Inside A dream come true Parish hall is being built to serve Harrison County tri-parish community, page 9. Serving the ChurchCriterion in Central and Souther n Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com May 2, 2008 Vol. XLVIII, No. 29 75¢ Impact of pope’s A way to say thanks visit goes beyond Celtic cross honors Christ and his six-day stay, commemorates former pastor’s service say observers WASHINGTON (CNS)—When By Mary Ann Wyand Pope Benedict XVI left New York on April 20 after his six-day visit to the DANVILLE—Carrying United States, his oxygen pack, Catholics were Father Charles Ann Wyand Photo by Mary catching their breath Chesebrough walked from the whirlwind outside Mary, Queen of tour and many were Peace Church in Danville trying to figure out after Mass on April 27 to what kind of impact admire an ornately carved the visit would leave Celtic cross created to in its wake. honor Christ. The trip— The 7-foot Irish cross Pope Benedict XVI anticipated since last also commemorates November—prompted Father Chesebrough’s a fair amount of guesswork about what the 12 years of service to the pontiff would and wouldn’t say. Pope Indianapolis West Deanery Benedict, not swayed by hearsay, frequently parish. reiterated that the theme of the visit was “It’s beautiful,” “Christ Our Hope” and stressed his Father Chesebrough said optimism that the visit would prompt “a of the Bedford limestone time of spiritual renewal for all Americans.” cross after Father Bernard Whether he was addressing international Cox, pastor of Mary, or interreligious leaders, educators, priests Queen of Peace Parish, and religious, bishops, youths or baseball dedicated it in gratitude to stadiums full of Catholics, the pope stuck God, the former pastor Above, stonecutter Matthew Bruce of Bedford, left, poses for a photograph with Father Charles Chesebrough, center, with that message of hope in Christ and the donors who helped and Father Bernard Cox on April 27 outside Mary, Queen of Peace Church in Danville. Bruce works for Architectural throughout his various stops. build the church. Stone Sales in Bedford. Both Father Chesebrough and Father Cox have served as pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish Overall reviews of the papal visit were Father Chesebrough in Bedford and Mary, Queen of Peace Parish in Danville. positive and then some. served at the Danville “In general, the visit was a terrific parish from 1983 until Right, stonecutter success. He hit a home run every time he 1995, and supervised the Matthew Bruce of went up to bat,” said Jesuit Father Thomas construction of the Bedford uses more Reese, senior fellow at Woodstock parish’s fourth church than 100 chisels and a Theological Center in Washington. when its rapidly growing pneumatic air hammer Pre-trip speculation about whether membership needed a to carve intricate Submitted photo/Matthew Bruce Pope Benedict would address the clergy sex larger worship space a details into this abuse crisis was put aside from the start decade ago. limestone cross. when the pope spoke on the plane ride to “We wanted to do Washington of being “deeply ashamed” something for about the scandal. He followed those Father Charlie, and I comments with several other references to thought it’s more important the abuse scandal and then a personal that we do something for a meeting with abuse victims. priest while he’s alive,” The pope did “exactly what American Father Cox said. “He’s Catholics needed and wanted to see” from been a great influence in the person with the highest authority in the my life, and I felt it was the Church, Father Reese said, adding that the very least we could do.” directness will have a positive impact on the Father Cox said he is in Bedford. limestone cross is a connection lives, and I’m glad that we could do Church. grateful for the generosity Both Father Chesebrough to their former parish home and this,” Father Cox said. “Now it’s “He took the issue seriously, knowing of Gary Evans, one of and Father Cox have served the parishioners. blessed, and we hope that a lot of that apologizing once wasn’t going to do it,” two brothers who own as the pastor of St. Vincent de “The cross has had a lot of people are blessed who look upon the priest added. Architectural Stone Sales Paul Parish in Bedford, so the impact on a lot of different See CROSS, page 2 See VISIT, page 2

75 percent of Americans surveyed read Bible passage in last year

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In a survey press conference and said a second stage lives, particularly through improved conducted in nine countries in anticipation of the survey was being conducted in homilies, the bishop said. of the October world Synod of Bishops on Argentina, South Africa, the Philippines Luca Diotallevi, the Rome sociologist the Bible, 75 percent of U.S. residents and Australia. who coordinated the survey’s working interviewed said they read a Bible passage The majority of people in the first group, said that, while the study found the in the previous 12 months. nine countries—including 90 percent of Bible to be important in the lives and In Western and Eastern Europe, the Polish respondents—said the Bible is an cultures of those interviewed, there was a percentage of Bible readers ranged from a important source of truth, but more than huge difference between Bible reading in low of 20 percent in Spain to a high of 50 percent of those interviewed in each the United States and in the other 38 percent in Poland. country said the Bible was difficult to countries. The study, commissioned by the understand. The most relevant factor in promoting Catholic Biblical Federation, began with Bishop Paglia said, “Despite secular- Bible reading, he said, was having a Bible 13,000 interviews in the United States, ization and little openness to religious in one’s home; 93 percent of the the United Kingdom, Germany, the experience ... the sacred Scriptures are U.S. residents interviewed said they had Netherlands, France, Poland, Russia, looked upon with great respect by one and 56 percent said they had given Spain and Italy in November 2007. everyone.” someone a Bible as a gift. The president of the federation, Italian But the fact that the majority defined He said he was struck particularly by Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Terni, Narni the Bible as difficult to understand the elements that seemed to predict a and Amelia, presented the initial results of challenges the Church to help people learn higher level of individual reading of and the survey on April 28 during a Vatican to read it and see how it applies to their See BIBLE, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008

anything like that, but I was startled by the Indianapolis 500 words, ‘My son, all you have to do is Gordon Pipers CROSS founder and pipe continued from page 1 carve this cross. I had to hang from it.’ “And then my eyes welled up with major Wallace Gordan that cross and remember how much Christ tears,” he said. “I finished the cross in Ann Wyand Photo by Mary Diehl of Brownsburg suffered that we might have eternal life. about a week after that happened. I plays the bagpipe on That’s the whole point of it. It’s also our shamefully finished it. It really humbled April 27 as he leads way of saying thanks to Father Charlie me. I don’t speak eloquently, and for these Mary, Queen of Peace and that we love him.” words to come [to me] it had to be divine. parishioners outside Stonecutter Matthew Bruce of Bedford He saw me, and he was right. All I had to for the dedication of a attended the dedication ceremony with his do was carve it. Can you imagine having Celtic cross made wife, Carrie, and son, Mason. He has to be nailed to it? And only so I can be of limestone. worked for Architectural Stone Carving in forgiven, and I’ve had a lot of shortfalls.” Father Bernard Cox, Bedford for 15 years. Bruce kept the cross at his work station the pastor, and Carving the limestone cross resulted in at the mill from December until it was Father Charles an amazing conversion experience, Bruce installed at Mary, Queen of Peace Parish Chesebrough, the said, which left him feeling humbled by in April. The cross stands more than 7 feet former pastor, God’s presence in his life and work. high and weighs 156 pounds per cubic concelebrated the “It took me about six months to carve foot. It took four men to load the cross by Mass. the cross,” he said. “I probably had hand into a truck for delivery to the 250 hours in it. They gave me a one-foot parish. model. Our draftsman at the mill took “There really is no artistic ability in digital photographs of it, and then I me,” Bruce said as he marveled at the actually took that piece [of stone] to my intricately detailed scrolls on the stone garage and worked on it at home.” cross gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. As the hours of work carving the ornate “I had a model and I just followed the cross added up, Bruce said he began to design,” he explained. “I use a pneumatic resent the amount of time that the project air hammer, and I have hundreds of took away from his family life and hobbies. chisels. People have said, ‘Oh, you’ve got “This cross really became a pain to such a talent.’ I have no talent. But God me,” he admitted. “I’m a deer hunter, and lets me do this work. Usually, if I’m doing I couldn’t do that or all the other things I something that’s really going to be tough, wanted to do. I couldn’t ride horses. My I’ll pray right there on the mill floor, and friends would call and I’d say, ‘I’ve got to ask him to please let me do this to the work on this cross.’ So I started cursing satisfaction of the owners and the the cross in my garage. satisfaction of the customer. And he’s “One night, while I was working on it,” never failed me, not yet. Now the cross is Bruce recalled, “I’ve never heard voices or here at the church, and I miss it.” †

of Pope Benedict’s visit might not Crowds wave necessarily be a flood of new vocations white and gold VISIT kerchiefs continued from page 1 despite encouragement in that direction. Instead, he said, more young people will be outside St. Joseph’s

Thomas Groome, director of the Institute “interested in connecting with what it means A. Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry to be Catholic in today’s world.” Church in at Boston College, called the pope’s visit a To those who wondered how New York on “resounding success,” where he “did and said Pope Benedict would fill Pope John Paul II’s April 18 prior to all the right things.” shoes, especially with youths and young Pope Benedict In an e-mail to Catholic News Service, adults, Hayes has this perspective: “Where XVI’s arrival at Groome said Pope Benedict offered Catholics [Pope] John Paul was a rock star, the church. The and other Christians of this country a “new [Pope] Benedict might be the audiobook.” pope presided apologetic” for their faith that he described as Simply put, people came to be with at a prayer “one of persuasion rather than legislation,” Pope John Paul and they came to listen to service at St. Joseph’s where he encouraged people to follow the Pope Benedict, he told CNS on April 24. “way of Jesus” to find freedom, truth and Pope Benedict is “very direct, telling Church. happiness. people, ‘This is where we need to be,’ ” The pope also reached out to young Hayes said, noting that even though the pope various messages to the U.S. Church. The pope also left behind an improved people, making reference to them in homilies is “not a sound-bite guy” his directness is Reading material is certainly one thing image of himself among U.S. Catholics. and meeting with them on the grounds of “something that young people really connect Pope Benedict left behind with papal texts Just two weeks before his arrival, only St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., on with.” available online at www.uspapalvisit.org, 18 percent of the general public and April 19. And they weren’t just thrilled to see him and in a special issue of Origins, the CNS 37 percent of Catholics said they knew a lot Mike Hayes, associate director of Paulist for the moment either, because, as Hayes documentary service. As Father Reese about Pope Benedict. Young Adult Ministries in New York and pointed out, many young adults have read pointed out, the pope’s substantive speeches If the poll were redone now, managing editor of the Paulist online site Pope Benedict’s two encyclicals on hope and and homilies will “require reading and Father Reese said, “the pope’s approval BustedHalo.com, said the immediate impact love and now, of course, they can read his rereading.” rating should skyrocket.” †

contains important truths and identifying “The Bible is seen by the vast majority who reported reading the Bible most often BIBLE oneself as Christian did not correlate as of the population as a source of truth, as did not have a significantly greater continued from page 1 closely with reports of actually reading the the source of a message that has knowledge of its contents than those who Bible on one’s own, he said. something to do with one’s life,” he said. did not read the Bible often. praying with the Scriptures; reading, The differences, Diotallevi said, The other interesting thing, he said, is Biblical knowledge was tested by reading books with a religious theme— “indicated that reading the Bible is a habit that those who took a “fundamentalist” asking these questions: Are the Gospels including fiction—participating in religious one acquires through imitation,” rather than approach to the Bible, affirming that it is part of the Bible? Did Jesus write one of services and being involved in a Church- simply conviction. the “direct word of God” and must be the books of the Bible? Was Paul or related group were the most predictive In the nine countries, he said, “the sense taken literally, were not those who knew Moses a figure from the Old Testament? factors. that God is near is anything but extinct and the Bible best. Which of the following wrote a Gospel: Praying often, believing the Bible religious practice is anything but marginal. And, Diotallevi said, the U.S. residents Luke? John? Paul? Peter? †

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By John Shaughnessy previously spent most of his career in Cindy, try to model for their 14-year-old Christ Renews His Parish,” Casper says. the area of manufacturing management. twin daughters, Katie and Kassie. “It was a good time to step back and see From the first day, Mark Casper knew Yet his connection to St. Elizabeth kept “I was born and raised Catholic, one what you were doing with your time.” that he had made the right decision in growing deeper and deeper during the of nine children,” Casper says. “My A key part of his time now as agency taking his new job. year he served on the advisory council parents were very active in the Church director is trying to raise funds and “My first day on the job, a young for the agency that also provides and the community. We lived in a house making the most of the funds the agency couple picked up a baby they were counseling and supported living for where we were shown to give back does raise, especially during today’s adopting,” Casper recalls. “All you have challenging economic times. to do is see that and you know the work “We want to be good stewards in you’re doing is rewarding. You see a using the resources we get,” he says. baby go to a good home and a young He already recognizes his staff as the couple happy, and you know it’s been a ‘Being a Catholic isn’t just about most valuable resource he has. good day.” “You can see the passion they have Since that memorable start on going to church on Sunday. It’s about for the work they do,” he says. “They April 7, the other days have also been taking the gifts God gave you and care about people. It makes all the going well for Casper, the new agency using them to help others.’ challenges of raising funds worthwhile.” director of St. Elizabeth-Catholic Casper will make a difference as Charities in New Albany. Among its agency director, according to many missions, the agency offers a —Mark Casper David Siler, executive director of the residence and counseling to women who archdiocese’s Secretariat for Catholic are experiencing crisis pregnancies. It’s Charities and Family Ministries. also a licensed adoption agency in “He knows the agency,” Siler says. Indiana and Kentucky. developmentally disabled people. whatever you can to help others. It’s “He knows the opportunities and the “It’s critical that the quality of our “I was looking forward to doing something my wife and I have always challenges ahead of him. He brings an services be top-notch,” Casper says. something different than manufacturing tried to show our children through our experience in fundraising that’s a much “We’re dealing with a whole lot of people and this was a good fit,” he says. “The work in our parish.” needed asset of the job.” who are our future. Children are our mission appealed to me. The work we The Caspers are members of Casper realizes he’s at a time and a future. They’re the ones you want to do here is great work—helping others Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Jeffer- place in his life where his work and his make sure you’re helping and protecting who are less fortunate and often can’t sonville. The twins are in the eighth-grade faith are united. first.” help themselves.” at the parish school. Their father received a “Being a Catholic isn’t just about Working in a setting marked by It’s an approach to life that Casper different kind of education through one of going to church on Sunday,” he says. young mothers, babies and diapers is a learned from his parents. It’s an the parish’s programs. “It’s about taking the gifts God gave you change for the 47-year-old Casper. He approach to life that he and his wife, “A few years back, I went through and using them to help others.” † Nearly 600 students to graduate at Catholic colleges in ar chdiocese

Criterion staff report which provides education about the Amphitheater on campus. Commencement week activities will Holocaust to school children and adults. A The commencement address will be begin with a visit and a talk by Students, families and educators will survivor of the concentration camp at given by the Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) on join in the celebration as the three Catholic Auschwitz, she will receive an honorary United States, Arturo Sarukhan. Three May 4 on campus. colleges in the archdiocese hold their Doctor of Humane Letters from the people will receive honorary degrees from graduation ceremonies in May. college. Marian College. Saint Meinrad School of Theology The college will also honor Donald E. Sarukhan will receive an honorary Forty-six students are expected to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Smith with an honorary Doctor of Doctor of International Relations degree. receive master’s degrees when A survivor of the Holocaust, Eva Mozes Humane Letters degree. He has served as Marian College will also present Saint Meinrad School of Theology holds Kor will share a message of hope and president and as a member of the honorary degrees to William A. Cook and its commencement at 2 p.m. central time forgiveness when she delivers the Alliance for Growth and Progress and the Mary McNulty Young. on May 10. commencement address at Saint Mary-of- Greater Terre Haute Chamber of Cook is the chief executive officer of The ceremony will take place in the the-Woods College on May 3. Commerce. Cook Group Inc. in Bloomington. He will archabbey’s St. Bede Theater, where The commencement for more than This will be the 167th commencement receive an honorary Doctor of Business graduates will receive degrees that include 160 members of the graduating class will ceremony for the college. degree. Master of Divinity, Master of Theological begin at 2 p.m. in the Cecilian Young will receive an honorary Studies, Master of Arts in Catholic Auditorium of the college’s Conservatory Marian College Doctor of Humanities degree. A retired Philosophical Studies, and Master of Arts of Music. More than 380 students are expected Indianapolis attorney, she is an alumna and in Catholic Thought and Life. Kor is the founder and executive to graduate when Marian College holds a trustee of Marian College. She is also a The commencement address will be director of CANDLES Holocaust Museum its 71st annual commencement at 10 a.m. member of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish given by Bishop R. Walker Nickless of the and Education Center in Terre Haute, on May 10 in the Alan Whitehill Clowes in Indianapolis. Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa. † didyou know In 2007 the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Distribution Center in Indianapolis helped 32,650 people in their time of need. These deserving families received household items such as sofas, mattresses and box springs, blankets, clothing for adults and children, dinettes and major appliances. If you have household items to donate, please call 317-687-1006 to arrange pickup. Or you may drop them off at: Distribution Center 1201 E. Maryland St. Indianapolis, IN 46201 To help financially, send your check to: Society of St.Vincent de Paul P.O. Box 19133 Indianapolis, IN 46219 Or donate online! www.svdpindy.org To join our wonderful volunteers at the SVdP Distribution Center... call 317-687-8258. Page 4 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008

OPINION Parish Diary/Fr. Peter Daly Pope Benedict’s visit:

Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 It was very Catholic! Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher In my first parish, there was an elderly In Washington, we have a large Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus lady who always stopped on her way out of African-American Catholic community. Mass to give me her The Gospel choir started us off with the evaluation of the great spiritual “Plenty Good Room in My liturgy. Father’s Kingdom.” They were right. There Editorial If she liked it, she was plenty good room for every race, said, “That was nation, people and tongue. Catholic!” The liturgy was basically Pentecost. The night before There were lots of Holy Spirit songs, the papal Mass in including several versions of “Veni Creator Washington, I didn’t Spiritus” (“Come Holy Spirit”).

CNS photo/Bob Roller much feel like going. I The best rhythm was at the preparation was tired from a cold of the gifts when the choir sang in Spanish and allergies. But I figured that if the “Ven Espiritu Santo” by Jaime Cortez. It 81-year-old successor of St. Peter could had a complicated Afro-Caribbean-Latin come all the way across the Atlantic to visit drum beat. Even an aging Irishman like me us, the least I could do was go 50 miles up could not sit still. the road to say hello. As the bishops entered, the choir sang I am very glad that I did. “Ave Verum” by Mozart. I always cry when This was not my first papal liturgy. I I hear it. This time was no exception. was in Washington in 1979 when a young The pope entered the stadium to the Pope John Paul II arrived like a rock star great German hymn “Grosser Gott,” and celebrated Mass on the National Mall. known to us as “Holy God We Praise Thy People listen as Pope Benedict XVI addresses the United Nations General Assembly in As a seminarian in Rome in the early Name.” New York on April 18. 1980s, I saw many a papal liturgy. Later, as Everybody sang. With 45,000 voices, a student priest, I assisted with the Spirit was definitely “in the house.” Communion at papal Masses. I have been After Communion, Placido Domingo to World Youth Day twice. But seeing the sang “Panis Angelicus.” The stadium The natural law pope is always a thrill. fell silent. Priests around me welled up My parishioners at St. John Vianney with tears. Even the pope stood and ope Benedict XVI has spoken moralities, “these have never amounted Parish were very excited. We had gave Domingo an ovation and Pfrequently lately about the to anything like a total difference. If 175 tickets distributed by lottery. When we blessing. natural law. anyone will take the trouble to compare boarded the buses at dawn, they were The pope struck exactly the right tone in He spoke at length about it in an the moral teaching of, say, the ancient chatty. I was sleepy. On the way up, we his homily. He was encouraging and address last October to the Vatican’s Egyptians, Babylonians, Hindus, prayed the rosary. correcting, pastoral and probing. His International Theological Commission, Chinese, Greeks and Romans, what will I perked up at the stadium. It was the mention of the victims of child abuse by again in his World Day of Peace really strike him will be how very like music that got me going. the clergy was necessary. It was an message on Jan. 1, returned to the they are to each other and to our own.” The sight lines from my seat in left field important step toward healing an open subject on Jan. 7 in his annual address It’s true that some of those were poor. The canopy over the altar wound. to the diplomats accredited to the civilizations practiced human sacrifice platform blocked my view of the jumbo The fact that he spoke in Spanish as Holy See, and mentioned it in his talk to their gods, which seems contrary to TV. I could barely see the pope between well as English was an appropriate at the United Nations in New York on natural law (as do suicide bombings the heads in front of me, but the sound recognition that the U.S. Catholic Church April 18. today), but generally all societies have system was great, and the choirs were just is increasingly Latino. What is the natural law? Perhaps condemned murder, adultery, robbery to my left. When I walked out of the stadium, I was St. Paul expressed it most simply when and injustices of all types. The music was perfect. It was a mixture transformed. Even the weather was perfect. he wrote to the Romans that even those All this might seem obvious to us, of styles and tempos. It ran the spectrum of I thought of that elderly lady from my who have not heard of the law of but, unfortunately, there always seem to liturgical music from Gospel to Gregorian first parish and said, “That was Catholic!” Moses, the Ten Commandments, still be people who deny that humans share chant, meringue to Mozart. Its variety know what is right and wrong because a common morality—which, of course, reflected the diversity of the Catholic (Father Peter Daly writes for Catholic “what the law requires is written on is why Lewis began his teachings about Church in America. News Service.) † their hearts” (Rom 2:15). Christianity by talking about the natural In his address at the United Nations, law. Today, some prominent leaders Pope Benedict said something similar assert that morality is completely when he said that human rights “are subjective and it’s up to each individual Letter to the Editor based on the natural law inscribed on to come up with his or her own sense human hearts and present in different of morality. That’s the false philosophy Restoring priorities will help the cultures and civilizations.” of moral relativism that Pope Benedict It’s the standard by which human has been combating even before he was Church move forward in its mission beings know, by the use of their reason, elected pope. what actions are right and what actions He told the theologians in that During his recent visit to the its perverse values on an otherwise are wrong. The Catechism of the address last October, “Today’s civil and United States, Pope Benedict XVI innocent Church. Catholic Church says, “The natural law secular society is in a situation of showed us what it means to stand on It happened because the vast majority expresses the original moral sense which confusion. The original evidence for the principle and speak the truth in love. of Catholics, including a sizable number enables man to discern by reason the foundations of human beings and of Though he radiated joy and inspired of lukewarm bishops, either ignored or good and the evil, the truth and the lie” their ethical behavior has been lost, and millions with his quiet charisma, he de-emphasized the Church’s teaching on (#1954). the doctrine of natural moral law didn’t hesitate to express his most urgent sexual morality. To put it bluntly, we The United States Catholic clashes with other concepts that run pastoral concern. Quite simply, he wants allowed chastity to take a back seat to Catechism for Adults adds, “Through directly contrary to it. All this has no more priestly sex scandals. social justice. our human reason, we can come to enormous consequences in civil and Summing it up for reporters, he said, If misplaced priorities are the understand the true purpose of the social order.” “I am deeply ashamed, and we will do problem, then restored priorities are the created order. The natural law is thus To be clear, we cannot rely solely on what is possible so this cannot happen cure. That is why we should worry less our rational appreciation of the divine the natural law when it comes to again in the future.” about managing the effects of this crisis plan. It expresses our human dignity doctrines of our faith. We cannot reason He also made it clear that, as and more about confronting its causes— and is the foundation of our basic our way to the truths of our faith that Catholics, we are all in this thing less about imposing bureaucratic human rights and duties. This law have been revealed by God—the together. So we are faced with a initiatives after the fact and more about within us leads us to choose the good Trinity, Incarnation and Redemption, question: What steps should we take to establishing a culture of chastity before that it reveals” (p. 327). for example, or belief in Jesus’ honor the Holy Father’s wishes? the fact. Back in the 1940s, when the presence in the Eucharist. So far, we have relied on and, it An ounce of faithful teaching in our Anglican apologist, professor and The natural law applies to morality would seem, plan to continue with what homes, schools, churches and seminaries novelist C. S. Lewis was putting rather than to revealed doctrine. strategists call the “juridical” approach. is worth a ton of zero tolerance policies. together broadcasts that eventually Furthermore, Catholics believe that Some, for example, are That should not surprise us. We are, became his masterpiece Revelation through Jesus both recommending changes in canon law to after all, supposed to be in the business Mere Christianity, he began with a transcends and fulfills the natural law. give victims more opportunities to come of saving souls and building saints. discussion of right and wrong. His first Nevertheless, Pope Benedict has forward. Others are asking for more If we can rededicate ourselves to that broadcast, and later first chapter in the repeatedly proposed natural law in and sophisticated law enforcement. noble mission, we will have little cause book, was titled “The Law of Human of itself as a common ground where To be sure, these are important steps, to worry about sex scandals. Nature.” He said, “This law was called peoples of various faiths or no faith at but are they enough? More to the point, Stephen L. Bussell the Law of Nature because people all can come together to order society whatever happened to the “preventative” Indianapolis thought that everyone knew it by nature and its laws in such a way as to best approach? and did not need to be taught it.” serve the common good. Let’s not kid ourselves. Our clergy (Editor’s Note: For more information He pointed out that, although did not fall from grace because adminis- about what the Archdiocese of civilizations sometimes had different —John F. Fink trators were incompetent or even Indianapolis is doing to protect children, because the world intruded itself and log on to http://archindy.org/abuse.) The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B.

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Fifth-graders’ study of holy orders leads to lots of questions

ast week, I wrote about religious that I wanted to do that. you graduate from college. If you begin as a bishop there, he asked me to become vocations with a focus on Maddie asked, “How old were you when priesthood studies after regular college, it the archbishop of Indianapolis. Lipriesthood. This week, I have you decided to devote your life to God?” takes six more years. Nick, it takes all this Corbin asked, “Once you are better, do before me a collection of letters from Maddie, when I finally decided I was time because there is so much to learn, and you plan to be a cardinal or maybe a fifth-graders from St. Simon the Apostle 21, but I started in the seminary a few years because you have to become personally and pope?” School in Indianapolis, who are studying before that. spiritually mature. No, I don’t plan on that, Corbin. Nor is it about holy orders. Erin asked, “Why did you choose to be a David asked, “How many times can you at all likely. They have questions they want me to priest? receive holy orders?” Meehan asked, “Have you ever met the answer, many of them focusing on my I became a priest because I believed David, like baptism and confirmation, pope?” being a bishop. The students said they are strongly that God wanted me to be a priest we can receive holy orders only once. I have met both Pope John Paul II and praying for my recovery from cancer. as my way of loving him, helping other Ordination to the priesthood joins one to Pope Benedict XVI several times. Meehan, Two students mentioned that their people spiritually and serving those in need. Christ in a special way that is unrepeatable. they were and are very down-to-earth and mothers have cancer, too. Erin, I wanted to serve God and other Kelly asked, “Why did you decide to easy to meet. Alan started his letter by asking, people because I love the Church. become a bishop?” I want the rest of you fifth-graders to “How are you feeling?” Olivia asked, “Did you always know you I really didn’t make that decision on my know I enjoyed your questions, too. I pray I am doing OK, and I’m glad because were going to be a priest?” own, Kelly. When I was appointed by that all of you will ask God what he wants soon I will have completed the chemo- Even when I was very young, I thought Pope John Paul II, I was surprised but of you in life. † therapy treatments. Then, daily for a I wanted to do that. But, Olivia, it took a decided it must be what God wants at this month, there will be radiation and full few years for me to be sure that was what time in my life. recovery. Thanks for asking, Alan. God and the Church wanted me to do. Rachel asked, “When you were little did Do you have an intention for Seth asked, “How often do you Madison asked, “Did you hear God you want to be a bishop?” Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? pray?” calling to you to become a bishop?” To be honest, Rachel, no. I never would You may mail it to him at: Your question goes to the heart of the Madison, a priest is called to be a bishop have thought I would be named a bishop by matter, Seth. Unless we pray, we don’t by the pope. When Pope John Paul II asked the Holy Father. Archbishop Buechlein’s know what God wants us to do during me to become a bishop, I believed God was Sam asked, “Did it take you more than a Prayer List life. I pray every day, an hour in the calling me through him. I was surprised, but year to become an archbishop?” Archdiocese of Indianapolis morning and another half-hour in the I figured it was God’s will. Sam, after I was ordained a priest, I 1400 N. Meridian St. evening. But all during the day, I also say Natalie asked, “Did you have to study or served 23 years before the Holy Father P.O. Box 1410 short prayers asking God to help me do go to a special school to become a asked me to become the bishop of Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 what I need to do. bishop?” Memphis. Then, after five years of serving Elise asked, “How did you find out Once you are ordained a priest, school is you wanted to devote your life to God?” not required to become a bishop, Natalie. Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for May There are a couple of ways, Elise. Nick asked, “How long does it take to First, as I mentioned above, I prayed for receive holy orders?” Seminarians: that they will be faithful to prayer and study , and persevere in their guidance. I also talked to a priest, and I If you are ready to start in a seminary desire to serve God and the Church as priests. observed what a priest does and decided college, it takes four years of theology after

El estudio del Orden de los alumnos de quinto grado genera muchas pr eguntas a semana pasada escribí sobre las hacer eso. universidad. Si comienzas los estudios de en el arzobispo de Indianápolis. vocaciones religiosas, haciendo Maddie pregunta: “¿Cuántos años tenía sacerdocio después de la universidad Corbin pregunta: “Cuando esté mejor, Lénfasis en el sacerdocio. Esta cuando decidió dedicar su vida a Dios?” regular, toma seis años más. Nick: toma ¿planea hacerse cardenal o tal vez papa?” semana tengo delante de mí una colección Maddie, cuando finalmente me decidí todo este tiempo porque hay demasiado que No, no planeo eso, Corbin. Ni tampoco de cartas de los alumnos de quinto grado tenía 21 años, pero comencé en el seminario aprender y porque tienes que madurar es probable. de la escuela St. Simon the Apostle en unos cuantos años antes de eso. espiritualmente y como persona. Meehan pregunta: “¿Se ha reunido Indianápolis, quienes están estudiando el Erin pregunta: “¿Por qué eligió ser David preguntó: “¿Cuántas veces se alguna vez con el papa?” Orden Sagrado. sacerdote?” puede recibir el Orden sagrado?” Me he reunido varias veces tanto con el Tienen preguntas que quieren que Me hice sacerdote porque creía David, al igual que el bautismo y la Papa Juan Pablo II, como con el Papa responda; muchas de ellas se concentran firmemente que Dios quería que lo fuera confirmación, sólo podemos recibir el Benedicto XVI. Meehan, son personas en mí como obispo. Los estudiantes me como mi forma de amarlo, ayudar Orden sagrado una vez. La ordenación en el muy sensatas y es fácil reunirse con ellos. cuentan que rezan para que me recupere espiritualmente a otras personas y servir a sacerdocio nos une a Cristo de una forma A los demás alumnos de quinto grado del cáncer. Dos mencionan que sus los necesitados. Erin, yo quería servir a Dios especial que es irrepetible. quiero que sepan que también disfruté sus madres también tienen cáncer. y a los demás porque amo la Iglesia. Kelly pregunta: “¿Por qué decidió preguntas. Rezo para que todos ustedes le Alan comienza su carta Olivia pregunta: “¿Siempre supo que iba convertirse en obispo?” pregunten a Dios que desea de ustedes en la preguntándome: “¿Cómo se siente?” a ser sacerdote?” En realidad yo no tomé esa decisión por vida. † Estoy bastante bien y contento porque Aún desde muy joven pensaba que mi cuenta, Kelly. Cuando fui nombrado por pronto habré terminado mi tratamiento de quería serlo. Pero me tomó varios años, el Papa Juan Pablo II, estaba sorprendido quimioterapia. Luego de eso recibiré Olivia, para estar seguro de que eso era lo pero decidí que eso debía ser lo que Dios ¿Tiene una intención que desee radiación diariamente durante un mes y que Dios y la Iglesia querían que hiciera. quería en ese momento de mi vida. incluir en la lista de oración del empezará mi total recuperación. Gracias Madison pregunta: “¿Escuchó que Dios Rachel pregunta: “Cuando era pequeño Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar por preguntar, Alan. lo llamaba a convertirse en obispo?” ¿quería ser obispo?” su correspondencia a: Seth pregunta: “¿Qué tan Madison, el Papa llama a los sacerdotes Para ser honesto, Rachel, no. Nunca frecuentemente reza?” para que se conviertan en obispos. Cuando habría pensado que el Santo Padre me Lista de oración del Arzobispo Tu pregunta toca la esencia del asunto, el Papa Juan Pablo II me pidió que me nombraría obispo. Buechlein Seth. A menos que recemos, no sabemos convirtiera en obispo creí que era el llamado Sam pregunta: “¿Le tomó más de un año Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis qué quiere Dios que hagamos en la vida. de Dios por medio de él. Me sorprendió, hacerse arzobispo?” 1400 N. Meridian St. Rezo todos los días: una hora en la pero me figuré que era la voluntad de Dios. Sam, luego de ordenarme como P.O. Box 1410 mañana y otra media hora en la noche. Natalie pregunta: “¿Tuvo que estudiar o sacerdote, serví durante 23 años antes de Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 Pero a lo largo del día también rezo ir a una escuela especial para convertirse en que el Santo Padre me pidiera que me pequeñas oraciones pidiéndole a Dios que obispo?” convirtiera en el obispo de Memphis. me ayude a cumplir con mis deberes. Una vez que uno se ordena como Después de servir allí durante cinco años Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, Elise pregunta: “¿Cómo se dio cuenta sacerdote no es necesario ir a la escuela para como obispo, me pidió que me convirtiera Language Training Center, Indianapolis. de que quería dedicar su vida a Dios?” convertirse en obispo, Natalie. De dos formas, Elise. Primero, como Nick preguntó: “¿Cuánto tiempo toma La intención de vocaciones del Ar zobispo Buechlein para mayo mencioné anteriormente, rezaba para recibir el Orden sagrado?” obtener orientación. También hablé con Cuando se está listo para comenzar en Seminaristas: ¡Que ellos sean fieles a la oración y estudien, y continúen en su deseo un sacerdote; observaba lo que hacían una universidad seminarista, toma cuatro de servir a Dios y la Iglesia como sacerdotes! los sacerdotes y decidí que yo quería años de teología después de graduarse de la Page 6 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 Events Calendar May 2 Catholic Charismatic Renewal e-mail [email protected]. Information: 317-291-5376. Doddapaneni, presenter, [email protected]. of Central Indiana (CCRCI), 6:30 p.m., no charge. Our Lady of the Most May 7 Holy Rosary Church, First Friday Mass, teaching, MKVS, Divine Mercy and Registration: 317-782-4422. St. Barnabas Parish, House of Ritz Charles, 12156 N. Meridian 520 Stevens St., Indianapolis. 7 p.m., Mass, 7:30 p.m. Glorious Cross Center, Rexville, Joseph, 523 Fabyan Road, St., Indianapolis. “Hats Off to May 10 Lumen Dei meeting, Mass, Information: 317-592-1992 or located on 925 South, .8 mile Indianapolis. Evening for Spring” style show and St. Joseph Church, 312 E. High 6:30 a.m., breakfast and program e-mail [email protected]. east of 421 South and 12 miles Divorced/Separated and luncheon, benefits Little Sisters St., Corydon. Pentecost Day of at Priori Hall, Sean Gallagher, south of Versailles. Confession, Widowed Singles of the May 3 of the Poor and St. Augustine Reflection, Passionist Father reporter and columnist for 1 p.m., Mass, 2 p.m., on third South Deanery, 6:15-8 p.m. Meridian Hills Country Club, Home for the Aged, social, Bernie Weber, presenter, light The Criterion, Sunday holy hour and pitch-in, Information: 317-919-8186 or “Seeking Holiness 7099 Spring Mill Road, Indian- 11:30 a.m., lunch, noon, $35 per lunch, no charge. Information: groups of 10 pray the new e-mail [email protected]. in the Workplace,” presenter, apolis. Second annual person. Reservations: 317-843- 812-738-2742. $10 members, $15 guests. Marian Way, 1 p.m., Father Franciscan Foundation for Elmer Burwinkel, celebrant. 0524. Information: 317-919-5316 or Saint Meinrad Archabbey, the Holy Land’s Indiana Information: 812-689-3551. St. Roch Parish, Family Center, e-mail LumenDei@ fundraising dinner, Archbishop St. Mary Parish, 317 N. New 3603 S. 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Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Mini-Marathon, 6 p.m. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, mation: 317-876-5425 or e-mail House, 5353 E. 56th St., Indian- May 12 Information: 317-236-1490 or 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. [email protected]. May 8 apolis. Catholic Charismatic St. Francis Hospital, 8111 S. e-mail [email protected]. Monte Cassino Pilgrimage, St. Francis Heart Center, 8111 S. Renewal of Central Indiana Emerson Ave, Indianapolis. “Mary’s Remembrance of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, Emerson Ave., Indianapolis. (CCRCI), Pentecost Mass of Workshop for women with Benedict Inn Retreat and Things Past,” Benedictine Father 6000 W. 34th St., Indianapolis. “Heart Matters: What Every Renewal, 2:30 p.m., wear red cancer, “Look Good, Feel Conference Center, 1402 Germain Swisshelm, 2 p.m. “Catholics Returning Home,” Woman Should Know About clothing. Information: Better,” noon-2 p.m. Southern Ave., Beech Grove. 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Retreats and Programs $15 per person, children 5 and under no charge. June 6-8 Information: 800-581-6905 or e-mail Information: 317-545-7681 or Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. [email protected]. www.archindy.org/fatima. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Tobit Weekend,” June 18 May 2-3 marriage preparation program for engaged Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, 22143 Main St., couples. Information: 317-317-545-7681 or “Evensong,” 4-5 p.m. Information: 812-933- 56th St., Indianapolis. Silent non-guided Oldenburg. “Men’s Golf Retreat,” www.archindy.org/fatima. 6437 or e-mail [email protected]. reflection day, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $25 per person Information: 812-933-6437 or e-mail June 8 includes breakfast and lunch. Information: 317- [email protected]. May 16-18 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 545-7681 or www.archindy.org/fatima. May 2-4 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pre Cana Program,” June 20-22 “Tobit Weekend,” marriage preparation program for engaged Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, 56th St., Indianapolis. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, couples. Information: 317-236-1596 or 800-382- St. Meinrad. “Simplicity Retreat Revised: A marriage preparation program for engaged St. Meinrad. “The Church after Vatican II: 9836, ext. 1596. Way of Life,” Benedictine Father Noël Mueller, couples. Information: 317-545-7681 or Discover the Buried Treasure,” Benedictine presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or e-mail www.archindy.org/fatima. June 9-11 Father Jeremy King and Benedictine Father [email protected]. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Benet Amato, presenters. Information: 800-581- Mount St. Francis Center for Spirituality, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. Sixth annual 6905 or e-mail [email protected]. 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount St. Francis. Mount St. Francis Center for Spirituality, “Garden Retreat: Finding Your Secret June 22-28 “Women’s Retreat with Sister Margarita,” Garden,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $45 per person 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount St. Francis. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Information: 812-923-8817. includes breakfast, lunch and dessert. “Serenity Retreat,” Passionist Father Francis 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “A Information: 317-788-7581 or e-mail Cusack, presenter. Information: 812-923-8817. May 18 Monastic Community Retreat: Living the [email protected]. May 4 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Benedictine Spirit in our World–Values, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pre Cana Program,” June 13-15 Relationships and Prayer,” Father Noah 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pre Cana Program,” marriage preparation program for engaged Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Casey, presenter, $425 per person, $50 fee for marriage preparation program for engaged couples. Information: 317-236-1596 or 800-382- St. Meinrad. “When Joy Abounds,” registration due June 13. Information: 317-788- couples. Information: 317-236-1596 or 800-382- 9836, ext. 1596. Benedictine Father Noël Mueller, presenter. 7581 or e-mail [email protected]. † 9836, ext. 1596. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. May 6 56th St., Indianapolis. “The Gospel of Mount St. Francis Center for Spirituality, John 101,” Father Keith Hosey, presenter, Christian unity prayer services 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount St. Francis. 7-9 p.m., free. Information: 317-545-7681 or “Mary and the Eucharist–New Ark of the www.archindy.org/fatima. Covenant,” Conventual Franciscan Father Troy to be held in Indianapolis Overton, presenter, 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. May 19 Information: 812-923-8817. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. The Church Federation of prayer service at the Church of Acts, 56th St., Indianapolis. Day of Reflection, Greater Indianapolis is sponsoring a week 3740 S. Dearborn St., in Indianapolis. May 9-10 “The Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary,” of prayer for Christian unity in early On May 7, the prayer service will focus Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Father Keith Hosey, presenter, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., May during the days leading up to on poverty and take place at Chapel Hill 56th St., Indianapolis. “The Blessings of $35 per person. Information: 317-545-7681 or Pentecost. United Methodist Church, 963 N. Motherhood,” Benedictine Sister Paula Hagen, www.archindy.org/fatima. Prayer services will be held each night Girls School Road, in Indianapolis. presenter, $75 per person. Information: 317-545- from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on May 5-9 at On May 8, prayers about peacemaking 7681 or www.archindy.org/fatima. May 30-June 1 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, churches in Indianapolis. will be offered during a service at May 9-11 St. Meinrad. “Aging Gracefully (Revised): A Each prayer service will focus on St. George Orthodox Church, 4020 N. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Retreat for 60s and Over,” Benedictine Father different issues around which Christians Sherman Ave., in Indianapolis. St. Meinrad. “The Journey, the Battle and the Noël Mueller, presenter. Information: 800-581- from various traditions can find common The services will culminate on May 9 Marriage: The Three Great Metaphors of the 6905 or e-mail [email protected]. ground. with a prayer service focusing on Christian Spiritual Life,” Benedictine Brother Christian May 31 On May 5, the prayer service will focus unity at St. Mary Church, 317 N. Raab, presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or on education, educators and students, and New Jersey St., in Indianapolis. e-mail [email protected]. Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center, 8210 W. State Road 48, Bloomington. Vocation take place at Covenant Christian Church, For more information about the week of May 11 retreat for young men, “The Call to the 5640 Cooper Road, in Indianapolis. prayer for Christian unity, call 317-926- Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Religious Life in Priesthood,” 9 a.m.-5 p.m. On May 6, families and at-risk children 5371 or send an e-mail to 56th St., Indianapolis. “Mother’s Day Mass Information: 812-825-4742 or e-mail and youths will be highlighted during the [email protected]. † and Brunch,” Mass, 10 a.m., breakfast, [email protected]. Catholic Former St. Barnabas pastor chaplains’ to celebrate 50th anniversary conference Retired Father Joseph McNally will Irish theme, people are encouraged to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his wear green. Bishop Randolph Calvo of priestly ordination on May 3 at People who are unable to come but Reno, Nev., episcopal liaison Submitted photo/Laurie Hansen Cardona St. Barnabas Parish, 8300 Rahke Road, would like to honor Father McNally can to the National Association of in Indianapolis. send him a card at 219 E. Eagle Drive, Catholic Chaplains, greets Father McNally Nineveh, IN 46164. † newly certified chaplains and served as pastor of clinical pastoral education St. Barnabas Parish supervisors during a Mass as from 1989 until his part of the April 5-8 conference Correction retirement in 2002. held in Indianapolis. Catholic The festivities will In the April 25 issue of The Criterion, chaplains from throughout the begin at 5 p.m. with the date for the celebration of the U.S. formed the choir led by Mass at the parish 50th anniversary of Father Harold Carey Landry, a chaplain at church. A reception Ripperger’s priestly ordination was St. Vincent-Carmel Hospital in will follow at incorrectly listed as May 18. His Carmel, Ind., for conference Sciarra Hall. anniversary celebration is scheduled liturgies. Since the celebration will have an on May 17. † The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 Page 7 Teenager creates commemorative DVD for parish’s 150th anniversary

By John Shaughnessy intrigued him. They told him Ben especially remembers 2 ½ hours long, offering a When they hear the story about a time when Mass was talking to some of the Sisters view of a small parish in a of what 17-year-old Ben Doll regularly celebrated in Latin, Submitted photo of St. Francis who taught at small town that has left a has done for his parish, when Catholic schools were the parish school. large impact on its parish- nearly everyone views it as a led by religious sisters, when “They talked about how ioners, past and present. remarkable example of the faith connected people at they enjoyed being at Every parishioner has way many teenagers today every turn in their lives. St. Anthony’s, how they were received a free copy. use their gifts for their faith. “Faith seemed to be a inspired by God to do his Schrimpf says Ben “has Just don’t expect that larger part of their lives back work,” he says. made a wonderful contri- reaction from Ben. then,” Ben says. “It was the Ben shares that same sense bution to the preservation of Blessed with a sharp sense focus of their lives. Every- of faith. the American Catholic of humor, Ben uses that thing happened at the church. “Everything comes from experience.” approach to downplay If someone’s house burned God,” he says. “I think people Ben prefers to give the anything special he has done. down, if someone needed are forgetting that today. credit to all the people who Instead of emphasizing his help in the fields, people They’re forgetting who gave have contributed to the faith story, he prefers to focus on helped each other out. They them their gifts. That’s where I life of the parish for the stories he captured and didn’t hire a contractor. get my ability for technology. 150 years and counting. recorded while creating a “They talked about the The biggest thing is to keep “We wouldn’t have tribute to a faith community church picnic. And how God in your mind.” anything if it wasn’t for the that has lasted 150 years. everyone dressed in their He also credits the faith hard work of the people from The reality is that both Sunday best when they went influence of his parents, Jake our past,” he says. “We think sides of the story are special. to church. And no one walked and Carolyn Doll. They set the it’s important to preserve this Like most American out of Mass after example for putting their faith piece of history. We’re teenagers, Ben lives in an age Communion.” into action. He tries to follow looking back 150 years. It’s where cell phones and Ben’s mother, it. something we want to be computers are considered to Carolyn Doll, noticed the “I serve at Mass. I help at around forever.” be necessary and vital parts impact the project had on her Ben Doll, a member of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Morris, spent the festival. I help whatever of life. son. plenty of time at his computer to produce a DVD marking the way I can,” says Ben, the (The DVD about the history of “Walking around with “He’d talk about the parish’s 150th anniversary. oldest of six children. “We St. Anthony of Padua Parish your cell phone, you’re never people and what they said scraped sidewalks when there in Morris costs $8. Those separated from the world,” and did,” she recalls. “You them, but you don’t hear their got to interview these people, was ice. It’s the things that interested in purchasing a says Ben, a senior at know how you know people stories of growing up. It was he’d come home and say, keep a parish running.” DVD should call the parish Batesville High School. in your parish. You talk to wonderful for him. When he ‘Mom, this is so cool.’ ” As for the DVD, it runs office at 812-934-6218.) † Yet, beginning in late 2006, Ben was asked to help with a project intended to make a deeper connection—a connection that would cross time and generations for a heartfelt story of faith. In 2006, St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Morris in the Batesville Deanery celebrated its 150th anniversary. As part of the celebration, parish leaders wanted to create a DVD that would capture and preserve the history of the parish. It was an effort that required a range of responsi- bilities, from copying photos from the parish’s past to recording interviews with many of the older members of the parish. Parishioners turned to Ben, a teenager known for his talents in computer technology. He completed the project earlier this year. “He accepted a huge responsibility and he never disappointed us,” says Joanne Schrimpf, the chairperson for the 150th anniversary celebration of the parish. “Ben scheduled multiple interviews with parishioners. One team. He was gathering a unique and clear picture of Catholic Indiana history as told to him Unmatched capabilities. by his fellow Hoosiers.” He also edited the photos One name to know. and videos, put them to music and worked with computer companies to get The St. Francis Colorectal Cancer Center. We’re the DVD created. nationally recognized for our lifesaving outcomes, “He was a one-man production team, acting as and distinguished by our unique single-team approach producer, director, editor, to care. Our physician experts work across disciplines writer and overall equipment lugger,” Schrimpf says. to provide our patients with truly comprehensive Ben just describes the treatments. We aggressively manage every stage and whole experience as “cool”— aspect of colon cancer. We have a dedicated Patient a great way to hear stories from a world that he has Navigator to hold each patient’s hand along the way. never known. And we never lose faith. In his interviews with the oldest members of the parish, Ben learned that they had grown up in a time when a Colon cancer is preventable—if caught early. telephone operator had to place a phone call for people. Call 1-877-888-1777 today for your FREE screening guide. He also learned that they lived in a time when huge blocks of ice were used to refrigerate food. Their insights into their faith experience also Page 8 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 White House summit examines plight of urban, faith-based schools

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Educators, school lobbyists, called attention to tax credits, and business and government representatives gathered at a particularly Pennsylvania’s White House summit on April 24 to examine ways to Educational Improvement reverse the trend of faith-based schools being closed in Tax Credit, a program in which U.S. cities. businesses can contribute to Although the term “faith-based schools” was used school scholarship programs for throughou / @ ÿ om a variety of religious low-income students. schools were present, the majority of attendees represented The president also

Catholic schools, and many of the presentations focused on highlighted innovative Catholic CNS photo/Chris Greenberg, courtesyWhite House of the benefit these schools provide, the reality of their school programs already in closing and steps already taken to keep them open. place, such as Cristo Rey The White House Summit on Inner-City Children and schools, which provide a Faith-Based Schools included several panel discussions and work-study program where an address by President George W. Bush, who told the high school students help pay group of about 250 participants at the Ronald Reagan their tuition; Jubilee Schools in Building and International Trade Center in Washington that Memphis, Tenn., where faith-based schools in America’s cities are “a critical eight Catholic schools that had national asset.” been closed have recently “We have an interest in the health of these institutions,” reopened; and the University of the president said, noting that he hoped the summit would Notre Dame’s Alliance for highlight the problem and let people know “it’s in the Catholic Education, known as country’s interest” to help these schools stay open. ACE, which places college President George W. Bush delivers remarks during a White House summit on inner-city education According to the National Catholic Educational graduates as volunteer teachers and faith-based schools on April 24 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. Association, enrollment in Catholic elementary schools has in Catholic schools. dropped 15 percent nationwide since 2001-02, and more At panel discussions later in the day, representatives urban areas,” and are “aware and have done extensive than 212 U.S. Catholic schools were closed or consolidated from these programs said they were glad to get recognition research into the success that we have had with our during the 2006-07 school year. White House officials and further explained the work their programs have done. children in the urban setting.” noted that from 2000 to 2006, nearly 1,200 inner-city faith- When asked by a moderator how they would explain B.J. Cassin, founder and chairman of the Cassin based schools closed, displacing about 425,000 students. their success, Mary McDonald, superintendent of Catholic Educational Initiative Foundation, a major supporter of In his half-hour address, the president outlined ways that schools in the Memphis Diocese, said donors came forward Cristo Rey schools, noted that there is “a reservoir of the federal and local governments could help faith-based to help Catholic schools in Memphis because they people” who are willing and “ready to invest” in schools schools, and also stressed the need for community and remembered what Catholic schools had done years ago to that help students in inner cities. business support. help children in cities and they “want them to do it again.” “Every school has a story behind it,” he said of the He mentioned a program that he proposed in his The Archdiocese of Indianapolis continues to serve the 19 schools that are currently part of the Cristo Rey State of the Union address in January that would provide educational needs of children in the center-city of Network, including Providence Cristo Rey High School in $300 million in scholarships to “children trapped in failing Indianapolis through the six schools that make up the Indianapolis, re-emphasizing the “wellspring of people” public schools.” Mother Theodore Catholic Academies (MTCA): supporting the endeavor. 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By Patricia Happel Cornwell the project would cost $1.4 million. Special to The Criterion “Unfortunately,” Shireman said, “inflation and major increases in the CORYDON—On April 13, a dream costs of copper, steel and other building of two decades became reality during a commodities have pushed our project

groundbreaking ceremony at St. Joseph total to $1,812,000. However, the Happel Cornwell Patricia Photo by Church in Corydon. A long-awaited decision has been made not to postpone parish hall is finally being built to serve the project any longer.” the Harrison County tri-parish Catholic In addition to individual community. contributions, funds were raised through Despite the cold and rain, 200 people spaghetti dinners, style shows, were on hand to see the first symbolic Mardi Gras lip-sync shows, card shovelfuls of dirt turned. Father Daniel tournaments, a book sale and a golf Atkins, pastor, said completion is tournament. expected by the end of 2008. Ironically, most of these events had to “We have witnessed major growth in be held in other facilities in Corydon our parish in the past five years,” said and Lanesville because of the lack of Joe Shireman, parish hall project space at St. Joseph. For several years, manager. “Our families today are more even luncheons following funerals at active than ever in fellowship and St. Joseph have been held at a Methodist faith-sharing.” church a mile away. The tri-parish includes 388 families Mike Bennett, a member of the at St. Joseph, and 75 families each at fundraising committee, told the jubilant St. Peter Parish in Harrison County crowd, “Turn to the person next to you and Most Precious Blood Parish in and thank them because everyone here St. Joseph parishioners join Father Daniel Atkins, pastor, at the groundbreaking for a long-awaited New Middletown, missions of made this happen.” parish hall in Corydon on April 13. The group who broke ground included project manager St. Joseph Parish since 1916. Parishioners’ sacrificial giving has Joe Shireman, left; architect Larry Timperman (hidden); fundraising committee members The new building will accommodate been sufficient to finish the building, but Ron Casabella and Mike Bennett; Father Atkins; parish finance chairman Ed Hoehn; parish council 40 ministries from Bible study groups, they need to raise $300,000 more for president Teresa King; and Heidi Imberi, the principal of St. Joseph School. funeral meals and committee meetings new kitchen equipment, bleachers and to religious education, youth ministry an elevator. The hall will have Guadalajara, Mexico, where he is One parishioner told him as he left, and school activities. Active ministries four multipurpose meeting rooms with studying Spanish and serving as a “When you get home, you won’t have more than tripled in the tri-parish retractable walls, a kitchen, storage sacramental minister until July. recognize this place!” † in recent years. Most evenings find areas, handicap-accessible restrooms and several groups meeting, some seated at a gymnasium. tables in the church narthex for lack of The new facility will connect the space. parish school and church. St. Joseph In 1896, St. Joseph’s first church was School principal Heidi Imberi said, “The erected at the corner of East High and children are excited because now they Mulberry streets in Corydon. The small will be able to go to church or to lunch clapboard structure has served as a without wearing coats.” meeting room and school cafeteria since Joining Father Atkins on a rainy St. Joseph’s modern brick church was Sunday to turn the first clumps of sod built in 1986. The old church will be were Shireman, Bennett, Imberi, parish demolished when the hall is completed. finance chairman Ed Hoehn, parish When the present church was council president Teresa King, dedicated, the need for a hall was fundraising committee member already being considered. Finally, in Ron Casabella and architect December 2004, a planning group was Larry Timperman. formed. The committee estimated that Father Atkins has returned to Pope praises Vatican prayer project to encourage priests and vocations VATICAN CITY (CNS)— promote perpetual eucharistic adoration Pope Benedict XVI has praised a Vatican “for the reparation of faults and sanctifi- initiative to cation of priests.” encourage That includes the spiritual reparation for eucharistic the damage caused by the sexual abuse of adoration for the children by priests and to uphold the holiness of priests, dignity of the victims, the cardinal said in a and recruit Jan. 4 interview with the Vatican “spiritual mothers” newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. to pray for priests One of the prayers released in mid-April and for vocations to invokes God’s support so that the priest’s the priesthood. commitment to celibacy is “a joyful and In an undated happy affirmation and a total dedication of letter sent to the myself to others.” Pope Benedict XVI Vatican’s Congre- Another prayer calls on Jesus, “the most gation for Clergy, which is promoting the powerful doctor of souls,” for healing, “so initiative, the pope said he is “grateful for that I may not fall back into evil, that I may the thoughtful gesture” and for suggestions flee from every sin” and “preserve my the congregation has put forward. chastity unstained.” In the letter, posted on the congre- A daily prayer asks sinning priests to gation’s Web site, the pope said he hoped show remorse and “weep bitterly over the “the love and devotion to the eucharistic evil we have done.” Jesus and devotion to Mary ... may give Catholics are asked to pray for priests, new fervor” to the life and apostolate of that they may speak God’s words, be priests. courageous in service and do good for all The clergy congregation released to people. journalists on April 22 a letter addressed to The Vatican’s clergy office emphasized the world’s priests from Cardinal Claudio the importance of prayer and eucharistic Hummes, congregation prefect, and adoration in being able to live in Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, congregation “full configuration to Christ. secretary. The letter details the intentions of “We cannot live, we cannot look at the the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctifi- truth about ourselves without letting cation of Priests on May 30 as well as ourselves be looked at and generated by some prayers that priests have been invited Christ in daily eucharistic adoration,” said to say. the letter. The project, launched on Dec. 8, 2007, The letter highlighted Mary’s special aims to highlight the link between the role as the mother of every priest and said Eucharist and the priesthood as well as priests “cannot do without a spiritual Mary’s special role as the mother of every motherhood for our priestly life.” priest. It called on the support of all Catholics, Cardinal Hummes and Archbishop and encouraged married, single and Piacenza had said that as part of a wider consecrated women to become “spiritual effort to address the challenges which mothers” and pray for priests and for priests are facing today, they wanted to vocations to the priesthood. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008

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• Diocese of Evansville money and build the parish Mooney Caroline B. Photo by • Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana life center; the church goal is • Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend five to seven years. If we get the money sooner, it will DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE help to facilitate the process.” Architects Mike Architectural plans are Montgomery and Stuart Godfrey, both of unveiled for St. John K.R. Montgomery and Associates, Inc., an Vianney Parish in Fishers architecture and interior design firm from Anderson, By Caroline B. Mooney spoke about the planning The Catholic Moment process. “We had town hall FISHERS—If prayers are answered, 109 acres that are meetings called ‘Postcards now an empty field will become home to a magnificent from the Future,’ on church and campus complex over the next 20 years. two different occasions,” St. John Vianney Parish, established in 2005, unveiled Montgomery said. “Parish- architectural plans at an evening celebrating the parish ioners were asked to think Parishioners Felix and Laurel Gorney look over the models unveiled for St. John Vianney Parish in vision on April 19. about visiting the parish for Fishers on April 19. “You couldn’t ask for more in a church,” Felix Gorney said of the plans. A medieval-style church building and parish life center the first time, and then were joined by cloistered walkways, a youth center, pre-kinder- to write down what they saw. All those ideas were Parishioner and building committee member garten through grade-eight school, a high school, rectory, grouped and looked at in the planning process.” Al Solomito said the plans started with a good idea, “built convent and athletic complex are part of the plans revealed “I have really been inspired by Father Dudzinski’s around how we want to worship. We have a blessing in to 260 parishioners and supporters of the parish. The site faith, passion and commitment,” Godfrey said. “The the architects—they are good Catholic architects. We is at State Road 238 and 126th Street in Fishers. Catholic identity and presence will be strong as you enter knew what we wanted and it’s been nice to talk to “I’m excited,” said Al Atherton, a founding member of the campus. The location of the church needs to be highly someone with a similar vision who can put it on paper. the parish. “This is a big milestone. The plans look great, visible and reinforces the idea of entering into a state of As Mother Angelica likes to say, ‘If we have faith, the like a lot of Catholic churches [that] I remember from worship. Plans include walkways with Stations of the finances will come. If we are good stewards of our when I was young.” Cross that will terminate into a grotto. We want to create finances, and if it’s God’s will, it will come.’ ” When St. John Vianney Parish was established, people an opportunity to have moments of reflection, spiritual His wife, Michelle Solomito, saw the plans for the met in homes for weekday and Sunday Masses. The parish thought and prayer.” first time and thought they were amazing. moved into a converted office building at Ethan Anthony of HDB/Cram & Ferguson, an “I met Father about 10 years ago, and when he was 14500 E. 136th St. in December 2005, and Father Brian architectural company from Boston, designed the moved to the new parish it was a natural progression for Dudzinski was formally installed as pastor on Jan. 8, proposed 1,500-seat church. us to join—it was perfect,” she said. “With the friendship 2006. There are 170 families currently registered. “The site plan concentrates on the church, it is the we had before with him before we had him as a pastor, At the celebration, Father Dudzinski said the center around which everything else is formed,” Anthony we have been blessed to follow him. We are blessed, too, parish vision is to do God’s will. said. “The parish life center and the church will be that Bishop [William G.] Higi had the foresight to acquire “We want to build God’s kingdom with God’s Church,” connected by cloistered walkways that go back to early this land before the parish was established. The diocese he said. “We started the campaign a year ago, and the monastic architecture. The church design is in a has been very helpful.” building committee has met every two weeks for the last cruciform, or cross shape, like that used during the “I knew about Father [Brian Dudzinski] from year. medieval period. As you enter into the church, you are following stories about him in The Catholic Moment,” “The architects have taken what the building committee entering into the body of Christ.” said parishioner Mary Beth Atherton. “I was excited said and all has been done through prayer and hard work,” The first time that Anthony went to the site of the new when he came [as associate pastor at St. Elizabeth Ann Father Dudzinski said. “We want to give honor and glory church with Father Dudzinski, “there was still a lot of Seton Church in Carmel]. He seemed very holy and to God, and we want God to be proud. … It’s not really corn there. Father Dudzinski pointed and said, ‘There’s spiritual. We followed him when the new parish started, the building, it’s the people, but the building will attract where I want the church.’ He wants to be sure that as you and had Sunday Masses in our home. The most we had the people and be a true place of devotion, prayer and drive in from [State Road 238], the first thing you see is was about 55 people. I still remember where the altar worship.” the church. was.” He said the time frame of the building plans is flexible “We want a very high elevation—55-foot high vaulted Felix and Laurel Gorney became parishioners of and contingent on money and on the people. Plans are to ceilings will allow thoughts to go upward to heaven,” St. John Vianney because they wanted to support first build a parish life center that will provide both a Anthony said. “The traditional idea of the front of a Father Dudzinski at his new parish. worship space and offices, and can accommodate 500 to church is a gate to heaven, and the church will have a “Certainly, if we’re going to see the culmination of the 900 people at an estimated cost of $2.5 million. sense of elevated space, a sense of the exalted.” plans, this will be one of the most beautiful churches built “We are ready to grow by leaps and bounds,” The church plans include a circle of devotional in 20 years,” Felix said. “The layout and design is Father Dudzinski said. “In the fall, we will have a kickoff chapels, an adoration chapel, a balcony and a lower level phenomenal. 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How would resources. Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann you change your “Seeing a need and acting to meet it is the central theme lifestyle to honor of this book,” Sleeth explained in his Earth Day talk mixed his request? with sober facts and humorous anecdotes. Through “The Earth is our ship, an ark for everything that lives,” Illustration by Pam Linsley Pam by Illustration Scripture, Christ he wrote in his book. “It is the only vessel available to carry continually calls humans through the ocean of space, and it is rapidly people to protect becoming unseaworthy. God created the world to sustain all and preserve the living creatures. … He designed this elegant system to Earth’s fragile function naturally, but our ark of life is changing rapidly.” natural resources, Our grandparents could drink water from a stream or Dr. J. Matthew lake without concern, Sleeth noted, and “the bounty of Sleeth explained during an Earth Day program on April 20 nature seemed inexhaustible.” at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Indianapolis. Now, however, the water in rivers and lakes harbors Consider Psalm 24, verse 1: “The earth is the Lord’s and dioxin and fish are contaminated with mercury, he wrote. all it holds.” The air we breathe is polluted, and there is an alarming Or the Apostle’s Creed, written in the first century, increase in the number of people who are diagnosed with which proclaims, “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, asthma and a variety of cancers. creator of heaven and earth.” “Our generation consumes five times more energy than Or the words of St. John of my grandfather’s,” he noted in the book. “… How can I live See related story, Damascus (675-749), who wrote a more godly, equitable and meaningful life? How can I in his Treatise that, “The whole help people today and in the future? How can I be less page 18. earth is a living icon of the face of materialistic? How can I live a more charitable life? … God.” How can I become a better steward of nature?” When his concern about the deteriorating environment The Sleeth family answered those questions by overwhelmed him, Sleeth turned to the wisdom of Scripture moving into an energy-efficient home the size of their for advice after he found a Gideon Bible while working at a former garage, and significantly cutting their energy hospital. The Gospels convinced the former emergency usage to lower their “carbon footprint” and reduce room physician and his family to courageously change their damage to the planet. Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth of Wilmore, Ky., discusses ways to protect lives. “Because of these changes, we have more time for the environment during an Earth Day program on April 20 at He told the hospital administrator that he was God,” he wrote. “… We have found his Word to be true. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Indianapolis. He describes resigning as director of the emergency department and He has poured blessings and opportunities upon us. When himself as an evangelical environmentalist. His daughter, Emma, chief of the medical staff in order to “serve God and we stopped living a life dedicated to consumerism, our cup is the author of It’s Not Easy Being Green–One Student’s Guide to save the planet.” began to run over. We have seen miracles. Today I preach Serving God and Saving the Planet. The Sleeth family sold their huge home on the coast of about God and his creation. … The Earth was designed to Maine, gave away many of their possessions and moved sustain every generation’s needs, not to be plundered in an Use Christ as the model for everything you do, he into a much smaller, solar-powered house in Wilmore, Ky. attempt to meet one generation’s wants.” advised the gathering, and take a careful accounting of all The author of Serve God, Save the Planet–A Christian We can all help save the Earth’s resources, Sleeth the resources that you use in daily life. Call to Action, which is printed on 100 percent post- told Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioners, by “To believe in Christ is to act like Christ,” Sleeth said. consumer paper, said he is sleeping better now that he is educating ourselves about stewardship of the Earth and “… Mahatma Gandhi rewrote Matthew 7, verse 1, ‘Judge happily working to solve problems even though the planet making dramatic changes in our daily lifestyle as not lest you be judged,’ as ‘Be the change you wish to see is still dying. consumers. in the world.’ That’s sound advice for us all.” Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas read Read the Bible with a new focus on its environmental Sleeth’s book then his family made statements, Sleeth said, and you will be surprised. environmental changes in their lives. The “The tree of life is quite aptly named,” he said. “No senator also invited Sleeth to speak on trees, no oxygen, no life. … Trees are mentioned in the Capitol Hill. Bible more than any living thing other than people. … “There’s no blue pike in the Christ is mentioned in the Bible, in Isaiah, [as] ‘a Great Lakes, and that was the most tender shoot that grows up.’ … He dies on a tree. … .When numerous fish,” Sleeth lamented. “Every Christ is resurrected, Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb year, we cut down an area of forest the and mistakes Christ as a gardener. This is not a mistake. size of Washington state. … The Amazon He is a gardener. … Christians, of all people, should be [rain forest] is being destroyed. … When tree-huggers.” I began [practicing] medicine, one in In his homily during the Mass before the Earth Day 19 women in the United States died of program, Father Robert Sims, pastor of Immaculate Heart breast cancer. … Now it’s one in of Mary Parish, urged parishioners to “do more to treasure six [women].” the beauty of God’s creation. … If all of us make … Sleeth said he “was really in turmoil” positive choices to cherish that creation, then the ripple and “kept thinking about how the world effect does make a difference. … The choices that we make is dying, how there is evil in the world.” can change the world.” Then he “came to believe that only the Gospel, only Christ, had the answer to (To order Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth’s book or Emma Sleeth’s this … scary problem.” book, log on to www.servegodsavetheplanet.org.) †

Page 12 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 Mooresville specialty hospital expands to full-ser vice facility

Criterion staff report Several St. Francis Hospital officials cut a ribbon on April People who travel on State Road 67 in Morgan County 16 to officially open the Submitted photo have noticed a significant change in the appearance of expanded St. Francis St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville over the past two years. Hospital-Mooresville in The hospital, originally known as a renowned specialty Mooresville. They are, from hospital, is completing the transition to a full-service left, Keith Jewell, chief community hospital with its largest-ever campus expansion. operating officer of The expanded facility opened to patients on April 21. St. Francis Hospital and Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar general, and Father John Health Centers; Franciscan Mannion, St. Francis Health Services’ director of spiritual Sisters of Perpetual care service, assisted with the blessing and dedication Adoration Jane Marie Klein, ceremony on April 16. chairperson of the Sisters of As part of the $42 million expansion, the hospital added a St. Francis Health Services 34-bed orthopedic inpatient unit, a 26-bed adult medical- Inc. board of trustees, and surgical inpatient unit, an eight-bed intensive care unit, Angela Mellady, her order’s six new operating rooms, a new laboratory and an on-site provincial superior; Dr. John office for Indiana Heart Physicians for expanded cardiac Meding, medical staff services. president of St. Francis The hospital campus has grown from 258,000 square feet Hospital-Mooresville; to nearly 400,000 square feet with this expansion. Franciscan Sister of “The expansion is the continuation of an eight-year Perpetual Adoration Mediatrix investment in this hospital to address the health care needs of Nies, the order’s general the growing northern Morgan, Hendricks and southwestern superior; and Robert Brody, Marion counties,” said Robert Brody, president and chief president and chief executive executive officer of St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers. officer of St. Francis Hospital “Our goal with this expansion is to offer the best and Health Centers in health care available right in this community,” Brody said, “so Beech Grove, Indianapolis the large number of area residents who have been leaving and Mooresville. Morgan County to receive medical services get the care they need close to home.” The building that formerly housed the hospital’s operating and ultraviolet light technology for sterilization, which is The new orthopedic and adult inpatient nursing units offer rooms will be demolished this summer to create additional critical in preventing infection. private patient rooms, modern conveniences and the latest parking for the new medical office building under A major piece of the hospital’s expansion is the technology for patients and the medical team. construction. development of an emergency department scheduled to open Physicians and medical staff members have access to Six new surgery suites offer the newest developments in in October 2008. wireless communication technology and bedside charting for surgical technology, including a high-tech video and “We realize community members are eagerly awaiting the improved caregiver communication and efficiency. Patient photography system in every operating room. The system is opening of our emergency department later this year,” said care stations are located outside patient rooms in addition to used for viewing X-rays during surgery; printing or copying Keith Jewell, senior vice president and chief operating officer centralized nursing stations, enabling physicians and nurses to photos to a CD, flash drive or patient chart for later reference; of St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers. “When St. Francis perform their responsibilities closer to the patient. and teaching demonstrations as well as information-sharing Hospital-Mooresville’s emergency department opens later this The hospital’s current inpatient units will be converted into with other physicians. year, it will provide community members [with] high-quality a convent for the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. The operating rooms are equipped with laminar airflow emergency care close to home as well as peace of mind.” † Nursing Home Section

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (CNS)—Maria Meneses has a life with a sense of Maria Meneses, a vision, but in order to see it through she needs help. purpose, Meneses admits member of St. Patrick The vision: to deliver a rose to all female patients in that a brush with death Florida Catholic Parish in Miami Beach, nursing homes on Mother’s Day. Her inspiration came changed her outlook. After Fla., poses at a from a desire to pay tribute to her late mother, going through spinal-cord Miami Beach flower Eneyda Meneses, who cared for a sick aunt in a nursing surgery at age 22 and shop on April 15. home for many years. emergency colon surgery Meneses started

“I don’t have a mom. How else can I celebrate?” said more recently, she is CNS photo/Ana Rodriguez-Soto, delivering flowers to Meneses, a member of St. Patrick Parish in Miami Beach, acutely aware of her own women in a nursing who made an Emmaus retreat eight years ago. mortality. home on Mother’s Day One of the central themes of the retreat is service to “I live [life] urgently and three years ago as a others, and Meneses said that after she made her retreat with purpose,” she said. tribute to her late she yearned to give something back to Jesus as a small “I’ve always wanted to make mother and out of a token of thanks. a difference in the world, desire to serve others. Like her favorite saint, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also even if it is in some small known as the Little Flower, “We change the world a little way. So if I can get anyone bit at a time,” Meneses said. “A little flower makes a big … to help out, that would be difference because it touches somebody’s life.” fantastic. More is better.” Meneses has been delivering flowers to a nursing One good friend and home near her home for the past three years. She wants to fellow Emmaus participant, inspire others to join in her effort. She hopes that others Juan Llarena, has been will agree that delivering flowers to forgotten moms one assisting Meneses with the day a year is an ideal form of service. purchase, preparation and “We need to be light-bearers,” she said. “What a distribution of flowers each year. Several women also wonderful feeling to see Christ’s light in others. help her distribute the roses each year. Nursing Home Section “People who give have a sense of joy which is “I’ve had mothers come out with their daughters, and unparalleled—what a gift and a special to have that participation is beautiful to grace that is,” said Meneses. see,” Meneses said. DON’T PAY AGENCY PRICES She said the world needs more ‘We change the world She knows a vendor who sells the a little bit at a time. Will care for elderly or random acts of kindness, anything from roses for about $8 per dozen so the convalescent patient by day, a simple smile to holding a door or A little flower makes investment is minimal. The only labor allowing someone the right of way involved is removing the thorns from week or duration when you drive. Or giving a flower to a a big difference the roses to make sure they don’t prick of recuperation. woman confined to a nursing home, because it touches anyone, and perhaps tying a ribbon many of whom are very lonely. somebody’s life.’ around them. “I can’t tell you the number of Meneses cites the words of patients who remember me each year Blessed Teresa of Calcutta to express when I visit. They smile because they —Maria Meneses her feelings: “We will be your hands. feel appreciated and loved. The world We will be your feet. We will run this needs more love,” Meneses said. race for the least of these—the unwanted, the unloved. References While no one needs to survive traumatic surgery to live They are Jesus in disguise.” † Experienced Available in hospice care CALL Nursing Home Section Judy A. Gray 317-255-3528

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Who are the important role models in have become a better listener and more Who are the important role models in your in me to do this. I have a life of service your life of faith? worried about the welfare of all the life of faith? to my community. My Church and my My wife, May; my spiritual director, employees as individuals, not just the The important role models in my life have family are behind me. And service as a Father Larry Voelker; Father Clem Davis, corporate outlook on things. It’s more been my parents, Frank and Joan Collier; the deacon will be a continuation of all my the pastor of St. Bartholomew Parish in than just dollars and cents; it’s about how Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the- previous experiences. It is something I Columbus; Kathy Davis-Shanks, we treat each other and how we conduct Woods; a former pastor in my high school pray about all the time. St. Bartholomew Parish’s director of our business. I hope to be able to keep days, Father Charles Noll; and, in the past religious education; the members of the promoting a true sense of morality and five years, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein. How will being ordained a deacon have parish’s Rite of Christian Initiation team; justice in our business world. an impact on your life and family? and the members of my small Church What are your favorite Scripture verses, As a deacon, I feel my life will be community. Why do you feel that God is calling you prayers and devotions? changed forever because I will be held to become a deacon? One of my favorite Bible passages is from out as a man of the Church, the Church What are your favorite Scripture God has blessed me with so much in my Romans 12:3-6. This passage talks about that I grew up with and am so proud to verses, prayers and devotions? life: my family, my faith, my friends and how we are many parts in one body. I carry a have served. I look forward to sharing My favorite prayers are the Prayer of my sobriety. I feel God has called me to prayer card that states we only pass through this love of the Church and to St. Francis and the Serenity Prayer. My his service to help spread a message of this life once, and ask God to decide how he preaching on the teachings of our favorite Scripture would be the Letters love, hope, healing and reconciliation to wants to use me. As deacons, we are called Catholic faith. I look forward to serving of St. Paul, and my favorite devotions all his children. I feel that answering to develop a prayer life centered around the the needs of the archbishop in any way. or liturgies would be all the Holy Week God’s call to becoming a deacon is who Liturgy of the Hours. I have found it is a services and the Easter Vigil. God has created me to be. great way to start and end the day. How do you hope to ser ve through your life and ministry as a deacon? Deacons often minister to others in How will being ordained a deacon have Why do you feel that God is calling you to I hope that I can serve faithfully and the workplace. How have you an impact on your life and family? become a deacon? make a difference in other people’s experienced that already, and how do It will have a positive impact in that it I feel that God is calling me to be a deacon lives. We are called to serve the elderly, you anticipate doing that in the will be another step in our journey to because so many people have stated that they the widows and the less fortunate, and I future? God. The formation process has already think I would make a good deacon. Through feel I can do this with the guidance of By being more aware of the feelings brought us closer to God as a family, and all the interviews and classes we have been the Holy Spirit and all of those who and attitudes of all the employees, I united us on a more spiritual basis. † through, I just feel the Holy Spirit working support me in this call to ministry. †

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By Joseph F. Kelly too many highly publicized instances of business people who, for their own Establishing goals is normal in all profit, have callously bilked and that we do in daily life, and the more cheated their customers and important the goal—buying a house or shareholders. Wittman CNS photo/Bill founding a business—the more time In contrast, a man or woman “for and energy we devote to it. others” could be a business person who For believers who understand that deals fairly with those customers and they are created in the image of God, shareholders, genuinely wants to help major goals must include a spiritual them, and is satisfied knowing that his element reflecting the value of faith. or her efforts have made life easier or That is no easy task, but God provides more pleasant for them. help for many of us via our families. A man or woman “for others” can The great theologian St. Augustine also choose traditional “helping” said that the persons of the Trinity are professions by becoming social united in mutual love. As such, the workers, teachers or vowed religious. Holy Trinity can be a model for the Our faith reminds us that “for family—and the family can help us others” is an attitude, not a profession. understand the Trinity! What about parents who have goals “Trinity” comes from two Latin for themselves, and also for their words—“tria” meaning “three” and children? “unitas” meaning “unity.” In the Trinity, I know a physician whose son the three are distinct, but indeed one. wanted to work as an automobile The same is true for the family. All mechanic. The father, however, of its members remain distinct considered employment as a “grease All the members of a family remain distinct individuals, but their mutual love creates a greater reality individuals, but their mutual love monkey” undignified and unworthy of than the sum of the individuals. As Catholics, we can never separate our goals for ourselves and creates a greater reality than the sum of the son of a physician. The father and others from our faith. We must have goals that will build up mutual love in our family, bring happiness the individuals. son fought constantly, and eventually to its individual members, serve other people and help to strengthen the body of Christ. This may not be evident on a daily became estranged from each other. basis, but we certainly realize this As a professional and father, I during major holidays, celebrations and understand the physician’s attitude, but Families need to discern God’s will periods of mourning when family children need personally fulfilling goals By Sheila Garcia prefers the status quo. members go to great lengths to be even if those goals do not match their Family of origin also shapes goals. together. parents’ hopes for them. At some point, most families find When conflict occurs, family members All kinds of families exist beyond Given modern society’s unshakable themselves in a situation where members need to keep open lines of communi- the traditional family of parents and reliance on cars, a hardworking, honest hold conflicting goals or expectations. cation. They may not agree with another children. I know many couples whom mechanic could render valuable service Sometimes the conflict is minor and person’s goal, but should consider the God has not blessed with children, yet to countless people. Such a person easily resolved by compromise. In other motivation behind it. Families might be they radiate as much mutual love as would likely be successful in the cases, compromise won’t work. One goal able to delay rather than deny the many larger family units. automotive business, which presumably must take priority over another. achievement of a goal. We all have specific goals, and there would please his parents. Conflict between a husband and wife One couple, on their 50th wedding is a Catholic way to give value to even Does any parent really want a is particularly difficult. Marital conflict, anniversary, observed that, “You can secular goals. professionally “successful” son who especially if prolonged, can adversely have it all. You just can’t have it all at The motto of John Carroll University resents his parents? affect the entire family. once.” in Cleveland, where I teach, is “Women As Catholics, we can never separate Moreover, a healthy marriage is based With patience and a concrete plan, and men for others.” It reflects the our goals for ourselves and others from on mutuality, with husband and wife as families can often achieve multiple goals. Jesuit emphasis on social justice. This our faith. We must have goals that will equal partners. When goals conflict and Sometimes families with conflicting could be an appropriate goal that all build up mutual love in our family, compromise is not feasible, one spouse goals can benefit from counseling as Catholics can have since it can easily bring happiness to its individual seems to “win” at the other’s expense. they discern their goals. Discernment carry over into specific secular goals. members, serve other people and help When these situations occur, family asks the question: What does God want “Women and men for others” may strengthen the body of Christ. members might remember that us to do? make some readers a bit hesitant since These are not impossible goals. We conflicting goals are a normal part of When families listen attentively to it sounds like the university wants all achieve them when we positively healthy family life. Family members may God’s will as he reveals it in prayer, its graduates to become social workers. impact those with whom we come in be close to each other, but they remain Scripture, human and physical nature, But this isn’t so. contact—at home, in church or at work. individuals with their own dreams and and the insights of relatives and friends, What it means is that parents should We also do this when we distinguish aspirations. they are able to find answers and move want their children to choose a essential goals, such as mutual love, People grow at different rates and, as beyond self-centeredness to focus on satisfying profession, earn a good living from secondary ones, such as the they grow, they develop new goals. A what God is asking them to do and to and still benefit others by being ethical, secular status of a profession. change of career or a return to school can become. honest and fair. open new and exciting possibilities that a “For others” is an attitude, not a (Joseph F. Kelly chairs the Department spouse or other family member may not (Sheila Garcia is the associate director of profession. of Religious Studies at John Carroll share. Conflict develops as one person the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Laity, In recent years, Americans have seen University in Cleveland.) † prepares to move ahead while another Marriage, Family Life and Youth.) † Discussion Point Seeking salvation is lifetime goal This Week’s Question the Catholic Church, and have good marriages and happy families.” (Jane Parker, Kitty Hawk, N.C.) What is one goal you have set for your family life? “The oldest of our four children is 9 so our goal right “My ultimate goal for myself and my family is to attain now is to eat dinner together every night. During dinner, the purpose of our creation: our salvation. It’s a lifetime we each talk about our day and I think [this time goal.” (John Primeau, Providence, R.I.) together] strengthens our family.” (Lisa Martinsky, Monroe, Conn.) “To get my children to adulthood, where they are comfortable with who they are, where they have come Lend Us Your Voice from and where they are going. I want them to grow up—despite all the pressures of society—and An upcoming edition asks: What miracles do you succeed with their life choices as adults.” (Beth Yoncha, believe we are witnessing today? Mississippi Catholic Elkridge, Md.) To respond for possible publication, send an e-mail to “With my two grown sons, my goal was always that [email protected] or write to Faith Alive! at they would get a good education, follow the teachings of

3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C., 20017-1100. † Taylor, CNS photo/Fabvienen Page 16 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith, Hope and Charity/David Siler Biblical women: Witnesses to the Crucifixion Holy Father’s (Thirty-eighth in a series) brother-in-law. Matthew’s Gospel says that However, Luke does identify those she went with Mary Magdalene to the tomb women when they went to the tomb on Who were some of the women mentioned on Easter. They were told by an angel that Sunday: Mary Magdalene, Joanna and visit gives by name who were present when Jesus was Jesus had risen, went to tell the Apostles, and Mary, the mother of James. It’s the only crucified—besides Jesus’ mother, Mary, and were met by Jesus on the way. mention of Joanna during the Crucifixion, renewed sense Mary Magdalene? And Mark’s Gospel adds Salome, the wife of but Luke earlier identified her as the wife of who were those who Zebedee and mother of the Apostles James King Herod’s steward, Chuza. We don’t went to the tomb on the and John, both at the Crucifixion and at the know anything else about her, but it’s of hope for all following Sunday, tomb. interesting that one of Jesus’ close followers planning to anoint We met Salome earlier, in Matthew’s was connected to Herod Antipas. I will count among the greatest Jesus’ body? Gospel, when she approached Jesus with her All of these women probably were privileges of my life as having had the We know, first of all, sons and asked him to “command that these among those who remained with the chance to stand with from Luke’s Gospel, that two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the Apostles in Jerusalem after Jesus’ ascension thousands of other those named were other at your left, in your kingdom” and were present when the Holy Spirit people of faith in the among the women from (Mt 20:21). (Mark’s Gospel says that the descended upon them on Pentecost. midst of our Galilee who traveled two Apostles themselves asked. We don’t Before I finish writing about the women Holy Father, with Jesus and the Apostles, and supported know why Matthew, who may very well have in the Gospels and move on to the Acts of Pope Benedict XVI. them out of their resources. Susanna was gotten the story from Mark, added Salome.) the Apostles, I should mention Peter’s The pope’s visit to named by Luke as one of the women, but she Luke’s Gospel doesn’t mention any of the mother-in-law. She appears very briefly in Washington, D.C., is not specifically named at the Crucifixion so women present at the Crucifixion by name, two verses in Matthew’s Gospel and three in coincided with the she might or might not have been there. saying only, “The women who had come Mark’s. annual gathering of Matthew’s Gospel names Mary, the from Galilee with him followed behind In Capernaum, Jesus went to the house of Catholic Charities’ mother of James (one of the Apostles) and [while Jesus was being buried], and when Peter and his brother, Andrew, where Peter’s executive directors from all over the Joseph, whom he also calls “the other Mary.” they had seen the tomb and the way in which mother-in-law was ill. Jesus cured her so she country. She is sometimes identified as the wife of his body was laid in it, they returned and could get up and wait on them (Matthew We were profoundly blessed to be Clopas, who might have been Joseph’s prepared spices and perfumed oils” says “him”). It’s probably best that I not say among those to gather at the brother and, therefore, the Blessed Virgin’s (Lk 23:55-56). any more about that. † White House to help welcome Pope Benedict and to attend his Mass For the Journey/Effie Caldarola at Nationals Park on April 17. We arrived at Nationals Park about two hours before the Mass, and I stood Spring in Alaska can be a time of gratitude in the middle of the baseball field and I can’t say I wasn’t warned—after all, here, and just when the city had gotten most myself: Gratitude, too, is in the heart of the watched in awe as the body of Christ I’ve lived in Alaska for 30 years, and I of them patched up after our first big believer. assembled for a magnificent celebration know that “spring” is a meltdown, tire-wrenching havoc would Meister Eckhart, in a quote I love, said, of the sacrament that unifies us all. relative term. return with the next melt. “If the only prayer you ever say is ‘thank I was struck by the immense Still, when nearly a Adding to my psychic woe, I had just you,’ that will suffice.” diversity of the people as we gathered foot of snow blanketed returned from sunny San Diego, where I Prayer, I remind myself, is not just what together—people of every skin tone the city of Anchorage hadn’t seen one pile of blackened, rotting I “say” when I get up in the morning. It’s in the world, the able-bodied, people in early April, I springtime snow. And the cars were clean— what I live into and what I cultivate through in wheelchairs, veterans of wars, wondered if the poet not covered with mud and the detritus of my thoughts during a whole day. priests, nuns and religious wearing T.S. Eliot had been street salt. My thoughts may wander from God, but every imaginable habit, the young, hiding here some- I felt no consolation when I heard the God doesn’t wander from me. I was a bit the old. where when he wrote, Dakotas had been blanketed as well. Nothing embarrassed to realize that in the midst of a Yes, we were gathering because the “April is the cruelest distracted my pity party. happy, healthy, gifted day I was spending pope would be among us, but I think I month.” Until, that is, we entertained a couple who time internally complaining. was most awestruck by being assembled We’re used to spring snowfalls. One were visiting from California to present talks Now, God can’t be surprised that we with what felt most profoundly like the St. Patrick’s Day, we journeyed from pub at one of our parishes. They are an American Alaskans were disappointed that spring took body of Christ. to pub as a mammoth deluge fell around Latino couple, he a native of Ecuador, she a detour this April. But in thinking about As I stood among my brothers and us. We were young then and we paused from Mexico City. Not much history of snow my negative snow thoughts, I remembered sisters in Christ in this baseball stadium from our revelry only long enough to help in their pasts. an April morning years ago. It was the transformed into a beautiful cathedral, I dig out a couple of people whose cars were “Oh, it’s so beautiful,” the woman morning my oldest daughter was born. could feel the presence of God in such a stuck so they could continue their revelry. exclaimed as the street lights illuminated big Very light flurries were drifting that profound way that I was moved to tears. Anchorage is a winter city, and snowfall snowflakes as we left Mass for dinner. No morning against a leaden sky. But it wasn’t I felt a sense of hope and pride that doesn’t stop much of anything. With miles matter that a passing car had just plastered us disheartening to me in the least. That lifted my spirit in a way that almost of city cross-country ski trails and a with ricocheting mud. She was looking up. I morning’s pure, driven snow was the most startled me. world-class downhill resort, we actually wasn’t. beautiful sight, and the gray sky seemed to I recalled the words that we heard pray for snow in the fall and winter. “This is like a winter wonderland,” the herald the springtime of my life, the Pope Benedict speak the previous day But for goodness sakes, I groused, it’s man noted as swirling flakes filled the beginning of everything. at the White House: “I trust my April! I thought about how we had already nighttime sky. Gratitude should never be far from my presence will be a source of renewal had our “break-up,” and muddy puddles They spoke of how their children would heart. and hope for the Church in the were disappearing. Now, we’d be back to love to see this. United States.” This member of the shoe-devastating muck. That old cliché, beauty is in the eye of the (Effie Caldarola is a columnist for Church was among those renewed and Springtime potholes—big, jagged beholder, certainly fits here, and maybe Catholic News Service and Catholic filled with hope. chunks of missing street—are notorious something else that I must constantly remind Anchor in Anchorage, Alaska.) † At the conclusion of Mass, the bishops processed out of the stadium Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister and behind them walked the Holy Father. I rushed toward the center aisle when I realized that he would Holy sex!—God’s blessed gift to married couples follow the bishops out of the stadium. I A few years ago, I would not have their three children live in Steubenville. see the book in their home. In fact, it could got to within about 10 feet of the pope written a column about sex. Traditionally, it The easy-to-read, fascinating book is serve as an educational tool, even for as I witnessed people reaching out to seemed to be a taboo recommended by many experts, including pre-teens learning about the true purpose of him with hopes of a handshake or some subject. Bishop Daniel Conlon of Steubenville. sex. small touch. The energy that I felt Why do so now? There are four parts to the book: The book includes a statement by seemed as though it would lift me off Because sex has been “Christianity’s Best-Kept Secret,” Pope John Paul II from a July 1994 the ground! over-publicized, over- “The Five Great Powers of Holy Sex,” Angelus address: “Unfortunately, Catholic It occurred to me that what I had just dramatized, trivialized “The School of Love” and “Overcoming thought is often misunderstood ... as if the witnessed was much like the story of a and demeaned in so Common Problems.” The book ends with Church supported an ideology of fertility at sick woman who reached out just to many areas of our quizzes and exercises. all costs, urging married couples to touch the cloak of Jesus—and by this society that God’s plan Strangely, non-Catholics often believe procreate indiscriminately and without simple act of faith she was healed. She for sex and procreation that the Catholic Church insists that thought for the future. ... In begetting life, reached out with just a bit of hope for needs to be re-elevated married couples have large families, and the spouses fulfill one of the highest healing and that hope was just enough to the sacred level that it deserves. many couples actually do. dimensions of their calling: they are God’s to become whole again. Now there is a book which places sex at Regarding this, Popcak quotes the late co-workers. ... They must not be motivated I think this is what the pope meant that level: Holy Sex!—A Catholic Guide to Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who once by selfishness or carelessness, but by a by his statement while in the U.S. Toe-curling, Mind-blowing, Infallible observed that, “Millions of people hate the prudent, conscious generosity that ... gives that “the one who has hope lives Loving by Gregory K. Popcak. Church for what they think she teaches. But priority to the welfare of the unborn differently.” Popcak (pronounced POP-chak) is a there aren’t 10 people who hate the Church child. ... Therefore, when there is a reason My own hope is that no matter how nationally recognized expert in pastoral for what she really teaches.” not to procreate, the choice is permissible close you were to the Holy Father counseling. He earned bachelor’s degrees This book tells the truth about sex. and may even be necessary.” during his visit that you, too, share a in psychology and theology at the Popcak promotes only what the Church Holy Sex! is published by Crossroad renewed sense of hope and that we will Franciscan University of Steubenville in teaches, including Natural Family Planning, Publishing Company. For more all be an even greater source of hope Ohio, a master’s degree in social work and an enriching holy goal that works well information, call 800-707-0670 or log on to for those who have none. clinical specialization at the University of despite naysayers. I learned much more www.cpcbooks.com. Pittsburgh, and a doctorate in human than expected. (David Siler is executive director of the services, with an emphasis on pastoral I especially recommend the book for (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of Secretariat for Catholic Charities and counseling, at Capella University in engaged and married couples. However, Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is Family Ministries. E-mail him at Minneapolis. He and his wife, Lisa, and children would not be scandalized if they a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 Page 17

Feast of the Ascension of the Lord/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, May 5 Saturday, May 10 Sunday, May 4, 2008 Acts 19:1-8 Blessed Damien Joseph Psalm 68:2-5acd, 6-7b de Veuster of Moloka’i, priest • Acts 1:1-11 their dignity, they are only humans. They John 16:29-33 Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 • Ephesians 1:17-23 need the inspiration of God. Psalm 11:4-5, 7 • Matthew 28:16-20 As its second reading, the Church presents a selection from the Epistle to Tuesday, May 6 John 21:20-25 the Ephesians. Acts 20:17-27 Vigil Mass of Pentecost This weekend, many dioceses in the This reading is a prayer that all Psalm 68:10-11, 20-21 Genesis 11:1-9 United States—including the Archdiocese Christians might find true wisdom. John 17:1-11a or Exodus 19:3-8a, 16-20b of Indianapolis— However, true wisdom reposes only in the or Ezekiel 37:1-14 liturgically celebrate Lord. Earthly wisdom can be faulty, and the feast of the often it is faulty. Wednesday, May 7 or Joel 3:1-5 Ascension of the For the last reading, the Church gives Acts 20:28-38 Psalm 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-30 Lord. us a lesson from St. Matthew’s Gospel. Psalm 68:29-30, 33-36a, Romans 8:22-27 Other U.S. dioceses Again, the status of the Apostles is the 35bc-36b John 7:37-39 observe this weekend point of the reading. They are with Jesus. John 17:11b-19 as the Seventh Sunday They have seen and heard the Risen Lord. Sunday, May 11 of Easter. In this sense, they have experienced the These reflections Resurrection. Thursday, May 8 Pentecost Sunday will refer to the Jesus tells them to go into the world. Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Acts 2:1-11 biblical readings for the feast of the They should exclude no one. They should Psalm 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11 Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34 Ascension. bring all humankind into God’s family by John 17:20-26 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 The first reading, from the Acts of the baptizing them in the name of the Father, John 20:19-23 Apostles, is from the beginning of Acts. Son and Holy Spirit. As with the Gospel of Luke, the author In this last instruction from Jesus is a Friday, May 9 addresses Theophilus, whose identity is clear and direct revelation of the Acts 25:13b-21 unclear. Was Theophilus his actual name? Holy Trinity. Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20b Perhaps it was. Perhaps it was not. John 21:15-19 “Theophilus” is also a title, meaning Reflection “friend of God.” The Church, having proclaimed the In any case, this initial form of address Resurrection, now calls us to look at recalls that Luke’s Gospel and the Acts of ourselves and our times. Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen the Apostles are inseparably linked. Acts Christ still is with us, it declares simply continues the story first given in emphatically. As the bond between Luke the Gospel. and Acts tells us, salvation—perfected in At some point, editors divided these the life, death and resurrection of Jesus— God’s will for people is written books and placed the Gospel of John still is on Earth. between them. This arrangement remains Jesus is with us, even after the into his divine plan of creation today in biblical translations. Ascension, and is with us now in the This is important. It shows that in the Church because the Church stands on the At the funeral Mass for a young and cells will act in a certain way. mind of the holy author the process of foundation laid long ago by the Apostles. Qfather, the priest maintained that One avenue that scientists take is to find salvation did not end with the Lord’s From them, it has received the message the man’s death came exactly what that way is then introduce ascension into heaven. of Jesus. From them, it has received the at the time that God other substances that will, they hope, After the Lord went to heaven, commission to reach out to everyone with willed it. attack and destroy the cancer. They have salvation continued as the Apostles the blessings of salvation. From them, it It seems, if that is to rely on the fact that God will not proceeded with the mission made perfect has received the power to forgive sin and true, that God not intrude into his creation every so often by Jesus and ordained long ago by God. to bestow the new life of grace. From merely knows, but to “fix his mistakes.” A lesson to be learned is how them, it has received the sacraments now actually determines We’re not accustomed to thinking important the Apostles were in the daily offered to us. when an individual about the Earth this way. But God’s will life of the early Church. It is a lesson not The Church brings us to Jesus, and it will die. for humans and everything else is presented subtly. brings Jesus to us. On abortion, written into the way the universe is As Acts continues, the text clearly However, we are not dragged kicking however, the Church created. reveals that the first Christians greatly and screaming to Jesus. We must turn to seems to say the opposite. The fact that It may sound unfeeling to put it this revered the 11 surviving Apostles, that Jesus willingly. We must humbly realize these children could be saved suggests way, but when a train hits a human Peter led these Apostles and spoke for our need for Jesus. that God does not decide when life will person God does not step in at that them, that they performed miracles just as As Ephesians tells us, only Jesus is the end. moment and decide it’s time for the Jesus had performed miracles, and that source of truth. He did not just live Was the priest right? (Mississippi) victim to die. It’s just reality—what they exercised the very power of Jesus in 20 centuries ago. He still lives. He still happens when two such bodies collide. calling Matthias to be an Apostle. gives life, blessing us, forgiving us and Theoretically, God’s will could As I said, God could involve himself Still, despite all these assertions as to taking us home to heaven. † Awork in different ways. He could in every event in creation, manipulating decide everything on the spur of the cancer cells, for instance, so they don’t moment, choosing whatever seems destroy one’s liver or ovaries. However, My Journey to God likely to make someone happy or at if God did that routinely, it would least less unhappy. destroy all predictability in nature, all That would make all creation rather possibility of knowledge and intelligent haphazard and unpredictable, but I use of the things around us on Earth and Thoughts on Prayer suppose that it’s possible. beyond. In the real world that actually exists, It seems to me that we need a lot of Prayer I however, God’s will is most manifest in humility here. Personal tragedies and the way that God created this universe, calamities cause us great anguish, but we In prayer and how from scratch he makes it can come to accept and believe that I come open, humbled “work.” God’s particular plan for placing Powerless, like a child Every movement of every galaxy and equilibrium and harmony in this world, Without formula or agenda every subatomic particle and everything even when it causes pain, is for our Unscripted Long Island Catholic in between takes place within the greatest good and happiness while we Entering it anywhere framework of God’s creative order and are in this life and after we leave it. Because of the Presence harmony. What I have said points to the terrible Of an Everywhere God The inventor of the gasoline engine, evil behind all killing. Whether we speak Reaching Him for example, created nothing new. He of unborn infants, the old and the sick, Through love. merely discovered—or uncovered— or the convicted criminal, to deliberately something that was there all the time, and unnaturally end a human life is

Prayer II Shemitz, CNS file photo/Gregory A. but we didn’t know it. beyond arrogance. If you combine carbon atoms with It is a dreadful violation of God’s Have you ever awakened, Only to be with Him, atoms of other elements in a proper providential will for each of his children. been completely overtaken to know that He is there. structure, put the results under pressure That divine will is not capricious or by a strong need for God? and ignite it, the mixture will explode fickle. It permeates and is disclosed by This, and expand to move an engine’s piston. the creation he has given us to live in. Have no particular contrition, This is prayer. All creation is like that. Cancer cells intercession or petition or thanksgiving and the AIDS virus are disastrous for (A free brochure answering questions to share? By Cathy Lamperski Dearing us, but when they destroy parts of our that Catholics ask about Mary, the bodies they are only acting according to mother of Jesus, is available by sending (Cathy Lamperski Dearing is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis. their nature. Like gasoline molecules, a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Elise Brogan, 7, a religious education student from SS. Peter and Paul Parish in they are doing what their created Father John Dietzen, Box 3315, Peoria, Manorville, N.Y., prays the Lord’s Prayer with students during a Mass at makeup says they should do. IL 61612. Questions may be sent to St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, N.Y., on Nov. 18, 2007.) Cancer research, in fact, is based on Father Dietzen at the same address or by the expectation that specific molecules e-mail in care of [email protected].) † Page 18 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008

March 22. Husband of Dorothy Caskey, Sue Goodson, Barb Indianapolis, March 4. Father of WHITE, Mickie, 85, Rogers. Father of Mark, Michael Pellegrin, Bob, Danny, Donny, Carol Fisher, Valerie Miller and Holy Family, Richmond, and Kevin Rogers. Brother of Phil, Rick, Steve and Tim Smith. Michelle Werner. Brother of April 6. Mother of Dennis Edward Rogers. Grandfather of STEED, William Andrew, Jr., Barbara DeMasie, JoEllen White. Grand mother of one. Rest in peace nine. Great-grandfather of one. 82, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Forestal and Marilyn May. WILGUS, Harold, 84, SEABOLT, Arlie, 68, April 15. Husband of Elaine Grandfather of three. St. Joseph, Shelbyville, April 20. Please submit in writing to our and Ted Kelich. Grandmother of Holy Family, New Albany, Steed. Father of James, WHITE, Marjorie Ann, 71, office by 10 a.m. Thursday Husband of Mabel (Schmidt) 13. Great-grandmother of nine. April 17. Husband of Karen Dr. Joseph, Thomas and William St. Louis, Batesville, April 15. before the week of publication; FOLKER, Edward J., 85, Seabolt. Father of four. Grand- Carpenter. Brother of Betty and Mother of Terry Harmeyer and Wilgus. Father of Linda Graves be sure to state date of death. St. Luke the Evangelist, father of four. Paul Steed. Grandfather of eight. and Donald Wilgus. Brother of Obituaries of archdiocesan Michael White. Sister of Patricia Indianapolis, April 1. Husband of Great-grandfather of three. Mabel Craig and Charles priests serving our archdiocese SMITH, Theodore, 50, Woolf, David and Ronnie Mercedes Folker. Father of Craig Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, WERNER, Donald, 71, Abplanalp. Grandmother of Wilgus. Grandfather of four. are listed elsewhere in and Gary Folker. The Criterion. Order priests March 17. Brother of Pat St. Mark the Evangelist, three. Great-grandmother of two. Great-grandfather of five. † and religious sisters and JOHNSTON, Juanita J., 81, brothers are included here, St. Luke the Evangelist, Dorothy Joy Schaedel was the Providence Sister Catherine unless they are natives of the Indianapolis, March 22. Wife of archdiocese or have other Fred Johnston. Mother of Susan mother of the vicar general Ellen Joy was a teacher for 48 years Barber, Sally White and Fred connec tions to it; those are Schaedel Sr. Providence Sister Catherine Catholic schools in Indiana Johnston. Sister of Don and Jerry Dorothy Joy Schaedel, the separate obituaries on this She worked at the Ellen Joy died on April 14 at and Illinois. page. Nichols. Grandmother of six. mother of Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar general, died L.S. Ayres credit department in Mother Theodore Hall at In the archdiocese, AUSTERMAN, Alice, 83, MALICOAT, Sondra, 69, on April 24 at Forum at the Indianapolis for 25 years and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She Sister Catherine Ellen taught St. Andrew, Richmond, April 17. St. Andrew, Richmond, April 13. Crossing in Indianapolis retired in 1982. was 90. at St. Patrick School in Mother of Ruth Alexandre, Wife of Delbert Malicoat. following a long illness. She Surviving are a daughter, The Mass of Christian Terre Haute from 1952-55. Mother of Pamela Dill, Lisa Marilyn Petty, Marjorie Schuck, was 87. Jan Marten; two sons, Burial was celebrated on She taught at St. Joseph Fitzwater, Cynthia Manning, Charlie, David, Fred, John and The Mass of Christian Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel and April 22 at the Church of the School in Jasper, Ind., in the Brenda Musselman, Angela Raymond Austerman. Sister of Burial was celebrated on John D. Schaedel; six sisters, Immaculate Conception at the Evansville Diocese from Ozbun and Debbie Wilson. Jane Johnson, Evelyn Williams, April 28 at Holy Name of Joellen Eckstein, Helen motherhouse. Burial followed 1955-56. Grand mother of 13. Great-grand - Carl, Edward, Elmer, Fred and Jesus Church in Beech Grove. Gaspen, Mary Ann Grande, at the sisters’ cemetery there. In 1986, she retired from mother of three. teaching and moved to the Howard Turner. Grandmother of Burial followed at Holy Cross Betty Hoffman, Colette The former Helen Veronica 14. Great-grandmother of 11. motherhouse, where she MARREN, Frank, 55, St. Jude, Cemetery in Indianapolis. Philhower and Kay Woods; Joy was born on Feb. 7, 1918, ministered in health care and BAKER, Frances (Wade), 87, Indianapolis, April 14. Husband A graduate of the former four brothers, Dennis, Francis, in Chicago. She entered the at the resource center. Last St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, of Nancy (Kirch) Marren. Father St. John Academy in Stephen and Thomas Noone; congregation of the Sisters of fall, she dedicated herself full- April 24. Mother of Rita of Jennifer Andrews and Indianapolis, Joy (Noone) and three grandchildren. Providence on Jan. 11, 1936, time to the ministry of prayer. Berning, Elizabeth Georg, Kathleen Boone. Son of Frank Schaedel was the daughter of Memorial gifts may be sent and professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1938, and final vows Surviving are a sister, Kathleen Johnson, Mary Patricia Marren. Brother of Michael the late Dennis and Helen to Holy Name of Jesus Parish, on Aug. 15, 1944. Catherine Kotnaur of Chicago, Kiefer, Susan Kirschner, Theresa Marren. Grandfather of one. (McGinty) Noone and the 89 N. 17th Ave., Beech Grove, Sister Catherine Ellen as well as several nieces and Romer, Maureen, Hugh Jr., John widow of Joseph F. IN 46107. † MYERS, Marie Frances, 89, earned a bachelor’s degree in nephews. and Vincent Baker. Sister of St. Luke the Evangelist, Joan Baker and Joseph Wade. education at Saint Mary-of- Memorial gifts may be sent Indianapolis, April 6. Mother of Providence Sister Rose Marie Thole the-Woods College. to the Sisters of Providence, Grandmother of 24. Great- Eric Myers. grandmother of 23. During 72 years as a Sister Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, PARRISH, Steven Paul, 55, was a nurse and supervisor of Providence, she ministered St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN BENNA, Mary, 79, Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Providence Sister Rose Marie Providence, Sister Rose Marie in education for 48 years at 47876. † Sacred Heart of Jesus, Christ, Indianapolis, April 17. Thole, formerly Sister Anthony ministered in health care for Terre Haute, April 14. Wife of Father of Sara Durbin and Marie, died on April 20 at 46 years in Indiana, Illinois and Franciscan Sister Helen Lawrence John J. Benna. Mother of Anita Jessica Parrish. Son of Joan Mother Theodore Hall at the California. Martin, Frank, John Jr. and Mike Gootee. Brother of Jennifer motherhouse in Saint Mary-of- Sister Rose Marie served served as a teacher, administrator Benna. Sister of Wesley Hall. Boggess, Pamela Noblet, Janice the-Woods. She was 70. 10 years as a surgical nurse at Little Flower School, the Grand mother of eight. Franciscan Sister Helen Ramsey, Denise Smoot and Lori The Mass of Christian Burial Lutheran General Hospital in Lawrence, formerly former Holy Trinity School, the BLANFORD, Virginia, 83, Young. Grandfather of six. was celebrated on April 26 at the Park Ridge, Ill.; four years at the Sister Cherubine, died on former St. Mary Academy and UCLA Medical Center in Holy Family, Richmond, PINTO, Betty (Gibson), 81, Church of the Immaculate April 19 at St. Clare Hall, the St. Michael School. Los Angeles; and 10 years at April 13. Mother of Ann Adams, St. Luke the Evangelist, Conception at the motherhouse. health care facility for the Sister Helen also served in the Christopher Center in Barb Easley, Teri Sundine, Sue Indianapolis, April 15. Mother of She donated her body to science, Sisters of the Third Order of Cincinnati and Dayton. Westerman, Bill, Larry, Ron and Evansville, Ind. Patricia Keiffner, Barbara and burial will take place at the St. Francis, at the motherhouse From 1968-84, she was the Ted Blanford. Grandmother of sisters’ cemetery at the She ministered in health care Strassel and Charles Pinto Jr. in Oldenburg. She was 93. science coordinator for the 14. Great-grandmother of four. motherhouse at a later date. at the motherhouse for 29 years, Grandmother of three. Great- The Mass of Christian Burial Office of Catholic Education in Rose Marie Thole was born and served as supervisor and BRINKSNEADER, Vernon, 78, grandmother of two. was celebrated on April 22 at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. on Sept. 15, 1937, in Evansville, assistant director of nursing for the motherhouse chapel in St. Paul, Tell City, April 19. RICHTER, Frederick In later years, she served the , 83, Ind. She entered the congregation 13 years. She ministered at the Oldenburg. Burial followed at Husband of Norma Jean congregation as a grant writer St. Andrew, Richmond, April 17. of the Sisters of Providence on infirmary from 1959-65 and at the sisters’ cemetery there. Brinksneader. Father of Vickie Husband of Shirla Richter. for special projects then retired Schaefer and Mark Brinksneader. Jan. 5, 1955, and professed first Providence Health Care from She was born on Dec. 24, Father of Beth Bloomington, to St. Clare Hall in 1995. Brother of Shirley Garrett, vows on Aug. 15, 1957, and final 1987-88. 1914, in Dayton, Ohio, and Linda Cohen, Marilyn Dann, vows on Aug. 15, 1962. Surviving are a sister, Sally entered the Oldenburg Surviving are a sister, Marilyn Lawson, Virginia Mary Johnson, Sandra Ramsey and Marvin Sister Rose Marie earned a Kroener of Los Angeles, and Franciscan community on Franciscan Sister Mary Emmett Montgomery, John and Brinksneader. Grandfather of bachelor’s degree in education at three nephews. Dec. 29, 1934, then professed Lawrence of Oldenburg, and P. Michael Richter. Brother of four. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Memorial gifts may be sent her final vows on July 2, 1940. several nieces and nephews. Joseph Richter. Grand father of College and a bachelor’s degree to the Sisters of Providence, Sister Helen ministered as a Memorial gifts may be sent BRUNNER, Mildred A., 82, 17. Great-grand father of five. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, teacher, principal and school to the Sisters of St. Francis, St. John the Baptist, Osgood, and in nursing at St. Xavier ROGERS, George, 88, supervisor. P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN St. Monica, Indianapolis, University in Chicago. St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN Sacred Heart, Jeffersonville, In Indianapolis, she served at 47036. † March 25. Mother of Janet During 53 years as a Sister of 47876. † Christie, Bonnie Sue Cornn, Mary Mathis, Tammy, David and John Brunner. Grandmother of Reduce carbon usage at home and work by r eusing and recycling 17. Great-grandmother of 39. To better care for the Earth, follow these • Reduce cooling costs—Replace or clean the People can COX, Joyce Ann, 75, Sacred suggestions: air conditioner filter. Service the air conditioner reduce electricity Heart, Jeffersonville, March 31. Wife of Phillip R. Cox. Mother • Reduce solid waste—Increase your recycling yearly. Raise the air conditioner thermostat usage by of Mike and Tim Cox. Sister of of glass, plastics, aluminum, Styrofoam and four degrees. Turn off the air conditioner and open installing Lynn Barnes, Gale Kelly and newspapers. Don’t buy or use Styrofoam windows with screens for fresh air in the house. Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann compact Dale Flynn. Grandmother of four. products. Purchase products made from recycled • Reduce gasoline usage—Plan your car trips fluorescent Great-grandmother of two. materials. and errands efficiently. Service your car regularly. light bulbs, which CRAIG, Nadene, 71, • Reduce hot water during showers—Install Keep the tires properly inflated. last up to Holy Family, Richmond, low-flow shower heads in bathrooms. Shorten • Reduce use of packaged food—Buy fresh 10 times longer April 16. Mother of Kim your shower time to five minutes. foods, which help you eat healthier. and use a quarter Benton, Vicki Madow, Jenni • Reduce water use • Reduce use of hot water—Set the water of the energy of Mosier and Gregory Craig. See related story, in the kitchen—Cut heater temperature at 120 degrees. Insulate the incandescent Grandmother of seven. Step- page 11. back on the use of your water heater. Wash clothes on the cold water light bulbs. grandmother of one. electric dishwasher cycle. DATTILO, Myrna L., 70, weekly. Don’t leave • Reduce electricity usage in lighting—Install Prince of Peace, Madison, water running in the sink. compact fluorescent light bulbs, which last up to April 13. Wife of Anthony • Reduce clothes washing and drying—Wear 10 times longer and use a quarter of the energy of Dattilo. Mother of Lisa Morgan, clothes longer before washing. Use towels several incandescent light bulbs. Turn off lights when not Anthony Jr. and Philip Dattilo. times before washing. Hang clothes and towels in use. • Reduce energy use at work—Use heating Daughter of Emma Wise. outside on a clothesline to dry when possible. • Reduce energy leakage—Insulate your and air conditioning moderately. Don’t hold Grand mother of six. • Reduce heating costs—Turn down the home’s outside walls and attic. Clean the doors open. DRAGA, Thelma Alice, 87, thermostat when gone and at night. Lower the refrigerator vents. • Reduce waste in the community—Educate St. Luke the Evanglist, heat setting to between 65 and 68 degrees when • Reduce chemical use in your home and others about caring for the Earth by sharing this Indianapolis, April 8. Mother of at home by wearing sweaters. Service the furnace yard—Use vinegar to clean windows. Pull weeds environmental information with family, friends Edith Stevens and John Draga. yearly. Change the furnace filter regularly. Inspect in the grass and garden instead of using pesticides. Grandmother of four. Great- and co-workers. grandmother of one. and insulate ducts. Use a push mower and leave grass clippings on • Reduce electricity leaks—Turn appliances the lawn, which adds nutrients to the soil. (Environmental tips are excerpted from the FELDHAKE, Mary and electronics all the way off and unplug them Compost garbage and use as mulch for your Low Carbon Diet–A 30 Day Program to Lose Magdalene (Kelich) , 88, when possible. garden and flower beds. 5,000 Pounds by David Gershon, published by St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, March 28. Mother • Reduce air leaks—Put plugs in unused • Reduce product use at work—Use a china the Empowerment Institute in Woodstock, N.Y., as of Barbara Stiegemeier, Bob, electric sockets. Seal leaks on windows and doors cup or glass instead of disposable containers. well as product information brochures and Greg, Jerry, Rick and Steve or install energy-efficient windows and doors. Recycle all disposable containers. several “green” Web sites.) † Feldhake. Sister of Jerry, Joe The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008 Page 19

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Please send cover letter, résumé, and list of function, financial analysis for the sake of long-term for the position of director of Music and Liturgy. planning, and preparing the annual budget. The person references to: The successful applicant will be a person of strong hired for this position will have excellent organizational Ed Isakson, Director-Human Resources skills, be able to work with a broad range of people and faith; have a thorough understanding of [email protected]. issues, have a firm foundation in reviewing and under- Roman Catholic liturgy; and hold a Bachelor’s degree standing financial data, and will have had success in in Music or Liturgical Music, or have comparable serving in a similar capacity in previous employment. experience in liturgical music ministry. Compensa- Director of Capital Development Applicants for this position should possess a B.A. in tion will be commensurate with education and Bishop Chatard High School, the North Deanery business management or a related field. Interested experience. Catholic high school of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, applicants are invited to e-mail or send a letter of inter- est and résumé to: Applicants responding by June 1st will be given is seeking a Director of Capital Development to coordi- Elberta Caito, Bishop Chatard High School preferential consideration though screening will nate and implement the school’s capital, annual and endowment fund-raising initiatives. 5858 Crittenden Ave. continue until the position is filled. For a full Indianapolis, IN 46220 description of the position expectations, duties and Applicants for this position must possess a bachelor’s E-mail: [email protected] responsibilities; application requirements and degree. Demonstrated fund-raising experience through Phone (317)251-1451, Ext 2234 additional information about the parish go to the identification and solicitation of donors is preferred. Deadline for submission is May 16, 2008. The successful candidate will possess a positive, www.stjoeup.org. pro-active attitude and strong desire to work with school alumni, parents and supporters to advance the Student Activities Coordinator mission of Bishop Chatard High School. Bishop Chatard High School, the North Deanery Interested applicants are invited to e-mail or send a Catholic high school of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, letter of interest and résumé to: is seeking a Student Activities Coordinator to oversee Elberta Caito, Bishop Chatard High School all student clubs, organizations and activities not under 5885 Crittenden Ave. the auspices of the Athletic Department or Campus Indianapolis, IN 46220 Ministry. E-mail: [email protected] Applicants for this position must possess a secondary Phone: (317) 251-1451 Ext. 2234 education or religious education/youth ministry certifi- Deadline for submission is May 16, 2008. cation along with demonstrated experience in organiz- ing youth activities. The successful candidate will pos- AVAILABLE $ sess a positive, pro-active attitude and a strong desire to work with students, faculty, administration and parents Visit NOW! 00 to enrich the overall experience of BCHS students. Interested applicants are invited to e-mail or send a 24 letter of interest and résumé to: us Elberta Caito, Bishop Chatard High School Call 317-236-1570 or 5885 Crittenden Ave. 1-800-382-9836 ext. 1570 Indianapolis, IN 46220. online! E-mail: [email protected] www.criteriononline.com Phone: (317) 251-1451, Ext. 2234 Deadline for submission is May 16, 2008. www.CriterionOnline.com Patronize Our Advertisers! Page 20 The Criterion Friday, May 2, 2008

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