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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Violence in who are experiencing difficult moments The mother of 13-year- the Holy Land brought fresh condemna- of great suffering.” old Israeli Hodaya tions and prayers for peace, while groups A focus of the congregation’s meeting Asraf, who was killed in the United States and Europe continued was strengthening the Church’s pastoral in a Palestinian suicide their protests against a potential U.S.-led outreach, a process particularly difficult CNS photo from Reuters bomb attack, weeps war against Iraq. in the Middle East and other areas where during the girl’s funeral Pope John Paul II entrusted prayers for Christians are fleeing violence, discrimi- in Jerusalem on peace in the Middle East to the interces- nation and economic stagnation. Nov. 21. The bomber sion of Blessed John XXIII. That same focus lead a group of killed 11 people and The pope said the Holy Land and other British pilgrims to visit holy sites in injured 29 when he regions of the Middle East are “caught up Jerusalem and the West Bank in mid- blew himself up on a in a dangerous cycle which seems November. crowded commuter humanly unstoppable. May God make “Our presence here is to show support bus carrying, among this vortex of violence stop,” the pope of the Holy Land in these difficult times. others, children on said on Nov. 21 while addressing mem- We are also visiting the holy sites, but their way to school. bers of the Congregation for Eastern more important for us are the people,” Churches at the Vatican. said Michael Whelan, head of the English The pope also invoked the protection and Welsh chapter of the Knights of the of the Blessed Virgin Mary on all Holy Sepulchre. Catholics in the Middle East, “in particu- A parish priest in the West Bank lar for those in the Holy Land and in Iraq, See WAR, page 7 Vatican official Faithfulness of people of Mexico says new sex abuse norms give inspires archdiocesan pilgrims greater protections VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Far from By Margaret Nelson weakening the Church’s ability to protect children, the revisions to the U.S. bish- In a pilgrimage to Mexico last week, ops’ norms on sex abuse establish a rig-

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein led Stumpf Photo by Jeffrey orous procedure for dealing with offend- 43 pilgrims to holy sites that brought ing priests and highlight the gravity of them closer to their faith by helping such crimes, the Vatican’s top canon law them better understand the faith and cul- official said. ture of the people of Mexico. Archbishop Julian Herranz, president Beyond the Shrine of Our Lady of of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Guadalupe—patroness of the Texts, defended the revisions worked out Americas—they visited the Cathedral of by a U.S.-Vatican commission and said Tlaxcala to see the first baptismal font criticism of the changes reflects an and pulpit used in the American conti- incomplete understanding of Church law. nents and the Church of San Miquel, In an interview with Catholic News where the water is believed to be cura- Service on Nov. 20, he said the joint tive. U.S.-Vatican effort to revise the norms The pilgrimage began on Nov. 16 in was a moment of “deep communion,” Puebla, where the group stayed in a not division. hotel that was built as a Dominican con- He predicted that tensions between vent. The prayer intention for the day the hierarchy and some Catholic laity was for the lay people of the archdio- would subside once the definitive norms cese. Some of the group reported early- are approved by the Holy See and put morning raps on their doors, which the into practice. townspeople attribute to ghosts of the Archbishop Herranz was one of four nuns, whose property was seized, evi- Vatican representatives on the mixed dently during the revolution. commission that revised the U.S. norms; Sunday Mass on Nov. 17 was cele- the revisions were discussed and adopted brated in the ornate 1690s Chapel of overwhelmingly by U.S. bishops in Our Lady of the Rosary of the Church See NORMS, page 9 of Santo Domingo, originally built by the Dominicans in the late 1500s. Archbishop Buechlein was the presider and homilist, with Father Paul Shikany, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin and Holy Trinity Parish in Edinburgh, and Father Scott Friend, pastor of St. Raphael Parish of Springdale, Ark., as concelebrants. Eric Hunter, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany, served as acolyte. The intention of prayer for Sunday was the priests and religious of the archdiocese. The archbishop told the pilgrims, “A pilgrimage is a special gift. A pilgrim- age in Mexico is a pilgrimage in the presence of the Blessed Mother.” Archbishop Buechlein referred to a See MEXICO, page 2

More photos of the pilgrimage Pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis toured the sanctuary of the Shrine of Our Lady of to Mexico on pages 10 and 11. Ocatlan, which was built where an apparition of the Blessed Mother appeared to Juan Diego Bernardino in 1541 and her image was burnt into a tree. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, November 29, 2002

Miguel del Milagro at the site of appari- Msgr. Pedro Juarez, tions of St. Michael to Diego Lazaro in vicar general of the MEXICO 1631. Miracles of healing have been Archdiocese of Tlaxcala, continued from page 1 gave the pilgrims a tour

attributed to water from the well next to Stumpf Photo by Jeffery recent reflection of Pope John Paul II on the church. of the Cathedral of praying the rosary that “reminds us that, Most of the pilgrims found the high- Tlaxcala. At the cathe- as we sit at the school of Mary, we con- light of the pilgrimage to be the visit to dral, the group saw the template the face of Christ.” the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of first baptismal font used The archbishop asked the pilgrims to Guadalupe on Tuesday. The huge shrine, in the Americas as well use the opportunity of visiting the built in 1976, focuses on the framed tilma as the pulpit where the shrines—“the gift of this pilgrimage and (cloak) behind the altar that was worn by Gospel was first the grace that comes from it”—to consider Juan Diego during an apparition of the preached. if they are putting their unique talents to Blessed Mother in 1531. When he told the good use. bishop she wanted a church to be built “In the rhythm of our prayer … may there, the prelate asked for a sign. Later, we find a little more peace for ourselves Juan Diego returned and opened the tilma Near the flags of the American nations, when doctors told him he had multiple in our hearts, minds and souls. And let’s for the bishop. In place of the white roses a banner proclaimed Pope John Paul II’s sclerosis: “Don’t worry, it’s just my body, further the work for peace in our world,” (unusual for December) Mary asked him visit to the basilica to canonize Juan not my soul.” he said. to gather, the image of Our Lady of Diego on July 31 of this year. He said he welcomes this chance to On Nov. 18, when the theme was voca- Guadalupe appeared. This cloak is avail- Later, Eric Hunter said he was proud to show the people of God what the priest- tions, Father Shikany presided at the Mass able for close adoration in a moving walk where the pope had been and to hood is and how it can be carried out. celebrated in the Shrine of Our Lady of walkway below the altar. serve the archbishop as an acolyte at the Using the words, “through him, with Ocotlan. In his homily, he reminded the pil- In one of the 10 open altars at the upper pilgrimage Masses. him and in him,” he said “now we can grims that all vocations are based on the edge of the basilica, the Indianapolis Jennifer Parker, from Hope, said that recognize that we have been healed by unexpected. He explained how Peter and group, led by the archbishop, celebrated her favorite part of the pilgrimage was Jesus Christ.” Paul went against what God wanted, until Mass while 25 priests concelebrated Mass being able to see the tilma up close at the After the Nov. 20 Mass, the pilgrims they learned what was planned for them. at the main altar. Father Friend, whose shrine. She said, “It was an ingenious way watched the Papantla Flyers from Vera Father Shikany said that the journey to Arkansas parish is 65 percent—mostly of doing it. You got to get right there.” Cruz perform a colorful rope act from a Mexico revealed how “it was in simple first-generation—Hispanic immigrants, Her mother, Rose Parker, from pole high in the church courtyard. places and people that God chose to was important to the pilgrimage because of Greensburg, said, “I thought it was inter- Later, many from the group walked to reveal himself.” He reminded the pilgrims his knowledge of the Mexican people, their esting to see the first basilica sinking and the top of the two pyramids at that God chose them to be messengers in language and their culture. that they built a new one.” Teotiauacan, built by the Toltecs from 200 their own unique ways. In his homily, Father Friend explained She was referring to the former large to 750 A.D. for the God of the Moon and He asked them to “draw people to that he met Archbishop Buechlein when he shrine built in 1709, which tilts because it the God of the Sun. Christ in the unexpected and find him in was a student at Saint Meinrad Seminary, is slowly settling into the soil. Prayer ser- Father Friend explained that the key one another.” while the archbishop was rector. vices are still held there each day. part of Mexican culture is hospitality. He This shrine in Ocatlan was built where Father Friend said the picture of Our Many of the pilgrims walked to the top had called the vicar general of Tlaxcala to an apparition of the Blessed Mother Lady was like a window into eternity. of nearby Tepeyac Hill, where five of extend greetings, but Msgr. Juarez cleared appeared to Juan Diego Bernardino in Mary brings us close to Jesus and gives Mary’s appearances to Juan Diego his schedule—because “the person is 1541 and her image was burnt in a tree. us hope—the promise God makes to each occurred. more important than the project”—to Large paintings of these events covered one of us, he said. Father Friend believes Later, they visited the cathedral of escort the pilgrims through the cathedral the walls. that Mary appeared as an Indian woman, Mexico City, the largest in North America, and meet them again at the Church of At Tlaxcala, the pilgrims visited the with dark hair and skin, so that the people located in the city’s Zocalo, or Plaza Major. St. Michael. Father Friend talked about First Martyrs Shrine in the Church of San could identify with her. On Nov. 20, the pilgrimage gathered how Catholicism in Mexico has incorpo- Francisco. It commemorates three youths, “The Lord has called each one of us to for Mass at the sanctuary of Our Lady of rated the traditions of the indigenous peo- Christopher, Anthony and John, who were find a place in his life, he said.” When the Remedy. It was built in 1575 around a ple and the Spanish into the Church, mak- educated in the first Franciscan school Juan Diego went to the bishop, he was small statue that was buried under a ing it a rich culture typified by love for there and died for their faith in the 1520s. living out his role.” He said that the maguey plant by a Spanish general after the Blessed Virgin Mary, value for family They were beatified in 1990. bishop was also living out his role by ask- his army was defeated by the Aztecs. It and value for life. Led by Msgr. Pedro Juarez, vicar general ing for proof of Our Lady’s appearance. was later discovered by the faithful who Each day, the archbishop led the pil- of the archdiocese, the group visited the Father Friend said that Mary’s hands lived nearby. The tradition is that many grims in praying the rosary, with the same Cathedral of Tlaxcala. There, they saw the are pointed outward in prayer, showing acts of healing have been made by the daily intentions as the Masses. On Nov. 21, site where the Gospel was first presented to that she is listening. intercession of Our Lady. On her Sept. 1 the intention was for a safe return home. people of this continent in the form of “Thousands of people come here every feast day each year, approximately 10,000 The 43 pilgrims came from throughout plays, since they did not understand day with hope. They have the hope to ask people visit the sanctuary. the archdiocese—Bloomington, Spanish. The first baptismal font used in the that God will hear us and that he is one During the Mass, with intentions for Brownsburg, Columbus, Edinburgh, American continents—nearly 500 years with us,” he said. “Seeing Mary present the sick who have connections with the Franklin, Greensburg, Hope, Indianapolis, ago—is still used inside the Cathedral of here is a sign that God is always true to archdiocese, Father Friend talked about New Albany, Rushville and Terre Haute— Tlaxcala. The pilgrims also saw the first what he calls us to.” how healing brought true life to the leper as well as from Arkansas, Illinois, pulpit where the Gospel was preached. Benedictine Sister Harriet Woehler was in the Gospel. Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. In the outskirts of the same diocese, the reader on this day, when the prayer “When people come here, they find that Couples and singles, young and old, the pilgrims visited the Church of San intention was for seminarians. only in God do they have grace and became like a family as they shared pesos, power,” he said. “Spiritual life allows us to food, water, paper, books, directions, lan- come to God, to become the best that we guage—and prayers. are. You and I have a chance, when there is sickness, to allow God to come into our (Margaret Nelson is a member of Observing the feast of the hearts and to minister to each other.” St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Immaculate Conception Father Friend explained his reaction Indianapolis.) † Dec. 8 this year falls on a Sunday in obligation is attached to the observance. Advent. Therefore, the observance of However, Catholics are encouraged to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception observe the feast in prayerful, communal is transferred to Monday, Dec. 9. celebration, especially since Mary, under (No feast of the Church may supplant a her title of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday in Advent or Lent or in the is our nation’s patron. Easter season.) Because the celebration must be transferred to Monday, no Father Rick Ginther Director of Liturgy

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By Mary Ann Wyand said, “extraordinary things happen.” The anniversary also gave the sisters a Eighty years ago, Carmelite Sister chance to thank donors for a new elevator Theresa Seelbach founded the future recently installed in the monastery.

Indianapolis Carmel in a frame house in The nuns publish religious books and Ann Wyand Photo by Mary New Albany. maintain a Web site called www.praythe- On Nov. 24, 1922, the feast day of news.com to further their prayer outreach St. John of the Cross, the late Bishop in the world. Joseph Chartrand celebrated the first Mass Eleven women are active members of there and blessed the small monastery. the Indianapolis Carmel and one sister Ten years later, the Carmelite sisters resides at St. Paul Hermitage in Beech moved their cloistered community to Cold Grove. Spring Road in Indianapolis and began The sisters also offer Carmelite experi- the arduous task of building a massive ence weeks for women discerning a reli- stone monastery that resembles a castle. gious vocation. To mark 80 years as a community, the “This week, we have a Rhodes Scholar Carmelite sisters invited guests to join from the University of Indiana in them for an anniversary Mass on Nov. 24 Pennsylvania visiting us,” Sister Joanne celebrated by Jesuit Father Benjamin said. “She found out about us from the Hawley, president of Brebeuf Jesuit Internet. Preparatory School in Indianapolis. “I think the Carmelite experience Praising Carmelite Sister Theresa might be a seed for vocation, even later in Seelbach, who founded the Indianapolis life,” Sister Joanne said. “It allows Carmel, Father Hawley said she learned women, college-age and older, to learn how to participate with Christ in building about monastic life and what it is like to the kingdom and attributed this accom- pray in the Carmelite tradition. It’s a time Carmelite Sister Joanne Dewald, prioress of the Indianapolis Carmel, welcomes visitors to the 80th plishment to God’s grace. to think about their life and what God anniversary Mass on Nov. 24 at the Monastery of the Resurrection. Jesuit Father Benjamin Hawley, “When we participate with Christ,” he might be asking of them.” † president of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, was the celebrant. New book explores history of Indianapolis Car mel

By Mary Ann Wyand sisters, much like their founder, Teresa of Avila, and the nuns who began the A cloister is defined as “a place, espe- Indianapolis Carmel, are courageous cially a monastery or convent, devoted to women who respond creatively to chal- religious seclusion.” lenges. Ann Wyand Photo by Mary In her new book Cloister and “I often think that people have stereo- Community: Life Within a Carmelite typed ideas about nuns, especially those Monastery, Mary Jo Weaver, a professor who lead cloistered lives,” Weaver said. of religious studies at Indiana University “They imagine demure women who are in Bloomington, explains how the clois- trained to silence and obedience. The life tered lifestyle of the nuns has changed of Teresa of Avila and the lives of the over the years at the 70-year-old women in this monastery show us a dif- Carmelite Monastery of the Resurrection ference picture. All of them are deter- on Cold Spring Road in Indianapolis. mined and daring, able to cope with The community was founded by change and challenge.” Carmelite Sister Theresa Seelbach in The 11 members of the Indianapolis New Albany on Nov. 24, 1922, and Carmel wear contemporary clothing moved to Indianapolis in 1932. instead of habits with veils, but their daily “Although the book began as an in- lives are still firmly rooted in prayer house architectural history, it developed based on the teachings of St. Teresa of into a tapestry that weaves many threads,” Avila and St. John of the Cross. Weaver said during a Nov. 24 interview at Unlike their earliest years in the monastery. “It is a history of the Indianapolis, when they couldn’t even building and the community that has lived open the windows during public prayer there for the last 70 years.” novenas to Our Lady of Mount Carmel It also serves as an introduction to the on the front lawn, the Carmelite sisters Carmelites, an international contemplative now share their prayer life by opening order founded in the 13th century and the heavy wooden doors of the castle- reshaped for women religious by Teresa like monastery to Catholics who wish to Indiana University professor Mary Jo Weaver of Bloomington autographs a copy of her new book, of Avila, a 16th-century Spanish saint and join them for weekday and Sunday Cloister and Community: Life Within a Carmelite Monastery, for St. Joan of Arc parishioner Sue Weber reformer. Masses. of Indianapolis on Nov. 24 at the Monastery of the Resurrection in Indianapolis. “If the book has a plot,” Weaver said, “If Teresa of Avila were looking down “it is the story of a group of women who from heaven, I don’t think she would be left the world in order to live in sacred surprised,” Weaver said. “I think she space, but whose lives and prayer have would be gratified to see these changes.” led them to see the world itself as a To promote vocations, the sisters invite sacred space.” women that are discerning a religious Weaver said she believes that the See BOOK, page 19

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Seeking the Face of the Lord Official Weekly Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler The 1915 - 1994 CCriterionriterion Founding Editor Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher William R. Bruns, Associate Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Let us be Editorial peacemakers

Thanksgiving interfaith prayer must be honesty and charity, speak- service begun at SS. Peter and ing the truth in love. Paul Cathedral three years ago I learned that there are Catholic Ais becoming a community tra- prayers and Islamic prayers built into Still in need of light dition. Each year, attendance has the schedule, e.g. evening prayer in increased and participation has each tradition. I leaned that in its cur- become more significant. rent phase the dialogue is focused on Scheduled for the Tuesday evening how the Quran and the New ast year in the wake of the terrorist a nightmare. attacks of Sept. 11, an editorial in Where do we look to rediscover a before Thanksgiving, the service has Testament speak about violence, Lthis space expressed the opinion sense of peace? To what or to whom do been attended by Indiana judicatory about how our respective traditions that in these “troubled times” Advent we turn? heads, pastors and leaders of various have been faithful and how we have and Christmas would be different. The For Christians, the answer is obvi- faith traditions and members of their failed to follow our respective tradi- editorial expressed a need for light in ous—peace and security are to be respective communities. The gover- tions calling for peace. the midst of the darkness. found in our faith in and relationship nor and the mayor of Indianapolis In my remarks, I commented on It’s a year later, the “war on terror- with Jesus Christ. However, actually have participated. Thanksgiving for the timeliness of this theme. I noted ism” continues, and the United States reestablishing our sense of peace and God’s blessings on our country, state, how all of us continue to deal with and some of its allies are on the brink of security is more difficult. It won’t city and religious communities is the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, the war with Iraq. occur automatically. something we readily share. continuing terrorist activities and a There is little reason to think that As Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein One of the passions of Pope John potential war looming with Iraq. No this situation will ever be any different. consistently teaches us, we must always Paul II during his 24-year pontificate topic could be more appropriate, The attacks on our homeland last year begin in prayer. Everything we do must have irretrievably altered life as we had be rooted in prayer. The season of has been to seek unity among timely or helpful. come to know it in the United States. It Advent gives us an excellent opportu- Christians, indeed all faith traditions. In the midst of our warm has truly altered life in the rest of the nity to establish or return to a habit of Since 1996, by appointment of the exchange, Dr. Syeed produced a large world, too. prayer. Holy See (the Pontifical Councils for basket containing homemade cards A sense of security and of a reason- Advent is a season of joyful antici- Christian Unity and Inter-Religious drawn in crayon by children. He ably predictable future has been stolen pation. It is a time of great expecta- Dialogue), I have been co-moderator asked me to peruse some of them. from us. As Americans, we were pretty tions. It is essentially a time of hope of the bilateral, international ecu- You can imagine my surprise as I dis- well insulated from the terrorism that because our hope is in the Lord Jesus menical dialogue between the Roman covered that these cards had been has been a part of daily life for many Christ who called himself the “Light of Catholic Church and the Disciples of composed by Catholic school chil- people in the world—in the Middle the world.” It is precisely our relation- Christ (Christian Church). Regularly, dren from around our archdiocese. East; the former Soviet republics; ship with him that will give us hope for I try to join leaders of Indiana Dr. Syeed said these cards came Sudan; Uganda under Idi Amin; Haiti light in a world of darkness and Christian judicatories for a monthly flooding in as early as the day after under François and Jean-Claude despair. Duvalier and their secret police, the This Sunday, the first of Advent, ecumenical breakfast. the terrorist attacks in New York and Tontons Macoutes; Indonesia; and sev- St. Paul assures us that God is faithful to Recently, some media attention Washington. He told me how com- eral Central and South American coun- his people and that God himself calls us was given to the Midwest Dialogue forting these messages and others tries, where thousands are now known to fellowship with his Son (1 Cor 1:9). of Muslims and Catholics held at the from Catholics and Christians were as los desaparecidos (the disappeared). Let’s grasp hold of the truth of Islamic Society of North America even as they were being besieged at Terrorism in various forms has been God’s faithfulness and renew our Center in Plainfield. the Islamic Center with messages of running amuck for many years in our prayer life and our relationship with For our Roman Catholic part, the hate, simply because they were world, but we were blithely unaware. Jesus Christ. Then, despite terrorists or dialogue is sponsored by the United Islamic. We were obviously living in a dream war or economic distress, we will walk States Conference of Catholic He told me that the basket of world. Now that dream has turned into in the light because Jesus is the Light. Bishops. Bishop Kevin Britt, auxil- Catholic children’s messages of com- iary bishop of Detroit, is our bishops’ fort and prayer are kept in a perma- — William R. Bruns representative. Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed nent display at the Islamic Center in represents the Islamic Society of Plainfield. I thought of the Christmas North America. Father Thomas message, “And a child shall lead Murphy, our diocesan ecumenical them.” Children are good teachers for officer and pastor of St. John the us. Because terrorists may happen to Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, is be Islamic does not mean all Islamic the local Roman Catholic host. Dr. people are terrorists. Neither the Shahid Athar is the local Islamic host. Quran nor the New Testament sup- Generally, about 10 representatives of port the hatred of extremists. each tradition participate in the dia- Dr. Syeed asked if I would convey logue. his formal gratitude for the support I was invited to greet the dialogue demonstrated by members of the The on Oct. 23 and to hear reports of their archdiocese in that very tragic time of Criterion agenda thus far. I was warmly a year ago. I thought what better time received. 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Buscando la Cara del Señor Letters to the Editor Arzobispo Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Letter gave biased view of If The Criterion is opening its pages to this discussion, it has the obligation to School of the Americas its readers to completely investigate and document the total picture of the School The letter to the editor concerning the of the Americas from the time of its School of the Americas in the Nov. 15, founding (over 50 years ago) up to the 2002, issue of The Criterion presents a present. Then a report can be printed. Permítenos shortened view of a complex governmen- Not to do so is to become an uncritical tal organization. It is almost like looking mouthpiece. through the wrong end of a telescope. Donald L. MacDaniel, Connersville ser conciliadores Parish Diary/Fr. Peter J. Daly

esde hace tres años en la debe ser la honestidad y la caridad, Catedral de San Pedro y San hablando en la verdad del amor. Don’t rush past Advent Pablo el servicio de oración de Aprendí que existen oraciones DAcción de Gracias de varias católicas y oraciones islámicas que se A full week before Halloween, I noticed Peace is obvious. Acts of terror abroad religiones se está convirtiendo en una basan en el horario, por ejemplo, la that somebody just up the highway from and sniper attacks close to home have tradición comunitaria. Cada año ha oración de la noche de cada tradición. me already had decora- made us realize how much we want peace, aumentado la asistencia y la partici- Me he apoyado en esto para la fase tions up for Christmas. a peace that the world cannot give. Only pación es más significativa. actual del diálogo que está enfocado en On their lawn was a the power of God dwelling among us can Programado para la noche del como hablan el Corán y el Nuevo huge Santa riding a set things right. So we pray like the people martes previo al día de Acción de Testamento sobre la violencia, sobre sleigh across the crab of ancient Israel that God will rupture the Gracias, el servicio es ofrecido por los como nuestras tradiciones respectivas grass. Over the drive heavens and come down and set things jefes de la administración de justicia, has permanecido fieles y como hemos was a giant lighted right. pastores y líderes de diferentes reli- fallado al seguir nuestras tradiciones archway with a sign in Reconciliation is perhaps less obvious, giones de Indiana y los miembros de respectivas en el llamado a la paz. lights that proclaimed, but it is at the heart of what the Messiah sus respectivas comunidades. El gober- En mis observaciones comenté “Happy Birthday brings. Like everyone, I feel the need of nador y el alcalde de Indianápolis han sobre el tiempo ilimitado de este tema. Jesus.” reconciliation. participado. Dar Gracias por las bendi- He notado como todos nosotros contin- While I am happy about the sentiment Having lived half a century, I know that ciones de Dios a nuestro país, estado, uamos tratando la tragedia del 11 de expressed by their electrical tribute to the I have some fence-mending to do. I think ciudad y comunidades religiosas es septiembre del 2001, las continuas Incarnation, I wondered if the people who we all do. Over the years, we have hurt, algo que compartimos fácilmente. actividades terroristas y el potencial de decorated their lawn so early are also in the disappointed and ignored people. Una de las pasiones del Papa Juan guerra amenazante con Iraq. habit of sending out birthday cards a full I think my Advent will be a success if Pablo II durante sus 24 años de pontifi- En medio de nuestro cálido inter- two months early. this time of yearn- cado ha sido el buscar la unidad entre cambio, el Dr. Syeed mostró una gran We have a ten- ing for the Lord is los cristianos de todas las tradiciones. cesta que contenía tarjetas a mano dency to want to rush ‘We shouldn’t rush Advent. If spent reconciling Desde 1996, por petición de la Santa dibujadas con creyones por los niños. ahead to get done with others. That is, Sede (el Concejo Pontificio por la Él me pidió que observara algunas de with the preparation we skip ahead to Christmas, after all, what Israel Unidad Cristiana y el Diálogo ellas. Ustedes pueden imaginarse mi and get to the cele- we won’t know what it is that wanted from the Interreligioso), he sido co-moderador sorpresa cuando me enteré que esas bration. But if we Messiah when it del diálogo ecuménico internacional tarjetas habían sido realizadas por rush too much, we we truly desire when the Word was in exile. The bilateral entre la Iglesia Católica niños de una escuela católica de nues- miss something becomes flesh and dwells Israelites wanted to Romana y los Discípulos de Cristo tra arquidiócesis. important. We miss among us, full of splendor and be friends again (Iglesia Cristiana). Normalmente, yo El Dr. Syeed dijo que estas tarjetas the journey. with God and to be trato de unirme a los líderes de la venían llegando desde el día siguiente a When the truth.’ reconciled to each administración de justicia Cristiana de los ataques terroristas en Nueva York y Israelites were wan- other. Indiana para un desayuno ecuménico Washington. Él me expresó el consuelo dering in the desert Christmas will mensual. recibido por estos y otros mensajes por or living in exile in Babylon, they were be worth waiting for if that is one of its Recientemente los medios de comu- parte de los católicos y los cristianos, learning something they needed to know. gifts, if the tribes of our family and friends nicación prestaron atención al Diálogo aún cuando ellos eran atacados en el They were learning they needed the pres- are reconciled and restored to friendship. del Medio-Oeste entre musulmanes y Centro Islámico con mensajes de odio, ence of God. They also were learning what The third thing I want this Advent is católicos, que se sostuvo en el centro simplemente por ser Musulmanes. it would mean if God was with them. What guidance. This has been a tough year for de la Sociedad Islámica de Él me dijo que la cesta de mensajes it would mean if he suddenly came and set the Church in general and for abuse vic- Norteamérica en Plainfield. de consuelo y oración de los niños things right. They were learning what it tims, their families and Catholic priests in Por nuestra parte católica romana, el católicos está en exhibición permanente would mean to be saved. the United States in particular. I will not be diálogo fue patrocinado por la en el Centro Islámico en Plainfield. Yo Just as the exile made Israel refine its sorry to see this year come to an end. Conferencia Católica de Obispos de los pensé en el mensaje de Navidad, “y un desire for a Messiah, so too we have a But like the wise men who came to Estados Unidos. El Obispo Kevin infante los guiará”. Los niños son period of yearning and learning that pre- Christ, we need guidance to know where to Brito, obispo auxiliar de Detroit, es buenos maestros para nosotros. El hecho pares our hearts and minds for Christmas. go from here. The whole Catholic Church nuestro representante. El Dr. Sayyid M. de que los terroristas eran islámicos no That is the point of Advent. needs light to overcome the darkness of the Syeed representa a la Sociedad quiere decir que todas las personas We shouldn’t rush Advent. If we skip scandals of this past year and get back on Islámica de Norteamérica. El padre islámicas sean terroristas. Ni el Corán ni ahead to Christmas, we won’t know what it our path. Advent will be a success if at Thomas Murphy, nuestro oficial el Nuevo Testamento apoyan el odio de is that we truly desire when “the Word Christmas we can see the path. ecuménico diocesano y pastor de la los extremistas. becomes flesh and dwells among us, full of Advent has a lot to teach us. It refines Iglesia de San Juan el Evangelista en El Dr. Syeed me solicitó si yo podía splendor and truth.” our desires and focuses our yearnings. Indianápolis, es el anfitrión católico transmitir su agradecimiento formal For me, this Advent will be a time wait- Don’t rush it. romano local. El Dr. Shahid Athar es el por el apoyo demostrado por los miem- ing and yearning for three things that anfitrión Islámico local. Normalmente bros de la arquidiócesis en ese trágico ancient Israel also waited and yearned for: (Father Peter J. Daly is a columnist for participan en el diálogo cerca de 10 momento de hace un año. Yo pensé que peace, reconciliation and guidance. Catholic News Service.) † representantes de cada tradición. mejor momento para dar este mensaje Fui invitado a dar el saludo de aper- de gratitud que en la época de Acción tura en el diálogo del 23 de octubre y de Gracias. para escuchar los informes de sus agen- Mientras lo hago reconociendo el das hasta el momento. Fui cálidamente principio de Adviento y una vez más la recibido. Aprendí que este diálogo del preparación para la venida del Reino y Medio-Oeste, el cual toma lugar en del Príncipe de la Paz, les pido que Indianápolis, se considera “el estándar” volvamos nuestros pensamientos y ora- del intercambio entre los musulmanes y ciones por la paz de nuestro mundo. los católicos en nuestro país. Pereciera haber tanto odio. Nuestra Expresé mi placer al saber que oración es un antídoto poderoso. Si durante los últimos seis años el diálogo somos auténticos como personas de de Indianápolis está marcado con las oración, seremos más dados a ser paci- características de la bondad y la confi- fistas en nuestros hogares y comu- anza. Quizá el diálogo en la sociedad nidades. esté caracterizado por el compromiso. Por favor, Dios, que así sea. † Pero el diálogo entre las personas de fe se trata de compartir y aprender los Traducido por: Language Training unos de los otros. La base para esto Center, Indianapolis

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St. Agnes Parish, 602 N. State Road 135, in Nashville, Scripture readings, inspirational talks and worship. event, call 317-826-6000. Kelly will also be speaking at is changing its Mass schedule. The Saturday evening Ambrosetti will speak at the beginning of the weekend 7 p.m. on Dec. 6 at St. Mary Parish, 203 Fourth St., in Mass will remain unchanged at 5 p.m., however, Sunday Masses on Dec. 7-8. He will perform a family concert at Aurora. For more information on this event, call 812-926- Masses will now be at 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. The new 7 p.m. on Dec. 8. There will be a worship service of light 0060. Kelly will speak about the true meaning of the holi- schedule will take effect starting Dec. 1. For more infor- and darkness—based on the Easter Vigil—at 7 p.m. on day season. Both events are free and open to the public, mation, call the parish at 812-988-2778. Dec. 9. “Resting in the Presence of God” will be the with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis. theme of a night of reconciliation and new life starting at There will be a free screening of the movie 7 p.m. on Dec. 10, and there will be a Mass of Thanks- The Cathedral High School Alumni Association is spon- Entertaining Angels, starring Moira Kelly and Martin giving at 7 p.m. on Dec. 11. Each evening will conclude soring a First Friday Mass at noon on Dec. 6 at SS. Peter Sheen, at 3 p.m. on Dec. 1 in the Library Auditorium at with fellowship and hospitality in the St. Matthew School and Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis. Marian College, 3200 Cold Spring Road, in Indianapolis. cafeteria. On Dec. 9-10, there will be children’s programs After the Mass, there will be a gathering at the Archbishop The movie tells the story of Dorothy Day, a 1920s politi- offered for children from 3 years old to the fourth-grade. O’Meara Catholic Center, across the street from the cathe- cal activist who accepted Christ and changed her angry The mission is free and open to people of all faiths. For dral, for lunch and a renewing of acquaintances. To reserve attitude to one of peace and self-sacrifice. Her organiza- more information, call the parish office at 317-257-4297. a $5 box lunch or for more information, call Carl tion, The Catholic Worker, fed and sheltered more than McClelland at 317-276-5427 or 317-257-3984. 3,000 homeless people a day. All are welcome. A refresh- There are several upcoming retreats at the Benedict ment break and short discussion of the movie themes will Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., The Sankt Nikolaus Fest will be happening from follow for those wishing to participate. The event is spon- in Beech Grove. There will be an Advent Silent Retreat 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 8 at The Athenaeum, 401 E. sored by the Secular Franciscan Order, People of Peace, on Dec. 6-8. Participants will enjoy quiet time and space Michigan St., in Indianapolis. From 12:30 p.m. to who meet for prayer and fellowship in the Ruth Lilly for personal prayer, reading and reflection—as well as 1:30 p.m., there will be a dance workshop for children Center at Marian College on the first Sunday of every being able to experience the liturgy with the monastic aged six to 12 (pre-registration required). There will be month after the 11a.m. Mass in the college chapel. For community of Our Lady of Grace. “Sacramental children’s games and crafts from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., a pup- more information, call Jim Walsh at 317-251-3851 or Moments of Grace: A Call to Joy!” is an Advent day for pet show and children’s activities from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., a Phyllis Seger at 317-831-4859. young adults from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 7. The nostalgic Christmas tree candle lighting at 3 p.m., and retreat will focus on your daily life, work life and spiritual Sankt Nikolaus will arrive at 3:30 p.m. Admission is $5 Gloria Deo 2002, a CD of sacred Advent and journey. The cost is $30. There will be an Advent Dinner for adults and $3 for children under 13. Reservations are Christmas music featuring Laudis Cantores, the principal and Retreat for married young adults and their children required. The Old World Christkindl Market will also choir of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, and the from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Dec. 8. Participants will pray be taking place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Dec. 6-7 and Cathedral Trio, is now available for $14 (add $2 for ship- Advent vespers with the monastery community, and par- from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 8. For more information, ping). The CD includes favorites such as “Joy to the ents will enjoy dinner and a presentation on Christian par- call the Athenaeum Foundation at 317-630-4569, ext. 1. World,” “Silent Night” and “Ave Maria” as well as enting by Benedictine Father Matthias Neuman while their “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day,” “Comfort Ye My children ages 2-11 participate in a craft project and have Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., in Indian- People,” “Gesu Bambino” and many others. The CD may dinner. Parents must bring a sack lunch for their children. apolis, is offering several retreats in December and be purchased following each weekend liturgy or by con- The cost of the retreat is $40 for each couple. The dead- January. “Compassion: The Essential Gift” is a charis- tacting the parish office. For more information, call the line for registration for the Advent retreats is Dec. 1. matic retreat that will be offered on Dec. 6-8. Benedictine parish office at 317-630-9621. There will also be a retreat titled “Tools Matter for Father Noel Mueller will lead the weekend, and will focus Practicing the Spiritual Life,” presented by Benedictine on the gift of Divine Compassion as expressed in the Vince Ambrosetti, who has performed for Pope John Sister Mary Margaret Funk, from Jan. 19-25. The retreat Scriptures. The cost of the retreat is $135 per person or Paul II and sang at the funeral of Mother Teresa, will will be a monastic experience and is geared for spiritual $255 per married couple. For more information, call the bring his music and inspiration to St. Matthew Parish, directors and those receiving direction. The cost is $350 retreat house at 317-545-7681. † 4100 E. 56th St., in Indianapolis, from Dec. 8-11 for an per person or $260 per commuter. There are also pricing Advent Mission. Ambrosetti has been nominated for three options for those that only want to attend part of the Grammy awards and was Catholic Artist of the Year for retreat. For more information, call 317-788-7581. 2001. He also has published songs, such as “Be Still,” in U.S. Conference of the hymnals and missalettes that are used in thousands of Author and speaker Matthew Kelly will make the American parishes. The mission is a three-day celebration third stop of his “12 Days of Christmas” tour at St. Simon Catholic Bishops’ Office of God’s love in our community and world in preparation the Apostle Parish, 8155 Oaklandon Road, in Indianapolis, for Christmas. It will include Ambrosetti’s music, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 4. For more information on this for Film and Broadcasting movie ratings VIPs . . . Die Another Day (MGM) Mark J. Pflum, a member vice president of the Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis. An Rated A-IV (Adults, with Reservations) because of of St. Mark the Evangelist Indiana University graduate, he lives on the Indianapolis several brief sexual encounters, much stylized violence Parish in Indianapolis, has been south side with his wife and their two children. and mayhem, and an instance of profanity. appointed president and chief Rated PG-13 (Parents are Strongly Cautioned) by executive officer of the Howard and Carol the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). St. Francis Healthcare Kavanaugh, members of Foundation, the development Holy Name Parish in Beech The Emperor’s Club (Universal) office of St. Francis Hospital Grove, will celebrate their Rated A-II (Adults and Adolescents) because of mild and Health Centers. Pflum 50th wedding anniversary on sexual innuendo, fleeting topless photos and a few served as assistant vice presi- Nov. 30 with a 5:30 p.m. instances of profanity. dent of external affairs at Mass at their parish. A recep- Rated PG-13 (Parents are Strongly Cautioned) by Hudson Institute, where he tion will follow in Hartman the MPAA. managed development, communications, marketing and Hall. The couple was married administration of the organization. Most recently, he was the on Nov. 29, 1952, in Holy The Quiet American (Miramax) Indianapolis district director of the Muscular Dystrophy Name Church. They have Rated A-IV (Adults, with Reservations) because of Association, producing the local broadcast of the Jerry eight children: Kathleen wartime bombings and a stabbing, an implied affair, Lewis Labor Day Telethon. He is active in Perry Meridian Ganka, Mary Helm, Theresa fleeting opium abuse, occasional profanity and an High School activities, including treasurer and founding Nell, Cynthia Riley, Jeanie Roy, Daniel, Michael and instance of rough language. member of the school’s alumni association, and past presi- Patrick Kavanaugh. The couple has 20 grandchildren and Rated R (Restricted) by the MPAA. † dent of the Perry Township Athletic Association. He is also two great-grandchildren. †

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same day. WAR With all the violence, enrollment at the continued from page 1 Pontifical Biblical Institute’s Jerusalem program dropped by about 70 percent. CNS photo from Reuters village of Taybeh said the local Christian Enrollment this year has dropped to community was grateful to receive the seven students, down from the usual foreign visitors. group of 20, said Jesuit Father Thomas “Friends come to visit friends in diffi- Fitzpatrick, director of the Jerusalem pro- cult times, not only during the good gram. Twelve people enrolled in the pro- times. This is the best sign of solidarity gram last year, he said. with the small Christian community of the Meanwhile, protests against a possible Holy Land,” he said. war with Iraq continued in the United On Nov. 17, the pope condemned a States and England. deadly attack on Israeli soldiers in the In New York, members of the Catholic biblical city of Hebron and prayed that Worker community, Pax Christi and the Israelis and Palestinians find the courage War Resisters League continued their to make peace. weekly vigil in Union Square Park. About The pope said he was particularly trou- 25 people attended a Nov. 23 vigil. The bled by the attack, which killed 12 Israeli group has been meeting every Saturday soldiers and security agents who had been since September 2001. protecting Jewish worshippers. The group has collected hundreds of According to reports from Hebron, signatures for the Iraq pledge of resis- snipers of the militant Islamic Jihad tance, a nationwide promise of civil dis- group launched the attack as Jewish wor- obedience scheduled for Dec. 10 should shippers returned from Sabbath prayers tensions between the United States and at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a site in Iraq continue to escalate, said Melissa Hebron revered as the burial place of Jameson, national office director of the Abraham. War Resisters League. The attack focused on the soldiers and Several thousand signatures have been private security agents that protected the collected nationwide, she said. settlers as they walked back to the settle- In London, Pax Christi members pre- ment compound. The presence of more sented British Prime Minister Tony Blair than 400 settlers in Hebron, a West Bank with 4,000 more signatures to a petition city of more than 100,000 Palestinians, asking him to help prevent suffering and frequently has sparked violence. bloodshed in Iraq. The petition already In Jerusalem, a suicide bombing of a had 5,000 signatures. bus that killed 11 Israelis and injured 48 The group also held a prayer vigil out- others resulted in Israeli forces re-entering side the prime minister’s residence on Bethlehem on Nov. 22 in the West Bank Nov. 22. and sealing off the Church of the Nativity. Earlier, the director of CAFOD, the The army retreated to the city’s out- British bishops’ official overseas aid and skirts on Nov. 25, but not before prevent- development agency, said a war with Iraq A Christian woman kneels in prayer in a church in Baghdad, Iraq. Minority Christians held special ser- ing St. Catherine’s Church, adjacent to the would be “devastating for the Iraqi peo- vices across Iraq on Nov. 22 to offer prayers to avert a new war in their country as the United Nations Church of the Nativity, from celebrating ple.” was assembling a team of about 70 weapons inspectors in Baghdad to seek out weapons of mass its annual parish feast. “The horrendous burden of 12 years of destruction. According to news reports, Israel sanctions and trade embargos has left the arrested more than 30 Palestinians after people of Iraq highly vulnerable,” said “If there is war, as well as military in a Nov. 15 statement. re-entering Bethlehem. Among those Julian Filochowski, who led a delegation casualties on both sides, thousands of The bishops said military action should detained was at least one potential suicide from Caritas Internationalis that visited Iraqi civilians will die,” the bishops said be a last resort. † bomber, a woman. Iraq in October. Also on Nov. 22 in Jenin, West Bank, a The bishops of England and Wales said British U.N. worker was shot and killed the United States and Britain have a by an Israeli sniper. According to “moral responsibility” to avoid war with Palestinian reports, a 10-year-old Iraq unless there were no other means of Palestinian boy was fatally shot on the disarming the country. Make a difference today

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Vatican’s doctrinal congregation, was system of Church courts, and that this characterize the U.S. bishops and the NORMS established by Pope John Paul II in will be an enormous task. Holy See as being sharply divided, I continued from page 1 2001, a year before the U.S. norms were The archbishop, however, pointed out suspect that our frank and fraternal dis- drawn up. That in itself was a sign that that U.S. dioceses already have tribunals cussions and our common resolve to the Holy See recognized the seriousness in place; they typically handle marriage deal with the problem of clerics who mid-November. Archbishop Herranz pre- of these offenses, he said. cases, but there is nothing that limits have been proved to have abused chil- dicted quick Vatican approval of the “The suggestion that the Holy See their competence to such cases. Some dren actually strengthened the ecclesial final text if, as expected, it reflects the actually reserved these matters to itself have handled penal cases in the past, he ties that bind us,” he said. commission’s input. to thwart the claims of U.S. victims of said. He alluded to ongoing tensions Like several of the bishops involved sexual abuse could not be further from These U.S. Church courts already between lay Catholics and some pastors, in drawing up the sex abuse norms, the truth,” he said. process more than 35,000 matrimonial and said he was convinced this will Archbishop Herranz said the revisions In effect, he said, the revisions added cases a year, and “it would be hard to abate as the norms are implemented. had been misunderstood or misrepre- the necessary procedural detail to the imagine that the addition of a handful of “As the faithful come to see more sented by some sectors of the media. norms, which the bishops were forced to penal cases each year would pose an clearly that bishops and priests are “It would be unfair to characterize the draw up hurriedly during a June meeting obstacle that could not be overcome,” he indeed committed to protecting their recommended modifications as taking a in Dallas. said. children and will take the necessary step backward in the campaign to protect “There was no attempt to step back After all, he said, the clerical sex measures to punish those who have vio- our children from sexual abuse,” the from the commitment made at Dallas or abuse cases are relatively rare; the lated their sacred trust, I suspect that we archbishop said. to frustrate victims in their attempt to approximately 230 cases of priests disci- will see a great reduction in the tension “In fact, I would contend that the seek redress. Rather, the goal was to plined in 2002 involved incidents that that presently exists in some areas revisions, by reducing ambiguities and eliminate any internal inconsistencies or have taken place over the last 40 years. between the laity and the clergy,” he spelling out with greater detail the fair ambiguities that could lead to difficul- While a few diocesan tribunals may said. and proper process to be used, will actu- ties in applying the norms,” he said. be faced with an initial backlog of cases, He also said he thought the revised ally enable the Church to offer even He said he was perplexed by some of this should not be a recurring problem, norms, by spelling out fair procedures greater protection to children,” he said. the negative reaction to the revisions, he said. by which accused priests will be judged, Archbishop Herranz rejected the sug- since the norms originally drafted by the He expressed a hope, in fact, that the would help restore the “father-son rela- gestion that the Holy See sought to bishops in Dallas had already specified measures taken by the Church to protect tionship that needs to exist between the “water down” the U.S. norms or “clog that “the processes provided for in children would result in a situation bishops and their clergy.” the wheels of justice” by putting into canon law must be observed.” where there would no longer be inci- “It is my hope that our priests and place a complex legal process to handle Archbishop Herranz said there was dents of sexual abuse to punish. deacons will not be so preoccupied by clerical sex abuse accusations. particular confusion in the media about Archbishop Herranz said the work of the fear of being victimized by false He pointed out that the policy requir- the U.S. Church tribunals that will han- the U.S.-Vatican commission to revise allegations or alienated from the min- ing Church trials as the normal way of dle clerical sex abuse cases. the norms reflected a high level of coop- istry that they love as soon as an accusa- dealing with clerical sex abuse of Some have suggested that U.S. dioce- eration. tion is received, even when not credi- minors, under the oversight of the ses may need years to set up such a “While so many were trying to ble,” he said. † Pope urges young people to consider Photos: vocations Providence Sister Mary VATICAN CITY (CNS)— Ann McCauley, 68 on PROMISE In his annual vocations day Dec. 8, 2002 (right); COMMITMENT message, Pope John Paul II Benedictine Sister urged young people to con- Vincetta Wethington, sider the priesthood and other IMPACT ministries in the Church as a 81 (below); and form of generous service to Franciscan Sister Janice their fellow human beings. Scheidler, celebrated The priesthood or religious her 50th Jubilee in life represents a radical July 2002 (bottom). choice, but one which can “transform your lives into ser- vice of others, in the footsteps Promises kept and commitments of Jesus,” the pope said. The message was released made are a grace to our nation. at the Vatican on Nov. 23 for use in preparations for next When the Titanic sank in 1912, 117 survivors were brought year’s World Vocations Day, which will be celebrated on to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan, run by the May 11, 2003. The pope said the ideal of Sisters of Charity. On September 11, 2001, 300 victims of service goes back to the life of Christ, who washed the the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center were brought feet of his disciples and gave to St. Vincent’s within four hours. The hospital’s family his life for all people. “I should like, in a way, to crisis center responded to 11,000 calls from people looking give voice to Jesus, so as to More than 97 percent propose to young people the of money donated is for survivors. ideal of service and to help distributed to religious them to overcome the tempta- institutes for retirement Today, 61 Catholic health care systems comprise the tions of individualism and the needs. illusion of obtaining their nation’s largest group of not-for-profit hospitals, 16 percent happiness in that way,” he of the nation’s hospital beds and employ more than 700,000. said. Religious were not “Notwithstanding certain permitted into the In 1965, 13,000 Catholic schools educated 12 percent of contrary forces, present also Social Security system U.S. students. In 20 states, one sisters-sponsored housing in the mentality of today, in until 1972. the hearts of many young ministry serves more than 30,000 people and employs more people there is a natural dis- position to open up to others, The average Social More than 60,000 than 800. especially to the most needy,” Security benefit for religious women he said. religious is $3,579; and men are past He said this readiness to for other Americans: age 60. put the other person ahead of their own interests may not $10,398. Please Give Generously. reflect worldly aspirations, The Religious Retirement Fund Collection is distributed from but fits in well with the ideal The average cost of its national office to the members of religious congregations of the priesthood and a reli- care for religious gious vocation. past age 70 is in greatest need. Thanks for your generous giving to all our “True servants are humble. sisters, brothers and priests in religious orders. ... They do not seek egoistic $25,857. benefits, but expend them- selves for others ...,” he said. The pope said God’s call to service can include the National Religious Retirement Office ordained ministry as well as Retirement Fund other ministries in the modern Church, including catechesis, for Religious liturgical animation and vari- ous expressions of charity. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, November 29, 2002 The Criterion Friday, November 29, 2002 Page 11

Left, two men relax in the square and outdoor market in Puebla. The pilgrims said they enjoyed the hospi- tality shown by the people of Mexico and the easygoing, Archdiocesan family-centered lifestyle in many of the cities they Pilgrimage✹ to Mexico visited. ✹Nov. 16 -21 ✹ Mexican culture and ✹ spirituality draw pilgrims closer to their faith

Top left, 20 priests concelebrate Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of Above, pilgrims explore the pyramids at Teotiaucan. The pyramids were built by the Toltecs from 200 to 750 A.D. for the god Guadalupe in Mexico City. The cloak or of the moon and the god of the sun. tilmaworn by St. Juan Diego, which bears the image of Mary from 1531, is displayed on the wall behind the altar. Above, Father Scott Friend, of the Diocese of Little Rock, Ark., who traveled with the archdiocesan pilgrims, distributes water to Beech Grove Benedictine Sister Harriet Woehler at a well outside the Church of San Miguel del Milagro. Miracles of healing have been attributed to the water from the well, where St. Michael is said to have appeared to Diego Lazaro in 1631. Right, this statue of Mary is from a side chapel in one of the churches the pilgrims visited. During the pilgrimage, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein emphasized to the group how the Mexican people joyfully express their need for God and love for Mary. The pilgrims visited several shrines dedicated to Mary.

“A pilgrimage in Mexico is a pilgrimage

Above, the first baptismal font used in the American continents nearly 500 years ago is still used today finside the Cathedral o in the presence of the Tlaxcala. This is the site where the first Christian converts—four Indian chieftans—were baptized. The cathedralthe also contains pulpit where the Gospel was first preached in the Americas. Blessed Mother.” Right, Father Paul Shikany, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin and Holy Trinity Parish in Edinburgh, proclaims the Gospel in the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Remedy, as Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, left, and Father Scott Friend, of the Diocese of Little Rock, Ark., listen. —Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. ✹ Photos by Jeffrey Stumpf Page 12 The Criterion Friday, November 29, 2002

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By Fr. Frederic Maples, S.J. for all of us. It can teach us how to live while we are still on the way. Have you ever failed to keep a resolu- At its heart is the recognition that God tion when the going got tough? is our Savior, the one who heals, strength- Ever broken a promise to God to do ens and encourages us. We cannot do it CNS photo by Bill Wittman better next time? for ourselves. We really cannot. Time after time, have you failed to Humility and hope are the way virtue keep your cool when a spouse or child looks while we are still on the way to does the very thing that irritates you so being virtuous. Humble in our powerless- much? ness, hoping for God’s assistance, we can Year after year, have you wasted be patient in knowing that God’s grace resources, left important things undone or works through time. failed to change a sinful behavior? God’s grace is a process. Even when Welcome to the human race! We all there appears to be a sudden and dramatic experience these endless defeats! change, it is more probably a sudden St. Paul himself struggled with this blooming at the end of a slow growth. sense of powerless: “For I know that So, rather than damning ourselves for good does not dwell in me, that is, in my our lack of perfection now, we are content flesh. The willing is ready at hand, but to grow in small ways one day at a time. doing the good is not. For I do not do the It becomes our work carefully to good I want, but I do the evil I do not notice God’s presence and many helps, want” (Rom 7:18-19). seeking to know God’s will. In my experience as a psychoanalyst This is very different from trying to and a spiritual director, I know of no psych up our own will power, as if the group of men and women who suffer human will were a kind of muscle. Yet, these defeats more grievously than on the basis of what we notice, there is addicts. Whether they are addicted to much we can do. alcohol, drugs, food, sex, shopping or Maybe I will fail to do good when the gambling, these are people who are “sick next crisis hits with my spouse or child. I and tired of being sick and tired” of their can’t know that until the time comes. In Doing God’s will is not a matter of heroic virtue. It is a matter of survival. This attitude teaches us how endless failures. the meantime, what might I do to build to live while we are still on the way. Humility and hope are the way virtue looks while we are still on the The addicts with whom I work are up our relationship? path to being virtuous. already in recovery through a Twelve- I don’t know about tomorrow, but what Step program. Step 11 contains a surpris- can I do today? If, during prayer and ing insight for all of us who never seem meditation, a thought for today comes to Love is a virtue that involves to reach our goal, and never seem fully me, perhaps it is the grace of God! to become the good person we want to St. Ignatius Loyola, the spiritual guide showing care, concern for others be. for Jesuits, had a similar insight about our Step 11 instructs recovering people to daily journey. His spiritual exercises are a By Frederic Flach, M.D. overprotective parent whose love stands improve their conscious contact with way to discover God’s will for an individ- in the way of his or her child’s develop- God through prayer and meditation. ual. He noticed that people who seek How many of us ever consider love a ment. They pray only to know God’s will and daily, conscious contact with God are apt virtue? It is. Love can move from being a virtue to to have the power to carry that out. In to go through cycles of consolation and But there are so many kinds of love virulence by suffocating the one who is fact, their book advises them to ask desolation. that it is sometimes difficult to tell when loved. Behind the smothering hides nothing in prayer for themselves— God consoles. God moves us toward love is a virtue and when it may be viru- another form of love—really not love at except possibly when they are sure this interior joy and to faith, hope and love. lent. all—called selfish love. would benefit others. They pray only to God encourages us and gives us strength. Love as virtue involves caring for oth- It is important to distinguish between know and do God’s will! Desolation is the experience of feeling ers. You not only reach out to those self-interest and selfishness. The virtue of Does that seem like heroic virtue? separated from God’s presence, restless around you, ready to provide understand- love understands the need for boundaries. Can you imagine having no other desire and full of turmoil, sad and stressed. ing, practical help and guidance, you also Self-preservation requires setting limits in prayer but to know and do God’s will? Ignatius believed that one reason we give them a feeling of being valued in a and sticking by them for a balanced life. Yet this is not at all heroic virtue and sometimes experience desolation is to special way. I recently was interviewed about my saintly surrender. This is the prayer of help us know ourselves. We learn that Moreover, people who love usually are book The Secret Strength of Angels: people whose experience forces them to consolation is not something we attain by loved in return. This is the basis of the 7 Virtues to Live By. After I briefly dis- recognize what is true for all of us: their our own power or through possessions loving human relationships called “sup- cussed them, the host asked which virtue powerlessness. and distractions. Consolation is a gift. port systems,” which doctors know are I felt was most important. They recognize that when they try to Ignatius’ advice? Prepare for consola- associated with significantly better mental Without hesitation, I replied, “Number control their lives, their lives are out of tion! Look for God’s strength, not your and physical health as well as more rapid 3. Love. That’s the one Jesus himself said control and unmanageable. They know own. That’s good advice as we begin and successful recoveries from illness. was the most important. Of course, we that the only way back to sanity is to turn Advent. How can something so good go have to truly understand what the love of their lives over to God. Doing God’s will wrong? which he spoke is really all about.” is not for them a matter of heroic virtue. (Jesuit Father Frederick Maples is a spir- As a psychiatrist, I see many examples It is a matter of survival. itual director with Loyola, a spiritual of misguided, sometimes destructive, (Dr. Frederic Flach practices psychiatry This attitude holds a wonderful insight renewal resource in St. Paul, Minn.) † forms of love. A classic example is the in New York City and is an author.) † Discussion Point Hope requires trusting God This Week’s Question sister is optimism. Christian optimism is based on the belief that God sees the big picture even when we do What does it mean to have hope even when the tide not and that God’s grace is powerful enough to bring seems to be running against you? us through even suffering and death. It includes the “It means that no matter what is happening at the belief that God brings good out of evil.” (Gerald present time, there will be something better and possi- O’Neill, Redford, Mich.) bly more rewarding down the road.” (Dwayne Weuve, Lend Us Your Voice Des Moines, Iowa) An upcoming edition asks: Pope John Paul II said that “I have a very deep trust in God. This helps me see a widespread “demand for spirituality” is a sign of our that there may be a reason the tide isn’t running in my times. Why do you think this is the case? favor at given points in time.” (Angela Hawks, Vaugn, Mont.) To respond for possible publication, write to Faith Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. “Hope is the gift given to those who have faith. Its 20017-1100. † CNS photo by Jon L. Hendricks Page 14 The Criterion Friday, November 29, 2002 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith and Family/Sean Gallagher Important events: Conversion of Tertullian Looking at the

Seventh in a series that a wise man should be free of passion. also suffer and die. He moved to Rome, where he estab- Far from steering away from doctrines world with The seventh of my 50 most important lished a reputation as one of the most that seemed ridiculous or scandalous, he events in Catholic history is the conversion renowned lawyers in the Roman Empire. It wrote one of his most quoted lines: “I Advent eyes of Tertullian in 196. was sensational news, therefore, when— believe because it is absurd.” The divine Unlike all the other inspired by the courage of Christian mar- character of Christianity was vindicated, he Advent is about waiting. But we are Apostolic Fathers so tyrs and appalled by the social decay he thought, because no ordinary mind could not waiting for some ordinary event as far included in this saw in Rome—he became a Christian have invented Christian doctrine. we might at a bus series (Ignatius of when he was in his late 30s. He returned to He wrote in praise of the martyrs, taunt- stop. No, we are wait- Antioch, Justin, Carthage, where he defended Christianity ing the Romans to kill more Christians ing for the glorious Polycarp and Irenaeus), with his voluminous writings. because the persecutions could not destroy arrival of our Lord. Tertullian is not listed Tertullian is known as the father of Christianity. They merely increased the His coming is the as a saint. That’s Latin theology because he was the first Church’s membership because, he wrote, hinge of history, not because he left the important Christian writer to write in Latin. “The blood of Christians is seed.” the arrival of our ride Catholic Church and died a heretic. Despite He combated the heretics of his age, espe- He defended the poor, encouraging downtown. this, he is listed among the Fathers of the cially Marcion, who rejected the Old well-to-do Christians to take widows into At the same time, Church—exceptional ecclesiastical authors Testament, and the Gnostic teacher their homes as “spiritual spouses.” And he while we are sure who made lasting contributions to the faith Valentinus. Five of his books were criti- wrote, “We Christians have everything in that he will arrive, and whose writings wielded much author- cisms of Marcionism and were influential common except our wives.” we do not know exactly when. ity in matters of doctrine. in the Church’s retaining the Old Testament However, Tertullian eventually became Therefore, we always have to be on the Tertullian was born in Carthage, North- when it compiled the Christian Bible. a heretic himself, becoming disenchanted lookout, vigilant and sharp. It can be dif- ern Africa (in modern Tunisia) sometime Tertullian coined the word Trinity to with what he perceived as laxity on the ficult to take on this attitude considering between 155 and 160. Carthage was situ- describe God as “three persons in one sub- part of Christian leadership. He adopted that we know that we celebrate his birth ated in that part of Africa nearest to Italy, stance.” He was the first to say that Christ Montanism, which claimed that Christians every year on Dec. 25. And we also just across the narrowest part of the Medi- was “two substances or natures in one per- had to live a life totally free from sin after know that his birth, life, passion, death terranean Sea from Sicily. He grew up as a son.” He defended the fact that Christ was baptism and there was no such thing as a and resurrection have already happened pagan, became a lawyer and an adherent of man and yet also God, and that God, “second chance.” Later, he established his a long 2,000 years ago. Stoicism, a Greek philosophy that taught although eternal and omnipotent, could own group called Tertullianists. † So, in light of these facts, why is it still important for us to be vigilant in our wait- Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes ing for the appearance of our Lord? Because Jesus Christ is coming into our world in secret and mysterious ways even Advent is the time to answer the big questions now. When we take on an attitude of hope- Sometimes I wish that we religious be discouraged about now. After all, Jews above any dross that people may attach to filled vigilance, it is easier for us to see in monotheists were all on the same page. I have been waiting for the Messiah for mil- it. What Advent promises is, simply, joy. new and glorious ways how the real pres- mean, wouldn’t it help lennia and, despite all the Christian evi- It’s hard to believe that just by loving we ence of Jesus breaks into our lives from matters if Muslims, dence to the contrary, they’re still waiting. will be loved, or just by doing good we will day to day. When we open our eyes to Jews and Christians Besides that, the existence of their earthly receive good, but that is God’s truth. such everyday wonders, Jesus will shared the same promised land of Israel is extremely tenu- We live in a world of mystery. We’re become the hinge of our own personal beliefs? ous. born hapless and continue that way histories. For when we become aware of Of course, they do It’s somewhat the same with Muslims. throughout life. We may have Ph.D.s or be the way that he sneaks into our lives, he share some. Christian- They also respect Jesus as a prophet, not as president of the U.S. or make outrageous will change us forever. We will never be ity is grounded in God, and revere his mother. And, like Old sums of money, but we’re still inherently the same. Judaism. Muslims and Testament Jews, they sometimes seem to clueless in answering the big questions: April 30, 2002, began for me as an Jews both respect value form over substance, law over the Who, in fact, made us? Why are we here? ordinary day. I got up at 4:45 a.m., show- Jesus as a prophet, if spirit of law, which may appear threatening Where are we going? ered, ate breakfast and read the newspa- not as the incarnation of God as Christians to everyone else in the world when it’s We like to complicate the questions per, prayed, went to Mass and then to do. And there are the Unitarians and New applied to politics. with human answers, things like: Me First, work, and came home. In the evening, I Agers and others who select from a kind of Now, this kind of rigidity is not exactly Whatever Feels Good, Anything Possible did some television watching, reading and transcendental smorgasbord. foreign to Christians. Making rules and set- is Worthy. So we wind up selfishly using some writing. I went to bed at around Even pagans, Buddhists, Shintoists, ting up moral hoops to jump through is a our environment, ourselves and each other 11:15 p.m. About 15 minutes later, just as Hindus and Wiccans seem to believe in a human thing. We love nothing better than to achieve unsatisfactory ends, without I was nodding off to sleep, Jesus broke higher authority or at least some supernat- to analyze, classify and judge—especially much to be proud of after a lifetime of into my life and changed it forever. He ural power beyond our human abilities. But judge. effort. It’s the “Rosebud” effect. did it when my wife, Cindy, woke me up I have to say I’m really glad to be The Inquisition and Puritan witch-hunts Advent promises the coming of Christ, with the words, “I think that my water just Christian, and Catholic at that, when con- are prime examples of this common failing. God incarnate, the human example of how broke.” sidering the alternatives. Even Church rules once meant to aid spiri- to answer the questions. When we wel- I didn’t know at the start of that day Think about it. During this time of the tual growth can demonstrate this, such as come him, listen to his words, learn from that Jesus would enter into my life in such year, we look forward to the Advent of the severity of threatening eternal damna- his life, follow his will and believe in his a dramatic fashion. And yet I had known pure love in the person of Christ. He repre- tion to folks who ate meat on a Friday. Or power, that’s the time we’ll finally “get it.” for months (nine to be exact) that he sents virtues, which are universally held by cultural customs of a specific era used over would come and would do so in a way all systems of belief, and all we’re asked to time as moral weapons to deny women or (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the that I would never forget. I just didn’t do is recognize him. minorities their human rights. Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular know when he would come. Personally, if I were Jewish, I think I’d Still, the basics of Christian faith rise columnist for The Criterion.) † In the nearly seven months since April 30, Jesus has not stopped breaking Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister into my life. His entrances may not have been as dramatic as on that night, but they are no less significant. Each day, there are Despite flaws, love can be long-lasting opportunities for me to be surprised by the ways that God’s grace works in my Last week, I shared two couples’ simi- restaurant enjoying pizza. Because I’d just about it myself for at least those few son, Michael. lar exchanges about physical appearances. read an article about plastic surgery, I sud- moments. So when my eyes are sharp, I can see One was between me denly pulled my cheek skin tight and face- For several years, however, I’ve been the beautiful ways that Jesus enters into and my husband; the tiously suggested that I might get a considering another kind of repair, a kind Michael’s life. One day he couldn’t sit up. other between a fic- facelift. “Why?” Paul asked, stunned at of “plastic surgery” for the season of The next day, he could. In the coming tional cartoon couple. the suggestion. Advent. I repeatedly ask myself: Is my months, there will be a day when he At the end of that “Because then I’d possibly look like a Advent what God would want it to be? couldn’t crawl, and then a day when he “Faithful Lines” col- new woman and you could fall in love Hardly. could, a day when he couldn’t walk, and umn, I asked what with me all over again.” Immediately, Paul Christmas-themed commercialism then a day when he could. All of these lifts us from such said firmly, “I have never not loved you.” begins even before Halloween, and I’m things will happen by the grace of God. I moments of potential Knowing that the double negative, over-busy with shopping and early par- just don’t know when they will happen, so argument. The answer never not, actually becomes a positive, I ties, so much so that Christmas itself I have to wait with sharp eyes. is love—the com- couldn’t help but laugh. Also knowing I sometimes becomes almost anticlimactic. This is what Advent is all about. It is mandment that Jesus himself said is the shouldn’t have curbed my laughter, I Many of us forget the quiet spiritual really a never-ending season for all of us. greatest. quickly added that my merriment wasn’t preparation that’s encouraged by the For Christ is breaking into the ordinary I highlight love now because Advent meant to be denigrating. I was touched by Church. lives of our families in common ways begins Sunday—a season of love and his declaration. I was also amazed at how Yet, if we were to challenge God about each and every day. promise culminating with the celebration he so readily came up with such a good his love for us, even in the midst of a If we look at our world with Advent of Christ’s birth. Without that, God’s love answer after my ludicrous statement. shallow Advent, I believe God would eyes, then we will see him arriving in our for us could not have been fulfilled Paul’s tender response affirmed his quick respond in much the same way that Paul world from moment to moment. And through redemption. thinking as well as his affection. did: “I have never not loved you.” when that happens, each of us will be In my previous column, I told how my Nor should I denigrate repairing one’s And if God asked us, “Do you really changed forever. We will never be the husband responded to a question that wives appearance through plastic surgery. Often, love me?” What would we say? same. should refrain from asking, “So, how do that’s necessary for physical or mental you think I look?” His quick-thinking health reasons, surely something God (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of (Sean Gallagher is director of religious answer was, “I’m not complaining.” approves. I surely wouldn’t have men- Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is education at St. Joseph Parish in Not long after that, we were at a tioned it to Paul if I hadn’t been thinking a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † Shelbyville.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, November 22, 2002 Make a difference today

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First Sunday of Advent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, Dec. 2 Friday, Dec. 6 Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002 Isaiah 2:1-5 Nicholas, bishop Psalm 122:1-9 Isaiah 29:17-24 • Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 the unhappiness produced by life, God Matthew 8:5-11 Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 awaits us with new hope and new opportu- • 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Matthew 9:27-31 • Mark 13:33-37 nity. St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians Tuesday, Dec. 3 supplies the second reading. Francis Xavier, priest Saturday, Dec. 7 This weekend, the Church celebrates the Here the Apostle stresses God’s great Isaiah 11:1-10 Ambrose, bishop and doctor First Sunday of Advent, and it begins the gifts to the Christians of Corinth and to Psalm 72:7-8, 12-13, 17 of the Church new year of instruction himself. and worship. Since it is The greatest gift is Jesus, and believers Luke 10:21-24 Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 Advent, the Church are bonded with Jesus in the Redemption Psalm 147:1-6 points us toward and in their own faith. Wednesday, Dec. 4 Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8 Christmas, the celebra- For the third reading, the Church pre- John of Damascus, priest and tion of the birth of the sents St. Mark’s Gospel. doctor of the Church Sunday, Dec. 8 Lord and the beginning The message is blunt, almost to the Isaiah 25:6-10a Second Sunday of Advent in earnest of the point that it recalls Luke’s Gospel. None of Redemption. us knows the events of the next hour—or Psalm 23:1-6 Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 Isaiah is the source even of the next minute. Matthew 15:29-37 Psalm 85:9-14 of the first reading this This is a reality from which humans 2 Peter 3:8-14 weekend, as Isaiah often is the source of instinctively recoil. No other reality more Thursday, Dec. 5 Mark 1:1-8 Scriptural readings in Advent. directly reveals our human inadequacy and Isaiah 26:1-6 This reading is from the third section of vulnerability to the things of earth, to the Book of Isaiah. It was composed in an things we cannot control. Ultimately, we all Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a interesting context. When reading the Old will die. Along with birth, it is the universal Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Testament, people often think that all those human experience. persons contemporary with the prophets The Gospel’s admonition to be con- were quite devout. Such was not the case. stantly on watch is as frank, and as vital, as Indeed, many of the prophets imply that the it can be. Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen opposite was true. At the time that the third part of Isaiah Reflection was written, many cynics and outright The Church calls us to prepare for the Not all truths of the faith unbelievers must have been among God’s coming of Jesus. We are beginning a new Chosen People. After all, the people had year in our lives. We may have committed endured a great deal of suffering. ourselves to Jesus, and we may have done are included in the Bible Generations earlier, the powerful so quite sincerely, but the inadequacies and Babylonian army had swept across the unholy instincts of our human nature Which Bible passages say that Mary not in the Bible. For example, when land. Undoubtedly, many people died in the linger. Qwas born without original sin, never “Bible Christians” tell us we must accept conflict. We always must reinforce our good had other children the Bible, and only the Bible, because it is Many survivors were taken to Babylon. intentions. We must restate our pledges to besides Jesus and was the Word of God, we may rightly ask, They were not exactly slaves, but their God. The new year gives us the opportu- assumed into heaven? How do you know that? plight was miserable. Many Old Testament nity to repeat our love for God and our I am a Catholic, but They may respond that Scripture itself writings testify to this fact. It is not difficult determination to obey God in our lives. So, I wonder about my says so in so many words and what is in to imagine the excitement with which these we begin again. faith when I have the Bible comes not from the will of men people greeted the announcement that at As it calls us to fresh starts in faith, the Christian friends who but from the guidance of the Holy Spirit long last, after four generations, they could Church does not leave us to languish in our tell me Mary had other (see 2 Pt 21). return to the homeland. past sins and in our human weaknesses. children and we With all reverence, anyone can write a However, the homeland in reality was Rather, in the words of First Corinthians, it should believe only book and declare in it somewhere that it is not at all what it was in their imaginations. reminds us that our strength is in God. the truths that are the Word of God. But that doesn’t make it It was a barren, inhospitable place. The Isaiah consolingly tells us that our God found in the Bible. (Wisconsin) so. Even for Christians who “accept noth- beautiful holy city of Jerusalem was little is almighty and lavish in mercy. Further- ing that isn’t in the Bible,” evidence for more than ruins. more, our God has blessed us beyond all Many Catholics, indeed many other the most basic of all their beliefs, that the Understandably, many thought that God telling. He has given us life. He has given AChristians, are confused and embar- Bible is the Word of God, had to come had deserted them, despite the divine us the way to life in Jesus. rassed when aggressively confronted with from somewhere else. pledge of the Covenant, or indeed that God So, the Church calls us to be refreshed the question you were asked and may feel It must be authenticated by someone, did not exist. in the faith. It calls us to prepare ourselves challenged in their faith. or some group, outside the Bible that can In this atmosphere, this section of Isaiah to receive God in our hearts—the God They panic and run to their priest, or to point to it with authority and say: This is was written. In response, the prophet liter- coming to us in Jesus, the child of Mary me, worrying that, “We must be wrong, or God’s word, accept it and believe it. ally sings of the glory of God. Whatever born in Bethlehem. † it would be in the Bible.” For us, and ultimately for all There is nothing to panic about. As a Christians, that group is the community of start, the truth is that all Christians hold faith, the Christian faithful, the Church. My Journey to God important truths that are not found in the I’m not dodging a discussion of the Bible. Jesus did not write a book to list doctrines you mention. I’ve dealt at length everything he expected from his follow- with them more than once. I’m just saying ers, nor did he tell his Apostles to write that I cannot try to defend my Christian Sometimes He Answers Yes such a book. faith with an approach about the Bible that Rather, he established a community of I don’t accept in the first place. Like incense, may my gratitude perfume believers, a Church, to which he promised Neither should you. As you’ve discov- The very halls of heaven … May I kneel his Spirit and with whom he promised to ered, discussions can easily become frus- In holy homage to our Lord, reveal remain until the end of time. (See trating when we and our dialogue partners A heart whose blissful joy has banished Matthew 28, John 15 and John 16.) are on such radically different tracks about doom. Decades later, out of that community what the Bible is and how we read it. and its leaders came the books we call the In perfect empathy He felt my pain New Testament. Thus the Bible is part of What is the proper arrangement for an And from the brink of death recalled my the community and Christian tradition. QAdvent wreath? (Illinois) son, Isn’t it interesting and significant that Thus, in His mercy, gave me life again thousands of Christians were born and There is no official form of the Advent And from the darkness brought His died before the New Testament was even Awreath, a beautiful and meaningful shining sun. written? They received their faith, their symbol of the spirit of the season, but its knowledge of Jesus, very much as we still arrangement is only a matter of custom. No wondrous deeds have I in do, not from a book but from men and In times past, Advent was seen as sort recompense, women who became Christ’s disciples of a mini-Lent—a time of penance and Only my whispered words of gratitude during his life here and after he died. self-denial but with a tinge of joy in the For the plea I dared in childlike To put it bluntly, we do not affirm that background—symbolized most by rose innocence, all our doctrines are in the Bible. We do vestments the priest wore at Mass on the And which He answered in true believe wholeheartedly that the Bible is third Sunday of Advent and by the rose fatherhood. the Word of God. We believe the Bible is candle lit on the Advent wreath that day. the norm of our faith, and nothing we As the Church’s liturgy developed over Steeped in love, Lord, deeper than the believe as revealed by God can contradict the past century, the predominant spirit of sea, or deny the Scriptures. Advent is one of joyful awaiting and My soul eternally belongs to Thee. That is significantly different from hope. This theme appears in Scripture believing that everything in our faith must readings for weekday and Sunday Masses

By Anna-Margaret O’Sullivan CNS photo by Julie Denesha be in the Bible. The Holy Spirit can guide in December and in other liturgical texts. us to truths that go beyond what the In recent years, the use of blue—symbol- (Anna-Margaret O’Sullivan is a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin.) Bible’s authors have written. izing hope—rather than purple for Advent I said all Christians hold beliefs that are reflects this same spirit. † Page 16 The Criterion Friday, November 29, 2002

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Exposition of ment, 4 p.m., rosary, 5 p.m., the Blessed Sacrament after 8 2 p.m. Movement of Priests prayer St. Lawrence Church, 6944 E. Holy Cross Church, 125 N. Benediction, 5:30 p.m., Mass, a.m. Communion service-1 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Information: 317-244- cenacle, Mass, 7-8 p.m. Informa- 46th St., Indianapolis. Spanish Oriental St., Indianapolis. Mass St. Anthony Church, 379 N. tion: 317-842-5580. prayer group and conversation, 9002. for Catholics in recovery, 5 p.m. Warman Ave., Indianapolis. 7-9 p.m. Information: 317-546- Holy Guardian Angels Church, Information: 317-637-2620. Holy Spirit Church, 7243 E. 10th 4065. 405 U.S. 52, Cedar Grove. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Reconciliation, 7:45 a.m., Eucharistic adoration after 8 a.m. Mass, 8:15 a.m. followed by St., Indianapolis. Bible study, First Mondays Church, 1752 Scheller Lane, Gospel of John, 7-8:30 p.m. Saturdays Mass-5 p.m. New Albany. Adoration, con- rosary. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Information: 317-353-9404. Clinic for Women (abortion cluding with confessions at Christ the King Church, 1827 clinic), 3606 W. 16th St., Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., 6 p.m. Benediction at 6:45 p.m. St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth Cordiafonte House of Prayer, Indianapolis. Pro-life rosary, Indianapolis. Guardian Angel Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indiana- St., New Albany. Eucharistic polis. Exposition of the Blessed 3650 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. 9:30 a.m. Guild board meeting, 9:30 a.m. St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth adoration and confessions after Sacrament after 7:15 a.m. Mass- Tuesday silent prayer hour, St., New Albany. Eucharistic 9 p.m. Mass. First Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. Benediction and ser- 7 p.m. Information: 317-543- Holy Rosary Church, 520 adoration, reconciliation, after Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. vice. 0154. Stevens St., Indianapolis. 9 p.m. Mass-midnight. St. Nicholas Church, 6461 E. Tridentine Mass, 9 a.m. 30th St., Indianapolis. Confes- Holy Rosary Church, 520 St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. Mass, Wednesdays sion, 6:45 p.m., Benediction of St. Joseph Church, 113 S. 5th St., St. Patrick Church, 950 Prospect Stevens St., Indianapolis. praise and worship, 8 a.m., then Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. the Blessed Sacrament, 7:30 p.m. Terre Haute. Eucharistic adora- St., Indianapolis. Mass in Adoration of the Blessed Sacra- SACRED gathering in the 30th St. (behind St. Michael tion, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Benedic- Church), Indianapolis. Marian English, 4 p.m. St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe ment after 5:30 p.m. Mass-9 a.m. school. Saturday. Information: 317-636- tion, rosary, noon, Mass, prayers for priests, 3-4 p.m. Road W., Sellersburg. Holy St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe 4478. 5:15 p.m. Information: 812-235- Information: 317-271-8016. hour for religious vocations, Second Mondays Road W., Sellersburg. “Be Not 4996. Benediction and exposition of Church at Mount St. Francis. Afraid” holy hour, 3:30-4:30 Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Our Lady of the Greenwood the Blessed Sacrament after First Saturdays Holy hour for vocations to Parish, Chapel, 335 S. Meridian p.m. 5333 E. Washington St., Indian- 7 p.m. Mass. Our Lady of the Greenwood priesthood and religious life, St., Greenwood. Rosary and apolis. Exposition of the Blessed Church, 335 S. Meridian St., 7 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 7 p.m. Monthly Sacrament, prayer service, First Fridays 7:30 p.m. Greenwood. Devotions, Mass, First Sundays St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1723 sacrament of reconciliation, Second Thursdays Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Luke Church, 7575 Holliday Church, 5692 Central Ave., St. Paul Church, 218 Scheller “I” St., Bedford. Exposition of St. Anthony Church, 379 N. rosary, mediations, 8 a.m. Dr. E., Indianapolis. Holy hour Indianapolis. Marian Movement Ave., Sellersburg. Prayer group, the Blessed Sacrament after Warman Ave., Indianapolis. for priestly and religious voca- of Priests prayer cenacle for 7-8:15 p.m. Information: 812- 8:30 a.m. Mass-9 p.m., reconcili- Exposition of the Blessed Holy Angels Church, 740 W. laity, 1 p.m. Information: 317- 246-4555. ation, 4-6 p.m. Sacrament after 5:30 p.m. Mass, 28th St., Indianapolis. tions, 7 p.m. † 253-1678.

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SS. Francis and Clare Church, 5901 Olive Branch Road, Greenwood. Adoration of the We’ll be Blessed Sacrament, 7 a.m.- 9 p.m., rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, 11 a.m. Information: 317-859-HOPE. expecting you. St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Chapel, 46th and Illinois streets, Indianapolis. Prayer service for We know you’ll have questions. We suspect you’ll be both excited peace, 6:30-7:15 p.m. and apprehensive. We understand that you’ll want reassurance as well Thursdays St. Lawrence Chapel, 6944 E. as expertise. We expect all of that, and more. Because at St. Francis 46th St., Indianapolis. Hospital & Health Centers, we’ve been delivering babies and caring for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. their parents for more than 75 years. Mass. Our Lady of the Greenwood Each year, thousands of expectant parents choose the advanced Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., Greenwood. Faith Sharing obstetric care of our Indianapolis and Mooresville campuses. Each Group, 7:30-9 p.m. Information: 317-856-7442. location takes a family-centered approach to childbirth that’s focused

St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth on personalized attention to your needs. This approach is apparent St., New Albany. Shepherds of Christ prayers for lay and reli- in everything from our wide selection of maternity education classes, gious vocations, 7 p.m. to birthing options that enable you St. Malachy Church, 326 N. SPIRIT OF WOMEN to experience labor, delivery and Green St., Brownsburg. Liturgy of the Hours, 7 p.m. Information: recovery in the same room, to the 317-852-3195. sophisticated treatment of high-risk Christ the King Chapel, 1827 Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana- newborns provided by our Neonatal polis. Marian prayers for priests, Intensive Care Unit. We also care for 5:30-6:30 a.m. you and your child’s needs after Fatima Knights of Columbus, As the Indianapolis area’s only 1040 N. Post Road, Indiana- Spirit of Women hospital, St. Francis works with leading hospitals and delivery, with our dedicated Pediatrics polis. Euchre, 7 p.m. Informa- health care-focused partners nation- tion: 317-638-8416. wide to motivate and inspire women Unit and comprehensive Women’s to make positive changes in their Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, lives and the lives of their families. Health Services. Parish Hall, 1125 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Adult religious education, 7:30 p.m. Informa- So when you’re ready to bring your baby into the world, turn to tion: 317-638-5551. St. Francis. Our family of caring professionals will see to it that you Cordiafonte House of Prayer, have everything you could possibly need to deliver a miracle. 3650 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Thursday silent prayer group, 9:30 a.m. Information: 317-543- 0154. Fridays WOMEN & CHILDREN’S St. Susanna Church, 1210 E. SERVICES Main St., Plainfield. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Celebrate your spirit by joining the St. Francis Spirit of Women membership program. Call (317) 865-5865 for details. St. Lawrence Parish, Chapel, Page 18 The Criterion Friday, November 29, 2002

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Grandfather of 17. Great-grand- LEONARD, Thomas M., 67, McNELIS, Thomas Joseph, O’Conner and Dan Regan. father of four. St. Monica, Indianapolis, 64, Our Lady of Lourdes, Grandmother of eight. Great- HORNBECK, Margaret P. Nov. 19. Brother of Ann Huser, Indianapolis, Nov. 12. Husband grandmother of two. (McCartney), 75, St. Chris- Leo and Michael Leonard. of Marie Carmela (Vitale) VOLLMER, Albert V., 70, Rest in peace topher, Indianapolis, Nov. 16. LOWERY, Hedwig Ann McNelis. Father of Sheila Holy Rosary, Indianapolis, Mother of Joseph Hornbeck. (Cimmerman), 85, Holy Gamache, Daniel, Michael and Nov. 18. Husband of Margaret Timothy McNelis. Brother of Please submit in writing to our St. Maurice, Napoleon, Sister of John “Jack” Trinity, Indianapolis, Nov. 12. (Maxwell) Vollmer. Father of McCartney. Mother of Charlene McGinley, Helen Adams, Mary Garvin, Maureen Casey, Jane Hopwood, office by 10 a.m. Mon. the Nov. 14. 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to the particular challenges of this time and place in his- Mary Rogers in the monastery archives. BOOK tory.” “Mary Jo has been a friend of ours for many, many continued from page 3 Weaver said she is amazed by the number of people years,” Sister Joanne said. “Sister Mary helped select the from all over the world who write to the sisters via the pictures and gave her information about the history of the vocation to spend a week living with them in the private Internet to share how the Carmelite prayer ministry on the construction of the monastery because she was in charge rooms of the monastery so they can truly experience Pray the News Web site has helped improve their faith of the maintenance of the building. We were pleased when Carmelite spirituality. life. Mary Jo said, ‘I want to do something more than just Reaching out even more, the Carmelite sisters in “I think it’s important to internalize the spirit of con- write about the architecture of the building. I want to take Indianapolis share their faith with countless people templative prayer in one’s own life,” she said, “and then a look at what changes came as a result of Vatican II and through their World Wide Web site appropriately named pass that on in families, parishes, retreats and other how your community changed.’ I told her that even www.praythenews.com that addresses a variety of current places.” though we look like we’ve changed a lot, we’ve changed events and social justice issues from a Carmelite perspec- In addition to teaching courses on “American slowly over the years.” tive. Catholicism” and “Women and Religion,” Weaver teaches Recognizing the need for greater outreach for religious Weaver, who has known the community for many “An Introduction to Christianity,” using her textbook of vocations, Sister Joanne said the nuns have increased their years, said she wanted to write a history of the building the same name, as well as upper-level courses on marketing and development efforts in recent years. before some of the oldest members—who knew all of its “Mysticism” and “Western Spirituality.” “We realized that we were not well-known in the city architectural seams—died and the historical information She has published a number of books, including Being even though we thought we were,” Sister Joanne said. was lost. Right: Conservative Catholics in America and What’s “Even at Marian College, they didn’t have much of an Two longtime members of the Indianapolis Carmel, Left? Liberal American Catholics. idea about who we are, so we knew that we needed to Sister Mary Rogers and Sister Jean Marie Hessburg, died Carmelite Sister Joanne Dewald, prioress of the make ourselves better known because we’re interested in earlier this year. Indianapolis Carmel, said the nuns are “thrilled with the vocations and continuing the monastery after we die.” After completing her research, Weaver said she realized book,” which includes a number of historical photographs This book may become “something bigger than the seed that architectural details of the monastery wouldn’t ade- of the community and the monastery. that Mary Jo had initially planted,” Sister Joanne said, quately tell the story of how the massive stone building “I think Mary Jo did a marvelous job,” Sister Joanne which would be an answer to some of the sisters’ prayers. came into existence. said. “We felt that, with Indiana University Press publish- “I started thinking about this book as an architecture of ing the book, it would have a wider circulation and archi- (Cloister and Community: Life Within a Carmelite Carmelite spirituality,” she said. “I realized that if I was tecture students could learn from it. This monastery is Monastery, written by Mary Jo Weaver and published by going to write about the building, I’d have to write about very unique, at least for Indianapolis.” Indiana University Press, costs $29.95 and may be the women who have lived in it. To do that, I’d have to She said Weaver spent about three years researching ordered by calling the Carmelite sisters at the Monastery write about Teresa, and to do that I had to be able to put the Indianapolis Carmel, working with the late Sister of the Resurrection at 317-926-5654.) † her into the context of spiritual history.” The biggest challenge in writing the historical book, she said, “was to find a way to reflect the spirit of Carmel as fascinating and interesting, and to weave together all of the various themes into a kind of tapestry.” History of over 150 years Her task also required writing about the contrasts she learned about from her research. Beauty and Dignity of Modern Facilities Although the exterior of the monastery resembles a centuries-old fortress, she said, the interior of the monastery is a place of warmth, love and prayer that Continued Growth of our Heritage expresses the depth of Carmel spirituality. “I think the overriding story for me was that this place Rich in Catholic Tradition was built to look like a fortress and to repel the outside ST. JOSEPH MAUSOLEUM world,” Weaver said. “It was built as an icon of a particu- HOLY CROSS–ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY lar kind of pre-conciliar spirituality, namely that you have to flee the world, which is a profane place, and come in CALVARY CEMETERY here to pray in a sacred space. 435 West Troy Ave., Indianapolis • 317-784-4439 “So the real story of this community, for me, is how the women who lived here during the past 70 years may have ST. JOSEPH–HOLY CROSS CEMETERY come here with the idea of fleeing the world,” she said, 2446 S. 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