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Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com July 3, 2015 Vol. LV, No. 38 75¢ Health care Making a world of difference subsidy ruling hailed by many, but criticism continues WASHINGTON (CNS)—The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that upheld federal subsidies to keep health insurance premiums affordable regardless of whether the state or federal government runs the exchange system was welcomed by the president, as well as by several religious organizations and stockholders in Sr. Carol Keehan, D.C. health care systems. The June 25 decision in King v. Burwell said that “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act [ACA] to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them,” and upheld the federal tax breaks that have made it possible for A sea of smiling children and youths at Camp Rancho Framasa in Brown County on June 17 give their thumbs-up signs of appreciation to Pat Cronin, an estimated 6.4 million people in the the first counselor at the archdiocese’s Catholic Youth Organization summer camp when it opened in 1946. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) 34 affected states to be able to afford health insurance because of subsidies averaging $272 a month. CYO honors camp’s first counselor for helping Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, said in a statement that the court “has granted a to create legacy of fun, friendship and faith victory for the Affordable Care Act and the By John Shaughnessy happened—and the story of that surprise inside playing. I loved the outdoors.” health of our nation.” will be shared shortly—the trip back in She also recalled herself at 20, when Challenges to the ACA have ranged from BROWN COUNTY—The magic of time to the camp would have been worth she became the first counselor ever at “false rumors to judicial disputes,” the feeling young again can come in different it on so many levels for Cronin, who will the CYO camp—during its first sessions Daughter of Charity noted, adding that “it ways during the summer. turn 90 in January. in 1946. That was the year when a is time to move on. Our collective time and Sometimes, it returns when an adult As she received a tour of the camp Catholic couple donated 280 acres of energy should now be spent building on the reaches for a lightning bug flickering in during a ride with the CYO’s executive land in Brown County to the CYO, progress we have already made.” the backyard. director Ed Tinder, the memories of and then-CYO-director Msgr. Richard Some of the judicial disputes involving Other times, the magical connection of her childhood, her youth and her young Kavanagh hired Cronin and Rita Scheller the ACA continue to work through the summer and youth reappears with the lick adulthood rushed back to her. to lead a two-week camp session for courts, however. of an ice cream cone or a dash through Once again, she remembered the struggle 18 girls. Just a few days before the King v. Burwell a sprinkler. she faced at age 10 and the impact it had on “We were both outdoor people, and ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of For Pat Cronin, the years seemed her life. he knew us,” Cronin said, noting that Appeals decided against several faith-based to disappear when she returned to “I was real sick when I was 10,” recalled Scheller died recently. “It was just the institutions—including Catholic, Baptist Camp Rancho Framasa in Brown County Cronin, a member of Christ the King Parish two of us. We didn’t have a lot when and Presbyterian colleges and the Catholic on June 17—and that was even before in Indianapolis. “I had double pneumonia. the camp started. We didn’t have indoor dioceses of Fort Worth and Beaumont, the surprise that awaited her on that The doctor told my parents that I needed a plumbing. We were outside as much as Texas—that sought injunctions blocking part day at the archdiocesan Catholic Youth lot of fresh air. My parents bought a place we could be, and we had a big campfire. I of the law from applying to them. They argue Organization’s (CYO) summer camp. on a creek in southern Indiana. We stayed just think of the happiness of the children that their religious rights are infringed upon Even if the surprise had never down there in the summer time. I was never See CYO, page 2 by the process the government established See RULING, page 2 Despite ruling, Church’s marriage teaching unchanged

By Sean Gallagher Statement from children are born and nurtured. In a landmark ruling issued on June 26, The ruling is not surprising in the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the civil Archbishop Tobin light of the definition of marriage to include couples of on Supreme Court number of the same sex. states in which In the wake of the Obergefell v. Hodges marriage ruling courts have ruling, however, Catholic bishops across The Supreme Court of the recognized the country, including Archbishop Joseph United States of America published same-sex W. Tobin, said a decision on June 26, 2015, to marriage, as See related editorial, that the Church’s redefine marriage in a fundamental well as rapidly page 4, related story, understanding way. This decision does not change changing page 7. of marriage as the truth that is older than states attitudes in exclusively between and courts. The Catholic Church, American one man and one woman would remain along with other faith traditions, popular culture the same. teaches that marriage is a natural Archbishop regarding Joseph W. Tobin “This decision does not change the truth institution established by God to be the nature of that is older than states and courts,” said a permanent union between one man marriage. The Catholic community Archbishop Tobin in a statement issued on and one woman, intended toward has long recognized values that June 27 about the court’s marriage ruling. the formation of a family in which See TOBIN, page 8 See MARRIAGE, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015

“And they have a lot of fun when they’re here, too. This CYO place is one of the greatest assets the archdiocese has.” continued from page 1 As Tinder’s tour reached the dining hall that has a large crucifix on its most prominent interior wall, Cronin said, “I who came. They came in meek, and all of a sudden they wonder if Monsignor Kavanagh and Rita are looking down blossomed out. I enjoyed seeing the friendships they made.” on us. I just wish they were here with me. I’m just in awe of She also remembered the unexpected visitor that tested all of this.” her as a counselor. That feeling would reach an even higher level for Cronin “One time, there was a snake in the bunkhouse, and all when, just before lunch that day, Tinder gathered together the girls were crying and screaming,” she recalled with a the 236 week-long campers and 70 counselors. smile. “I got a stick, put it under the snake, wrapped the Standing on a picnic table outside the dining hall, Tinder snake around the stick, and threw the snake in the woods. told the youthful crowd that he wanted to introduce them The snake never knew what hit it.” to a special guest—the first counselor who served at the Cronin had her own sensation of being overwhelmed camp when it opened nearly 70 years ago. The introduction as Tinder gave her a tour through the camp that strives to surprised Cronin, yet not as much as the presentation that be a place of fun, friendship and faith to the 1,900 young Tinder next made to her. campers who will spend time there this summer. “We are so grateful to people like Pat Cronin,” Tinder Pat Cronin—front row, far right—smiles during a group photo at The tour led past the pool, the chapel, the challenge told the campers and the counselors. “She and a few others Camp Rancho Framasa in Brown County in 1946, the year when course, the stations of the cross, the cabins that are each created something that all of us benefit from today. In our she was the first counselor at the archdiocese’s Catholic Youth named for a saint, the lake where campers paddled in lives—myself and all of you—we have a responsibility to Organization camp. (Submitted photo) canoes, and the outdoor amphitheater that serves as a do something that benefits the generations beyond us.” setting for drama classes on most days and Mass for the Tinder then showed the plaque that was specially made God bless you, Counselor Pat Cronin.” campers on Fridays. for Cronin, reading its inscription to the group: “Your Within seconds, the campers and counselors surrounded “One of the things that we teach the kids is that this is support and love for Camp Rancho Framasa has made a Cronin, cheering for her as they created a sea of thumbs-up all given to us by God,” Tinder told Cronin during the tour. world of difference in thousands of young campers’ lives. signs around her. The scene touched Cronin, who has been a faithful supporter of CYO since she served as a counselor at the summer camp for two weeks for about 10 years. ‘We are so grateful to people like Pat Cronin. She and a few others “I’m overwhelmed,” she said as she held the plaque. “I’m so proud of it. I didn’t dream this would ever happen. created something that all of us benefit from today. In our lives— My heart was beating extra.” myself and all of you—we have a responsibility to do something that The magical connection of summer and youth were hers benefits the generations beyond us.’ again in that moment. She smiled and said, “To know all these children are here and benefitting from this, I hope CYO camp can go on forever.” —Ed Tinder, CYO executive director (For more information about Camp Rancho Framasa, visit the website www.cyoarchindy.org, and click on the heading “CYO Camp Rancho Framasa” at the top of the screen.) †

continue to become more secure in a ruling “will save millions of lives,” but that Obama administration took to delay the RULING changing economy because of this law.” elected officials must work toward making cancellation of existing insurance plans continued from page 1 He noted that since the bill passed the law better to save millions more. that didn’t meet the ACA’s standards. in 2010, Congress has taken more than “It is time now for our health systems, From the crowd gathered outside for nonprofit religious employers to 50 votes to repeal or weaken the law, our corporations, and our elected officials the court came chants of “ACA! USA!” decline to participate in providing even after a presidential election [2012] to stop opposing progress and begin and “Ho ho! Hey hey! The ACA is here coverage of contraceptives, sterilization “based in part on preserving or repealing” accepting the health reform that our nation to stay!” and abortifacients, a requirement of the it and after multiple legal challenges. “The desperately needs,” Sister Simone said. Shiveta Vaed, who is from St. Louis ACA for most employers. Affordable Care Act is here to stay.” Several Georgetown University law but currently enrolled in law school at the The National Right to Life As he has numerous times as the law professors provided comments describing University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Committee was among critics, saying the passed its fifth anniversary earlier this the underlying issues of opposition to the said she had come to the court with an ACA subsidies “are helping pay for over year, he shared lists of who has benefited ACA as a part of political battles. organization that supported the ACA tax 1,000 health plans that cover abortion on from the ACA: 16 million who previously “The court appears to be signaling subsidies, and she added health care is her demand.” A statement from Right to Life had no insurance; millions of young that the future of health care reform must primary interest as a law student. president Carol Tobias said “only Congress adults who have been able to stay on be fought out exclusively in the political “This is just such a great decision for can put a stop to that.” their parents’ policies; 9 million seniors arena,” said professor David Super. The us. For families. For women. For babies,” Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago or people with disabilities who now have ruling breaks little new ground, “rejecting she told Catholic News Service. She also said the Supreme Court “preserved discounts on prescription drugs; and the implausible reading plaintiffs tried to praised the court for its 2012 decision subsidies for the 6.4 million low-income previously insured people whose health give the act.” upholding ACA itself. Americans who depend on them to care costs have risen at the slowest rate in He said it is inevitable that there will “Health care is something that purchase health insurance under the 50 years. be additional legal challenges to health everybody should have,” she said, and Affordable Care Act,” but added, “we have The Associated Press reported that care reform, but that “the court is sending people who comply with the law should issues with provisions of that legislation shares of hospital stocks jumped as news a strong signal that it will not reach for be able to get financial help if they need it. and will continue to advocate to preserve of the court’s action spread. It noted that opportunities to interfere with the act’s ACA is “such a huge change. It is such a our religious freedom. investors had worried that if subsidies central features. This decision sends the culture shift for us,” Vaed said. “However, we understand that for disappeared in those 34 states, many same message that the Supreme Court Also in the crowd was ACA opponent millions of individuals and families, people could no longer afford coverage sent the nation in the late 1930s, when it Twila Brase, the president and co-founder most of them the working poor, this and would drop their insurance. Since decisively rejected any further challenges of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom. decision preserves access to health care the ACA took effect, the costs to health to the core of the New Deal.” The organization was started 21 years ago and the promise it offers of a healthier, care providers of covering expenses from Other pending legal challenges to fight what she called “Hillarycare,” longer life.” treating uninsured patients have decreased. include a lawsuit by Republicans in referring to the failed effort on health care Several Republican members of Network, a Catholic social justice the House of Representatives who say reform led by Hillary Clinton when her Congress and Republican candidates for lobby, issued a statement from executive Congress never appropriated funds the husband, Bill, was president and she was president vowed to continue to try to director Sister Simone Campbell calling administration is using to reimburse first lady. overturn the law. the ruling a “pro-life decision” that is “an health insurance companies for lowering Brase told CNS that ACA “violates rule President Barack Obama, in a statement important response to what Pope Francis insurance premiums for poor people. The of law,” and the Supreme Court with its from the White House shortly after states in his new encyclical—that we must administration counters that it is properly ruling shot down the ability of people in the ruling was issued, called the ruling care for all of God’s children, not exploit spending already-appropriated funds. the affected states to “have their freedom “a victory for hardworking Americans those with less power and money.” Other cases challenge the ACA as restored.” She said she would continue to all across the country whose lives will The Sister of Social Service said the an unconstitutional tax and action the “push for repeal.” †

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The to the special status of Palestine as the Holy See and Palestine have signed birthplace of Christianity” and cradle of a historic agreement that supports monotheistic religions. a two-state solution to the ongoing The agreement comes at a time of conflict in the Holy Land, based on the “extremism, barbaric violence and 1967 borders between Israel and Palestine. ignorance” in the Middle East, noted The two parties signed the al-Malki, adding that Palestine was “Comprehensive Agreement between committed to combat extremism and to the Holy See and the State of Palestine” promote tolerance, human rights and at the Vatican on June 26. The accord, religious freedom. The latter are values which includes a preamble and 32 articles, that “reflect the beliefs and aspirations of focuses mostly on the status and activity the Palestinian people,” he said. of the Catholic Church in Palestine. It Archbishop Gallagher said the assures the Church “juridical recognition,” agreement was a “good example of and “guarantees” for its work and dialogue and cooperation,” which he said institutions in Palestine. he hopes can “serve as a model for other The second chapter of the agreement Arab and Muslim-majority countries.” focuses entirely on freedom of religion The “Comprehensive Agreement” and conscience, and includes the right to follows up on the “Basic Agreement,” worship and practice one’s faith, as well as signed in 2000, between the Holy See and the rights of Christian parents to give their the Palestinian Liberation Organization children religious education, of Christians and was the result of years-long bilateral to take holy days off work, and of military negotiations. personnel to have access to pastoral care. “For the first time, the agreement The preamble recognizes the right includes an official recognition by the to self-determination of the Palestinian Holy See of Palestine as a state,” noted people, the importance of Jerusalem and al-Malki in his speech. its sacred character for Jews, Christians Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini, a Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, right, secretary for relations with states within the Holy and Muslims, and the objective of a Vatican spokesman, told Catholic News See’s Secretariat of State, and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki, shake hands during a two-state solution. Service the agreement is not the first time meeting at the Vatican on June 26. The Vatican signed its first treaty with the “State of Palestine”, At the signing ceremony, Archbishop the Vatican recognized Palestine as a state. calling for “courageous decisions” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a two-state solution. Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary Without fanfare, the Vatican has been (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters) for relations with states, said he hoped the referring to the “State of Palestine” agreement would provide a “stimulus” at least since January 2013. The with Israel.” B’nai B’rith International, a Jewish for a “definitive end to the long-standing “Annuario Pontificio,” the Vatican’s The ministry also expressed regret organization that seeks to serve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” official yearbook, lists a diplomatic for the “one-sided texts in the agreement Jewish community and defend against “I also hope the much desired two-state relationship with the “State of Palestine.” which ignore the historic rights of the anti-Semitism. solution may become a reality as soon as Furthermore, the Vatican had praised the Jewish people in the Land of Israel and to During their meeting at the Vatican, the possible,” the archbishop said. He said the United Nations’ recognition of Palestinian the places holy to Judaism in Jerusalem.” pope expressed gratitude for the “great peace process could only move forward if sovereignty in 2012. “Israel cannot accept the unilateral progress” made between the Catholic it were “negotiated between the parties,” Israel issued sharp disapproval of the determinations in the agreement which Church and the Jewish community since along with the support of the international new agreement. do not take into account Israel’s essential the Second Vatican Council. community. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs interests and the special historic status He said Jews and Christians were In his address, Palestine Foreign issued a statement on June 26, saying it of the Jewish people in Jerusalem,” the “called to pray and work together for Minister Riad al-Malki, underlined that regretted the Holy See’s recognition of statement said. The ministry said it would peace” and “for the good of the peoples.” the agreement supports the two-state Palestine as a state, calling it a “hasty study the agreement, and “its implications “Respect for life and creation, human solution based on Israel and Palestine’s step” that “damages the prospects for for future cooperation between Israel and dignity, justice and solidarity unite us 1967 borders. advancing a peace agreement, and harms the Vatican.” for the development of society and He said the agreement includes “new the international effort to convince” The day before the signing, for securing a future rich in hope for and unprecedented provisions related Palestine “to return to direct negotiations Pope Francis met with a delegation of generations to come.” † Pope to archbishops: Be brave, convincing witnesses for Church VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Church wants pastors had been part of the Mass for the past 32 years, by no well as within, but they themselves are destroyed and the who are unafraid of persecution, are angels of hope and longer conferring the pallium on new archbishops during Church remains alive and fruitful,” the pope said. charity, and are convincing witnesses with a life rooted in the liturgy. “Only God remains,” while everything else—like, prayer and the Gospel, Pope Francis told new archbishops. The archbishops were to be present for the pope’s empires, cultures, ideologies and nations—passes. “It’s quite simple, because the most effective and blessing of the palliums in order to underline their bond of “The Church does not belong to popes, bishops, priests authentic witness is one that does unity and communion with him. But the actual imposition or the lay faithful; the Church in every moment belongs not contradict, by behavior and of the woolen band was to take place in the archbishop’s solely to Christ,” he said, and this is how, despite the many lifestyle,” what one preaches and archdiocese in the presence of his faithful and bishops from “storms” in time and sins of its members, the Church is teaches, he said during a Mass neighboring dioceses. able to remain “ever faithful to the deposit of faith shown celebrating the feasts of Sts. Peter The change was meant to better “highlight the in service.” and Paul on June 29. relationship of the metropolitan archbishops with their It is by acting only in the name of Christ, not on one’s Forty-six archbishops local churches, giving more faithful the possibility of being own behalf, that Christians have shown that no power can representing 34 countries, who present for this significant rite,” Msgr. Guido Marini, papal defeat those who have the power of faith, he said. were named over the course of the master of liturgical ceremonies, said in January. “Only the one who lives in Christ promotes and defends last year, were invited to come to During his blessing of the palliums, Pope Francis said the Church by holiness in life, after the example of Peter Rome to concelebrate the feast day the woolen bands that will be worn over their shoulders and Paul,” he said. Mass with Pope Francis. symbolize the “yoke” of the Gospel, as well as their call to In fact, the call to be firm witnesses is key, the pope Pope Francis Among those invited be shepherds dedicated to the pastoral care of their people. said, because without witness, the Church and its members to concelebrate were During his homily, the pope said the first reading from are sterile and dead—“like a dried up tree that produces no Archbishops John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M.; the Acts of the Apostles recalled the harsh persecution fruit, an empty well that offers no water.” Blase J. Cupich of Chicago; Denis Grondin of faced by the early Christians. Evil is overcome by “the courageous, concrete and Rimouski, Quebec; Anthony Fisher of Sydney; “However, I do not wish to dwell on these atrocious, humble witness,” he said. Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland; and inhuman and incomprehensible persecutions, sadly still Pope Francis then told the archbishops that he hoped the Kieran O’Reilly of Cashel and Emly, Ireland. present in many parts of the world today,” often happening pallium, which is meant to symbolize both their unity with This year, however, the pope set aside an element that right in front of everyone’s eyes and meeting with the pope and their authority and responsibility to care for complete silence, he said. the flock entrusted to them, would also remind them of this Instead, the pope said he wanted to “pay homage to” call to prayer, faith and witness. these courageous Christians who evangelized fearlessly in “The Church wants you to be men of prayer,” faith a pagan culture. They are, he said, models for Christians and witness, who can show people that “liberation from today, and a “powerful call to prayer, to faith and all forms of imprisonment is uniquely God’s work and to witness.” the fruit of prayer,” as well as teach people “to not be A Church rooted in prayer is strong, solid and moves frightened of the many Herods” who persecute them. forward, while Christians who pray are protected and never “For those most in need, may you also be angels and alone, he said. messengers of charity,” the pope told the new archbishops. It is through prayer that believers express their faith The pope asked that they be courageous, “convinced and trust in God, and directly experience his closeness, and convincing” witnesses, whose lifestyles matched the especially when he sends angels of hope, the pope said. Gospel message and their preaching, and who “are not “How many angels he places on our path” to offer ashamed of the name of Christ and of his cross, not before comfort, aid and enlightenment, he said. Yet fear, the roaring lions, or before the powers of this world.” skepticism and distractions, or “euphoria” keep people As is customary, an Orthodox delegation from the Archbishops Anthony Fisher of Sydney and Blase J. Cupich of from recognizing them or letting them into their life. Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople attended the Chicago leave after attending Pope Francis’ celebration of Mass The early Christians call people today to be people of Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the patrons of the marking the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at faith, who understand that God does not remove people Vatican and the city of Rome. the Vatican on June 29. In a departure from a 32-year tradition, from the world or evil, “but he does grant them the strength After the liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis the pope did not confer palliums to the 46 new archbishops in to prevail.” walked side-by-side with Metropolitan John of Pergamon, attendance. The actual imposition of the pallium will take place in “How many forces in the course of history have tried, head of the delegation, down the stairs under the main altar the archbishop’s archdiocese. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) and they still do, to destroy the Church, from without as to pray together over St. Peter’s tomb. † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015

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Be Our Guest/Jack Hill Church can do many things to respond to pope’s encyclical on environment Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 “Laudato Si” (“Praised Be”), with the calling for a reworking of priorities “so Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor subtitle “Sulla cura della casa comune” it’s clear that we take him [Pope Francis] Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus (“On the care of the common home”), has seriously, and we’re accepting his pastoral been released. So many of us who have guidance.” anticipated this On March 28 at Marian University in must now rush to Indianapolis, Archbishop Tobin reflected Editorial study what Pope that “a great tragedy of our time is that Francis is telling us. practically nothing can be discussed We Catholics are without it being filtered through the lens of Court decision must lead called to carefully politics that quickly reduces to us-versus- consider this them sound bites.” He went on to say that to respectful dialogue, encyclical. While “stewardship of creation is a response. many—Catholics or It is a way of being and understanding others—attempted our place in the world. Stewardship of especially about families to tell us what creation is integral to what we are all It’s unlikely that many people they thought called to do as Catholics: to respond in were shocked by the June 26 it would cover, and often brought love to God who loved us first.” U.S. Supreme Court decision to redefine personal prejudices both pro and He added: “Stewardship of creation is marriage in a fundamental way. con to their messages, we can’t afford to also a call for justice, and this call should As Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin do that. demonstrate a preference for the poor and observed in his statement about the Regardless of what we bring to the the most vulnerable, who are affected the decision, “The ruling is not surprising reading, we must, for a while, talk less most by this crisis even though they did in light of the number of states in and listen more. Like all encyclicals, the least to create the problem and have which courts have recognized same-sex “Praised Be” is designed to inform our the fewest resources to adapt.” marriage, as well as rapidly changing bishops and the faithful and lead them to What might our Church do in response attitudes in American popular culture prudent action. to the release of “Praised Be”? This is regarding the nature of marriage. Pope Francis has used a fascinating what I pray will happen: The Catholic community has long and unique style of communication • Pope Francis will continue to teach, recognized values that distinguish its since he was elected. But he builds on much as he has since becoming pope. understanding of marriage from the An advocate of traditional marriage long-standing Catholic teaching. • Our conferences of bishops will make legal definition. Those differences have protests outside the U.S. Supreme Court As St. Pope John Paul II once said, their own statements and take their own become more acute.” in Washington on June 18. The court’s “The most profound and serious indication actions. What is the difference between our opinion on marriage was issued on June. 26 of the moral implications underlying • The Archdiocese of Indianapolis will understanding of marriage and the (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters) the ecological problem is the lack of renew study and action about “what we rapidly evolving attitudes in our popular respect for life evident in the many patterns are doing, and what we have failed to do” culture? Three fundamental things come that two people of the same sex can of environmental pollution.” to care for our common home. This ought to mind. constitute a marriage.” And Pope Benedict once said, “How to draw from our talented and gracious First, as Archbishop Tobin noted, As Archbishop Tobin has said, “The can we separate, or even set at odds, the archdiocesan clergy and staff, Care for Catholic Christians understand marriage Catholic Church will continue to teach protection of the environment and the Creation leaders in parishes, and the as “a natural institution established by and preach the truth that marriage is a protection of human life, including the life wider community. This will impact the God as a permanent union between union of one man and one woman, and of the unborn? It is in man’s respect for Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic one man and one woman” that can be encourage all people of good will to himself that his responsibility for creation Center in Indianapolis and, ultimately, understood and affirmed through reason embrace the fullness of that truth. We is shown.” our Church at the neighborhood level. apart from faith. will work to promote and strengthen As a member of the Secular Franciscan One useful step would be to pull out the From the perspective of faith, marriage and families. We will strive Order, I found great joy that our current 2009 Archdiocesan Stewardship Report Catholics also embrace marriage as to uphold the dignity of every human pope took the name “Francis,” which in order to update and expand it. a sacrament instituted by Christ that person, including persons who experience recognizes the impact of St. Francis of • Our parish priests will prepare homilies he blesses and sustains and which the same-sex attraction, welcoming them as Assisi in his life. This was his explanation: which draw from the encyclical from Church nurtures and defends. our brothers and sisters.” “That is how the name came into my heart: time to time. Second, Catholic teaching on human Our Church is not against women’s Francis of Assisi. For me, he is the man of • Parish councils will help pastors consider sexuality affirms the inseparable rights when we oppose abortion. We are poverty, the man of peace, the man who what “Praised Be” means for the “home” connection between the love and for all human life, especially the most loves and protects creation; we do not have church. commitment of a man and woman in vulnerable. We are not judging people a very good relationship with creation, • Parish buildings and grounds committees marriage and the generation of new life. with same-sex attractions when we do we? He is the man who gives us this will explore, especially as they plan for We believe that marriage is ordered insist on seeing marriage as the union of spirit of peace, the poor man … how I the future, ways to care for creation. to procreation, even in cases when one man and one woman in a lifelong would like a Church which is poor and for • Parish social justice groups will consider individual couples are unable to commitment of love that is oriented the poor!” care for creation as part of their mission, conceive children. Marriage and the toward new life. We are for the timeless This joy I speak of is multiplied when or will create a Care for Creation natural family are bound together in a truth that authentic marriage, the union of this encyclical itself is named after several committee to help them with this. way that disqualifies same-sex unions one man and one woman in love, is the phrases found in St. Francis’ prayer • Finally, individual Catholics, besides from consideration as true marriages, bedrock of all human society. “Canticle of the Creatures.” taking the time to read the entire even when they are loving, committed The Catholic Church strongly supports But we Catholics can’t keep these gifts encyclical and not a filtered version, and lifelong relationships. the human rights and dignity of all of man and message to ourselves. How will follow this with a look at the Third, Catholic Christians and many persons regardless of whether or not we often have we heard from our friends of broad-based Catholic Climate Covenant others who share our fundamental values agree with them—or they with us—on other faith traditions how much they love (www.catholicclimatecovenant.org) regard the institutions of marriage and matters of fundamental importance such our pope, the messages he shares, and how programs, and consider taking the family as the first and most fundamental as these. We ask that we be allowed to he interacts with all of us? I expect that St. Francis Pledge. units of human society. This means that live according to our religious beliefs and we will be hearing from energized leaders marriage and the family come before values without retaliation by individuals and adherents of many faith traditions who (Jack Hill, OFS, is Minister of the People all other institutions in society. It is not or groups and without the interference of share our values and intend to follow them of Peace Fraternity, Secular Franciscan the place of legislators, judges or other local, state or federal governments. with new actions. Order, in Indianapolis. As chair of public officials to define marriage. Archbishop Tobin believes that “the I expect that scientists and public the St. Luke the Evangelist Parish These are God-given human realities. decision of the Supreme Court is an policy leaders will join in the discussion Care for Creation Committee in They are not subject to manipulation or invitation to Catholics to proclaim the and bring their talents and expertise Indianapolis, he has been engaged with redefinition by human society. Gospel that sets all people free.” In his home. Numerous study guides to help us the Hoosier Interfaith Power and Light Louisville Archbishop statement, the archbishop asks “that those understand “Praised Be” will be released board, and its affiliate, Indianapolis Green Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the who disagree with the teachings of our over the next months and years. Congregations. He is registrar emeritus of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Church may recognize our God-given Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin has shown Marian University, and can be reached at has observed that, “Regardless of what freedom to live according to our faith and leadership among his brother bishops by [email protected].) † a narrow majority of the Supreme Court our consciences.” may declare at this moment in history, Dialogue and respect are two-way the nature of the human person and streets. We are increasingly divided as Letter to the Editor marriage remains unchanged and a society, and as a Catholic community, unchangeable. Just as Roe v. Wade did over issues such as abortion, same-sex Column’s headline choice—which I doubt—or that not settle the question of abortion over unions and more. We strongly affirm of an editor, and whether one is 40 years ago, Obergefell v. Hodges our archbishop’s prayer that “the is offensive and energy conscious or not, to equate does not settle the question of Supreme Court’s decision will be an energy-conscious people with Nazis is marriage today. invitation for all people of good will to unchristian, reader says appallingly offensive and unchristian. “Neither decision is rooted in discuss respectfully what divides us and I was dismayed by the headline of It’s something one might expect the truth and, as a result, both will seek the common good of all, especially Cynthia Dewes’ column in the June 26 from a secular blog, not from a Catholic eventually fail. Today the Court is of families.” issue of The Criterion: “Memories of newspaper. wrong again. It is profoundly immoral the days before Energy Nazis came on and unjust for the government to declare —Daniel Conway the scene.” Linda Cooper Whether the wording was Ms. Dewes’ Bloomington The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Page 5

Archbishop/Arzobispo Joseph W. Tobin

Rejoice in the Lord

Alégrense en el Señor

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X MMXII When families are strong, society is strong ast week, I wrote about the the youngest members of our society. serve as a catalyst for local, grassroots this is the first, and most fundamental, devastating effects of poverty In our pastoral letter, we say: efforts focused on mitigating poverty in priority for the good of individuals and Lon families here in the Hoosier “Strengthening families requires its community.” of society as a whole. State. Quoting the Indiana bishops’ that we support marriage and the ideal We believe that the Church should As we write in Poverty at the recent pastoral letter, Poverty at the of families with two parents who live play a leading role in the effort to Crossroads: Crossroads: The Church’s Response together and share responsibility for strengthen family life—for its own sake “Poverty brings intolerable stress to Poverty in Indiana, I wrote, “When their children. Today, many families and as a means to help alleviate poverty. on the family’s ability to carry out families are strong, society is strong. are broken, and most struggle under We invite all people of goodwill to join its mission as the fundamental unit When families are broken and unstable, significant stress. All families need our in a collaborative and systematic effort of society. Families are called to be all human communities suffer. At the loving support and assistance now, even to attend to the needs of Hoosier children stewards of all God’s gifts, and this same time, we recognize that instability as we work for a future in which healthy and their families. requires an environment of stability of marriage and family life is intensified families can thrive. In order to make sure that our efforts and peace that can provide each family by poverty, which can produce an “Therefore, we propose that a single are more than just well-intentioned member with opportunities to exercise intolerable stress that limits human question guide us in all service and words, we have proposed that clear, his or her responsibilities for the development.” program decisions made by government measurable goals be established—and common good. A supportive family The Church’s experience over agencies, private institutions and implemented—for all efforts to alleviate environment results in healthier, happier 2,000 years in many different economic, Church ministries regarding families: poverty by meeting the needs of married and more hopeful individuals who are political and cultural circumstances Do programs and policies place a couples and families in our state. more likely to work for the common affirms the importance of the family primary emphasis on child welfare and We are keenly aware that not all good and participate in community as the fundamental unit of human enhance—not detract—from strong outcomes can be easily measured, but activities.” society. We believe that healthy families marriages and family life?” as we write in our pastoral letter, we When families are strong, society are the indispensable key to healthy This is a simple question, but we are convinced that “clearly defined is strong! We cannot say it too often. communities—at the local, regional, are not so naïve as to think it’s easy to goals will assist us in setting and Our commitment to nurture, protect national and international levels. That’s “place families first” in all economic, accomplishing objectives that are and grow families that are physically, why we repeat emphatically: When political, cultural and religious affairs. ambitious but achievable with the help emotionally and spiritually healthy is families are strong, society is strong! In fact, our experience suggests that of God’s grace.” central to the mission of the Church and From this perspective, the Church too often the concerns of children and In future columns, I will call the well-being of society. If we neglect believes that strengthening family life families are, at best, an afterthought and, attention to the links between family marriage and family life, we fail in should be our highest priority. The at worst, given no consideration at all. life, employment, education and health our most fundamental responsibility as well-being of children is essential to In Poverty at the Crossroads, we care. But it’s important to state as clearly stewards of God’s gifts to humanity. the health and welfare of society, and bishops “propose that every Catholic as possible that the need to strengthen Let’s work to alleviate poverty by the family protects, nurtures and makes diocese, parish, educational institution marriage and family life is not simply building up the family. Let’s work for possible the growth and development of and health care organization in our state one issue among many. We believe that strong families and a strong society. †

Cuando las familias son fuertes, también lo es la sociedad a semana pasada escribí acerca En nuestra carta pastoral expresamos estado sirva como catalizador de un fundamental de todas—para garantizar el de los efectos devastadores que: esfuerzo local y popular que se concentre bienestar de las personas y de la sociedad Lque acarrea la pobreza para las “El fortalecimiento de la familia en mitigar la pobreza en su comunidad.” en su totalidad. familias aquí en el estado de Indiana. requiere que apoyemos el matrimonio Consideramos que la Iglesia debe Tal como lo expresamos en Pobreza en Citando la carta pastoral que publicamos y el ideal de familias constituidas por desempeñar una función primordial en los la Encrucijada: recientemente los obispos de Indiana, un padre y una madre que viven juntos esfuerzos tendientes a fortalecer la vida “La pobreza agrega una presión titulada Pobreza en la Encrucijada: la y comparten la responsabilidad de sus familiar, por su propio bien y como una intolerable a la capacidad de la familia respuesta de la Iglesia ante la pobreza hijos. Hoy en día muchas familias están forma de contribuir a mitigar la pobreza. para llevar a cabo su misión como la en Indiana, escribí: “Cuando las familias quebrantadas y la mayoría enfrenta Invitamos a todas las personas de buena célula fundamental de la sociedad. son fuertes, también lo es la sociedad; enormes presiones. Todas las familias voluntad para que se unan a este esfuerzo Las familias están llamadas a ser cuando las familias se quebrantan y necesitan ahora nuestro apoyo amoroso sistemático y de colaboración para administradoras de todos los dones son inestables, todas las comunidades y nuestra asistencia, incluso a medida atender las necesidades de los niños y las de Dios y esto requiere un ambiente humanas sufren. Al mismo tiempo, que nos esforzamos para granjearnos un familias de Indiana. de estabilidad y paz que brinde a cada reconocemos que la pobreza intensifica futuro en el que puedan prosperar las Para garantizar que nuestros integrante de la familia las oportunidades la inestabilidad del matrimonio y de la familias sanas. esfuerzos sean más que meras palabras para ejercer sus responsabilidades para vida familiar, ya que puede provocar “Por consiguiente, proponemos que bienintencionadas, propusimos que el bien común. Un ambiente familiar una tensión intolerable que limita el todos los servicios y las decisiones sobre se establecieran—e implementaran— solidario produce personas más sanas, desarrollo humano.” programas que efectúen las agencias objetivos claros y mesurables para todas felices y llenas de esperanza, que más La experiencia de la Iglesia durante gubernamentales, instituciones privadas y las actividades destinadas a mitigar la probablemente se esforzarán por el bien más de 2,000 años en distintas ministerios eclesiásticos en relación con pobreza atendiendo las necesidades de los común y participarán en actividades circunstancias económicas, políticas y la familia, se rijan por una sola pregunta: matrimonios y de las familias de nuestro comunitarias.” culturales reafirma la importancia de la ¿Acaso los programas y las políticas estado. ¡Cuando las familias son fuertes, familia como la unidad fundamental de dan un énfasis fundamental al bienestar Estamos plenamente conscientes de también lo es la sociedad! No nos la sociedad humana. Creemos que las infantil y mejoran—no desmerecen—los que no se pueden calcular fácilmente cansamos de repetirlo; nuestro familias sanas son la clave indispensable matrimonios sólidos y la vida familiar?” todos los resultados pero, tal como lo compromiso de criar, proteger y para tener comunidades sanas, tanto Se trata de una pregunta muy sencilla expresamos en nuestra carta pastoral, ver crecer familias que sean física, en el ámbito local, regional, nacional e pero no somos ingenuos y sabemos que estamos convencidos de que “contar con emocional y espiritualmente sanas es internacional. Es por ello que repetimos no es tan fácil “poner en primer lugar metas claramente definidas nos ayudará un aspecto fundamental de la misión con vehemencia: ¡Cuando las familias a la familia” en todas las cuestiones a establecer y cumplir objetivos que sean de la Iglesia y del bienestar de la son fuertes, también lo es la sociedad! económicas, políticas, culturales y ambiciosos pero alcanzables con la ayuda sociedad. Si descuidamos el matrimonio Desde esta perspectiva, la Iglesia religiosas. De hecho, nuestra experiencia de la gracia de Dios.” y la vida familiar, fallamos en nuestra considera que el fortalecimiento de la sugiere que muy a menudo los problemas En columnas posteriores haré énfasis responsabilidad más elemental como vida familiar debe ser nuestra primera que aquejan a niños, adolescentes y en los vínculos que existen entre la vida administradores de los dones de Dios para prioridad. El bienestar de los niños y los familias ocupan, en el mejor de los casos, familiar, empleo, educación y atención de la humanidad. adolescentes es fundamental para la salud el segundo lugar y, en el peor de los casos, salud. Pero es importante destacar con la Trabajemos juntos para mitigar la y el bienestar de la sociedad; la familia no se les toma en cuenta en absoluto. mayor claridad posible que la necesidad pobreza mediante la creación de familias; es el entorno que propicia la protección, En Pobreza en la Encrucijada los de fortalecer el matrimonio y la vida trabajemos en pro del fortalecimiento de la crianza, el crecimiento y el desarrollo obispos “proponemos que cada diócesis, familiar no es simplemente una cuestión las familias y de la sociedad. † de los integrantes más jóvenes de nuestra parroquia, institución educativa y más entre muchas otras. Consideramos sociedad. organización de salud católica de nuestro que esta es la primera prioridad—y la más Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa Page 6 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015

For a list of events for the next four weeks as reported to Events Calendar The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/events.

July 3 Charismatic Mass, praise confession, meditation, 8 a.m. July 11 Debbie Miller, presenter, noon, Woods. Taizé Prayer, 7-8 p.m. Marian University chapel, and worship, 7 p.m., Mass Information: 765-647-5462. Benedict Inn Retreat lunch and program, no charge. Information: 812-535-2952 or 3200 Cold Spring Road, and healing prayer, 7:30 p.m. & Conference Center, Information: 317-846-3475 or [email protected]. Indianapolis. Lumen Information: 317-366-4854. St. Bridget of Ireland Parish, 1402 Southern Ave., [email protected]. Dei Catholic Business 404 E. Vine St., Liberty. Beech Grove. Shop INN- July 16 St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. Group, Mass and monthly July 4 Annual Yard sale, antique spired summer sizzling St. Lawrence Parish, St. Mary Parish, 311 N. Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. meeting, 6:30-8:30 a.m., items, lots of shopping, sale, 9 a.m-3 p.m. 542 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. New Jersey St., Indianapolis. breakfast, $15 per person. concession stand, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Information: 317-788-7581or Annual Chicken Fest, Third Thursday Adoration, Fourth of July Ole! Festival, Information: 317-435-3447 or Information: 765-458-6818. benedictinn.org. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., bid-n-buy interceding for women [email protected]. 3-11 p.m., music, food, raffle, booth, chicken dinner. experiencing crisis pregnancy, view downtown fireworks. July 9 Information: 812-537-3992, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with Mass at St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, Our Lady of Grace St. Matthew the Apostle Church, Information: 317-637-3983. ext. 2. 5:45 p.m. Cenacle (house on parish Monastery, 1402 Southern 4100 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. grounds), Indianapolis. Hope Ave., Beech Grove. Sisters Tri-Parish Mass to celebrate Helpers of God’s Precious St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, and Healing Survivors of of St. Benedict, “Year of Independence Day, Infants Prayer Vigil, (Little Flower) Church, 4720 E. White Violet Center, 1 Sisters Suicide support group, 7 p.m. Consecrated Life,” open 9 a.m., continental breakfast Terre Haute. 7:30 a.m. Mass 13th St., Indianapolis. Class of Providence, Saint Mary- Information: 317-851-8344. house, 3-5 p.m. Information: following Mass. Information: at the Carmelite Monastery at 317-787-3287. of ’63 monthly gathering, of-the-Woods. “Cooking 317-257-4297, ext. 2216. 59 Allendale, 9:25 a.m. parking 6 p.m. Mass, optional dinner 102: Cooking Meat,” on Ohio Blvd., 9:30 a.m. July 9-11 Holy Spirit Parish, 7243 E. St. Michael the Archangel afterward. Information: Robyn Morton, instructor, assemble on sidewalk in front Our Lady of the Greenwood 10th St., Indianapolis. Parish Church, 3354 W. 30th St., 317-408-6396. 5-8 p.m., $40 or $90 for of Planned Parenthood at 30 S. Church, 335 S. Meridian St., Festival, Thurs. 6-11 p.m., Indianapolis. Mass in French, three classes, registration 3rd St. for prayers, 10 a.m. Greenwood. First Friday Fri. and Sat. 6 p.m.-midnight, 1 p.m. Information: July 14 deadline, July 9. Information: celebration of the Most travel to St. Patrick Adoration food, rides, games, 317-523-4193 or St. Paul Hermitage, 812-535-2952 or Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mass, Chapel at 1807 Poplar St. entertainment. Information: [email protected]. 501 N. 17th Ave., ProvCenter.org. 5:45 p.m., exposition of the for Divine Mercy Chaplet, 317-353-9404. Beech Grove. Ave Maria Blessed Sacrament, following completed around 10:30 a.m. July 12 Guild meeting, 12:30 p.m. July 16-18 Mass until 10 p.m., sacrament July 10-11 Our Lady of Mount Information: 317-888-7625 or St. Christopher Parish, of Reconciliation available. St. Michael Church, St. Benedict Parish, Carmel Parish, Parish Hall, [email protected]. 5301 W. 16th St., Indianapolis. Information: 317-888-2861 or 145 St. Michael Blvd., 111 S. Ninth St., Terre Haute. 14598 Oakridge Road, Summer Festival, Thurs. [email protected]. Brookville. First Saturday Community Festival, Carmel, Ind. (Diocese of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 4-10 p.m., Fri. 4-11 p.m., Devotional Prayer Group, 5 p.m.-midnight, music, games, Lafayette). “A Summer Church of the Immaculate Sat. noon-11 p.m., food, St. Lawrence Church, Mass, Exposition of the food, $2 adults, under 21 free. of Joy and Life,” Gabriel Conception, 1 Sisters of games, rides. Information: 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Blessed Sacrament, rosary, Information: 812-232-8421. Project, Healing Hidden Hurts, Providence, St. Mary-of-the- 317-241-6314. †

(For a complete list of retreats as reported to Retreats and Programs The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats.) Spiritual Direction Training Program to be offered in Kentucky The Spiritual Direction Training Program, sponsored by Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center and the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road in Maple Mount, Ky., is accepting applications for the 2015-2017 class of spiritual direction. Classes begin on Oct. 26. Participants meet for weeklong sessions eight times over a two-year period, entering into study, reflection and prayer around a topic fundamental to the understanding and practice of spiritual direction. There will be daily opportunities for Eucharist, prayer and reflection. The program, which leads to certification as a spiritual director, takes place on a quiet, rural campus in Maple Mount, Ky., 45 minutes south of Evansville. For more information, log on to www.ursulinesmsj.org or e-mail: [email protected]. †

RSVP seeks volunteers ages 55+ RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) is a clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities for adults ages 55 and older. A program of Catholic Charities Indianapolis, RSVP partners with community organizations to address significant community needs. Volunteers maintain the flexibility to decide community, they do something good for which organizations to serve and how themselves, too. frequently. Opportunities include With RSVP, volunteers use life skills, tutoring youth, mentoring adults at learn new skills, make friends and risk of homelessness, supporting impact the community. The need for independent living in older adults, volunteers is great, and each volunteer helping those in need access food, has the ability to make a difference. and more. In the Indianapolis area, call 317- Why volunteer? Research is 261-3378 to register with the largest finding that adult volunteers have volunteer network for adults 55 and New prioress lower mortality rates, lower rates of older. depression, fewer physical limitations, More information about RSVP is Benedictine Sister Jennifer Mechtild Horner receives a congratulatory hug from and higher levels of well-being. As available at www.nationalservice.gov/ Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin during an evening prayer ceremony at the chapel volunteers do good things for the programs/senior-corps. † at the Sisters of St. Benedict’s Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove on June 7. Earlier that day, Sister Jennifer was installed as the monastery’s new prioress. (Submitted photo by Benedictine Sister Ann Patrice Papesh) Office of Pro-Life and Family Life seeks nominations for Respect Life awards Benedict Inn to host ‘Garden Treasures with Each year, the Office of Pro-Life and high school student whom you believe Women of the Bible’ retreat on July 5-6 Family Life honors an adult or married demonstrates leadership in promoting couple and a high school student the dignity and sanctity of human Benedict Inn Retreat & Conference will explore what women can use from at the annual Respect Life Sunday life in the parish, community, school Center, 1402 Southern Ave., in their lives to help live in today’s world. Mass, which is held the first Sunday community and in the archdiocese for Beech Grove, will host a “Garden The retreat, facilitated by Benedictine in October. The Mass will be held on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Pro-Life Treasures with Women of the Bible” Sister Cathy Anne Lepore, incorporates Oct. 4 this year. Youth Award. retreat from 3 p.m. on July 5 through garden exploration, labyrinth walks, Please consider nominating an A downloadable nomination 3:30 p.m. on July 6. journaling, campfire conversations adult or married couple whom you form is available by logging on This retreat will integrate the jobs of and the rosary into a 24-hour garden believe should be recognized for their to bit.ly/1CGHSMJ. Completed tending a garden throughout the year experience. leadership in promoting the dignity nomination forms can be returned with the lives of several women of the The cost is $125 and includes and sanctity of human life in the parish to The Office of Pro-Life and Bible. dinner, breakfast and lunch and an community and the archdiocese for Family Life, 1400 N. Meridian St., Using individual dramatizations and overnight stay. the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Indianapolis, IN 46202, or e-mailed to storytelling, along with group dialogue To register call, 317-788-7581 ext. 0 Respect Life Award. [email protected] by no later than and personal reflective time, the retreat or log on to www.benedictinn.org. † Please also consider nominating a Aug. 31. † The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Page 7 Despite Supreme Court ruling, religious freedom rally participants implored to stand strong in their faith By Sean Gallagher

A day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws and constitutional amendments that defined marriage exclusively as between one man and one woman in a ruling fraught with possible implications for religious freedom, Catholics and other Christians from around the state gathered on the grounds of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis for a rally in support of that liberty. The June 27 rally was held in conjunction with the U.S. bishops’ Fortnight for Freedom, and was sponsored by the Pro-Life and Faithful Citizens ministries of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis. The Fortnight for Freedom, which is in its fourth year and ends on July 4, is a two-week period of prayer, education and advocacy focused on religious liberty. The rally began with a rosary procession that started in front of St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis, and ended at the south steps of the Statehouse. Father Rick Nagel, St. John’s pastor, was the first rally speaker. “We hear the thought that, ‘Love wins,’ ” said Father Nagel in reference to a motto of supporters of the redefinition of marriage. “That’s exactly right. Love— God—does win. So today, we call upon that God who loves us and keeps us in the palm of his hand.” Frank Oliver, left, and Jim West carry a Fortnight for Freedom banner during a June 27 rosary procession from St. John the Evangelist In prayer, Father Nagel asked God to help the faithful “to Church to the grounds of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The procession kicked off a rally for religious freedom attended by defend the dignity of all human life, to defend the dignity of people from across the state. Oliver is a member of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis. West is a member of marriage, to defend the dignity of the land with which you Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish in Greenwood. (Photos by Sean Gallagher) have blessed us, to defend the dignity of the poor and those who go without the basic necessities of life, and to defend the dignity of religious freedom.” Father Bryan Eyman, pastor of St. Athanasius the Great Byzantine Catholic Parish in Indianapolis, delivered the keynote speech. Father Eyman noted that governments at various levels for many years have sought “to keep our faith inside the four walls of our churches.” “This is what is happening now,” he said. “I can only imagine what will happen after yesterday’s tragic Supreme Court ruling.” Referring to the Statehouse behind him in which state legislators, executive and judicial leaders meet, Father Eyman exhorted his listeners to “to pray for all of the people who work in this building, and all of the people who Father Bryan Eyman, pastor of St. Athanasius the Great Byzantine Connie and Bob Rahe, members of St. Francis of Assisi Parish work in our other government offices, that they will have Catholic Parish in Indianapolis, gives the keynote address during in Muncie, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese, respectively hold an the strength to stand up and say, ‘No. I will not cooperate. I the June 27 religious freedom rally. American flag and a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe during the will not just go along.’ ” June 27 religious freedom rally. Finally, Father Eyman also invited rally attendees to citizens! Viva Cristo Rey! [“Long live Christ the King!”]” “pray that each and every one of us here is able to have Trina Trusty, a member of St. Monica Parish the strength and power of the Holy Spirit to stand up for in Indianapolis, attended the rally and said doing religious freedom, and to boldly and publicly live our so was significant in light of the previous day’s faith, regardless of what the Supreme Court, the president, Supreme Court ruling. Congress or any level of government tells us.” “I thought it was important to stand up for our right to Eric Slaughter, a member of Holy Rosary Parish practice our religion today,” Trusty said. “I know that I’m involved in its Faithful Citizens ministry, spoke later, noting not alone in how I feel about my religious freedom.” that the Supreme Court in 1973 through legalizing abortion Holy Rosary parishioner Mary Kathleen Jacobs agreed. “said they didn’t know when life began.” “It’s important to not only hear the Gospel in church, but “Now they don’t know what marriage is,” Slaughter to live the Gospel in our homes, at the grocery store and said. “But whatever they decided doesn’t change what in our jobs,” Jacobs said. “I think a lot of people are very marriage is. So, we pray for life, faith, family and shy about saying that they love Christ and live the Gospel holy matrimony.” message. And that’s important, especially [in light of] … At the end of the rally, Slaughter and fellow Holy Rosary the new way our country looks at marriage.” parishioner and Faithful Citizens leader Jerry Mattingly led the approximately 100 rally attendees in joyfully shouting, (For more information about the Fortnight for Freedom, “We are Catholic! We are Americans! We are faithful log on to www.archindy.org/religiousfreedom.) †

ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH • LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA Chicken Fest 2015 th Colleen Johnson holds a religious freedom sign and the hand SUNDAY, JULY 12 • 11am - 6pm of her daughter Lucia during the June 27 rosary procession that ended on the grounds of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Johnson and her daughter, previously members of Our Lady of CHICKEN DINNER the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis, are now members of Adults $12 • Children 10 & under $10 All Saints Parish in Manassas, Va., in the Diocese of Arlington. BID-N-BUY JUMBO SPLIT THE POT Come socialize and enjoy our “family style” homemade chicken dinner! For more information, call us at (812) 537-3992 • License #134980 Page 8 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Analyzing ruling’s implications will take time, say Church officials

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Analyzing right of religion to teach or advocate with the ramifications for the Catholic Church regard to the true definition of marriage, ‘[The ruling] recognizes free speech, the right of religion of the June 26 U.S. Supreme Court ruling but it does not acknowledge [that] the to teach or advocate with regard to the true definition that redefined civil marriage at the national, First Amendment also protects freedom of marriage, but it does not acknowledge [that] state and local levels will take time, said of religion and the right to follow our Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore. teaching,” he said. the First Amendment also protects freedom of religion It has implications for “hundreds, if not Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing and the right to follow our teaching.’ thousands” of laws at all levels, and there is for the majority, recognized in several “a difficult road ahead for people of faith,” places the role of religious beliefs in the —Ar chbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, he said. questions surrounding same-sex marriage, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Archbishop Lori, chairman of the saying that “it must be emphasized that Committee for Religious Liberty U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for religions, and those who adhere to religious Religious Liberty, made the comments in a doctrines, may continue to advocate with teleconference for news media held about utmost, sincere conviction that, by divine three hours after the Supreme Court issued precepts, same-sex marriage should not against legal challenges, Picarello said, marriage is a sin. At the same time, the its 5-4 decision that states must license be condoned.” and “advocate externally for legislation, Church upholds the human dignity of all same-sex marriage. Kennedy also said in part that “those regulation and, if necessary, litigation.” people, Archbishop Lori said, adding, “We Joining him in the media briefing who believe allowing same-sex marriage Picarello said free speech protections preach the truth with love in season and out were two members of the bishops’ is proper or indeed essential, whether for opponents of redefining marriage were of season.” Subcommittee for the Promotion and as a matter of religious conviction or already under attack. Within a couple of “It is evident we are living in an age of Defense of Marriage, Archbishop Timothy secular belief, may engage those who hours of the decision being issued, he said, dramatic cultural shift,” said Bishop Flores, P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the disagree with their view in an open and a newspaper in Pennsylvania announced it and the Church has to think about how to Military, and Bishop Daniel E. Flores of searching debate.” will no longer accept op-eds criticizing the share its teaching and “announce the Good Brownsville, Texas; and Anthony Picarello, But Archbishop Lori said free speech is redefinition of marriage. News ... as creatively as possible in current associate general secretary and general not at issue. Under the ruling, “we retain “Some things will happen immediately,” cultural context.” counsel at the U.S. Conference of Catholic the right to think what we want at home as seen by that newspaper’s announcement, But he added that the Church’s teaching Bishops (USCCB). and within the confines of the Church,” but he said, and “some will take time to on marriage “also has something to do “Tragically, the court was wrong,” said it does not address the First Amendment’s unfold,” like challenges to churches with bringing children into the world,” Archbishop Broglio, adding that this is “not guarantee to free exercise of religion. The receiving tax exemptions. and about stable families. “We ought the first time” a “false understanding of Church should be able to operate “our Another area that will require study, to have our eye not on ourselves or our marriage” has been forced on the country, as ministries ... without fear of being silenced, Archbishop Broglio said, is the military own emotional needs ... but the needs of by lower court rulings. penalized,” he said. chaplaincy, because the Catholic the young.” “Clearly the decision was not required Through social services, “we serve priest-chaplains whom his archdiocese Bishop Flores said rhetoric such as by the Constitution [and] the narrowness millions of people every day. We do it well, oversees also come under civil authorities. calling opponents of the redefinition of of the decision reveals it is not settled,” he and we do it lovingly,” he added. While polls show a majority of marriage bigots is used at times “to avoid continued. “Marriage is unchangeable.” He foresees many legal challenges and Catholics say they approve of the understanding the rationale” of what the Echoing an earlier statement by controversies as the Church seeks to protect redefinition of marriage, Catholic teaching Church teaches. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, itself from the fallout of the marriage ruling is “never determined by numbers but by the “For our part, we have to be prepared Ky., USCCB president, Archbishop Broglio by advocating at the federal, state and local truth,” Archbishop Broglio said. “We have for that kind of rhetoric and simply said the Church will continue to follow levels for protections for its faith-based to be faithful to the teaching of the Gospel. respond with charitable but persuasive” Christ, “in solidarity with the pope,” in practices. “In a pastoral context, we respond explanations of the Church’s rationale, and adhering to the Church’s teaching on Some areas where there will be legal to the individual in his or her need, and what the word “marriage” means and the marriage being between one man and disputes, Picarello said, were outlined that’s quite different than what we teach way it has been understood for millennia, one woman. by Chief Justice John Roberts, including concretely,” he added. The Church must he added. Archbishop Lori acknowledged that the tax exemptions, campus housing, make its “teaching on marriage very, very Archbishop Broglio added that the court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges academic accreditation, employment and clear,” while at the time being pastoral to Catholic Church survived the anti- “makes a nod in the direction of religious employee benefits. individuals. Catholicism of the Know-Nothing period liberty.” But that, he said, is too narrow. The Catholic Church in the U.S. will The Church teaches marriage is between in mid-19th century America, “so we will The ruling “recognizes free speech, the have to look at internal ways to protect itself a man and a woman, and that sex outside survive this.” †

state levels to protect the tax-exempt status of churches, 23, supports the Church’s teachings on marriage. A MARRIAGE schools and other institutions that hold religious beliefs 2014 Gallup poll indicated, however, that 78 percent of continued from page 1 that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.” people ages 18 to 29 support marriage redefinition. Given the pressure put on the freedom of religious “I wasn’t surprised that they came out with this ruling,” Archbishop Tobin also expressed hope that continued institutions and individuals over the past several years, said Duffy. “Reading the signs of the times, this is where public discussions about marriage would be marked by Whelan expects that Obergefell will usher in more the culture is moving. It’s getting a little harder to be an civility, and that the religious liberty of those who disagree attempts to limit religious liberty. advocate for traditional Catholic views. But it makes it all with the ruling would be respected. “Religious schools will be threatened with loss of the more important that we do have people who stand for “I pray the Supreme Court’s decision will be an accreditation,” he said. “Religious charities will be that kind of thing in the public sphere.” invitation for all people of good will to discuss respectfully disqualified from government grants and contracts. Despite cultural trends steering toward marriage what divides us and seek the common good of all, Americans who hold the same beliefs about marriage that redefinition, Rebecca Niemerg, director of the especially of families,” Archbishop Tobin said. “I ask that President [Barack] Obama professed when he was elected archdiocesan Office of Pro-Life and Family Life, will those who disagree with the teachings of our Church may risk being harshly penalized, marginalized and stigmatized. continue to share the good news the recognize our God-given freedom to live according to our “The Court’s decision will inevitably lead to further Church offers in its vision of marriage. faith and our consciences.” litigation over whether people who believe in traditional “In fully embracing the beauty, The four Supreme Court justices who dissented from marriage will be able to do so without risking the loss of truth and goodness that marriage is the Obergefell ruling expressed concerns in their dissenting their jobs, their professional licenses and their businesses.” a union between one man and one opinions about the impact on religious liberty of the court’s Glenn Tebbe, executive director of the Indiana Catholic woman, Catholics can continue to mandated redefinition of marriage. Conference, the Church’s advocate on legislative and sanctify and transform our society Justice Samuel Alito said that the ruling “will be used public policy matters in Indiana, said Obergefell will make according to the plan of God in their to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new his work more difficult, but will not deter daily actions,” she said. “We in the orthodoxy.” him from it. Rebecca Niemerg archdiocesan Office of Pro-Life and He later noted, “I assume that those who cling to “It will be more challenging, because Family Life will support Catholics in this old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the we will be, in many people’s eyes, endeavor through marriage preparation and enrichment recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in reckoned as a voice that is not accepted,” opportunities.” public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as said Tebbe. “But that’s not a new position Archbishop Tobin echoed Niemerg in his statement. such by governments, employers and schools.” for us in terms of many of the other issues “The Catholic Church will continue to teach and Ed Whelan, president of the Washington-based Ethics that we’ve advocated for.” preach the truth that marriage is a union of one man and and Public Policy Center, said the majority opinion in He said that the ruling—and general one woman, and encourage all people of good will to Obergefell, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, could Glenn Tebbe attitudes in society about marriage embrace the fullness of that truth,” he said. “We will work pave the way for governments to revoke the tax-exempt redefinition and its opponents—may to promote and strengthen marriage and families. We status of churches and other religious bodies that do not make it more difficult for the Church’s voice to be heard will strive to uphold the dignity of every human person, hold to the court’s redefinition of marriage. on a variety of matters. including persons who experience same-sex attraction, “There’s plenty of language in Kennedy’s opinion “It will spill over to other issues,” Tebbe said. “It does welcoming them as our brothers and sisters.” that would invite comparisons between racial bigotry make it more challenging, there’s no question. Our image and opposition to same-sex marriage,” said Whalen, a is supposedly less respected now.” (For more information about the Indiana Catholic graduate of Harvard Law School and previously a clerk In the eyes of many people his age, Kevin Duffy is Conference, visit www.indianacc.org. For more information for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. “It’s essential certainly out of the mainstream. A young adult member on the archdiocesan Office of Pro-Life and Family Life, that legislative protections be enacted at the federal and of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, Duffy, visit www.archindy.org/plfl.) †

The Catholic Church will continue every human person, including persons invitation for all people of good will to TOBIN to teach and preach the truth that who experience same-sex attraction, discuss respectfully what divides us and continued from page 1 marriage is a union of one man and welcoming them as our brothers seek the common good of all, especially one woman, and encourage all people and sisters. of families. I ask that those who disagree distinguish its understanding of marriage of good will to embrace the fullness The decision of the Supreme Court is with the teachings of our Church may from the legal definition. Those of that truth. We will work to promote an invitation to Catholics to proclaim the recognize our God-given freedom to differences have become more acute. and strengthen marriage and families. Gospel that sets all people free. I pray live according to our faith and our So where do we go from here? We will strive to uphold the dignity of the Supreme Court’s decision will be an consciences. † The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Page 9 ‘A new generation of the Church’

Newly ordained Father Michael Keucher gives Father Timothy Wyciskalla gives Communion to William Yunger during a June 17 Mass in the chapel of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary a blessing on June 18 to Joseph Schubach at in Indianapolis. Waiting to receive Communion are, from left, Jack McGillicuddy, Jacob Weber and Adrick Herbert. The Mass was part of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary during its Bishop Bruté Days, an annual vocations retreat and camping experience for teenage boys sponsored by the seminary. (Photos by Sean Gallagher) annual Bishop Bruté Days. Bishop Bruté Days helps teenage boys learn about the faith, priesthood By Sean Gallagher his Church. “And it’s contagious. My prayer has been to Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in allow my passion, my joy and my zeal to kind Indianapolis overflowed with a youthful love for of radiate through because, God knows, it’s still faith and fun on June 16-19 during its 10th annual very fresh.” Bishop Bruté Days. Nathan Herr appreciated spending time The four-day gathering is a retreat and camping with people like Father Keucher in ordinary experience sponsored by the seminary for teenage settings apart from liturgies and other boys open to the possibility that God might be Church-related events. calling them to the priesthood. “You realize that they’re really just normal A tower of giant Jenga blocks starts to fall as Bishop Bruté Days More than 40 teenage boys from 22 parishes people with a special calling,” said Nathan, a participant Patrick Barron pulls out a block on June 17 at Bishop Simon across central and southern Indiana and others member of St. Patrick Parish in Chesterton, Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis. Looking on are, from left, Patrick from the Gary, Ind., and Lafayette, Ind., dioceses Ind., in the Gary Diocese, which sends college Foster, seminarian Joseph Herring, Luke Rogers, Daniel Mapes and participated this year. seminarians to Bishop Bruté. Jacob Weber. The camp’s activities included daily Mass, Tommy Drake, a member of Our Lady of the eucharistic adoration, opportunities for confession Greenwood Parish in Greenwood, assisted at and presentations on the faith, as well as outdoor Bishop Bruté Days as a counselor after having games and a field trip to an Indianapolis Indians participated during the previous five years. baseball game. Tommy, who was homeschooled and graduated Assisting at Bishop Bruté Days were several from high school this spring, said that it was “the young seminarians, not far in age from the environment of all the priests and the seminarians” participants themselves. Several young priests also that kept him coming back. attended and spent time at the seminary. “They’re all so nice and great,” he said. Daniel Mapes, a member of Immaculate “Seminarians are really fun outside of the church. Conception Parish in Millhousen and a first-time But as soon as they get in the church, it’s all participant in Bishop Bruté Days, was glad to business. They’re all about God. It’s really great.” see so many young faces among the priests and In addition to helping teenage boys learn more seminarians. about the faith and the priesthood, Bishop Bruté “You can see a bunch of younger guys, a new Days also helps seminarians prepare for possible generation of the Church,” he said. future life and ministry as priests. Father Michael Keucher, 29, is part of that new “It gives you experience working with kids. Daniel Mapes, left, and Jonathon Georgi, both members of Immaculate generation, having been ordained a priest less than And that’s always good,” said seminarian Michael Conception Parish in Milhousen, kneel in prayer during a June 17 Mass two weeks before the camp. Dedek, who will be a senior at Bishop Bruté in in the chapel of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis. He came to the seminary on June 18 to give a the fall. “It also gives me experience on how to presentation on the faith and be available to hear promote vocations. When I’m in a parish and the confessions of participants. have altar servers their age, I’ll know better what “I was about their age when I kind of to do to encourage vocations to the priesthood first began to feel the inkling toward the for them.” priesthood,” Father Keucher said. “It’s really Father Robert Robeson, Bishop Bruté’s a very common age for God to be working in rector, has overseen Bishop Bruté Days since a young man’s heart and informing him of his its inception. The experience, though, has not vocation. The things that might be going on in grown old. their hearts and in their lives are very fresh in “It always gives me a sense of optimism,” said my mind.” Father Robeson. “You meet these young kids who He hoped his presence and that of other young are trying to live their faith in an authentic way. priests and seminarians might encourage the Kids could be a lot more interested in video games teenage boys to be open to a possible call to the or sports or whatever. But in the midst of that, priesthood. they’re still serious about their faith and living it.” “It’s helpful for the young generation to see folks who aren’t much older than they are very (For more information about Bishop Simon Bruté alive for their faith, who have given their lives College Seminary, visit www.archindy.org/bsb. Thomas Thang, right, and Josiah Guerra-Cristobal, play with a soccer over to Jesus, and are completely happy in For more information about a vocation to the ball on June 17 at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis having done that,” Father Keucher said. “They priesthood in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, during its annual Bishop Bruté Days, a vocations retreat and camping see this joy, this love, this passion for Jesus and log on to www.HearGodsCall.com.) † experience for teenage boys. Looking on is Nathan Herr, left. Page 10 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015

Serra Club vocations essay Prayer, engagement in parish are aids in discernment (Editor’s note: Following is the second great role models for becoming a good husband opportunities more often than I do. I could go to in a series featuring the winners of the and father and in the role of supporting a family. confession more frequently. One of my favorite Indianapolis Serra Club’s 2015 John D. Kelley I see myself one day sitting at Sunday Mass with field trips as a Seton student was to Saint Meinrad Vocations Essay Contest.) my family as my family does today. I can picture Seminary and School of Theology. I would like myself continuing those Church traditions that my to visit Saint Meinrad again. I would especially By Ryan Hollingsworth family currently honors. like to visit when Father Eric Augenstein is there Special to The Criterion To seriously discern my vocation, I need quiet, because I find him fascinating. reflective time to think and listen to what God is All of these things will help me on my path to I’ve gotten to that age where I have started to telling me. I need to spend time in prayer. I could finding out my true vocation from God. I can’t think about what I want my life to be like. Do I watch for signs around me that God is giving me control what God’s plan is for me, but I can see myself as a priest, a husband, a father or a that might lead me in the right direction. provide myself with as many opportunities as single person? It’s a daunting thing to think about, I need to get as involved in my faith possible to uncover it. and I have come to realize that I will need God’s community as I am able. I currently serve at guidance in leading me on the correct path. Mass, and I could go on to being a lector or an (Ryan and his parents, Ryan and While I don’t presently see myself as a priest, I extraordinary minister of holy Communion. I Susan Hollingsworth, are members of know I need to leave myself open to the possibility have gone on and can participate in future mission St. Mary Parish in Richmond. He completed the that this might be what God is calling me to. trips. I could take advantage of Bible study eighth grade at Seton Catholic High School in The place that I see myself most and feel God opportunities, and I could get involved in Richmond last spring, and is the eight-grade is calling me to is a husband and father. My dad, peer ministry. division winner in the Indianapolis Serra Club’s Ryan Hollingsworth uncles and grandfathers have provided me with I need to take advantage of sacramental 2015 John D. Kelley Vocations Essay Contest.) † Helping the poor involves Knights in faith in ‘deep way,’ says Anderson WASHINGTON (CNS)—The million hours over the 2013 total with New Haven, Conn. Wheelchair Mission, which delivers new volunteerism of the Knights of Columbus each member donating nearly a full “In America, Pope Francis will find a wheelchairs and mobility aids free to and the fraternal organization’s workweek on average. Church that is alive with the love of God physically disabled children. fundraising for charitable works fit right During the past decade, Knights, and love of neighbor, and the Knights of • Provided $1.4 million to directly in with Pope Francis’ emphasis on the who today number about 1.9 million, Columbus are excellent examples of this support athletes who will take part in idea of “a Church have donated nearly $1.55 billion reality,” he added. this summer’s Special Olympics World of and for the to charity and 691 million hours of Anderson told CNS that he thinks Games in Los Angeles. The funds will poor,” according volunteer service. “Pope Francis is doing a great job,” cover the cost of transportation, housing to Supreme Knight Anderson sees a strong “Catholic praising the pontiff for being “so strong and meals for the athletes as they travel Carl Anderson. commitment to neighbor and in his encouragement of people to do to the games, stay there during the Lending a community,” and said that “even in hard more for those in need.” competition and return home. hand for charity times, people will step up.” The Knights’ He highlighted some of the ways the Anderson said the Knights have long is not only giving programs also provide “a way of being Knights helped others in 2014: supported the Special Olympics because “the gift of your involved in your faith in a deep way,” • Launched the Knights of Columbus Sargent Shriver, husband of the games’ own time,” but he noted. Christian Refugee Relief Fund last founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, was a also “the gift of Each year during the past 15 years, August, and through it contributed member of the Knights. Beyond donating yourself” to those the Knights broke the previous year’s $2.6 million for humanitarian assistance funds for athletes in the upcoming Carl Anderson in need, he said. record, despite the recession caused by to those suffering persecution competition, state Knights councils also “Once you see the 2008 stock market crash. and dislocation in Iraq and the were encouraged to boost their already what a difference your work makes, it For Anderson, the record giving of surrounding region. strong ties to the Special Olympics. encourages you to do more,” he added. time and treasure is also a special way • Gave $200,000 each to the Eastern The Knights also are active in pro-life Anderson spoke with Catholic News to prepare for Pope Francis’ U.S. visit and Latin Catholic communities in efforts, he said, having helped put more Service (CNS) shortly after the release in September. war-torn Ukraine for humanitarian relief, than 600 ultrasound machines in crisis of an annual report showing the Knights “Charity has been at the heart of supporting projects that feed and aid pregnancy centers that couldn’t afford set a record last year for charitable the Knights’ mission for the past homeless children and refugees living on them. Seeing a sonogram of an unborn giving and service hours with more than 133 years,” Anderson said in a statement the streets of the capital city of Kiev. baby “really gets people to change their $173 million in donations and more than accompanying the report, which was • Ran the Black Friday Coats for minds” about abortion, he explained. 71.5 million hours of service. released at an annual meeting of the Kids program to give winter coats Through all of these programs, The number of hours contributed by Knights’ state leaders held in June to children who don’t have them. members of the Knights can see the members rose in 2014 by more than a at the organization’s headquarters in (“Black Friday” is the Friday following impact they have on people. Thanksgiving and traditionally the day Whether it’s a woman showing off many Americans head out to do shopping her child and saying, “Here’s the baby for Christmas.) Knights also contributed I had because I went through your to local food pantries, community ultrasound machine,” or being able St. John’s - Dover An All Saints Parish Campus food banks and soup kitchens through to pick up a disabled child “and put the Food for Families program, and him in a wheelchair,” ultimately “you members participated in blood drives, see how you change people’s lives,” SUMMER FESTIVAL Habitat for Humanity and the American Anderson said. † Saturday, July 18 Sunday, July 19

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IS-5987722 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Page 11 Supporters of pope’s ecological teachings gather in St. Peter’s Square

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Environmentalists from around the world and from different faiths were among the tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered for the Angelus with Pope Francis on June 28. They marched a little more than a mile through Rome’s city center, ending in St. Peter’s Square, to demonstrate their support for the pope and his encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” published just 10 days earlier. Once in the square, they gave other pilgrims there leaf-shaped posters with excerpts from the encylical, as well as quotes on care for creation from other religious leaders. The march was endorsed by the United Nations and a number of Catholic organizations, including Catholic Action and the Global Catholic Climate Movement. The theme was “One Earth, One Human Family.” Marchers also urged the adoption of a new global climate change agreement at the U.N. conference in Paris in December. Pope Francis greeted the marchers after the Angelus prayer, encouraging “collaboration among people and associations of different religion for the promotion of an integral ecology.” Among the marchers were participants at an international interfaith climate change conference held in Rome, which the pope noted. The June 29-July1 conference was organized by Our Voices, an international and interfaith climate change movement, which gathered about 100 “emerging leaders” in environmental matters under the age of 40. On the heels of this conference, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the Catholic International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity were also to hold a conference on the Environmental activists hold a banner as they pose for photos after attending Pope Francis’ Angelus at the Vatican on June 28. encyclical in Rome on July 2-3. † Some 1,500 people marched to the Vatican in support of Pope Francis’ recent encyclical on the environment. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) What was in the news on July 2, 1965? Pope Paul looks at problems of the Church, and a complaint about the translation of the Mass By Brandon A. Evans occasion of his name day—the feast of St. John the • First in Indianapolis: Anti-poverty center proposed Baptist [June 24]—to review the major preoccupations • Carmel novenas open Thursday, July 8th This week, we continue to examine what was going on of his second year as pontiff. As the two major ones, he • Pope omits crown on anniversary in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen through singled out the council and world peace. … In addition • Winds damage church, convent the pages of The Criterion. to the two major problems, the pope took note of other • Priest who aided Selma marchers transferred Here are some of the items found in the July 2, 1965, matters which have been of great concern to him in • Mass translation termed ‘pitiable’ issue of The Criterion: the past year. Among these he listed were the question “LOS ANGELES—The ‘approved’ English translation • Major problems of Church reviewed by Pope Paul of Church legislation on mixed marriages, and the of the Mass now being used in the United States ‘has “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI has appealed for a Church’s teaching on birth control.” so little to recommend it as to be pitiable,’ a Catholic ‘happy conclusion’ of the Second Vatican Council, and • Message to assembly: Pontiff hails United Nations bishop declared here. And Bishop Robert J. Dwyer of has warned that a world conflict means ‘not the end of • Council ‘preview’: Pope Paul comments on religious Reno, Nev., added that 90 percent of the 240 bishops difficulties, but an end of civilization.’ The pope took liberty of the U.S. had not seen the current translation until it was ‘a published fact.’ Writing in his regular column which appears here in The Tidings, Los Angeles archdiocesan weekly, the prelate lamented the lack of outstanding translators in the U.S. He referred to HOLY SPIRIT the so-called ‘English’ Mass as ‘the poor thing that 7243 East Tenth St., Indpls. is currently foisted on the Church in America.’ He called for new translations to ‘remedy this unhappy situation’ of the editing of previous translations for general use. 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ADDITIONAL PARKING FESTIVAL & at the Crossroads Bible College, 601 N. Shortridge Road. Or, at the south east corner of Gold’s Gym. Shuttle service available from 5:30 p.m. until close every night. Uniformed patrol in parking lot all festival hours. Read all of these stories from our MONTE CARLO July 2, 1965, issue by logging on to our archives at holyspirit-indy.org/ministries/parish-festival LIC. #138180 www.CriterionOnline.com. † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink For the Journey/Effie Caldarola Early Church: Pope Damasus took the papacy by force Lessons for (Thirteenth in a series of columns) When Liberius died in 366, his saint. His feast day is on Dec. 11. life found in supporters met in the Julian basilica, Damasus was particularly forceful Violence among Christians was elected the deacon Ursinus to succeed in promoting the primacy of the See the Earth and not unknown in the early Church. Liberius, and had him consecrated of Rome, referring to Rome as “the One of the worst examples concerned bishop. Felix’s supporters, though, apostolic see.” He was the first pope in Scripture Pope Damasus, elected Damasus, who immediately to declare that the pope, as the direct who was pope from hired a gang of thugs to storm the successor of St. Peter, had the power One of the things I love most dearly 366 through 384. Julian basilica. They carried out a to bind and loose and that, therefore, about Jesus in the Gospels is his earthiness. Last week, I wrote three-day massacre. the test of a creed’s orthodoxy was its As Christians, we’re sometimes about Pope Liberius Damasus and his partisans then seized endorsement by the pope. tempted to make this being taken by force the Lateran basilica, and Damasus was Pope Damasus was a builder of God stuff a bit fussy from Rome to Milan consecrated pope. Damasus then called churches. He restored the catacombs and pretentious. We by Roman Emperor upon the prefect of Rome (the first time a and promoted devotion to the early occasionally lapse Constantius II, pope sought help from civil authorities), martyrs of the Church. He persuaded into a piety that lacks and then exiled to and the Ursinians were expelled from Emperor Theodosius I in 380 to declare authenticity. Or we Thrace in Greece. Rome. However, some of them sought Christianity the official religion of think faith is all about In his absence, the archdeacon Felix refuge in the Liberian basilica, and the Roman state. He also proclaimed contrition rather than was elected pope. After Constantius Damasus’ men attacked them there. Latin to be the Church’s principal gratitude and joy. died, Pope Liberius was able to return to According to the pagan historian liturgical language. Then we read the Rome. For a while, it appeared that there Ammianus Marcellinus, 137 people were He was also a friend of St. Jerome, Gospel again, and were two popes, but the people followed killed in the battles. who served as his secretary for several discover a God who rejects false piety out Liberius, and Felix became recognized as Therefore, this was a case of the years. Pope Damasus commissioned of hand. an antipope. throne of Peter being taken by force by Jerome to translate the Gospels into Latin Because who could invent a Savior Damasus was the son of a priest of the followers of a man recognized as an from the original Greek. After Damasus who would launch his public ministry by the basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome, antipope (Felix) after the followers of the died, Jerome moved to Bethlehem where creating a plentiful supply of great wine and became deacon of that church. previous pope (Liberius) had elected a he translated the rest of the Bible. for a wedding celebration where everyone When Pope Liberius was exiled in new pope (Ursinus). In this case, might During Damasus’ papacy, the has apparently already had a libation? 355, Damasus accompanied him to made right. First Council of Constantinople (the Let the party continue. Let God permeate Thrace. But not for long. He soon Despite how he became pope, second ecumenical council) refined our reality and come to live with us in deserted Liberius, returned to Rome and Damasus not only went on to become a the Nicene Creed that we recite at our world. served Felix. strong one, but he is also recognized as a Mass on weekends. † When Jesus talks to the fishermen of Galilee about fish, I understand. I spent a It’s All Good/Patti Lamb good deal of my life in Alaska, where fish abound. My imagination loves to find Jesus Forget that device, make time to be fully present to others cooking fish on the shore and waiting for me to recognize him as my boat draws closer. Summer is in full swing, and my kids “What if it’s something important?” your call.” Even at the local home And Jesus’ frequent mention of sowing have especially been enjoying our local I think to myself. After all, today’s goods store, I saw a plaque which seeds reminds me of my childhood farm, community pool and aquatic center. technology allows me to be constantly stated, “A clean house is a sign of no where chickens roamed freely and cats Today’s visit to accessible. I might appear rude if my Internet connection.” gave birth in the barn loft to feral kittens so the pool, however, correspondence isn’t timely. In this age of marvelous plentiful we seldom gave them names. was wrought with When my children expressed their advancements in communication, we The gritty realities of life are never far scolding after disappointment, I realized that what’s must not forget that prayer is the world’s from a farm. The same roosters who gave scolding, which important is right in front of me—right “original” and most important wireless chase to chickens in the barnyard would made it much less here and now. connection. All of these gadgets and eventually be butchered by Mom, wielding fun. Unfortunately, A quotation from Jim Elliot came to gizmos are great, but they also have a very sharp knife and giving a meaning to I was the one being mind: “Wherever you are, be all there.” the ability to lure us away from fully “cooking from scratch” that is way beyond scolded—by my I was disappointed in myself that, due engaging with one another and with what I’ll ever do. children. to the distraction of a wireless device, I our Creator. So when Jesus talks about the sower, I missed my missed living in the present moment. On vacation recently, we visited a I think he had a pretty good grip on the daughter’s first venture down the giant The other night, my cell phone rang Catholic church in another town. The realities of digging in the dirt. outdoor water slide. Margaret, 7, was repeatedly during our family dinner. lector reminded everyone to silence their People often joke about how much deflated when she looked up and found Then our home phone would ring, phones prior to the start of the liturgy. farmers worry. We need rain. But then, me engaged in an e-mail on my phone. followed by the cell ringing again. There are times that need to be we bemoan that the fields are too wet to She wasn’t interested in hearing that I Finally, I stood up to answer. I felt that if reserved solely for God. After all, he plant. We dread hail and drought. A farmer was responding to an important e-mail someone repeatedly called, there must be can’t reach us when everyone else is watches the price of grain with more message. All she knew was that I missed an urgent matter to address. My husband trying to. The same logic applies with concern than most of us watch the bathroom her big water slide debut. stopped me and said, “You own your our families and friends. scale. A farmer can tell you what corn is A few minutes later, my son Henry, phone, and your phone does not own Experience has taught me that selling for in Chicago on any given day. The 10, performed an animated “scissor you.” Then he invited me to sit back “unplugged” time is essential, so back to nagging question a farmer ponders: Should I jump” off the high dive. I missed that, down with the family at the dinner table. the pool we go. I have a “scissor jump” sell or should I hold? too. I was replying to a rather critical Apparently, I’m not the only one who and some water sliding to see. My phone So it’s with a sense of peace that I read and time-sensitive text. Henry was has some changes to make. Recently, will be secured in a poolside locker. Jesus’ descriptions of the sower in Mark. so disappointed. I’ve seen several signs that indicate I’m Please forgive me when I don’t respond Jesus describes the man who scatters “seed I fear that my phone is beginning to not alone. A sign on the door at a little immediately to your message. I’m fully on the land” (Mk 4:26). Even when the man program me. Noises from my phone restaurant said, “Sorry, no Wi-Fi. You present elsewhere. is asleep, the seed is sprouting and growing. have become like Pavlov’s bell. I hear will have to talk to each other.” Miraculously, with seemingly little effort a “ding” or a whistle, and it’s like I saw a similar note taped to a deli (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna from the sower, growth appears. I’m being summoned away from the counter which read: “We’ll gladly take Parish in Plainfield, is a regular “Of its own accord, the land yields fruit, present moment. your order when you’re done with columnist for The Criterion.) † first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear” (Mk 4:28). Your Family/Bill Dodds Now, those of us who garden—or farm— will insist there’s more to it than that. Our Live in the present, not the past, each and every day cucumbers will languish without water. My husband gives himself a backache weeding. “What time is it really?” will I consider that moment “the good days, but not perfect days. But I have We fertilize, we compost. We labor long That’s what our son, Thomas, wanted old days”? now. Right now. I have here. Right here. after the seed has been planted. to know on a road trip across the But now I do, because they were. I have life on Earth. Of course, Jesus is talking way beyond United States back In the blink of an eye, the children are In modern language, I’m called to be growing delphiniums. He’s telling us to in 1989. grown. The house is quiet. My schedule present, to be mindful. I can’t let myself rest easy and know that what we do in this We crossed an is casual. My expenses minimal. My become so obsessed thinking about life—those metaphorical seeds we plant— invisible line, and darling Monica is gone, taken by cancer. a future without Monica that I fail to are really not all about us. They’re in God’s suddenly we were in I don’t kid myself that those days appreciate and use the blessings I have hands, and in God’s good time. a different time zone, were perfect. There are no perfect times right here, right now. And I can’t allow Jesus is comparing the fields to the asking “but what on Earth, although, thanks be to God, myself to become lost in, obsessed with kingdom. When I think of the seeds I’ve time is it really?” there can be near-perfect moments. the past. sown, my part in the kingdom, I think of I remember Seen in the rearview mirror of life, they The truth is that at every age and my children. How did I do? Could I have when the kids were sparkle and shine. They bring comfort every stage of a person’s life, there are done better? even younger and and joy even as they stand in stark blessings and challenges. And with Jesus tells us not to worry. Don’t pretend a snippet from Carly Simon’s song contrast to change and loss. the passing of time and the grace of you have too much control. Don’t spend “Anticipation” popped into my head I see the children often. The God, sometimes it’s possible to see the time in regrets or “what ifs.” one day, and I realized it applied to me, grandkids are a hoot. My parents have deepest blessings have their roots in the Prepare your soil, continue to sow, to to us: “These are the good old days.” passed away, but all my siblings are harshest challenges. witness, to make the Earth ready. But God I had my doubts. alive and well, and we laugh a lot when Sometimes it’s possible to notice one is master of the seed that mysteriously The children were running us ragged. we get together. constant through it all: Emmanuel, God germinates in the dark Earth. Give God We worried about the tight household I have good friends. Good health. I with us. control of your life. budget, worried about work, an infinite have work and want to continue doing it to-do list and on and on. Even so, I as long as I can and have a good life. But (Bill Dodds writes for Catholic News (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News thought, at some point down the road it is not a perfect life. There are good Service.) † Service.) † The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Page 13

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, July 6 Friday, July 10 Sunday Readings St. Maria Goretti, virgin and Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 martyr Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, Sunday, July 5, 2015 Genesis 28:10-22a 39-40 will provide for us. • Ezekiel 2:2-5 For its last reading this weekend, Psalm 91:1-4, 14-15b Matthew 10:16-23 • 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 the Church presents a reading from Matthew 9:18-26 • Mark 6:1-6 St. Mark’s Gospel. Saturday, July 11 In this reading, Jesus speaks in Tuesday, July 7 St. Benedict, abbot The Book of Ezekiel furnishes the first the synagogue. People who are not Genesis 32:23-33 Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26a reading for this weekend’s Mass. The themselves Jewish often today regard prophet speaks in the first person. He says synagogues to be churches in Judaism. Psalm 17:1b, 2-3, 6-8b, 15 Psalm 105:1-4, 6-7 that he literally heard They are not churches, and they were, Matthew 9:32-38 Matthew 10:24-33 God speaking to him. strictly speaking, not places of worship in God told Ezekiel that the time of Jesus. For the Jews at the time Wednesday, July 8 Sunday, July 12 he was sending him of Jesus, there was one place of worship, Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a Fifteenth Sunday in to the Israelites, who namely the temple in Jerusalem. Psalm 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19 Ordinary Time had rebelled against Synagogues were places of prayer, but God’s holy law, so that essentially they were places to learn and Matthew 10:1-7 Amos 7:12-15 they would be called to to discuss the Scriptures. Hence, Jesus Psalm 85:9-14 forsake their disloyalty stood and spoke. So did others. Thursday, July 9 Ephesians 1:3-14 and return to God. He amazed everyone. His wisdom was St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest or Ephesians 1:3-10 God, speaking to profound. Nevertheless, in their human and martyr, and companions, Mark 6:7-13 Ezekiel, recognizes certain traits about limitations, many did not recognize Jesus humans. They are stubborn, and can be as Son of God. martyrs very stubborn in their blindness. This Again as an aside, some short Genesis 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5 blindness prompts them to choose their explanation of the reference to the Psalm 105:16-21 way rather than the way of God. It is folly “brothers and sisters” of Jesus is needed Matthew 10:7-15 for them. Yet, God does not desert them. (Mk 6:3). Since Jesus is identified as the St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the “son of Mary,” it is presumed that Joseph Corinthians supplies the second reading. was dead by this time. But who were these As an aside, this reading includes Paul’s brothers and sisters? revelation that he himself had been given Beginning with the earliest times of Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle “a thorn in the side” (2 Cor 12:7). For Christianity, the constant teaching of the almost 2,000 years, people studying this Catholic Church has been that Mary was epistle have struggled to discover what a lifelong virgin, and that Jesus was her Punishment for sins is restricted to this thorn might in fact have been. Some only child. One possibility is that these have thought that it was a chronic illness or “brothers and sisters” were Joseph’s the people who committed them disability, perhaps epilepsy. Others think it children by a previous marriage. If so, simply was the temptation to sin. they would have legally and culturally “The sins of the fathers are visited was baptized a Catholic in his country of No one has a conclusive answer. What been regarded as siblings of Jesus, Qon the children.” Is that saying an origin, but when his family emigrated to is clear is that life had its challenges for regardless of the fact that their mothers adage, a Catholic teaching or God’s own the United States, they began to attend Paul, as life has challenges for everyone. It were different persons. words? Thirteen years a Christian charismatic community. My is important to remember that in the pious ago, two relatives of daughter was baptized and raised as a Jewish mind of the time everything bad, Reflection mine received an equal Catholic, educated in a Catholic school including physical problems, came from Two strong and enlightening lessons and large bequest. An and still practices her Catholic religion the devil. The loving, merciful God could come from these readings. The first is that oral directive from the faithfully. never will such misfortunes upon people. all humans are like the ancient stubborn deceased had provided My concern is that they have now So when Paul writes that Satan brought and rebellious Israelites, and like the that each beneficiary opted not to get married in a Catholic this burden upon him, he was speaking imperceptive people of Nazareth. We should donate one-fifth church. The pastor of the fiancé will from this context. cannot always put two and two together. of his inheritance to a officiate at their wedding in a garden The message is not simply that Paul We fail to understand. We make mistakes. church restoration fund. ceremony. I am encouraging them to had difficulties, whatever they were. It is Indeed, we are inclined to resist the truth. Both were clearly have their marriage blessed subsequently not just that he persevered despite these We lean toward sin, the ultimate error. aware of the directive, but only one by a Catholic priest, and they both seem difficulties. He persevered because God’s However, as God sent Ezekiel, God complied—thus putting an end to any willing. But I don’t know whether this is strength empowered him. The Apostle most especially sent Jesus to show us the harmony in what had been a close family. possible and, if so, how to accomplish it. encouraged the Corinthian Christians and way to eternal life. Jesus is the source of The complying relative’s descendants are What are the requirements for having encourages us to be faithful to God. He all wisdom. He is the Son of God. † now enjoying financial comfort, while the a marriage convalidated by the Catholic other’s family has suffered a huge reversal Church? (California) of fortune. Is the saying I quoted first of My Journey to God any relevance here? (New Jersey) This may be even simpler than Ayou thought. It’s possible that the Certain passages in Scripture—viewed upcoming ceremony itself, given the Ain isolation—would seem to lend proper permissions, could be recognized True Personal Freedom credence to the adage you quote. One, in by the Catholic Church as resulting in By Natalie Hoefer particular, is in Exodus, which says, “I, a valid marriage. I believe that your It is easy to be misled to think the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, daughter’s fiancé, now a practicing That freedom is entitlement to obtain inflicting punishment for their ancestors’ Christian charismatic, would probably Whatever we want, when we want it, wickedness on the children of those who not be considered a Catholic, and a Be it pleasing or wasteful or vain. hate me, down to the third and fourth dispensation can be granted for what is Yes, God gave us free will, generation” (Ex 20:5). considered a “mixed marriage.” But that doesn’t mean absence of price But the context of that passage is God’s Also, not infrequently the Catholic For choosing that which is not of God, deliverance of the Ten Commandments, Church allows non-Catholic clergy For rejecting virtue for vice. specifically where he speaks about the to officiate at a wedding ceremony For what is the opposite of freedom sin of idolatry. What the Lord is saying involving the exchange of marriage But the state of being a slave? is that the practice of idolatry has a way vows of a Catholic and non-Catholic And how is it we become captives? of inserting itself into a cultural heritage. (especially if the officiant has a By being bound to the things that we crave. Raised in such a tradition, children will be close connection with the non- When those things are not of God hard-pressed to overcome it. Catholic family)—and sometimes in a Then they keep us from being whole. Does that mean that children will be nonreligious setting (e.g., a garden). And so we make ourselves prisoners punished by God simply because their So your daughter and her fiancé To those things which harm body and soul. parents sinned? By no means. Ezekiel should speak with a local Catholic priest, But in choosing what’s right and holy— could not be more clear: “Only the one who will know his diocese’s guidelines Though some would call that restriction— who sins shall die. The son shall not be and will help them seek the necessary We are actually choosing true freedom … charged with the guilt of his father, nor permissions. From the slavery of sin and addiction. shall the father be charged with the guilt of If for some reason this does not work Christ Himself tells us in Scripture his son” (Ez 18:20). out, then subsequently, sometime after the That by truth we shall be freed.* In the example you raise, I don’t believe ceremony that is planned, the marriage So seek the truth and seek God’s will— that the family’s reversal of financial could be convalidated (or “blessed”) And find true personal freedom indeed! fortune comes as divine retribution for the in the Catholic Church. For this, they ethical failings of an earlier generation. But would need to meet with a priest, fill out *John 8:32 I do think that moral laxity can sometimes the required questionnaire and receive influence the moral framework and choices diocesan approval to repeat their vows (Natalie Hoefer is a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis and a reporter of one’s descendants and thus make life before a priest in a Catholic church. for The Criterion. Nuns release dove-shaped balloons during a June 17, 2011, troublesome for them many years later. Mass for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula at Imjingak Peace Park (Questions may be sent to in Paju, near the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea. My daughter is scheduled to be Father Kenneth Doyle at (CNS photo/Lee Jae-Won, Reuters) Q married four months from now, and [email protected] and her fiancé is a born-again Christian. He 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015

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Newton Sr. Sister of Linda and Raymond Newton Jr. Aunt of PALSA, Maryann J., 86, Great-grandmother of nine. several. Principles St. Luke the Evangelist, TUCKER, Berniece Mae Indianapolis, June 5. Wife (Vibbert), 84, St. Christopher, ZAPP, James D., Jr., 60, of Andrew Palsa. Mother of Indianapolis, June 20. Wife of Prince of Peace, June 19. Brother Deborah Kurtzhals and Dale John Tucker. Mother of Kimberly of Deanna Hertz, John and Academy Palsa. Grandmother of two. Sarabyn, Jeff, John and Nick Robert Zapp. † Pope Francis tells parents to be Attend Our PrO-LIFE mindful of children’s suffering TRAINING TO LEARN HOW VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The deep psychological analyses, I ask myself if hurts that spouses inflict on each other we have not become anaesthetized to the TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! cause great suffering to their children and, wounds in the souls of children,” he said. in some cases, lead to a separation that is The pope added that “the more parents “morally necessary” to protect spouses try to compensate with gifts or treats and children from more serious forms of ... the more painful and profound” the Saturday, July 25, 2015 violence, Pope Francis said during his wounds in a child’s soul become. general audience in St. Peter’s Square on He questioned aloud whether adults June 24. still know what a wounded soul is, and 11:30am–4:00pm Continuing a series of talks about the if they have a sense of the “weight of the family, the pope reflected on the hurts mountain that crushes a child’s spirit in St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church family members cause each other, calling families in which people treat each other - Indianapolis, IN - this type of behavior “the ugliest thing.” badly and hurt each other” to the point of The pope said every family has breaking up a marriage. He urged parents experienced moments when someone’s to consider the weight of their choices and For more information and to register, visit “words, acts and omissions” offend mistakes on their children. another, and “rather than expressing love, “When adults lose their heads, when diminish it or worse still, demean it. each person thinks of themselves, when www.healingtheculture.com/LPA “When these hurts, which can still be dad and mom hurt each other,” children put right, are neglected, they get worse,” suffer greatly and “experience a sense of he said. “They turn into arrogance, desperation,” he said. hostility, contempt. And at that point, These wounds “leave their mark for they become deep lacerations that divide life,” and “many times children hide to husband and wife, leading us to look cry by themselves,” he said. elsewhere for understanding, support and Speaking of the interconnectedness consolation. But often these ‘supports’ do in families, he said one person’s not think of the good of the family.” woundedness affects the entire family. When marriages are emptied of “Husband and wife are one flesh. conjugal love, resentment grows and the Their children are flesh of their flesh,” disintegration of the spousal relationship he said. Consequently, all of the spouses’ “caves in” on the children, he said. “hurts and abandonments ... are engraved “Notwithstanding our apparent into the living flesh of their children,” evolved sensitivity and all of our refined he said. † The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2015 Page 15 Court upholds execution drug protocol criticized as cruel and unusual

WASHINGTON (CNS)—In another in a series of In his concurrence and pointed disagreement with bitterly divided end-of-term cases, the Supreme Court on Breyer, Thomas also described brutal crimes that landed June 29 upheld the execution protocol used by Oklahoma people on death row. It was the third criminal justice and several other states. case in the last weeks of the term in which Thomas has The 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito upheld made a point of writing about severe sentences being lower courts that said the use of the drug midazolam necessary because of the pain inflicted on crime victims and in lethal injection does not violate Eighth Amendment their families. protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Like Alito’s majority opinion, Sotomayor devoted much The ruling was among the last three opinions released, of her dissent to dissecting the testimony about the effects closing out the court’s 2014 term. Aside from announcing of midazolam. She took issue with the majority brushing the disposition of other cases it has been asked to review, past the inmates’ plea “that they at least be allowed a the court is not scheduled to conduct any further business in stay of execution while they seek to prove midazolam’s the public eye until the 2015 term opens on Oct. 5. inadequacy.” She was joined in the dissent by Breyer, The majority opinion in Glossip v. Gross noted that it Ginsburg and Justice Elena Kagan. has been previously established multiple times that capital Sotomayor said the court accomplished that “first, punishment is constitutional, and only delved into whether by deferring to the District Court’s decision to credit the the claims by Oklahoma death-row inmates that the effects scientifically unsupported and implausible testimony of a of the drugs used in lethal injection are unnecessarily single expert witness; and second, by faulting petitioners painful. Among the reasons Alito cited in upholding lower for failing to satisfy the wholly novel requirement of courts were that “the prisoners failed to identify a known proving the availability of an alternative means for their and available alternative method of execution that entails a own executions. On both counts, the court errs. As a result, lesser risk of pain.” it leaves petitioners exposed to what may well be the Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas each chemical equivalent of being burned at the stake.” filed concurring opinions. Alito’s majority ruling also was She said that in sweeping aside substantial evidence that joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, Scalia, Thomas and midazolam “cannot be utilized to maintain unconsciousness Justice Anthony Kennedy. in the face of agonizing stimuli,” the majority accepted one Two of the four justices who disagreed with Alito witness’s “wholly unsupported claims that 500 milligrams each wrote a dissenting opinion, including one in which of midazolam will ‘paralyze the brain.’ In so holding, Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the court disregards an objectively intolerable risk of for briefings on whether the death penalty itself ought to severe pain.” be ruled unconstitutional. “I believe it highly likely that The majority responded to Sotomayor’s points about the the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment,” Breyer potential for such an outcome by calling it a “groundless Protesters against the death penalty gather in front of the wrote. “At the very least, the court should call for full suggestion that our decision is tantamount to allowing U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 29. briefing on the basic question.” prisoners to be ‘drawn and quartered, slowly tortured to (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) In his majority ruling, Alito discussed at length the death, or actually burned at the stake.’ That is simply not evidence presented about whether midazolam fails to true, and the principal dissent’s resort to this outlandish to answer for a capital ... crime unless on a presentment act sufficiently as a sedative to prevent inmates who rhetoric reveals the weakness of its legal arguments.” or indictment of a grand jury,’ and that no person shall are being executed from suffering an undue amount of Scalia’s concurring opinion—joined by Thomas— be ‘deprived of life ... without due process of law.’ pain. The cases arose after several situations like that of mostly took on Breyer’s dissent, faulting him for suggesting Nevertheless, today Justice Breyer takes on the role of the Clayton Lockett. At his April 2014 execution, he writhed in the death penalty might be unconstitutional. abolitionists in this long-running drama, arguing that the pain for 40 minutes before dying of apparent heart failure. “Mind you, not once in the history of the American text of the Constitution and two centuries of history must Alito recounted the circumstances leading to the use Republic has this court ever suggested the death penalty yield to his ‘20 years of experience on this court,’ and of midazolam, which has become an alternative for other is categorically impermissible,” Scalia wrote. “The reason inviting full briefing on the continued permissibility of drugs, whose manufacturers refuse to supply them for is obvious: It is impossible to hold unconstitutional that capital punishment.” use in executions. He went into graphic detail about the which the Constitution explicitly contemplates. The Breyer’s argument, Scalia wrote, “is full of internal murders committed by the death-row inmates who sued. Fifth Amendment provides that “ ‘[n]o person shall be held contradictions and [it must be said] gobbledygook.” † Texas Catholic Conference disappointed by court ruling on abortion law AUSTIN, Texas (CNS)—The Texas Catholic appeal from a lower court. June 29 that in the one-paragraph order on the ruling Conference expressed disappointment with the A June 30 statement from the Catholic conference, the the justices did not explain why they were postponing U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision on June 29 public policy arm of the Texas Catholic bishops, said the consideration of the law. which temporarily blocks Texas from enforcing new bishops “grieve for the unborn children who will continue If a review of the law is denied later, the order will be requirements on abortion clinics that would force many of to die, and are concerned for the mothers who will lifted, but if review is granted, it will stay in effect until them to close. subjected to substandard care, while the court delays until there is a final ruling, Denniston added. He also noted that The Texas law requires the clinics to meet the same the fall to resolve this issue. the actual petition for review has not yet been filed by the standards as ambulatory surgical centers when performing “While the Texas Catholic Conference opposes doctors and clinics involved in the appeal. abortions. Other provisions of the law, such as requiring abortion, it equally values protecting and preserving the The Supreme Court was considering a similar appeal abortion doctors to have hospital privileges and prohibiting health of women, whose lives and dignity are just as from Mississippi, which was seeking to enforce a hospital abortions after 20 weeks gestation, were not affected. precious as those destroyed by the act of abortion,” the admissions privileges requirement that opponents say In a June 9 ruling, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court statement said. would force the state’s last abortion clinic to close. That of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the law, “Short of closing these abortion facilities, abortionists law has been blocked by the 5th Circuit, the same court and rejected pleas by abortion clinics to suspend its must meet the most rigorous, mandatory standards of involved in the Texas case. implementation while it is appealed. The Supreme Court medical inspections and regulation,” the statement added. In its final rulings issued on June 30, the court did not ruling prevents enforcement of the law until the fall when Legal analyst Lyle Denniston, writing for the act on a challenge to Mississippi’s abortion restrictions in the high court will decide if the justices should hear an SCOTUSblog, a blog on the Supreme Court, said on Currier v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. †

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(Editor’s note: Three archdiocesan English. I said, ‘Well, I think I know priests are celebrating their 50-year more than my classmates,’ ” Father Rodas jubilees in 2015. This week, we feature recalled with a chuckle. Father Mauro Rodas.) He was ordained a priest at Saint Meinrad on May 2, 1965. By Natalie Hoefer Father Rodas served at St. Mary Parish in Indianapolis for a short time, then In the fall of 1995, José Luis Castro pursued graduate studies in education was walking despondently on the and psychology at Butler University in sidewalk in front of St. Mary Church in Indianapolis. Over the years through downtown Indianapolis. various universities, Father Rodas “I was a little sad and depressed earned master’s degrees in education, because I couldn’t find a job,” the Mexico psychology and school counseling—as native recalled. well as in Spanish literature—and a “All of a sudden I heard this voice doctorate in clinical psychology. calling me. ‘How are you doing? Where From 1967 to 1975, Father Rodas are you going? I’m Father Rodas. I’m taught linguistics in Spain at the the priest of this church. Would you like University of Madrid. to come have a little talk?’ He invited When he came back to Indiana, he was me into the rectory, and we talked for assigned as associate pastor of St. Mary two hours. Parish in Indianapolis. “I’ve gone to Mass every Sunday “In the neighborhood [around since then,” said Castro, who at the time St. Mary’s] lived a few Hispanic of meeting Father Rodas had not been families from Mexico,” he explained. Above, retired Father Mauro Rodas practicing his Catholic faith. “Msgr. [Goosens] said, ‘It would be good smiles during his 50th anniversary Mass Castro’s story of retired Father Mauro if you walk around and visit these people, at Our Lady of the Greenwood Church in Rodas ministering to him aligns with see if you can do anything for them.’ That Greenwood on May 3 after parishioners words and phrases others used to describe was the beginning of the idea of taking expressed their appreciation for his years the shepherd, who is celebrating his care of Hispanics. of priestly service. (Submitted photo) 50th anniversary as a priest this year. “Msgr. Vincent also suggested I visit Such descriptions include kind, migrant camps, groups of Hispanics Left, Father Mauro Rodas smiles in compassionate, hard working, a defender who work in planting and taking care this photo taken in 1983. He recently of the faith, a gentleman. He was also of crops, like down in Austin, Franklin celebrated the 50th anniversary of his years ahead of other dioceses of his time and Bargersville.” ordination to the priesthood, which in establishing Hispanic ministry in the In 1978, he became the director occurred on May 2, 1965. (Archived photo) Archdiocese of Indianapolis. of what was then called the He was born in 1937 in Ecuador, the Hispanic-American apostolate in the he defends the faith and the traditions Father Rodas start Hispanic ministry at second of four children. Father Rodas was archdiocese. He was incardinated into the of the faith,” Castro continued, noting Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis about educated in Quito, the country’s capital, archdiocese in 1979, and became pastor how Father Rodas influenced him to 15-20 years ago. by the Christian Brothers, an educational of St. Mary Parish in 1981. He later move from living with the mother of his “He’s very kind, compassionate, order founded by St. John Baptist served the Hispanics of southern Indiana children to marrying her. “The Hispanic thoughtful, and very hard working,” said de La Salle. while serving as pastor of St. Joseph community respects him. Every event that the former director of religious education “I was attracted to the way they taught Parish in Corydon, St. Peter Parish in we have we invite him because we love to at the east side parish. “Father Rodas us because religious education was part of Harrison County, and Most Precious be with him.” was the Spanish ministry in Indianapolis every day,” said Father Rodas. Blood Parish in New Middleton. Beyond being appreciated by the for an era,” she said. “At Holy Spirit … But he was more attracted to the “I asked for retirement at an early Hispanic community, Father Rodas’ we invited Father Rodas to preside at Dominicans, who ministered at a parish age,” he said of his official retirement ministry is appreciated by Msgr. Mark a Mass at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. I think near the house of one of his relatives. in 2000 at the age of 63. “I thought if I Svarczkopf, pastor of Our Lady of the the first Mass had four people, then the He recalled walking home from high don’t have administration of [a] parish Greenwood Parish. next Sunday 40, then the next Sunday school one day and deciding to go into I would be freer to do this type of “If it weren’t for [Father Rodas], we 400. Within a short time, we started one of the churches along his route. [Hispanic] ministry.” wouldn’t have been able to begin our doing baptisms, then first Communions, “I knew the priests from childhood, the Since retiring, Father Rodas has Hispanic ministry,” he said. “He was first confessions, then confirmation. [Domincan] priests with the white habit,” either helped start or maintain Hispanic doing it before I came, and I’ve been here “He didn’t see that they had to he said. “I remembered my childhood and ministry at Our Lady of the Greenwood for 12 years. re-create the Church of Mexico here,” she how I enjoyed listening to them pray the Parish in Greenwood, St. Mary Parish in “We have a large number of added. “His mission was to bring people breviary and chanting and praising the New Albany, and Holy Spirit, St. Gabriel Spanish-speaking people who wouldn’t here from Mexico into the American Blessed Mother. I decided that I would the Archangel and St. Lawrence parishes, have Spanish Mass [at Our Lady of the community and culture, not to give up like to search this farther.” all in Indianapolis. Greenwood] if not for him. their culture but to be able to appreciate After finishing high school, “I’ve been happy with this ministry,” “And he does all the Spanish-speaking and function in this culture.” Father Rodas became a he said. “I know that by genes I belong sacraments. Since 2003, there have been Whether it’s encouraging integration, Dominican novice. to this culture. I don’t have any problem 980 baptisms of English-speaking people, celebrating sacraments or asking a A few years into his formation, he relating to them whether they’re from and in the same period of time there downhearted man on the street to “come met an Ecuadorian bishop looking for Mexico or Central America or any other have been exactly 980 Spanish-speaking have a little talk,” Father Rodas has found men to enter his diocesan seminary. Spanish-speaking country. They welcome baptisms.” a lifetime of reward in serving others. Father Rodas’ interest was piqued and, me. They see a father figure in me, a Assisting at the Greenwood parish “That has been my satisfaction, to with the permission of his Dominican title of the Church, and I feel like they’re is just one of the ways Father Rodas help others,” he said of his half-century superior, he transferred to the diocesan my children.” stays busy. He also works 12-16 hours of ministry as a priest. “I feel peaceful, seminary. The feeling is mutual, said Castro, a a week as a chaplain at Community satisfied and full in my heart because I It was this seminary that ultimately member of Our Lady of the Greenwood East Hospital in Indianapolis, as well as realize that my life so far has been for the set Father Rodas on the path to the Parish where Father Rodas currently celebrating Mass and other sacraments benefit of others. Archdiocese of Indianapolis. assists with Hispanic ministry. at St. Lawrence Parish in Indianapolis. “Overall, I did what God gave me the “The bishop was friends with “He became my friend, my priest, and He also assists the Filipino Catholic privilege of doing: to be a shepherd of the Msgr. Victor Goosens, who was pastor of I adopted him as a father,” he said. “He’s community in the archdiocese. flock, to lead people to the kingdom.” St. Mary’s [in Indianapolis] at that time. a really good man with a lot of strong With all that he does, it’s hard to [The bishop] received a scholarship for integrity and courage. He’s a really caring consider him retired, said Benedictine (For more information about a two students to come to Saint Meinrad person, like a father. Sister Joan Hunt, who has been vocation to the priesthood in the [Seminary and School of Theology in “He’s just an amazing person, a involved in Hispanic ministry in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, log on to St. Meinrad]. He asked me if I knew gentleman, and an amazing priest because archdiocese for many years and helped www.HearGodsCall.com.) † St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s parents will be first married couple canonized together VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The More than 40 cardinals attended. life. During their 19-year marriage, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux During the consistory, the couple was known to attend will be canonized at the Vatican Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of Mass daily, pray and fast, respect on Oct. 18, during the Synod of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, the Lord’s Day, visit the elderly and Bishops on the family. said the couple lived an “exemplary the sick, and welcome the poor into Louis Martin (1823-1894) life of faith, dedication to ideal their home. and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin values, united to a constant realism, They will be canonized along (1831-1877) will be the first married and persistent attention to the poor,” with Italian Father Vincenzo Grossi couple with children to be canonized according to Vatican Radio. (1845-1917), founder of the Institute in the same ceremony. Other married The cardinal said the French of the Daughters of the Oratory, couples are among the blesseds of couple serves as an “extraordinary and Spanish Sister Maria of the Blesseds Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin, the parents of St. Therese of the Church. witness of conjugal and family Immaculate Conception (1926-1998), Lisieux, are pictured in a combination photo created from images provided Pope Francis issued the decree spirituality.” a member of the Congregation of the by the Sanctuary of Lisieux in France. The couple will be canonized approving their canonization on Married in 1858, the couple Sisters of the Company of the Cross, at the Vatican on Oct. 18, during the Synod of Bishops on the family. June 27, during the public consistory had nine children; four died in whose canonizations the pope also (CNS photo/courtesy of Sanctuary of Lisieux) on canonizations at the Vatican. infancy and five entered religious approved on June 27. †