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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The first week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw support for the priestly ordination of married indigenous men, impassioned pleas for respect for indigenous culture and denunciations of violence against the Earth. In synod working sessions on Oct. 7-12, more than 90 voting Pope Francis members of the synod addressed the assembly, and 20 observers, special guests and delegates from other Christian traditions made interventions. Except for the formal introductions to the synod’s work on Oct. 7 and Pope Francis’ remarks on the occasion, the Vatican has released no texts from the synod. Instead, the press office is distributing twice daily summaries from Vatican News and invites three or four synod participants to meet the press each day during the midday break. From the summaries and the comments Archbishop Charles C. Thompson holds a basket containing written accounts of experiences of racism being blessed by Bishop Shelton J. Fabre, of briefing participants, the main discussion chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee against Racism, during a listening session on racism held at Marian University in Indianapolis topics can be grouped as: ministries in the on Sept. 30. Fifteen Catholics from across central and southern Indiana told the stories of their experiences of racism at the event that drew Church; destruction of the environment; approximately 100 attendees. Holy Cross Brother Roy Smith, center, served as master of ceremonies for the session. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) ending violence against people and the environment in the region; indigenous rights and culture; evangelization and mission; and migration, including the move of indigenous Local Catholics share experiences of people from villages to cities. Before the talks began, Pope Francis told participants the gathering would have “four dimensions: the pastoral dimension, evils of racism at listening session the cultural dimension, the social dimension By Sean Gallagher ago. (See the accompanying articles for Holy Spirit was there to help me to get and the ecological dimension,” but that his and other related stories on page 8.) through that.” the pastoral would be primary because the It wasn’t easy for Daryl Whitley Sharing the experience “was pretty The group he addressed included Church’s ministry to people of the region to stand before a diverse audience of liberating and kind of helped me to heal teenagers, senior citizens and people includes all the religious, social, cultural listeners as he prepared to share his a little bit, because I normally don’t talk of ages in between; black, Hispanic and environmental realities impacting them. experiences of racism. about this,” said Whitley, a black Catholic and Caucasian Catholics; lay persons, The topic of ministries included how But he knew that doing so could who is a member of Holy Angels Parish religious and ordained, including three candidates for the priesthood are identified promote justice and racial healing. So, in Indianapolis. “I’ve never had to write bishops. and trained, the need to expand use of the with the help of the Holy Spirit, Whitley it down and actually read it and share it All were gathered on Sept. 30 at permanent diaconate, the possibility of told the group of roughly 100 people his with a large group of people, especially a Marian University in Indianapolis for a ordaining married indigenous elders—the story of experiencing racism as a teen diverse group of people. listening session on racism. so-called “viri probati” or men of proven during a sporting event 40-some years “I was a little reluctant at first, but the See RACISM, page 8 virtue—and support for some official See SYNOD, page 10 Archbishop reflects on Blessed Mother’s role in Church at annual Morning with Mary event By Natalie Hoefer Archdiocesan director of catechesis ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS— Ken Ogorek, left, Nearly 100 Catholics gathered at and archdiocesan Church of the coordinator of at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Oct. 5 catechetical resources to honor the Blessed Mother during the James Wood process archdiocese’s Morning with Mary event. with a statue of Our Archbishop Charles C. Thompson Lady of Fatima during shared about his own devotion to the archdiocese’s Mary. He also explained the Church’s Morning with Mary teaching on Mary’s role as a means event in Church to Christ, reading from the Vatican II of the Immaculate document “Lumen Gentium” (“Light of Conception at Saint the Nations”), that she always points “to Mary-of-the-Woods, in Christ, the source of all truth, sanctity St. Mary-of-the-Woods, and piety” (#67). on Oct. 5. (Photo by Natalie But for that pivotal role, Catholics Hoefer) See MARY, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019

Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson ______October 19 – 27, 2019

October 19 – 11 a.m. October 23 – 7 p.m. Confirmation for youths of St. Michael Confirmation Mass for youths of Parish, Charlestown; St. Francis Xavier St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, Parish, Henryville; St. Joseph Parish, Indianapolis, at SS. Peter and Paul Corydon; and Our Lady of Perpetual Cathedral, Indianapolis Help and St. Mary parishes, both in New Albany, at Our Lady of Perpetual October 24 – 7 p.m. Help Church Confirmation Mass for youths of Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish, October 19 – 2 p.m. Greenwood, at SS. Peter and Paul Confirmation for youths of St. Mary Cathedral Parish, Lanesville, and Holy Family Parish, New Albany, at Holy Family October 25 – 6 p.m. Church Marian University’s 27th Annual Gala Archbishop Charles C. Thompson reflects on his devotion to the Blessed Mother during the at JW Marriott, Indianapolis archdiocese’s Morning with Mary event in Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of- October 20 – 2 p.m. the-Woods, in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, on Oct. 5. (Photos by Natalie Hoefer) Confirmation for youths of Most October 26 – 10:30 a.m. Sacred Heart of and St. Augustine Confirmation for youths of St. Bridget parishes, both in Jeffersonville; of Ireland Parish, Liberty; St. Elizabeth annunciation when she models humble St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Parish, Floyd Ann Seton Parish, Richmond; MARY surrender to ’s will, or the wedding County; and St. John Paul II Parish, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, continued from page 1 feast at Cana when Mary instructs to “Do Sellersburg, at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Cambridge City; St. Anne Parish, whatever he tells you,” he said. Church New Castle; St. Mary (Immaculate can rightly venerate “the excellence of The event was held two days before Conception) Parish, Rushville; and the Mother of God,” and be “moved the feast of Our Lady of the . October 22 – 10 a.m. St. Gabriel Parish, Greenfield, at to a filial love toward our mother and Archbishop Thompson encouraged Fall Clergy and Parish Life Coordinator St. Andrew Church, Richmond to the imitation of her virtues” (#67). the praying of the rosary, noting that business meeting at St. Joseph Parish, Archbishop Thompson listed those “reflecting on [its] mysteries, viewing Jennings County October 27 – 2 p.m. CST virtues as “her courage, her humility, Christ’s life through Mary’s eyes, remind Confirmation for youths of her obedience, her faith, her hope, her us to be steadfast on our journey of faith.” October 22 – 2 p.m. St. Augustine Parish, Leopold; perseverance” as “ways Mary modeled Through the rosary, Scripture and Council of Priests meeting at St. Joseph St. Pius V Parish, Troy; and St. Paul Christ.” the esteem with which the Church holds Parish, Jennings County Parish, Tell City, at St. Paul Church While Mary holds great esteem in the Mary, he said, “we can see all that Mary’s Church, she “doesn’t get a whole lot of done for us as a people of God through October 23 – 2 p.m. (Schedule subject to change.) press in the Scriptures,” he noted. her intercession as the Mother of God, the Pastoral Planning Committee meeting “But the moments when she is Mother of the Church and our mother.” at Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara mentioned are profound,” such as the Melissa and Guy Engbino of Catholic Center, Indianapolis St. Margaret Mary Parish in Terre Haute brought their children to More remains of aborted babies found the Marian event. The archbishop’s talk reminded Melissa in cars late abortion doctor owned “of growing up with INDIANAPOLIS (CNS)—Indiana After he died, family members made the my mother as a Marian Attorney General Curtis Hill released new initial discovery of preserved fetal remains devotee.” She said their details on Oct. 9 about the discovery of in his belongings. Local authorities family was praying the additional fetal remains in Illinois that disclosed the information on Sept. 13. On rosary each day during are believed to be linked with abortions Oct. 2, Hill oversaw the transportation of the month of October, performed in Indiana. the 2,246 aborted fetuses back to Indiana. with hopes to continue. According to a news release from Hill’s On the morning of Oct. 9, members of “It’s good to pass on office, the latest remains were found in the Will County Sheriff’s Office discovered the tradition of praying several vehicles within the confines of the additional remains while searching the rosary at home, additional properties associated with the several vehicles owned by Klopfer and because it’s fading,” late Dr. Ulrich “George” Klopfer, who kept at a business property in Dolton, she said. “I’m hoping performed abortions at three Indiana clinics. Ill. Klopfer had stored the vehicles in an to pass it on to [our The latest news about remains comes outdoor gated lot for more than six years, children] and that they about a month after civil authorities found according to information gathered by the will carry it on.” the preserved remains of 2,246 aborted sheriff’s office, which made arrangements The Marian event babies in Klopfer’s home in Will County with the property owner and the Klopfer included two additional in rural Illinois. family to search the vehicles. witness talks, hymns An investigation into thousands of At the property, investigators found and the praying of the medical records found near these remains five plastic bags and one box containing rosary. confirmed they all were aborted by fetal remains in the trunk of one late- After the event, Klopfer during a period from 2000 to 1990s Mercedes Benz. several participants 2002 at three clinics he once operated in “We anticipate simply adding these enjoyed a tour of the Fort Wayne, Gary and South Bend. remains into the protocol we have already Shrine of St. Theodora Klopfer was 75 when he died on set up for dealing with these disturbing Four members of Indianapolis parishes—Rita Sharp, left, of Holy Guérin, foundress of the Sept. 3. He had performed abortions circumstances,” Hill said in a statement. Angels, Nona Dottery of St. Monica, and Kelli Armes and Maggie Sisters of Providence in Indiana since the 1970s, but had “My office will continue to keep the Hagenauer of St. John the Evangelist—stand for a blessing of at Saint Mary-of-the- his medical license revoked in 2016 public informed about the progress of this during the archdiocese’s Morning with Mary event in Church Woods, the eighth after several infractions over the years. investigation, and we remain committed to of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, in American saint and the Klopfer’s South Bend clinic closed in ensuring that these unborn children receive a St. Mary-of-the-Woods, on Oct. 5. first saint from Indiana. † 2016; it was the last of the three to close. respectful final disposition here in Indiana.” †

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—On a day when he formally declared five new saints for the Church, Pope Francis noted that a common approach to life that connects all saints is a habit of thanksgiving. “The culmination of the journey of faith is to live a life of continual thanksgiving,” the pope said in his homily on Oct. 13. “Let us ask ourselves: Do we, as people of faith, live each day as a burden, or as an act of praise?” Those canonized at the Mass were: St. , the British theologian, poet and cardinal who died in 1890; Brazilian St. Maria Rita Lopes Pontes, popularly known as Sister Dulce, who died in 1992; Indian St. Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family, who died in 1926; St. Marguerite Bays, a Swiss laywoman and mystic who died in 1879; and St. Josephine Vannini, the Italian co-founder of the Daughters of St. Camillus, who died in 1911. “Three of them were religious women,” Pope Francis noted in his homily. “They show us that the consecrated life is a journey of love at the existential peripheries of the world. “St. Marguerite Bays, on the other hand, was a seamstress; she speaks to us of the power of simple prayer, enduring patience and silent self-giving.” Rather than describing St. Newman, Pope Francis quoted from him to illustrate the meaning of “the holiness of daily life”: “The Christian has a deep, silent, hidden peace, which the world sees not. .... The Christian is cheerful, easy, kind, gentle, courteous, candid, unassuming; has no pretense ... Pope Francis celebrates the Mass for five new saints in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 13 (CNS photo/Paul Haring). with so little that is unusual or striking in his bearing that he may easily be Vatican newspaper. became fully part of the wider society, theology and spirituality. They include taken at first sight for an ordinary man.” St. Newman’s example, he wrote, “is which itself, thereby, became all the richer such luminaries as Sts. , And, referencing St. Newman’s famous needed more than ever for the manner as a community of communities.” Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, , hymn, “Lead, Kindly Light,” the pope in which, at his best, he could advocate Prince Charles also mentioned and Thérèse of Lisieux. prayed that all Christians would be “ ‘kindly without accusation, could disagree without St. Newman’s emphasis on the importance “The depth of this man of God and the light[s] amid the encircling gloom.’ ” disrespect and, perhaps most of all, could of individual conscience. place he now occupies in Catholicity make Tens of thousands of people filled see differences as places of encounter “Those who seek the divine in what us aware of the void his absence would a sunny St. Peter’s Square for the rather than can seem like an increasingly hostile have left if he had not been,” Cardinal canonization ceremony and Mass. Among exclusion.” intellectual environment find in him Ouellet said. them were Britain’s Prince Charles, Italian See reflection about Christians a powerful ally who championed Advocating for recognition of St. John Henry Newman President Sergio Mattarella, Brazilian Vice on page 4. should not the individual conscience against an St. Newman as a doctor of the Church, President Hamilton Martins Mourao, a be afraid of overwhelming relativism,” Prince Charles the cardinal particularly pointed to the member of ’s federal council differences wrote. new saint’s teaching that “in order to keep and the deputy foreign minister of India. because, after all, “harmony requires The prince’s article was released as its integrality, the faith of the Church Melissa Villalobos from Chicago also difference,” wrote Prince Charles, who as a conference about St. Newman was must adapt its language to the cultural was there with her husband and children, future king of England also is the future ending at the Vatican on Oct. 12, with challenges and the dangers of heresy.” and they brought up the offertory gifts at head of the Church of England. “The Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet calling St. Newman’s teaching on the the Mass. Villalobos’ healing, which saved concept rests at the very heart of Christian for the declaration of the 19th-century development of doctrine held that her life and the life of her unborn child, theology in the concept of the Trinity. theologian, poet and pastor as a “doctor of “although the deposit (of faith) does not was accepted as the miracle needed for “As such,” he continued, “difference is the Church.” change, the Church’s knowledge of it St. Newman’s canonization. not to be feared. Newman not only proved Currently about three dozen saints, progresses, deepens and is expressed in a On the eve of the canonization of St. this in his theology and illustrated it in including four women, hold the title new way, always faithful to the original Newman, Prince Charles penned an article his poetry, but he also demonstrated it in in recognition of their contributions to idea,” the cardinal said. † about England’s newest saint for the his life. Under his leadership, Catholics

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Melissa Villalobos of Chicago lights a candle during a vigil in advance of the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on Oct. 12. Villalobos’ healing through the intercession of St. John Henry Newman was accepted as the miracle needed for the British cardinal’s canonization. CNS photo/Paul Haring) Page 4 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019

Opinion Reflection/John F. Fink Celebrating St. John Henry Newman The canonization of St. John Henry priest and a leader of what was known as Newman on Oct. 13 was an exciting event the Oxford Movement, trying to draw the Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher for me because my admiration for this man Church of England back to some of the Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus goes way back. I’ve beliefs and rituals of the . At long thought that he the time, he thought of the Anglican Church was one of the greatest as the via media, the “middle way” between theologians in the Catholicism and Protestantism. Editorial history of Catholicism, He spent much of 1845 writing An Essay A sculpture of St. Theodora certainly the greatest of on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Guérin and several the 19th century. He carefully explained how to discern students is seen in the Back when I was change that is real growth in doctrine and courtyard of St. Joseph editor of The Criterion, change that is only corruption. By the time School in Jasper, Ind., in I wrote something he was nearly finished, he realized that the the Evansville Diocese. about Cardinal Newman Catholic Church was the true Church that (Submitted photo) that attracted the attention of Benedictine followed the teachings of Christ. He asked Father Lambert Reilly, who was archabbot to be received into the Catholic Church on of Saint Meinrad Archabbey at the time. Oct. 9, 1845. Doing so meant becoming His compliment for what I wrote was estranged from many members of his family particularly pleasing because I consider and friends, especially those at Oxford. him to be one of the greatest experts on He went to Rome where he was ordained Cardinal Newman. Archabbot Lambert’s a Catholic priest. Pope Pius IX awarded letter started a friendship I dearly prize. him the degree of doctor of divinity. He But my interest in Cardinal Newman returned to England where he lived for most began well before I came to Indianapolis of the rest of his life, except for four years to become editor of The Criterion in 1984. when he went to Ireland as founder and While I was president of Our Sunday rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, Visitor publishing company, the editor of now University College, Dublin. St. Theodora Guérin, a woman of the periodical with the same name, Father In England, he wrote often to defend Vince Giese, was heavily involved in an the Catholic Church. In 1864, he wrote his courage, perseverance and deep faith organization that was promoting the cause religious autobiography, Apologia Pro Vita for Cardinal Newman’s canonization. Sua. In 1879, Pope Leo XIII elevated him “What strength the soul draws from missionary activity describe the struggles Even before that, I learned about to the rank of cardinal. prayer! In the midst of a storm how sweet that she and her small community Cardinal Newman from Father John Perhaps Cardinal Newman has had more is the calm it finds in the Heart of Jesus.” experienced in order to find and provide A. O’Brien, a family friend and prolific influence in the Catholic Church after his (St. Theodora Guérin) the resources needed to serve Christ’s author who resided at the University of death than he did while he lived. He has primitive Church in Indiana. It was hard Notre Dame and whose writings were been called the “Father of Vatican II” Oct. 3 was the feast of St. Theodora enough for the sisters to meet their own heavily influenced by Newman’s. because of his influence on several key Guérin, co-patroness of the Archdiocese of needs for food, shelter and life’s most Cardinal Newman wrote so much areas of theology discussed at the Indianapolis with St. Francis Xavier. basic necessities, but they refused to that the great volume is what held up his Second Vatican Council. St. Pope Paul VI Mother Theodore was a woman whose abandon the needs of the people they had canonization so long; everything he wrote acknowledged that influence in 1975 courage, perseverance and deep faith come to serve—especially young women. had to be thoroughly examined. Pope when he said that Newman “treated with helped build the Church in the United Letters written by Mother Theodore Emeritus Benedict XVI, who beatified him wisdom . . . the question of ecumenism, the States. She was an educator, evangelist, describe the transatlantic trips she in 2010, made no secret of the fact that he relationship between Christianity and the pioneer leader and woman of prayer. made in barely seaworthy ships. But hoped to canonize him and then name him world, the emphasis on the role of the laity She was undaunted by illness, physical as Archbishop Buechlein noted, “She a doctor of the Church, but things didn’t in the Church and the relationship of the obstacles, prejudice, poverty or petty crossed that stormy ocean several times move fast enough for that to happen. Church to non-Christian religions.” jealousy. She discerned God’s will in her in order to find resources to carry on John Henry Newman was an Anglican for St. John Henry Newman, pray for us. life, and then refused to let anything get Christ’s mission in our part of the New almost exactly the first half of his life, from in the way of carrying out the mission World. She summoned the fortitude she 1801 to 1845, and a Catholic from 1845 to (John F. Fink is editor emeritus of entrusted to her by our Lord Jesus Christ. needed to overcome her personal fears his death in 1890. He became an Anglican The Criterion.) Anne-Thérèse Guérin (1798-1856) in order to seek help for the desperate entered religious life in her native France missions in Indiana.” Be Our Guest/Richard Doerflinger at the age of 25 after caring for her Mother Theodore looked to wealthy widowed mother and her family for Catholics in Europe—including Queen 10 years. In 1840, she led a group of five Marie-Amélie of France—to support Conscience and its enemies religious sisters on a tumultuous journey the missionary activities of her religious Should doctors and nurses be forced to take interpreted to exempt anyone from a “generally from France across the Atlantic Ocean community. The schools that she built part in procedures that violate their conscience? applicable law” when that would impose traveling by steamship, railroad, canal boat here in our country were beneficiaries It’s a timely question. New federal regulations “meaningful harm, including dignitary harm,” and stage coach, only to discover that their of the generosity and good stewardship to enforce existing conscience protection laws on someone else. The term “dignitary harm” destination was not a town but just a log of many people who never saw where are being challenged in federal courts. does not appear in the U.S. Code, and this bill cabin in the woods of Indiana. their money went, but who trusted in the This question is the subject of a does not define it. But it has been used to sue Here she encountered hostile anti- sisters and their apostolic work. public opinion poll commissioned by the bakers and others who decline on religious Catholicism, hunger and privation, and Archbishop Buechlein cited Mother U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The grounds to participate in same-sex wedding near complete destitution resulting from Theodore’s frustration at the seemingly survey interviewed more than 1,000 adults in celebrations. a fire that destroyed the community’s endless task of fundraising: “But again, July. Plaintiffs claim that, by disagreeing with harvest. In spite of everything, Mother I must talk about money. When will Ensuring that health professionals “are the couple’s definition of marriage, believers Theodore (as she was known then) the day come that we shall be able not forced to participate in procedures or offend their dignity. persevered. Under her leadership, the to be occupied only with God? Our practices to which they have moral objections” Under these standards, the Little Sisters of Sisters of Providence in the United consolation is that it is for him that we was deemed “important” by 83 percent of the Poor and other religious institutions, which States flourished, educating thousands engage in other things.” respondents. Fifty-eight percent said these the U.S. Supreme Court says are protected by of children throughout Indiana and the Thousands of women and men in the professionals should not be legally required RFRA from forced involvement in coverage for Midwest. woods of Indiana and throughout the to perform abortions when they have a moral contraceptive and abortifacient drugs, could be Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, who midwestern United States recognized the objection. put back in the cage built for them by radical was archbishop of Indianapolis at the time nearness of God in Mother Theodore’s After learning what the new federal secularists. Mother Theodore was canonized in 2006, prayer, in her leadership of the Sisters of regulation does, respondents supported it Catholic doctors, nurses and hospitals could offered the following reflection on her Providence, and in the Catholic education 59 percent to 21 percent. By a similar margin, be forced to take part in abortion and other remarkable achievements: she made possible, especially for young 60 percent to 22 percent, they supported procedures that Hippocrates condemned when “Against all odds, in primitive women. modifying the law to protect those with he made “do no harm” a central principle of circumstances, St. Mother Theodore There is a wonderful image of Mother moral objections to “gender reassignment” medical ethics. founded schools for poor children because Theodore and several of her students by procedures. Who is sponsoring this bill? One hundred she had a vision of their value both sculptor Nick Ring in the courtyard of These results are lost on many members and thirty-four House Democrats and 28 academically and religiously. Her example St. Joseph School in Jasper, Ind., in the of Congress, including some seeking higher Senate Democrats—including four senators gives us pause these days when maintaining Evansville Diocese. This was Mother’s office. Witness a pending federal bill, the Do running for president, led by prime sponsor excellent Catholic education is so very first school, founded in 1842, and its No Harm Act (S. 593, H.R. 1450). It would Sen. Kamala Harris. difficult for our parish communities. evangelizing mission continues today. undermine protections for religious freedom When RFRA was enacted in 1993, all Some wonder if we should give up on our May the courage and perseverance of by carving out exceptions to the Religious but two Senate Democrats voted for it, and mission of Catholic schools, especially in St. Theodora Guérin inspire us to keep our Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). President Bill Clinton enthusiastically signed our more challenged parishes. The courage, Catholic schools vibrant and faith-filled! For example, RFRA would no longer apply it into law. The party’s leaders in recent valor and generosity of the intrepid And may our parishes and schools always to any case involving “access to, information years have taken a disturbing turn against St. Theodora are a timely and needed maintain the kind of missionary spirit, and about, referrals for, provision of, or coverage religious freedom and conscience rights. inspiration. I do not believe we could find trust in God’s providence, that will enable for, any health care item or service,” which That is not a direction most Americans want a more fitting patroness for our challenged us to serve those in our archdiocese who surely encompasses abortion and other to take. apostolate of Catholic schools and Catholic need it most! attacks on life as well as gender reassignment education in general.” procedures. (Richard Doerflinger worked for 36 years in Mother Theodore’s accounts of her —Daniel Conway The bill also states that the Religious the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the Freedom Restoration Act should not be U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.) † The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019 Page 5 ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO CHARLES C. THOMPSON

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Jesus calls us to be missionary disciples like St. Luke “The harvest is abundant but the is the familiar passage from St. Luke’s of others, because the work we do on sandals; and greet no one along the way. laborers are few; so ask the master of Gospel (cf. Lk 10:1-9) wherein Jesus behalf of God’s kingdom is worthwhile. Into whatever house you enter, first say, the harvest to send out laborers for his sends out 72 disciples, commissioning But we are not supposed to expect ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful harvest (Lk 10:2). them to proclaim the good news that favors or succumb to inappropriate person lives there, your peace will rest God’s kingdom is at hand. There are forms of compensation. on him; but if not, it will return to you” The publication date for this column several memorable phrases used in We should “stay in the same house (Lk 10:4-6). is Oct. 18, the feast of St. Luke the this particular Gospel passage. One is: and eat and drink what is offered” To be his ambassadors, we don’t Evangelist. Luke is traditionally “Behold, I am sending you like lambs (Lk 10:7) to us, without seeking need a lot of stuff. We also shouldn’t considered to be the author of both the among wolves” (Lk 10:3). Another is: anything above and beyond what is our expect to be welcomed with open arms Gospel named for him and the Acts “Stay in the same house and eat and due. Violation of this principle is what everywhere we go. We are to offer of the Apostles, which together make drink what is offered to you, for the leads to an excessive desire on the part Christ’s peace to those we meet. If up more than one quarter of the New laborer deserves payment” (Lk 10:7). of Church leaders to be served rather it is accepted, we should be glad. If Testament. Perhaps the saying that is most often than to serve others. This can result in not, we should move on without being The New Testament briefly mentions quoted is: “The harvest is abundant but attitudes of clericalism among members argumentative or resentful. St. Luke a few times, and St. Paul’s the laborers are few; so ask the master of the clergy and other forms of In other words, we should imitate Letter to the Colossians refers to him of the harvest to send out laborers for entitlement in religious and lay leaders. Christ himself. He taught and prayed. as a physician (from the Greek word his harvest” (Lk 10:2). Finally, St. Luke’s Gospel reminds He cured illnesses of body and soul. for “one who heals”); thus St. Luke is Missionary disciples of Jesus Christ us that there is much work to be done He spoke the truth with love—even thought to have been both a physician are often vulnerable (like lambs among spreading the Good News, healing when his words were rejected. He loved and a disciple of St. Paul. wolves) because the Gospel values the sick and caring for the poor and everyone; he patiently endured the There is a relationship between we are challenged to live as well as vulnerable, but never quite enough weaknesses of those closest to him; and evangelization, the proclamation of the preach are often contrary to the values laborers to meet the growing needs of he humbly and generously asked his Good News of our salvation, which we encounter in the communities we God’s people. Father to forgive his enemies. might be called “spiritual healing,” and have been sent to evangelize. We are to This Scripture passage is rightly On this feast of St. Luke the physical healing, which is the work of be peaceful in an increasingly violent used to promote vocations to ordained Evangelist, let’s ask our Lord for the a physician. One cures diseases of the world. We are to speak of God in places ministry and the consecrated life, but grace to be faithful missionary disciples. mind, heart and soul; the other ensures where God-talk is prohibited. And we its meaning extends to all baptized Let’s proclaim the Gospel with our the health and vitality of the body. are to be welcoming and open our arms Christians. There is much work to do words and actions, and let’s commit As an evangelist, St. Luke was both a to those who have been marginalized by and more than enough opportunities for ourselves to being effective healers of physician of the soul and one who heals fear, prejudice, racism and intolerance. all of us to serve as missionary disciples. body and soul by our prayerful concern bodily ailments. As disciples sent by Jesus, we are Jesus gives us detailed instructions: for all members of the one family of The Gospel reading for today’s feast to graciously accept the generosity “Carry no money bag, no sack, no God. †

Jesús nos llama a ser discípulos misioneros, como san Lucas “La mies es mucha, pero son pocos (cf. Lc 10; 1-9) en el que Jesús envía a que llevamos a cabo en nombre del reino tampoco a saludar a nadie en el camino. los obreros. Por eso, pídanle al dueño de 72 discípulos y les encarga proclamar la de Dios bien lo vale. Pero no estamos Cuando entren en alguna casa, digan la mies que mande obreros a su mies” buena nueva de que el reino de Dios está supuestos a esperar favores ni a sucumbir primero: ‘Paz a esta casa’. Si los que (Lc 10, 2). al alcance. En este pasaje específico del a formas de compensación inapropiadas. viven allí son gente de paz, la paz del Evangelio hay varias frases memorables. Debemos quedarnos “en la misma saludo quedará con ellos; si no lo son, la La fecha de publicación de esta columna Una de ellas es: “¡Póngase en marcha! casa, comiendo y bebiendo de lo que paz se volverá a ustedes” (Lc 10, 4-6). es el viernes 18 de octubre, la festividad de Yo los envío como corderos en medio tengan” (Lc 10, 7) sin buscar nada No necesitamos mucho para ser san Lucas el Evangelista. Tradicionalmente de lobos” (Lc 10, 3). Otra es: “Quédense más que lo que nos merecemos. La sus embajadores; ni tampoco debemos se ha considerado que Lucas es el autor en la misma casa, comiendo y bebiendo transgresión de este principio es lo que esperar que nos recibirán con los brazos del Evangelio que lleva su nombre y del de lo que tengan, porque el que trabaja acarrea que los líderes de la Iglesia abiertos dondequiera que vayamos. libro de Hechos de los Apóstoles que, en su tiene derecho a su salario” (Lc 10, 7). Y sientan un deseo exacerbado de que los Debemos ofrecer la paz de Cristo a conjunto, representan más de un cuarto del quizá el dicho que más a menudo se cita sirvan en vez de servir ellos a los demás. todo aquel que encontremos; si esta es Nuevo Testamento. es: “La mies es mucha, pero son pocos Esto puede dar como resultado actitudes aceptada, nos sentiremos complacidos. El Nuevo Testamento menciona los obreros. Por eso, pídanle al dueño de de clericalismo en los integrantes del De lo contrario, debemos seguir brevemente a san Lucas en varias ocasiones la mies que mande obreros a su mies” clero y otras expectativas de privilegio avanzando sin entrar en argumentaciones y la carta de san Pablo a los colosenses (Lc 10, 2). por parte de líderes religiosos y laicos. ni resentimientos. alude a él como médico (es decir, como Los discípulos misioneros de Por último, el Evangelio según san En otras palabras, debemos imitar “aquel que sana”); por lo tanto se considera Jesucristo a menudo son vulnerables Lucas nos recuerda que hay mucho por al propio Cristo. El enseñó y oró; curó que san Lucas fue médico y también (como corderos entre los lobos) porque hacer en la obra de difundir la Buena enfermedades del cuerpo y el alma. discípulo de san Pablo. los valores del Evangelio que estamos Nueva, sanar a los enfermos y cuidar a Dijo la verdad con amor, aun cuando Existe una correlación entre la llamados a practicar en nuestras vidas los pobres y los vulnerables, pero nunca sus palabras fueran rechazadas. Amaba evangelización, la proclamación de y a predicar, a menudo son contrarios hay suficientes obreros para atender las a todos; soportó pacientemente las la Buena Nueva de nuestra salvación a los valores que encontramos en las necesidades crecientes del pueblo de Dios. debilidades de aquellos más cercanos que podríamos denominar “sanación comunidades en las cuales debemos Este pasaje de las escrituras se a él; y con humildad y generosidad le espiritual”, y la sanación física que es evangelizar. Debemos ser pacíficos utiliza acertadamente para promover pidió a su Padre que perdonara a sus la labor del médico. Lo primero está en un mundo cada vez más violento; las vocaciones al ministerio de enemigos. destinado a curar las enfermedades de debemos hablar de Dios en lugares las órdenes sacerdotales y la vida En esta festividad de san Lucas el la mente, el corazón y el alma; en tanto donde se prohíbe hablar de Él. Y consagrada, pero su significado abarca Evangelista, pidámosle al Señor la gracia que lo segundo garantiza la salud y la debemos dar la acogida y extender a todos los cristianos bautizados. Hay de ser discípulos misioneros fieles. vitalidad del cuerpo. Como evangelista, los brazos a aquellos que han sido mucho trabajo por hacer y suficientes Programemos el Evangelio con nuestras san Lucas fue médico del alma y marginalizados por temor, prejuicio, oportunidades para que todos sirvamos palabras y acciones y comprometámonos sanador de las afecciones del cuerpo. racismo e intolerancia. como discípulos misioneros. a ser sanadores eficaces del cuerpo y La lectura del Evangelio de la Como discípulos enviados por Jesús, Jesús nos proporciona instrucciones el alma mediante nuestra preocupación festividad de hoy es el pasaje ampliamente debemos aceptar con agradecimiento la detalladas: “No lleven monedero, piadosa por todos los integrantes de la conocido del Evangelio según san Lucas generosidad de los demás porque la obra zurrón, ni calzado; y no se detengan única familia de Dios. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019

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October 21 317-261-3378, St. Rita Parish, Fr. Bernard St. Louis School, praise and worship 7 p.m., Providence Spirituality and Our Lady of Fatima Retreat [email protected]. Strange Spiritual Life 17 E. St. Louis Pl., Batesville. Mass 7:30 p.m. Information: Conference Center, Sisters House, 5353 E. 56th St., Center, 1733 Dr. Andrew Super Sunday Bingo, doors 317-546-7328, mkeyes@ of Providence, 1 Sisters of Indianapolis. Serra Club October 25-27 J. Brown Ave., Indianapolis. open 11 a.m., early bird games indy.rr.com. Providence, Saint Mary-of- dinner meeting, rosary Catholic Pastoral Center Day of Reflection, hosted 1 p.m., main games 3:30 p.m., the-Woods, St. Mary-of- 5:40 p.m., dinner 6 p.m., (Diocese of Nashville), by the archdiocesan Black ends 6:30 p.m., $45 per person St. Agnes Parish, the-Woods. Teen Volunteer presentation on Flame of Love 2800 McGavock Pike, Catholic Ministry, Chicago for play-all-day ticket, cash 1008 McLary Road, Nashville. Opportunity with retired sisters, movement by Lori Brown, $15. Nashville, Tenn. National auxiliary Bishop Joseph raffle, door prizes, pull tabs, Christmas Festival and 9 a.m.-2 p.m., ages 12-18 Information: 317-748-1478, Catholic Singles Conference, N. Perry presenting on six $15,000 total payout. Tickets Bazaar, Christmas décor, (more teen volunteer [email protected]. speakers, music, social African-Americans on the and information: www. crafts, books, collectibles, opportunities through April events, prayer, fellowship, path to sainthood, 9:30 a.m., stlbingo.org, 812-932-4646, baked goods, boutique 2020). Registration and parent/ St. Mark the Evangelist Parish $295 includes Fri. welcome concludes after 4:30 p.m. Mass, [email protected]. jewelry and clothing, wood guardian waver: www.spsmw. Cenacle House, 6118 Smock St., reception and Sat. lunch. lunch included, free will crafts, furniture, quilt raffle, org/event/teen-volunteer- Indianapolis. Caregiver Registration, schedule, hotel offerings accepted, register November 1 silent auction of baskets and opportunity/all. Information: Support Group, sponsored accommodations: www. by Oct. 18. Information and Women’s Care Center, tabletop trees, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Providence Sister Joni Luna, by Catholic Charities, 5:30- nationalcatholicsingles.com. registration: Pearlette Springer, 4901 W. 86th St., Indianapolis. free admission and parking. 361-500-9505, jluna@ 7 p.m. Information: Monica Information: natsingles@ [email protected], First Friday Mass, 5 p.m., Information: 812-988-2778, spsmw.org. Woodsworth, 317-261-3378, gmail.com, 512-766-5798. 317-236-1474. Father David Lawler presiding, [email protected]. [email protected]. optional tour of center to follow. St. Michael Church, 145 October 26 October 27 Information: 317-829-6800, November 2 St. Michael Blvd., Brookville. October 22 St. Bartholomew Parish, Monte Cassino Shrine, www.womenscarecenter.org. St. Martin of Tours Parish, First Saturday Marian Church of the Immaculate 1306 27th St., Columbus. 13312 Monte Cassino Shrine 1720 E. Harrison St., Devotional Prayer Group, Conception, 1 Sisters of Friends of Haiti Polidor Road, St Meinrad (one Our Lady of the Greenwood Martinsville. Christmas Mass, devotional prayers, Providence, Saint Mary-of- 5K Run/Walk, sponsored mile east of Saint Meinrad Church, 335 S. Meridian St., Holiday Bazaar, vendors, rosary, 8 a.m. Information: the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the- by Friends of Haiti ministry Archabbey). Pilgrimage Greenwood. First Friday St. Martin’s Attic and Crafts, 765-647-5462. Woods. Foundation Day benefiting literacy efforts in honoring the Blessed celebration of the Most Christmas cookies by the Mass, 11 a.m. Information: Limonade, Haiti, check-in Mother, Benedictine Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mass, pound, bake shop, cash and St. Malachy School 812-535-2931, wvc@spsmw. 7:30-8:30 a.m., 9 a.m. start, Archabbot Kurt Stasiak 5:45 p.m., exposition of the quilt raffle, door prizes, Gymnasium, 7410 N. County org, www.spsmw.org/events. $25 includes T-shirt, presenting “Mary: Blessed Sacrament, following food and drink available for Road 1000 E., Brownsburg. $20 without T-shirt, One Who Trusted in the Mass until 9 p.m., sacrament purchase, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Altar Society Christmas October 24 $5 discount ages 14 and Lord,” hymns, rosary of reconciliation available. Information: 765-342-6379. Bazaar, 50 vendors, jewelry, Archbishop O’Meara Catholic younger, Creole rice and bean procession, Litany of the Information: 317-888-2861 or candles, soaps, decorations, Center, 1400 N. Meridian lunch and Haitian dancing to Blessed Virgin, 2-3 p.m. CT. [email protected]. St. Matthew the Apostle crafts, chicken salad St., Indianapolis. Caregiver follow race. Information and Information: Mary Jeanne Church, 4100 E. 56th St., sandwiches, homemade chicken Support Group, sponsored registration: www.runsignup. Schumacher, mschumacher@ St. Lawrence Church, Indianapolis. All Souls Day noodle dinners, desserts, free by Catholic Charities, com. Questions: Barbara saintmeinrad.edu, 812- 357- 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Memorial Mass, 10 a.m. admission, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 5:30-7 p.m. Information: Salee, [email protected], 6501 during business hours, First Friday Charismatic Information: 317-257-4297, Information: 317-852-3195, Monica Woodsworth, 812-378-0697. 812- 357-6611 day of event. Renewal Praise and Mass, [email protected]. [email protected]. †

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November 1-3 Colman Grabert presenting, Indianapolis. Worldwide Jim and Millie (Mulheron) Komro, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Guest $255 single, $425 double. Marriage Encounter, members of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis, House and Retreat Center, Information: 812-357-6585 or $75 non-refundable fee. celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on 200 Hill Dr., St. Meinrad. A [email protected]. Registration: www.wwme. Oct. 10. Weekend-long Alcoholics org. Information: Mark and The couple was married in Most Holy Rosary Anonymous Meeting in Five Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Jill Levine, 317-888-1892, Church in Durand, Wis., on Oct. 10, 1959. Sessions, Benedictine Father House, 5353 E. 56th St., [email protected]. † They have four children: Kimberly Donnelly, Jannette Hogshire, Lori Hungate and Carmen Komro. Film on St. Faustina and Divine Mercy The couple also has eight grandchildren and image to show in theaters on Oct. 28 two great-grandchildren. † The two-hour film Faustina: Love and the Shroud of Turin. and Mercy will appear in movie Re-created scenes between Archbishop Thompson to celebrate bilingual theaters nationwide for one day only on St. Faustina and her confessor, Father Oct. 28. Michael Sopoćko, trace the origins of St. Martin de Porres Mass on Nov. 3 The docudrama presents previously the image, the birth of the devotion to unknown facts and recently disclosed Divine Mercy and its spread throughout Archbishop Charles C. Thompson Peruvian saint born of an African documents that shed new light on the the world despite an initial ban by the will be the principal celebrant at mother and a Spaniard father. He grew Divine Mercy image shown by Christ Catholic Church. the 16th annual bilingual St. Martin up in poverty and struggled with the in a vision to St. . For more information and a de Porres Mass at St. Monica stigma of being of mixed race in a Aided by scientific analysis, the complete list of theatres and showtimes, Church, 6131 N. Michigan Road, in time of great prejudice. film reveals conclusions drawn from a visit www.fathomevents.com/events/ Indianapolis, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 3. Bring a dish to share at the fiesta comparison of the Divine Mercy image faustina-love-and-mercy. † Sponsored by the archdiocesan following the Mass. Black and Hispanic Catholic For more information, contact ministries, the Mass celebrates the Pearlette Springer at 317-236-1474 or feast day of St. Martin de Porres, a e-mail [email protected]. † Deaf awareness seminar to be held at Marian University on Oct. 29 Marian University, Franciscans sisters to Ephphatha, a seminar to raise deaf- Sign Language and offer thoughts on awareness and make environments making environments more inclusive offer two vocation events in November more deaf-friendly, will be held in and connected. the Michael A. Evans. Center for Other presenters include Char Marian University and the Sisters Marian University and the Sisters Health Sciences auditorium at Marian Ottinger, a nurse-interpreter and of the Third Order of St. Francis in of St. Francis are hosting a vocations University, 3200 Cold Spring Road, in instructor for IU Health, part-time nurse Oldenburg are offering two vocation awareness day for men and women Indianapolis, from 6:30-8 p.m. on for ISD and former Dean of Girls at the awareness events in November. in the private dining room of the Oct. 29. school; Terry Huser, owner of the deaf- The sisters invite single, Catholic Dining Commons Building at Marian The purpose of the event is to friendly business Huser Home Health women ages 18-45 to a “Come and Just University, 3200 Cold Spring Road, in increase understanding of the deaf and father of three deaf children; and Be” weekend retreat on Nov. 1-3 at the Indianapolis, from 4-8 p.m. on Nov. 5. community and culture at Marian Erin Jeffries, archdiocesan coordinator Oldenburg Franciscan Center, 22143 Representatives from 20 religious University and in general, and to of Ministry to Persons with Special Main St., in Oldenburg, from Friday communities will be in attendance to inspire greater connections with the Needs. 6 p.m.-Sunday 1 p.m. answer questions and share about their deaf community. The name comes from The evening will end with an Registration is requested by Oct. 28. good work. the Hebrew word meaning “be opened” opportunity for audience questions, To register or for more information, Registration is not required. used by Christ in restoring the hearing followed by refreshments in the lobby contact Franciscan Sister Kathleen Additional information about the of a deaf man (Mk 7:34). adjoining the auditorium. Branham by calling 812-933-6417, vocations fair can also be found at www. Gabriel Paulone, a teacher at the The event is free and open to the texting 513-504-4276 or e-mailing oldenburgfranciscans.org/vocations- Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD), public. No registration is required. [email protected]. article/vocation-awareness-day. † will serve as the key presenter. He will For more information, contact Lucy explain the deaf culture and history Wahnsiedler at lwahnsiedler880@ of the school, address the importance, marian.edu, or Drew Sullivan Events and retreats can be submitted to The Criterion by logging on to beauty and complexity of American [email protected]. † www.archindy.org/events/submission, or by mailing us at 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, ATTN: Cindy Clark, or by fax at 317-236-1593. The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019 Page 7

Season of Creation The Archdiocese of Indianapolis at parishes, religious communities planting trees offers a tangible way for joined Pope Francis in celebrating and schools throughout central and parishioners to experience a sense of the Season of Creation this year with southern Indiana on Oct 4. More than interconnectedness with creation and a coordinated tree planting effort 200 trees were planted. “The act of what’s happening in the world,” said Deacon Michael Braun, archdiocesan director of Pastoral Ministries. He added it also broadens how people might view the feast of St. , which has traditionally focused on the blessing of animals. Pictured, below, members of the Sisters of St. Benedict surround a tree they planted on the the grounds of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove; left, children help plant one of seven trees on the property of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Indianapolis. The parish also sent out 143 trees for parishioners to plant; right, Father Carlton Beever, right, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Indianapolis, and Francisco Ruiz plant a tree on the grounds of the faith community. (Submitted photos)

Parish recommits to sanctuary; archbishop says immigration is a pro-life issue for Catholics LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS)— standing efforts by the U.S. Conference St. William Parish in Louisville of Catholic Bishops. The U.S. bishops reaffirmed its status as a sanctuary parish have issued numerous statements on at a news conference on the steps of the these issues, most recently expressing church on Oct. 8. serious concern about the limits placed on Leaders of the refugees admitted to the United States.” parish, including As the Church in the U.S. recognizes Have you ever used the excuse parish administrator October as Respect Life Month, the Devil made me do it? Sharan Benton, issued Archbishop Kurtz called upon all 110 a public statement parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville declaring its “long- “to share the call of Catholic social standing commitment teaching to respect the dignity of every “PURE GENIUS!” as a sanctuary parish.” human person, especially the vulnerable NATIONAL REVIEW While the parish persons seeking a better life and fleeing has no plans to violence and persecution.” Archbishop Joseph house migrants or “Along with the bishops of the E. Kurtz immigrants, as it did United States, I have long advocated for Central Americans for comprehensive immigration reform in the 1980s, it will continue to be a voice that protects families, provides a path to for those fleeing violence and persecution, citizenship, and addresses the root causes its leaders said. of immigration while also respecting the NOV 2 4PM “St. William strives to embody the right of nations to protect their borders,” central principle of Catholic social said the archbishop, who is being treated teaching, which is to uphold the dignity for cancer in North Carolina. of human persons,” said Dawn Dones, Leaders of St. William called for the pastoral associate at St. William Parish. immediate closure of detention centers at the In the 1980s, St. William and a number southern border, reunification of families, of other area churches housed Central honoring the right of asylum for those who American refugees who were fleeing seek safety in the U.S., comprehensive oppressive governments in their countries. immigration reform and structural economic “In 2019, our commitment to sanctuary reforms that address the root causes of looks different. We are no longer poverty that push people to migrate. “A PROFOUND EXPERIENCE!” equipped to house persons in the building St. William leaders also said the parish CHRISTIANITY TODAY adjacent to the church, which is now a will partner with the Interfaith Coalition youth retreat center. of Immigrant Justice and others to “Our sanctuary declaration is instead “explore a sanctuary network.” “CLEVER AND SATIRICAL!” a public rejection of the brutal and racist “This might involve a number of THE NEW YORK TIMES policies of the present administration, and congregations committed to offer a commitment to support the leadership of short‑term shelter [a few days at most] immigrant-led groups who work diligently to persons in emergency situations,” Butler University - Clowes Hall to establish justice for all,” Dones said. said Shannon Queenan, a member of Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of St. William Parish. 317.940.6444 Louisville in a statement said that much The parish has hung a permanent of St. William’s plan corresponds “to the banner on the front facade of St. William ScrewtapeOnStage.com priorities of our local Church and long- that says, “Sanctuary for all.” † Page 8 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019

these listening sessions will be a part RACISM of an intentional decision on the part of continued from page 1 dioceses in the country to continue or to begin to deal with the evil of racism.” Whitley was one of a group of 15 The listening session wasn’t simply a Catholics from across central and time for people to come forward to share southern Indiana to tell their stories of their stories. It was also a spiritual event, racism at the listening session. Each beginning and ending with prayer. And in related how racism has affected them in between the stories, a choir from St. Rita schools, the business world and sports Parish in Indianapolis led those attending events, as well as in the Church. in singing “Lord have mercy. Christ have Participants from a Caucasian mercy. Lord have mercy.” background also testified to how they Pearlette Springer, archdiocesan have witnessed and been affected by coordinator of Black discrimination against racial and ethnic Catholic Ministry, groups. reflected afterward The event was co-sponsored by the that “the environment archdiocesan offices of Human Life and changed” once the Dignity and Intercultural Ministry in participants started coordination with the U.S. bishops’ Ad sharing their stories. Hoc Committee against Racism. “It was almost The committee was established in like a sadness that 2017 in response to racial violence in this [racism] actually Charlottesville, Va., in August of that year Pearlette Springer happened,” she said. and earlier racial strife in Ferguson, Mo., Hearing the other Samantha Tuley, left, Cora and Deacon Oliver Jackson attend a listening session on racism held St. Louis, Baltimore and Chicago. stories and speaking at Marian University in Indianapolis on Sept. 30. The event was co-sponsored by the archdiocesan The committee’s chairman, Bishop with those attending the listening session offices of Human Life and Dignity and Intercultural Ministry in coordination with the U.S. Bishops’ Ad Shelton J. Fabre of the Diocese of was helpful for Whitley. Hoc Committee against Racism. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana, attended “What gives me hope is if one heart the session along with Archbishop Charles can be touched at a time and then that At the end of the listening session, what we heard, we also heard passion and C. Thompson and Bishop Joseph N. Perry, one person takes action,” he said. “I had the written accounts of experiences of compassion,” he said. “Those who spoke an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of a gentleman from Columbus come up to racism shared by those in attendance were did not speak out of despair or bitterness, Chicago. me afterward and said he was inspired by collected and brought forward in a basket. but out of a great sense of hope and trust Bishop Fabre encouraged those what I said. Then he told me what he’s Bishop Fabre then asked God in in the grace of God and what is possible attending the session to read and study trying to do to help battle … racism.” prayer “that your Spirit descend upon for us as the family of God.” “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Some of the stories told during the these written cries for justice and Bishop Fabre encouraged those attending Call to Love,” the 2018 pastoral letter of listening session related the experiences of peace. Envelop them, these hearts to take action against racism and assured the U.S. bishops on racism. discrimination against Hispanics in the U.S. that are burning for love, burning for them that all the stories told and shared in At the start of the event, Bishop Fabre Saul Llasca, archdiocesan coordinator understanding, burning for justice, writing would be given to the members of also reflected on the purpose of the of Hispanic ministry, was glad that a burning for healing and forgiveness.” the Ad Hoc Committee against Racism. listening session and of others held across diverse group of storytellers took part in He also prayed that God might “ignite “Whenever I go to these listening the country, saying they can help the the listening session. in all of us and open wide our hearts sessions, I always say that the stories that bishops “grow in our understanding of the “It was a reality check,” he said in an to hearing the stories of one another are shared are sacred,” he said. “And I aching pain of communities affected by interview with The Criterion. “Sometimes and to seeking to overcome racism as it am deeply grateful for those who have, in racism and aching bewilderment of people I don’t know about the suffering of my continues to wound the family that you some instances, opened up their hearts to who sometimes feel powerless to do African-American brothers and sisters. call together as one.” places where only they’ve allowed God to something about it, or wonder if they are Sometimes, we see our struggles and Archbishop Thompson and Bishop walk thus far in their pain.” unknowingly a part of the problem.” issues, but we don’t see what is going Fabre also offered a response to the “It is our prayer that we, as the on in our neighbors’ house. So, it was a stories shared at the listening session. (To read “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Catholic Church, will not listen without good thing to experience this tonight all The courage and thoughtfulness of Enduring Call to Love,” the 2018 pastoral being changed, that we will no longer together, to see what things are going on the speakers at the event impressed letter of the U.S. bishops on racism, and for see without being called to action,” in our lives, what things as a society we Archbishop Thompson. resources to help promote justice and racial Bishop Fabre said. “It is our hope that should improve.” “Amid the sadness and woundedness of harmony, go to www.usccb.org/racism.) † ‘This office can only have five people ‘I wanted to cry out on several of color, and you make number six’ occasions, right in the middle of Mass’ By Sean Gallagher my brown skin color.” By Sean Gallagher “At that very moment, I felt that I had This categorization of him continued been stabbed in the chest,” recalled Whitley, Deacon Emilio Ferrer-Soto, who when he went to work for the Social Daryl Whitley was a teenage tennis a black Catholic member of Holy Angels ministers at St. Patrick Parish in Security Administration in Indianapolis player on the rise in the mid-1970s in Parish in Indianapolis. “I was so angry and Indianapolis, shared his experience and was asked to move from an office Indianapolis, ranked at one point as the hurt. Tears filled my eyes as I walked back of racism, which is on the west side of the city to one best 14-year-old male to the other end of the tennis court. I also related both to his downtown. When asked why, he was player in the state. felt the pain and struggle of my ancestors Hispanic roots as told that “this office can only have five A year later, he and depended on their strength to carry me a native of Puerto people of color, and you make number faced a Caucasian through the rest of the match.” Rico and his dark six.” teenager in a His hurt increased when he reported brown skin color More recently, Deacon Ferrer-Soto tournament whom the incident to tournament officials who as a descendent has experienced discriminatory remarks he had previously only gave “a little slap on the wrist” to his of slaves or freed because of the accent he has when defeated in a competitor. slaves. speaking English. championship match. “Coming into the match, I saw the Deacon Ferrer- Ordained in 2008 as a member of the With it looking like world as a 15-year-old believing that Deacon Emilio Soto told a diverse first class of permanent deacons in the Daryl Whitley Whitley was going winning or not winning the tennis match Ferrer-Soto group of roughly history of the archdiocese, Deacon Ferrer- to win again, his would be about the skills, abilities and 100 people gathered Soto was once asked to preach in English competitor said a racial epithet to him the competitive spirit of each competitor,” for a listening session on racism held at Sacred Heart Church in Indianapolis. during a break in play. Whitley said. “I left the tennis match with at Marian University in Indianapolis After the Mass, the pastor at the time See MASS, page 9 on Sept. 30, that growing up in Puerto and many parishioners complimented him Rico, “no distinctions were made” in on his preaching. Caucasian woman seeks to ‘give voice’ to his family or in the wider culture about “Except an older lady,” Deacon people like himself. That changed Ferrer-Soto said. “We were greeting injustice witnessed against Hispanic friend when he entered the U.S. Army and and saying goodbye to the parishioners was assigned to a race relations [after Mass] when suddenly this lady, By Sean Gallagher witnessed “the simultaneously dismissive committee on a base in Germany where without greeting me, shouted ‘You don’t and belligerent attitude” of a police officer he was serving. speak English like blacks. At least I can Although she has not experienced toward Miguel. “One of the committee members, a understand them.’ ” racism directed against her, Leslie Lynch “The policeman assumed incorrectly white soldier, asked me where I was Deacon Ferrer-Soto ended his story saw it up close when she and her husband that my husband and I were not with from,” Deacon Ferrer-Soto recalled. with a challenge regarding preaching went to help Miguel, Miguel,” Lynch recalled. “The officer “When I answered, ‘I am from Puerto about racism in the Church. a Hispanic friend adopted a sneering expression, looking Rico,’ he told me, ‘Is that place in a “I personally believe that most whose car had been down at him … .” jungle where there are people that are not blacks, whites, Hispanics and other impounded. “[He] led with his chin, his chest civilized?’ Catholics have not heard in recent Miguel was the thrust out, his movements abrupt. The “I panicked. The only thing that I years homilies that refer to racism or director of a Hispanic general sense was that Miguel was, at the said to him was, ‘No sir. We are all racial injustice,” he said. “Therefore, choir at St. Mary Parish minimum, an annoyance and not worth civilized, and we are a territory that in my opinion, the racism of many in New Albany. Lynch, this man’s time, patience or respect.” belongs to the United States since Catholics is fostered by the silence of a Caucasian, sings When the police officer realized that 1898.’ ” their pastors and lay people in positions in the choir. She is a Lynch and her husband were there to help In reflection on this and other of leadership. Sadly, it is a silence that Leslie Lynch member of St. Mary Miguel, his attitude changed. incidents from decades ago, Deacon has become permissive, inexplicable, Parish in Lanesville. “His posture softened, slightly tipping Ferrer-Soto realizes that some of his contradictory and distant from the true She and her husband went with their his head toward us,” Lynch said. “He fellow soldiers only “recognized me for teachings of Jesus.” † friend to a police station, where she See HISPANIC, page 9 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019 Page 9 Respect Life Month: Hoosier Catholics standing up for life By Natalie Hoefer Riley and Mason and are forever grateful to their birth mother for choosing life,” As Respect Life Month continues, said Holly. “When mothers are faced with The Criterion is featuring photos from the difficult decision of choosing abortion Catholic communities around central and or adoption, we want them to know they southern Indiana that either participated in are not ‘giving up’ anything at all, but Life Chain events on Oct. 6 or the 40 Days rather giving the ultimate gift of love to for Life fall campaign prayer vigil in front their child and another family.” of Planned Parenthood abortion facilities. Here are this week’s photos of Hoosier Precipitation—or at least the threat Catholics standing up for life. † thereof—didn’t hinder Hoosier Catholics from central and southern Indiana from standing up for life on Oct. 6. “It rained off and on during the Life Chain,” said Patricia Louagie, the effort’s coordinator for Decatur County. “But everyone toughed it out.” One week prior, it was not rain but sun that greeted members of All Saints Parish in Dearborn County as they prayed outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion center in Cincinnati. The parish provided enough participants to fill all of the 40 Days for Life slots from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. the last weekend in September, ensuring Members from St. Mary Parish in Greensburg One-month-old Vivian Tenhundfeld participates in her first 40 Days for Life effort outside of a a constant prayerful presence outside the did not let rain hinder them from participating Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Cincinnati on the weekend of Sept. 28-29. She is held by abortion facility. in the Decatur County Life Chain event on her mother, Aimee, and joined by her 17-year-old sister, Autumn. The sisters are the youngest and Among the participants were Dave Oct. 6, including the Scholle family: Gianna, oldest of Aimee and Keith Tehhundfeld’s nine children. The family are members of All Saints Parish in and Holly Siegel and their two adopted left, Mary, Emma (stroller front seat), Gabriela Dearborn County. (Submitted photo by Autumn Tenhundfeld) children. (stroller back seat) and Maria. (Submitted photo by “We have been blessed by the gift of Carol Kramer) Riley and Mason Siegel hold signs promoting adoption during a 40 Days for Life campaign outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Cincinnati on the weekend of Sept. 28-29. The two were adopted by Dave and Holly Siegel three years ago. The family are members of All Saints Parish in Dearborn County. (Submitted photo by Holly Siegel)

Members from St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Milan, St. Nicholas Parish in Ripley County, St. Parish in Morris and St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Aurora pose for a photo before participating in the Life Chain event in Milan. (Submitted photo)

the world and bring Christ to those who MASS don’t know him if we treat Mass as continued from page 8 though it’s a private social club whose membership is not welcoming, diverse my inner spirit broken and shattered into and inclusive? a million pieces. I would never see the “I leave Mass [on such occasions] world of tennis the same ever again.” feeling empty and definitely not at peace.” Whitley shared this story during a And the racism Whitley experienced Sept. 30 listening session on racism held decades ago resurfaced recently on a at Marian University in Indianapolis that trip to Las Vegas. He was walking on a was attended by a diverse audience of sidewalk when a motorist stuck his head approximately 100 people. out of the window of his car to yell a He also recounted the pain he has racial epithet at him. felt in the lack of welcome he has “At first, I was shocked and felt no experienced when worshipping at Mass emotion. Later that night and into the in “predominately white parishes.” The morning, I became very upset to the point exchange of the sign of peace in such of not being able to sleep. How, as a society, settings he has found especially awkward have we become bold enough to outwardly and difficult. inject our deepest fears and anxieties onto “I wanted to cry out on several a certain race, culture or religion in order to occasions, right in the middle of Mass, feed our egos and feel better about who we ‘How can we call ourselves the body of are, despite our personal circumstances? Christ when we continue to isolate and “How does something like this make others who are different from us not take place in one of the most diverse feel welcomed?’ ” Whitley asked. cities in America? Intentionally, or not “How do we, as Christians, evangelize intentionally, hurt people hurt people.” † “I have found HOPE in the GOODNESS of the Church. When you support the to drive below the speed limit so they HISPANIC won’t get pulled over,” Lynch said, “how United Catholic Appeal, you’re helping people like us. continued from page 8 they disappear through other doors when for being an answer to our prayers.” Mass is over when the police park in the THANK YOU pointed out the directions, slowed his lot across from the church. speech, explained the process so that we “We have grown accustomed to and could understand, and waited patiently been devastated over those who are Help others by giving online at www.archindy.org/UCA. while we worked out the logistics with with us one week and gone the next, Miguel.” with no one knowing how or where. Or Lynch shared this story during a maybe our Hispanic friends just don’t listening session on racism held at Marian tell us. We are humbled and inspired by University in Indianapolis on Sept. 30 the faith of our Hispanic brothers and that was attended by a diverse audience of sisters. approximately 100 people. “As Caucasian Americans, we can “Though this was a brief exchange, it never fully understand their experience opened my eyes to the challenges faced or the experiences of our friends of color. www.archindy.org/UCA daily by my Hispanic friends and my But we can give voice to the injustice we friends of color, why they are so careful witness.” † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019

“ministry of visit,” where a priest comes SYNOD once a month or twice a year to celebrate continued from page 1 the sacraments. “It was also suggested,” the summary recognition of the ministerial service of said, “that the synod could lay the women, especially in the Amazon, including foundation for this new step forward in faith the possibility of women deacons. in the Holy Spirit, which must be stronger Retired Bishop Erwin Krautler of than the fear of making a mistake.” Xingu, Brazil, told reporters on Oct. 9 Over and over, synod members heard that he believed that of “the bishops who of the important role women in the are in the Amazon region, two-thirds are Amazon play as community leaders, in favor of the ‘viri probati.’ ” catechists, prayer leaders, evangelists Most of the Vatican News synod and protectors of creation. Repeated calls summaries included mention of the were made to institute formal recognition dramatic lack of access to the Eucharist in of their role in the Church, perhaps Amazonian communities because of a lack including the diaconate. of priests and, therefore, about suggestions But more immediately, many synod for ordaining married men who already participants continued the call for a are recognized leaders—both socially and change in women’s roles within the religiously—in their communities. synod itself, noting that while a The summary for the evening discussion non-ordained religious brother could be a of Oct. 12, however, seemed to indicate that voting member of the synod, none of the as synod members discussed “viri probati” religious sisters could be. more in depth, there was an examination of Some of Pope Francis’ strongest words the challenges the practice could raise. at the synod, both in his public opening “Some contributions highlighted that talk and again on Oct. 9, according the lack of vocations is not particular to to one participant, were focused on the Amazon,” which led to the question of the respect due to indigenous culture why an exception to mandatory celibacy and his disappointment at sarcastic or for most Latin-rite priests should be given stereotypical remarks about indigenous only for one region of the world. clothing and prayer at the synod itself. At least one participant suggested the But synod members, according to ordination of “viri probati” should be the the summaries, went further, asserting subject of a future synod. that since “the Church considers with Pope Francis arrives to celebrate the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in Others used the discussion to benevolence everything that is not tied St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Oct. 6. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) highlight the important sign and witness to superstition,” studies should be made of celibacy, especially at a time when of the various cultural expressions and “today’s world sees celibacy as the last rituals used throughout the region at about how “ecological sins”—from calling for the Church’s response on both a rampart to be demolished using the liturgies and in connection with baptisms, littering to large-scale pollution—are sins humanitarian and missionary level. People pressure of a hedonistic and secular marriages and ordinations with the aim “against God, against one’s neighbor and who feel forced to leave their homes because culture. It is, therefore, necessary to carry of developing an “Amazonian rite” for against future generations.” of violence, poverty or a lack of education out an attentive reflection on the value of Catholics in the region. Several synod participants highlighted and opportunity need material aid and a celibate priesthood,” the summary said. Of course, in the first week many the need for the Church to encourage support in maintaining their faith and culture. The same summary indicated the synod members focused on the and support young people, especially as Throughout the synod, the summaries discussion continued and included the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest they champion the cause of safeguarding said, participants called for renewed forms value of having men from a community and the pollution of its waters with creation, God’s gift to humanity and to of evangelization and missionary work in ordained for that community as part of chemicals from the mining and gas future generations. ways that respect indigenous culture but what many synod members described as industries. And at least one member said The Amazon as a “land of migrations” share with the people the good news of a “ministry of presence” rather than a Catholics in general need more education also came up repeatedly as something salvation in Christ. †

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By Effie Caldarola

Pope Francis has described the Church as a “field hospital,” and Father Thomas Hoar, who has worked with individuals with addiction at St. Edmund’s Retreat in Connecticut since 1993, says this is an apt description for working with those in recovery from addiction. “Our work as a Church is providing for the needs of the broken,” he said. Father Thomas, a member the Society of St. Edmund religious order, is the president of the retreat center, located on Enders Island, an 11-acre haven with breathtaking Atlantic vistas near the town of Mystic. For more than 50 years, St. Edmund’s mission has included hosting 12-step meetings, coordinating recovery retreats and providing a post-treatment residential opportunity for college-age men in a faith-based setting. This last ministry is unusual, but needed, said Father Edward. “College life is very hostile to recovery,” he said, adding that more than 130 colleges and universities have begun to address the issue through collegiate recovery programs. St. Edmund’s houses 12 young men at a time from a variety of backgrounds who have completed treatment. “Detox and rehab is one thing,” said Father Edward. “But recovery is a long journey. We have men who work with tutors, attend community college, repair Counselor Andy Martin leads an afternoon group session at GraceWay in Albany, Ga. GraceWay is a home for women working to overcome an addiction. their academic records. We show them Building a relationship with God is a key part of recovery. (CNS photo/Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin) what they can achieve.” Success stories abound. One man, we understand God in the context of a and the opportunity for the sacrament of is 12-step parlance. Each calls for an recovering from a heroin addiction, spent worshipping community.” reconciliation.” examination of one’s life or “a moral three years at the residence and is now a On the other side of the U.S., Jesuit St. Gregory’s program runs from five inventory,” and both encourage service student at Columbia University in New York. Father Tom Weston has worked in to seven weeks. Following treatment, a to others, or as the 12-steps frames it, In an era when the opioid crisis has addiction recovery full time since 1984. life coach is assigned to each participant “carrying this message to others.” placed addiction squarely in the national Much of his work involves retreats for for a year of follow-up contact. They do Father Edward said many people spotlight, Father Edward emphasizes that those in recovery. not discourage participation in follow-up “short-circuit building a relationship with faith is a vital component of recovery. “Retreats are important in the Catholic 12-step recovery programs, said Leibhart. God,” which is a vital key to recovery. Although the collegiate program is tradition,” said Father Weston. “Not for “Whatever works,” he said. At St. Edmund’s, something called open to people of all faiths or none, detoxing. But once you’re out of the cage Both Father Weston and Father Edward “11th Step Retreats” are offered. That each resident attends daily Mass and is of addiction, when you’re done dancing describe the 12-step program, developed step contains these words: “Sought surrounded by a Catholic atmosphere. with the gorilla, retreats can be very by recovering alcoholics Bill Wilson and through prayer and meditation to improve “People with long-term sobriety have helpful.” Bob Smith in the mid-20th century, as our conscious contact with God, as to have a spiritual life,” the priest asserted, An advocate of the 12-step program having faith components in common with we understood him, praying only for even though that may look different for of Alcoholics Anonymous, Father the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius knowledge of his will for us and the each person. Weston, who talked openly about his own Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits who power to carry that out.” “A lot of people have the position recovery, said 12-step meetings “meet you lived in the mid-16th century. that ‘I want spirituality without religion.’ where you are. If you’re just emerging Both acknowledge a need to turn (Effie Caldarola is a freelance writer and This is what got you where you are from the train wreck, they’re right there lives over to God or a “higher power” a columnist for Catholic News Service.) † today,” Father Edward said. “Who is with you.” going to guide us? It’s important that But retreats provide the quiet space that meetings do not, and an intimacy with God that assists an individual’s faith journey on the road to recovery. “Meetings save lives,” Father Weston added, “but retreats have a different vibration, a different energy. Especially when someone has a little time to recover, a retreat provides refreshment, renewal, rest.” Father Weston gives many retreats on the West Coast, from the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos, Calif., to Villa Maria del Mar in Santa Cruz, Calif. But his schedule takes him to retreat centers throughout the U.S. and around the world. You can find retreats for those in recovery at most Jesuit retreat centers. In the Midwest, St. Gregory Recovery Center outside Des Moines, Iowa, offers rehab treatment, including cognitive behavior therapy and behavior modification training for a variety of addictions including alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine and opioids. Philip Leibhart, a community relations liaison for the center, said, “We’re not a The drug Naloxone sits on a table during a 12-step program, but there are fingerprints free Opioid Overdose Prevention Training class of the 12-step program in our work. We provided by Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, say we are spiritually based and Catholic N.Y. (CNS photo/Andrew Kelly, Reuters) inspired. We offer Mass six days a week Page 12 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/Tony Magliano Worship and Evangelization We must respect life, challenge the culture of death Outreach/Andrew Motyka St. Pope John Paul II, in his powerful many are the forms, whether explicit or Every single day, unborn babies Music can help encyclical letter “Evangelium Vitae” hidden, in which they appear today!” are being brutally dismembered and (“The Gospel of Life”) said, “How He powerfully called this evil reality a aborted, brothers and sisters in Christ to edify or can we fail to “structure of sin” manifested in a culture are being tortured and killed, children consider the violence characterized by a denial of our solidarity and adults are starving, people are erode your faith against life done to with each other leading to what can be drinking filthy water, human beings millions of human called a veritable “culture of death.” are barely existing in sub-human A recent survey by the Pew Research beings, especially St. John Paul insightfully saw that this conditions, wars are plaguing dozens Center uncovered a disturbing fact about children, who are “culture of death” is widely promoted by of countries while several rich nations the beliefs of American Catholics: that forced into poverty, powerful cultural, economic and political continue profiting from selling weapons only 31 percent malnutrition and forces that devalue the lives of human of war, children in need of an education believe in the hunger because of an beings who require and deserve greater are instead forced to work, people Church’s teaching that unjust distribution of acceptance, love and care. are suffering in modern slavery under the Eucharist is truly resources between He saw what so many don’t care to the new name of human trafficking, the Body and Blood peoples and between social classes? see: that in a society overly concerned migrants and refugees fleeing armed of Christ. There has “And what of violence inherent with efficiency and personal lifestyle conflicts and dire poverty are pleading already been much not only in wars as such, but in the choices, that ill, handicapped, poor at our borders for help, our earthly discussion of this scandalous arms trade, which spawns the and vulnerable persons, or any others home is increasingly being polluted and survey, from criticism many armed conflicts which stain our considered useless or a burden, are to be the climate of our planet is dangerously of its methodology world with blood? “looked upon as an enemy to be resisted heating up. to many attempts at “What of the spreading of death caused or eliminated. In this way a kind of Yes, all of this is overwhelming. No explaining the causes of this lack of faith. by reckless tampering with the world’s ‘conspiracy against life’ is unleashed.” one person can right all these wrongs and While the final statistic of 31 percent ecological balance?” St. John Paul said of all this, “It is cure all these ills. But all of us together could be disputed, it is still lamentable St. John Paul then linked these deadly possible to speak in a certain sense of a can. how few people believe in the Eucharist. affronts against life to the lethal attacks war of the powerful against the weak.” Every single person can make a It is impossible to boil down this crisis upon human beings at life’s earliest And so, we the followers of the difference! Remember, Jesus is saying to to just one or even a handful of causes. and final stages—through abortion, Prince of Peace, the lover of the poor each one of us: “You are the light of the It is usually the accumulation of several infanticide, euthanasia and physician- and vulnerable, the almighty Creator world!” factors. While we certainly need to assisted suicide. of the very Earth we all inhabit must improve our catechesis of the sacrament Attempting to raise our consciousness nonviolently enter the battle! (Tony Magliano is an internationally to those who do not understand, often our regarding the vastness of assaults against With the weapons of faith, prayer, syndicated social justice and peace lack of belief stems from what we do, not humanity, St. John Paul said, “It is compassion, wisdom, courage, generosity, columnist. He is available to speak at just what we say. impossible to catalogue completely the self-sacrifice, perseverance, truth, justice and diocesan or parish gatherings. Tony can One such factor is how we worship. vast array of threats to human life, so love let us challenge the “culture of death.” be reached at [email protected].) † The Church has a saying: lex orandi, lex credendi (the law of prayer is the law of belief). It means that what we say and That All May Be One/Fr. Rick Ginther do—our words and gestures—ultimately influence what we believe. Not only our Celebration takes priest back to his Judeo-Christian roots minds, but also our bodies, are involved in our belief. I first attended Congregation Beth- fulfilled are noted. Those unfulfilled call (praise of God’s name); the Shema A person who genuflects every time El Zedeck (The House of the God of for repentance. For sins against God, (“Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is Lord they walk past the tabernacle reinforces Righteousness) in 1966. atonement is sought. For sins against alone”); the Amidah (prayer of blessings); his or her belief that the Eucharist truly Father John Rocap, persons, reconciliation with the one the Al Chet confession of sins, and special is Jesus: body, blood, soul and divinity. my junior-year offended is to be sought before atonement additional prayers particular to Yom If a person shows no reverence in the religion teacher at is possible. Kippur. presence of the Blessed Sacrament, he the Latin School in And God provides that “at-one-ment,” During the Al Chet, sins (hamartia, or she signals to everyone that they do Indianapolis, invited so that the new year may unfold with Hebrew for “missing the mark”) were not believe. Our children will notice this our class to attend a blessings and peace rooted in the confessed as a body. The word “I” was dichotomy between faith and practice. bar mitzvah. “at-one-ment.” not used, but rather “we.” This reflected Our outward gestures do more to In a way, he was The first solemn service of Yom Judaism’s corporate sense of sin; all bear influence their faith than any class time introducing us to our Kippur began at 6:45 p.m. Seated next to responsibility together. could, and children pay more attention Jewish roots. And he me was Rabbi Emeritus Sandy Sasso and Each section contained beautifully to what we do than to what we say. Our was opening us to the Jesuit Father Bill Verbryke, president of recited and chanted exchanges between behavior in the presence of the eucharistic depth and breadth of “Nostra Aetate,” the Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Rabbi cantor, choir and congregation. I could Lord signals to each other and to our own 1965 Vatican II document on relations Sandy and her husband, Rabbi Dennis hear the roots of our own Catholic souls just what it is that we believe. with other religions. Sasso, had invited us to attend. They psalm intonations with their call and Singing is one of the primary ways that For me, it was a beginning of a were gracious, welcoming hosts, as were response. we, as lay people, participate in the Mass. curiosity for and connectivity to my many others of the congregation whom More than once during the service, the Since almost the entirety of the Mass Judeo-Christian roots. we met. Ark, which is an in-wall “holy space” that can be sung, and everyone is capable of Fast forward to Oct. 8, 2019. I am at Yom Kippur is a full 24 hours of holds the Torah, was opened. All stood singing, it invites us to participate in a the same location, Congregation Beth- prayer and fasting. There are five services. each time it was opened. way that the spoken word cannot. El Zedeck, for another Jewish religious The first is Kol Nidre. During the initial opening, select Opening most hymnals, however, and celebration: Yom Kippur. Kol Nidre is the prelude to the Evening elders—men and women—came forward turning to the section on the Eucharist The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Service which follows. The Kol Nidre is to the Ark. Each was handed a scroll. will highlight the fact that most, if not all, occurs annually in September or October. an ancient renunciation of promises. They stood around what we might pieces found reference “bread.” Spanning nine days, it culminates with With this renunciation complete, call an “altar.” Bravely, stoutly, they bore Bread and wine, food and cup: this the 10th day, Yom Kippur, the Day of a violin and organ provided haunting the literal weight of the scrolls and their is the way we reference the Eucharist Atonement. music of the same name. Sorrow, divine meaning. When the cantor and in song much of the time. This is not a For observant Jews, the new year is longing for forgiveness and peace congregation’s chanting ended, the scrolls criticism of any reference to the Eucharist a time of personal and religious “new poured forth. were returned to the Ark. as bread and cup. Jesus, after all, calls beginnings.” The past year is reviewed. The Evening Service then moved When the service ended, we had himself the Bread of Life. If, however, Promises made are examined. Those through its many sections: Half-Kaddish See GINTHER, page 14 this is the only way that we refer to the Blessed Sacrament in song at Mass, we do ourselves a disservice. The Human Side/Fr. Eugene Hemrick How often do we sing of the body and blood, not just in a general “we are the Body of Christ” way, but rather in an Serenity Prayer directs us to acceptance, the heart of life intentional reference to the Eucharist as “God, grant me the serenity to accept Acceptance starts with accepting me. and false denials are everywhere. the true Body and Blood of the Lord? The the things I cannot change.” To practice acceptance, we must first Here the Serenity Prayer reminds us to words we choose to sing over and over, In pointing us to acceptance, the realize we can’t pick and choose among possess the courage to change the things week after week, eventually shape our Serenity Prayer directs the foundations of our existence but we can, encouraging us to take a good beliefs about the Eucharist. us to the heart of life. must accept the whole. The beauty of look at what we can control and to act on Leo Nestor, a respected conductor, In the book, acceptance is that once we concede who it rather than grumble and do nothing. composer and pastoral musician, died on Learning the Virtues we are, freedom follows. In pointing to courage, we are being Sept. 22. He was the director of music for That Lead You to No longer are we weighed down with prompted to look at our heart’s outlook. the Basilica of the National Shrine of the God, Father Romano pseudo expectations that are unrealistic It reveals our disposition and whether we Immaculate Conception in Washington Guardini states why and choking us with unnecessary anxiety. are standing strong in taking action or for many years, and also my professor in this is true: Acceptance also prompts us to take a being lethargic and inert. graduate school. He used to warn students “What is the clearsighted look at the gifts with which Most of all, the Serenity Prayer points to “always be careful of the words you put presupposition for all we are blessed. Clearsightedness is one us to God and his power to strengthen us into the mouths of the people of God.” He moral effort if it is to of the qualities of prudence and when in these challenging times. also cautioned against music that can “rot be effective, to change what is amiss, to practiced, it widens our vision and ability your teeth and erode your faith.” We have strengthen what is feeble, and to balance to weed out unrealistic illusions from (Father Eugene Hemrick writes for a tremendous responsibility to be careful what is uneven? ... It is acceptance of realism. Catholic News Service. For the complete when selecting music for the liturgy, so what is, the acceptance of reality, your No doubt many of us today are finding text of the Serenity Prayer, go to that we can build up, rather than tear own and that of the people around you it difficult to accept our present times. www.ourcatholicprayers.com/ down, the beliefs of our Church. and of the time in which you live.” Divisions, violence, dishonesty, corruption serenity-prayer.html.) † See MOTYKA, page 14 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019 Page 13

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, October 21 Friday, October 25 Sunday, October 20, 2019 Romans 4:20-25 Romans 7:18-25a (Response) Luke 1:69-75 Psalm 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 • Exodus 17:8-13 Luke 12:13-21 Luke 12:54-59 • 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 • Luke 18:1-8 Tuesday, October 22 Saturday, October 26 St. John Paul II, pope Romans 8:1-11 The Book of Exodus is the source Therefore, the woman in this story Romans 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21 Psalm 24:1b-4b, 5-6 of the first reading for Mass on this surely was desperate. Frantic in her Psalm 40:7-10, 17 Luke 13:1-9 weekend. One of the first five books of circumstances, she boldly confronted this the Hebrew Bible, its judge. It was a time when women were Luke 12:35-38 concepts are attributed not expected to speak, indeed rarely to be Sunday, October 27 to Moses himself. As seen. Wednesday, October 23 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary such, it is part of the The judge hardly is to be admired. St. John of Capistrano, priest Time Torah or fundamental Evidently, he was a minor judge, and Romans 6:12-18 Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 document of Judaism. he was not an observant Jew. The As its title implies, Torah would have required him to be Psalm 124:1b-8 Psalm 34:2-3, 17-19, 23 its focus is upon the particularly solicitous about widows, yet Luke 12:39-48 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 flight of the Hebrew he was not at all interested in this widow. Luke 18:9-14 people from Egypt, He was more interested in polishing his Thursday, October 24 where they had been own image than in responding to her St. Anthony Mary Claret, bishop enslaved, to the land promised them by plight. Romans 6:19-23 God as a haven and their own homeland, Jesus uses the story to illustrate a described elsewhere in Exodus as lesson about God. Prayer does not require Psalm 1:1-4, 6 “flowing with milk and honey” (Ex 3:17). constant, loud pleas. Unlike the judge, Luke 12:49-53 The journey from Egypt to the God always is merciful. Sincerity, not promised land was not at all easy. First, repetition, is the key to the power of the natural elements themselves often prayer. Anyone who prays must believe in Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle assailed the refugees. Then, the fleeing God and trust that God will provide truly Hebrews encountered hostile human what is needed. Revelation teaches that people will exist forces. Dissidents among them sowed seeds of confusion and alarm. Armies Reflection after all material creation passes away pursued them. The readings from Exodus and This weekend’s reading is about St. Luke’s Gospel this weekend We all hope to spend eternity in that the other spouse has made. Neither one such encounter. The Hebrews had may create several rather simplistic, Qheaven. However, Jesus says in spouse is required to sign anything in to fight foes. Only when Moses held childish and incorrect views of God. Matthew 24:35 that “heaven and Earth writing; instead, the priest—in requesting aloft the staff given him by God did the Exodus might give the impression that will pass away, but my words will permission for the marriage—attests with people prevail. After a while, Moses, some seemingly foolish and unrelated not pass away.” If his signature that the Catholic party has by this time old and weary, could no gesture, such as holding arms aloft, heaven passes away, made the required pledge and that the longer lift his hands. So his brother, will guarantee God’s help in a and Earth will not non-Catholic spouse is aware of it. Aaron, the first high priest, and Hur, crisis. It smacks of magic instead of provide a home for None of this guarantees, of course, another faithful disciple, held up his illustrating a trusting relationship with their glorified bodies, that things will work out as the guidelines arms with the staff. Almighty God. Moses’ outreach of his what will become of envision. It might happen that, with the For the second reading, the Church arms symbolized his belief in God’s those who are saved? arrival of a child, the non-Catholic spouse turns to St. Paul’s Second Epistle dominion over everything. Where will they spend reevaluates and objects to a Catholic to Timothy. As was the case in past St. Luke’s Gospel cannot be construed eternity? (Virginia) baptism and rearing. readings, Paul in this weekend’s selection to suggest that people must flood the In such a situation, the Catholic reassures Timothy and challenges him in kingdom of heaven with thundering calls Scriptural partner may be forced to choose between his task of discipleship and of serving as to obtain God’s mercy. Acommentators the harmony of the household and the a bishop. The reading stresses that Jesus Instead, these two readings call us agree that, in its context, Matthew’s religion of the child. My view is that alone is the hope of the redeemed— to develop an attitude about prayer that language that “heaven and Earth will the wording of the pledge—to “do all in indeed of all people. is humble and trusting. In humility, we pass away” refers to the entire created his or her power”—must be interpreted St. Luke’s Gospel furnishes the last realize we can do little on our own. While universe—the Earth, our material world within the context of the marriage. reading. In first-century Palestine, widows we can do some things, we cannot fully and all that it contains, and the material No one can be required to do what were vulnerable. Poverty was rampant. control our destiny. As did Moses, we universe beyond Earth, often referred to is practically impossible, and it is the There was no social safety net. Since must depend on God. in Scripture and elsewhere as “heaven” sacred and lifelong commitment to a women could not inherit from husbands We also must trust. We are inclined to or “the heavens.” Scripture is clear that spouse that must prevail—although the under the law, they had to rely upon their dictate what God must provide us, but in people will outlast this material universe, Catholic partner should continue his or children to survive. Virtually nothing was this we act on our own judgments. either in a state of eternal bliss in the her own Catholic practice and do what available to a woman to make her own God will not forsake us. He will presence of a loving God or in eternal is reasonable to share that faith with the living. supply our genuine needs. † misery. children. But this is exactly why a couple ought If a practicing Catholic marries a non- to discuss such a matter well before QCatholic Christian, do they have to the marriage—preferably in a marriage My Journey to God promise to baptize their children and raise preparation session with a priest. If the issue them in the Catholic faith? (Indiana) of the children’s religion forecasts future struggles and strife, one wonders whether the This is a very pertinent question— marriage itself is such a good idea. Like a Child Aparticularly at a time when, in some parts of America, as many as 40 percent (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth By Ron Lewis of Catholic marriages involve ecumenical Doyle at [email protected] and or interfaith couples—and the answer 30 Columbia Circle Dr., Albany, New York requires some explanation and historical 12203.) † Blessed Jesus, meek and mild, perspective. stoop to hear a little child. Under the old Code of Canon Law, At your feet I come to pray— both parties to a mixed marriage had to Readers may submit Savior, cast me not away. promise in writing that the children of the In my childhood may I be marriage would be baptized and brought prose or poetry for tender, meek and pure like thee. up in the Catholic faith. St. Paul VI, faith column Help me every sin to leave, though—in his 1970 apostolic letter lest thy loving heart I grieve. “Matrimonia Mixta”—modified that Tender Jesus, You did call guideline somewhat, and his changes The Criterion invites readers to submit original prose or poetry relating to faith to your arms the children small. made their way into the current Code of or experiences of prayer for possible Yes, I come and humbly pray— Canon Law that was published in 1983. publication in the “My Journey to God” Savior, cast me not away. The present state of Catholic Church column. law is as follows. Normally, it is the Seasonal reflections also are appreciated. bishop of the diocese of the Catholic “Poems should be no longer than 25 party who gives permission for a mixed lines (including lines between stanzas (Ron Lewis is a member of St. Anthony marriage to take place. To receive this if applicable) of either 44 characters of Padua Parish in Clarksville and a permission, the Catholic party must (including spaces) to allow room for a staff- Benedictine oblate of Saint Meinrad pledge to continue to practice the Catholic selected photo, or 79 characters (including faith and must also “make a sincere spaces) if no photo is desired.” Please Archabbey. Photo: The story of Jesus include name, address, parish and telephone welcoming the little children in promise to do all in his or her power so number with submissions. Mt 19:13-15 is depicted in this stained- that all offspring are baptized and brought Send material for consideration to “My glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes up in the Catholic faith” (Canon 1125.1). Journey to God,” The Criterion, 1400 N. Church in Malverne, N.Y.) (CNS photo/ The non-Catholic party doesn’t have Meri­dian St., Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 Gregory A. Shemitz) to promise anything; he or she simply or e-mail to [email protected]. † has to be made aware of the pledge Page 14 The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019 Folk Rest in peace dancers at the Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of Vatican publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving A folk dance group from our archdiocese are listed Croatia performs during elsewhere in The Criterion. Pope Francis’ general Order priests and religious audience in St. Peter’s sisters and brothers are Square at the Vatican included here, unless they are on Oct. 9. (CNS photo/Paul natives of the archdiocese or Haring) have other connections­ to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.

ACHGILL, Mary Anna, 76, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Oct. 2. Aunt of one. HALE, Dr. Bradford R., Jr., of Scott McCaughna. Brother Dicus, Wanda Harvey, Stephen and Ken Taylor, Jr. Mother of Susan Maroska, BERETTA, Wanda A., 85, 52, St. Luke the Evangelist, of Walter McCaughna. Patricia Scherer and Randy Sister of Ann O’Connor, Jon and Diane Yost Outland and St. Jude, Indianapolis, Sept. 15. Indianapolis, Oct. 3. Husband Grandfather of two. Sitzman. Sister of Anastasia Paul Stites. Grandmother of six. Steve Yost. Sister of Alice Mother of Deborah Dodson, of Lori Hale. Father of Katie MCGINLEY, John C., 82, Kern, Lucille Luebbehusen, THOMPSON, Ron, 63, Snodgrass. Grandmother of Kimberly Dolne, Anthony, and Zach Hale. Son of Sue Christ the King, Indianapolis, Mildred Rummel and Ruth St. Pius X, Indianapolis, eight. Great-grandmother of Gregory, Mark, Matthew and Hale. Brother of Karen Yott, Aug. 31. Husband of Mary Schwinghamer. Grandmother Sept. 20. Husband of Celeste nine. Great-great-grandmother Timothy Beretta. Grandmother Ann, Gretchen and John Hale. Ellen McGinley. Father of of 11. Great-grandmother of Thompson. Father of Joe and of two. of 15. Great-grandmother of JAMES, Robert A., 77, Molly Patnode, Brian and 24. Great-great-grandmother Lee Thompson. Son of Evelyn YAGGI, Esther M., 94, six. (correction) St. Pius V, Troy, Oct. 3. Michael McGinley. Brother of two. Thompson. Brother of Debbie St. Paul, Tell City, Oct. 3. COMMISKEY, Janet, 84, Husband of Devonna James. of Peggy Trier. Grandfather TAYLOR, Shelley L., 73, Carter and Patty Keenan. Mother of Sandra Davis and St. Matthew the Apostle, Father of Christine Hopf, of six. Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Sept. Grandfather of four. Jack Yaggi. Sister of Frances Indianapolis, Sept. 26. Wife of Elaine Seger, Justine Thomas, MILLER, Mark D., 64, 28. Wife of Ken Taylor. Mother YOST, Winifred, 97, Rinaldi. Grandmother of four. Paul Commiskey, Sr. Mother Sidney and Walter James. Our Lady of Lourdes, of Jennifer Stanley, Racheal, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Oct. 1. Great-grandmother of eight. † of Dianna, Jim and Patrick Brother of Genell Kanzler, Indianapolis, Sept. 20. Commiskey. Grandmother of Sandra Tullis and Richard Husband of Kelly Miller. six. Great-grandmother of four. James. Grandfather of eight. Father of Amie Bayird, Michael Shikany, 97, the father of DALL, Daniel, 63, All Saints, JOSEPH, Mary Jane, 91, Marcus and Matthew Miller. Dearborn County, Sept. 30. St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Grandfather of six. Father Paul Shikany, died on Oct. 6 Sept. 21. Mother of Marlene Son of Betty Dall. Brother of MORTON, B.C., 79, Prince Michael Shikany, the father of Father Paul He also worked for 23 years for Indiana Scharbrough, Mark and Bonnie McCoy, Roger and of Peace, Madison, Oct. 5. Shikany, pastor of St. Christopher Parish in Surgical, retiring in 1987. Tim Dall. Uncle of several. Michael Joseph. Sister of Father of Jessica Odenbaugh, Catherine Vardouniotis and Indianapolis and a judge on the archdiocesan Shikany was a longtime member of DEMARCO, Giuditta, 89, Judi Terpening, Jennifer, metropolitan tribunal, died on Oct. 6 at the St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower) Camille Sabb. Grandmother of Burton, David and Joshua St. Pius X, Indianapolis, St. Paul Hermitage in Beech Grove where he Parish in Indianapolis and of the Fatima nine. Great-grandmother of 13. Morton. Brother of Tom Sept. 1. Mother of Carla had been a resident. He was 97. Council of the Knights of Columbus. Cross, Ida Taylor and Johnny KERSTIENS, Rick, 51, Morton. Grandfather of 18. St. Boniface, Fulda, Sept. 21. Great-grandfather of four. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated He is survived by his wife of 68 years, DeMarco. Sister of Louise on Oct. 12 at St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Pauline (Erb) Shikany and his children, Marie, Fransceschina. Grandmother Husband of Anita Kerstiens. PORFIDIO, Charles, 89, (Little Flower) Church in Indianapolis. Burial Paula and Father Paul Shikany. of nine. Great-grandmother Stepfather of Kris Bergbower. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, of 12. Son of Dennis Kerstiens. Richmond, Sept. 21. Father of followed at Calvary Cemetery in Indianapolis. Memorial gifts may be sent to St. Therese Brother of Karen Ketzner, Anita Gonzalez and Angela Shikany was born on June 16, 1922, in of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower) Parish, 4720 GILMORE, John E., 67, Debbie Moore, Dave and Michigan City, Ind., to Assad and Latifa (Ossy) E. 13th St., Indianapolis, IN 46201-8352, or to St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Richter. Grandfather of five. Randy Kerstiens. Shikany. He served in the U.S. Army for 23 the St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. 17th St., Beech (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Great-grandfather of one. Oct. 6. Husband of Jane LAHRMAN, Susanne, 95, SCHAEFER, Dorothy, 87, years, retiring with the rank of master sergeant. Grove, IN 46107. † Gilmore. Father of Mary St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Boniface, Fulda, Oct. 5. Gilmore. Brother of Patty Richmond, Oct. 6. Wife of Wife of Lee Schaefer. Mother Sandlin. Clem Lahrman. Mother of of Kathy Kippenbrock, Diana, Providence Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch Marianne Foster, Joanne Jones, Marvin and Ricky Schaefer. GRANT, Berl J., 81, Daniel and John Lahrman. ministered in education and health care St. Ambrose, Seymour, Oct. 3. Sister of Ruth Durcholz. Grandmother of four. Great- Grandmother of nine. Great- Father of Bridey Jacobi and grandmother of seven. Providence Sister Mary Adrian Jaroch died Catholic schools in Indiana. In the archdiocese, Zachary Grant. Brother of grandmother of four. on Oct. 3 at Winfield Woods Healthcare in she served at the former St. Catherine of Siena Gloria Klein. Grandfather of MAYER, Richard F., 85, SCHATZ, Cyrilla, 93, Winfield, Ill. She was 85. School in Indianapolis from 1961-67. Our Lady of Lourdes, two. St. Meinrad, St. Meinrad, The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated As a registered nurse, Sister Mary Adrian Indianapolis, Aug. 29. HAAS, Carl A., 95, All Saints, Sept. 10. Mother of Judy on Oct. 9 at the Church of the Immaculate served in various settings, including hospice Father of Michele Mayer Schultz and Dina Schum. Dearborn County, Sept. 27. Dunn, Michael, Richard, Jr., Conception at the motherhouse in St. Mary- care, in Connecticut, Illinois and Washington, Father of Carla Sue Bischoff, Grandmother of six. Great- of-the-Woods. Burial followed at the sisters’ D.C. In the archdiocese, she ministered at Robert and Stephen Mayer. grandmother of 12. Betty Jo Buckingham, Mary Grandfather of five. cemetery. the motherhouse infirmary at Saint Mary-of- Kesterson, Emily Rivers, Jan SCHRADER, Thomas, Bernadette Marie Jaroch was born on April 8, the-Woods from 1967-70 and 1976-78, and Schnitker, Sharon Wilhelm, MCCAUGHNA, James, 75, 68, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Christ the King, Indianapolis, 1934, in Chicago. She entered the Sisters of at Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries in Donald and Stephen Haas. Sept. 2. Husband of Christine Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on July 1, Georgetown in the New Albany Deanery from Grandfather of 14. Great- Oct. 2. Husband of Maureen Schrader. Father of Christian 1956, and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1963. 1995-96. She dedicated herself entirely to grandfather of seven. McCarty McCaughna. Father Benton Schrader, Kyle and Scott Kinnett. Brother Sister Mary Adrian earned a bachelor’s prayer beginning in 2017. of Susan Schrader Heath. degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Sister Mary Adrian is survived by a sister, Grandfather of eight. in St. Mary-of-the-Woods and later became a Patricia Maher of Oak Park, Ill. registered nurse. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Online Lay Ministry Formation SITZMAN, Rose Mary, 87, The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has partnered with the St. Meinrad, St. Meinrad, During her 63 years as a member of the Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint University of Notre Dame and Catholic Distance University Aug. 27. 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Thompson to those shadow nor the weight of the cross, as you in attendance at the annual Red Mass on carry out the challenges of your workload Oct. 1 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in and cases, to keep you from trusting in Indianapolis. the power of divine love and freedom as “According to the dictionary, the word revealed in the empty tomb.” ‘resolute’ means to be ‘fixed and firm in The dinner that followed the liturgy purpose; to be determined,’ ” Archbishop included the presentation of the Thompson said in his homily. St. Thomas More Society’s “Couple for “We gather here in prayer for that All Seasons Award” to retired Justice very same sense of resolve in carrying Brent Dickson and his wife Jan Aikman out justice with respect to the dignity of Dickson. The award is given annually to persons and the common good of society,” those whose life and work exemplifies the he said, “to be open for what is right and ideals of St. Thomas More. good and truthful and beautiful in our Justice Dickson served on the Indiana midst, to those entrusted to our care, to our Supreme Court for more than 30 years, judgment, to all we’re about, not only in and was its chief justice for two years. our courtrooms and in our offices, but in He was also the second-longest serving Archbishop Charles C. Thompson is pictured with the St. Thomas More Society’s “Couple for our homes and our neighborhoods as well.” justice in the history of the court. Jan All Seasons Award” honorees on Oct. 1 in the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center in Judges, lawyers and law students founded the Judicial Family Institute, Indianapolis. 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Employment Fred+SonsAd_Criterion_3.375x2.indd 1 2/12/18 2:01 PM Administrative Assistant St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, Carmel IN. is looking for a Part-time (28hrs/ wk) administrative assistant to join the parish staff. As the point of “first contact,” this position is vital to the integrity and professionalism of the Parish Offices. It is critical that this position supports the goal of ensuring efficient operation of the Parish Offices. It is also important that this employee understands and supports the Mission and purpose of the Roman Catholic Church and St. Elizabeth Seton Parish and be able to participate fully in the practice of the Roman Catholic Faith.

• Daily opening and closing of parish administration office. Archbishop Charles C. Thompson elevates the Eucharist during the Oct. 1 Red Mass of the • Receives and places telephone calls. St. Thomas More Society of Central Indiana at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. • This person must have excellent people skills; good organizational skills and Concelebrating the Mass are archdiocesan vicar judicial Father Joseph Newton, left, and the ability to multi-task; Msgr. Frederick Easton (partially obscured). • Handle a high volume of telephone calls with courtesy, speed, accuracy and patience; Greet visitors to the Parish Office, including parishioners, volunteers and visitors, in a pleasant, professional, and sincere manner. • Work independently with minimal supervision. self-motivated, and a sense of discretion. • Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook). • Provide administrative support to all Parish Staff. • Data entry as needed. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Assist in annual stewardship campaigns (mailings, pledge cards, letters, follow ups, etc.) • Maintains office record filing system. • Able to maintain a friendly and professional presence in person, on telephone, email and written correspondence. • Minimum of three years’ experience in working in similar position and duties. • Perform auxiliary duties for the parish as requested.

Interested Candidates should email resume to:

Kevin Sweeney Director of Parish Operations St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church • 10655 Haverstick Road • Carmel, IN 46033

[email protected] Judges worship during the Oct. 1 Red Mass of the St. Thomas More Society of Central Indiana at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. The Criterion Friday, October 18, 2019 Page 16 Speakers address ‘what’s at stake’ at Right to Life event By Natalie Hoefer booths at county fairs, the state fair and the Black Expo; presenting to church When Marc Tuttle spoke, his tone congregations and Christian groups; reflected his own amazement at this year’s offering art, essay and public speaking numerous “eye-opening” events on the contests for students; and speaking in pro-life front. schools. These events “highlighted abortion “When you go to school and speak and brought abortion to the public’s to a group of students, you’re literally conscience,” he said. “They opened talking to the future: the future doctors, people’s eyes to what’s at stake.” the future lawyers, the future journalists, Tuttle, president of Right to Life the future politicians,” Tuttle emphasized. of Indianapolis (RTLI), then listed the “All of them are going to make a crucial happenings to a crowd of more than difference on this issue in the future.” 900—including roughly 350 students— Such programs couldn’t exist without gathered for the organization’s annual volunteers, he noted. He then presented Celebrate Life Dinner in Indianapolis on two such helpers, Kim Dickman and Oct. 1. Kathy Laudick, with RTLI’s award for First came the laws. In January, New outstanding service for their combined 22 York—and almost Virginia—passed years of volunteering. legislation that “pushed the max” of what And for helping more than 200 the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade post-abortive women for 20 years with decision allows in terms of abortion. her Healing Hidden Hurts ministry in “Luckily, or rather, providentially,” Indianapolis, Debbie Miller received Pro-life advocate Star Parker addresses more than 900 adults and students at Right to Life of Tuttle said, the Unplanned movie was RTLI’s Respect for Life Award. Indianapolis’ Celebrate Life Dinner in Indianapolis on Oct. 1. (Photos by Natalie Hoefer) released a few weeks later. It told the It is a ministry the event’s keynote story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned speaker could relate to. in our criminal justice system come Parenthood facility director-turned pro-life from single, unmarried households. And advocate. The movie “opened people’s ‘Abortion destroys everything it 95 percent of those men … have no eyes to what the abortion industry is touches’ relationship with their father.” about, how they work, how they operate,” Parker was quick to tell the crowd of Throughout this cycle, Parker noted he said. her imperfect past. From her teen years, a trend: a link between abortion and Then in September came “perhaps the she was caught up in a life of “sex, drugs, poverty. most disturbing news of all,” said Tuttle: even shoplifting,” she said. the discovery in Illinois of 2,246 aborted Along the way, she had several ‘A poverty plantation’ fetal remains—“preserved, stacked one on abortions in what she sarcastically called Parker, 62, grew up with no religion. top of the other, and stored in more than “safe, legal and rare” facilities, mocking She said when God finally “found” her, 70 boxes”—in the garage of late abortion the industry’s claims. she was unmarried, raising a child and doctor Ulrich “George” Klopfer. The “[Abortion] may be legal, but it’s not had been on welfare for seven years. remains were all from the three abortion lawful in the eyes of God,” Parker noted. “The rules of welfare don’t work,” centers he operated in northern Indiana. “Abortion destroys everything it touches.” she stressed, listing them as “don’t “If that doesn’t open people’s eyes to She explained this statement by turning save, don’t get married, and we’ll come how demonic the abortion industry is, I back time to the creation of humanity. and keep you enslaved to a poverty don’t know what will,” he said. “There’s a reason God made women plantation.” The annual banquet serves as a with a biological clock,” she said. “And She said it was after her conversion to fundraiser for RTLI. It included a we try to control it in all kinds of ways, Chrirstianity that she found the courage keynote address by Star Parker, whose including abortion.” to free herself from such “slavery.” That story of abortion, living on welfare, and Because of this effort to control fertility, courage came from the Bible. Right to Life of Indianapolis president conversion to a new life of speaking out marriage has collapsed, said Parker. “My pastor told me, ‘The government Marc Tuttle shares information about the against both is featured below. She cited statistics found in a 2013 is not your source [for help]. God is,’ ” she organization’s pro-life efforts with the more But first Tuttle presented two awards United States Census Bureau (USCB) recalled. Then he pointed her to Philippians than 900 adults and students at Right to and shared with the crowd about the many survey on America’s families and living 4:19—“And my God will supply your needs Life of Indianapolis’ Celebrate Life Dinner in ways RTLI uses donations to “help make arrangements. In 1970, married adults according to the riches of his glory in Christ Indianapolis on Oct. 1. abortion unthinkable” in the Indianapolis made up 70.3 percent of the adult Jesus.” area. population. By 2012, that number had Parker left the welfare system. country on poverty and pro-life issues. dropped to 48.7 percent. Eventually, she earned a degree in Parker said she is driven to ‘Literally talking to the future’ “For blacks it’s a total collapse,” marketing and international business. end abortion because one day her While the New York legislation and the Parker added. Currently, just 29 percent In 1995, she created the Center for Urban grandchildren “are going to look at the discovery of the fetal remains were tragic, of African-American adults are married, Renewal and Education, a Washington-based history books—and so will your children Tuttle noted some hope-instilling figures. according to a 2016 USCB report. institute focused on fighting poverty and and grandchildren. And they are going “In the mid-1980s, the number of Because of the plummeting marriage restoring dignity to the poor. She continues to to see [abortion]. And they’re going to abortions in Indiana was about 16,000,” rate, “We have a crisis now … with lead it 24 years later. ask us, ‘What happened? What were you he said. “We’ve cut that [number] in implications far and wide,” said Parker, But in that time, she’s accomplished thinking?’ And then they’re going to say, half,” with the Indiana State Department including a skyrocket increase in children much and is still involved with much ‘What did you do?’ of Health recording 8,037 abortions in born out of wedlock. more. She serves on a White House “And I want to be able to look them in Indiana in 2018. “And we’re looking for “Without marriage, [men] are advisory team looking at solutions the eye and say, ‘I tried to do everything I those stats to decrease again this year,” he promiscuous,” she said. “And to poverty; is a regular commentator could to stop it.’ ” added. promiscuous men are producing on such national television and radio He also shared about Right to Life of unproductive men. networks as BBC, EWTN, and FOX News; (For more information on or to donate Indianapolis’ efforts to educate the public, “And unproductive men are dangerous is a nationally syndicated columnist; has to Right to Life of Indianapolis, go to including providing volunteer-staffed men: 70 percent of those young boys written five books; and speaks across the rtliindy.org, or call 317-582-1526.) †

Founders of pro-life club in public school inspired by Right to Life event

By Natalie Hoefer all of us how horrible abortion is,” said Sally, a member of Immaculate After Right to Life of Indianapolis’ Heart of Mary Parish. “It reaffirmed Celebrate Life dinner on Oct. 1 in that what we’re doing is right, and that Indianapolis, three teenagers waited we’re working for the rights of the patiently in an otherwise all-adult line unborn, and that we’re working to save to speak with the event’s guest speaker, them.” Star Parker. Daniel, a member of College Park They wanted to tell her how inspiring Church in Indianapolis, said those rights and encouraging they found her talk. are important to men, too. One person “After this dinner we were like, ‘Yeah, shouldn’t have a “greater say,” he noted, we need to keep doing this.’ It was very because “it takes two people to create influential,” said one of the teens. life.” Her name is Emma Lucchese. She Whether a man or woman, a student and her friends, Sally Jones and Daniel or adult, “It’s always tough when you’re Hanes, are seniors at North Central High around people who have different School in Indianapolis. viewpoints,” said Emma, a member And the “this” she referred to is the of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in school’s pro-life club that she, Sally and Indianapolis. Pro-life advocate Star Parker speaks with Sally Jones, center, Daniel Hanes and Emma Lucchese another of their friends founded after “But you have to remember that at the after Right to Life of Indianapolis’ Celebrate Life Dinner in Indianapolis on Oct. 1. The three teens being inspired by last year’s Celebrate end of the day you have a choice to pick are seniors of North Central High School in Indianapolis. Sally, a member of Immaculate Heart of Life event. a side that supports women, that is for Mary Parish in Indianapolis, and Emma, a member of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, Sally agreed with Emma’s comment. children, that is providing real solutions co-founded a pro-life club at the public school last year, along with their friend Margaret “Maggie” “Some of the things Star Parker rather than a Band-Aid for something McPherson (not pictured), a member of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) talked about tonight helped to remind that’s only going to get worse.” †