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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Light and darkness, truth and lies, hope and despair are in a constant battle in the world, but with his death and resurrection Jesus conquered sin and death for all time, Pope Benedict XVI said on Easter. “If Jesus is risen, then—and only then— has something truly new happened, something that changes the state of humanity and the world,” the pope told tens of thousands of people at St. Peter’s Square before giving his Easter blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the Married for 42 years, Fred and Doris Chandler have experienced an unexpected blessing in their spiritual lives by helping to care for four children— city and the world). a set of triplets that were born seven weeks prematurely and their baby brother. The Chandlers are pictured with Addy, left, Drew, Alex and Clara, the With the sun children of Aaron and Maribeth Smith. Pope Benedict XVI shining on the square—transformed into a garden with 42,000 flowers, flowering In good and bad times, couples share plants, shrubs and trees—Pope Benedict began the celebration of the morning Mass on April 8 just 10 hours after he finished how faith has affected their marriage celebrating the three-hour long Easter vigil at St. Peter’s Basilica. (Editor’s note: The Criterion invited “When my wife and I met over In his Easter message at the end of the readers to share their stories of how their 30 years ago, we were both coming out morning Mass, the pope said every Christian faith has had an impact on their of marriages gone awry due to alcoholic can share the experience of Mary Magdalene, marriages, especially in times of joy, spouses,” Don Wahle begins. “After who was the first to encounter the risen Jesus struggle, heartbreak and hope. Here are dating for a while, it was evident that my on Easter morning. the stories of three couples.) wife’s Catholic faith was a very The encounter “lets us experience all important part of her life. God’s goodness and truth,” he said. The risen By John Shaughnessy “Even with the Church’s restrictions, Lord “frees us from evil, not in a superficial due to the divorce, she continued to and fleeting way, but sets us free radically, Don Wahle calls himself “the luckiest attend Mass on a regular basis. When heals us completely and restores our dignity.” man I know.” she asked me to go with her, I always The resurrection means that Jesus belongs He makes that statement after he had some excuse not to. I had not Don and Marcia Wahle not just to the past, but is present today, describes how a simple yet special attended any church of any type for giving hope and comfort to all those who moment of faith over 20 years. However, when we same path—she attending Mass, he suffer, the pope said. ‘Faith Alive’ shines changed him and decided to marry, we both wanted a staying away for the most part—until one Pope Benedict offered special prayers light on marriage, deepened his Christian wedding and were married in day when Marcia asked Don, “Do you and encouragement to Christians persecuted page11. relationship with the Speedway Christian Church.” know what tomorrow is?” for their faith and to the people of the his wife, Marcia. Their marriage continued along that See MARRIAGE, page 8 Middle East, asking members of all religious See RESURRECTION, page 2 Catholics from across archdiocese participate in annual chrism Mass Photo by Sean Gallagher Photo by chrism Mass is the occasion when holy oils Oils blessed and used in the sacraments are blessed and priests ministering in the archdiocese renew priests renew vows their ordination promises. Representatives from parishes and By Sean Gallagher religious communities across central and southern Indiana receive the oils during the “I am so proud to be Catholic. … The Mass then take them back to their faith rewards are so great. God provides everything communities. for me.” Ordinarily, the archbishop of Donna Dick-Hollingsworth’s voice was Indianapolis blesses the oils. But since filled with excitement as she made her way Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation into SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral on April 3 See CHRISM, page 16 for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ annual chrism Mass. Deacon Steven Gretencord, who ministers at A member of Sacred Heart Parish in Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Terre Haute, Clinton in the Terre Haute Deanery, gives blessed oils to Donna Dick-Hollingsworth, Dick-Hollingsworth began attending the a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Clinton, chrism Mass in 1975 and hasn’t missed during the annual archdiocesan chrism Mass one since. celebrated on April 3 at SS. Peter and Paul Celebrated annually during Holy Week, the Cathedral in Indianapolis. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 CNS photos/Paul Haring CNS photos/Paul

Above, Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle as he celebrates the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on April 7.

Right, Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on April 7.

In English, he said, “May the grace and The smaller candle carried by stronger than hate. Truth is stronger RESURRECTION joy of the risen Christ be with you all.” Pope Benedict was lit, and he got onto his than lies.” continued from page 1 At the Easter vigil the night before, the mobile platform to be pushed up the aisle of The world needs the light of Christ and pope welcomed eight adults into the the basilica in silence and what should have the light of faith because darkness always and ethnic groups to work together for the Catholic Church. Among those he baptized been darkness. Although announcers—in attempts to obscure people’s vision of what common good and respect for and confirmed was Jason N. Emerick, a multiple languages—had asked the crowd is good and evil, and what the purpose of human rights. 36-year-old man from the Archdiocese of not to use flashes on their cameras during their life is, the pope said. “Particularly in Syria, may there be an Boston. Two of the catechumens were from the procession, bursts of light accompanied “Today, we can illuminate our cities so end to bloodshed and an immediate Germany and the others were from the pope toward the altar. brightly that the stars of the sky are no commitment to the path of respect, Turkmenistan, Italy, Albania, Slovakia However, the cameras could not destroy longer visible,” he said. “Is this not an dialogue and reconciliation” after months and Cameroon. the impact of the candles held by members image of the problems caused by our of violent battles between Syria’s Light, fire and candles were the symbols of the congregation being lighted one by version of enlightenment? government and opposition forces. highlighted during the pope’s vigil. one and the glow spreading throughout the “With regard to material things, our The pope also prayed for the people of Like Easter vigils throughout the world, world’s largest church. knowledge and our technical Iraq, for Israelis and Palestinians, for those the Mass began with the lighting of a fire. In his homily, Pope Benedict said, accomplishments are legion,” he said. But suffering famine and violence in the In the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica, there “To say that God created light means when it comes to the more important Horn of Africa, and for those suffering was a large brazier full of blazing coals. An that God created the world as a space for matters, such as “the things of God and the from conflict in Mali, Sudan and assistant lit a small taper from the coals and knowledge and truth, as a space for question of good,” people can no longer South Sudan. handed it to the pope so he could light the encounter and freedom, as a space for see them. At the end of his message, he wished towering Easter candle. good and love.” “Faith, then, which reveals God’s light to people a happy Easter in 65 languages, A deacon carried the candle to the The light of Easter, he said, proclaims us, is the true enlightenment, enabling including Mongolian, Hebrew, Hindi, entrance of the darkened basilica and forever the fact that “life is stronger than God’s light to break into our world, opening Chinese, Maori, Esperanto and Latin. chanted, “The light of Christ.” death. Good is stronger than evil. Love is our eyes to the true light,” he said. † Volunteers are needed for tornado disaster recovery in Henryville Special to The Criterion from the federal government, it is often not enough to cover register at www.archindy.org/cc/disaster/. all the costs of rebuilding and repairing homes. FEMA also Before groups register, Catholic Charities officials ask HENRYVILLE—In its continued effort to provide does not provide assistance for damage to land and the volunteers to consider these points: support for the people whose lives were devastated by the outbuildings, according to Catholic Charities officials. • When registering, it will be helpful if you already tornadoes that ripped through southern Indiana on Volunteers are specifically needed who have have a date or dates scheduled when you and your group March 2, Catholic Charities in the archdiocese is seeking experience in building fences, repairing barns and doing can help. Also let Catholic Charities know if your group volunteer teams to help rebuild homes from now general construction. could come with just a couple of weeks’ notice. through August. Groups of volunteers are also being recruited to rebuild • Remember that the area where you will be helping is The first wave of volunteers who responded to homes in the area. Expertise in plumbing, replacing a disaster zone. Debris and metal ended up in unexpected the devastation have left the area, according to electrical wiring, and stripping and replacing drywall is places, including yards and fields. Some debris sticks out Catholic Charities officials. Yet, there is still a great need needed. So are volunteers to paint, landscape, install of the side of concrete buildings. Houses and other to provide long-term recovery, which means rebuilding kitchen cabinets and help with a variety of tasks that need structures are no longer reliable or sound. Black mold and repairing homes, outbuildings and fencing. to be accomplished to get homeowners back in their houses, could be and will be growing in many homes. Currently, an estimated 50 percent of homeowners Catholic Charities officials said. • There are many ways to help. Even if you can’t are uninsured or underinsured, and will need cash Officials are seeking volunteer crews of five or more physically help to rebuild a house, you can hold assistance and volunteer labor to rebuild their property, people. In those groups, there should be at least one trained fundraisers to purchase Lowe’s, Home Depot and Walmart Catholic Charities officials noted. adult with experience in home repairs who will lead every gift cards. You can remember in your prayers the families The area has been declared a disaster zone by four untrained volunteers, ages 15 and older. affected by the tornado damage. You can also form a team Federal Emergency Management Assistance officials When volunteer crews are assembled and the dates they to spread the news about the different ways people can (FEMA). 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Mass in which priests renew their promises Pope Benedict said perhaps such of fidelity to Christ, Pope Benedict XVI campaigns are motivated by concern for the firmly criticized dissent from Church Church and the belief that “the slow pace of teachings and disobedience of God’s will institutions has to be overcome by drastic as illegitimate pathways toward reform measures, in order to open up new paths CNS/Stefano Spaziani, pool photo CNS/Stefano and renewal. and bring the Church up-to-date. Surrounded by more than 1,600 priests, “But is disobedience really a way to do bishops and cardinals, the pope cautioned this?” the pope asked. against calls for women’s ordination, True renewal must be based on lives that saying such campaigns seemed more are radically conformed to Christ and “a desperate push” to fulfill one’s own God’s will, he said. preferences rather than a sincere attempt to Christ did seek to correct errors in conform one’s life more closely to Christ. human traditions, the pope said, but only During the April 5 chrism Mass at those customs that stifled God’s word and St. Peter’s Basilica, which focuses on will, seeking to eliminate “human caprice” Holy Thursday as the day Jesus shared his so as to reveal God’s authentic desire for priesthood with the Apostles, the pope said his people. he wanted to use the occasion to ask all Being humble, subservient and obedient priests, including himself, to meditate upon to God and following Church teaching are what their consecration really means. not excuses “to defend inertia, the “Are you resolved to be more united fossilization of traditions,” the pope said. with the Lord Jesus and more closely The era following the Second Vatican conformed to him,” which entails a Council showed what a process of “true renunciation of oneself and “of the renewal” looks like, and it can be seen in much-vaunted self-fulfillment?” the many of the new movements and ways of pope asked. life that are “filled with the joy of faith, the Being Christ-like means not to be served radicalism of obedience, the dynamic of but to serve, not taking but giving, he said. hope and the power of love,” he said. If that is the nature of the priesthood, Presiding over the first of then what should be the response of priests two Holy Thursday liturgies, Pope Benedict when faced with “the often dramatic blessed the oils that will be used in the situation of the Church today,” the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, pope asked. ordination and the anointing of the sick. Without specifying the country, Deacons carried the oils in large silver Pope Benedict said a group of priests from urns to the main altar while catechumens, a European nation have issued a call for youths preparing for confirmation, the sick disobedience of Church teaching, and deacons about to be ordained in the specifically regarding the question of Diocese of Rome wheeled small tables women’s ordination. carrying large, artistic urns, which also Last year, the president of the contained sacramental oils. Austrian bishops’ conference, In his homily, the pope called on all Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, priests to continue to look to Christ and the condemned a “Call to Disobedience,” saints for guidance in how best to serve and signed by 250 of Austria’s 4,200 Catholic renew the Church and minister to humanity. priests. The document urged Catholics to “God is not concerned so much with Pope Benedict XVI washes the foot of a priest during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Basilica of begin a campaign in support of women great numbers and with outward successes, St. John Lateran in Rome on April 5. The foot-washing ritual reflects the call to imitate Christ by priests and “priestless eucharistic liturgies” but achieves his victories under the humble serving one another. as well as for Communion to be given to sign of the mustard seed,” the pope said. non-Catholics and remarried divorcees. He urged bishops and priests to writings, which “are still far from being Pope Benedict washed the feet of 12 priests Also, 311 theologians from Austria, remember their role as teachers and to use explored,” he said. from the Diocese of Rome. The ritual Germany and Switzerland signed a the upcoming Year of Faith to combat the However, such teaching will only be reflected the call to imitate Christ by memorandum last year demanding the growing religious illiteracy found in the credible when those preaching live lives serving one another and forgiving ordination of women and married men as midst of our sophisticated society. that are visibly touched and shaped by each other. well as an “open dialogue” on the Church’s “We preach not private theories and Christ and his word, the pope said. The pope poured water from a golden “structures of power and communication.” opinions, but the faith of the Church,” he Later in the day at Rome’s Basilica of pitcher onto the foot of each priest then Pope Benedict asked, “Is disobedience a said. Accurate, authentic guides of what the St. John Lateran, the pope celebrated the gently rubbed each foot dry with a path of renewal for the Church?” adding Church teaches can be found not only in Mass of the Lord’s Supper, which white towel. that Blessed John Paul II taught sacred Scripture, but also in the texts of commemorates Jesus’ institution of the In his homily, the pope said pride and “irrevocably that the Church has received Vatican II, the Catechism of the Eucharist and the priesthood. wanting to be free to do as one wants is no authority from the Lord” to Catholic Church and Blessed John Paul II’s During the evening Mass, “the real essence of sin.” † Proposal to pay for contraceptive cost is ‘radically flawed,’ say bishops WASHINGTON (CNS)—Even with a new federal Catholic Bishops will continue to meet with administration insurance plans will have to include free contraceptive proposal that third-party administrators pay the costs of officials to discuss the new proposal. coverage. Although the policy will apply to all colleges contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilization for religious They said under the new proposal the government’s and universities, religiously affiliated institutions will be employers who object to the coverage, the health reform four-part test to determine which religious organizations fit given an additional year to comply with the mandate. law’s contraceptive mandate “remains radically flawed,” the mandate’s religious exemption remained unchanged. Colleges that have self-insured student health according to the U.S. bishops. To be exempt from the requirement, a religious coverage plans will not be required to offer free The bishops made the comments in an internal memo organization “has the inculcation of religious values as its contraceptive coverage. on March 29. A copy of it was released to Catholic News purpose; primarily employs persons who share its religious The proposal seems intended to “lessen the degree of Service on April 2. tenets; primarily serves persons who share its religious ‘cooperation in evil’ required of nonexempt religious The memo came in response to a rule proposed by the tenets; and is a nonprofit organization” under specific organizations,” the bishops said in their memo. “But they U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in sections of the Internal Revenue Code. do so by depriving these organizations of the ability to a 32-page document that was “The government has no place defining religion and determine their employee and student benefits in See related story, published on March 21 in the religious ministry,” they said, adding that “government’s accordance with their faith and moral teaching. page 5. Federal Register. HHS has attempt to do so here is unconstitutional.” “It must also be very clear that the Church, together proposed new ways for religious Even if the proposed rules would grant some with other religious groups and faith-based entities, will organizations that have moral objections to providing organizations a more limited form of religious freedom, simultaneously continue to seek relief from the legislature free contraceptives to their employees to comply with “we contend that we already have that freedom in full and and redress in the courts,” the bishops said. the requirement. do not need to receive it as a ‘grace’ from the government,” On Jan. 20, HHS announced that the federal Among the suggestions are having the costs covered by the bishops said. government would require all employers, including a “third-party administrator” of a health plan or Fundamentally, they noted, the HHS mandate “still forces religious employers, to provide no-cost coverage of all “independent agency” that receive funds from other us to act against our conscience and teaching,” particularly contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilization approved by sources, such as rebates from drug makers. because the new proposal does not modify the inclusion of the Food and Drug Administration as part of preventive Before it makes a final decision on the proposed ruling, sterilization and contraceptives, including some health services for women. Only houses of worship the Obama administration is seeking public comment abortifacients, in the “preventive services” mandate. are exempt. until June 19. “Those falling outside the government definition of In a revision announced on Feb. 10 and published on In their memo, the bishops said the details of the ‘religious employer’ will be forced by the government to Feb. 15, President Barack Obama said religious employers proposal are “both tentative and complex, and demand violate their own teachings within their very own could decline to cover contraceptives if they were morally further study.” But based on an initial analysis, they institutions,” the bishops said. “Whatever funding and opposed to them, but the health insurers that provide their said, the proposal had “the same fundamental issues” administrative mechanisms are ultimately chosen, it remains health plans would be required to offer contraceptives free they had addressed in a March 14 statement titled that many deeply religious institutions and individuals will of charge to women who requested such coverage. “United for Religious Freedom.” be forbidden to provide even their own employees—or, in His announcement did not answer how the mandate The bishops said they would be commenting on the the case of educational institutions, their own students— applied to self-insured religious employers, but the newly HHS proposal in more detail and inviting others to add with health coverage consistent with their values.” published proposal reinforces mandated contraceptive their comments as well. The memo also said In announcing the HHS proposed rule, the Obama coverage at self-insured Catholic hospitals and representatives from the U.S. Conference of administration also said most college student health social service agencies. † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012

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Be Our Guest/Jim Welter Why not include good news of joint dialogue statement between Catholics and Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Lutherans in ‘Question Corner’ response? Most Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, S.L.D. Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher GregApostolic A. Otolski,Administrator, Associate Publisher Publisher • Mike Krokos, EditorMike • Krokos, John F. Editor Fink, Editor Emeritus Father Kenneth Doyle’s response not “ignite” the reformation as Father John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus concerning the granting of indulgences in Doyle states because by the time Luther the “Question Corner” column in the returned from exile in the Castle at March 16 issue of Wittenberg—after only two years—the The Criterion raises practice of selling of indulgences had Editorial more questions than largely been discontinued. it answers. The real issue for Luther was much As he states, the larger as it addressed the theology of A boy holds a lit candle Church’s teaching indulgences themselves and the authority during the Easter Vigil about indulgences of the pope to be the dispenser of God’s liturgy outside Catholic New World Catholic New has been around for forgiveness. Mission St. Juan Diego about 1,000 years. A series of dialogues which took place in Arlington Heights, Ill., It follows then that between the Catholic and Lutheran last year. The grand they were not traditions following Vatican II resolved liturgy begins in around for an equally long period of time. many of the divisive issues of the

CNS photo/Karen Callaway, CNS photo/Karen Callaway, darkness and So the time length alone would not 16th century to the extent that continues with the seem to justify their usefulness in Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger—now lighting of a new fire Catholic teaching. Pope Benedict XVI—actually signed a and paschal candle. The Church, during Vatican II, found document in 2009 supporting the expressions that more adequately revocation of Luther’s excommunication. described the nature of sin, as well as The conclusion of these modern God’s mercy and forgiveness, so the dialogues and the final agreement between emphasis on indulgences under the the Catholic and the Evangelical Lutheran guidance of the Holy Spirit was traditions can be summarized in a simple diminished as the reader correctly notes. phrase and puts to death the centuries-old, Father Doyle could have ended his and totally unnecessary, argument of answer on such a pastoral tone. Instead, whether we are saved through works or he chose to expand his answer by grace. “We are saved by grace to free us We are called to be eyewitnesses short-changing history and only telling for good works!” half of the story. As a committed Catholic, I wonder to the Resurrection of Jesus Historically, we know that there were why Father Doyle did not choose to share many Catholic reformers in addition to the good news of this joint dialogue “For I handed on to you as of first confronted her with the great Martin Luther who opposed the abuses to statement in his column rather than place first importance what I also received: mystery that was to be the history of our indulgences prior to and during the upon her shoulders the burden of that Christ died for our sins in salvation. Her humble and obedient Reformation period. “a theology with a checkered past.” accordance with the Scriptures; that he acceptance of God’s will made Mary the Erasmus of Rotterdam, who was buried; that he was raised on the first Christian disciple. It also made her corresponded with Luther, was perhaps the (Jim Welter is a member of St. Barnabas third day in accordance with the the first evangelist, the first person best known. The selling of indulgences did Parish in Indianapolis.) † Scriptures; that he appeared to Cephas, enabled by the Holy Spirit to proclaim then to the Twelve. After that, he the truth of our salvation in Christ. appeared to more than five hundred One of the most popular scenes in the Letter to the Editor brothers at once, most of whom are still Gospel is the appearance of Jesus to living, though some have fallen asleep. two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Religious liberty battle is part of president’s After that he appeared to James, then to The disciples were downcast and all the Apostles. Last of all, as to one disheartened. They left Jerusalem plan to win re-election, reader says born abnormally, he appeared to me” following the horrible events of Christ’s (1 Cor 15:1-8). Passion and death, and headed home. President Barack Obama is a For example, he speaks of They knew that the tomb where Jesus noteworthy person with a brilliant mind “religious worship” instead of t. Paul believed that it was of had been buried was found to be empty, and skillful use of words. “religious liberty,” which is a distinction S“first importance” to remind the but they assumed that was the result of He entraps the populous with his with a big difference. Church of Corinth—and all of us—that foul play. magic of ambiguity, which feeds Obama’s guiding maxims are elusive. there were actual eyewitnesses to the Why didn’t they recognize the those who subscribe to hedonism His approach to policy issues is resurrection of Jesus Christ from the “stranger” they met along the road who and relativism. reminiscent of the Cheshire cat of dead. Our faith is not a matter of walked with them? St. Luke simply says The president’s euphony addresses Alice in Wonderland. He is a magnet for speculation. We have the testimony of “their eyes were prevented from the want for many to hear what they nebulous emotions like “change” and eyewitnesses to assure us that this recognizing him” (Lk 24:16), but similar want to hear, and not what is “unity.” life-changing event really happened. stories of the risen Lord’s appearances actually said. That massive bloc of his base—black, The New Testament provides vivid suggest to us that he was changed— Obama is a dangerous man—not in gay, labor, Hispanic and liberal descriptions of Paul’s encounter with the transformed—and, as a result, was not and of himself—rather because he constituencies—increasingly accused risen Lord, and his subsequent immediately recognizable even by those embodies a pervading societal the president of failing to fully conversion to Christianity. who had been his closest friends and disposition that wants to extract any champion the change they most desire. Without Paul’s eyewitness testimony companions. form of religious morality from law, To address this issue and be and his tireless efforts to proclaim the One of the original witnesses to the and establish itself as the prevailing re-elected, the Obama machine has taken Gospel, our understanding of Jesus’ resurrection of Jesus was St. Thomas the rule of right and wrong. on his biggest opponent to his concept of teaching would be greatly diminished. Apostle. We all know the “doubting Obama is adept at phraseology “change” and “unity”—religious Paul’s collected writings and his Thomas” story. Thomas was absent manipulation, and echo words in orthodoxy and orthopraxy specifically, frequent journeys throughout the when Jesus first appeared to the different sentences, designed to hook and religious liberty in general. Mediterranean region provide an intense, Apostles. He refused to believe that the ideas together. personal witness to the risen Lord. Lord had risen until he could see for While this is a fascinating usage of Kirth N. Roach As head of the Apostles, St. Peter was himself. Thomas’s wish was granted, but language, if you don’t analyze the Discalced Carmelite Community of the first person to inspect the empty Jesus admonished him, saying, “Have means of transport, you miss the the Resurrection tomb. Although St. John’s Gospel tells you come to believe because you have delivery. Indianapolis us that Peter and “the other disciple” seen me? Blessed are those who have were among the first witnesses to the not seen and have believed” (Jn 20:29). Resurrection, they really didn’t The Lord was speaking to each of understand what it meant (Jn 20:9). us. We have not seen Jesus with our They didn’t have to fully understand. own eyes, but we believe. We have not Letters Policy They simply had to believe—and to touched the nail marks in his hands Letters from readers are published in declare their love for the Lord. and feet or the wound in his letters from readers as necessary based on The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s space limitations, pastoral sensitivity and The first person to encounter the risen pierced side. Yet, we are called to be commitment to “the responsible exchange of Lord face to face was Mary Magdalene. eyewitnesses to his death and content (including spelling and grammar). In freely-held and expressed opinion among order to encourage opinions from a variety She was one of several women who did resurrection. We have received the gift the People of God” (Communio et Progressio, of readers, frequent writers will ordinarily be not abandon Jesus in the hour of his of the Holy Spirit and are called to be 116). limited to one letter every three months. Passion and death (cf. Mt 27:56, 61 and evangelists who proclaim the Letters from readers are welcome and Concise letters (usually less than 300 words) Mk 15:40). Among this group of Good News of our salvation in Christ. every effort will be made to include letters are more likely to be printed. dedicated women, the place of honor This Easter season, let’s set aside all from as many people and representing as Letters must be signed, but, for serious goes to his mother, Mary, the doubt and hesitation. Let’s proclaim the many viewpoints as possible. Letters should reasons, names may be withheld. first Christian disciple and the risen Lord boldly and without fear—in be informed, relevant, well-expressed and Send letters to: “Letters to the Editor,” preeminent witness to everything that our homes, our workplaces and the temperate in tone. They must reflect a basic The Criterion, 1400 N. Meridian Street, happened during his brief time on Earth. public square. sense of courtesy and respect. 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SAN FRANCISCO (CNS)—If the he can analyze exactly what is and is not Diocese of Santa Rosa is required to covered. In the past, as an official of the cooperate with the Obama Diocese of Lincoln and as bishop of administration’s mandate requiring most ‘This is something we cannot fight unless Baker, Bishop Vasa said he changed religious employers to provide no-cost we are united.’ health insurance to a self-insured plan contraceptive, abortifacient and that did not offer morally objectionable sterilization coverage, the diocese won’t, benefits to anyone. said Bishop Robert F. Vasa. —Richard Doerflinger, In Baker and in Lincoln, Bishop Vasa “If they shut me down, they shut me associate director of the broke from the established health down,” the bishop said on March 30 insurance carrier to go with a following a speech on Catholic health U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of self-insured plan that conformed care at a three-day conference on Pro-Life Activities completely to Catholic values, including Catholic health care reform hosted by opposition to contraceptives, sterilization Life Legal Defense Foundation and the and abortion. Most plans cover those Christus Medicus Foundation. The procedures and drugs, even if they are Archdiocese of San Francisco and the because the alternatives are bleak, provisions in Title I of the not explicitly stated, Bishop Vasa said. dioceses of Sacramento, Oakland and according to speakers at the Patient Protection and Affordable Care “I don’t do business with people Santa Rosa were among the sponsors. March 29-31 conference at St. Mary’s Act to include the conscience protection who don’t think the way I do,” However, in an interview with Cathedral in San Francisco. that is already part of other federal Bishop Vasa said. Catholic San Francisco, the “I think we have to mobilize our health programs, according to the “Catholic health care is about more archdiocesan newspaper, Bishop Vasa Church in a way we never have before,” U.S. bishops’ website. than excluding any particular procedure. said he believes the said William Cox, president and CEO of U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., It is about being knowledgeable about Church will prevail the Alliance of Catholic Health Care, an introduced the bill in the House, where what is in your plan, and making a on the issue association of California Catholic it remains in committee. It now has conscious decision about what you want because religious hospitals. more than 200 sponsors. In the covered and what you do not want to liberty is “This is something we cannot Senate, the bill’s chief sponsor was have covered,” the bishop said in a “enshrined in our fight unless we are united,” said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., but senators speech on March 30. Constitution. Richard Doerflinger, associate director voted on March 1 to table it. Blunt has He said he not only expects the plan to “Precisely of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of said, “This fight is not over.” exclude abortion and contraceptives, but it because Jesus Pro-Life Activities. The U.S. bishops as a group and should also cover treatment after an healed the sick, the A remedy that the U.S. bishops are individually have issued statements attempted suicide, restoring fertility by Church is involved urging Catholics to support is the opposing the mandate. reversing vasectomies and tubal ligations, Bishop in healing Respect for Rights of Conscience Act, In the Santa Rosa Diocese, and repairs after a botched abortion. Robert F. Vasa ministry,” said Doerflinger. Supporters may send Bishop Vasa said he has taken the “Good morals make good medicine,” Bishop Vasa said in their lawmakers a note in support of the first steps to changing its health the bishop said. his keynote address to the conference, legislation through a link at insurance coverage—an action he has A new federal proposal issued on stressing the Catholic Church’s www.usccb.org/conscience. taken twice before in Lincoln, Neb., March 21 suggesting that third-party commitment to health care. “We are The proposed measure will ensure and Baker, Ore. Bishop Vasa was a administrators pay the costs of involved in this based on the conviction that those who participate in the health priest of the Lincoln Diocese from 1976 contraceptives for religious employers that each person has unique dignity.” care system “retain the right to provide, to 1999, when he was appointed bishop reinforced the mandated coverage for Catholics must unite as they never purchase or enroll in health coverage of Baker. self-insured Catholic hospitals and social have before if they hope to prevail that is consistent with their religious He requested that Anthem Blue service agencies. The U.S. bishops said against the federal contraceptive, beliefs and moral convictions.” It would Cross send him all 20,000 or more that even with the new proposal, the abortifacient and sterilization mandate amend only the new mandated benefits codes for procedures and payments so mandate “remains radically flawed.” † New archdiocesan controller looks forward to serving parishes and agencies By Mary Ann Garber “Tracy’s background with KPMG in public accounting University of Nebraska in Lincoln. prepares her well for the complex nature of the financial She worked as an accountant in the audit practice at As the new controller for the archdiocesan reporting requirements of the Archdiocese of KPMG for public, private and not-for-profit clients for Office of Accounting Services, Tracy Lockwood of Indianapolis,” Stumpf said. “We’ve been blessed to have 10 years. Indianapolis is looking forward to serving the Church in strong leadership in the accounting office over the last “I enjoy working with people to solve business and central and southern Indiana. decade, and we’re looking forward to Tracy’s accounting issues,” Lockwood said. “I look forward to Lockwood began her new involvement in advancing the many initiatives working in a not-for-profit organization with a great ministry position on March 19. She we’ve begun.” mission, improving the Office of Accounting Services’ succeeds Julie Shewmaker, who He said Lockwood’s ministry responsibilities include communication with the parishes and working with the served as controller for 11 years. financial reporting for the archdiocese and its agencies, parishes to achieve their goals.” Jeffrey Stumpf, chief financial budgeting, and setting financial reporting policies and Among her other duties are serving as a representative officer of the archdiocese, said procedures. on the archdiocesan finance council, supervising the Lockwood brings a decade of Stumpf said she also will administer several of the accounting office staff and the archdiocese’s annual experience in accounting and archdiocese’s administrative services, including the budget process, and working with the external auditors to auditing at KPMG, one of the Archdiocesan Deposit and Loan Fund, archdiocesan complete audits of parish and agency financial four largest global accounting payroll and parish internal control assessments. statements. firms, to her new duties for A native of Gering, Neb., Lockwood earned a Lockwood and her husband, David, are the parents of Tracy Lockwood the Church. bachelor’s degree in accounting at the a 13-month-old son, Landon. †

If you are a victim of What was in the news on April 13, 1962? School Report sexual misconduct by a person ministering on behalf of the prayer goes before the United States Supreme Court, sexual Church, or if you know of anyone who has been a victim of and priests ‘debate’ right to work laws misconduct such misconduct, please contact the archdiocesan victim By Brandon A. Evans United States and this honorable court.’ … The 22-word now assistance coordinator: prayer [in question], whose recitation is non-compulsory, Carla Hill, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, This week, we continue to examine what was going on in reads: ‘Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-1410 the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen through the upon Thee and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, pages of The Criterion. our teachers and our country.’ ” 317-236-1548 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1548 Here are some of the items found in the • Nun charges deficiencies in schools [email protected] April 13, 1962, issue of The Criterion: • Fatima Retreat House finance plan endorsed • High Court told to bar public school • Bloomington will be host to parley Online Lay Ministry Formation prayers • Traditional Holy Week rites slated “WASHINGTON—American public schools are • Two priests ‘debate’ Right to Work laws The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has partnered with the wholly secular institutions from which efforts ‘to inculcate • ‘Separation a sin’: Times dictate unity, University of Notre Dame and Catholic Distance University (CDU) into the children a love for God’ must be banned, the Lutheran leader says to offer not-for-credit online theology classes: U.S. Supreme Court was told. Attorney William J. Butler of • Raps sugar-coated lures to religious vocations • Courses on the Catechism of the Catholic Church from CDU New York made this claim in a challenge to the constitutionality • Priest in Russia: A cathedral of horrors • All 12 classes for a Certificate in Lay Ministry available online of prayer recitation in the public schools of New York State. • Named to Council steno corps • 20% discount for all employees, volunteers, and parishioners Butler appeared before the court on April 3 on behalf of • Urgency of racial problem cited by Atlanta prelate • Employees also receive reimbursement upon course completion five parents and nine children in New Hyde Park, N.Y., • Suggests methods to spur Latin American vocations For more information, please log on to public schools. He maintained that recitation of a prayer in • Pontiff endorses cardinal’s drive for Latin America www.archindy.org/layministry their schools violates the provisions of the Federal Constitution • Ceylon lifts ban against teachers which ban an establishment of religion and guarantee religious • Jesuit deplores flaws in higher education freedom. But attorneys for the local school board and for • Lutheran leader lauds pontiff as ‘Pope of peace, 16 intervenor parents of 41 public school children told the concord’ high court that excluding prayer from the schools would • Pope names four African archbishops contradict an American tradition that extends back to the • Calls pope’s encyclical prime anti-Red document earliest days of the nation. They said that to bar prayer from • Heart attack fatal to Montana bishop schools would be inconsistent with such practices as the recitation of prayer in Congress and in the Supreme Court (Read all of these stories from our April 13, 1962, issue by itself, whose sessions open with the invocation: ‘God save the logging on to our archives at www.CriterionOnline.com.) † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 Events Calendar

April 13-15 Greenwood. Hearts for Haiti, Carmelite Monastery, Zionsville, Ind. 2 p.m. Information: April 19 Mount St. Francis Children’s Sale, sale of 59 Allendale, Terre Haute. (Diocese of Lafayette). 317-574-8898. Our Lady of Peace Cemetery Center for Spirituality, children’s clothes and toys, Helpers of God’s Precious Youth ministry, concert, Chapel, 9001 N. Haverstick 101 St. Anthony Drive, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: Infants, prayer vigil, Danielle Rose, singer and Riverwalk Banquet Center, Road, Indianapolis. Monthly Mount St. Francis. 317-691-5374 or Mass, 7:30 a.m., artist, 7 p.m., no charge. 6729 Westfield Blvd., Memorial Mass, 2 p.m. [email protected]. “Vocation Discernment Planned Parenthood, 30 S. Information: 317-873-2885, Indianapolis. Catholic Radio Information: 317-574-8898. Weekend,” single men, ages Third St., Terre Haute, ext. 108. fundraising dinner, St. Roch Parish, prayer vigil, 9:30 a.m., April 20 16-40. Information: April 16-May 21 5:30 p.m., $60 per person. 800-424-9955 or Family Life Center, 3603 S. St. Patrick Adoration Chapel, Information: 317-842-6583. Northside Knights of [email protected]. Meridian St., Indianapolis. 1807 Poplar St., Terre Haute, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Columbus Hall, 2100 E. Single Seniors meeting, Parish, 333 W. Maple St., Divine Mercy Chaplet, Columbus Bar, 322 Fourth St., 71st St., Indianapolis. April 14 1 p.m., age 50 and over. Cambridge City. Office of 10 a.m. Information: Columbus. Theology on Tap, Catholic Business Exchange, Most Holy Name of Jesus Information: Family Ministries, [email protected]. “You Are What You Eat,” Mass, breakfast and program, Parish, Parish Life Center, 317-784-4207. “Divorce and Beyond” 7-8:30 p.m. Information: “Keeping the Faith in 89 N. 17th Ave., Beech Grove. April 15 program, six-week series, 812-379-9353, ext. 241. Broadcasting,” Mike Ahern, School alumni association, St. Mary Academy, gym, Richmond Catholic 7-9 p.m. Information: host of “One on One” on “Mardi Gras Masquerade,” 415 E. Eighth St., Community, 701 N. “A” St., 317-236-1586 or MYINDY-TV and former 6:30 p.m.-midnight, $35 per New Albany. “Spring Fling,” Richmond. Charismatic 800-382-9836, ext. 1586. St. Nicholas Church, 6461 E. person, $60 per couple. Altar Society craft and prayer group, 7 p.m. St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. WISH-TV anchor, Information: 317-716-7839 or vendor show and luncheon, Information: April 18 Healing prayer service, 6:30-8:30 a.m., $14 members, [email protected]. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., booth space [email protected]. Calvary Cemetery Chapel, adoration, praise, worship, $20 non-members. available. Information: 435 W. Troy Ave., teaching, confessions, Reservations and information: Our Lady of the Greenwood 812-944-0417 or St. Alphonsus Liguori Parish, Indianapolis. Monthly 6:30 p.m. Information: www.catholicbusiness Parish, 399 S. Meridian St., [email protected]. 1870 W. Oak St., Memorial Mass, 812-623-2964. exchange.org. †

Retreats and Programs April 30 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Pastoral musician workshops April 20 56th St., Indianapolis. “Friends of Fatima,” Mass, breakfast and social, 9 a.m. Information: are scheduled during May Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. 56th St., Indianapolis. Of Gods and Men, The archdiocesan Liturgical Music using chant and unaccompanied singing in special movie viewing and discussion, May 3 Commission is presenting a series of parish worship. Father Noah Casey, presenter, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, workshops for pastoral musicians at Participants interested in the optional $20 per person includes light meal, dinner 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. Pre Cana Conference, marriage preparation program, parishes in central and southern Indiana. lunch must register before April 28 for the 5:30 p.m., movie 6:30 p.m. Information: The workshops, titled “Spring Tune Up May 5 workshop, May 7 for the May 12 317-545-7681 or session one of three, 6:15-9 p.m. Information: 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. for Pastoral Musicians,” begin at 8:30 a.m. workshop and May 12 for the May 19 [email protected]. and conclude with an optional lunch at workshop. April 25 May 4-6 noon on May 5 at St. Jude Parish in Registration fees before the deadlines Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Indianapolis, May 12 at St. Joseph Parish are $5 or $10 for the workshop and the 56th St., Indianapolis. “Being and Belonging,” in Corydon and May 19 at St. Joseph optional lunch. After the deadline, the 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. retreat for separated and divorced Catholics, “Thomas Merton Seminar–Bridges to Parish in St. Leon. registration fee is $10 without lunch. Father James Farrell, presenter. Information: Contemplative Living,” session four of four, 317-545-7681. Topics covered during the workshops For information or to register, Benedictine Sister Julie Sewell, presenter, include technology to help coordinate contact Christina Tuley at 317-236-1483 Mass 5:15 p.m., simple supper 6 p.m., May 5 volunteers and music, vocal techniques, or 800-382-9836, ext. 1483, or $85.95 includes book and supper. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. music for weddings and funerals, and [email protected]. † Information: 317-788-7581 or “Walking with St. Peter,” Franciscan Sister [email protected]. Millie Speed, presenter, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., $45 per person includes lunch. April 26 Information: 812-933-6437 or Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, [email protected]. Brownsburg parish to sponsor 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Journey to Wholeness,” caregiver’s retreat, May 6 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 8:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $50 per person. ‘Walk with Haiti’ on April 28 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. Pre Cana Information: 317-788-7581 or Conference, marriage preparation program. [email protected]. St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg is programs. Information: 317-545-7681 or sponsoring its fifth annual “Walk with Haiti” Registration and opening activities April 26-29 [email protected]. walk/run on April 28 at Williams Park, begin at 8:30 a.m. A timed three-mile run Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 200 Hill Drive, May 7 940 S. Locust St., in Brownsburg. is scheduled to start at 9 a.m., with walkers St. Meinrad. “Caught in the Crosshairs,” Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. The fundraiser will benefit St. Marguerite beginning at 9:30 a.m. retreat for parish secretaries and parish 56th St., Indianapolis. “Come Away and Rest Parish in Port Margot, Haiti, which is This year’s walk will feature guest administrators, Benedictine Father Jeremy Awhile–Silent Non-Guided Day of Reflection,” St. Malachy’s sister parish in the speaker Amy King, an award-winning King, presenter. Information: 812-357-6585 or $30 per person. Information: 317-545-7681 or Caribbean island nation. photographer and advocate for aid to Haiti. [email protected]. [email protected]. † Current projects at St. Marguerite Parish For more information, contact include improvements to its medical clinic, Beth Lewis at 317-407-2384 or log on dental office, pharmacy and grade school as to St. Malachy Parish’s website at well as expansion of water purification www.saintmalachyparish.org. † Submitted photo Photo by Sean Gallagher Photo by

Holy Week display Lending a helping hand Maddie Stapleton, second from left, a fourth-grade student at St. Paul School in New Alsace, moves a figurine on a display about the week leading up to Jesus’ Passion, death and Frank Heaton, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, left, works with LaTosha Jamison, a Resurrection on April 2 at the New Albany Deanery elementary school. The display was created junior at Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis, on March 19 at the Archbishop O’Meara by Sara Graf, left, the mother of two students at St. Paul School. She brought the display to the Catholic Center in Indianapolis. Students from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire spent their school to help the students participate more fully during Holy Week. Also looking at the display spring break in Indianapolis that week doing volunteer projects with Cristo Rey students. On are, third from left, fourth-grader Alicia Rosemeyer and third-grader Wyatt Hartman. March 19, they carried boxes of records to the archives of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 Page 7 Holy Land pilgrimages on rise and could increase during Year of Faith

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Fear of violence in the said the number of pilgrims from Europe and Middle East has not kept pilgrims away from the North America has been stable. In recent years, he has seen Holy Land, according to U.S. Franciscan priests who an influx of pilgrims from Eastern Europe, Russia, India, frequent the sites commemorating the birth, death and the Far East, Africa and Brazil, which he attributes to CNS photo/Bob Mullen resurrection of Jesus. emerging economies. Any hesitancy to visit these places is “overcome by faith Franciscan friars know plenty about the Holy Land and interest,” said Franciscan Father Jeremy Harrington, because they have been there for a long time. For more than commissary and guardian of the Franciscan Monastery of 750 years, they have had a ministry there preserving shrines, the Holy Land in Washington. The holy sites, he added, welcoming pilgrims, leading parishes and schools, remain safe places to visit despite unrest in the region. providing housing, and feeding those in need. Father Harrington said the number of pilgrims will To continue the ministry, they rely on an annual increase during the Catholic Church’s Year of Faith, which Good Friday pontifical collection that supports Christians in will begin on Oct. 11—the 50th anniversary of the opening the Holy Land. of the Second Vatican Council—and conclude on Nov. 24, Proceeds of the collection, coordinated by the 2013—the feast of Christ the King. Congregation for Eastern Churches, are distributed to Latin In pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith, and Eastern Catholic bishops, parishes, schools and projects Visiting New York priests and other pilgrims touch the Stone of U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Unction in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher earlier this prefect of the Congregation for the Cyprus and Egypt. year. U.S. Franciscans with ties to the Holy Land predict the Doctrine of the Faith, stressed the This spring, the Vatican published a summary report on number of pilgrims visiting there will increase during the importance of pilgrimages to how the Franciscan Custodians of the Holy Land have used Year of Faith, which begins in October. St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City donations from recent collections. The funds enabled the and to the Holy Land, “the place friars to improve facilities for pilgrims at a number of encourages people to visit the Franciscan Monastery in which first saw the presence of holy sites at Bethlehem, Jerusalem and other locations. Washington, which contains replicas of the Holy Land’s Jesus, the Savior, and Mary, Funds were also used to provide university scholarships to famous shrines as well as a replica of the Grotto at Lourdes his mother.” students in the region, offer counseling, housing and and the Roman catacombs. When pilgrims visit the medical care to families in need, and to build or rebuild The monastery, dedicated in 1899, is set on 40 acres of Holy Land, they not only come Catholic parishes and schools. land near the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate away with a deeper sense of their The friars’ work at the holy sites is particularly important Conception. The priests who live and work there say it is Fr. Jeremy Harrington, O.F.M. faith, but also show solidarity with because it enables these places to be monuments of faith, often described as an oasis of peace. the Christians living in the region, not just historical landmarks that are more like museums, Pilgrims are attracted to the shrines and also the outdoor Father Harrington told Catholic News Service. according to Father Harrington. gardens, but also come for Masses, daily confessions and Franciscan Father Garret Edmunds, a pilgrimage The priest also knows not everyone can make a adult education. guide in the Holy Land and vice commissary of the pilgrimage to the sites where Jesus was born, lived and died “To come here gives people the opportunity to see what Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, because of the expense and time involved. That’s why he goes on in the Holy Land,” said Father Harrington. †

Archdiocese to host sessions on ‘New Evangelization’ and faith formation of laity Special to The Criterion • Bloomington Deanery—9:30-11:30 a.m. on April 18 dynamism in bringing his saving message to a world in at St. John the Apostle Parish, Parish Life Center, great need.” In anticipation of the Year of Faith, the archdiocese is 4607 W. State Road 46, in Bloomington. Mass will be Pinto’s presentation includes an introduction to working to bring about a renewal of parish faith formation celebrated at 8:30 a.m. at the church. three faith formation resources that have enriched the and evangelization. • Indianapolis South Deanery—3-5 p.m. on April 18 at faith life of the laity and parish life across the country. “If we as Catholics are committed to the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ School, Father Gootee “One of our goals is to take some of the guesswork out ‘New Evangelization’ and the revitalization of our Church, Conference Room, 7225 Southeastern Ave., in Indianapolis. of parish faith formation,” explained Pinto, who has then an essential place to start is with the renewal of our • Indianapolis North Deanery—7-9 p.m. on April 18 at authored or co-authored 10 books. “Our programs are parish faith formation efforts,” said Peg McEvoy, St. Matthew the Apostle Church, Community Room, designed to appeal to a popular audience, and are created associate director of evangelization and family catechesis 4100 E. 56th St., in Indianapolis. Mass will be celebrated at in a way that is easy to facilitate. We want to give for the archdiocese. 6 p.m. at the church followed by Catholics a renewed sense of the beauty and riches of our “Faith formation, especially for our adults, is a key to adoration. faith. We want to help them understand why we believe this renewal,” she said. “If we can help Catholics know “The initial call for a what we believe, and show them how the faith applies to ‘why’ we believe as we do, they can grow in their own ‘new evangelization’ by our daily life. Helping Catholics in this way is essential to faith, and confidently and joyfully share it with others.” Blessed John Paul II about 20 years the ‘new evangelization.’ ” The archdiocese is working with Ascension Press on ago has gripped the imagination of Each information session will last 90 minutes, and information sessions, which will feature a presentation on Catholic lay and religious leaders,” include ample time for questions and answers. The the “New Evangelization” by Matthew Pinto, a best- Pinto said, “and it has instilled a sessions are free. selling Catholic author and president of Ascension Press. sense of hope that the Church is Five deanery sessions are scheduled in the archdiocese still the city set on a hill—a light to (For more information or to register for a session, contact on April 17-18. the nations. Corinne Murphy at [email protected] or • New Albany Deanery—1-3 p.m. on April 17 at “Over the past 2,000 years, the 877-842-1877, ext. 209. For more information about the St. Michael Parish, Parish Life Center, Matthew Pinto Church has faced staggering Office of Evangelization in the Archdiocese of 11400 Farmers Lane, N.E., in Bradford. challenges, both internal and Indianapolis, contact Peg McEvoy, associate director of • Batesville Deanery—7-9 p.m. on April 17 at external,” he said. “Yet, she is still here today and will be evangelization and family catechesis, at St. John the Baptist Parish, Parish Hall, here until the end of time. The ‘New Evangelization’ is a [email protected] or 317-236-1430 or 25743 State Road 1, in Dover. call to Catholics to a new commitment to Christ and a new 800-382-9836, ext. 1430.) † Page 8 The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 Faith reunites family, brings joy, peace and love By John Shaughnessy this, there remained the pain of the divorce.” The pain even continued after both of

Many families have them—situations John’s parents eventually married “very Submitted photo that reach the point where bitterness, good people.” Julie Mundell recalls that in misunderstanding and heartbreak can the first 10 years of her marriage to John, separate people who once shared a bond of they would often visit his father and his love. second wife, but John’s father and Spouses see their commitment to each stepmother only came to visit them once, for other fading away. 15 minutes, even though they lived just Parents and children drift apart because 45 minutes away. of a sense of betrayal or hurt. “We were so hurt,” she says. “As our Siblings stay away from each other for young family grew, this became harder and years because of fights and arguments harder to understand. We got to the point of from the past. thinking, ‘If they want to see us and the When The Criterion invited readers to grandchildren, they’re going to have to share their stories of how faith affected come here.’ It seemed logical, but it didn’t their marriage, John and Julie Mundell of give us peace or joy.” St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis offered At the point of heartbreak, John and Julie the story of how a divorce and a death experienced a change in perspective devastated a family, and how the painful when they began attending meetings of after-effects of those realities threatened to Focolare, a worldwide Catholic movement tear that family apart. based in Italy. Yet, theirs is also the story of how faith “We were attracted to its style of life,” helped to reunite a family, and how it gave John notes. “We began to live its spirituality three generations the opportunity to of unity in our daily lives, trying to put the experience a joy, a peace and a love that words of the Gospel into practice in each once seemed impossible. moment—to love everyone unconditionally, For John Mundell, the story began to be the first to love—to live for unity when he was a small boy and his parents and peace.” were divorced. Julie adds, “We decided together that, A Catholic community that stresses peace and unity in life helped John and Julie Mundell gain a “Many things had contributed to this— despite the past, we would visit regularly, new perspective on the power of love to heal a family. my father’s immaturity, the long illness happily, because that was what the Gospel and difficult death of their first-born son at was calling us to do—to love without shared. Even more, it helped when the family atmosphere of love for the age of 4, and subsequent drinking by expecting anything in return. As the years health of John’s father and stepmother one another. We gave them comfort my dad,” John recalls. went by, the most visible fruit of this effort declined. and assured them of our love. We prayed After the divorce, there were weekends was the relationship our children came to “Over a period of several months, it was with them and for them. We believe that when his father picked up John and his have with them. Innocent of any past hurt, necessary for us to make many visits to my in our love, they felt God’s love through brothers for visits. But there were also they grew up loving their grandparents. hometown—going to hospitals and doctors’ us. And this helped them to entrust times when he arrived late or didn’t show “In choosing to bring unity and peace appointments, taking care of their house themselves to God’s love and mercy, and up. His father also made promises about into our relationship, we found the old and their dog,” John recalls. “Without die peacefully.” trips and adventures that never happened. wounds began to disappear within us. We choosing to have lived a life of unity Nearly eight years later, John and And there were the days in high school began to see dad as someone God wanted us through the years, I think we would have Julie marvel at how their family moved when John wished his father would come to love. And in choosing to love each time felt the burden of obligation rather than from hurt and heartbreak to hope and to see him compete in his sports, but he we visited, we actually experienced an doing these acts out of true love and a love. The credit belongs to Focolare and never did. internal conversion and began to really love, sense of family.” “this beautiful way of living out our “It seemed as if it was too difficult for to the point that they loved us in return as The sense of family radiated when Catholic faith in very concrete ways,” him to show up at these kinds of events, much as they could.” John’s dad and stepmother died within John says. feeling a little like an outcast or perhaps a That approach spread to John’s sole one day of each other in September 2004. “For us, it has been the most failure,” John notes. “Although he was surviving brother, and the feeling of unity “We were at the bedside of each one,” significant contribution to our daily style always proud of our accomplishments and became a part of the extended family. It Julie notes. “The children stayed near and of living, and one that has enriched our often bragged to his friends, underneath made a difference in the get-togethers they unafraid. Their last hours were truly in a lives beyond imagining.” †

themselves blessed in many ways. “We thank the Sisters of Providence, “Most of those years have been very MARRIAGE They have been married for 42 years, the Sisters of St. Francis, the monks of good, but we have had our share of continued from page 1 and enjoyed long careers of dedicating Saint Meinrad, the many archdiocesan disappointing contradictions as well,” their lives to teaching and counseling priests we have known, and the many Pamela Proctor notes. “How we have “That simple question from her began high school students. friends and family members who have been able to stay married and happy is a journey for me that to this very day The couple has also long appreciated spent their lives because of our faith in remains a mystery,” Don Wahle says. their spiritual home at St. Thomas challenging us to live God, and the “She answered the question for me—‘It’s Aquinas Parish in Indianapolis, a faith up to the ‘How we have been commitment we made Ash Wednesday’—and asked if I would community where they have been able responsibilities of able to stay married to each other in the go with her. I relented and went. I do not to help serve people in need both locally being a Catholic and happy is because sacrament of know whether it was the atmosphere of and internationally, including their Christian. We try our matrimony. the church, the priest, the Mass itself or, parish’s relationship with a rural parish best every day.” of our faith in God, “David has set the as I like to think, her faith entering my in Haiti. and the commitment example for our life. But I knew I had to know more about Yet even in their blessings, there have Shopping for a family that the her faith and had to be part of it. been challenges. church, finding a we made to each other sacraments are “Since that evening Mass more “The toughest part of our life was husband in the sacrament of important. As much as than 16 years ago, my life was facing the challenge that we would not Pamela Proctor matrimony.’ he has been able, he changed forever.” be able to have children of our own,” the was single then, a has been a daily Mass In the years that followed, the couple wrote in a letter to The Criterion. self-proclaimed communicant. It took first spouses of Don and Marcia died, “Besides a few hours of baby-sitting for “Baptist girl” who was —Pamela Proctor me a while and a few Don and Marcia were married in the a few nieces and nephews over the “shopping” for a kids later to Church, and Don was received into the years, our experience with raising church at the time. experience the value full communion of the Church. children has been almost non-existent.” She never thought that her search for a of daily Mass. The sacrament of That was just the beginning of the But that all changed in 2008 when faith community would also lead to reconciliation has also been a valuable transformation in Wahle’s life and the Chandlers were asked to become her husband. routine for us that has allowed us to his faith. part of a team to help provide extra “When I met David, I was a work on faults, and has been helpful in “If you would have told me many child care for a set of triplets who were Baptist girl and church shopping,” overcoming our stubborn and years ago that I would become a lector, born seven weeks prematurely. They Pamela Proctor recalls. “Through some sinful patterns. eucharistic minister, usher and serve on have continued to help the working mutual friends, we became acquainted “David is also a regular adorer in the the facility committee, I would have parents, who have since added a baby and started a relationship. I had decided [parish’s] perpetual adoration chapel. known you were talking to someone boy to their family. The Chandlers now to become Catholic if we became Because of his commitment to prayer else,” Wahle notes. “We are now assist with the care of the four children serious, which is what happened. I can and adoration, he is one of the most members of St. Christopher Parish in every Friday. tell you now that is the best thing that peaceful and charitable men I know. It Indianapolis, where we attend Mass as a “It gives us a great amount of joy,” ever happened to me—becoming has been a tremendous help in our family with our daughter, son-in-law the couple noted. “We enjoy a Catholic and marriage to know that his priorities are and grandson. relationship with this family that has marrying a faithful God, family and friends.” “There is absolutely no way to explain enriched our lives.” Catholic man.” While acknowledging that “we have the feeling that I have at every Mass when I For the Chandlers, that relationship is The Proctors, our disagreements and difficulties like am sitting next to my wife and family, one more blessing in a marriage that has who are members most couples do,” she also stresses that listening to the readings, homily and always been guided by faith. of Our Lady of the “our rich Catholic faith,” “our very good receiving Communion. I reach over, touch “We believe that God has blessed us Greenwood Parish priests,” and the love of family and my wife’s hand and thank God for this with an appreciation for the Gospel in Greenwood, friends are major parts of the foundation woman he has put in my life. message, which inspires us to take have been married that help keep them together. “I am the luckiest man I know.” action to make this a better world for for 30 years, a “My hope and prayer is we are those who have very few resources that marriage that has helping each other and our children to An unexpected blessing we in this country take for granted,” the David and Pamela also been blessed become saints, and one day come to Fred and Doris Chandler consider couple wrote. Proctor with six children. enjoy the beatific vision of heaven.” † The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 Page 9 The Passion Photos by MaryPhotos by Ann Garber

Walter Soto, left, as Pontius Pilate, washes his hands of the crowd’s decision to crucify Jesus during the Passion re-enactment on Good Friday, April 6, at St. Mary Parish in Indianapolis. Assisting him is Oscar Vasquez. Both men are St. Mary parishioners.

Hellen Sanders, dressed in blue, and her son, Matthew Gichohi, members of St. Mary Parish in St. Mary parishioner Pablo Paulin of Indianapolis portrays Jesus during the Passion re-enactment Indianapolis, portray Mary and the Beloved Disciple during the Passion re-enactment at the as part of an outdoor Way of the Cross on Good Friday, April 6, at the downtown church and downtown parish on Good Friday, April 6. through neighborhood streets nearby.

Connecticut Senate votes to Federal appeals panel hears arguments abolish state’s death penalty on Defense of Marriage Act cases HARTFORD, Conn. (CNS)—The Abolition proponents have said the BOSTON (CNS)—A federal appeals was a “rational basis” for Congress to pass Connecticut Senate voted to repeal the time has come to end the use of capital court heard arguments on April 4 in it. death penalty, positioning the state to punishment because the practice is two cases related not to the legality of same- “Congress could rationally choose to become the fifth in five years to ban outdated and the risk of killing an sex marriage, but to the tax, health and have a uniform definition rather than have the practice. innocent victim is too great. Supporters pension benefits of marriage. it rely upon state law” to define marriage The bill, which replaces the death of capital punishment said the practice The cases, which are expected to in various ways, he said. penalty with life in prison without is suitable for perpetrators of eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court, But Assistant Attorney General parole, now heads to the House of particularly heinous crimes. have drawn national attention from Catholic Maura Healy, arguing on behalf of Representatives, where observers The Catholic Church opposes the and other religious leaders, who say the Massachusetts Attorney General expected it to pass. Gov. Daniel Malloy death penalty except in the most serious Defense of Marriage Act passed by Martha Coakley, said the federal law has said he would sign the legislation of cases when it is the only way that Congress and signed into law by requires the state “to live with two distinct when it reaches his desk. society has to “defend human lives President Bill Clinton in 1996 “reflects the and unequal forms of marriage … simply No date for the House vote had been against an unjust aggressor,” but the united judgment of Congress and the because [Congress] doesn’t like the fact set as of April 5. Church considers such cases to be “very president on a matter of basic public policy.” that gay people are getting married.” The 20-16 vote was welcomed by the rare, if not practically nonexistent.” Judge Joseph L. Tauro of the In the second case, the Gay and Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs The U.S. Catholic bishops as a group U.S. District Court in Boston ruled in 2010 Lesbian Advocates and Defenders Conference, which represents the state’s have spoken out against the death that the law forces Massachusetts to organization had sued on behalf of several Catholic bishops on public policy issues. penalty several times since the 1970s, discriminate against same-sex couples same-sex married couples who had been “The Catholic conference of including a comprehensive who are legally married under state law in denied health, pension or tax benefits Connecticut is thrilled with the passage 1980 statement and a 1999 Good Friday order to receive federal funds and available under federal law to other of the repeal of the death penalty,” appeal. In 2005, they kicked off unconstitutionally violates the rights of married couples. executive director Michael C. Culhane Holy Week by launching a those couples. The Massachusetts Catholic told Catholic News Service hours Catholic Campaign to End the The Defense of Marriage Act says the Conference and the U.S. Conference of after passage. Use of the Death Penalty. federal government defines marriage as a Catholic Bishops, along with other Culhane said Archbishop Henry Individual bishops and state or union between one man and one woman, Christian and Jewish religious groups, had J. Mansell of Hartford and regional Church organizations also have and that no state must recognize a filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, Archbishop William E. Lori, the bishop issued dozens of statements and pastoral same-sex marriage from another state. saying that the federal law is designed “to of Bridgeport newly appointed to head letters on the topic. In February 2011, President Barack ensure that states remain free to set their the Baltimore Archdiocese, had contacted Richard Dieter, executive director of Obama instructed the Department of Justice own marriage policies while also ensuring legislators seeking the bill’s passage. the Death Penalty Information Center, to stop defending the law in pending court that no state may unilaterally define The conference also had mounted a called the Connecticut Senate vote cases. Cardinal— marriage for a sister state or for the federal campaign through its website and in “courageous and historic,” and said it then-Archbishop—Timothy M. Dolan government.” messages in parish bulletins asking continues a trend away from use of the of New York said at the time The brief criticized the lower court’s parishioners to contact their elected death penalty around the country. that the marriage law was not “holding that morality cannot be the representatives and ask them to support “Connecticut’s Legislature has come “unjust discrimination,” but rather primary basis for legislation under the bill. to the same conclusion that other legislation that “merely affirms and protects rational-review basis,” saying that view Culhane said the final four-vote legislatures have recently made. The the time-tested and unalterable meaning was “simply incorrect.” margin was not assured until the vote death penalty is too risky, too expensive of marriage.” “The great legislative debates of the was taken in the early hours of April 5. and too unfair to continue,” Dieter said “The suggestion that this definition past century—from business and labor The effort to ban capital punishment in a statement. “Nationally, there is an amounts to ‘discrimination’ is grossly false regulations, to civil rights legislation, to is the third undertaken in the Legislature increasing willingness to replace the and represents an affront to millions of environmentalism, to military spending, to in recent years. A 2009 bill was passed death penalty with alternative sentences, citizens in this country,” he added. universal health care, etc.—centered on by both chambers, but vetoed by such as life without parole, that reduce In arguments before a three-judge panel contested questions of morality,” it said. then-Gov. M. Jodi Rell. In 2011, a bill the risk of executing the innocent and of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in “The same is true of our current banning the practice was passed by a better serve victims’ families.” Boston, former U.S. Solicitor General democratic conversation about the joint House and Senate Judiciary Death penalty bans have been enacted Paul D. Clement—hired by the definition and purpose of marriage.” Committee, but died in the Senate. in Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico and House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group to The brief also dismissed the lower Parties on both sides of the issue New York. Sixteen other states have no defend the law in court—said the proper court’s finding that opposition to the mounted an emotion-filled campaign as capital punishment law. California constitutional test by which to judge the federal law was the result of “irrational the legislation was being debated in voters will decide in November whether Defense of Marriage Act was whether there prejudice” against homosexuals. † the Senate. to ban the practice. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 ‘The Last Supper’ artwork invites visitors to sit around Christ’s table

GREENSBURG, Pa. (CNS)—From a distance, a distinct figure sits alone at a long, rectangular table surrounded by 12 large, empty stools. The Catholic Accent It is only upon approaching the table that one realizes the figure is a life-size bronze sculpture of Christ breaking bread. Yet, none of his disciples is there. CNS photo/Mary Seamans, “The 12 empty seats basically suggest that we in a sense have to become the apostles of Christ,” said artist Timothy Schmalz, who created the sculpture. Titled “The Last Supper,” the artwork rests amid tranquility on the grounds of St. Emma Monastery in Greensburg, bordered by rolling hills and pastureland. A bronze plate is on the table directly in front of Christ. A bronze cup sits to the right of the plate. Christ’s eyes are fixed downward toward his chest with the top of his garment open. “Christ is looking down at the holy Eucharist,” Schmalz said. “And his opened robe exposes his heart.” It might be difficult for a visitor to not get a sense of Christ’s humanity in the sculpture. And every stool presents an opportunity to see and reflect upon Christ from a different vantage point. “The Last Supper” is an invitation to sit at the table, perhaps eat a picnic lunch, pray, reflect or converse with Christ. Schmalz, who is a member of St. Teresa This life-size bronze sculpture of Christ, pictured on March 23, is part of "The Last Supper," a piece of art located on the grounds of St. Emma Monastery in of Avila Parish in Elmira, Ontario, has Greensburg, Pa. Artist Timothy Schmalz, a parishioner of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Elmira, Ontario, who created the sculpture, has spent more than spent more than 22 years creating 22 years creating sculptures that glorify Christ. St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis installed this sculpture on its grounds in July 2006. sculptures that glorify Christ. He considers his work “visual prayers,” and is devoted to newspaper of the Greensburg Diocese. a piece that he contemplated creating expresses that the Church is all-important creating art with the power to convert and The Sisters of St. Benedict for years. The concept eventually came and glorious in modern times, he said, deepen one’s spirituality. commissioned this bronze cast of to him as “a meteorite that hit the not unlike the time in which the His website, www.sculpturebytps.com, Schmalz’s art and dedicated it last artistic landscape and made a huge original masterpieces were created displays photos of the numerous small and October. Raimondo Construction in bang.” hundreds of years large religious sculptures he has created, Greensburg designed and built the stools His use of bronze is ago. depicting Christ, various saints and and table based on Schmalz’s dimensions. by design. It is durable, Around the New Testament figures, among others. Ethan and Ryan Gilbert, members of like Christianity. ‘When you meditate perimeter of the area Schmalz’s work also includes St. John Baptist de La Salle Parish in “The Last Supper” and pray, you want to where “The Last public monuments, ranging from the Delmont, assisted with the project and its is one of the most Supper” sits are American Soldiers’ Memorial in surrounding landscaping as their depicted images in merge yourself into it, ceramic tiles inscribed Walkhill, N.Y., to the National Mining Eagle Scout project. Christianity, he noted, become part of it.’ with the joyful, Monument in Sudbury, Ontario, the The art project was funded by donors, adding that over the luminous, sorrowful mining capital of Canada. memorials and ongoing contributions, years people can and glorious His “Last Supper” work is a tool for according to Benedictine Sister Mary Ann become so accustomed —Timothy Schmalz mysteries of the meditation, he said, and suggests to Noll, prioress of the monastery. to certain depictions rosary. people that they can become more The sculpture is a cast of the original that images become Mother Mary Ann involved and active in their faith and piece that Schmalz created nearly invisible. emphasized the importance of designated spirituality. seven years ago. It took nearly “Every century an artist has to take places, such as churches and “When you meditate and pray, you eight months to finish from inception these things and make them visible monasteries—and the necessity of having want to merge yourself into it, become to completion, he said. again,” he said. something “visible”—in helping people to part of it,” he told The Catholic Accent, It is one of his favorite sculptures, and By drawing upon and respecting pray, recollect and realize how much they Leonardo da Vinci’s traditional painting are loved by God. of “The Last Supper,” Schmalz said he The sculpture, she said, gives people a created a piece that prompts people to visible opportunity to “sit next to Jesus.” view this image within today’s culture. C o n d i t i o ( For more information on St. Emma A i r n e r & When original artwork is created and H e a t P u m p S a l e placed in living spaces today, it Monastery, log on to www.stemma.org.) †

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A typical day in the life of most married couples unfolds with anything but storybook perfection. Wives and husbands Romano L’Osservatore rush from one task to the next, feeling CNS photo/ barely able to keep their heads above water. What’s more, spouses tend to muddle along mostly apart from each other during weekdays. By evening, the stress of ordinary life has taken a toll. At that point, most couples are hard pressed to envision their marriage as a sign of anything that the world needs. Yet, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that married couples have an invaluable contribution to make to the world, society and the Church. Husbands and wives need each other, and the pope considers that important. But he also wants couples to recognize that the world needs their marriage. Couples have the capacity to communicate a much- needed signal that married love and commitment remain possible. This is important, especially at a time when many young people say they fear a lasting marriage is not possible for them. Speaking in April 2010 on the waterfront in Valletta, the capital city of Malta, Pope Benedict urged some Pope Benedict XVI greets a newly married couple during a general audience at the Vatican on Feb. 14, 2007. The pope has spoken on many occasions about 10,000 young people to resist fear in the importance of married couples to the Church and the broader society. whatever vocation they choose in life, including marriage. the children they love. Parents might find Children carry these qualities into families are blessed with many gifts, and A month earlier, he told a youth forum it a considerable challenge at given adulthood and into the fabric of society. their gifts are needed by the Church and in Italy that “human beings are made for moments to affirm The pope’s noble the world. love.” Naturally, the pope explained, with the pope that vision of marriage and “No vocation is a private matter, and “the vocation to love takes different their family could help the family is not so even less so is the vocation to marriage forms,” such as priesthood, religious life restore “the fabric of ‘In [Pope Benedict exalted, however, that because its horizon is the entire Church,” or marriage. society.” he fails to recognize the the pope said in September 2011 during a The relationship of a wife and husband The pope is XVI’s] vision, married struggles that couples visit to Ancona, Italy. “reflects divine love in a quite special convinced, though, couples and families experience. He clearly He added that while “it is true that in way,” he said. “Therefore, the conjugal that the world needs are blessed with many has acknowledged, for these difficult times families require bond acquires an immense dignity.” the witness of homes example, that raising special attention,” that is no reason for the The Church offers a “positive and “that draw their energy gifts, and their gifts children is a daunting family’s identity to be diminished. inspiring vision” of human life, marriage from the sacrament of are needed by the challenge today in The family, he said, “is a source of and parenthood, Pope Benedict has noted. marriage.” Church and the world.’ which parents deserve wealth for married couples, an True enough, a majority of married For him, the family the Church’s support. irreplaceable good for children, an couples might find it difficult at the end of is a “school of Despite the support indispensable foundation of society and a a typical day to concretely experience wisdom” where that couples and vital community for the journey of the what the pope is talking about. children first learn families need, Church.” If they are parents, couples might sense “to love and to cherish others, to be Pope Benedict does not want them to be that most days are a mixture of joy, honest and respectful to all, to practice regarded by the Church merely as needy. (David Gibson served on Catholic News impatience, fatigue and satisfaction with the virtues of mercy and forgiveness.” In his vision, married couples and Service’s editorial staff for 37 years.) † Online and Church resources help couples live out marriage promises By Mary Jo Pedersen lives. They found the site in their parish bulletin. and dependable Internet resources, such as Colin and Patti, who are in a second marriage, are www.exceptionalmarriages.com. Every week, Dan and Emily take half an hour attending a six-session series on blended families Working with local centers, parishes can offer an together at their computers to check out the U.S. bishops’ co-sponsored by their parish family life committee and a annual couples retreat where husbands and wives can step website for marriage, www.foryourmarriage.org. They local counseling agency. Other blended families in their back, relax and pause for reflection and prayer, focusing find thought-provoking articles on topics such as parish join them in this annual program. on their relationship with God and with one another. finances, work-home balance and dealing with touchy On St. Valentine’s Day weekend, hundreds of Parish libraries provide marriage enrichment books in-law situations. couples attend their parish’s “Tables for Two” dinner and and CDs created by marriage experts that can be used by These topics are timely and relevant issues in their marriage enrichment evening where they gain new couples or small groups at their convenience. skills for strengthening their relationship. Skills taught When we attend a wedding and see couples promising include communication skills, praying together and to love and honor one another, to become one, and to give conflict resolution. and nurture life together, we know they are embarking on Many Catholic faith communities today are joining in a countercultural project. a national effort inspired by the U.S. Conference of In a social climate of instant gratification, Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, individualism and planned obsolescence, marriage Family Life and Youth, which initiated appears to many people as something from the past. www.foryourmarriage.org. As Catholics, we believe marriage is a calling, a Helpful parish resource materials are fueling a continuation of our baptismal call to holiness. Because it Screen grab courtesyScreen grab of www.foryourmarriage.org concentrated effort within the Catholic Church to support is a sacrament, a sign and instrument of the love of God married couples in a variety of practical and enriching in the world, a marriage is not simply for the salvation of ways. the couple, but for building up God’s kingdom on Earth. Hundreds of lay ecclesial ministers are cooperating with Couples who make these covenant promises to their deacons and pastors in efforts to help couples live out one another, to God and to the Church on their wedding the call to holiness that marriage offers. day deserve the support and encouragement of their faith They provide marriage preparation sessions, community in living out those promises. young married couples’ group activities, and video or live To learn more about supporting marriage in your presentation programs dealing with the challenges that most community, log on to [email protected]. This is the home page of www.foryourmarriage.org, a website couples face along the journey of marriage, including sponsored by the U.S. bishops that helps married couples money, sex and time management. (Mary Jo Pedersen, a veteran coordinator of marriage deepen their relationship and grow in holiness in their marriage. Many parish bulletins carry notices of easy to use and family spirituality programs, lives in Omaha, Neb.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something/ Christina Capecchi Biblical readings: Beginning the Book of Revelation Catholics missing Beginning next Monday, the biblical authority over the Christian communities about the vision he had while on Patmos readings in the Office of Readings for the in Asia Minor. So if the Apostle himself of the resurrected Jesus, who told him to from Italian next four weeks will didn’t write it, it had to have been a very write letters to the seven Churches in the shipwreck still inspire be the Book of close disciple. Perhaps it was the Apostle Roman province of Asia, all of which are Revelation. That’s who had the visions described in the book, in modern Turkey—Ephesus, Smyrna, This month, we mark the 100th anniversary probably about as long but a disciple who put the book in its Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia of the sinking of the Titanic, and the luxury as it should take to final form. and Laodicea. liner buried two and a half miles below the read Revelation The reason Revelation is so difficult to Already, the symbolism begins as John Atlantic bobs to the properly because it’s understand is because it is full of writes about “a son of man” in the midst surface once again. certainly one of the extravagant symbolism. This is a feature of seven gold lampstands, which But I keep circling back most difficult to of apocalyptic literature, which was symbolize the seven Churches. His to the shipwreck of 2012, understand. popular in both Jewish and Christian description of Jesus certainly should not the cruise liner This last book of the Bible was written literature from about 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. be taken literally, especially the “sharp Costa Concordia that when the early Church was in a time of Much of the symbolism in Revelation is two-edged sword” that “came out of his struck a reef off the crisis, perhaps during the reign of also seen in the Old Testament books of mouth” (Rv 1:16). This symbolizes Italian island Giglio one Roman Emperor Domitian (81-96 A.D.), Ezekiel, Zechariah and Daniel. the word of God that will destroy Friday night in January. Of who persecuted the Church. The footnotes in your Bible should help unrepentant sinners. the 32 casualties, only two Americans remain Its author was a man named John who you decipher the symbolism. Chapters 2 and 3 are the separate missing, a retired couple from Minnesota— was exiled to the island of Patmos, a Before you start reading Revelation, be letters to the seven Churches. Each is an Barb Heil, 70, and her husband, Jerry, 69, the Roman penal colony then and a popular aware that it is not a set of predictions exhortation to remain faithful. We learn parents of four children and devout Catholics. place of pilgrimage today. Biblical about current events. Fundamentalists about some of the struggles these They had waited their whole lives to take a experts tell us that the vocabulary, frequently take it as such and predict the Churches had as they faced opposition or cruise like this one, having paid for years of grammar and style of the book make it end of the world. The most recent time division. Catholic school tuition and medical bills from a doubtful that it was written by the same was last October. Biblical expert After a greeting, each letter has an bout with cancer. Finally, their chance had man responsible for the Fourth Gospel, Luke Timothy Johnson has written that elaborate description of Jesus, who come—time to see Vatican City and Tuscany’s but don’t tell the people on Patmos or in “such readings have missed the real analyzes the problems in each of the rolling hills. Ephesus today that John the Apostle message of Revelation. They reduce its Churches and ends with a warning or Four days after the shipwreck, a reporting didn’t write it. value to that of an astrological chart.” words of promise. assignment brought me to Barb and Jerry’s Whoever wrote it must have had great Revelation begins with John telling We will continue next week. † parish, St. Pius X Parish in White Bear Lake, a mile and a half from their blue ranch-style Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes home. Their fingerprints were everywhere. As I pulled up to the church, the maintenance man, Randy, was changing the Change is necessary whether we like it or not marquee sign on the front lawn, removing the Well, the Easter season is still upon us, Still, we know that we should need and how to answer it. We realize we words “school book fair” and sharing the although the kids are finally sick of concentrate more on the larger matters of have done good work, or reached the high message “Barb Jerry prayer service.” jellybeans. The plastic attitude and behavior. Things like learning note without effort, or solved the In the front entrance, I passed boxes of raffle grass has been to withhold judgments about others we seemingly unsolvable engineering problem. tickets for the parish festival in three weeks. vacuumed up, and the meet or being more tactful. We need to God turned on our spiritual light bulb. Barb and Jerry’s envelope was not there. They errant eggs retrieved learn to listen more closely instead of Now, change just for the sake of change must have retrieved it before leaving on from the yard long being impatient to interject our own is never a good idea, either. It seems that their trip. after the Easter egg opinion into the conversation. We must let bureaucracies in particular, whether in A little further in, sign-ups for volunteer hunt. It feels like a go and let God do God’s thing through us. government or the church or the workplace, positions were taped on a table. On the kind of anti-climax. While pursuing change for a better sometimes come up with changes second sheet, Barb had written her name in But it isn’t because future and change from a shady past, apparently meant to justify their existence. loopy cursive, committing to a kitchen duty to the real focus of though, we should always appreciate the And if we are unwittingly part of such be fulfilled on Sunday, Feb. 12—“hot dogs Easter is hope, joy moment. It seems to me that the promise efforts, I think we should work to change 10:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.” and looking ahead. The trappings may be of Easter includes joy in our present the system rather than contribute to The small eucharistic adoration chapel gone, but the substance remains. condition. worthless changes demanded by it. tucked behind the sacristy was occupied by Easter is a time of optimism, but it And there is always some kind of joy if But that takes courage, which is often four parishioners. Jerry and Barb attended daily sometimes requires change to fulfill its we look for it. God has given us life, for hard because it requires leaving our Mass and weekly adoration, and now that promise. Especially as we age, change starters, plus natural talents and skills and comfort zone. We like to hang on to the chapel was being filled in their honor. I flipped becomes harder and we tend to resist it. intelligence and other qualities that can same iffy job or eat the same unhealthy through the register, a three-ring binder marked We want the happy result without the help us succeed in our pursuit of heaven. foods as long as possible. Only courageous with arrivals and departures at every hour, angst it sometimes takes to achieve it. Not to mention the beauty of nature and commitment to the effort makes any overlapping five or 10 minutes. Outside the Against our will, we learn the new all of God’s creation to take pleasure in. fulfillment possible. chapel door, a turquoise Mead notebook held program on the computer or try to be Even a good night’s sleep or eating a tasty That’s true when we do our best work or petitions for Barb and Jerry scrawled in black smart enough to use the newest smart meal can bring joy. study as hard as we should or even stay ink. phone. We listen to some current music or Sometimes, besides all that and even married to one person for a lifetime. If we “Peace,” someone wrote, “closure for watch a popular TV sitcom, trying to find without trying, we are given transcendent can do that, I think our transcendent their family.” merit in what the young are “into” these moments in which we sense glimpses of moments will become permanent. One of the parishioners taking part in days. We struggle to interject a hip—if Easter’s promise fulfilled. We feel the adoration was Dennis Bechel, 71, who that’s still a usable adjective—phrase into warm affection of a distant friend or a (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the belonged to the Knights of Columbus council conversation with the “grands” or the beloved person who has died. We Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular with Jerry. teenage store clerk. We work at it. suddenly understand a child’s unspoken columnist for The Criterion.) † “It’s a shock,” he told me. “You become almost like a second family when you’re For the Journey/Effie Caldarola involved in a church community like St. Pius.” I learned that Jerry taught adult faith formation and had helped set up the church’s Introducing compassion in a culture of violence first website. Barb, meanwhile, was an active During Lent, I was touched again while because it reflects on their vulnerability. praised those who work for its abolition in volunteer at the Dorothy Day homeless shelter praying with the Gospels by one phrase that The resulting fear can affect us in a every country. in St. Paul. seemed to draw us into physical way, not attributable solely to Catholic Mobilizing Network to End One month later, I was back at St. Pius X the heart of Christ. compassion. the Use of the Death Penalty reminds us Church attending the memorial Mass for Jesus “was moved I don’t know what is ahead, but can say that we live in a country of “redemptive Barb and Jerry. with compassion.” unequivocally that I don’t fear I will die on violence.” The solution to an unplanned We sang “Be Not Afraid,” and during his Jesus so loved those death row. So the physical reaction, the pregnancy or an unborn child who is homily the priest addressed the scenario he encountered, and so sudden illness, I experienced the evening disabled—abortion. The infirm—assisted playing out in all our minds. He gave us the felt their suffering, that my friend was executed was a suicide. Crime—execution. words we want to believe. “I can imagine them he responded with “suffering with.” To help others see the futility of this very calmly allowing others to get ahead, not physical stirrings deep Perhaps in Lent, while awaiting the violence, we must be willing to suffer pushing others, probably figuring it was going within his body. He remembrance of the death of another with the pregnant mother, the old and ill, to be OK.” Surely, he said, Barb and Jerry were instructed us, “Be condemned man, Christ himself, I was the victims of unspeakable crimes and praying as they waited their turn. compassionate, as your heavenly Father is allowed to experience the gift and privilege their families, the justly and unjustly When I reviewed all my reporting notes, it compassionate” (Lk 6:36). of compassion. convicted. was hard to find anything unrelated to This Lent, I was painfully aware of the The person I corresponded with Although we seek justice, we Catholicism. As a 20-something person sufferings of friends who have cancer, and maintained his innocence until the end. I remember the ultimate judgment is God’s. imagining what the rest of my life will look with a person on death row with whom I don’t know if he was innocent or guilty. I We have been assigned compassion by like, that inspired me. had corresponded for years. He was know that 17 years of imprisonment Christ, who gives us hope. For me, that is the takeaway, that is the executed almost three weeks before Easter. transformed him. I know that knowing The last letter that I received from testimony—to be so wholly Catholic that there These illnesses and death weighed on him implanted in me a greater desire to death row, mailed on his execution day, is nothing outside your faith, nothing me. When I think of my friends’ suffering, I work to end the death penalty and to bring expressed my friend’s hope through Peter. untouched, nothing walled off, nothing hidden. often feel a gut ache. This isn’t entirely a greater sense of restorative—not “Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. It’s where you begin and end, and where you compassion on my part. punitive—justice to our country. Always be ready to give an explanation to dwell all day. It’s not showy or pious, it’s just I know that I, too, shall die. When “We cannot teach that killing is wrong anyone who asks you for a reason for who you are—Catholic, through and through. confronted with the illness of others, my by killing,” the U.S. bishops told us in your hope” (1 Pt 3:15). reaction may be in part inspired by our 1994. Pope John Paul II and (Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer in mutual mortality. Many people turn away Pope Benedict XVI repeatedly have called (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be from suffering or avoid the thought of it for an end to the death penalty, and Service.) † contacted at www.ReadChristina.com.) † The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012 Page 13

Second Sunday of Easter/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, April 16 Friday, April 20 The Sunday Readings Acts 4:23-31 Acts 5:34-42 Psalm 2:1-9 Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 Sunday, April 15, 2012 Lord’s redeeming acts, each Christian was John 3:1-8 John 6:1-15 a child of God. This term meant much • Acts of the Apostles 4:32-35 more than merely earthly creation. It meant • 1 John 5:1-6 eternal life. Tuesday, April 17 Saturday, April 21 • John 20:19-31 Baptism in water symbolizes this Acts 4:32-37 St. Anselm, bishop and doctor absolute commitment. Psalm 93:1-2, 5 Acts 6:1-7 As is so often the case in the The Gospel reading for this weekend is John 3:7b-15 Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles from St. John’s Gospel. John 6:16-21 furnishes the It is a Resurrection narrative, and it is a Liturgy of the Word story with which most Christians are quite Wednesday, April 18 with its first reading. familiar. Recall the dismay among the Acts 5:17-26 Sunday, April 22 Acts claims to be, followers of Jesus when they found the Psalm 34:2-9 Third Sunday of Easter and scholars assume empty tomb? They wondered where the John 3:16-21 Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 it indeed to be, body of the Lord had been taken. Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-9 the work of the This reading answers the question. The Thursday, April 19 1 John 2:1-5a evangelist who penned body of the Lord has not been taken St. Luke’s Gospel. anywhere. Jesus lives! He is risen! Acts 5:27-33 Luke 24:35-48 In fact, Acts may The encounter with Thomas, a story so Psalm 34:2, 9, 17-20 properly be seen as a well-known for so long among Christians, John 3:31-36 continuation of the story presented in affirms this fact. Luke’s Gospel. The Gospel closes with the Resurrection from the dead is stunning Ascension of Jesus. Acts begins at in itself, but Jesus further acts as God. He this point. confers the very power of the Holy Spirit Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle Then Acts traces for some years the on the Apostles. He grants the same progress of the infant Church and the plight Apostles the authority to forgive sins, Catholic who wishes to marry a Protestant of its first members. In the process, it which is a divine privilege because sins provides a fascinating insight into the affront God. needs to request dispensation from bishop formation of the Church’s structure as well Finally, risen to a new and eternal life, as a powerful lesson in the basic beliefs no longer confined by earthly space and We are Roman Catholics, and our couple’s vows, but not both, in order to that so compelled absolute loyalty and circumstance, Jesus passes through locked Qdaughter has received all the sacraments satisfy both the civil and religious devotion from the early Christians praised doors to spend time with the Apostles. up to and including requirement of a single officiant. in Acts. Greeting the Apostles with “Peace be confirmation. Sometime The two clergy could divide the other This weekend’s reading from Acts with you,” Jesus makes clear that peace can soon, I expect, she will responsibilities, such as prayers, Scripture describes the early Church. Its members only be found in God. be getting married to a readings and blessings. were “of one heart and one mind.” wonderful young man My suggestion is for your daughter Love and common adherence to the Reflection that she met while in and her fiancé to speak with a local Lord were central to their lives. This weekend, the Church calls its college. Catholic priest—perhaps the college The Apostles bore witness to the people to have faith and to rejoice. My concern is that chaplain—to discuss their options and begin Resurrection of Jesus. They had been the Resurrection—and redemption in he is a practicing the necessary preparation and paperwork. Lord’s special followers and students Jesus—are not memories to be Protestant and does not whom Jesus commissioned to continue the commemorated, but living realities for us to want to change denominations at this time. Please answer a question that has been work of salvation. They literally had seen experience here and now. Is it possible for them to marry with the Qbothering me for some time. If a priest is the Risen Lord. It is a time to find consolation and approval of the Catholic Church if each has a removed from ministry for sexually abusing a The first Christians revered the Apostles. strength in the fact that Jesus lives for us priest of their own faith presiding over the minor, according to the Church’s policy of Love within the community, and care for here and now. Mass? “zero tolerance,” is he permitted to say others in the model of Jesus, were more Thus, we observe Divine Mercy Sunday Also, they are currently considering Mass privately? than platitudes or ideals. The early on this date. In and through Jesus, the getting married at a nondenominational And if so, do those who attend fulfill their Christians assisted the poor. Indeed, they Risen Christ, the Son of God, divine mercy chapel on the college campus. (Virginia) Mass obligation for Sundays and Holy Days? sold their property or houses and donated is with us, inviting us to repent and come (New York) the proceeds to assist the needy. to God. Assuming that your daughter and her St. John’s First Epistle supplies the While sin and human limitations present Afiancé are free to marry, the local Any Catholic priest who has been judged second reading. difficulties in our progress toward God, the Catholic bishop may grant them permission Ato have sexually abused a minor is It defines the Christian as this definition Lord left us the Apostles and their to marry in a nondenominational chapel. removed from active ministry forever. was understood in the first century. successors in the Church as our guides and The situation you describe—where their Never again may he serve in any public Each believer fully gave self in love to the bearers of divine mercy, literally, as college chapel would have meaning for both capacity as a priest. If he has not been God through trust and faith in Jesus. As a they stand ready, and empowered, to of them as a sacred space—is one in which laicized—i.e., removed permanently from the result of this commitment, and of the forgive our sins. † such permission is typically granted. clerical state itself by a formal canonical Regarding the religion of any children process—he may continue to celebrate from the marriage, your daughter, as the Mass privately, but the rules governing his My Journey to God Catholic party, will be required to orally activity are severe and unremitting. promise that she will continue to practice her The “Essential Norms” that the faith within the Catholic Church. U.S. bishops adopted in 2002 specify that Additionally, she will promise “to do all “he will not be permitted to celebrate Mass in my power to share the faith I have publicly. ... He is to be instructed not to wear received with our children by having them clerical garb or to present himself publicly as baptized and reared as Catholics.” a priest.” Significantly, some commentators A fair reading of this restriction would say are quick to explain—as does the that to celebrate Mass with any sort of

CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters Diocese of Brooklyn’s website—that “the congregation, however small, is to present Decree on Ecumenism #3 clarifies that ‘to do oneself publicly as a priest and is therefore all in one’s power’ recognizes the religious forbidden. convictions of the non-Catholic party and What the rule seems designed to allow is implies that a decision is reached that for the removed priest to offer Mass alone in respects those beliefs. the privacy of his own residence or prison “It does not mean an absolute promise at cell. Since there is no permission for anyone the risk of jeopardizing the marriage.” else to be present, those who attended would No promise is required from the not fulfill their Sunday obligation. † non-Catholic party, but he is required to be informed of the pledge made by his future The Grain of Wheat spouse. Neither has to convert to the other’s Readers may submit prose faith for the marriage ceremony to be The thing about the grain of wheat The seed’s “Yes” recognized by the Catholic Church. or poetry for faith column That falls to the ground and dies— To freely lay its life down As to the nature of the wedding The Criterion invites readers It wants to ceremony, it is imprecise to suggest that each to submit original prose or poetry So it can sprout new life Flowering into its higher purpose— might have “a priest of their own faith relating to faith or experiences of Bearing fruit so glorious, wonderful presiding over the Mass.” prayer for possible publication in the It knows dying to self is And new I suspect that what you mean to ask “My Journey to God” column. Difficult, arduous and slow, is whether a Catholic priest and a Seasonal reflections also are Gradual, The thing about the grain of wheat— Protestant minister can share duties at the appreciated. Please include name, A series of stages and steps It fell to the ground and died wedding. address, parish and telephone number Because it wanted to Only a Catholic priest can celebrate a with submissions. Most importantly, Mass. Most interdenominational weddings Send material for consideration to A willingness, By Cathy Lamperski Dearing involve only the marriage ceremony and not “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, a eucharistic celebration. Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 or e-mail (Cathy Lamperski Dearing is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis.) Again, with the proper permission, either to [email protected]. † the priest or the minister could receive the Page 14 The Criterion Friday, April 13, 2012

Husband of Gilberte Knable. Father of Terese Winner, Elmer, Karl and Robert Knable. Grand- father of 13. Great-grandfather Springtime at Fatima Rest in peace of four. LOHR, Harold E., 90, Please submit in writing to our March 24. Mother of Kathy Holy Family, New Albany, office by 10 a.m. Thursday O’Bryan and Susan Ellis. Sister of March 20. Father of Diane before the week of publication; Joanna Whitcomb and Jerry Lohr-Dohogne. Grandfather be sure to state date of death. Douglas. Grandmother of three. of two. Obituaries of archdiocesan Great-grandmother of six. MaryPhotos by Ann Garber McKEEMAN, Carolyn (Seifert) priests serving our archdiocese GOOTEE, James, 67, St. Mary, , are listed elsewhere in North Vernon, March 23. 68, St. Michael, Greenfield, The Criterion. Order priests and Husband of Mary Lou Jan. 15. Wife of Rex McKeeman. religious sisters and brothers (DeGlandon) Gootee. Father of Mother of Cathy Boso, Mary are included here, unless they Shannon Arvin, Lisa Kendall and Hauck, Kelly Wilson, Matt and are natives of the archdiocese or Rebecca Miller. Brother of Jane Robert McKeeman. Sister of Anna have other connec tions to it; Carter, Elizabeth Colvin, John and Breuing, Kay Ellis, Mary those are separate obituaries on Michael Gootee. Grandfather of Willman, Bernard, John and this page. 10. Michael Seifert. Grandmother BATES, Jane, 69, GOWAN, Brenda, 55, of 11. Good Shepherd, Indianapolis, St. Pius V., Troy, March 23. MIDDENDORF, Raymond F. March 31. Sister of Franciscan , Mother of Brad Gowan. Daughter 93, St. Mary, Greensburg, Sister Linda Bates, John, Michael of Pearl (Mullis) Whalen. Sister March 27. Father of James and and Stephen Bates. of Norma Deel, Beth Nix, Arlene Jerry Middendorf. Brother of BROWNE, Lupe M. Rauscher, David, Frank, John, , 68, Robert Middendorf. Grandfather Immaculate Heart of Mary, Michael and Stephen Whalen. of two. Great-grandfather of three. Indianapolis, March 17. Mother of GRANTZ, Mary J., 98, St. Monica parishioners Peter and Shirley Alveal of Indianapolis enjoy the unseasonably warm, MILLER, Viola Jean (Hearne), Sofia, Gabriel and Jim Browne Jr. Holy Family, New Albany, early spring weather during a break from a program on March 22 at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Grandmother of six. 83, St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, March 24. Mother of Joe, John House in Indianapolis. For information about spring programs and retreats at the archdiocesan March 22. Wife of Morris Miller. CASPER, Frank, 79, St. Gabriel and Tony Grantz. Grandmother of retreat house, log on to www.archindy.org/fatima. the Archangel, Indianapolis, nine. Great-grandmother of 19. Mother of Frank and Leslie Miller. March 24. Husband of Suzanne Great-great-grandmother of one. Grandmother of five. Great- Casper. Father of Christina GRITT, William E., 82, grandmother of six. 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Buechlein last September, Catholics in the archdiocese have been awaiting the appointment of a new shepherd. “The chair of the archbishop is empty now, but the unity of faith and worship that it symbolizes still remains,” said Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, apostolic administrator, in his homily during the chrism Mass. “We continue to pray for the health and well-being of Archbishop Emeritus Daniel Buechlein, and we offer thanks for his more than 19 years of service to our archdiocese. “We also pray for our Holy Father, Pope Benedict, as he continues to discern who will be named our next archbishop.” Pearl Gelarden joined Bishop Coyne in that prayer. A member of St. Boniface Parish in Fulda, a few miles south of Archbishop Emeritus Buechlein’s home at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Gelarden made the three-hour drive to Indianapolis to receive blessed oils for her faith community. “Something was missing,” said Gelarden after the Mass, regarding the empty Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, apostolic administrator, ritually breathes on chrism oil that he blessed during the April 3 chrism Mass at SS. Peter and Paul cathedra. “We pray for the day that we get Cathedral in Indianapolis. Assisting him are, from left, seminarian John Kamwendo and transitional Deacon Jerry Byrd. an archbishop.” Jeanette Kannapel, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany, received the oils for her parish. She said that she prays every day for a new archbishop, and hopes that he will be a man of prayer like Archbishop Emeritus Buechlein and her former pastor, Bishop Paul D. Etienne of Cheyenne, Wyo. “I’m waiting very anxiously to have that announcement made,” Kannapel said. “We’re all very interested in who our new Father Michael Fritsch, pastor of St. John the archbishop will be.” Apostle Parish in Bloomington, gives While the absence of an archbishop was Communion to a Mass-goer at the April 3 on Kannapel’s mind, she was also happy to chrism Mass. be at the cathedral for the chrism Mass. “I love this experience,” she said. “I think every Catholic should witness the chrism Mass sometime in their lifetime. You see how very special the oils are in the entire sacramental life.” In his homily, Bishop Coyne reflected on the importance of the anointing that Catholics across central and southern Indiana will receive through the oils in Above, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, center, prays the eucharistic prayer during the chrism Mass with, baptism, confirmation and holy orders. from left, Father Stephen Giannini, vicar for clergy and parish life coordinators; Benedictine Archabbot “The act of anointing calls us forth in Justin DuVall of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad; and Father Gerald Kirkhoff, vicar for advocacy power to serve the Church’s salvific for priests and pastor of Good Shepherd Parish in Indianapolis. mission,” he said. “In the Church, the believer is anointed with the chrism and is Left, Emmanuel Reynoso sleeps on the shoulder of named a Christian, an anointed one, Cristal Martinez, his mother, during the chrism Mass on April 3. one with Christ. By our baptism and They are members of St. Patrick Parish in Indianapolis. confirmation, we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to the ministry of the Church and the proclamation of the Good News of salvation.” Bishop Coyne also spoke to the approximately 120 priests present at the Mass who, after the homily, renewed their ordination promises. He invited them to “serve the Church in its unity and in its fullness. “We are ordained to be the servants of the Church’s liturgy,” Bishop Coyne said. “When the people of God walk through the Above, priests who minister in doors of our churches, they are entitled to central and southern Indiana hold the Church’s liturgy. out their hands in prayer during the “We are ordained to speak the truth of chrism Mass. the Church’s teaching, no matter how difficult it is at times. How much more Left, hundreds of people attending effective will our preaching and teaching be the annual archdiocesan chrism if we consistently do so within the unity of Mass celebrated on April 3 at the Church’s teaching?” SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Bishop Coyne also encouraged his fellow Indianapolis watch as priests to “preach and act with humble and Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, loving hearts. apostolic administrator, and priests “To have Christ’s loving heart within us,” who minister in central and he said, “is to seek to see each person southern Indiana process into the we encounter as loved by God, as a child cathedral. of God, as brother and sister onto ourselves … ” ordination promises for the 53rd time, ministering to the sick, visiting people in the chrism Mass. Ordained in 1958, Father Francis Father Eckstein put his words into the hospital and in nursing homes,” “I was really humbled to be the Eckstein hasn’t missed a chrism Mass in his action on Holy Thursday when he Father Eckstein said. one standing there next to it, watching all more than half century of priestly life and washed the feet of several members of Transitional Deacon Jerry Byrd assisted that happen,” Deacon Byrd said. “It’s a lot ministry. For him, it never gets old. St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Milan at the chrism Mass. He looks forward to to take in. The excitement kind of welled “Every year, it gets more emotional and St. Pius Parish in Ripley County, making ordination promises on June 2 up a little bit more for me.” [for me],” he said after the chrism Mass. two Batesville Deanery faith when he is scheduled to be ordained “It gets more meaningful to know that you communities where he continues to a priest. (For more photos from the archdiocesan can renew your promises for another year. minister during his retirement. The anointing that he will receive on chrism Mass and to listen to a podcast of It’s very impressive for me.” “The washing of the feet translates for his hands that day was on his mind as Bishop Coyne’s homily from the Mass, Two days after he renewed his me as another year of serving [through] Bishop Coyne blessed the chrism oil during log on to www.CriterionOnline.com.) †