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It’s All Good Make the time to work on relationships in 2019, writes columnist Patti Lamb, page 12. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com January 11, 2019 Vol. LIX, No. 13 75¢ ICC to promote Church’s position A gift from the heart on key issues during 2019 legislative session By Victoria Arthur There are some new voices at the Indiana Statehouse following the midterm elections of 2018, but one remains constant—that of the Catholic Church. As lawmakers reconvened in Indianapolis on Jan. 3 to open the 2019 Indiana General Assembly, so did the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC), which for more than 50 years has served as the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in the state. The ICC will once again follow proposed legislation and promote the Church’s position on key issues to legislators, the media and the general public. Religious liberty, abortion, payday People stand in line on Jan. 4 in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis, waiting to venerate the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, a French lending industry practices, and parental priest who died in 1859 and is the patron saint of parish priests. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) authority with respect to education choice are among the issues Relic of St. John Vianney draws thousands the ICC is expected to track closely during this legislative to cathedral to view ‘a miracle first hand’ session, according to executive director By Sean Gallagher But when the line of people grew so long The relic was brought to Indianapolis Glenn Tebbe. that it wound its way up the main aisle of as part of a tour of the United States “Protecting the For hours, the line of people slowly the cathedral and down its side aisles, three sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Glenn Tebbe dignity of people is made its way forward to the heart of a more kneelers were placed alongside the It is ordinarily housed at the shrine of always our guiding saint. first two. Still, the line stretched from the St. John Vianney in Ars, France. principle,” said Tebbe, now in his 15th They came from across Indiana and entrance of the cathedral to its sanctuary Bill Sherman was one among several year at the helm of the ICC. “At the beyond to SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in for the entirety of the seven hours the relic members of the knights who served as forefront is promoting the sanctity of Indianapolis to venerate and pray before was available for veneration. an honor guard beside the relic during its life, on matters ranging from abortion to the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, Emily Brammer brought her daughter stay at the cathedral. assisted suicide. Our role is to make sure the French priest who died in 1859 and is Monica, a first-grader at Lumen Christi “This is what the Knights of Columbus that the Church’s voice is heard on these the patron saint of parish priests. Catholic School in Indianapolis, to pray is about,” said Sherman. “I feel like it’s and other important issues.” From 10 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. on Jan. 4, with her in the presence of the heart of more than just a privilege. It’s a once-in- This is a long session of the an estimated 3,000 people of all ages the saint that has remained the same— a-lifetime opportunity to do something General Assembly, occurring every other and walks of life came to the cathedral incorrupt—as it was when he died in like this.” year. Over the course of nearly four to place themselves in the presence of 1859. Indianapolis was added to the tour months, lawmakers will work toward this special relic held in an ornate brass “These are really faith-building because of the SEEK2019 conference that their overarching goal of passing the reliquary. moments,” Brammer said. “Anytime you occurred there from Jan. 3-7, drawing state’s two-year budget, due by the At first, only two kneelers were placed can witness a miracle first hand, it’s hard 17,000 mostly college-age Catholics from adjournment deadline of April 29. But in front of the reliquary that held the heart. for a person ever to forget that.” See RELIC, page 9 they also are expected to introduce See ICC, page 2 Teacher’s creation of ‘STARS’ program leads to Celebrating Catholic School Values honor (Editor’s note: On Feb. 7, the archdiocese Catholic education, attend school with “The student on stage was shouting will present Celebrating Catholic School their siblings and peers, and feel safe and directions to the faculty member when Values Career Achievement Awards to accepted. I knew that had been achieved Mr. Weisenbach told him to go out onto Pat Musgrave, Virginia Marten and during a pep session the floor and Jerry and Rosie Semler. In this issue, at Roncalli,” she show him how it The Criterion features Musgrave.) notes, referring to the was done. As the moment that involved student joined the By John Shaughnessy the school’s principal, faculty member Chuck Weisenbach. on the floor, the The moment will always stay with “There was a entire student Pat Musgrave—reminding her of the young man with body erupted into potential of her students while also autism that struggled cheers and stood in unison to cheer him reaffirming the difference she has made in with the sounds at on. This is when I knew that the program their lives. Pat Musgrave the pep sessions, but at Roncalli had achieved success.” The moment happened during an loved the energy. We worked it out that all-school assembly at Roncalli High he would attend, but be on stage where ‘The biggest success story’ School in Indianapolis, where Musgrave the sound was not coming directly at him. That moment revealed many of the led its special education program for Mr. Weisenbach happened to be on stage goals that Musgrave had for her students: 24 years. with the student at the time that one of the to make them realize they have strengths, “I worked extremely hard to develop faculty members was energizing the crowd that they could have success, and that they a program where students could have a with a dance from Napoleon Dynamite. See CCSV, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, January 11, 2019 Pope to U.S. bishops: Abuse crisis Public Schedule of requires conversion, humility Archbishop Charles C. Thompson __________ VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The clerical retired archbishop of Washington; the January 13 – 22, 2018 abuse crisis and the “crisis of credibility” release of a Pennsylvania grand jury it created for bishops in the U.S. have led report accusing more than 300 priests Jan. 13 – 10:30 a.m. Jan. 16 – 10 a.m. to serious divisions and religious in six dioceses of abusing 50th Anniversary of Dedication Department Heads meeting at within the Church more than 1,000 children in a period Mass at St. Paul Catholic Center, Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara in America and to a spanning 70 years; and accusations Bloomington Catholic Center temptation to look published by Archbishop Carlo Maria for administrative Viganò, former apostolic nuncio to the Jan. 14 – noon Jan. 16 – 17 solutions to problems United States, that Pope Francis had Pastoral Planning Steering Committee National Summit on Economics of that go much deeper, known about and ignored allegations meeting at Archbishop Edward Pastoral Leadership at JW Marriott, Pope Francis told the that Archbishop McCarrick had sexually T. O’Meara Catholic Center, Indianapolis Indianapolis bishops. harassed seminarians. Jan. 19 – 10 a.m. Without a clear In his letter, Pope Francis said he Jan. 14 – 7 p.m. Baptisms in Louisville, Ky. Pope Francis and decisive focus on suggested the retreat “as a necessary step Mass for Vocations at St. Barnabas Jan. 20 – 6 p.m. spiritual conversion toward responding in the spirit of the Church, Indianapolis and Gospel-inspired ways of responding Gospel to the crisis of credibility that you Christian Unity Prayer Service at to victims and exercising ministry, are experiencing as a Church.” Jan. 15 – 10:30 a.m. First Friends Church, Indianapolis Priest Personnel Board meeting at “everything we do risks being tainted by “We know that, given the seriousness Jan. 22 – noon Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara self-referentiality, self-preservation and of the situation, no response or Respect Life Mass at St. John the Catholic Center defensiveness, and thus doomed from the approach seems adequate,” the pope Evangelist Church, Indianapolis start,” the pope wrote. wrote. Still, pastors must have the Jan. 15 – 1 p.m. Jan. 22 – 1:30 p.m. In a letter distributed to the bishops wisdom to offer a response based on Council of Priests meeting at March for Life, from St. John the at the beginning of their Jan. 2-8 retreat listening to God in prayer and to the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Evangelist Church to Monument Circle at Mundelein Seminary at the University suffering of the victims. Catholic Center of St. Mary of the Lake near Chicago, Pope Francis said Church leaders to the Statehouse, Indianapolis Pope Francis said must “abandon a modus operandi of (Schedule subject to change.) See related he was convinced disparaging, discrediting, playing the stories, page 15. their response to the victim or the scold in our relationships,” “sins and crimes” of and instead listen to the “gentle breeze” of abuse and “the efforts the Gospel message. on a person’s next payday. The most made to deny or conceal them” must be Encouraging the bishops to continue ICC frequent targets of this industry are found through “heartfelt, prayerful and taking steps “to combat the ‘culture continued from page 1 low-income individuals who can least collective listening to the word of God of abuse’ and to deal with the crisis of afford to pay back the loans.