 p.m. Mass. Information: 812-246-4555. priesthood and religious life, 317-875-8281. Benediction. † 7 p.m. 56th St., Indianapolis. Young Holy Name Parish, 89 N. 17th Fatima K of C, 1040 N. Post Widowed Group (by archdioce- St., Beech Grove. Prayer Road, Indianapolis. Euchre, Second Tuesdays san Office for Youth and group, 2:30-3:30 p.m. 1 p.m. Information: 317-638- St. Pius X Parish, Indian- Family Ministries), 7:30 p.m. 8416. apolis. Separated and Divorced Child care available. St. Anne Parish, Hamburg. Catholics support group, 7- Information: 317-236-1586. “The Faith Explained,” by First Mondays 9 p.m. Information: 317-578- Father Greg Bramlage, 7- Archbishop O’Meara Catholic 8254. Third Wednesdays 8:30 p.m. Information: 812- Center, Indianapolis. Guardian St. Jude Church, 5353 934-5854. Angel Guild board meeting, Second Thursdays McFarland Rd., Indianapolis. 9:30 a.m. Focolare Movement, Komro Rosary, 6:15 p.m. Information: Wednesdays home, Indianapolis. 783-1445. Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. First Tuesdays Gathering, 7:30 p.m. 30th St. (behind St. Michael Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. Information: 317-257-1073. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Church), Indianapolis. Marian 30th St., Indianapolis. Confes- Center, Indianapolis. Catholic prayers for priests, 3-4 p.m. sion, 6:45 p.m.; Benediction of St. Luke Church, Indianapolis. Widowed Organization, Information: 317-271-8016. the Blessed Sacrament, Holy hour for priestly and reli- 7-9:30 p.m. Information: 317- 7:30 p.m. gious vocations, 7 p.m. 784-1102. Our Lady of the Greenwood CNS photo Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe Second Saturdays Holy Family Parish, Olden- Greenwood. Rosary and Rd. 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Indianapolis, Oct. 20. Wife of Husband of Lucille Seubert. Charles Mattingly. Mother of Father of Patricia Rothgeb, Providence Sister Eva Mary Dan and Steve Mattingly. Sister John and Joseph Seubert Jr. of Ruth Buennagel, Margaret Brother of Rita Back, Mary Lucey taught in Indianapolis Martin and John Laker. Ann Hofer, Elaine Walker and Rest in peace Providence Sister Eva schools staffed by the Sisters Grandmother of four. Margaret Wuestefeld. Mary Lucey died Oct. 26 at of Providence in Indiana, Please submit in writing to our Brother of Joan Lill. MENCHHOFER, John, 77, SHERER, Mildred Union Hospital in Terre Illinois, California and the St. Christopher, Indianapolis, (Gallagher), 93, St. Joan of Haute. She was 83. office by 10 a.m. Mon. the HENSLEY, Helen Elizabeth District of Columbia. Oct. 18. Father of Pam Cahen Arc, Indianapolis, Sept. 26. The funeral Mass was held week of publication; be sure to (Rogers), 83, Holy Name, In the archdiocese, she and Bill Menchhofer. Mother of Maureen Ratz and Oct. 31 in the Church of the state date of death. Obituaries Beech Grove, Oct. 12. Mother taught at St. Philip Neri School Thomas Sherer. Grandmother Immaculate Conception at of archdiocesan priests and of Sharon Boltz, Emid Green, MUCKERHEIDE, Linda in Indianapolis and the former of seven. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. St. Agnes Grade School and religious sisters serving our Stephanie Hufford, Janice Kay, 53, St. Maurice, Born in LaPorte, Sister St. Agnes Academy in archdiocese are listed elsewhere Oliver, Jean Strickler and John Napoleon, Oct. 22. Mother of SWIFT, Gertrude M. Eva, also known as Sister Indianapolis. in The Criterion. Order priests Hensley II. Sister of Margaret Angela Foster and Ryan (Alerding), 91, Holy Name, Mary Ignatia, entered the She also ministered to the and brothers are included here, Hancock, Rita Luellen, Eileen Muckerheide. Daughter of Beech Grove, Oct. 11. Mother Congregation of the Sisters of elderly in Illinois. unless they are natives of the Quinn, Patricia Williams, Rev. Harry Fry. Sister of Vickie of Walter “Bud” Swift. Sister of Providence in 1934, and pro- She is survived by three sis- archdiocese or have other James and Michael Rogers. Holmes and Jerry Fry. Margaret Winzenread. fessed first vows in 1937 and ters, Patricia and Theresa Lucey connections to it. Grandmother of 10. Great- Grandmother of one. Grandmother of seven. Great- grandmother of 30. Great-great- final vows in 1943. of LaGrange, Ill., and Sylvia BOEHMER, Paul R., 38, grandmother of 17. OSTERMEYER, Elmer H., grandmother of one. Sister Eva taught in Cheever of Gays Mills, Wis. † St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Oct. HULSMAN, Richard, 64, 78, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, 15. Son of Robert Boehmer. St. Martin of Tours, Siberia, Oct. 15. Husband of Joan VOLLET, Walter H., 60, St. Stepson of Bernadette Oct. 17. Husband of Martha Ostermeyer. 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Father of Carlyle Barnard, Kris- Father of Debra Cosat. Brother Chris Volz Jr. Grandmother of Great-grandmother of one. ten Nelson, Katherine Paulus, of June Jeffries, James and Roy 10. Great-grandmother of 21. DALTON, Raymond F., 91, Kyle, Patrick and Vincent Renner Jr. Grandfather of two. St. Roch, Indianapolis, Oct. 21. Kinkade. Brother of Beatrice WHITNEY, Catherine A. RHODES, Tellace Jerome, 92, (Christoff), 66, St. Malachy, Father of Sharon Taylor. Grand- Hughes, Zita Taylor, Eleanor St. John, Osgood, Oct. 17. Father Brownsburg, Oct. 20. Wife of father of two. Great-grandfather Wittekind, Bruce and Martin of Martha Walton and Marie Kenneth R. Whitney. Mother of of one. Kinkade. Grandfather of two. Rhodes. Grandfather of eight. Barbara Shaffer, Dolly, Paula DELLA-PENNA, Alfred, 90, KINSTLE, Virginia, 84, St. Great-grandfather of eight. and Kevin Whitney. Sister of Immaculate Heart of Mary, John the Evangelist, Enochs- RIEDMAN, Owen A., 78, St. Nicholas Christoff. 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destruction of property on both sides, he FREEDOM said. continued from page 1 In Nigeria, he noted, recent attempts by some northern states to implement Paul Marshall, senior fellow at the Shariah, or Islamic law, have triggered center and general editor of the study, conflicts. said countries were judged on some 80 “There is an increasing religious ele- criteria listed in the survey’s appendices. ment in many conflicts,” Marshall contin- Countries were judged on freedom of ued. conscience, worship, religious education Clashes in Israel, India’s Kashmir state and instruction, and clergy, as well as on and Indonesia, which used to be framed in rights to social participation, self-govern- terms of nationalist or immigration issues, ment for religious bodies and equal- are “increasingly self-described in reli- ity/nondiscrimination of individuals and gious terms,” he said. institutions. Despite overall deterioration, said More than 60 scholars gathered data Marshall, “there are countries which are over an 18-month period prior to Jan. 1, relatively religiously free in every part of said Marshall. Authors of country profiles the world.” were asked to consider significant changes Religious freedom is not necessarily a over 10 years, with special reference to Western predilection, as some have the last two years. assumed, he added, citing a number of Center director Nina Shea said her non-Western countries—Botswana, organization hopes to repeat the survey, Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Taiwan, with its distinctive ratings, biennially. The the Philippines, South Korea and Japan— initial volume, which contains essays by for getting higher scores than many Shea, Marshall and others, was published European nations, including France, by Broadman & Holman of Nashville, Germany and Belgium. CNS photo from Reuters Tenn. According to Marshall, wealth does not Catholic nuns demonstrate in Calcutta May 18 following recent attacks on Christians in India. Indian In summarizing the main findings, necessarily lead to religious freedom. Christians, who make up a little over 2 percent of the population, have been the targets of discrimina- Marshall said the major exception to the Saudi Arabia—“per capita, one of the tion and violence by hard-line Hindu groups. worldwide trend of deteriorating religious wealthiest countries in the world”—scored freedom “is Latin America, which has worst, and Singapore, another wealthy However, the same day the survey dom with Russian President Vladimir consistently improved over the last 10 country, scored 4, or “partly free.” was released, religious freedom in Putin at a planned meeting in mid- years.” The survey also ranked countries in Russia—which got a 4 for partly free— November. The situation is especially bad in coun- terms of religious background, that is, was the subject of a letter to President According to a statement, “the com- tries with large populations, he said, such what religious forces most tended to shape Clinton. mission is concerned about a Dec. 31, as China, rated 6, and India, Indonesia a country. The independent U.S. Commission 2000, deadline by which religious and Nigeria, all rated 5. Marshall noted that some countries had on International Religious Freedom groups in Russia must register or be “China has always been repressive of several or changing influences, while oth- urged Clinton to discuss religious free- ‘liquidated.’ ” † religion in the last 50 years,” he said, but ers have “a present regime that seems to “in the last year and a half the Chinese have little to do with the religious back- crackdown on religion has intensified.” ground.” Falun Gong has been a continuing For example, Cuba scored a 6 despite focus of persecution, along with unregis- its Christian background and Turkey tered Catholic and Protestant groups, scored a 5 despite its Islamic background. Muslims and other Buddhists, he said. China and Vietnam also scored a 6, he India may represent “the most marked said, and both have “rulers that are self- situation” because traditionally it was professed atheists.” “relatively religiously tolerant,” said He said several general patterns Marshall. emerged: countries with a Christian “In the last two to three years, under background, except Cuba, scored well; the influence of a radical Hindu ideol- countries with a Buddhist background, ogy ... attacks on religious minorities except those still under communist rule, have intensified,” he said, with scored fairly well; traditionally Hindu Christians becoming a particular target. countries deteriorated in recent years; Though Indonesia has undergone some and traditionally Islamic countries scored democratization recently, he said, “reli- poorly. gious conflict, particularly in the eastern Marshall said countries from the former areas, has erupted.” Communal strife Soviet Union scored across the board, between Muslims and Christians has from best for Estonia to worst for resulted in thousands of deaths and Turkmenistan.

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Rychlak Rolf Hochhuth in 1963 began an assault on his reputation ing executions in gas chambers.” Publishers: Genesis (hardcover), Our Sunday Visitor (paperback) with his play The Deputy that history began to be rewritten. Phayer’s book tells much more about what other Catholics, Price: $26.95 hardcover, $19.95 paperback The fact is, as it is clearly brought out in Rychlak’s book, besides the pope, did to save Jews. He notes that the Germans Pope Pius XII saved the lives of more Jewish and non-Jewish executed 231 priests in France, 170 priests in northern Italy The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, victims of Hitler’s madness than any other human being. and thousands in Poland for running rescue operations. Only 1930-1965 Pinchas Lapide, Israeli consul to Italy, wrote, “The Catholic one member of the hierarchy, Poland’s Archbishop Church saved more Jewish lives during the war than all other Twardowski, was executed for hiding Jews. Phayer maintains Author: Michael Phayer churches, religious institutions and rescue organizations put that “individuals saved Jews, but governments and churches Publisher: Indiana University Press together. … The , the nuncios, and the entire Catho- did not” and that “only in Italy did bishops work energetically Price: $29.95 lic Church saved some 400,000 Jews from certain death.” to save Jews.” Reviewed by John F. Fink In 1955, thousands of Jews made a pilgrimage to the Rychlak, though, disputes that. He quotes sources that Vatican to thank the pope. The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra called the relief effort ordered by the pope “probably the Yes, two more books about the role of the Catholic gave a special performance of Beethoven’s ninth symphony in greatest Christian program in the history of Catholicism.” He Church, and especially Pope Pius XII, during the Holocaust. the Papal Consistory Hall as an expression of gratitude. says, “Pius sent a letter by hand to the bishops instructing Thankfully, both are better than Hitler’s Pope by John Phayer is not as effusive about Pius XII as Rychlak is. He them to open all convents and monasteries throughout Italy so Cornwell, the anti-papacy book that received so much pub- dismisses Cornwell’s assertion that the pope was anti-Semitic, that they could become safe refuges for Jewish people.” licity (including “60 Minutes”) last year. Both authors refute but he does fault him for his silence during the Holocaust. He One hundred fifty such sanctuaries were opened in Rome much of what Cornwell wrote. presents a number of reasons the pope remained silent and alone, he says, including St. Peter’s Basilica. Both books have connections with the Archdiocese of some of them are elaborated on in Rychlak’s book: In the last chapter of his book, Rychlak answers 10 ques- Indianapolis. Rychlak, author of Hitler, the War, and the • Fear of communism was a thread that ran through Pius tions about Pope Pius XII’s leadership of the Church during Pope, is a graduate of Wabash College and he has a sister XII’s papacy, and he wanted to see Germany defeat Russia. World War II. This is followed by an epilogue in which he living in Indianapolis. He is now associate dean for acade- Rychlak, however, quotes numerous sources that show that meticulously, thoroughly and convincingly refutes the charges mic affairs and professor of law at the University of the pope thought that both communism and Nazism were evil against Pius made by Cornwell in the book Hitler’s Pope. “60 Mississippi School of Law. Indiana University Press in but that Nazism was the greater evil. Minutes” should take note. † Bloomington published the other book. Its author, Phayer, is • As a former Vatican nuncio to Germany, he had a soft professor of history at Marquette University. spot for the German people. He did indeed, but not for the Both books are scholarly written, with sources for state- Nazi government. ments and opinions carefully given, reflecting meticulous • When a few bishops spoke out, the Nazis’ reaction was to A powerful research. Notes and references take up 66 of the 300 pages arrest and kill more Jews, especially those who had converted in Phayer’s book and an amazing 144 of the 468 pages in to Catholicism, such as Edith Stein, her sister and hundreds of Rychlak’s book. others in the Netherlands. The pope was warned that that The Catholic League has called Rychlak’s book “the would be the result if he spoke out. vision of definitive popular history of the papacy of Pope Pius XII in • He was basically a diplomat who thought he could the shadow of Nazism.” This reviewer would not disagree accomplish more through diplomatic channels than by speak- with that assessment. The book includes a foreword by the ing out. • His top objective during the war was to keep Rome from salvation late Cardinal John O’Connor. The two books don’t have the same viewpoint or thesis. being bombed. He appealed to President Roosevelt to spare The Christ of Velázquez: a Poem The dates in the title The Catholic Church and the Rome, but the city (and the Vatican) were bombed several Holocaust, 1930-1965 are significant because, although the times. Author: Miguel de Unamuno Holocaust really stopped with the end of World War II in • Hitler threatened to take over the Vatican and take the Translation: Jaime R. Vidal 1945, Phayer takes us up to 1965. That’s when the Second pope prisoner if he spoke out. At the time, German troops had Publisher: Franciscan Press, Quincy University Vatican Council published Nostra Aetate, the Declaration of the Vatican surrounded and thousands of Jews were being Price: $19.95 hardcover the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, sheltered there. with emphasis on the Jews. Pius XII was not completely silent about the Holocaust Reviewed by Ricardo Parra Phayer’s purpose is to demonstrate how the Catholic though. According to Rychlak, between 1941 and 1944 the Church’s teachings about the Jews changed after World War Vatican sent four official letters of protest. Twice The New A new book blends biblical scripture, poetic imagery and II, culminating in Nostra Aetate. That document said that the York Times praised the pope editorially as “a lonely voice in spirituality to create a powerful vision of Christ overcoming crucifixion of Jesus “cannot be blamed upon all Jews then the silence and darkness enveloping Europe. ... He is about death by undergoing it. For the author, it is a victory in the living, without distinction, nor upon the Jews of today” and the only ruler left on the Continent of Europe who dares to existential struggle against meaninglessness. that the Jews are not “repudiated or cursed by God,” two raise his voice at all.” The work is a new translation of a book, The Christ of beliefs that had been taught by some Doctors of the Church. 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