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CriterionOnline.com November 6, 2020 Vol. LXI, No. 6 75¢ Archbishop Lori says Blessed McGivney, as parish priest, Worth the wait embodied beatitudes WASHINGTON (CNS)—Blessed Michael J. McGivney was a priest of the Eight Beatitudes because he lived them “so consistently and thoroughly” as a parish priest and as the founder of the Knights of Columbus, said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, the Knights’ supreme chaplain. “Father McGivney led his parishioners to holiness and continues Blessed Michael J. to provide for parish McGivney priests a model, a pattern for the renewal of priestly life—a renewal that is so urgently desired by the people of God,” the archbishop said in his homily during the Nov. 1 Mass of thanksgiving for the beatification of Father McGivney a day earlier. Archbishop Lori was the principal celebrant of the Mass at St. Mary Church in New Haven, Conn., the parish where Blessed McGivney served for seven years and founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882. His remains are entombed in a sarcophagus near the entrance of the church. Blessed McGivney (1852-1890) is Gene Gadient receives his first Eucharist from Father Douglas Hunter during a special Mass to welcome catechumens and candidates into the full the first American diocesan priest to be communion of the Church at St. Roch Church in Indianapolis on July 12. (Submitted photo) beatified. The day before, Blessed McGivney was recognized as “an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance” Delay in receiving sacraments due to pandemic because of his “zeal” for proclaiming the Gospel and his “generous concern for his brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis said in did not dampen joy for new Catholics his apostolic letter of beatification. By Natalie Hoefer Inside this issue, Drew Haynes of Our Lady of Representing the pope, Cardinal Joseph Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany, Bryan Stater of St. W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., read the letter In normal years, most candidates and catechumens are Bartholomew Parish in Columbus and Gene Gadient of in Latin during the Oct. 31 Mass of welcomed into the full communion of the Catholic Church St. Roch Parish in Indianapolis share their journeys to the beatification for Father McGivney at the during the Easter Vigil Mass. Catholic faith. Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Conn. “Normal” does not apply to 2020. Beatification is a step toward sainthood. With public worship at Mass suspended in See stories on (Due to the suspension of public Masses at In general, a second miracle is needed for parishes in the spring across central and southern page 9. the time of the Easter Vigil this year in an canonization. Indiana to slow the spread of the coronavirus, those effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, In his homily, Cardinal Tobin elaborated expecting to receive the sacraments on the holiest it was necessary for each parish to determine on Blessed McGivney’s attributes as a day of the liturgical year were unable to do so. when to celebrate a special liturgy to welcome their parish priest. The length of time they waited to receive the sacraments catechumens and candidates into the full communion of the “Father McGivney’s life is an illustration varied. But the wait was worth it, according Church. Consequently, The Criterion is unable to list the of how a holy priest can provide that to three new Catholics of the archdiocese. archdiocese’s new Catholics this year.) † See McGIVNEY, page 3 United Catholic Appeal intention weekend on Nov. 14-15 is ‘our time to make a difference’ By Natalie Hoefer C. Thompson during a special UCA Kingdom of God was at hand. Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in “It remains so today,” the archbishop The weekend of Nov. 14-15 is the Indianapolis on Sept. 24. “The ministries said. “And the UCA is our means of archdiocesan annual United Catholic and services of our Church are essential contributing to making this more evident Appeal (UCA) intention weekend in to carrying out the mission entrusted to in the lives of individuals, families and parishes across communities.” central and During his southern Indiana. homily, the The goal for archbishop this year’s appeal announced the is $6.3 million. theme of this year’s The money will appeal: “Hope for be distributed to Tomorrow.” archdiocesan ministries and organizations us by the Lord. With the tremendous loss of jobs and that provide help no single parish or “Funding is necessary for these wages from the COVID-19 pandemic, deanery could independently offer. ministries and services to exist. … This an increased number of people in “It is in the name of Jesus Christ, is our time to make a difference.” the archdiocese’s 39 counties—more that we make our 2020 United Catholic He noted that throughout his public than 40% of the state—turned to the Appeal,” said Archbishop Charles ministry, Jesus proclaimed that the See UCA, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020

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November 8 – 2 p.m. November 11 – 3 p.m. Confirmation Mass for youths of Archdiocesan Finance Council meeting Prince of Peace Parish in Madison, at at Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Father Michael Shawe Memorial High Catholic Center School, Madison November 12 – 8:15 a.m. November 10 – 10 a.m. Judicatories virtual meeting Office of Catholic Schools Employee Recognition Event at Archbishop November 12 – 10 a.m. Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center, Leadership Team meeting at Indianapolis Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center November 10 – 10:30 a.m. Priest Personnel Board meeting at November 12 – 7 p.m. Archbishop Charles C. Thompson blesses offertory gifts during the United Catholic Appeal Mass at Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Confirmation Mass for youths of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis on Sept. 24. Concelebrating with him are Father John Catholic Center Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish McCaslin, left, Father Joseph Newton (partially obscured) and Msgr. William F. Stumpf, while Deacon in Greenwood at SS. Peter and Paul Russell Woodard kneels beside the altar. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) November 10 – 7 p.m. Cathedral, Indianapolis Confirmation Mass for youths of Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis at November 14 – 6 p.m. • $400 pays the tuition for one Christ the King Church USCCB Subcommittee for Promotion UCA seminarian to participate in a summer and Defense of Marriage virtual continued from page 1 hospital chaplaincy program. meeting • $600 helps a leader or catechist to Church in search of hope for their attend an annual regional conference to tomorrows. better their ministry. As always, the Church responded, “There are constantly winds and providing food, clothing and shelter to storms in our lives, in our families, for those in need regardless of religion, race our Church and our communities,” said Share the blessings and moments or ethnicity. Archbishop Thompson in a UCA video. Meanwhile, the need to care for “Through it all, we have to keep our eyes from your life this year for which retired priests has not diminished. Nor fixed on Jesus. has the need for forming seminarians and “If we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, you are especially grateful deacons, and for forming children and he will not only help us to be safe and adults through education and catechesis. secure, but more importantly help us to This year, the United States has often Day on Nov. 26 this year. While no parish or deanery alone can help others in his name. And that’s what been a nation divided, struggling with Please consider sharing a blessing, an meet these needs, donations to the United gives me hope.” the issues of race, politics and a deadly encounter, a story, a moment of hope, joy, Catholic Appeal make help possible. For virus that has killed more than 235,000 compassion or love from your life this example: (To view the UCA video and other stories Americans. 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Please readers’ blessings in the Nov. 20 issue include your parish and a daytime phone Where does my United Catholic of the paper leading up to Thanksgiving number where you can be reached. † Appeal donation go? Being meek is rare today, but it is The $6.3 million goal for this • caring for retired archdiocesan year’s United Catholic Appeal will be priests; allocated to archdiocesan ministries and • and offering retreats and sabbaticals essential for holiness, Pope Francis says organizations as follows: to current archdiocesan priests. VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Eight people gathered to pray the Angelus with Beatitudes describe the path to holiness, him that the saints and blesseds recognized 16% to help those in need by: 30% for education and catechesis of but the call to meekness seems particularly by the Church walked the path of the • providing food, clothing and shelter; children and adults by: challenging today, Pope Francis said. beatitudes, each in his or her own way. • teaching life skills to those seeking to • helping make Catholic campus “The meek are those who know how to “They all have their own personality rise above poverty; ministry available at colleges and control themselves, who leave space for and developed their own life of holiness • and operating schools in downtown universities in the archdiocese; the other; they listen to the other, respect according to that personality,” the pope Indianapolis for children of families • supporting teachers and students in the other’s way of living, his or her said, “and each one of us can do it, taking who cannot otherwise afford a Catholic the archdiocese’s 67 Catholic schools; needs and requests. 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many years later is filled with joy today. ... McGIVNEY Blessed Michael McGivney, pray for us.” continued from page 1 In looking at Blessed McGivney’s life “through the lens” of the Eight necessary and intimate connection so Beatitudes, from Christ’s Sermon on the crucial in the life and mission of a parish,” Mount, Archbishop Lori on Nov. 1 said the cardinal said. the “beloved founder of the Knights” was Blessed McGivney “knew the simple, “the quintessential parish priest. indispensable requirement for a pastor: “This is the priest we long for. This is to love his people. He was with them the priest the Church needs today,” he said in their sorrows, in times of death and in his homily. bereavement. He was sanctified by doing “When we hear Jesus say, ‘Blessed are what parish priests still do, day in and day the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom out.” of heaven’ (Mt 5:3), we immediately The founding of the Knights of recall how Father McGivney gave up Columbus “grew out of his ministry as everything to serve the Church—his time, a parish priest,” Cardinal Tobin noted. his energy, his resources, taking very little And “long before his exhausted body in return and giving of himself until his surrendered to disease, he died daily to last moment,” Archbishop Lori said. his own desires,” the cardinal added, and Blessed McGivney died of pneumonia “he laid down his life for his friends.” complications at age 38 in 1890; he fell God is good for giving the Church ill while caring for the faithful during Blessed McGivney “at this moment of an outbreak of influenza known as the our common pilgrimage,” Cardinal Tobin Russian flu in Thomaston, Conn. Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson and members of the Schachle said. “In a time of suffering and division, “ ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for family pay their respects on Nov. 1 at the sarcophagus near the entrance of St. Mary Church in we glimpse his face among the ‘cloud they will be comforted’ [Mt 5:4]. Do we New Haven, Conn., where the remains of Blessed Michael McGivney are entombed. (CNS photo/courtesy of witnesses’ that urge us on. In Blessed not recall how Father McGivney mourned Knights of Columbus) Michael, we are reminded that life is not over the plight of families that had lost transactional, but a gift to be shared.” husbands, fathers and breadwinners?” the they will inherit the land” (Mt 5:5). The beatification rite came shortly archbishop said. “When it became apparent the Knights after the beginning of the Oct. 31 Mass. “Do we not find Father McGivney would be successful, Father McGivney After Cardinal Tobin read the rite in at the bedside of dying parishioners, stepped away from the limelight,” Latin, Archbishop Lori read the English many of them young, sharing like a good continuing to support the organization translation of the letter. A giant tapestry of shepherd ... in the grief and sorrow of the not as its leader but “as a holy priest who Blessed McGivney’s portrait was unveiled people he served?” he asked. sought only the material and spiritual in the cathedral sanctuary. “A young Father McGivney walked to well-being of his beloved Knights and Michael “Mikey” McGivney Schachle, the gallows with a condemned Jim Smith their families and to put them on the road together with his parents, Daniel and and [served as] deacon at his execution,” to holiness,” the archbishop continued. Michelle, and several of his 12 brothers and Archbishop Lori said. “Now the Good There were times when Blessed sisters, carried a relic of Blessed McGivney Shepherd himself comforts Father McGivney had to be a peacemaker among and presented it to Cardinal Tobin. The relic McGivney in eternity.” these new Knights, he said, which brings was placed in the sanctuary and censed. Blessed McGivney often visited to mind the beatitude “Blessed are the Mikey, now 5, is the child whose in-utero James “Chip” Smith in his jail cell as the peacemakers, for they will be called healing from a life-threatening condition prisoner awaited execution for the murder children of God” (Mt 5:9). that, under most circumstances, could of a police chief. “Father McGivney found himself have led to an abortion, was confirmed by In that cell, “with loving perseverance, at times dealing with challenging Pope Francis. It was announced in May Father McGivney brought Jim Smith to personalities as well as that pride and as a miracle that occurred through Father conversion and thus ushered a condemned jealously that seem to be a part of every McGivney’s intercession. man to the very throne of mercy, God’s noble undertaking,” he said. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., In remarks at the beginning of the mercy,” Archbishop Lori said in referencing “By all accounts,” he added, “Father accepts a relic from Michael “Mikey” McGivney Nov. 1 liturgy, Archbishop Leonard the beatitude “Blessed are the merciful, for McGivney responded to these challenges Schachle, during the Oct. 31 beatification Mass P. Blair of Hartford, Conn., said the Mass they will be shown mercy” (Mt 5:7). with a disarming humility, a persevering of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the of Thanksgiving “very appropriately falls” Regarding the beatitude “Blessed charity, tranquility of spirit and a wisdom Knights of Columbus, at the Cathedral of on All Saints’ Day at a church “dear to the are the clean of heart, for they will see that lent him the authority he needed to St. Joseph in Hartford, Conn. (CNS photo/courtesy Knights of Columbus.” God” (Mt 5:8), Blessed McGivney built settle disputes, to restore peace and to Knights of Columbus) During his ministry in the parish, on “the sense of modesty he learned at keep his fledgling order, the Knights of Blessed McGivney “showed the kind of home,” and it flowered “into a life of Columbus, on track.” steady determination and focus, confident man and the kind of priest that he was,” chaste celibacy for the kingdom of God,” He also at times was ridiculed as he that if it were God’s will, the Knights Archbishop Blair said. “When he left here Archbishop Lori said. “labored long and hard” to establish would succeed perhaps beyond his in 1884, the New Haven Evening Register A fellow priest described Blessed the Knights, embodying the beatitude dreams,” the archbishop added. observed there’d never been a more McGivney as having an “unassuming “Blessed are they who are persecuted Blessed McGivney originally started energetic or hard-working priest stationed character” and as one “who sought not for the sake of righteousness” (Mt 5:10), the Knights as a service organization in New Haven than he. fame or clerical advancement, but only the Archbishop Lori continued. “Father to help widows and orphans. Today “At his farewell, it was reported that opportunity to serve,” Archbishop Lori said, McGivney was regarded as something of the fraternal order for Catholic men parishioners wept aloud and others sobbed adding that this illustrates how the priest lived a laughingstock, and others ... thought is international and is the largest lay audibly in this very place, which now so out the beatitude “Blessed are the meek, for his project posed grave dangers for the Catholic organization in the world with Church’s future. 2 million members. It sponsors a wide “Father McGivney’s response was range of educational, charitable and neither anger nor recrimination, but rather religious activities. † Knights pray through the night

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Timothy O’Donnell of St. Patrick Parish in Kokomo (Diocese of Lafayette, Ind.), left, Indiana Knights of Columbus state deputy Craig Hanusin and Mike Gossman of St. Malachy Parish in 11/20/20 11/20/20 Brownsburg pray during a Knights of Columbus Councils of Central Indiana all-night “Prayer Vigil for Life” held from 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 through 7 a.m. on Oct. 10 in front of the Indianapolis Planned Parenthood abortion center. According to vigil coordinator and Indiana Knights of Columbus state life director Larry Kunkel, 82 members of the Catholic organization from 15 councils, plus additional families, participated in shifts for a total of more than 100 people praying for respect for life. The Indianapolis Planned Parenthood facility was responsible for the chemical and surgical death of nearly 2,600 babies in 2019. (Submitted photo by Larry Kunkel) Page 4 The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020

Opinion Be Our Guest/Richard Doerflinger What now for the Supreme Court? As I write this, it is unknown whether assaulted anyone—impressed many President Donald J. Trump will win or Americans, and surveys have showed Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher lose his bid for re-election. Either way, majority support for confirming her. Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus however, his most That makes a speech by Senate minority lasting legacy may be leader Charles Schumer, the day before her his naming three new confirmation, especially disturbing. justices to the Schumer attacked Justice Barrett as a Editorial U.S. Supreme danger to “the lives and freedoms of the Court—including, of American people” and their “fundamental course, Amy Coney rights.” He cited “the right to affordable Barrett. health care, to make their own private The debate over medical decisions, to join a union, vote Justice Barrett’s without impediments, marry whom they confirmation, love.” Confirming her, he said, would be however, highlighted some disturbing “an inerasable stain on this Republican aspects of our current political discourse. majority forevermore.” Senators opposing her confirmation Justice Barrett has not said she would as a federal appellate judge in 2017 saw do any of these things, some of which are a public backlash when they openly matters of legislative choice more than probed her Catholic faith, despite the constitutional mandate. And Schumer’s Constitution’s ban on a religious test for reference to “private medical decisions” public office. They did not repeat that was code for abortion—although the mistake in 2020. But instead, opponents Supreme Court’s ever-shifting abortion in the Senate and the media used her past jurisprudence has said since 1992 that the comments and actions on various issues “right” to abortion arises from a sweeping as a proxy for attacking that faith. idea of personal “liberty” rather than She had once signed a newspaper medical privacy. advertisement stating that a new human Oddly, Schumer told Americans that life begins at conception—a fact that the Republican senators were “breaking faith Catholic Church accepts, but that anyone with you” by doing “the exact opposite” can look up in an embryology textbook. of what they promised in 2016. But the And some news outlets expressed party’s 2016 platform promised to appoint Pope Francis celebrates a private Mass in the church of the Pontifical Teutonic College alarm that she had served on the board of “judges who respect traditional family at the Vatican on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) a Christian school whose policies express values and the sanctity of innocent human “anti-LGBTQ rhetoric,” for example that life,” and on same-sex marriage to appoint marriage is a union “between a man and a those who “respect the constitutional woman.” That is simply Catholic teaching, limits on their power and respect the and a tradition of other biblical faiths. authority of the states to decide such Praying for the dead But it became clear during her fundamental social questions.” It seems confirmation hearings that Justice Barrett that what he fears is the possible keeping People don’t like to think about death, some purification, when they have been believes the task of a judge is not to of those promises. either their own or that of a close relative purified after death.” impose one’s personal views, but to Justices like Amy Coney Barrett or friend. But the Catholic Church What we call purgatory is that process carefully apply the Constitution as written may lead the court to a more modest encourages us to do so, especially during of purification. Catholics often think and leave the making of new laws to role, leaving issues to the people and the month of November. of it as a place between heaven and lawmakers. their elected representatives when the We prayed on Nov. 2 for the those hell, but it really is not a place. It’s a And like her predecessor Supreme Constitution says little or nothing about in purgatory, traditionally known as the process. It’s necessary because Scripture Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she them. But it seems that leaders in the “poor souls,” but that’s not the only time says that nothing impure will enter the calmly refused to predict her decisions on party known as Democratic, which I’ve this month that we’re encouraged to pray kingdom of heaven. But we know that future cases, because those must rely on belonged to all my adult life, may be for them. Some parishes keep stacks not everyone who dies is worthy to the facts and arguments presented by both afraid of ... more democracy. of envelopes containing the names of enter into perfect and complete union sides in those cases. parishioners’ loved ones on their altars with God. Nor has he or she rejected Justice Barrett’s qualifications, (Richard Doerflinger worked for 36 years during Mass this month, so they are all God’s mercy enough to sentence himself demeanor and patience with strange in the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of remembered and prayed for. or herself to hell. In the process of questions—including one senator’s the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Scripture readings this month urge purification that we call purgatory, every question whether she had sexually He writes from Washington state.) † us to be prepared both for the end of the trace of sin is eliminated, and every world and our own death. The second imperfection is corrected. reading for the 33th Sunday in Ordinary We have no idea when that happens. Time (the weekend of Nov. 14-15), for Are people undergoing that process example, from the First Letter of St. Paul for many years? Or does it occur to the Thessalonians, says, “You know immediately after death or even in the very well that the day of the Lord will process of dying? Unfortunately, some come like a thief at night. When people pious folklore has made us think that are saying, ‘Peace and security,’ then purgatory is a mini-hell where people sudden disaster comes upon them, like spend years and years of torture and pain labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and before finally being allowed into heaven. they will not escape” (1 Thes 5:2-3). But that is not Catholic teaching. The Catholic Church consistently Perhaps St. Pope John Paul II expressed urges us to pray for the dead. Yet praying it best when he taught about purgatory for the dead wouldn’t make any sense if on Aug. 4, 1999: “Those who live in this there is no purgatory. One of the most state of purification after death are not common criticisms that Protestants have separated from God but are immersed in about the Catholic faith is our belief in the love of Christ.” purgatory. Where is purgatory mentioned But what about praying for the in the Bible, they ask. dead? That is part of our belief in the The word “purgatory” isn’t in the communion of saints that we say we Bible, but praying for the dead goes back believe in when we recite the Apostles’ at least as far as the second century B.C. Creed. Again, here is what St. Pope John The Second Book of Maccabees Paul II said about this practice, in the (2 Mc 12:39-46) tells how Judas same address: “We all remain united Maccabeus and his men took up a in the Mystical Body of Christ and we collection that they sent to Jerusalem as can therefore offer up prayers and good an expiatory sacrifice for men who had works on behalf of our brothers and been killed in battle. “Thus he made sisters in purgatory.” atonement for the dead that they might The Mystical Body of Christ is the be freed from this sin” (2 Mc 12:46), the doctrine described by St. Paul in his chapter concludes. letters to the Corinthians and Ephesians Purgatory is part of Catholic that the Church forms a single body, teachings about heaven. When Pope united with Christ as its head, composed Benedict XII formally defined our of the living, those in the state of teachings about heaven on Jan. 29, 1336, purgatory and the saints in heaven. he said that the faithful go to heaven Let us continue to pray for the dead after death “provided they were not in and remain prepared for our own death. need of purification when they died … or, if they then did need or will need —John F. Fink The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020 Page 5 ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO CHARLES C. THOMPSON

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Praying for the dead affirms our belief in life everlasting

“We do not want you to be unaware, those who have died through our prayer. him. We listen for his word, and we The evangelists were very clear in brothers, about those who have fallen Many years ago, when he was a seek to do his will. their depictions of the Lord after his death asleep, so that you may not grieve like the professor of theology, Joseph Ratzinger Praying with Mary and the saints and resurrection. He was not exactly the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe (now retired Pope Benedict XVI) (and all who have died) is no different. same, they tell us. He appeared and that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, wrote a series of scholarly reflections It’s about being open and receptive to disappeared. He passed through locked through Jesus, bring with him those who on death and eternal life. In one of what God has to say to us through them. doors. And even his closest friends and have fallen asleep” (1 Thes 4:13-14). these, he wrote: “The possibility of And it means sharing our deepest hopes disciples failed to recognize him at times. helping and giving does not cease to and fears, our joys and our sorrows, But the risen Jesus was not a Just four days ago, on Nov. 2, the exist on the death of the Christian. our frustrations in daily living, and our ghost. He was real. He offered to Commemoration of All the Faithful Rather does it stretch out to encompass desire to be better persons and to grow let Thomas touch his wounds. He Departed (All Souls Day), we prayed the entire communion of saints, on both in holiness as disciples of Jesus Christ. cooked and ate breakfast. Most for all who have died. sides of death’s portals.” Pope St. John Paul II once said importantly, he communicated Catholics have always believed in If we take this seriously, it means that “contemplation of the lives of with the Apostles, encouraging (and the importance of praying for the dead. that we have a duty to pray for those those who have followed Christ challenging) them to be faithful to their We also believe that the dead pray who have died. encourages us to lead a good, upright calling as his missionary disciples. for us—that they intercede for us as Prayer is always directed to God, Christian life so that we can prepare The Lord has promised that those advocates before the throne of God. but we Christians believe that Mary ourselves each day for eternal life.” who are faithful will enjoy everlasting This means, of course, that we and all the saints can assist us in our By keeping in touch with deceased happiness with God and all the saints. believe there is a real relationship communication with our heavenly Father. loved ones, especially with the people He is true to his promise, and he urges that continues to exist between the They intercede for us, whether we ask Pope Francis calls “next door saints,” we us to stay close to all the faithful living and the dead. And like all them to or not, but they also pray with us. participate actively in the communion departed through our prayers. We remain personal relationships, we believe that That means they accompany us on our of saints, which includes all those whose close to those who have gone before us our connection (communion) with individual spiritual journeys, and if we let lives reflect their yearning for the joy of in a special way through the particular those who have died is nourished them, they can and do communicate with heaven. communion we share with them at the and strengthened by personal, and us along the way. When we talk to people who have altar when we are celebrating Mass. sometimes intimate, communication. Praying with the people we love died, we’re not “losing it” or trying to May the souls of all the faithful As Christians, we do not believe who have died doesn’t require a lot of escape from reality. We believe that death departed through the mercy of God in false or superficial forms of words. In fact, prayer is more about is not the end of life or the dissolution rest in peace. And may they pray for communication with the dead listening than about talking. of our individual personalities. We take our us always, as we promise to pray for (séances or voodoo or other forms of When we pray, we place ourselves cue from the accounts of the risen Jesus in them, until we are all united with Christ superstition). We communicate with in God’s hands. We open our hearts to the New Testament. in our heavenly home on the Last Day. †

Rezar por los muertos afirma nuestra creencia en la vida eterna “Pero no queremos, hermanos, que Hace muchos años, cuando era voluntad. Resucitado en el Nuevo Testamento. ignoren acerca de los que duermen, profesor de teología, Joseph Ratzinger Lo mismo hacemos al rezar con Los evangelistas fueron muy claros para que no se entristezcan como (el ahora retirado papa Benedicto María y los santos (y todos los que en sus representaciones del Señor lo hacen los demás que no tienen XVI) escribió una serie de reflexiones han muerto). Se trata de estar abiertos después de su muerte y resurrección. esperanza. Porque si creemos que eruditas sobre la muerte y la vida y ser receptivos a lo que Dios nos Nos dicen que no era exactamente el Jesús murió y resucitó, así también eterna. En una de ellas escribe: “La dice a través de ellos. Y significa mismo, que aparecía y desaparecía, Dios traerá con Él a los que posibilidad de ayudar y dar no deja de compartir nuestras esperanzas y que atravesaba puertas cerradas y que durmieron en Jesús” (1 Tes 4:13-14). existir a la muerte del cristiano. Más temores más profundos, nuestras incluso sus amigos más cercanos y bien se extiende para abarcar toda alegrías y nuestras penas, nuestras discípulos a veces no lo reconocieron. Hace solo cuatro días, el 2 de la comunión de los santos, a ambos frustraciones en la vida diaria, y Pero Cristo resucitado no era un noviembre, la conmemoración lados de los portales de la muerte.” nuestro deseo de ser mejores personas fantasma sino un se real. Le ofreció de Todos los fieles difuntos (Día de Si nos tomamos en serio esta y crecer en santidad como discípulos a Tomás que le tocara las heridas; Todas las Ánimas), rezamos por todos afirmación, significa que tenemos de Jesucristo. cocinó y desayunó. Pero lo más los que han muerto. el deber de rezar por los que han El papa san Juan Pablo II dijo en importante es que se comunicó Los católicos siempre hemos fallecido. una ocasión que “la contemplación de con los Apóstoles para animarlos (y creído en la importancia de rezar por La oración siempre se dirige a las vidas de aquellos que han seguido desafiarlos) a ser fieles a su vocación los muertos. También creemos que Dios, pero los cristianos creemos a Cristo nos anima a llevar una vida de discípulos misioneros. los muertos rezan por nosotros, que que María y todos los santos pueden cristiana buena y recta para que El Señor ha prometido que aquellos interceden como abogados ante el ayudarnos en nuestra comunicación podamos prepararnos cada día para la que sean fieles gozarán de la felicidad trono de Dios. con nuestro Padre celestial. vida eterna.” eterna con Dios y todos los santos. Por supuesto, esto significa que Ellos intervienen por nosotros, Manteniendo el contacto Él cumple sus promesas y nos insta creemos que hay una relación real independientemente de que se con nuestros seres queridos fallecidos, a permanecer cerca de todos los que sigue existiendo entre los vivos lo pidamos o no, pero también especialmente con aquellos que el fieles difuntos a través de nuestras y los muertos, y como todas las rezan con nosotros. Eso significa que papa Francisco denomina “santos oraciones. Nos mantenemos cerca relaciones personales, creemos que nos acompañan en nuestros viajes de a pie” participamos activamente de quienes se han marchado antes nuestra conexión (comunión) con los espirituales individuales y, si se lo en la Comunión de los Santos, que que nosotros a través de la comunión que han partido de este mundo se permitimos, pueden y se comunican incluye a todos aquellos cuyas vidas especial que compartimos con ellos nutre y fortalece por la comunicación con nosotros a lo largo del camino. reflejan su anhelo por la alegría en el altar cuando celebramos la misa. personal, y a veces íntima. Rezar con nuestros queridos celestial. Que por la misericordia de Dios Como cristianos, no creemos difuntos no requiere muchas palabras. Hablar con los difuntos no implica las almas de todos los fieles que en formas falsas o superficiales De hecho, la oración es más para que estamos volviéndonos locos han partido descansen en paz, y que de comunicación con los muertos escuchar que para hablar; cuando o intentando escapar de la realidad. recen por nosotros siempre, al igual (sesiones de espiritismo o vudú u rezamos, nos ponemos en las manos Creemos que la muerte no es el fin que nosotros prometemos rezar por otras formas de superstición). Nos de Dios, abrimos nuestros corazones a de la vida ni la disolución de nuestra ellos, hasta que todos estemos unidos comunicamos con los fallecidos a Él, prestamos atención para escuchar personalidad individual. Seguimos a Cristo en nuestro hogar celestial en través de la oración. Sus palabras y buscamos hacer Su el ejemplo de los relatos sobre Jesús el Día Final. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020

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November 8 Catholic Charities-Social thru only, sponsored by Our Lady of Peace Cemetery 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., author W. 86th St., Indianapolis. All Saints Parish, St. John Concerns Ministry, addresses Decatur County Right to and Mausoleum, 9001 of Grace from the Rubble First Friday Mass, 5 p.m., the Baptist Campus, 25743 the symptoms and causes Life, proceeds benefit Safe Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. and Change of Heart, Jeanne optional tour of center State Route 1, Guilford. Fall of stress and practical tools Haven baby box for Decatur Mass, 2 p.m. Information: Bishop speaking, time for to follow. Information: Chicken Dinner, 11 a.m.- to cope with anxiety and County, includes grilled 317-574-8898 or www. questions, pre-recorded panel 317-829-6800, www. 5 p.m., adult dinner $12, child depression; free, registration pork chop or grilled chicken catholiccemeteries.cc. discussion of incarcerated womenscarecenter.org. dinner $6, mega split-the-pot required. Registration: breast, macaroni and cheese, offenders, free, registration raffle. Information: 812-576- cutt.ly/COVIDcoping. green beans and roll, $10. November 20 required. Registration and Our Lady of the Greenwood 4302 or emilyalig.asp@ Information: Theresa Information 812-6142528 or Northside Events and Social information: archindy.org/ Church, 335 S. Meridian St., gmail.com. Chamblee, tchamblee@ [email protected]. Club, 2100 East 71st Street, corrections. Greenwood. First Friday archindy.org or Indianapolis. Catholic bilingual celebration of the November 10 317-236-1404. November 18 Business Exchange, Indy December 2 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sisters of Providence virtual Calvary Mausoleum Society of St. Vincent de MCL Cafeteria, 5520 Mass, 5:45 p.m., exposition “Act justly, Love tenderly, Bishop Simon Bruté College Chapel, 435 W. Troy Ave., Paul president Paul Ainslie Castleton Corner Lane, of the Blessed Sacrament, Walk humbly” Monthly Seminary virtual “Storm Indianapolis. Monthly presenter, Mass 7 a.m., buffet Indianapolis. Solo Seniors, following Mass until 9 p.m., Taizé Prayer Service, 7-8 p.m., the Castle” Bruté Night, Mass, 2 p.m. Information: breakfast and program 5 p.m., Catholic, educational, sacrament of reconciliation silent and spoken prayers, 5-7 p.m., for male high 317-784-4439 or www. after, $15 members, charitable and social singles— available. Information: simple music, silence. Link: school students, pray and catholiccemeteries.cc. $21 non-members. separated, widowed or 317-750-7309, msross1@ cutt.ly/Taize. Information: talk with seminarians, free. Information, registration: divorced—age 50 and older, hotmail.com. 812-535-2952, provctr@ Reservations: mhagenauer@ November 19 catholicbusinessexchange.org. new members welcome, also spsmw.org. archindy.org. St. Joseph Church, 1401 call about regular Friday night December 5 S. Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. November 21 dinner events. Information: Benedict Inn Retreat and November 11 November 12 Third Thursday Adoration, Annual Corrections 317-796-8605 or Conference Center, 1402 “Stress Management and Knights of St. Johns Hall, interceding for women Ministry Virtual Conference, 317-243-0777. Southern Ave., Beech Grove. Coping in a COVID World” 12 W. Wilder St., experiencing crisis pregnancy, “Forgiving with Grace,” Shop Inn-spired Annual webinar via Zoom, 10-11 a.m., Greensburg. Bob Rust 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with Mass at sponsored by archdiocesan December 4 Christmas Sale and Open hosted by archdiocesan Memorial Dinner, drive- 5:45 p.m. Corrections Ministry, Women’s Care Center, 4901 House, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. †

For a complete list of retreats as reported to Retreats and Programs The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats. Becky’s Place to host virtual open house and fun run, sell calendars in Nov. and Dec. November 21 Conference Center, Grove. Sunday Advent Mother of the Redeemer 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Scripture Readings: How Becky’s Place, a ministry of Catholic 4-6 p.m. on Nov. 19 and Nov. 24. Retreat Center, 8220 West Grove. Waiting in Joyful They Speak to Us, Charities Bloomington, will offer three For further information or to register State Road 48, Bloomington. Hope, 6-8:30 p.m., presented 9-11:30 a.m., presented by opportunities to learn about and support online, go to cutt.ly/run4hope or Pre-Cana Marriage by Benedictine Sister Jennifer Father Jeffrey Godecker, its mission in November and December. contact Corrina Hayes at 812-275-5773 Preparation Retreat, Mechtild Horner, includes $35. Registration: www. Becky’s Place, located in Bedford, or [email protected]. 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., social dinner, $45. Registration: benedictinn.org/retreats- provides shelter and assistance Also starting in November, distanced, masks required, www.benedictinn.org/retreats- programs. Information: for women with children who are 2021 calendars benefiting Becky’s includes materials, morning programs. Information: [email protected], experiencing homelessness and moving Place and the Men’s Warming coffee and a boxed lunch, [email protected], 317-788-7581. toward a life of self-sufficiency. Shelter in Bedford will go on sale $135 per couple plus $7 online 317-788-7581. Its virtual Run for Hope 5K will for $20. The calendars can be ordered processing fee. Registration December 15-18 take place the entire month of November. online at BeckysPlaceBedford.org. and information: archindy.org/ December 8 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat All ages and fitness levels are welcome. Lastly, Becky’s Place virtual precana, [email protected] Benedict Inn Retreat and House, 5353 E. 56th St., Participants may run or walk the 5K (3.1- Christmas Open House will or 317-592-4007. Conference Center, Indianapolis. Advent Days mile) distance inside or outside sometime stream live on the organization’s 1402 Southern Ave., Beech of Silence, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., during the month and need not complete Facebook page at facebook.com/ November 23 Grove. Personal Day of includes breakfast and lunch, the full distance at once. beckysplacebedford from 7-8 p.m. on Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Retreat, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., room to use throughout the The cost, which includes a T-shirt, Dec. 1. The free broadcast will include House, 5353 E. 56th St., includes private room for the day, access to common areas is $20 if picking up the race packet a tour of the homeless shelter and Indianapolis. Day of Silence, day and lunch, $40, spiritual and grounds, $35 per day, in person, or $30 to have the race interviews with special guests. 8 a.m.–4 p.m., self-directed direction for additional fee overnight stay (depending on packet mailed. In-person registration For information on the open house, retreat, includes a room to of $30 (must be scheduled availability) additional $28, and packet pickup are available at call Corrina Hayes at 812-275-5773 or use for the day, continental in advance). Registration: $9 dinner when available. 1108 5th St. in Bedford from e-mail [email protected]. † breakfast, Mass, lunch and the www.benedictinn.org/ Information and registration: use of the common areas and retreats-programs. Jennifer Burger, 317-545- grounds, $35. Information and Information: benedictinn@ 7681, [email protected], registration: Jennifer Burger, benedictinn.org, www.archindy.org/fatima. Sisters of Providence to host 317-545-7681, jburger@ 317-788-7581. Spiritual direction available archindy.org, www.archindy. for additional suggested multi-faith unity retreat on Nov. 15 org/fatima. December 12 donation, contact Georgene Benedict Inn Retreat and Beiriger, gbeiriger@ A “Unity Retreat Afternoon for Damiano and a team of presenters of December 1 Conference Center, archindy.org, 317-545-7681, Daughters and Sons of Abraham” will the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths Benedict Inn Retreat and 1402 Southern Ave., Beech ext. 105. † take place at Providence Spirituality & will share their faith through prayer, Conference Center, 1 Sisters of Providence song, presentations and conversations. Road, in St. Mary-Of-The-Woods, from The cost is $15 or a freewill 1:15-4:15 p.m. on Nov. 15. donation. The registration deadline is St. Elizabeth/Coleman Pregnancy The retreat event will be hosted Nov. 9. by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Register online at Events. & Adoption Services to host Mary-of-the-Woods in collaboration SistersofProvidence.org, or by calling with the Interfaith Council of the 812-535-2952 or e-mailing provctr@ virtual fundraiser on Nov. 12 Wabash Valley. Providence Sister Paula spsmw.org. † St. Elizabeth/Coleman Pregnancy of the organization. & Adoption Services in Beech Grove To register, go to cutt.ly/ will host a virtual “Giving Birth to GivingBirthToHope. St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities Hope” fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. on For more information about Nov. 12. St. Elizabeth/Coleman Pregnancy to hold hybrid reverse raffle on Nov. 14 During the program, hear & Adoption Services, call adoption journey stories and 317-787-3412 or go to www. The St. Elizabeth Catholic purchased for more than one raffle. testimonies about the loving works givingbirthtohope.org. † Charities Reverse Raffle will take Winners need not be present. place at Huber Winery Plantation All proceeds of the event will Hall, 19816 Huber Road in Borden, benefit the work of St. Elizabeth on Nov. 14. It will be simultaneously Catholic Charities in the New Albany broadcast online due to COVID-19 Deanery including a homeless St. Louis de Montfort to host free restrictions for in-person attendance. shelter for women and children, a Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner will family stability program, affordable Thanksgiving Day dinner on Nov. 26 be served at 6 p.m., and the raffle, supportive housing, adoption services, St. Louis de Montfort Parish, rolls and dessert in Craig Willy Hall with its simultaneous broadcast, will a community distribution program 11441 Hague Road, in Fishers from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Nov. 26. All are begin at 7 p.m. for household needs, a supported (Lafayette Diocese), is hosting a free welcome. The event includes three separate living program for individuals with Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, For more information, call reverse raffles differing in the cost of intellectual and/or developmental mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetables, 317-517-4256. † chances—$25, $50 and $100. Each disabilities, and counseling services. of the raffles has a separate payout, To reserve a seat, request chances and only 200 chances will be sold for or for more information, go to cutt.ly/ Events and retreats can be submitted to The Criterion by logging on to each raffle. Chances may be SECC-revraffle or call 812-949-7305.† www.archindy.org/events/submission, or by mailing us at 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, ATTN: Ann Lewis, or by fax at 317-236-1593. The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020 Page 7 ‘Forgiving with Grace’ topic of Nov. 21 corrections ministry conference

By Mike Krokos that evil had cast a shadow over lives that killer,” Bishop until then had been privileged and peaceful. said. In the book, What began as an evening full of joy And I knew that evil must be responded to; she describes four 30 years ago ended in senseless tragedy you cannot not respond to evil. pastors who helped for Jeanne Bishop and her family. “I knew, too, that if my response to direct her path: The heartbreak that resulted from that whomever had killed them was hatred, there two were pastors tragedy led Bishop to a defining choice wouldn’t be enough hate in the universe to at her Presbyterian for her life—a choice pay for the lives of my loved ones. I knew church in Chicago; between hatred and there had to be some other response.” the third was a forgiveness. Her response, which led to eventually Southern Baptist “On the night reconciling with her loved ones’ killer, preacher and before Palm Sunday— will be among the stories Bishop shares a university April 7, 1990—I was during the fourth annual archdiocesan president; and out to dinner with my Corrections Ministry Conference, which the fourth was an family celebrating the will be held virtually from 8:30 a.m. to Episcopal priest happy news that my 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 21. The topic will be at a service she younger sister Nancy, “Forgiving with Grace.” attended one Jeanne Bishop 25, and her husband Bishop’s transformation after the summer. Richard, 29, were life-changing event included leaving her “All had wisdom expecting their first child,” Bishop said in job as a corporate attorney at a large to impart to me, just an e-mail interview. “This was an occasion law firm in the greater Chicago area as I have gained for joy in my family, because Nancy, even to become a public defender in Cook wisdom from my though she was the youngest of me and County, Ill. It was a way for her to make a beloved Catholic my two sisters, was the first who was “real difference” in the world. brothers and sisters,” she said. grateful that this story is going out into to become a mom. The baby she was “I had already lived four years on this The author will also discuss her latest the world. We have so much to learn from carrying would have been my parents’ first Earth that Nancy never got to have, and book, Grace From the Rubble: Two Fathers’ these two men about grace and redemption grandchild, my first little niece or nephew, every day I lived after that would be another Road to Reconciliation After the Oklahoma and the power of love over hate.” so we were all over the moon.” day that I would have a chance to open City Bombing, which grew out of the The author said she hopes people Nancy and Richard left for their my eyes, breathe in air and go out into the reaction to her first book, Bishop said. The who take part in the Nov. 21 conference townhome after the dinner. There, the world and do good,” she said. “I knew I book shares how Bud Welch, the father understand “that we don’t have to be stuck couple and their unborn child were couldn’t waste one more minute of this gift of Oklahoma City bombing victim Julie in the past, burdened with resentment, murdered by a gunman who had broken of life I had been given. I owed it to God Welch, forges an unlikely friendship with anger and bitterness. We can lay that into their home. Jeanne’s father found the and to Nancy, to honor her memory.” Bill McVeigh, the father of bomber Timothy burden down and move forward in freedom bodies the next day when he stopped by In her new role, Bishop began to McVeigh. It is also a story of forgiveness. and peace. There is a better way,” she after church to visit them. advocate for gun registration and to fight Both books are available on Amazon.com. noted, “and it is the way of Christ.” “When the police told my parents and against the death penalty. Twenty-five The book about the two fathers “speaks Bishop will have signed copies of both me how Nancy and Richard and their years after the tragedy, she wrote a book, of reaching across the divide to reconcile of her books available for purchase and baby had died—from gunshot wounds— Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy and with those who, by earthly reason, should will send them to whomever would like to the first thing that came out of my mouth Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer, be your enemies. I saw such hunger out read these stories of transformation. seemed to emerge without any conscious which is a powerful account of the there for this word of forgiveness and During the virtual event, there will thought: I heard myself say, ‘I don’t want murders and her reconciliation with the mercy. Jesus said love your enemies,” also be a pre-recorded panel discussion of to hate anyone,’ ” Bishop said. murderer, David Biro, who was a high Bishop said. “And I knew the most inmates at an Indiana correctional facility “Everyone in the room looked at me as school student at the time of the crime. amazing story, of the father of one of the on their struggle with forgiving others and if I were insane. But looking back, I know He is serving a life sentence. Oklahoma City bombing victims actually others forgiving them. exactly why I said that. I saw with stark “My faith had everything to do with reaching out and befriending the father To register for this free event, go to clarity that evil had intruded on our lives, my journey to reconciliation with the of her killer. It was breathtaking. I’m so www.archindy.org/corrections. † INSPIRED BY YOUR APPETITE FOR NEW EXPERIENCES. And complete women’s health that feeds mind, body and soul. At Franciscan Health Women and Children’s, we deliver the best care for every phase of a woman’s life, because we’re inspired by you. And everything you’ll soon become. Learn more about what inspires us at FranciscanHealth.org. Page 8 The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020 Youth conference hopes to ignite a passion for God By John Shaughnessy Catholic Youth Conference]. ” Featuring interactive activities and When the coronavirus crisis started breakout sessions, the conference will earlier this year, Ali Hoffman and her father be presented at two chased away their fear and isolation with times—1-3:30 p.m. a rousing, I-dare-you-not-to-smile song- and 7-9:30 p.m.— and-dance performance in their kitchen that with one main goal. went viral, drawing “I really just want millions of viewers on people to get to know the internet. Jesus, to spend time It was a celebration with him and to grow of fun, family and life. in relationship to him,” On Nov. 22, Shanahan says. “And Hoffman will be part of Brian Greenfield we’re hoping this is a a different celebration catalyst for that. And in the archdiocese—a that it really just sparks some energy as we celebration of fun, get ready for NCYC next year.” There are different options for communities,” Shanahan says. “We want Ali Hoffman community and the IGNITE organizers are also hoping that participating in IGNITE. For individuals to let everybody know, especially the joy that comes with a the conference helps youths, parish groups or groups that aren’t able to get together teens, that they’re not alone, that they’re relationship with Jesus Christ. and their leaders connect more closely, in person at their parish, they can view the not going through this alone. A youth minister, Hoffman will be which has been a major challenge since the conference and be involved in it online. “It’s really going to be a great event. one of the main speakers for IGNITE, a emergence of the coronavirus in March. “The other option is they can meet with We’re still called to go out and evangelize, virtual conference that the archdiocesan “Our biggest hope is that despite all their youth group and watch all the main and we’re still called to build community. Office of Youth Ministry will hold for the things that have happened in 2020 that sessions and then do the breakout sessions We need to continue to be creative and Catholic teenagers and youth groups in have been huge obstacles and challenges, on their own or watch the breakout pave the way to better ministry and to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the the conference will be a way to help sessions,” Shanahan says. “So they’re still building the kingdom of God.” Lafayette Diocese. parishes have wins—successes—in their able to gather and have interactions with “Ali has got a ton of energy and youth ministry programs,” Shanahan says. people from their own community.” (For more information about IGNITE, visit will draw people in,” says Mary Kate “It’s an opportunity for youths to still Organizers especially hope that youth www.archindyym.com. The cost of the Shanahan, associate director of the gather and to still have ministry experiences. groups will be able to come together at their conference is $15 per youth for groups of Indianapolis archdiocese’s youth ministry Because there’s lots of parishes where they parishes in some way for the conference. 1-15 high school students. It’s $10 per youth outreach. “We’ve also got another great haven’t been able to meet for so long or the “We really want to encourage people for groups of 16 or more. For information speaker, Brian Greenfield. Brian will be attendance has gone down so dramatically to gather and be there in person, to on registering for the conference, contact the emcee next year at NCYC [National because of COVID.” do as much as they can to build those your parish’s youth ministry leader.) † Retired Pope Benedict XVI declines his late brother’s inheritance BERLIN (CNS)—Retired Pope Benedict Sonntag. This was stated in the postscript a small library and family photos. Msgr. Ratzinger, 96, died in XVI has declined the inheritance of his of Msgr. Ratzinger’s will, he said. Bild am Sonntag anonymously quoted Regensburg on July 1. The retired pope brother Georg, who died in July, reported The house in Regensburg, Germany, a confidant of retired Pope Benedict as had visited his older brother in mid-June the German Catholic news agency KNA. where Msgr. Ratzinger lived belongs saying he “will certainly still receive one after the latter’s health had deteriorated. Because of this, “the estate of Georg to St. Johann’s, the report said. The or two mementos.” However, he carried Msgr. Ratzinger was retired Pope Ratzinger goes to the Holy See,” Johannes monsignor’s estate consists mainly of the memories of his brother “in his heart,” Benedict’s last close relative. 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facebook.com/CRHSIndy twitter.com/CRHS_Indy instagram.com/CRHS_Indy The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020 Page 9 ‘Now it’s a family thing’ By Natalie Hoefer said anything about my interest. receiving the sacraments that he would “Then I saw it again in the bulletin consider going to RCIA classes again Visiting the Vatican in 2019 was not the next year.” in the future “for a refresher, because what lead Gene Gadient to feel called to By the time he visited Rome in 2019, there’s so much to learn.” the Catholic faith—but it did prompt him “There were people at church who said When Gadient learned he would into action. they’d be willing to sponsor me if I not be able to receive his sacraments The 62-year-old attended different wanted to become Catholic,” he noted. at the Easter Vigil this year, “It was churches when he was growing up. From What spurred Gadient to action was disappointing, but understandable,” he his teens through his early 20s, he was seeing the Vatican. said. a member of the Nazarene Church, “but He and Lisa accompanied Katie’s high But as COVID-19 spread and the death then I drifted away,” he said. school show choir on a trip to sing in four toll rose, there was one sacrament he Gadient’s journey to the Catholic historic churches in Italy, including was to receive that he began to ponder faith began years later, when he started St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. more—baptism. joining his wife Lisa and their youngest “I was amazed at how big the Vatican “As you go through [RCIA], you daughter, Katie, at Mass at St. Roch was,” he recalled. “We took a tour before understand about the need to be baptized Church in Indianapolis, the parish in [the choir] sang. When I got into to go to heaven. COVID made me think Gene Gadient, center, smiles with his daughter which Lisa was raised. St. Peter’s itself and saw how big it about that,” Gadient admitted. Katie, left, and his wife Lisa after being He was soon impressed by then-parish was—wow! Seeing how old all the When he finally received the welcomed into the full communion of the Church pastor Father James Wilmoth. churches were—it was just impressive.” sacraments of baptism, confirmation during a special Mass at St. Roch Church in “After [Mass], a group of us would That fall, Gadient signed up for RCIA and the Eucharist at a special liturgy on Indianapolis on July 12. (Submitted photo) go to breakfast, but we’d talk in the at St. Roch Parish. July 12, there was one emotion Gadient pews for 30-45 minutes first,” Gadient He said he learned “a lot” from the especially felt. For his own confirmation saint, recalled. “Father Wilmoth would talk classes. “Thankfulness,” he said. “Thankful Gadient chose St. Joseph. with us. It made me feel accepted even “But the main thing that really struck a that I’d come this far. Thankful for the “I always put a priority on being a good though I wasn’t Catholic at the time.” chord with me is that the Catholic Church feeling like we’re now more of a family, father,” he said. “I’ve always enjoyed being After going to Mass at St. Roch for five can follow its pope and leaders all the sharing our faith together.” a father and doing things with the kids.” or six years, he said, “I saw something way back to Christ. I was in awe of that, That sharing continued when Katie, Before, he couldn’t fully participate about RCIA [Rite of Christian Initiation for that it had that kind of legacy, and it’s the a junior in high school, received the in Mass or the Catholic faith with his Adults] in the bulletin and thought I’d like only Church that can say that.” sacrament of confirmation shortly daughter and wife. to do it, but I missed the start date. I never He told his wife not long after after Gadient was confirmed. “Now, it’s a family thing,” he said. † ‘I felt God’s presence’ By Natalie Hoefer It made sense, then, that Stater—with his background in ministry and desire to be a social worker—chose Bryan Stater was raised in the Protestant faith St. Regis for his confirmation saint. and went on to earn an associate degree in Christian “He was into helping the homeless,” Stater ministry from Indiana Wesleyan University. explained. “I really liked his story. He’s a good example So when he met his wife Sarah several years ago, he for me to live by.” wasn’t ready to embrace her Catholic faith. When public Masses were suspended starting on But he was willing to go to Mass with her at March 18 to help stop the spread of COVID-19, “it was St. Bartholomew Church in Columbus, both while they tough,” he said. “We always went to Saturday evening were dating and after they married. Mass. It felt weird with no Mass at all.” “I was drawn to the welcome there,” Stater said of What felt even worse was contracting the the parish. “I really loved the priest and the messages.” coronavirus, he said. As time passed, he felt more and more drawn not just “Around March 19, I felt really bad before work, to the parish but to the Catholic faith. tired, achy,” Stater recalled. “They tested me, and I “I prayed about it all the time,” he said. “It’s difficult, tested positive.” Bryan Stater, center, prepares to receive the sacrament of changing churches. But every time I prayed about it, I Then Sarah, a nurse, also tested positive. confirmation from Father Christopher Wadelton on June 14 at felt like [the Catholic Church] was the place to be.” “We had to take care of the boys” despite feeling St. Bartholomew Church in Columbus. His sponsor, Deacon Despite the busyness of helping raise his twin toddler “terrible and weak,” he said. “When they napped, we William Jones, stands by at right. (Submitted photo) sons (who will be 2 in December), working full time in napped. The boys ended up being fine.” corrections and studying for a bachelor’s degree in social Both Bryan and Sarah were surprised by their and his sponsor Deacon William Jones. “We felt so blessed.” work, Stater joined the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults recovery time. Easter came and went. RCIA classes continued online (RCIA) classes at St. Bartholomew in the fall of 2019. “It took us each three weeks before we had our via Zoom “to continue our preparation,” said Stater. The experience confirmed his desire to be welcomed energy back,” he said. “It was about four weeks before He was full of joy when June 14 arrived. On that into the full communion of the Church. things were back to normal.” day, he was finally welcomed into the full communion “What really impressed me the most is you could see They were also touched by the kindness they of the Church when he received the sacraments of those helping were passionate about their faith,” said Stater. received during their struggle. confirmation and Communion during a special liturgy. He was also impressed by the Church’s 2,000 years “So many from church and friends and family checked During the Mass, Stater knew his prayers of of history and by the communion of the saints. on us,” he said with gratitude. “It meant a lot that people discernment, the months of balancing a full schedule, “I wasn’t used to the idea of saints,” he admitted. “But it checked in and were willing to come by,” including parish the preparation and the wait were all worth it: “I felt was explained to me that they’re like examples to live by.” pastoral associate and RCIA director Kathy Davis-Shanks, God’s presence when I received the Eucharist.” † ‘I felt at one with them and with Christ’ By Natalie Hoefer her. We’d say we’re going to church, and And while his non-Catholic friends Especially receiving Communion. she didn’t know what we meant. It was touted their prayer as more “free-style,” “A big part of unity in the Church for me Drew Haynes, 32, had gone to Mass confusing to her. Haynes came to appreciate the long- was to participate in the Eucharist,” he said. with his wife Abby, a lifelong Catholic, “So we started talking about how to standing prayers of the Catholic faith. “I always felt I was a guest at Mass, no since they began dating 12 years ago. create more oneness in our faith.” “I learned the value of those prayers matter how involved I got [in the parish] or Likewise, Abby joined him for services at That was two years ago. Knowing when you can’t think of words, when how many people I knew. I knew that was his non-denominational Christian church. they wanted their children to have a you’re too caught up in the day to think the one thing that would make me feel at “It was working great,” he said. “But Catholic education, the couple started about how to put a sentence together for home and part of the Catholic faith. as we had kids—our oldest [of three] going to Mass at parishes with a school. God,” he said. “And that’s what I felt, going up [to is in pre-school—questions arose from The search led them to Our Lady of As the classes progressed, he and receive the Eucharist] instead of just Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany in Abby grew closer. watching others go up. I felt at one with the spring of 2019. “I’d ask her questions,” said Haynes. them and with Christ.” Haynes noted that he “knew a lot “Some she knew, and some we looked But there was one more surprise for about the faith” and “got a lot out of up together. She and her whole family Haynes after receiving his first Communion. Mass” after 11 years of going to church supported me the whole way. Even my He had arrived early for the special Mass with his wife. parents saw a change in our marriage to sit up front with his fellow catechumens Or so he thought. and our sense of unity.” and candidates to review the process for the When he joined Christian Initiation When Haynes learned that he would not special Mass. Consequently, he did not see for Adults (RCIA) classes at the parish be able to receive the sacraments during the people who filed into the church and last August, it turned out that Haynes the Easter Vigil this year, he said, “I’d be filled the pews. knew “what they did at Mass, but not lying if I said I wasn’t extremely bummed. “After Communion, I knelt down why,” he said. “RCIA really opened People who’d experienced the Easter Vigil and looked up,” he recalled. “Family I my eyes that nothing is done at Mass … talked about how beautiful it was. I was didn’t know would be there were there, Drew Haynes, right, receives the Eucharist from without reason. Every part of the Mass really looking forward to experiencing it.” and then another and another. To see all Deacon Jeffrey Powell, left, for the first time has deep history and a Bible reason Nevertheless, when he did receive those who came out to support me— at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in behind it. I was really drawn to that.” the sacraments of confirmation and the Catholics supporting one another. It gave New Albany on June 10 during a special Mass He learned that praying to Mary Eucharist at a designated Mass on a sense of community that’s very special. to welcome candidates and catechumens into and the saints isn’t worship, but rather June 10, it was “beautiful” and “very “It was a really special moment I full communion with the Church. (Submitted photo) “asking them to pray for us before God.” special,” he said. spent two years waiting for.” † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020 Pope not changing teaching on gay unions, Secretariat of State says VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The “edited and published as a single by Valentina Alazraki, correspondent woman,” he said. “Secular states want to Vatican Secretariat of State has sent answer without the necessary Televisa, CNS had reported. validate civil unions to regulate different an explanatory note to nuncios around contextualization,” the note said. The clips used in Afineevsky’s film situations of cohabitation, driven by the world insisting that when Pope As Catholic News Service (CNS) put together quotes from three separate the need to regulate economic aspects Francis spoke about reported on Oct. 26, when Pope Francis moments of the Televisa interview, between people, such as ensuring health civil unions, he said gay people have a right to be in so the pope appears to say: “They are care. These are cohabitation pacts of was not changing a family and that gay couples needed children of God and have a right to a various kinds, of which I could not list or challenging some form of civil law to protect their family. Nobody should be thrown out the different forms. “the doctrine of rights, he was not advocating any form or be made miserable over it. What we “It is necessary to see the different the Church, which of “marriage” or marriage rights for gay have to create is a civil union law. That cases and evaluate them in their he has reaffirmed couples. way they are legally covered.” variety,” he continued, implying that numerous times over Yet, in his documentary Francesco, The note from the Secretariat of State some forms of civil unions would be the years.” director Evgeny Afineevsky presented also noted that Pope Francis repeatedly acceptable. The note, which the statements as if Pope Francis had has insisted that gay unions cannot be From the unedited interview with Pope Francis was not signed, been talking about the right of gay equated to marriage, pointing to a 2014 Televisa, the pope’s remarks to Corriere explained that the couples to form a family, including with interview with the Italian newspaper della Sera and similar distinctions he has pope’s remarks about gay people in the children. Corriere della Sera. made on other occasions, the Secretariat recent film, Francesco, come from his Afineevsky, who a Vatican official In the interview six years ago, Pope of State’s noted, said, “It is clear that responses to two separate questions in said was never granted an on-camera Francis was asked about moves across Pope Francis was referring to particular a 2019 interview for Mexico’s Televisa interview with the pope, pulled the Europe to legalize gay marriage or state regulations, certainly not the doctrine network. quotes about families and the quote adopt civil union laws. of the Church, which he has reaffirmed The pope’s comments were about civil unions from the interview “Marriage is between a man and a numerous times over the years.” † Mass of reparation celebrated to ‘cleanse’ Nice basilica after attack NICE, France (CNS)—French bishops conducted The church was blessed throughout with holy the church along with Nadine Devillers, 60, while a “penitential rite of reparation” inside a church in water before the lights were turned on again, and the Brazilian-born Simone Barreto Silva, 44, fled after which three people were murdered in late October. bishops changed their vestments to white to signify she was stabbed but died in a nearby cafe. Her last The Nov. 1 Mass of reparation was celebrated in the resurrection. words were reported to be, “Tell my children I love Notre Dame Basilica by Nice Bishop André Marceau, Restrictions in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 them.” who was joined by Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline of meant that only a small number of guests, including Brahim Aoussaoui, 21, who had entered France Marseille and Archbishop Dominique-Marie David of Mayor Christian Estrosi, were invited to the liturgy, after arriving on a migrant boat to Italy in September, Monaco. though a crowd of people gathered outside. was arrested at the scene. He is in a critical condition The church was the scene of an Oct. 29 attack in which According to Le Parisien, a French newspaper, in a hospital from gunshot wounds. a man hacked three people to death with a foot-long blade Bishop Marceau condemned the violence that had Five others, ages 25-63, have since been arrested before he was shot 14 times by the police. desecrated the basilica. in Nice and nearby Grasse in connection with the The penitential rite was necessary to purify the “The stones cannot cry out their horror,” he said. killings. church from the stain of a “gravely injurious act,” “The abomination of the terrorist act marred the They are suspected of assisting Aoussaoui after such as a homicide, before normal religious activities destination and vocation of this place. he was dispatched to France to carry out the attack, could resume, according to a Nov. 1 statement on the “He dared barbarity ... three lives were stolen in according to the Journal du Dimanche newspaper. website of the Diocese of Nice. the name of a false god,” said the bishop. French authorities have said they believe the Amid maximum security, the bishops, joined by Photographs of the three victims of the attack killings were an act of Islamist terrorism, which priests of the diocese, wore penitential purple for the were displayed in the church, and the faithful were came amid mounting anger at President Emmanuel evening event, which began when the church, with its encouraged to light candles for them. Macron’s defense of satirical cartoons of Muhammad, altar stripped and bare, was plunged into darkness. Vincent Loquès, 55, the sacristan, died inside the founder of Islam. †

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A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2020 by FaithAlive! Catholic News Service. Autumn is a season of faith-filled ‘patience and promise’ By Mike Nelson

In our backyard is a solitary liquid amber tree that from spring through summer produces a gorgeous bounty of green leaves, providing welcome shade and beauty. Then at the end of summer, the leaves begin to change color, turning gold, orange, red and finally brown before falling to the ground. Thankfully, the leaves do not change or fall at the same time, thus producing a brilliant palette that delights our family whenever we look out our window ... at least for a few weeks. By December, though, our liquid amber is barren, which saddens us. But not for long, since we know that within a few months, buds will appear and develop into leaves. And usually by Easter, the tree’s greenery will be with us once more—a visual reward, you might say, for our patience. For me, patience and promise summarize the season of autumn, the term I prefer to fall, since it connotes a year’s “passing” rather than its “decline.” It’s a season I have long regarded with both joy and sadness. On the one hand, autumn is the season of our wedding anniversary, which is also my wife’s birthday, Thanksgiving (with or without football) and Advent, all special celebrations. But it is also a season where daylight hours are fewer and temperatures are chillier. And in Southern California, where I have lived most of my life, it is also a season of trepidation. Rarely does a year pass without at least one major brushfire, inevitably fanned by dry Santa Ana winds St. Michael Church in Jacksonport, Wis., and Lake Michigan are pictured in an aerial photo. We are not in charge of the change of seasons that occur each that darken the skies with smoke and year. But we are in charge of our patience, of our capacity to appreciate God’s gifts and of our ability to respond accordingly. (CNS photo/Sam Lucero) ash. The fire threatens and destroys lives, property and nature. Finally, and most poignantly, the coming Among the series of “affairs” that something more to this particular change That’s never been more true than this of autumn reminds us that the end of the Ecclesiastes enumerates are planting of season: the invitation for us to discover year, when all of California was subjected year is at hand. And as we get older, the and uprooting, activities that take (if we don’t already know) the gifts God to wildfires two months ahead of realization that we have less time on this place within a few miles of our home provides throughout the year: schedule, with millions of acres statewide Earth can hit us as hard as a cold northern in Ventura County, long known as a “I will give the seasonal rain to your in flames or in ruins. wind (or, in our case, a hot Santa Ana). major agricultural producer of fruits and land, the early rain and the late rain, This year’s autumn is further So how do we cope? vegetables. that you may have grain, wine and oil to complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, “There is an appointed time for That includes pumpkins, whose patches gather in” (Dt 11:14). which since March has restricted our time everything,” the Book of Ecclesiastes scattered around our area are popping And, to appreciate those gifts: outside our home. What, we can easily reminds us, “and a time for every affair with orange, one of the most delightful “How great is your goodness, Lord, wonder, happened to spring and summer? under the heavens” (Eccl 3:1). sights of the season since pumpkins stored up for those who fear you. You are the source of display it for those who trust you, in the numerous seasonal sight of the children of Adam” (Ps 31:20). treats (at least in our For autumn is also a season of promise, home). which beckons us to faith: “Be patient, Further north therefore, brothers, until the coming of the along the Pacific Lord,” says the Letter of St. James. “See Coast and stretching how the farmer waits for the precious fruit inland is wine of the Earth, being patient about it until it country, where the receives the early and the late rains” late summer/early (Jas 5:7). autumn harvest of We are not in charge of the change of vineyards is in full seasons that occurs each year. But we are swing. There are in charge of our patience, of our capacity also apple orchards to appreciate God’s gifts and of our ability with proprietors to respond accordingly. welcoming visitors “Let us not grow weary of doing from late summer good,” St. Paul tells the Galatians, “for in through the end of due season we will reap our harvest, if we the year. do not give up” (Gal 6:9). “Children of Zion, In this particular year, where so much delight and rejoice in of our lives has been severely rearranged, the Lord your God,” we are invited to look outside of ourselves writes the prophet to the needs of others and serve them. Joel (Jl 2:23-24). For the season in which we proclaim, “The threshing floors “Goodwill to all!” is close at hand will be full of grain, (Lk 2:14). the vats spilling over “This is the day that the Lord has with new wine and made,” proclaims Psalm 118:24. “Let us oil.” rejoice in it and be glad!” A farmer in Roachdale, Ind., harvests corn in this photo. The Book of Deuteronomy says, “I will give the seasonal rain to your But beyond the land, the early rain and the late rain, that you may have grain, wine and oil to gather in” (Dt 11:14). (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, flavors and aromas (Catholic journalist Mike Nelson writes Reuters) of autumn, there is from Southern California.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020 Perspectives Pastoral Ministries/Gabriela Ross For the Journey/Effie Caldarola Preparing for Advent in a time of uncertainty ‘Frattelli Tutti’ 2020 is coming to a close. While we may not be ideal, but it was not ideal the year others to carry their burdens. This year in take a moment to breathe a much-needed Jesus was born, either. There was a census particular, there are many families in need. and the parable sigh of relief, there is prudence to having ordered by the emperor, travel conditions Can you donate canned goods to a local patience and seeing our were treacherous, and Mary was nine food pantry or coats to a homeless shelter? of the good journey through. When months pregnant. It was not a great time Can you contribute financially to your we hurry through the for a baby to be born. Yet Jesus came. parish that is fighting to keep the lights Samaritan messy seasons of life, “For God so loved the world that he on with lower Mass attendance? Can your we may lose sight of the gave his only Son, so that everyone who children look through their toys and give Who is my neighbor? It’s a question as mission God has for us, believes in him may not perish but may some away to children who are uncertain old as Jesus, and as new as today’s sunrise. and the lesson he wants have eternal life” (Jn 3:16). For God if they will receive gifts this Christmas? While visiting a large city, a friend us to learn. Can we take came that we might “have life and have it Rejoice—“And suddenly there was went to a famous deli. On her way into a spiritual time-out to abundantly” (Jn 10:10). with the angel a multitude of the heavenly the restaurant, she saw a homeless person, pay attention? When we are surrounded by the fear host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to looking forlorn, This year in of material, social and spiritual scarcity, God in the highest heaven, and on Earth sprawled on the particular, we may be focused on the how do we live an abundant life, like the peace among those whom he favors!’… sidewalk. political situation of our times, since this Scripture says? Here are a few ideas: The shepherds returned, glorifying and The deli’s servings is a presidential election year. We may Pray—Reading the story of Jesus’ praising God for all they had heard and were huge, so she had be worried about health restrictions, and birth in Scripture and thinking about how seen…” (Lk 2:13-14, 20). No matter what hers cut in half and whether a new travel ban or quarantine he entered our messy humanity out of the end of 2020 brings, we can be people saved the other half ordinance will prevent us from gathering love for us, to save us, will certainly bear of joy by thanking God for the good things for the man she’d seen with loved ones for the holidays or attending fruit during these difficult times. When he has done for us, both personally in the on the street. When Mass. There is a lot to be concerned about, our hearts are grieving, we may not want past year, and through the birth of his Son, she left the restaurant, and there is certainly a temptation to fear. to think about the happy coming of our Jesus, our Savior. Whether your home she handed him a “But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be Messiah, but that is exactly when we need is bright and full or we find ourselves large bag with the sandwich inside. afraid; for see—I am bringing you good him the most. If you have little ones at isolated once again, let us rejoice in the As she walked away, she was surprised news of great joy for all the people: to you home, try incorporating the tradition of birth of our Savior and bring joy to the to realize the man was running after her. is born this day in the city of David a Savior, the “Jesse Tree” that looks at the main world that is so desperately in need of “Ma’am, ma’am,” he called insistently. who is the Messiah, the Lord ’ ” (Lk 2:10-11). characters of our salvation history that him. I didn’t ask my friend what she thought Every Advent, we wait for the coming pointed the way to Jesus. Each day a short in that moment. But I might have reacted of the Lord. Like the Israelites who Scripture is read, and an ornament is hung (Gabriela Ross is the director of the with alarm. What does he want? What is awaited the Messiah so many years ago, to remind us that we are waiting for Jesus. archdiocesan Office of Marriage and he going to ask of me? Is he mentally ill? we prepare our hearts for the birth of the Give—It is difficult to wallow in our Family Life. She can be reached at So what did the man want? He wanted to Christ Child. Our situation this year may sorrows when our hands are busy helping [email protected] or 317-592-4007.) † return her umbrella, which she inadvertently left in the bag she handed him. The man desired to be a neighbor. It’s All Good/Patti Lamb In his recent encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship,” Pope We are called to be joyful and hopeful in our broken world Francis takes on the challenges facing our world and the question of our relationship Recently, I enjoyed a socially-distanced dinner with a Father Mike explained that happiness is circumstantial, based on with each other and with the poor. mentor—a Catholic priest—who lives across town. Years ago, I chance or good fortune. He defined joy, however, as “the abiding In one section, the pope examines the learned to bring my notebook whenever I have the opportunity and pervasive sense of well-being.” Even when we find ourselves familiar parable. Someone had asked Jesus, to spend time with him. I scribble notes in a crisis or deep in sorrow, we can still be joyful, he explained, “Who is my neighbor?” (Lk 10:29) and as he talks, and then I later reflect on his because we know—we are certain—that God is with us. this story was his response. words. I had to do some research on the Catholic definition of A man is left for dead by robbers. That evening, I was distraught over “hope.” I looked to the Catechism of the Catholic Church A priest and Levite pass him by. But a multiple circumstances, and I unpacked my for the definition of Christian hope, and found that it is “the Samaritan helps him, going to lengths to angst at the dinner table of a quaint Italian theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven ensure the injured man’s well-being. restaurant. After listening to my diatribe, and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s In ancient times, a neighbor was his calm yet confident response went promises and relying not on our own strength, but on the help one within your tight circle, your tribe. something like this: of the grace of the Holy Spirit” (#1817). Sometimes we still fall into that trap. “The Catholic Christian should be I also had to do a little digging to search for what it means But the Hebrews themselves began to joyful, hopeful and life giving,” he said. to be “life giving.” I found an excerpt from a homily that expand this concept of neighbor to those I’m not sure if I captured his words precisely, but that’s what St. John Paul II shared at a Mass for Families in Onitsha, beyond their group. They understood the I had written down in my notebook. It’s also written on an index Nigeria, in February of 1982 that I think applies to all of us. loneliness of exile and the importance of card next to my computer, where it serves as a reminder when “… Your love for each other is complete and fruitful when it is welcoming the stranger. dreary headlines and heavy e-mails come at me. open to others, to the needs of the apostolate, to the needs of the Jesus took the concept of “neighbor” • Joyful poor, to the needs of orphans, to the needs of the world,” he said. to whole new levels. The outcast, the • Hopeful We’re living during a pandemic, in a time of great political sinner, those on society’s margins, the • Life giving tension, barraged by headlines about the troubled state of our Samaritan—a group despised by the He broke down that statement for me, explaining that our world. But if we live intentionally as my mentor suggests, Jews of Jesus’ time—these were Jesus’ Catholic faith is firmly rooted in the belief of the Resurrection. acting from a place of joy and hope, from a heart that is life neighbors. By his death and resurrection, Jesus enabled us to share in giving and focused on serving, our minds can be less flustered Pope Francis points to the priest and eternal life, and for this reason we are called to be joyful. In by what’s transpiring in this world. Levite. essence, he was saying that we know how this all ends, so we We can genuinely be joyful and hopeful in a broken “They were religious, devoted to the can remain joyful in the midst of a chaotic world. world—a world riddled with suffering—because we know we worship of God. … This detail should not But I continued to process these three qualities further in the were created for God’s kingdom. Our mission is to love and be overlooked,” (#74) wrote the pope. weeks following that dinner. serve him and others until he calls us home. Belief and worship “are not enough I had to remind myself that joy is different than happiness. to ensure that we are actually living in a In one of his podcasts, Father Mike Schmitz of Ascension (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna Parish in Plainfield, is a way pleasing to God” (#74), Pope Francis Presents said, “We long for happiness, but we’re made for joy.” regular columnist for The Criterion.) † reminds us. Indeed, loving our neighbor— near and far, like us or very different—is what God desires. The Human Side/Fr. Eugene Hemrick My friend saw a neighbor and reacted with a small, neighborly gesture. But the man tried to be a neighbor as well. He Revive a droopy spirit, pray for God’s wisdom, serenity was showing his humanity, his dignity, his It is wonderful when our spirit runs of being a human being. Equally human, has come to survey our self-discipline integrity by returning an umbrella. high. When it seriously wanes, then the however, is to take account of what these that gives us control over that which is He could have shrugged and eaten his time has come to decisively study the disturbing events are doing to our spirit. controlling us. sandwich. causes for the relapse. If our spirit is being destroyed, the Implied here is that we enter the But he wanted to be acknowledged The place to begin time has come to take counsel with God, “realm of myself with myself alone,” as a neighbor. Look at me, he seemed to this study is round- praying for God’s wisdom and serenity. coming face to face with the forces and say, and love me. I am not just hungry for the-clock news that is Likewise, it is extremely important to tensions in our interior life and examining food, but for recognition and respect. spawning news addicts. make a thorough examination of the state the state of our own center, the conscience Pope Francis, in retelling the parable, Following the news is of our spirit amid these reports. that directs our life. says the tale “is clear and straightforward, justifiable and often Life is filled with routines, some Achieving the interiority recommended yet it also evokes the interior struggle that needed. However, not of which make it joyful and some of here is difficult because of outside each of us experiences.” all news is essential for which need to be changed. The routine activities constantly distracting us from How do we love and acknowledge us and can sometimes of watching television or listening to the having the discipline needed to control our neighbor, not just the guy next door be harmful. radio is an enjoyable American pastime. our life. with the political opinions we dislike, but For example, constant news of violence It loses its enjoyment, however, when it The need to contend with outside the person on the other side of the globe around the world, atrocities, hardships, raises blood pressure, causes sleepless activities depleting our spirit and sense threatened by the climate change we don’t senseless deaths and massive migrations nights, and turns our emotions and of self-solidarity prompts us to get a firm want to confront? is unnerving. Most disheartening is news thinking upside down. grip on our center so that we can start to Jesus challenges us to expand our ideas of children and the elderly becoming Wisdom dictates that we reflect on revive with God’s help. of neighbor. “unnecessary.” how detrimental disturbing news is to our Feeling heartfelt sympathy and a burning spirit and to act when it is endangered. (Father Eugene Hemrick writes for (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News desire for peace in the world is at the heart If inaction outweighs action, the time Catholic News Service.) † Service.) † The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020 Page 13

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, November 9 Psalm 146:7-10 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Luke 17:20-25 Sunday, November 8, 2020 Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 • Wisdom 6:12-16 Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 Friday, November 13 • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin John 2:13-22 2 John 4-9 • Matthew 25:1-13 Psalm 119:1-2, 10-11, 17-18 Tuesday, November 10 Luke 17:26-37 The Book of Wisdom supplies the over death. In this bond, they are destined St. Leo the Great, pope and doctor of first reading for Mass this weekend. The to live forever. the Church Saturday, November 14 book’s title itself teaches a lesson. St. Matthew’s Gospel is the source of Titus 2:1-8, 11-14 3 John 5-8 As centuries passed, the third reading. It is the familiar parable Psalm 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29 Psalm 112:1-6 foreign influences of the bridegroom and the foolish and Luke 17:7-10 Luke 18:1-8 virtually overwhelmed wise virgins. Some commentators raise the Holy Land. Times an interesting suggestion, noting perhaps Wednesday, November 11 Sunday, November 15 perennially were hard. that the virgins, wise or otherwise, were St. Martin of Tours, bishop Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Understandably, many symbols of disciples. (While no woman Titus 3:1-7 Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Jews left their ancestral was an Apostle according to any learned Psalm 23:1b-6 Psalm 128:1-5 homeland in search of reading of the Gospels or tradition, Luke 17:11-19 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 better lives elsewhere. women nonetheless were among the Matthew 25:14-30 They emigrated, but Lord’s disciples.) Thursday, November 12 or Matthew 25:14-15, 19-21 went to places where Living lives of obedience to and in the St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr paganism prevailed. model of Jesus required more than good Philemon 7-20 In these new places, devout Jews found intentions. Also, Jesus extolled virginity themselves required to explain and defend among followers. It is why the Church their ancient belief in the One God of respects celibacy. Israel, possibly to their own children. Early Christians impatiently awaited This book, among others, arose from the coming of Jesus, believing that when Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle this experience. The title makes the point he came in glory, all wrongs would be that accepting the God of Israel is the righted. Threatened in so many ways, The Church defined the books of the wise choice, totally logical, and not a leap they obviously yearned for the Lord’s into fantasy. glorious return. Bible more than 1,500 years ago An interesting literary technique in The parable teaches that Christ will this book is that wisdom is personified. eventually come again, hopefully soon. I was raised Catholic and love my fit in for Mass—and then, only with a Wisdom is described as if this human He will return in triumph, majesty and Qreligion. But my brother has become reservation. Many are reluctant to come attribute were a person, moving through justice. Jesus will reign over all. a Pentecostal. He says that the King during the pandemic, and the elderly the world, being available to humans. James Bible was and the sick in particular are anxious to St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Reflection published before the receive the sacrament of reconciliation. Thessalonians provides the second It is as true today as it was in the first Catholic one and (Pennsylvania) reading. This epistle was sent long ago to years of Christianity. The Christian’s that Catholics added the Christian community in Thessalonica, bond with Jesus is profound, but it must other books to the As I respond to this question, now the city of Saloniki in modern be constantly renewed and strengthened. Bible afterward. Can Areceived in mid-October of 2020, Greece. The presence of Christians in Disciples must be as determined and you tell me when the most parishes I know of have already Thessalonica at that time shows that aware as were the wise virgins. Catholic version and resumed—although on a more limited already the Church had moved beyond its As for the foolish and sluggish, it is the King James were basis—a regular schedule of weekend geographic origins and was becoming a never too late for any sinner to repent. published? (Indiana) Masses, together with opportunities for factor in Europe, not only in Asia. Millions of people have turned from sin parishioners to receive the sacrament of Paul makes several important to virtue in the last moments of earthly The King James version of the Bible penance. theological points in this reading. First, life. The Church is always prepared to aid Awas published by the Church of At the height of the pandemic in he expressed the Christian thought that in such conversions. It is the purpose of England in 1611. The Catholic canon March 2020, the Vatican did announce life endures after earthly death. The the sacrament of penance. All is forgiven. of the Sacred Scriptures (i.e., the books that, in places particularly hard hit by Apostle refined this idea by insisting that Start anew. that the Church teaches that are divinely the coronavirus, conditions might exist eternal life was intimately connected So, the Church, through Matthew, inspired) had been established long before to grant general absolution to the faithful with the reality of an individual person’s tells us this weekend to be prepared for that in the late fourth and early fifth without their personally confessing their acceptance or rejection of God in a whatever awaits us. We cannot predict. centuries in Church synods and councils. sins first, in cases of grave necessity. person’s earthly existence. Live each day as a disciple. Be with The Scriptures to which your brother is Determination of what constitutes Second, Paul drew the link between Christ now, not just at the last minute. referring—called the “deuterocanonical” this grave necessity would be the Christ and each Christian. He favored no Being with God alone is worthwhile. books—consist of seven books of the responsibility of the diocesan bishop. theme more. It was fundamental. Christ It makes life worth living. It alone brings Old Testament: Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 The justifying situations envisioned by lives forever. He overcame death. He true security. Death may be inevitable for Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch. the Vatican were, though, limited—the rose. So, Christians who earnestly accept every person, but eternal life in heaven In general, Protestants do not consider example offered was at the entrance to the Lord must die to share in this victory awaits the just. Jesus awaits the just. † them as divinely inspired, but Catholics hospital wards where faithful in danger of have done so for death were confined. more than 1,500 The Vatican department making My Journey to God years. Protestant that announcement—the Apostolic reformers of Penitentiary, which deals with matter of the 1500s, conscience—also noted that where the including Martin faithful find themselves in “the painful Luther, rejected impossibility of receiving sacramental God Reached Out to Us these books absolution,” they can make an act of By Thomas J. Rillo as belonging contrition directly to God in prayer. to the official If they are sincere and promise to go God Reached Out To Us Scriptures—in to sacramental confession as soon as God reached out to us through His only begotten Son part, perhaps, possible, the penitentiary noted, they Jesus was the conduit through which God’s words were heard because certain can “obtain the forgiveness of sins, even Even though we left the path God intended for us to follow portions contradict mortal sins.” He found a way for His love to endure even when we wandered. elements of In a statement issued on March 24 Protestant doctrine just prior to a statewide stay-at-home God Reached Out To Us (as in the case of order taking effect, the Archdiocese In Christ God reached out to us and through Him we learned 2 Maccabees 12, of Indianapolis said that sacrament of That God’s love is beyond comprehension and so immense which supports penance would only be available for We do not deserve God’s love and yet God does not give up praying for the people in imminent danger of death. He continues to reach toward us and shows the path to Him. deceased who are All others were advised to rely on in purgatory). perfect contrition. The sacrament of God Reached Out To Us penance has since become available, God’s love is the kind that reaches out when we fall With the with proper health precautions put To help us rediscover the path that leads us to Him QCOVID-19 in place, in parishes in central and God wants to walk with us in intimate fashion always guiding us restrictions, why southern Indiana with the lifting of the God reached out to us by sending His only begotten Son to us. doesn’t the bishop stay-at-home order. of our diocese Individual confession is the ordinary God Reached Out To Us offer general way of celebrating the sacrament of We are adopted into God’s family receiving the love He lavishes absolution for all penance, and the Church has always God showers us with His love through Jesus without any reserve those unable to valued the personal contact between the God reaches out to us and we should reach back through Jesus come to church? priest and the penitent. Reaching back to God is the path toward growing closer to Him. Our church building is so (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth (Thomas J. Rillo is a member of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bloomington and a Benedictine oblate of small that only Doyle at [email protected] and Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad.) (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters) about 25 to 50 30 Columbia Circle Dr., Albany, New parishioners can York 12203.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, November 6, 2020

GOEDEKER, Paul J., 76, Our Lady of the Greenwood, Greenwood, Oct. 26. Husband of Darlene Goedeker. Father of Bradley and Jeffrey Goedeker. Rest in Grandfather of seven. English hurricane GUTZWILLER, Donald peace F., 94, All Saints, Dearborn County, Oct. 20. Father of Donna Gutzwiller and Mary Please submit in writing Kay Mauer. Brother of to our office by 10 a.m. Marlene Zinser. Grandfather of Thursday before the week of four. Great-grandfather of five. publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of HEIMANN, Mary H., 95, archdiocesan priests serving Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, our archdiocese are listed Oct. 12. Mother of Barbara elsewhere in The Criterion. Heimann Clisham and Larry Order priests and religious Heimann. Grandmother of sisters and brothers are three. Great-grandmother of included here, unless they are seven. natives of the archdiocese or HILL, Carol, 69, Holy Spirit, have other connections­ to it; Indianapolis, Oct. 11. Mother those are separate obituaries of Kathleen McKee, Karen and on this page. Stephen Hill. Grandmother of seven. BANSCHBACK, Norma, 88, KOOP, Warren D., 67, St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, Our Lady of the Greenwood, Oct. 12. Sister of Betty Sept. 23. Husband of Sue Chrisman. Aunt of several. Koop. Father of Abby, Andrew and Jonathan Koop. Brother BAURLEY, George W., 82, of Sharon Meek. Grandfather St. Mary Magdalene, of four. New Marion, Oct. 20. Father of Janet Baurley, Nancy Dyer MARRS, John L., 91, and Cindy Williams. Brother St. Mary-of-the-Woods, of Doris Korte, Charles, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ray and Robert Baurley. Sept. 26. Father of Angela A person walks a dog as waves break along a beach at sunrise as the tail end of Hurricane Epsilon brings strong winds and heavy Grandfather of two. Great- Guhin, Sheila Moore, Gloria grandfather of four. Savant, Cindy Weinert, Bill, rain to Porthleven, England, on Oct. 28. (CNS photo/Tom Nicholson, Reuters) Dave, Greg, Matt and Steve CECIL, Marcus A., 47, Marrs. Grandfather of 33. St. Roch, Indianapolis, Great-grandfather of 25. of Patricia Neylon. Brother of VENNEMANN, Paul J., Patricia, Joseph and Michael Oct. 7. Mother of Ann Klemann Oct. 16. Father of Marcus and Cheryl Davis, James, Kenneth, 49, St. Luke the Evangelist, Vennemann. Uncle and great- and Don Welch, Jr. Sister of Matthew Cecil. Stepfather of MCDERMOTT, Joseph C., Michael and Tom Neylon. Indianapolis, April 24. uncle of several. Mary Helen Johnson, Paula Paige Fancher. Son of Kathy 100, Holy Name of Jesus, Grandfather of one. Son of Ruth Vennemann. Windholtz, Janice and Dan Beech Grove, Oct. 26. Father WELCH, Nancy A., 73, Cecil. Brother of Krisanna ROSENBERGER, Irvin Brother of Mary, Maureen, St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, Neyer. Grandmother of five. † Bohall, Mary Isenberg, Joshua, of Jeanne O’Brien and Paul McDermott. Grandfather of F., 92, St. John the Baptist, Nicholas and Zachary Cecil. Starlight, Oct. 15. Husband Grandfather of one. four. Great-grandfather of three. of Mary Rosenberger. Father CHEPULES, Elizabeth, of Brenda Andres, Janice Providence Sister Rosemary Ward served 97, St. Luke the Evangelist, MCKULICK, Mary D. Bryant, Doris Gelback, Linda Indianapolis, April 8. Mother (Hauswald), 67, Holy Family, Receveur, Karen Roberts, John in education and in health care of Marybeth Artz and Patrice New Albany, Oct. 19. Wife and Michael Rosenberger. Providence Sister Rosemary Ward, a Indiana. In the archdiocese, she served as the of Ron McKulick. Mother of Chepules. Grandmother of six. Grandfather of 11. Great- member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint registrar at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Great-grandmother of one. Lisa Newbanks. Sister of Julie grandfather of nine. Crone, Joan Schmidt, Philip, Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, from 1961-66. After leaving education, she COLEMAN, Patricia A., 70, Steve and Thomas Hauswald. RUCKER, Patricia R., 86, died on Oct. 21 at Union Hospital in Terre worked in computer programming for seven St. Anne, New Castle, Sept. 12. Grandmother of two. Prince of Peace, Madison, Haute. She was 84. years before serving for 21 years in various Mother of Natalie Gwinn. Oct. 21. Mother of Michelle Because of the coronavirus pandemic, positions for religious medical programs at MOREY, Christopher L., 44, Grandmother of two. Finnegan, Maureen Getz, Erin, a virtual funeral service was held. Burial Christian Brothers Services in Romeoville, Ill. St. Anne, New Castle, Oct. 21. Laura, Christopher, Marc, DAVIS, Jr., Emerson F., 78, followed at the sisters’ cemetery. She later worked with organizations promoting Husband of Chatney Morey. Robert and Warren Rucker. St. Roch, Indianapolis, Oct. 20. Father of Chimney, Cloud, Sister of Virginia Beasley, Sister Rosemary was born on April 7, justice and against human trafficking. Sister Father of Megan Edelson, Clover, Creek, Cricket, Crism, Maureen Bessler, Jim, Joe and 1936, in Chicago. She entered the Sisters of Rosemary also helped found in Illinois a center Amy Jones, Christina Stricker Crisney, Cage, Cant, Casper, Tony Dailey. Grandmother of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on for teaching English as a second language and and Emerson Davis. Brother of Chance, Clutch, Crosley and 14. Great-grandmother of 16. July 22, 1958, and professed final vows on was honored by Gov. Bruce Rauner for her Dr. Donald Davis. Grandfather Cyrus Morey. Son of Karen Aug. 15, 1966. Sister Rosemary earned a efforts. of 12. Maynard. Brother of Elizabeth SCHAFER, Kevin J., 68, St. Thomas Aquinas, bachelor’s degree at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods She is survived by a brother, George Ward, ELLIOTT, Sr., Charles, 100, Munoz, Deann Thomas, Julia, Indianapolis, Oct. 6. Husband College and a master’s degree at North Dakota of Tucson, Ariz. Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Danny and Jerry Maynard, Jr. of Diane Schafer. Brother of University in Bismarck, N.D. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Oct. 16. Father of Michael NEYLON, Daniel R., 58, Alan, Brian, Joe and Lego During her 62 years as a member of the Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Elliott. Uncle of several. St. Roch, Indianapolis, Oct. 18. Schafer. Uncle of several. Sisters of Providence, Sister Rosemary spent 11 Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN Father of Jessica Neylon. Son years as an educator in schools in Illinois and 47876. † Catholic, Jewish leaders mark 55th anniversary of ‘Nostra Aetate’ VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The formal structures that recognize that dialogue with the Jewish community is not sponsor Catholic-Jewish dialogue are important, but “external to the life of the Church” nor is it “optional.” their decades of success have relied on strong personal The Second Vatican Council’s “own reflection on the friendships and mutual respect, both of which must mystery of the Church” prompted it to see how essential continue to spread among all Catholics and Jews, officials it is to develop and deepen a relationship with “the Online Lay Ministry Formation involved in the dialogue said. descendants of Abraham.” The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has partnered with the “The progress in Catholic-Jewish relations has been “Jesus is and remains a son of the people of Israel,” the University of Notre Dame and Catholic Distance University (CDU) to offer not-for-credit online theology classes: elevated by the depth of relationships between Catholic cardinal said. “He is shaped by that tradition and, for this and Jewish leaders” and “mirrored” by members of reason, can only be truly understood in the perspective of • Earn certificate in Lay Ministry • Complete 12 courses online with ND STEP program their communities, said Rabbi Noam E. 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Aetate,” on the Church’s relationship with other religions. “We have experienced and affirmed in our encounter a Cardinal Koch called “Nostra Aetate” a “milestone shared belief that human beings are created in the divine REPORT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT NOW document articulating the promise of a new and better era image and our destinies are inextricably linked,” he If you are a victim of sexual misconduct by a person ministering on in Christian-Jewish relations” by promoting a recognition said. “As we battle a pandemic that does not distinguish behalf of the Church, or if you know of anyone who has been a victim of their common spiritual heritage, deeper understanding between its victims, these values draw us closer as of such misconduct, please contact the archdiocesan victim assistance of one another and mutual respect. guideposts for our religious lives.” coordinator. There are two ways to make a report: “Yes, even if we are not able to meet personally The rabbi also expressed thanks for the “steadfastness Ethics Point [due to the COVID-19 pandemic], our contact remains of Pope Francis,” who has repeatedly spoken out against 1 Confidential, Online Reporting www.archdioceseofindianapolis.ethicspoint.com or 888-393-6810 steadfast, attesting to the fact that our friendship is stable anti-Semitism, which continues to threaten Jewish Carla Hill, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Victim Assistance Coordinator and strong,” the cardinal said. “Let us give thanks to God, communities and individuals. 2 P.O. 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“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Archdiocese of Indianapolis

Next weekend, November 14 – 15, is Intention Weekend for the annual 2020 UNITED CATHOLIC APPEAL GOAL: United Catholic Appeal (UCA). Every parish household should have received a mailing of UCA materials by now. We would like to reflect $6.3 MILLION on the United Catholic Appeal and ask for your support and generosity to this shared ministry by the people of God in the Archdiocese of HELPS THOSE WHO LACK THE BASIC Indianapolis. 16% NECESSITIES FOR LIFE • You serve warm meals to those who are hungry. The theme for this year’s appeal is – “Hope for tomorrow”. This theme • You offer a safe place to rest for those who are homeless. is so appropriate for 2020 as we continue to struggle through a global • You help people overcome drug addiction. pandemic. Most of us are trying to remain hopeful in the midst of fear, isolation, quarantine, illness, death, loss of work, risky work, lack of • You teach life skills to help people stay out of poverty. resources, and much more. I believe giving hope gets us hope for the • You keep Indianapolis center-city schools open for families who cannot one receiving as well as the one giving. What could be more welcomed afford tuition but who wish for their children to receive a Catholic education. in our world today than giving hope? SUPPORTS OUR PRESENT PRIESTS AND TRAINS Names and titles of movements often give us insight as to their mean- % ing and purpose. So, what is the value of the “United Catholic Appeal”? 54 OUR FUTURE PRIESTS AND DEACONS We believe there is great value in being “United”. When individuals • You subsidize the high cost of education for our seminarians. come together in unity for a common vision and to do good, great and • You support the formation programs for future deacons. wonderful things happen. Unity promotes stability and is a pathway to • You care for the retired priests who served in our Archdiocese. prosperity for all in a community. United we stand divided we fall (or fall short of our vast potential). Giving to a “united” effort can multiply • You offer retreats and sabbaticals for current priests. the benefits and results that no one alone can achieve. We cannot give the $6.3 million goal by ourselves, but we can certainly contribute to TEACHES CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO KNOW, achieving it. Prayerfully, give what you can. 30% LOVE AND SERVE JESUS • You keep Catholic student centers open on college campuses. We believe there is great value in being “Catholic”. In its basic sense • You support teachers and students in 67 Catholic schools. the word “catholic” means universal. We all belong. We all benefit. We • You offer programs for young adults. are all one body in Christ. This is the message of the UCA. Our gift/ contribution benefits all of us in varying degrees. 16% of the goal ben- • You help young mothers choose life instead of abortion. efits those who lack basic necessities of life. 54% supports our present • You prepare catechists to teach the faith to our children. priests and train our future priests and deacons. 30% teaches children • You sponsor faith-centered activities for youth. and adults to know, love and serve Jesus. We believe there is great value in offering an “Appeal”. It gives us an LEARN MORE | www.archindy.org/UCA opportunity to create an awareness and promote a mission. It tells a valuable story. It invites us to be more generous and good Christian Stewards. It is an advocate for hope which brings us back to the theme of this year’s appeal.

Please consider contributing to the United Catholic Appeal this year. Your gift, no matter its amount, increases hope in you and offers hope to others. Amen.

Show Your Support in the Following Ways: 1. Fill out and return your pledge card, or 2. Give securely online at www.archindy.org/UCA Scan with your smartphone or table to watch the appeal video. 3. Pray for the success of the appeal

INTENTION WEEKEND: November 14-15