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Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 5 Editorial . 4 Question Corner . 13 Sunday and Daily Readings . 13 Serving the ChurchCriterion in Central and Souther n Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com August 5, 2005 Vol. XXXXIV, No. 43 75¢ Catholic Charities launches new identity in ar chdiocese By Brandon A. Evans communities. of our national organization, Catholic Catholic Social Services. The one excep- For years, the various archdiocesan “Our tradition of service to individuals Charities USA, which will generate a tion to the change is St. Elizabeth and agencies that have operated under the and families who are in need is a core com- clearer understanding of our universal mis- Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Services Catholic Charities and Catholic Social ponent of our mission as Catholics,” sion to serve those in need.” in Indianapolis. Services names have had the same goal— Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein said. In the archdiocese, Catholic Charities David Siler, archdiocesan executive to help individuals and families in need. “The effort to bring our Catholic Charities serves more than 200,000 people in need director of Catholic Charities, said that Their goal is still the same, however, programs under the unified name of annually through more than 30 social ser- using a common name for all the programs now they all share the Catholic Charities Catholic Charities will help all Catholics in vice programs centered in the local offices will help make the vast network of pro- name. southern and central Indiana grasp a better of Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Bloomington, grams less confusing for the public. The common name will help to show- understanding of the Church’s undertaking New Albany and Tell City. Stationery is currently being replaced, case the role of Catholic Charities and through these ministries. Formerly, agencies in Indianapolis and and in time the signs for some of the build- build awareness of its mission in the local “The transition also reflects the identity Bloomington operated under the name of See CHARITIES, page 7 Cardinal Keeler Cologne prepares for arrival of urges Bush to World Youth Day pilgrims, pope veto embryonic stem-cell bill COLOGNE, Germany (CNS)—The city of Cologne is preparing for an WASHINGTON (CNS)—The head of invasion of hundreds of thousands of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee has young people scheduled to attend CNS photo from Reuters encouraged President George W. Bush to World Youth Day and activities sur- veto any legislation that would loosen rounding Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. restrictions on federally funded human Stefan Neuhoff, head of the Cologne embryonic stem-cell research. fire department, described the pope’s The statement was issued by Baltimore Aug. 18-21 visit as “the biggest plan- Cardinal William H. Keeler, chairman of ning challenge since the end of World the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life War II.” Activities, after Senate Majority Leader By late July, just weeks before the Bill Frist, R-Tenn., start of the Aug. 16-21 World Youth modified his stand to back legislation that Day celebrations, organizers had would relax restrictions. received registrations from 370,000 Frist’s support improves chances that young people from 160 countries, the Senate will pass a bill easing restric- nearly 700 bishops, 8,000 priests and tions when it returns in September from 5,100 journalists. its summer recess. The House already During the international celebration, passed such a bill. those people and more will have to be “I commend President Bush for his housed, fed, moved around, entertained laudable pledge to veto such legislation,” and inspired. Before Aug. 16, about said Cardinal Keeler in a July 29 state- 120,000 of them will stay in German ment. dioceses for a few days, sharing the life The cardinal’s statement was issued in of Catholics throughout the country. Washington by the U.S. bishops’ Once they arrive in Cologne, many Department of Communications hours of the pilgrims will be housed in school after Frist, who previously agreed with halls and sports facilities, but people Bush’s restrictions, said in a Senate speech throughout the region have offered that the Bush policy was hindering places in their homes to more than research that could lead to cures for a 89,000 of the young visitors. Some pil- number of diseases. grims will stay in a brewery, some in a Cardinal Keeler also strongly criticized castle, others in a cowshed. Ten young Frist, an opponent of legalized abortion, people will sleep in a couple of rooms saying the senator’s stem-cell position “is in the studios of Germany’s popular not ‘pro-life.’ ” comedian and TV show host, Harald The cardinal reiterated the Catholic Schmidt. stand that current human embryonic stem- The offer by individual local See STEM-CELL, page 7 Muslims and, in one case, a whole Muslim community to take in pilgrims caused some problems for the organiz- ers, who eventually accepted the offers. Msgr. Heiner Koch, World Youth Day general secretary, told the German Catholic news agency KNA: “The places which offer hospitality are not, for us, A policeman examines a manhole in front of the Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 1. simply random locations. They should, Police, fire department and municipal workers were preparing to host hundreds of thousands of pil- See WORLD, page 10 grims and Pope Benedict XVI during World Youth Day on Aug. 16-21. Archdiocesan youth and adults ready for pilgrimage By Brandon A. Evans The closing Mass for World Youth Day, The youth and adults will tour the The 170 youth and adults from the to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, catacombs and celebrate Mass at Archdiocese of Indianapolis who will will be on the morning of Aug. 21. St. Paul Outside the Walls, one of be making the pilgrimage to Cologne, Four priests of the archdiocese will also Rome’s four patriarchal churches. Germany, for World Youth Day 2005 be in attendance. The next day, the pilgrims will travel are now only days from leaving. While Aug. 10 will be spent in travel to Assisi to visit the Basilica St. Francis The group, under the leadership of on three different flights, the pilgrimage and celebrate Mass there. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, will group will gather for a day of sightseeing On Aug. 13, Archbishop Buechlein be traveling to Italy and Germany from in Rome on Aug. 11 before checking into will celebrate Mass for the pilgrims Aug. 10-22. a hotel near the Vatican. See PILGRIMAGE, page 10 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, August 5, 2005 Homeland Mission Project helps youth see needs in ar chdiocese By Brandon A. Evans About 35 youth took a mission trip in July to serve the poor and those in need, but they didn’t really go far. The youth spent a week taking part in A. Brandon Photos by Evans the Homeland Mission Project, a first-time event for the archdiocesan Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry. During each day, the young people took turns serving different Indianapolis agencies in small groups: the Cathedral Soup Kitchen, Miracle Place, Holy Trinity Adult Day Care Center, St. Augustine Home for the Aged, St. Elizabeth- Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Center, and a day camp for Hispanic children operated by the Missionaries of Charity. Then, following a day of service, the youth returned to their overnight facilities at Christ the King Parish and Bishop Chatard High School for Mass, prayer and free time. Above, Kelly Calwell, a junior at Christ the King Parish, talks with a client of the Holy Trinity Adult Day Each evening, the young people also Care Center in Indianapolis on July 13. Calwell was taking part in the archdiocesan Homeland Mission listened to various speakers, who dis- Project, a weeklong service retreat benefiting several Indianapolis agencies. cussed such things as service and the Eucharist, seeing Christ in others, service Right, Robbie Baltera, a member of St. Luke Parish in Indianapolis and senior at Brebeuf Jesuit to the poor in the Scriptures, and making Preparatory School, helps paint a wall at the Cathedral Soup Kitchen in Indianapolis on July 14 as part sense of poverty. of the weeklong Homeland Mission Project. Father Robert Robeson, director of the Archdiocesan Office of Youth and Young communication that I have with the people experience the youth were having. successfully communicated to the young Adult Ministry, said that the idea for this that I’m helping.” “They’re seeing different kinds of ways people the needs of their own city. event came out of a discussion with Anna Marie Miller, a member of to do service,” Winningham said. “You “Many of them had the opportunity to Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein. St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis and can do service for anybody, no matter see things that are being done, and see Many youth, Father Robeson said, sophomore at Bishop Chatard, said that her where they’re at in their journey, young or dimensions or areas of the city of often travel outside the archdiocese for favorite part of the week was visiting the old—people their own age as well.” Indianapolis that they would normally not mission trips, so he wanted to help youth senior citizens who spend time at Holy Billy Brandle, a member of St. John encounter,” he said. “Many of the youth see the needs in their own backyard. Trinity Adult Day Care Center. Parish in Daylight, Ind., in the Evansville talked about how it had really affected “In fact, there is an awful lot of work At that particular site, the service Diocese and a junior at Marian College, them.” that needs to be done in our archdiocese,” entailed by the youth was nothing more helped to organize the weeklong mission.