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Hope at the Crossroads Vatican, dioceses prepare for day of fasting and prayers for peace CNS photo by Karen Callaway CNS photo by

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II called on Catholics to participate in a Dec. 14 world day of prayer and fasting for peace as dioceses worldwide prepared for the event. At the Vatican, the pope said that fasting is a sign of one’s sadness for situations of conflict, but also a sign of taking responsibility for the seeds of hatred and tension hidden in one’s heart. Dioceses and individuals answered the pope’s call by preparing for the day, while other groups used annual Christmas-season events to call attention to rising tensions and the need for peace. “Fasting expresses sorrow for a serious calamity, but also the will to assume responsibility in some way, confessing one’s own sins and committing oneself to a conversion of heart and to actions of greater justice toward God and toward one’s neighbors,” the pope said. By fasting, believers express their awareness that the renewal of their own lives and of society will come only from God’s action, he said. In addition, he said, “fasting allows the sharing of one’s daily bread with those who have none.” Pope John Paul said fasting Dec. 14, which is during Advent, has an important significance for Christians who are “preparing the ways of the Lord, who came into Anthony Caldwell from the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, celebrates the opening of the National Catholic Youth Conference Dec. 6 in Indianapolis. history as the savior and will return again at About 24,000 young people attended the four-day biennial event held at the RCA Dome and Indiana Convention Center. the end of time as merciful judge.” The date also coincides in many parts of the world with the end of the Ramadan By Jennifer Del Vechio said Marlene Stammerman, associate fast, “during which the followers of Islam Youth find hope, director of youth ministry for the arch- express their submission to the one God.” he National Catholic Youth diocese. “To see this many young people On Dec. 6, the Vatican issued pastoral friendship and Conference ended much the way it surface and share their talents, I stand in guidelines for fasting, asking that bishops T began. awe.” around the world make sure local Church After three days of taking part in the Two years ago, the national confer- communities participate fully in the a stronger faith largest youth conference in history, teen- ence drew about 22,000 teen-agers and Dec. 14 day of fasting and prayer for agers were still clapping for Jesus, adults when held in St. Louis. peace. shouting “Amen” and getting to know The increase in participants this year The Vatican said a variety of methods at National one another by celebrating their Cath- was attributed to more scholarship money could be used so that children and the olic identity on Dec. 9 in Indianapolis. for teen-agers to help pay their way to the elderly could participate. Catholic Youth The 26th biennial conference spon- conference and an increase in the number In outlining the guidelines for the day sored by the National Federation for of youth ministers across the nation. of fasting, the Vatican stressed the sig- Catholic Youth Ministry drew almost “Paid youth ministers across the nificance of the pope’s proposal. Nearly Conference 24,000 teen-agers and adult chaperones country are increasing rapidly,” said Paul three months after the Sept. 11 terrorist Dec. 6-9 to Indianapolis to hear about Raspa, director of development and mar- attacks, it said, the global situation is vocations and how as the young Church keting for the conference. “The more serious, tensions are extremely high and they can be an example of hope. youth ministers, the more youth that are See PEACE, page 2 The conference, hosted by the getting invited.” Archdiocese of Indianapolis at the RCA Ten years ago, the national conference Dome and Indiana Convention Center, was averaging about 7,000 participants. also brought 47 bishops from across the See YOUTH, page 7 nation to celebrate the Catholic faith with the youth and 1,500 volunteers, staff and For more stories and photos exhibitors. The theme of the conference from the National Catholic Youth was “Hope at the Crossroads.” Conference, see pages 7-12. “This has been a true, true blessing,” CCF assets continue growth despite cooling economy By Brandon A. Evans spite of the general condition of the econ- portfolio has been slightly more than omy,” Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein 12 percent … since January of 1995.” In a year when financial markets went said at the CCF annual meeting on Despite the recent poor performance of into a tailspin, the assets of the Catholic Nov. 28 in Indianapolis. the stock market, Jeffrey Stumpf, chief Community Foundation continued to grow. “While [the growth this year] is cer- financial officer for the archdiocese, told At the end of the fiscal year on June tainly not the kind of performance we’ve the board members that now is not the 30, 2001, the assets of the Catholic been used to during the booming econ- time to pull CCF’s money out of the stock Community Foundation (CCF) were omy of the last several years,” said market, but rather, just the opposite. $62 million compared with $61.5 million Amanda Strong, CCF board president, “Once you’ve really experienced a sig- the previous fiscal year. “we need to remind ourselves that the nificant market decline is exactly the “Our foundation continues to grow in investment performance of our entire See FOUNDATION, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001

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PEACE New York and New Jersey at its annual The U.S. bishops’ Committee on CNS photo continued from page 1 candlelight vigil in Times Square Dec. 5. Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and Agency officials said the Port the National Council of Synagogues many consciences are troubled. Authority police were honored because issued a joint reflection on the Sept. 11 The Vatican said that the fasting should they suffered a higher percentage of casu- terrorist attacks. go beyond the forms prescribed by Church alties than any other uniformed services. The reflection, “Filled with Sadness, law so that they can include children and Sister Mary Rose McGeady, a Daughter Charged with Hope,” mourned the loss of the elderly. Everyone except the sick of Charity who is president of Covenant life in the attacks but said recent world should be encouraged to participate in House, said the police working at the Port events were a reminder of the urgency of some way. Authority bus terminal “directed many dialogue “in order to foster mutual under- The Vatican has made promotion of the homeless and at-risk youth to our doors.” standing and respect.” day such a priority that on its Web site, These police are “significant role mod- On Dec. 7, the Leadership Council of www.vatican.va, a pop-up window els and heroes to our young men and Women Religious sponsored a day of appeared whenever a visitor chose one of women,” Sister Mary Rose said. contemplation, with religious communi- the six languages on the site. The pop-up In order to focus on peace efforts in the ties in the United States, Canada, window told readers that the pope has Middle East, a group of eight people from Honduras and Haiti participating. started a fund to help “those who live in the Detroit Archdiocese and the Diocese The day was part of the council’s “year distress and need.” of Lansing, Mich., were scheduled to of contemplation and fasting” in which While dioceses prepared for the day, travel to the West Bank Dec. 13. congregations were asked to pray and fast other measures were being taken in U.S. Members of the Michigan Peace Team each day for world peace. cities to promote peace, with some annual said they intended to place themselves in (Editor’s Note: Contributions to the events taking a somber turn because of harm’s way in an effort to reduce escalat- papal fund can be wired to Banca di Pope John Paul II kneels in prayer in front of a the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York ing violence. Roma, ABI 3002 CAB 5008, Branch statue of the Virgin Mary near the Spanish Steps and Washington. “I am humbled and honored to be a Roma 204, account number 101010, Pro in Rome on the feast of the Immaculate In New York, Covenant House, the part of this veteran peacemaker group, Digiuno 14 Dicembre, using the name Conception Dec. 8. He pleaded for Mary’s shelter for runaway and homeless youths, and a little scared,” said Father C. Peter code SWIFT: BROMIT.) † intercession in bringing peace to the world.

foundation at the end of the fiscal year,” For example, the foundation might send Church in central and southern Indiana. FOUNDATION she said. “In addition to endowments, the a letter to a company that profits from alco- “In many ways, endowments are for- continued from page 1 CCF also holds 66 charitable gift annuities hol sales to urge them not to direct market- ever,” he continued. “They allow a donor worth $1.8 million. Twelve of these annu- ing efforts toward minors and to give funds to have a perpetual and a positive wrong time to move money out of equity ities were added to the foundation’s hold- to rehabilitation programs. dynamic influence on our Church to carry investments, because then you will not be ings in the last fiscal year.” Socially responsible giving was the out our many ministries and to see that able to participate Gifts like these helped to counterbal- theme of last year’s keynote address by our ministries continue into the far distant in the recovery of ance the total fund performance of the Christian Brother Michael O’Hern. future, as we say, ‘from generation to the economy when foundation’s portfolios, which was down This year’s keynote address was about generation.’ the earnings for 5.6 percent for the last fiscal year. the importance of endowments, and was “Simply said, endowments turn our those companies Archbishop Buechlein commended the given by William Doyle, director of resources, our money, into opportunities do recover.” board for its tactics and gave hope to the regional development for the University for ministry,” the archbishop said. Another reason audience of members, agency heads and of Notre Dame at the southeast regional Amanda Strong closed her comments for the rise in value donors. development office in Atlanta, and David with words of reassurance to the audi- of the assets of the “Our conservative investment strategy Seng, a retired executive of Montag and ence. CCF is the contin- and the vigilance of our board will see us Caldwell in Atlanta. Seng’s contribution “I want to assure you that the officers, ued generosity of through these challenging economic created the Seng Foundation Endowment community chairs, and members of the people. times,” he said. “We’re doing fine. for Market Based Programs and Catholic board of trustees and the staff continue to Amanda Strong Stumpf said that Compared to other places that I know, Values at Notre Dame. (See story, this work to be good stewards of the monies people have “continued to believe in the we’re doing very well.” page.) given over to us … and understand this investments” that benefit parishes, schools Stumpf also talked about the policy on At the luncheon following their presen- responsibility as a way of life to be taken and agencies. socially responsible investing that the tation, Archbishop Buechlein said, “I very seriously,” she said. Strong said that, over the last year, 16 investment committee of the foundation has hope that all of you are joining me in a The archbishop thanked the group “for new endowments have been added to the been focusing on closely in the past year. growing understanding of why the estab- having responded to God’s generosity foundation to bring the total to 248. “There are really two goals that the lishment, the management and growth of with such generous hearts—the hearts of “These new endowments added approxi- committee kept in mind: one is, it endowments are so important for the good stewards,” he said. “God bless you mately $1.5 million to the holdings of the designed the policy to invest in compa- future mission and ministries of the all.” † nies that operate in a manner consistent with the Church’s teaching,” he said. “The second thing the committee kept in Endowments add life, opportunity Official Appointments mind … that it’s designed to provide an Effective Jan. 2, 2002 opportunity, through shareholder activism, to encourage companies to oper- to an institution’s mission Rev. Anthony Clark, S.V.D., pastor of ate consistently within the Church’s By Brandon A. Evans Seng, a retired executive of Montag and St. Rita, Indianapolis, granted permission teaching. Caldwell in Atlanta. to go on sabbatical. “Specifically, we prohibit investment in Endowments are living entities. “They are living entities,” Doyle said Rev. Charles Smith, S.V.D., appointed companies that profit from abortions, that This was one of the ideas put forth by of endowments. “They don’t just get cre- administrator of St. Rita, Indianapolis, profit from birth control, that profit from the keynote speakers at the annual meeting ated and get parked and then dribble a lit- pending the arrival of new pastor in March. pornography. We prohibit investment in of the Catholic Community Foundation on tle bit of money off year by year to sup- Effective Jan. 7, 2002 companies that have been consistently Nov. 28. port something. When positioned well cited for violations of discrimination, for This year’s keynote address was about within the context of institutional mis- Rev. Martin A. Peter, pastor of St. Pius human rights violations, for active under- the importance of endowments, and was sion, I think they can absolutely add vital- X, Indianapolis, granted permission to mining of Church moral teachings. given by William Doyle, director of ity and life and opportunity.” begin a one-year sabbatical. “We’ve asked our investment managers regional development for the University Working for Notre Dame has taught Rev. J. Nicholas Dant, associate pastor of to identify for us companies that derive rev- of Notre Dame at the southeast regional Doyle that endowments play a central role St. Pius X, Indianapolis, to administrator, enues from alcohol, tobacco and gambling. development office in Atlanta, and David See ENDOWMENTS, page 3 St. Pius X. What we want is the opportunity once a These appointments are from the office of the year to send a letter to those companies and Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., share with them what our Catholic values Archbishop of Indianapolis. are in relation to those areas.” Holiday

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adding that it cannot be overstated. with. And when that happens, I think it’s “Also, it’s important to realize that the ENDOWMENTS Often, endowments grow with further the most pleasing, the most effective and donor … is trying to discern their level of continued from page 2 donations and interest, and the original successful giving experience.” capability,” Seng said, “i.e., how much capital never has to be touched. Seng feels that this kind of care with a they might be able to contribute. in making the university one of the best in Just as dynamic as the endowment is, donor is very important, and he gave sev- “Lastly, the donor needs to know that the country by giving it financial strength so must the relationship be between the eral other suggestions as to how to treat a the gift will be used wisely and that the and the opportunity to do many things. institution and the donor, he said. person or persons who want to give institution will be faithful to its original “The notion of endowment building … “Give them a stake,” Doyle said. money to an institution. purpose. At the same time, the original has long been a focus for us at Notre “Notre Dame’s benefactors are, in fact, A financial contribution by Seng and his purpose, I think, needs to be structured Dame,” he said. “Financial strength investors in the university.” wife, Erin, created the Seng Foundation in such a way that it’s flexible over brings to us the possibility, really the Doyle pointed out that, while the institu- Endowment for Market Based Programs time.” obligation, to serve the needs of the tion—any institution, even our archdio- and Catholic Values at Notre Dame. Seng is a success story. He and his Catholic community seeking education at cese—must always align its fund-raising “First of all,” he said, “I wanted a rela- wife were pleased with where their dis- the highest levels of Notre Dame.” with its core purposes, it also must be led tionship. I didn’t want a one-time event— cernment had led them and how Notre Not only is an endowment alive, but it by the interests of the donor. The result, he I didn’t want a transaction. Dame had helped. can also last forever and it smoothes out said, is a sometimes difficult marriage that “And vital to any relationship is a grad- “I think we’ve got a relationship now the financial roller coaster ride that any pays off. ual building of trust, in this case between that will last well beyond my lifetime,” organization can be subject to, Doyle “Our hope,” he said, “is always that we an institution and a donor,” Seng said. he said, “and will continue on through said. have a marriage between the priorities of He mentioned that listening is very our children and hopefully our chil- “The stability that is offered by an Notre Dame as an institution and the pri- important on the part of whoever repre- dren’s children … and it’ll still be alive endowment … is so important,” he said, orities of the individual that we’re talking sents the institution. and well.” †

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Seeking the Face of the Lord Official Weekly Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler TheCriterion 1915 - 1994 Criterion Founding Editor Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher William R. Bruns, Executive Editor Greg A. Otolski, Managing Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Advent is a Editorial time for hope

s we approach Christmas in interests of others ahead of our own; The most effective move this season of Advent, it is patience and perseverance to endure appropriate that we turn our the long struggle for justice; and toward peace Athoughts to the peace that civility and charity so that we can only God can give. treat others with respect and love.” After all, we associate peace with One of the effects of Sept. 11 is a f Pope John Paul II can accomplish it, against those with whom they disagree. Christmas and reflecting about growing understanding that globaliza- his call for a prayer gathering of reli- The expulsion of Muslims from Spain “peace on earth” is especially tion is a reality. We Americans didn’t gious leaders could be the most effec- during the Spanish Inquisition is only I poignant in these troubled times at think much and knew very little about tive move toward peace since the terror- one example. But at least since the ist events of Sept. 11. He is asking reli- Second Vatican Council, the Catholic the end of 2001. And while it is spir- Afghanistan or Central Asia before gious leaders to assemble in Assisi, Church has insisted that “the right to itually wholesome to discern our role that tragic day; that is no longer the Italy—the home of SS. Francis and religious freedom is based on the very in peacemaking during Advent, we case. The same is true in other truly Clare—on Jan. 24. He particularly hopes dignity of the human person as known also recognize that the reality is troubled areas of our world. that Muslim imams will join him to pro- through the revealed word of God and by complex. Stopping terrorism must be a pri- claim that religion must never be used to reason itself” (Declaration on Religious In our national meeting a couple ority, but there is much more that justify violence. Liberty, #2). of weeks ago, we bishops did some challenges peace and justice in our The pope presided at a similar gather- That same Vatican II document also reflecting on our world situation and human family. Our bishops’ pastoral ing in 1986 when more than 60 religious said, “If because of the circumstances of tried to put some of our thoughts into message mentions the Israeli- representatives participated. Furthermore, a particular people, special civil recogni- at the pope’s request, combatants in sev- tion is given to one religious community a message. It might be helpful to Palestinian conflict. This decades- eral war zones in the world put down in the constitutional organization of a suggest some of these ideas to con- old conflict must receive urgent their weapons, if only for 24 hours. state, the right of all citizens and religious sider in our thoughts and prayers attention from all parties, including The pope also hosted Christian, communities to religious freedom must during this Advent season. our own country, to put an end to Muslim and Jewish leaders in Assisi in be recognized and respected as well” Of course, for obvious reasons, the violence and to return to comprehen- 1993. They prayed for peace especially in (#6). Unfortunately, that is not a principle war on terrorism dominates our sive negotiations leading to a just Bosnia-Herzegovina. recognized by many Muslim states. thoughts about peace in our world and peaceful resolution. We support No one in the world other than the Historically, Muslims have occasion- since Sept. 11. What are we to think? both the state of Israel and the estab- pope could hope to convene such a gath- ally been lenient with those who prac- Some Christians profess a position lishment of a state for Palestinians. ering. If he can do it, and if the Muslim ticed other religions. But that has not of principled nonviolence, which The massive suffering of people in world will publicize the event to a wide always been the case. The Ottoman audience, it would be the most effective Empire was ruthless in its persecution. holds that nonmilitary means are the Iraq over the last decade receives lit- antidote to Osama bin Laden’s attempts Separation of church and state has only legitimate way to respond to tle attention and it is not right from to convince Muslims that they must fight never been part of Islam. Today Muslim terrorism. This is a valid Christian any point of view. The leaders of the a holy war. countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran response. Iraqi regime are acting unjustly We must not underestimate the diffi- do not respect freedom of religion. On As I have written in an earlier col- toward their own people and they culty the pope might have in getting the other hand, Muslims in this country umn, while respecting this position, bear a heavy responsibility for their Muslim leaders to participate this time. have learned, just as Catholics did in the our Church has sanctioned the use of suffering. As this newspaper has Bin Laden and other Muslim extremists past, that America’s principles of free- moral criteria of the just war theory pointed out several times in the last see the pope as their enemy. In their pro- dom of religion have enabled their faith to allow the use of force by legiti- few years, the U.N. embargo is caus- paganda, they portray him as the leader to grow. Both Catholicism and Islam mate authority in self-defense and as ing innocent civilians to suffer for of a Christian crusade, trying to resurrect have seen large increases in their mem- visions of the Christian crusades of a bership in the United States precisely a last resort to protect the common the actions of a regime over which thousand years ago. because of our democratic principles of good of society. they have no control. Another solu- The best way to counteract such pro- freedom of religion. Most moral theologians and bish- tion needs to be sought. paganda is for Muslim leaders to pray The Islam of the fundamentalists, ops, myself included, believe that As our country seeks Sudan’s with the pope and other religious leaders. though, does not condone tolerance. In thus far the war on terrorism has cooperation in the campaign against As the pope said, “Christians and schools in many parts of the Muslim been conducted within the bounds of terrorism, we must not ignore the Muslims should meet together to pro- world, students are being indoctrinated just war principles and the appropri- systematic campaign of terror being claim before the world that religion to consider non-Muslims as infidels. This ate responsibility to protect the com- waged by the government in should never become a reason for con- is where the men who were willing to mon good. Khartoum against its own people, flict, hatred and violence.” kill themselves in order to kill infidels In our recent bishops’ pastoral mes- especially Christians and practition- The trouble is, some Muslims don’t came from. These are the men who are believe that. Adherents of the extreme convinced that they are soldiers in a holy sage on the aftermath of Sept. 11, we ers of African traditional religions. forms of Islam preach that it is the duty war. emphasized a personalist dimension We need to inform ourselves about of Muslims to spread their religion by That’s why the pope’s gathering in of our situation when we said, “True the travesties experienced by human any means possible. Historically, that has Assisi on Jan. 24 is so important. But, if peacemaking can be a matter of pol- beings like us in South Africa. been through military conquest. Now, the pope can get Muslim leaders to par- icy only if it is first a matter of the The world has changed forever obviously, terrorism is also one of their ticipate, it must be followed up with a heart. Without both courage and char- since Sept. 11. True, yet our tasks as weapons. public relations campaign to get the ity, justice cannot be won. In the believers continue with new urgency. We acknowledge that Catholics have word out to Muslims everywhere that the absence of repentance and forgive- Our pastoral message outlines these at times been guilty of using violence holy war is over. ness, no peace can endure.” tasks and calls for a time for — John F. Fink Speaking to our Christian commu- increased prayer and a time for fast- nity, we also said, “We need to do ing, a time for teaching and a time more to share the Church’s teaching for study, a time for witness and a on war and peace and to foster time for service. I encourage us to Christian communities where peace- infuse these tasks more consciously able virtues can take root and be in our personal Advent journey. nourished. We need to nurture This is a time for solidarity. We among ourselves faith and hope to stand with all those whose lives are Published weekly except the last week of December and the first week of January. 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Buscando la Cara del Señor Letters to the Editor Arzobispo Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. More on inclusive And still more

language RE: “Inclusive language invading the Jesse Abell’s letter [The Criterion, liturgy” by Jesse Abell, Greensburg. Nov. 30] regarding inclusive language I can identify with the sentiments gives pause for a smile at first, then a expressed by Jesse Abell regarding the El Adviento es flood of sobering thoughts and feelings use of inclusive language in the liturgy. about declarations of absolutes that reli- Cardinal Ratzinger himself has identified gious people can sometimes make. the abuses in the liturgy as one of the I wonder how Mr. Abell is so certain causes for the current crisis in the época de Esperanza that God is anthropomorphic. How can Church. anyone have that audacity to define God The use of inclusive language and texts for anyone but one’s self? not approved for use in the Mass, and a Our images and knowing God are disregard for the rubrics of the Mass as medida que se acerca la Navidad severancia para soportar las largas based upon our deepest personal rela- specified by the General Instruction of the en esta época de Adviento, sería luchas por la justicia; y civilidad y tionship with and in The Holy One. Roman Missal and Catholic bishops of apropiado que volvamos nuestros caridad para que podamos tratar a los Mr. Abell might find it useful to read the United States started my family on a Apensamientos hacia la paz que otros con respeto y amor.” Aramaic Scholar Neil Douglas-Klotz’ search for a parish where the Mass was sólo Dios nos puede dar. Una de las consecuencias del 11 de translations and commentary in Prayers celebrated correctly. Después de todo, asociamos la paz septiembre es el crecimiento del of the Cosmos: Meditations on the After months of attending Mass at var- con la Navidad y reflexionar sobre “la entendimiento de que la globalización es Aramaic Words of Jesus (Harper and ious parishes, some good, others not quite paz en la tierra” es especialmente con- una realidad. Nosotros los americanos Row, 1990). as good, we found ourselves at movedor en estos tiempos atribulados a no pensábamos mucho y sabíamos muy And, Mr. Abell ought to be aware of St. Patrick’s Church and then Holy finales del 2001. Y mientras es espiri- poco sobre Afganistán o el Centro de the three basic principles of the universe Rosary Church in downtown Indianapolis, tualmente sano discernir sobre nuestro Asia antes del trágico día; eso ya no es that modern science helps us to realize: where the Tridentine Mass, by permission papel en la pacificación durante el así. Lo mismo es verdad en otras áreas diversity, subjectivity (creativity) and of Archbishop [Daniel M.] Buechlein, Adviento, también reconocemos que la atribuladas de nuestro mundo. communion. Should any of these vital was celebrated daily. In the Latin Mass, realidad es compleja. El detener el terrorismo debe ser pri- principles be changed or removed, the celebrated according the Roman Missal of En nuestra reunión nacional, hace un oritario, pero existe mucho más que life system in question will collapse. In 1962, we found a beautiful celebration of par de semanas, los obispos reflexion- retar la paz y la justicia en nuestra other words, there cannot be homogene- the liturgy. The rubrics are very exact and amos sobre la situación en el mundo y familia humana. El mensaje pastoral de ity, objectivity and division. Inclusivity, each action of the priest has a specific tratamos de colocar algunos de nuestros los obispos menciona al conflicto even in language, contains the three meaning or significance. The Gregorian pensamientos en un mensaje. Puede ser Israelí-Palestino. Este conflicto de varias basic life principles of the universe: chant, as sung by a very able choir, de gran ayuda el sugerir algunas de décadas debe recibir atención urgente diversity, subjectivity and communion. accompanies the liturgical prayer, and the estas ideas para ser consideradas en por todas las partes, incluyendo a nue- We must recognize it and use it. servers perform their function with skill nuestros pensamientos y oraciones stro país, para ponerle fin a la violencia Christine Lemley, Columbus and precision. The Tridentine Mass easily durante esta época de Adviento. y volver a las negociaciones comprensi- lifts one’s heart and mind to God. Por supuesto, que por razones vas que llevan a una solución justa y But it is not a passive experience. You obvias, la Guerra contra el terrorismo pacífica. Apoyamos tanto al estado de And more on inclusive must follow the English translation of the domina nuestros pensamientos sobre la Israel como el establecimiento de un Latin prayers (unless you are fluent in paz en el mundo desde el 11 de sep- Estado para los palestinos. language Latin). The prayers themselves, we found, tiembre. ¿En qué debemos pensar? El sufrimiento masivo del pueblo de are rich in Scriptural reference. Algunos cristianos mantienen la Irak en las décadas pasadas recibe poca I am baffled at why the use of inclu- Eventually you find yourself singing with posición del principio de la no violen- atención y no es correcta desde ningún sive or gender-neutral language should the choir the chanted prayers and hymns. cia, el cual sostiene que los medios no punto de vista. Los líderes del régimen be considered an “invasion” of our The moments of silence, the incense and militares son la única manera de iraquí están actuando injustamente en Church. (“Invasion of inclusive language the intrinsic beauty of this Mass and, responder al terrorismo. Esta es una contra de su propio pueblo y tienen la in liturgy,” “Letters to the Editor,” The above all, the moment of the consecra- respuesta cristiana válida. responsabilidad por su sufrimiento. Criterion, Nov. 30). tion, leaves the profound impression that Tal como lo escribí en una columna Como lo ha señalado este periódico en Some apparently believe that we are one is experiencing the supernatural. anterior, y respetando esta posición, varias oportunidades en los últimos perverting Jesus’ will by simply replacing True, it is a more solemn form of wor- nuestra iglesia ha sancionado el uso de años, el embargo de las Naciones male pronouns (He, His, Him) with the ship and very exact in how it is cele- este criterio moral de la teoría de la Unidas ha ocasionado que muchos word “God” in the liturgy. (Not to men- brated, thus it may not appeal to every- guerra justa para permitir el uso de la civiles inocentes sufran por las acciones tion referring to God as female, which is one; but it was the answer for me and my fuerza por autoridad legítima en defensa de un régimen sobre el cual no tienen not even being considered in most family. The shared experience of those propia y como último recurso para pro- control. Se debe pensar en otra solución. parishes.) Believe me, inclusive language attending this Mass has bonded us as a teger el bien común de la sociedad. A medida que nuestro país busca la is only the beginning of bridging the gap community and integrated us into the La mayoría de los teólogos y de los cooperación por parte de Sudán, en la between Catholic women and the “male” larger family at Holy Rosary. obispos, incluyéndome a mí, creemos campaña contra del terrorismo, no God we hear about at Mass. While many parishes rightly or wrongly que, si bien, hasta el momento la guerra podemos ignorar la campaña sis- experiment with the liturgy, the Tridentine contra el terrorismo ha sido conducida temática de terror ejercida por el gob- Using exclusively male terms for Mass continues to be celebrated in the dentro de los límites de los principios de ierno en Jartum en contra de su propio “God” presents an obvious problem for same way it has been for centuries. I am la guerra justa y de la responsabilidad pueblo, especialmente contra los cris- women who seek to believe that they are grateful to Archbishop Buechlein; Msgr. apropiada para proteger el bien común. tianos y los practicantes de las reli- made in God’s image. Let’s face it: it [Joseph F.] Schaedel, vicar general and En nuestro mensaje pastoral de los giones tradicionales africanas. doesn’t seem possible that we as women pastor; [Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter] obispos, poco después de la tragedia del Necesitamos informarnos sobre las par- can be made “in God’s image” if God’s Father Dennis Duvelius, associate pastor, 11 de septiembre, enfatizamos una odias experimentadas por seres image is never female. When God seems and the parishioners of Holy Rosary Parish dimensión personal de nuestra situación humanos como nosotros en Sudáfrica. more like George Burns in a white suit for offering this form of the liturgy. y dijimos que “la verdadera pacificación El mundo cambió para siempre than like us, it’s awfully hard to see how I invite you to visit Holy Rosary puede ser asunto de política sólo si después del 11 de septiembre. Cierto, we as women can reflect God’s grace. Church, 520 Stevens St. This may be the primero es un asunto del corazón. Sin el sin embargo nuestras tareas como However, using gender-neutral (or, Mass you are looking for. valor y la caridad, la justicia no podrá creyentes continúan con nueva urgencia. heaven forbid, female) language lets ser ganada. Con ausencia de arrepen- Nuestro mensaje pastoral resalta estas women know that we have a place in Mark Ford, Lebanon, Ind. timiento y perdón, ninguna paz puede tareas y llama por un tiempo de más God’s plan. If making a relatively minor perdurar”. oración y tiempo de ayuno, un tiempo adjustment to the liturgy (such as limit- Dirigiéndonos a nuestra comunidad para enseñar y un tiempo para estudiar, ing the use of male pronouns) has the Liturgical posture and cristiana también dijimos, “Tenemos un tiempo para testificar y un tiempo potential to help 50 percent of the con- unity que hacer más para compartir las para servir. Yo los animo a infundir estas gregation connect with God, why is this enseñanzas de la iglesia sobre la guerra tareas de manera más conciente en nue- bad? In fact, the insistence on using “he” Your front-page article, “Bishops’ y la paz, y acoger a aquellas comu- stro viaje personal de Adviento. and “him” sounds like an attempt to meeting highlighted approaching liturgy nidades cristianas donde la virtudes Es una época para la solidaridad. limit our notion of a limitless God, at the changes” in The Criterion (Nov. 30, pacíficas puedan echar raíces y ser Estamos con todos aquellos que arries- expense of women. 2001) contained a very interesting state- nutridas. Necesitamos nutrirnos de fe y gan sus vidas y aquellos cuya dignidad Perhaps those who oppose inclusive ment. esperanza para fortalecer nuestros les ha sido negada en un mundo peli- language have unusually close relation- One of the new norms that the bishops espíritus colocando nuestra confianza groso. ships with God, despite the linguistic approved asks worshipers to “act together en Dios, más que en nosotros mismos; El Adviento es una época de esper- limitations that traditional language in their gestures and posture as an expres- valor y compasión que nos mueva anza, Para los pacifistas, la esperanza es imposes. For this, I applaud them. But sion of unity” so as to avoid “any appear- hacia la acción: humildad y bondad una virtud indispensable. † for the rest of us who are sorely in need ance of individualism or division.” para que podamos poner las necesi- of a “God we can touch,” it’s nice to I cannot help but think that, irrespec- dades e intereses de los demás por Traducido por: Language Training know that the Church hears our concerns tive of the bishops’ reasoning for includ- encima de los nuestros; paciencia y per- Center, Indianapolis and is willing to help us make God real. ing such language, it will be used to pres- Jesus was not afraid of changing our sure people to act at Mass in ways con- vocabulary to help us know God. trary to liturgical norms and traditions. La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en diciembre (Remember how horrified people were Those of us who kneel during the when he used the term “Father,” when eucharistic prayer instead of standing as Escuelas primarias católicas: que ellos puedan enseñar la fe católica a nue- God’s name wasn’t even to be spoken?) the “community” does will be asked to stros niños y puedan ayudarles a oír y contestar la llamada de Dios para servir Neither should we be afraid to continue stand as a show of fellowship. Those of en la Iglesia, sobre todo como sacerdotes o religiosos. Jesus’ work. us who do not hold hands or extend our Anna Bednarski Molnar, Bloomington See LETTERS, page 18 Page 6 The Criterion Friday,December 14, 2001

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St. John the Evangelist Church, 126 W. Georgia St., in principal choir of the cathedral) will perform a variety of Meinrad Archabbey as they celebrate Christmas in the Indianapolis will host the annual Christmas Concert of the traditional and contemporary sacred holiday music. Archabbey Church. Vigils begin at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24 Indianapolis Arts Chorale at 8 p.m. on Dec. 15. Tickets Admission is free. For more information, call the and Mass will follow at midnight. Christmas Mass will be are available at the door and are $15 for adults, $13 for Cathedral Parish office at 317-634-4519. celebrated at 11 a.m. on Dec. 25. For more information, seniors and $5 for students. Also, the public is invited to a call Mary Jeanne Schumacher at 812-357-6501. † half-hour organ concert at 12:40 p.m. on Dec. 19 at There are two upcoming Tobit Weekend retreats in St. John Church. That concert is free and takes place after January. The retreats, for couples preparing for marriage, the weekday Mass, which begins at 12:10 p.m. For more will be held at Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., in VIPs . . . information on either event, call Tom Nichols at 317-635- Indianapolis, on Jan. 11-13 and Jan. 25-27. The focus of 2021, ext. 34. the retreat is on helping couples grow closer and preparing Julius W. and Rosetta them to be married. The program enables participants to Smith will celebrate their Roncalli High School’s Fine Arts Department will pre- relax, pray and see how important it is to have Jesus 60th wedding anniversary sent its annual Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. on Dec. 16 Christ at the center of a marriage. The cost is $250 for a with friends and family on in the school gymnasium, 3300 N. Prague Road, in couple. For more information, call 317-545-7681 or Dec. 30 with a 2 p.m. Mass at Indianapolis. Tickets are $5 for reserved seating and $4 e-mail [email protected]. Holy Family Church in New for general seating. For more information, call Mary Jo Albany followed by an open Eckstein at 317-787-8277, ext. 227. The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of house until 6 p.m. They were Oldenburg will be giving Christmas tours of the mother- married on that date in 1941 The New Albany Deanery Hispanic Ministries will house, on Main St. in Oldenburg, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on at St. Mary Church in sponsor “Las Posadas” at 4 p.m. on Dec. 22 at La Dec. 28 and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 29. There will Lanesville. They have eight Paloma, 616 W. State Road 131, in Clarksville. This is an be holiday decorations as well as Christmas artifacts from children: Phyllis Andres, opportunity to experience the Mexican custom of com- various cultures with whom the sisters minister, including Denise Bomersbach, Darlene Schy, Karen Thomas, Dick, memorating the efforts of Joseph and Mary to find lodg- the Hispanic, African-American, Appalachian, Oriental, Jerry, Jim and Julius Smith Jr. The couple has 17 grand- ing the night before the birth of Jesus. There will be spe- Papua New-Guinea and rural American cultures. The sis- children and five great-grandchildren. † cial songs and readings to provide an experience of this ters’ Chime Choir will perform in the chapel. Guests also rich tradition. All are welcome to attend. For more infor- may visit with the sisters and enjoy holiday refreshments. mation, call Conventual Franciscan Father Tom Smith at For more information, call Franciscan Sister Judith U.S. Conference of Catholic 502-494-3264. Werner at 812-933-6476. Bishops’ Office for Film and A concert of Advent and Christmas music will take The Catholic Choir of Indianapolis will present a place at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 15 at SS. Peter and Paul Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. on Dec. 16 in the chapel at Broadcasting movie ratings Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis. The Marian College, 3200 Cold Spring Road, in Indianapolis. music will include Advent and Christmas favorites with Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and senior citi- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opportunities for the audience to sing along. Monument zens, and are free for any religious. For tickets, call Bill (New Line) City Brass, the Cathedral Trio and Laudis Cantores (the Hasbrook at 317-634-4356. Rated A-III (Adults) because of many scenes of battle violence with several frightening images. There will be several retreats during January and Rated PG-13 (Parents are Strongly Cautioned) by Awards . . . February at the John XXIII Center, 407 W. McDonald St., the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). in Hartford City, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese. There will Roncalli High School senior Mia Moody of St. Mark be a men’s retreat from Jan. 11-13, and “Genuine Ocean’s Eleven (Warner Brothers) Parish in Indianapolis was recently named the Marion Recovery: A Healing Workshop” will be presented from Rated A-III (Adults) because of fleeting sexual refer- County Girl’s Soccer Player of the Year. Moody was Jan. 25-27. There also will be a Valentine couple’s retreat ences, some profanity and a few instances of rough lan- selected from over 200 players from 16 local schools. She from Feb. 15-17. For more information, call the center at guage. was also selected by the U.S. Youth Soccer Administration 765-348-4008. Rated PG-13 (Parents are Strongly Cautioned) by to represent the Midwest Region of the United States at the MPAA. † the upcoming Inter-Regional Competition in Florida. † The public is welcome to join the monks of Saint

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Youth Conference Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by Raspa said the conference has worked hard to get more qualified speakers that teen- agers can relate to and learn from. Teens use youth For example, teen-agers heard Miss America 2001 Angela Perez Baraquio and MTV Real World celebrity Matt Smith conference to share how living their faith had to be their top priority despite their high-profile promote literacy commitments. The largest groups of youth came By Jennifer Del Vechio from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y., and the een-agers were swinging hammers Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Tand pounding nails to help a good Missouri. Nearly 1,000 teens from cen- cause at the National Catholic Youth tral and southern Indiana attended the Conference. conference. The teens built bookcases for the Stammerman attributed the large books they brought to the conference attendance of teen-agers in the archdio- as part of an effort to promote liter- cese to increased marketing and a push acy—the service project for the to get youth from the rural and urban Dec. 6-9 conference held at the RCA communities to attend. She said many Dome and Indiana Convention Center youth also took advantage of scholar- in Indianapolis. ships from the National Foundation for The teen-agers brought 18,000 Catholic Youth to pay their way to the books to be given to children across conference. Indiana. They also helped build 100 The federation provided $100,000 in The National Catholic Youth Conference ended on Dec. 9 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis with a bookcases that will be filled with scholarship money. The collection at the closing liturgy for 24,000 teen-agers and adult chaperones. From left are Archbishop Daniel M. books and delivered to Habitat for Dec. 9 liturgy went to the scholarship Buechlein of Indianapolis; Rev. Mr. Joseph Feltz, a deacon for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis; and Humanity homes and Catholic Social fund, Raspa said. Bishop Matthew H. Clark of the Diocese of Rochester, N.Y., who gave the closing homily. Services agencies in the state, said Ray Teen-agers said the conference rein- Lucas, director of the New Albany forced their faith and helped show them Deanery Youth Ministry Office in they aren’t alone when trying to live it. Blessed Mother was done with skits and While the conference did not dwell on Clarksville. “I’m coming away with a better under- songs. the events of Sept. 11, speakers and teen- The literacy project booth was a pop- standing of God and my relationship with A living rosary was also held to cele- agers talked about how the conference ular stop for teens at the conference. him,” said Amanda Klaiber, 16, from brate the Blessed Mother at St. John the theme, “Hope at the Crossroads,” was “This is a great idea,” said Carolyn St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Indian- Evangelist Church in downtown needed more than ever before. Hoffman, 15, from Columbus, Ohio, apolis. Indianapolis. Teen-agers also had oppor- One teen-ager spoke about how she who was being taught how to build Holly Lambert from New Orleans said tunities to make rosaries for soldiers over- lost her father in the World Trade Center bookcases by Franciscan Father Tom she came because the conference was seas. attacks but still decided to come. Smith from the New Albany Deanery about her Catholic faith. Others came from military bases in in Indiana. “I see all these Catholic teen-agers Germany and Italy, where they face the The booth also included information together,” she said. “They are interested reality of war each day. about literacy—about 44 million people in [the faith] the same as me and I can Maureen Hurrle, chair of the in the nation cannot read—and an inter- look to that for support.” Indianapolis Archdiocesan Youth Council,

active component to help teen-agers While the youth were kept busy mak- Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by exhorted her peers to use the conference think about their own reading experi- ing their way to workshops, keynote as “an example of peace to the world.” ences, such as their favorite books. † speeches and Christian concerts, the event Regardless of the struggles, tempta- also helped teen-agers get in touch with tions and challenges, youth were asked to the sacraments of the Church. remember one thing when they returned Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of home. Indianapolis urged teen-agers to take “Prepare ye the way of the Lord,” said advantage of the sacrament of reconcilia- Bishop Matthew H. Clark from the dio- Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann tion and to “spend some time as you open cese of Rochester, N.Y., who gave the your hearts and minds before Jesus in the homily at the closing Mass on Dec. 9. Blessed Sacrament.” Bishop Clark asked the youth to con- The archbishop also told the youth that tinue offering their treasures to all those they were the next leaders of the Church. who would follow after them. He asked them to look around at the “You have a great gift of life to share massive crowd and think about who with one another,” he said. “You are a from among them would someday be in beautiful gift of God for the life of the charge of the nation’s schools and uni- Church today and tomorrow. When you versities or who among them would go home, tell the people about God and become the Church’s future religious the living Christ.” leaders, becoming perhaps one day a He told the youth that by sharing their bishop or cardinal. Amanda Klaiber, 16, presents a candle repre- encounters with Christ they could enrich “It may be you,” the archbishop said. senting the light of young people during the the lives of others. The conference, which fell during the opening session of the National Catholic Youth “Believe me, you touch us very deeply Teen-agers from the Diocese of Knoxville, feast of the Immaculate Conception, Conference in Indianapolis on Dec. 6. Amanda, when you share your faith,” he said. “In Tenn., build a bookcase as part of a literacy held special liturgies for each region to a member of St. Mark Parish in Indianapolis, the end, prepare ye the way of the Lord. service project during the youth conference. celebrate the feast. Before the Mass, a was among some 24,000 youth from across the God is good. All the time.” † brief cathectical explanation about the nation attending the three-day event. Bishops seek teens’ advice about vocations at conference By Mary Ann Wyand your vocation in life,” said Marinello Bishop William L. Higi of the Diocese religious or married or single?’ ” Saguin, a Youth Congress delegate from of Lafayette, Ind., was seated at Nello’s A presentation on the feast of the More than 250 Catholic teen-agers and St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Los table and said he was “truly moved by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin 47 U.S. bishops talked and prayed about Angeles and a junior at St. Francis High depth of the spirituality that I’m hearing Mary examined her willingness to say yes vocations during the National Catholic School in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. from these young people.” to God. Other sessions studied the lives of Youth Conference’s Youth Congress on “I am thinking about the priesthood,” After participating in the Youth social activist Dorothy Day and her min- Vocations on Dec. 7-8 in downtown he said, “so it helps me get to know other Congress, Bishop Higi said he was istry with the Catholic Worker organiza- Indianapolis. people and share our experiences and “pleasantly surprised and very encour- tion in New York as well as Edith Stein, a Information gathered during the Youth grow in our faith.” aged” about the future of vocations to the Jewish convert to Catholicism who Congress will be studied by the United Marinello, who goes by “Nello,” said priesthood and religious life. became a Discalced Carmelite nun and States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he has been thinking about the priesthood One congress session focused on the was canonized as St. Teresa Benedicta of several USCCB national offices and dioce- since eighth-grade. life of Franciscan Father Mychal Judge of the Cross by Pope John Paul II in 1998. san vocations committees across the “People asked me if I have ever New York, who was killed by falling Congress delegate Joey Rosania, a country to help plan and implement voca- thought about becoming a priest because I debris while administering last rites to a sophomore at Green Valley High School tion recruitment efforts. have been a server at my parish and they critically injured firefighter when the and a member of St. Thomas More Parish The Youth Congress was the largest saw how devout I am during Mass,” he World Trade Center twin towers collapsed in Las Vegas, Nev., said he wanted to par- gathering of its kind in the history of the said. “Prayer is a vital part of my discern- after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. ticipate in the Youth Congress because “I biennial National Catholic Youth ment process, and also asking myself “It was a very emotional presentation realized what my input could be and Conference. The two-day congress was challenging questions and getting more about how this man who had been called decided that I wanted to share the gifts coordinated by members of the National input from other people. This congress by God to be a priest gave his life in ser- that God gave me with everybody else.” Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry’s was full of spirit and life. It was wonder- vice,” Bishop Higi said. “That session Joey said he liked meeting the bishops Youth Congress steering committee. ful. I got to learn from the bishops’ life addressed the question, ‘How can I give and thought the congress was great. “It helps you in your discernment of stories.” my life in service, whether I’m a priest or See VOCATIONS, page 8 Page 8 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001

Youth asked to answer God’s National Catholic call to religious vocations Youth Conference By Mary Ann Wyand person” trying to follow God’s call, Smith the Diocese of Lafayette, Ind., was the some day,” she said. “I was looking for said, then encouraged the youth to ask, emcee for the rally and challenged the youth freedom [in the U.S.], but I found more Former MTV “The Real World—New “ ‘God, where do I go? God, where do you to listen to God’s call by leading them in a than freedom. I found God and I found my Orleans” star Matt Smith joined Archbishop want me?’ chant titled “10-10-G-O-D.” call. In Mobile, Ala., I met the Little Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis and “There’s no greater disservice to our- Bishop Bennett, speaking on behalf of Sisters of the Poor for the first time. I was Auxiliary Bishop Gordon D. Bennett of selves, there’s no greater hurt to ourselves, the U.S. bishops who participated in a two- very happy to be with the sisters. At the Baltimore, Md., for the National Catholic than to not follow God’s will,” the 23-year- day Youth Congress on Vocations with 250 age of 16, I was asked by the mother supe- Youth Conference vocations rally on Dec. 8 old entertainer said. teen-agers on Dec. 7-8, told the high school rior to go to one of the convent high to encourage teen-agers to prayerfully con- Smith said two of his heroes are St. Fran- students that they are loved and appreciated. schools in Los Angeles.” sider whether God is calling them to the cis of Assisi and the late Mother Teresa of “It’s a pleasure for me to represent the After returning to Alabama to study priesthood, religious life, married life or sin- Calcutta because they loved God and sur- bishops in telling you today how much we nursing, Sister Lourdes said, “I knew there gle life. rendered their lives to serving the Lord. appreciate you, how much we love you and was still something missing and God was “Hello? God Calling!” was the theme for “Think about your own lives,” Smith how much the Church needs you,” he said. still calling me. The whisper was getting the vocations rally and concert on the feast said. “What does God have to offer you? “Each one of you is a beloved son or daugh- louder and stronger, so I went back to the of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Have no fear when he calls you, whether it’s ter of God. Each one of you has a unique Little Sisters of the Poor and started volun- Mary. About 1,000 teen-agers attended the to the single life, the married life or the reli- vocation, a special calling and a special way teering. I entered the Little Sisters in 1973 rally in the Raceway Park exhibit area of the gious life as a sister or priest.” of participating in the plan of God. and made my profession in 1982. I’ve been Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Father Anthony Levi, associate pastor of “God is revealing his plan to you,” a Little Sister now for 25 years. “I’m talking to you as a young single St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Carmel, in Bishop Bennett said. “He is revealing it to “I know that God is still calling,” she you in the personal gifts that he has given said, “and I know that some of you have you. He is revealing it to you in the whis- the call and will listen. There are three pers of your heart. He is revealing it to you things that you need to do—listen, pray in what you are drawn to in life. He is and follow. And don’t be afraid.”

Photo by Karen Callaway Karen Callaway Photo by revealing it to you in those you trust. And he Discussing their vocation to married is revealing it to you as the answer to your life, the Beckers said they became best prayers.” friends by helping with the Teens A national campaign called “Just Say Encounter Christ (TECH) retreat program No” helps young people resist alcohol, during high school and have continued to drugs and other destructive behavior, he share their love of God and the Catholic said. “There should be another campaign, a faith in their marriage. campaign that has as its slogan ‘Just Say “We try to share our love of God, pray Yes.’ Just say yes to God. as a family and keep God in the center of “Just say yes to the God who loves you our marriage,” Heather Becker said. and created you uniquely,” Bishop Bennett “When times get rough, we ask God to said. “Just say yes to the God who invites help us through it and be with us and help you to be a part of his plan. Just say yes to us to be good role models for our children, the God who whispers to you in the depths for our friends and for each other.” of your hearts. Just as God reveals himself Bob Becker told the teen-agers “the to you in the Eucharist, in reconciliation, in important thing is to be open to God’s call your families and in your friendships, just and keep prayer in your life. say yes to the God who loves you without “Marriage is not just a relationship conditions and will never abandon you. My between you and your spouse,” he said. dear young brothers and sisters, just say “It’s a relationship between you and your yes!” spouse and God. It’s a covenant, and with Other speakers included Little Sister of God in your relationship you can get the Poor Lourdes Miranda of the St. Aug- through anything. Marriage is a vocation, ustine Home for the Aged in Indianapolis and if you keep God in your life, pray and and Our Lady of Grace parishioners Bob be open to God’s call, you can’t go wrong. and Heather Becker of Noblesville. God loves you!” Sister Lourdes, who immigrated to the Archbishop Buechlein concluded the United States from Cuba when she was 11, rally by thanking the youth and leading reminded the youth that it is appropriate to them in praying his “Prayer to Make a have a vocations rally on a Marian feast day Difference,” which asks God to “help me because Mary said yes to the Lord and was know your will for me” and “give me the not afraid to be obedient to God’s call. wisdom to hear your voice ... the courage Matt Smith, former star of MTV’s “The Real World,” speaks to participants at a youth rally on Dec. 8 at “I know that some of you here are called to answer your call ... [and] peace of mind the Indiana Convention Center during the National Catholic Youth Conference. to religious life and will say yes to God and heart.” † VOCATIONS continued from page 7

“I’m glad I was invited to be a part of Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann it,” he said. “I feel honored.” Joey said he plans to stay active in his parish and share his youth conference and Youth Congress experiences with other teens. “We have Life Teen at our parish and it changed me,” he said. “It’s made a big impact on my life. I feel that I’m closer to God because of it. I’m involved in the music ministry at my church. I play drums.” Congress delegate Megan Marriner, a member of St. Bernard Parish and a sophomore at Jenks High School in Jenks, Okla., said she decided to participate in the Youth Congress because she felt God was calling her to become more involved in her faith. “I really felt like God was calling me Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah, Ga., talks with delegates at the Youth Congress on Vocations on Dec. 8. The congress addressed vocations to the to do something, but I didn’t know what,” priesthood, religious life, married life and single life. Megan said. “I tried to pray the rosary every day last year. I don’t think I want to together.” country the great enthusiasm they have “and they can’t imagine what World be a sister, but I’m pretty sure I want to Bishop Dennis Schnurr of the Diocese for the Church,” Bishop Schnurr said, Youth Day in Toronto is going to be like be a lay minister in the Church.” of Duluth, Minn., is the former general “and to remind us once again that they’re next August with 1 million youth. Bishop Kenneth D. Steiner of Portland, secretary of the United States Catholic ready to offer their talents and abilities to Coming together at gatherings such as Ore., said it was “really exciting to see Conference and National Conference of the Church in this country. We have to this national conference allows them to the faith level of the kids and their enthu- Catholic Bishops, now called the United find more ways to engage them in parish reinforce one another in their enthusiasm siasm. These are real good kids and good States Conference of Catholic Bishops. life. for the faith, their love of the faith, and leaders. They’re very inspirational. It’s “This congress, and the youth confer- “The young people at this conference their determination to go out and make a energizing for the bishops to dialogue ence, are opportunities for the young peo- are really pumped up by the fact that difference in the world and in the Church with the youth and celebrate liturgy ple to demonstrate to the bishops of this there are 24,000 teen-agers here,” he said, today.” † The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Page 9 Rappin’ Franciscan helps teens deal with life

National Catholic By Jennifer Del Vechio Youth Conference He’s the funky, fresh Franciscan. It’s not often you see a Franciscan priest who raps, wears a beret and can Vechio Del Jennifer Photos by Celebrities tell hang with the kids, but Father Stan Fortuna is doing more than turning heads. youth how they He’s changing hearts. Father Stan’s songs about chastity, keep the faith abortion and suicide hit home with the teen-agers who attended his concert at the By Jennifer Del Vechio National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis. MTV’s Matt Smith and Miss America Father Stan pulls no punches. He talks 2001 Angela Perez Baraquio told teen- about masturbation, pornography and sex. agers that their Catholic faith keeps them He knows what teens today are dealing focused on Christ amidst the popular with. culture whirlwind they live in. In his songs, an eclectic blend of rap, Smith, who starred in MTV’s “The hip-hop, traditional and jazz, Father Stan Real Worl”d in New Orleans, and gets to the heart of the matter. Baraquio, the first teacher and Asian “All that sin, all that junk, throw it American to be named Miss America in out,” he said. the pageant’s 80-year history, addressed Got a problem with looking at pornog- teen-agers during the National Catholic raphy on the Internet? Father Stan has the Youth Conference in Indianapolis. solution. Bring the computer into the liv- While they came to their faith jour- ing room, where mom, dad or Aunt Lucy neys by different routes, Smith and passes through, to make sure teen-agers Baraquio said it’s the Eucharist that look at appropriate sites, he said. keeps them grounded and focused on Have a problem saying no to sex? Then their faith. say yes to sex, he said. But only when you They said it has taken discipline and can say yes to Christ, and the way God dedication to follow Christ. planned for sex to happen, in the sacrament Baraquio, who traveled 20,000 miles of matrimony, Father Stan said. a month as Miss America, said she had “He is speaking to me,” said Audra to make time for God because no one MacNeil, who traveled to the National else was going to do it for her. Catholic Youth Conference from the U.S. She’d heard that previous Miss Army base in Mannheim, Germany. Above: Franciscan Americas hadn’t made it to church on “In Europe, you can pretty well do Father Stan Fortuna Sunday, but she demanded that her what you want, and there are tempta- sang and rapped engagements be scheduled before or tions,” Audra, 17, said. “It was personal. about chastity and after Mass. I felt like he knew me and that he was God’s call to holi- “It’s not easy being a Catholic in a speaking to me and that he understood.” ness for teen-agers high-profile position,” Baraquio said. His songs had teen-agers bopping in who attended his “But I can do all things in Christ, who their seats and dancing in the aisles. concert at the strengthens me.” Teen-agers said the message in the National Catholic As Baraquio battled a hectic travel songs pierced through the half-truths and Youth Conference schedule to find time for Mass, Smith mixed-up messages they get from popular in Indianapolis. battled the temptations of living with six culture. roommates who didn’t share the same Amanda Bevis, 17, from Littleton, Left: Teens got out values as him or even the same faith. Colo., knows Father Stan’s music has of their seats and Despite it all, Smith said he still made helped her life. danced during time for daily Mass, going every She said she never thought much about Franciscan Father evening. Teen-agers just didn’t see that abortion or why it was wrong until hear- Stan Fortuna’s filmed on the show. ing Father Stan’s song about it. concert at the Smith said it was a “Life Teen Mass” “The song touched my heart,” she said, National Catholic that first helped him give his life to and led her to pray outside an abortion Youth Conference. Christ while in college. clinic. He said he auditioned for MTV’s “The Father Stan told the teen-agers he Real World” and didn’t expect to get on knows they have problems and that many the show after he showed the crucifix of those problems stem from family that hung in his dorm room and he breakdowns, such as divorce. talked about chastity. But he told teen-agers not to let it “get Smith said it wasn’t easy living them down” and to look to the one who among so much “sin,” that was often can always lift them up—Christ. shown on MTV’s “The Real World.” He also urged them to not make a “I’ll be honest,” Smith said. “There “vocation of discerning” God’s will in were times when God seemed so far their lives, but to decide for God’s will in away and I got so tired of the tempta- their lives whether it’s to be single, tions.” priests, religious or married. He said it might have been easy to “God is calling you,” he said. “Don’t forget about his values in such situations, tell me to take it easy folks, because you but two teen-age girls that he’d met waste too much time. You are called to be through Life Teen kept him going by holy.” sending him e-mails every day. He told the teen-agers that the media, They asked how he was doing, told consumerism, their hormones and their him they were praying for him, and said, bodies aren’t taking it easy on them so “Matt, you’d better be good.” why should they take it “easy on Jesus.” Dominick Batkowski from Metuchen, They need Jesus in their lives, he said, N.J., said Smith’s talk inspired him to battle all that “junk.” because Smith kept living his faith “Let go, that’s the way you get into despite what his peers said. God. Pray for the skill to do God’s will,” play bass guitar when he was a teen-ager. Smokin’ dope—no hope. Drug dealing “I have friends who I see do wrongful he said. He called himself a “pagan Catholic” thing, money, livin’ life on a tight rope. acts,” Dominick said. “I try to help them Father Stan, who celebrated the 12th when he was growing up, defining it as Dial a psychic every day, read the and, even if they laugh at me at first, anniversary of his ordination to the priest- someone who would go to Church on horoscope. later they thank me.” hood Dec. 8, is known as the first and Sunday but wasn’t living the faith. Feeling low can’t say no—can’t cope. Baraquio reinforced the idea that one only rapping priest. “I drew a line and made the rules,” he Life is full of pressure, life is full of person can make a difference. All you He’s released two CDs titled Sacro said. “When I broke the rules, I rewrote pain; embrace the cross with Christ, have to do is say “yes when God calls Song and has a new book, U Got 2 the rules.” peace and happiness will remain. you,” she said. Believe, that speaks to teen-agers in their It was a book on St. Francis that got Father Stan told the teen-agers he She told the youth that they will make own language, while making references to him interested in his faith. He began knows they are often dealing with diffi- choices every day from what to wear or Pope John Paul II, Vatican II and the attending a Bible study group and found cult issues and problems in their life, but what to eat to the big questions of faith Catechism of the Catholic Church. that the life he was living wasn’t that “the Bible says to be holy,” he said. “It in their lives. He joined the Capuchin Franciscan appealing anymore. doesn’t say anything about feeling holy. “Are you going to choose the crooked order when he was 23 and later joined the However, he took his guitar and his “There is a plan,” he continued. “The path or are you going to choose the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal order, passion for singing with him into the Holy Father said holiness is the divine straight and narrow path” she asked. which was started by Father Benedict monastery and used it as a preaching tool plan for every baptized person … confes- “The bottom line is that we are all try- Groeschel. to reach youth. sion is the bounce-back sacrament and ing to get to heaven.” † Originally from Yonkers, N.Y., Father In the lyrics to his song Kumbya, he combined with the Eucharist that makes Stan, 43, would sneak into nightclubs to writes, us a bounce-back people.” † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Father’s death in Sept. 11 attacks can’t National Catholic keep daughter away from conference Youth Conference By Mary Ann Wyand

Jessica Scott’s father died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center

in New York. Karen Callaway Photo by After the memorial service for her father, Randy Scott, at St. Leo Parish in Stamford, Conn., Jessica told John Campbell, the assistant director of youth services for the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., that she still wanted to go to the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis. “I think her instinct told her to do this,” Campbell said. “She reached out to God by deciding to come to the youth conference. By coming to NCYC, she was saying yes to God.” Of the 75 teen-agers from the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., who were registered for the Dec. 6-9 conference, only Jessica and eight other youth decided to travel to Indiana in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. “Jessica is still struggling with what hap- pened,” Campbell said on Dec. 8, “but she really wanted to come to Indianapolis. She feels confused, but said she wanted to be around other young people and try to reconnect with her faith. She wanted to see the faith of other teen-agers.” Jessica Scott’s father died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. Jessica, who is a junior at Stamford High School in As Jessica, who is a junior at Stamford Stamford, Conn., shared her story in a videotaped interview shown during the National Catholic Youth Conference general morning session in the RCA High School in Stamford, Conn., shared Dome on Dec. 7 The 24,000 conference participants listened in stunned silence and many of the teen-agers cried about her father’s death. her story in a videotaped interview shown during the general morning session in the that their parents could go to war. “I think our country will get through this “We don’t know for sure how many reg- RCA Dome on Dec. 7, the 24,000 confer- “Having this youth conference with the crisis and rebound,” she said. “I know that I istrations we lost because of Sept. 11,” she ence participants listened in stunned silence theme of hope brings a new reality to our will always have God in my life and that, no said. “Participation by dioceses on the East and many of the teen-agers cried about her kids’ lives on military bases,” Heckman said. matter what happens, I’ll always have him to Coast was impacted by the terrorist father’s death. Then the youth applauded to “We do have hope for the future—hope that turn to in times of crisis.” attacks—especially those closer to New show their love and support for her. things will begin to come back to normal.” Jonathan Wright, a junior at Greensburg York and Washington—because the groups Campbell said he thinks Jessica’s coura- St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner Christine Central Catholic High School in Greensburg, had to fly. Some diocesan groups from the geous decision to attend the conference has Coulon of Albany, N.Y., and other teens in Pa., and a member of St. Bartholomew East Coast still came to the conference, but taught her that “no matter what happens, her diocese wore blue foam Statue of Parish in Crabtree, Pa., said he lives about 45 changed to buses.” there are people of faith” that she can turn Liberty crowns to the conference. minutes from where the hijacked plane Stammerman said during the past two to for support. “I was a little scared about going on a crashed in western Pennsylvania during the months the archdiocesan youth ministry Michelle Bonneau, a junior at Hohenfels plane,” said Christine, who is a senior at terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. office and the National Federation for American High School on the U.S. Army Bethlehem Central High School in Albany. “Our county touches the county where the Catholic Youth Ministry fielded “tons of base at Hohenfels, Germany, was among 12 “But I think all of us [in the Albany plane crashed,” Jonathan said. “The hijacked calls” from parents who were worried teen-agers from Army and Air Force bases Diocese] really wanted to come to the con- plane flew right over our county. I was in about safety. in Germany and Italy who traveled to ference to show our unity and that, even school when I learned that the airplane went “I told them that the city officials, the Indianapolis for the conference. with the terrorism and everything going on, down nearby. We watched the news coverage Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome “Her story was really touching,” that we could overcome it. I think everyone on TV and prayed in religion class.” staff, the sponsoring organization and the Michelle said. “People started to cry for her coming together from all over the country Jonathan said he is glad he came to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis worked very and because of the tragedy. I was moved to shows that we can overcome it. The amount national youth conference with teens from hard to create the safest place possible for tears. Everybody felt her pain and could of unity and spirit that everyone has here is the Diocese of Greensburg, Pa., because he kids to come and celebrate their faith,” she understand where she was coming from, amazing.” feels “really united with everyone here” and said. “It was more difficult preparing for and wanted her to be happy [at the confer- Christine said the “Hope at the knows “that it’s important to pray for peace.” the conference with all the security chal- ence].” Crossroads” conference theme, which was Marlene Stammerman, associate director lenges after Sept. 11, but things came Eric Heckman, a youth minister serving chosen three years ago by members of the of youth ministry for the archdiocese, esti- together with a lot of prayer and hard work. at the U.S. Army base in Mannheim, Indianapolis Archdiocesan Youth Council, mated that about 4,000 teen-agers decided I feel very blessed by the youth ministry Germany, said security is much tighter at made her think that “it’s almost like God not to participate in the conference after community and the kids in our archdiocese. the bases in Europe since Sept. 11 and the knew that we needed hope so we could get Sept. 11 because of parental concerns and They did a great job helping with this con- military kids have to cope with the reality through this terrible time. their own fears about traveling by airplane. ference.” † Indianapolis church was hub of hope, reconciliation and prayer

By Mary Ann Wyand it’s really stressful,” Kayla said. “I get really Hundreds of National upset [about world problems], but just com- Catholic Youth “Roamin’ Catholic.” ing here with other teen-agers that are going Conference partici- “Faith of Steel.” through the same things fills you with hope. pants prayed and

“Caution: Christ Working Through Me.” You get to know other young people you can Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann received the sacra- Christian-themed T-shirts proclaimed relate to, and it shows that not everything is ment of reconciliation their faith as hundreds of National Catholic going wrong in the world. Good things are on Dec. 7-8 at St. John Youth Conference participants prayed and still happening.” the Evangelist Church received the sacrament of reconciliation on Seminarian Eric Augenstein, a second- across the street from Dec. 7-8 at St. John the Evangelist Church year theology student at Saint Meinrad the RCA Dome and across the street from the RCA Dome and School of Theology and a member of Indiana Convention Indiana Convention Center in downtown St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis, said 10 semi- Center in downtown Indianapolis. narians helped coordinate the reconciliation Indianapolis. Even with a full slate of keynote presen- services and greet the youth at St. John ters, workshop speakers and Christian Church. musicians at the conference as well as the “There has been a constant stream of peo- lure of a shopping mall nearby, a steady ple in and out of the church,” Augenstein steam of teen-agers filed into the historic said on Saturday afternoon. “The church has American Romanesque church for prayers, been full for most of the day with young and prayer.” “The youth originally came in just to look communal penance services and confession people and adults coming in—some just to Harry Dudley, associate executive direc- at the church, then they went back [to the on Friday and Saturday. pray and some to go to the sacrament of rec- tor of faith formation for the archdiocesan conference] and told other youth that Kayla Bronder, a member of St. Mark onciliation. There have been long lines of Office of Catholic Education, coordinated priests were hearing confessions. We’ve Parish and a freshman at Lee Summit teens waiting for priests to be available for the reconciliation services and devotions at had a constant flow and lines at most of the North High School in Independence, Mo., the sacrament of reconciliation all day. St. John Church, which was the “spiritual 32 [penance] stations. The priests were visited St. John Church to pray on Saturday “It’s been a really powerful experience to hub” for the national youth conference. scheduled for an hour at a time and some afternoon with two friends from the see people witnessing to their faith, both Dudley said about 170 priests took turns of them stayed for two and a half hours Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. individually and in a large group,” he said, hearing confessions on Friday and Saturday. because they didn’t want to leave. They “At home, you hear about all the awful “coming together for communal penance ser- “It’s been incredible,” Dudley said of the were so moved by the faith of the teen- things that are going on in the world and vices and also for individual reconciliation crowded church on Saturday afternoon. agers.” † The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Page 11

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Youth Conference A. Brandon Photo by Evans Youth told they can lead by choosing hope over despair By Brandon A. Evans ing scavenging through a junkyard and who didn’t know what the word “school” raig Kielburger received thunderous meant. He spoke of the hundreds of thou- Capplause and cries of delight as he sands of children that pick up weapons took the stage—so much so that he said each day because they don’t have any the stage was shaking. other way to defend themselves against Kielburger presented a workshop titled war. “Young People as Leaders and Change “We are blessed, we are very lucky,” Makers” on Dec. 8 at the National he said. “We have a roof over our Catholic Youth Conference. heads, we have a chance to go to good Kielburger, an 18-year-old from schools, we live in a great country, and Toronto, has been a spokesperson for chil- that’s not something we should feel dren’s rights since he was 12 years old. angry about, that’s not something we His organization, Kids Can Free the should feel sad or guilty about. Instead, Children, works for the rights of children we should feel happy because we have a around the world and has more than lot, and that means we have a lot to 100,000 members in 35 countries—all of share.” them young people. He gave five challenges to young peo- His activism has seen the founding of ple as to how to share the wealth that more than 100 new schools, the creation they were born into—all things that his of alternative sources of revenue for poor organization could help them with. families and leadership programs for One, they should encourage their youth, to name a few. school to become a “sweat-free” school, “When we all raise our voices together, meaning that administration and students he said, “it’s amazing the power we have— alike should only buy things that are not raising our voices together to call for an made in sweatshops. end to poverty, an end to injustice, an end Two, they can help buy poor families to child labor, war, hunger, abuse.” in developing nations alternative sources Craig Kielburger told teens attending a workshop on leadership at the National Catholic Youth He said the events of Sept. 11 have of income—such as land or a cow—so Conference that they can help end poverty, injustice, child labor abuses, war and hunger in the world. made young people more aware of that they do not have to force their chil- poverty throughout the world. dren to work in terrible conditions. “We’ve never experienced war,” said Three, they can buy supplies for chil- great love. “Never forget,” he said, “every struggle Kielburger. “But now, for the first time, dren and families in need. “Her small actions, with great love, against injustice at first seemed over- every young person realizes that we can- Four, they can help support the build- inspired millions around the world to find whelming, it seemed impossible, it not close our eyes to what’s happening ing of a new school in an underdeveloped their own Calcutta,” he said, urging the seemed all too much.” around the world. As youth are often told, nation. youth to find their gifts and use them for He mentioned the fight against slavery, we are the great hope for the future. I Fifth, and perhaps most challenging of the glory of God and in love for other the push for the women’s vote and the think now, especially today, we realize all, they can volunteer a week of each people. civil rights battle that Rosa Parks started. that we’re not only leaders of tomorrow summer working in an underpriviledged “And it is true: hope is at the cross- All the people involved in each of those … but we have to be leaders of today in nation. roads,” he said, mentioning the confer- fights faced enormous odds, and danger our faith communities.” Yet, when faced with these challenges, ence’s theme. “And we have a choice of to themselves. He said that the essence of leadership youth should not fear them, he said in his which path we want to choose, either “They refused to give up their dream of is compassion. He compared being a good presentation. the path of hope, or the path of despair.” justice and the world is a better place leader to living out the Gospel. Kielburger met the late Mother Teresa It is a choice that Kielburger said is not because of it,” he said. “Never stop dream- He spoke extensively about all of the several years ago, and asked her how she easy, and has to be made every day. It is ing, never stop working for that better sad situations that he’s seen, ranging from maintained hope in the face of enormous this choice that he said strengthened his world. Because with friends at our side children working in the coal mines of difficulty. Her response was not to do Catholic faith, and helped fill in the holes and God in our hearts, we surely will South America to a child who made a liv- great things, but to do small things with that questions could leave. succeed.” † Teens learn how to keep unhealthy stress out of their lives By Brandon A. Evans keep a handle on our everyday stress,” she She gave her audience of young adults She advocated something that she uses said, “and then a big stress comes.” eight suggestions on how to improve their called “lightning fast appreciation.” Using a slinky, youth minister Jamie She let the slinky flail out of control as daily lives in order to be less stressed. “That means, when someone walks in Dillon of St. Scholastica Parish in she described typical teen nightmare sce- Her first tip was something that she that door, you immediately have to think Pittsburgh, Pa., showed how everyday narios: wrecking dad’s car, getting an F on called the three P’s: plan, prioritize and of something good about them,” she said. stress in our lives can get out of control. a test, breaking up with a boyfriend. put your stuff away. “You have to, have to, and it has to be Sliding the toy back and forth between She paused, stopping the slinky. “My She talked about planning each day that quick.” her hands, she noted that some stress can whole purpose today is to let you have wisely and making sure everything is in This way there is no time to begin be good and help us to stay balanced. some tools … to keep your stress in bal- its place. She gave the example of how thinking negative thoughts about other “We need a certain amount of stress in ance.” the combination of poor planning and people. She also told the teens to do the our lives,” she said. “It keeps us moti- Dillon led a workshop Dec. 7 at the losing your car keys can mess up an same for themselves by monitoring their vated.” National Catholic Youth Conference entire day. own thoughts about themselves. Gradually she started making the slinky titled “Unwind Your Mind: A Practical “You know what I’m talking about,” “Don’t talk negatively about yourself,” go fast and more out of control. and Spiritual Approach to Stress she said, “and you know that I’m right.” she said. “Your ‘self-talk’ is the way that “The problem comes when we don’t Management.” “Is God a priority?” she asked the teen- you’re seeing the world. Your self-talk agers. “If you make time for God, you directly affects your self-image.” Youth minister Jamie will have time for everything else. Don’t She also said young people need to Dillon of St. Scholastica put God on a back burner. He doesn’t do treat themselves right, need to treat their Parish in Pittsburgh, Pa., that to you.” bodies right and need to be healthy. used a slinky to show Her next suggestion to the teens was to “If you’re healthy, you’re better able to

youths attending a A. Brandon Photo by Evans always live in the present, in the moment. cope with the stress in your life,” she said. workshop on stress “We think about the future, we think Lastly, she told the young people to management how about the past, but we miss the present, laugh. everyday stress in their and more often than not we drop the ball “Regular, hearty laughter has been lives can get out of because we’re not here, we’re not shown to lower blood pressure,” she said. control. She gave the focused.” “We cannot experience two emotions at teens eight suggestions Dillon also focused on the importance one time. So if you’re feeling stressed, if on how to improve their of kindness to others. you’re feeling like you’re being buried daily lives in order to be “Help others,” she told the youth. alive, laugh.” less stressed. She told “Man, you want to reduce stress in your She told the teens it would take work them to make God a life, this is a really good thing to do.” to make her ideas a part of their lives. priority in their She also said to give people a break— “It’s easy to sit in a workshop and lis- lives. adding that getting angry is itself a stress- ten to me tell you how to manage your ful thing. stress. The hard thing is going home and “People and things can’t make you making it work,” she said. “And if you angry unless you let them,” she said, urg- can make just one of these things work … ing more tolerance when it comes to let- your lives are going to be that much bet- ting other people be who they are. ter, I promise.” † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Speaker tells teens that chastity National Catholic will help them find real love Youth Conference By Brandon A. Evans love, which is the way people can love people’s bodies to each other, and thus, of well as keeping a proper viewpoint on the other people as they love inanimate them giving themselves to each other— sacredness of sex by not watching bad Mary Beth Bonacci urged the young objects. for life. It also respects God, who is the movies or reading bad magazines. people at the National Catholic Youth “Pizza love is using,” she said. “Pizza first one to love us. She said that after graduating from col- Conference to cherish their chastity and love is when you see another person just “Everything about sex is about perma- lege, she noted the benefits of living this use their sexuality wisely. as a way for you to get what you want. nence,” she said. “Everything about sex lifestyle. In a presentation titled “Helping Teens “Real love means respecting the image says forever.” “I noticed that my friends who weren’t Find Real Love in a Pizza Love World,” and likeness of God everywhere it occurs, Bonacci also said that sex outside of having sex were doing better,” she said, Bonacci, an author and nationally known including ourselves. Sin is simply doing marriage creates an unnatural bond “that love was going better for them, that speaker on chastity, talked about the something that could hurt an image and between two people and makes dating— relationships were going better for them, meaning of real love. likeness of God,” Bonacci said. which she sees as an activity solely aimed and they were having an easier time get- “It’s the deepest human need—to love Having sex outside of marriage, she at finding a spouse—much more difficult ting out of relationships that weren’t and to be loved,” she said, saying that we said, hurts both people because it is com- and makes it harder for couples that working out. They were making better spend our lives looking for love. municating something between the people aren’t right for each other to break up. marriage decisions. Basically, my friends She mentioned something that she that is not there. Living a chaste life, she said, means who weren’t having sex were having an calls “pizza love,” referring to a false She said that sex is the giving of two not having sex if you’re not married, as easier time finding love in their lives.” † Workshop helps high school students prepare for college life By Brandon A. Evans challenges against their faith that they will encounter there. Michael Galligan opened his eyes Galligan encouraged the youth not to before the crowded room of young peo- get “amnesia” when they go to school,

Photo by Jennifer Del Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by ple. Playing the role of Jesus, he spoke, but rather to make Sunday Mass a habit quickly pointing to one person. and to get involved with Catholic activi- “You,” he said. “You are the light of ties. the world.” He pivoted, aiming his finger “The idea is to keep alive the feeling at another youth. “You. You are the salt of that you already have here and take it for- the earth.” Then to another, and another. ward into your college experience so that “You’re the salt of the earth! You, you you can make a difference there,” he said. back there, you are the light of the “The reality is that you’re going to get world.” tugged in directions at times which are Galligan, who has done campus min- difficult, and you’re going to have to istry most of his adult life, helped lead a make choices.” workshop titled “Looking Forward: The Foord urged the students to choose College Experience and Your Faith” on their friends wisely. He said there is a lot Dec. 7 at the National Catholic Youth of emotional and spiritual learning at col- Conference. lege that happens outside the classroom. The purpose of his living Scripture “The friends that you pick will either story was to show the young people that help build the life that you want to live or they have something important to offer could be a distraction to that,” Foord said. the world of college that many of them “There are so many opportunities at any are about to enter. university—countless opportunities—of Eden Foord, a campus minister at people to help you succeed.” Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., The speakers also gave an Internet also helped lead the workshop. address for students to go to who are Teens celebrate on the opening night of the National Catholic Youth Conference in the RCA Dome in The purpose was to prepare the high seeking to get involved with Catholic Indianapolis Dec. 6. Some 24,000 young people from across the nation gathered for the four-day event. school students for college and the ministry. It is www.catholicstudent.org. † Photo by Jennifer Del Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by Photo by Jennifer Del Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann Above: Archdiocesan deacons (from left) Eric Johnson, John McCaslin, Todd Goodson, Joseph Feltz and Robert Hankee take a break on Dec. 8 while helping prepare for the youth conference closing liturgy on Dec. 9 in the RCA Dome. They will be ordained on June 1. Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann

Above: Teen-agers attending the National Catholic Youth Conference help make clay sculptures in the Raceway Park area of the Indiana Convention Center.

Below: Assumption parishioners Andrew Dalton and Joanne Rayer of Omaha, Neb., pray on Dec. 8 at St. John the Evangelist Church.

Above: Members of Cathedral High School’s Gospel Choir perform during the youth conference vocations rally on Dec. 8 in the Indiana Convention Center. The Indianapolis-area students were among a number of archdiocesan youth who entertained teens at the national conference.

Left: Participants at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis raise a cross during one of the events in the RCA Dome to show that Jesus Christ is at the center of our lives. To the People of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis The Church in Central and Southern Indiana Archdiocese of Indianapolis:

inancially, we’ve had a tough year. But we are not Home mission Falone. However, we also have much to be thankful grants for and much to be proud of. This past fiscal year was a The first grants, year of continued growth and vitality for our Church in worth up to central and southern Indiana. $286,000, from the St. Francis A growing Church Xavier Home Last Easter, we welcomed more than 1,200 new Catholics Mission Fund into the Church. The total number of Catholics in the were awarded archdiocese increased by nearly 6,000 to 233,171 people last summer to living in 84,000 households throughout southern and cen- seven parishes tral Indiana. and one school Last June, we ordained two men to the priesthood: Robert located in Terre Hausladen and C. Ryan McCarthy. And in June 2002, we Haute, Indian- hope to ordain eight additional candidates: Joseph Feltz, apolis, and Todd Goodson, Robert Hankee, Eric Johnson, Christiaan Shelbyville. Kappes, Justin Martin, John McCaslin, and Harold Rightor. “Home missions” This represents the largest group of new priests ordained are those Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Archbishop of Indianapolis for our archdiocese since 1974, when nine were ordained. parishes and schools in the Unprecedented construction continues archdiocese that for any number of good reasons need Parish, school, and agency capital investment continues the help of the larger Church to carry out their min- at unprecedented levels. Thanks to our successful fund- istries. The initial grants will help fund a dental clinic, raising efforts over the last few years we are now able to Hispanic ministry, a parish bookkeeper’s salary, and stu- begin to deal with many of our maintenance needs that dent financial aid at a parish school. have been put off for a number of years and to meet construction demands necessitated by our continued Catholic Charities growth. Since fiscal year 1997, our parishes, schools, The downturn in the U.S. economy is having a dramatic and agencies have spent more than $100 million on con- effect on the demands placed on the various social ser- struction. Another $33 million will be spent during the vices agencies of our archdiocesan Catholic Charities next two fiscal years. organization. In the calendar year 2000—and this continues a trend that began several years ago—the number New schools of persons served has increased significantly to nearly In late August, we dedicated a new and renewed Holy 200,000. Some 161,000 individuals were in need of Cross Central School in center-city Indianapolis. The emergency services, such as food and shelter; a year ago, school was founded more than 100 years ago and had this figure stood at 106,000. One telling statistic is the been operating in a building that was the original parish huge increase in the average number of nights each per- church, which itself was built in 1896. son stays in emergency housing. In 1999, the average St. Mary-of-the-Knobs School in Floyds Knobs opened was eight nights per person; last year, the need tripled to with a preschool and kindergarten in the fall of 2001. an average of 24 nights per person. Seton Catholic High School in Richmond is scheduled to We continue to face these and other challenges. Our open in the fall of 2002. deficit operating budget continues to be with us, but we Jubilee celebration are working diligently to reduce the deficit and return to The centerpiece event for our local Church last year was a balanced budget as soon as possible. As I’ve said many Celebration in the Spirit of Hope: the Great Jubilee on times, our growth is itself a challenge, but it is a happy Sept. 16 in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. More than challenge. Thank God, we have a vibrant Church! A 30,000 of us came together to celebrate the Great Jubilee process for helping us anticipate and mange our growth with the Eucharist, the confirmation of more than 3,200 continues to move along, with the steering committee young people and adults, and the blessing of married and its eight task forces meeting regularly to gather data. couples. It was a great day and a profound experience of We hope to begin analyzing the data and drafting strate- what it means to be “Church.” During the celebration, gies to deal with our growth by next fall. You will be we prayed especially for the Holy Spirit’s help as we hearing more about this process as it unfolds. launched the evangelization phase of Journey of Hope Please join me in thanking our generous God for the 2001. many blessings he has showered on his Church. Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Archbishop of Indianapolis

Archdiocese of Indianapolis Mission Statement e, the Church in central and Values Goals Wsouthern Indiana, called to • Prayer and spiritual growth • More personal prayer in our homes CCOUNTABILITY faith and salvation in Jesus Christ in • Lifelong learning and sharing our • Much larger attendance at Sunday Mass the Roman Catholic tradition, strive faith • More frequent confession • Parish and family, the individual and • Increase in vocations to the priesthood to live the Gospel by worshiping community and religious life EPORT God in word and sacrament; learn- • Compassion and respect for human • Larger participation in our lifelong ing, teaching, and sharing our faith; life and all creation religious education programs and serving human needs. We com- • Justice and consistent moral • More people returning home to the A R mit ourselves to generosity and to standards Church • Proactive leadership and shared • More generous support for our the responsible use of our spiritual responsibility Church’s mission and material resources. • Vital presence in urban, suburban, • A successful capital and endowment and rural neighborhoods campaign • Stewardship • Fewer meetings and more pastoral 2001 ministry Summary Chancery and Certain Entities of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis of Financial Combined Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2001 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CATHOLIC TOTAL BEFORE Status ASSETS CHANCERY FOUNDATION CHARITIES ELIMINATIONS ELIMINATIONS COMBINED his summary of the financial status of the Cash and cash equivalents $ 25,818,497 $ 4,582,216 $ 2,051,453 $ 32,452,166 $ 2,189,418 $ 30,262,748 T Archdiocese of Indianapolis reflects activities Investments 37,874,922 57,318,746 966,401 91,160,069 1,102,860 90,057,209 of the chancery of the archdiocese and certain Receivables affiliated agencies with direct accountability to the Pledges, net 28,010,186 276,774 28,286,960 28,286,960 Most Reverend Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Deposit and Loan Fund, net 30,490,521 30,490,521 6,281,303 24,209,218 archbishop of Indianapolis. The information pre- Amounts due from parishes and sented has been reformatted from the audited other Archdiocesan entities, net 6,085,280 41,943 6,127,223 656,362 5,470,861 financial statements and does not include the Accrued interest income 453,814 155,439 609,253 609,253 activities of parishes, missions, and schools of the Other, netAccrued interest income 331,477 32,056 347,797 711,330 711,330 archdiocese. All significant transactions among Total receivables, net 65,371,278 229,438 624,571 66,225,287 6,937,665 59,287,622 entities detailed in this summary have been elimi- nated. As always, the complete audited financial Other assets 106,916 11,372 118,288 118,288 statements are available for public inspection by Burial spaces and other inventories 4,091,262 4,0491,262 4,091,262 contacting Jeff Stumpf, chief financial officer of Land, buildings and equipment, net 9,148,307 3,276,930 12,425,237 12,425,237 the archdiocese, at 317-236-1410. Total assets $ 137,411,182 $ 62,130,400 $ 6,930,727 $ 206,472,309 $ 10,229,943 $ 196,242,366

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 2,532,808 $ 2,971,600 $ 594,339 $ 6,098,747 $ 656,364 $ 5,442,383 Legacy of Hope allocations and Capital campaign due to parishes 24,023,187 24,023,187 24,023,187 distributions Bonds payable and line of credit 44,432,041 44,432,041 6,226,704 38,205,337 CAPITAL TOTAL PREVIOUS JULY 2001 Reserves for self-insurance 1,865,000 1,865,000 1,865,000 PROJECTS ALLOCATION DISTRIBUTIONS DISTRIBUTION High schools $ 4,000,000 $ 2,504,376 $ 861,551 Other liabilities 1,753,907 280,359 2,034,266 2,034,266 CYO 750,000 469,570 161,541 Deposit and Loan Fund payable 32,125,725 32,125,725 2,244,017 29,881,708 Fatima Retreat House 200,000 125,218 43,078 Catholic Charities 1,000,000 626,094 215,388 Total liabilities 106,732,668 2,971,600 874,698 110,578,966 9,127,085 101,451,881 Home missions 1,050,000 657,398 — 7,000,000 4,382,656 1,281,558 Net assets ENDOWMENTS Unrestricted 16,268,630 49,949,639 3,285,738 69,504,007 (4,839,337) 74,343,344 Clergy pension $ 2,500,000 $ 1,407,508 $ 1,092,492 Temporarily restricted 3,701,095 860,579 2,100,034 6,661,708 1,160,682 5,501,026 Archbishop’s Endowment 300,000 300,000 — Lay ministry 1,000,000 313,047 686,953 Permanently restricted 10,708,789 8,348,582 670,257 19,727,628 4,781,513 14,946,115 Seminary education 1,500,000 1,000,000 — Total net assets 30,678,514 59,158,800 6,056,029 95,893,343 1,102,858 94,790,485 Teacher/catechist training 1,000,000 1,000,000 — High school facilities 1,000,000 200,000 200,000 Total liabilities & net assets $ 137,411,182 $ 62,130,400 $ 6,930,727 $ 206,472,309 $ 10,229,943 $ 196,242,366 Home missions 2,000,000 2,000,000 950,000 9,300,000 6,220,555 2,929,445 TOTAL $ 16,300,000 $ 10,603,211 $ 4,211,003

Parish, School and Agency Combined Statement of Activities for the year ended June 30, 2001 Construction/Renovation Expenditures

CATHOLIC 40...... COMMUNITY CATHOLIC TOTAL BEFORE CHANCERY FOUNDATION CHARITIES ELIMINATIONS ELIMINATIONS COMBINED

35...... OPERATING REVENUES Assessments $ 7,291,728 $ – $ – $ 7,291,728 $ – $ 7,291,728 30...... Service fees 14,340,297 14,340,297 1,401,231 12,939,066 Contributions 1,831,243 6,631,196 2,345,237 10,807,676 6,182,728 4,624,948 25...... United Catholic Appeal 4,926,428 4,926,428 4,926,428 Sales of goods and services 5,592,896 5,592,896 5,592,896 20...... Program service fees and other 1,957,405 2,485,748 4,443,153 4,443,153 Other public support 2,983,183 2,983,183 2,983,183 15......

Dollars (Millions) Interest income and investment return 3,372,146 (3,078,528) 26,508 320,126 1,415,384 (1,095,258) Total operating revenues 39,312,143 3,552,668 7,840,676 50,705,487 8,999,343 41,706,144 10...... OPERATING EXPENSES 5...... Salaries and wages 5,988,371 4,702,530 10,690,901 10,690,901 Employee benefits 2,097,249 1,065,593 3,162,842 666,173 2,496,669 0 Health care costs 9,356,120 9,356,120 9,356,120 YEARS 97 98 99 2000 2001 2002 2003 (forecast) (forecast) Retirement plan contributions 2,275,194 2,275,194 2,275,194 Cost of equipment and supplies sold 2,507,961 2,507,961 2,507,961 Administrative 1,062,526 492,618 613,739 2,168,883 493,939 1,674,944 Legacy of Hope and Building Communities Property insurance 1,535,493 1,535,493 52,078 1,483,415 of Hope Capital and Endowment Campaigns – Results through October 2001 Depreciation 757,525 332,012 1,089,537 1,089,537 Repairs and maintenance 636,594 636,594 636,594 130...... Occupancy costs 485,915 791,207 1,277,122 148,210 1,128,912 Interest 4,650,179 4,650,179 671,870 3,978,309 120...... Bad debts 564,789 564,789 564,789 Professional services 3,581,793 266,828 3,848,621 19,487 3,829,134 110...... Contributions 4,539,665 2,441,218 6,980,883 3,294,818 3,686,065 Other 1,747,805 52,874 892,054 2,692,733 99,350 2,593,383 100...... Total operating expenses 41,787,179 2,986,710 8,663,963 53,437,852 5,445,925 47,991,927 90...... Increase (decrease) in net assets due to operations (2,475,036) 565,958 (823,287) (2,732,365) 3,553,418 (6,285,783) 80...... CAPITAL CAMPAIGN REVENUES 1,916,739 643,598 2,560,337 684,200 1,876,137 70...... CAPITAL CAMPAIGN EXPENSES 9,434,685 9,434,685 4,342,783 5,091,902 Increase (decrease) 60...... in net assets due to capital campaign (7,517,946) 643,598 (6,874,348) (3,658,583) (3,215,765)

Dollars (Millions) Total increase (decrease) in net assets (9,992,982) 565,958 (179,689) (9,606,713) (105,165) (9,501,548) 50...... NET ASSETS: Beginning of year 40,671,496 58,592,842 6,235,718 105,500,056 1,208,023 104,292,033 40...... NET ASSETS: End of year $ 30,678,514 $ 59,158,800 $ 6,056,029 $ 95,893,343 $ 1,102,858 $ 94,790,485 30......

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0 Minimum Total pledged Total collected Remaining Goal (213% of goal) through pledges to be Current pledges $107 10/31/2001 collected Planned Gifts $21 Chief Financial Officer’s Report The 2000-2001 fiscal year was noteworthy for the con- St. Francis Xavier Home Mission funds. The allocations Archdiocesan Growth and Expansion Endowment tinued success of Called to Serve: Parish Stewardship committee, consisting of nine pastors aided by two arch- Fund and United Catholic Appeal; for growth in the Catholic diocesan staff persons, made recommendations to Growth and expansion projects, such as a new ser- Community Foundation despite negative investment Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein for home mission vice-delivery site for a Catholic Charities agency, new returns; for blessings received in the Legacy of Hope and grants based on applications received from parishes. classrooms for a school, or the establishment of a new Building Communities of Hope campaigns; for the first Eight parishes were awarded a total of $286,000. A sec- parish, all require substantial investment. Often, official allocations of the St. Francis Xavier Home Mis- ond round of applications will be considered in though, the constituent body that these ministries will sion funds; for continued parish, school and agency February for remaining funds, approximately $60,000. eventually serve is not yet in place when construction construction and renovation; for continuing challenges expenditures are needed to establish the ministry. in the archdiocesan operating budget; for poor invest- Home mission grants are supported through the gen- ment returns; and for the initial funding of the Arch- erosity of parishes that pledge some or all of the money Beginning July 2000, the parishes, schools and agencies diocesan Growth and Expansion Endowment Fund. they raise over their United Catholic Appeal goal to the of the archdiocese began to fund the Archdiocesan St. Francis Xavier Home Mission Fund and through dis- Growth and Expansion Endowment Fund in the Called to Serve: Parish Stewardship tributions from the Catholic Community Foundation’s Catholic Community Foundation. The value of this and United Catholic Appeal St. Francis Xavier Home Mission Endowment Fund, endowment was more than $1 million at June 30, 2001. Parish stewardship, through Sunday and Holy Day which was establish through the Legacy of Hope This endowment is expected to receive approximately collections, continued to show strong growth. Total Campaign. While we’ve improved our funding to sup- $2 million in additional funding over the next two parish Sunday and Holy Day collections throughout port needy parishes, the needs of our parishes still far years, ending in June 2003. Future distributions will the archdiocese grew at a rate of 5.4 percent. This outweigh available resources. Several home mission benefit capital projects for ministries in need of growth. compares with a growth rate of 4.8 percent for 1999- grant applications were unable to be funded, and nearly 2000. This strong growth can be largely attributed to all awards were less than the actual requests. Accountability the commitment of pastoral and lay leaders through- Accountability is an important part of our stewardship out the archdiocese to spread the message of Christian Construction and renovation responsibilities. Each year, the archdiocese subjects stewardship, particularly through Called to Serve: It was another active year for construction and renova- itself to the scrutiny of an independent audit. The firm Parish Stewardship and United Catholic Appeal. tion. More than $18 million was spent by parishes, of Deloitte & Touche performed the audit for the last schools and agencies on construction and renovation fiscal year. The audited financial statements are avail- The 2000 United Catholic Appeal received pledges of projects. This brings total expenditures for construction able through the Office of Accounting Services. The $4.9 million, of which $4.3 million has been received and renovation to more than $109 million in fiscal years attached financial statements are in a format designed (as of October 31, 2001). This compares with pledges 1997-2001. Forecasts for fiscal years 2002-2003 project to be slightly easier for the reader to understand than of $4.77 million for the 1999 United Catholic Appeal, another $33 million in projects. The majority of the the audited statements. The attached statements and is a 2.7 percent increase from 1999. funding for this spending was raised in the Legacy of attempt to categorize revenues by type of expense Hope and Building Communities of Hope campaigns, activity they are intended to support. Catholic Community Foundation growth while many parishes have undertaken follow-up cam- The Catholic Community Foundation’s total assets paigns to prepare for future projects. Archbishop Buechlein has established and regularly con- increased to $62.1 million at June 30, 2001, an fers with the Archdiocesan Finance Council. The coun- increase of 1 percent from the previous year. This lim- Operating results for 2000-2001 cil, whose existence is required by canon law, focuses on ited increase was primarily due to significant contribu- The chancery agencies of the Archdiocese of financial policies, procedures and activities of the tions to endowments balanced by a negative 5.6 per- Indianapolis operated during 2000-2001 under a fore- Church in central and southern Indiana. Current mem- cent investment return combined with the 5 percent casted operating budget deficit of $273,000. While bers of the Archdiocesan Finance Council are: distributions to the endowment beneficiaries. actual results of operations produced a deficit of • Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Parishes, schools and agencies of the archdiocese $2.97 million, nearly all of this deficit can be attrib- archbishop, chairman added 16 new endowments during the year, bringing uted to poor performance of investments and the • Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar general, the total number of endowments held in the founda- Archdiocesan Deposit and Loan Fund, which together vice-chairman tion to 248. Catholic Community Foundation endow- missed budgeted levels by approximately $3 million. ments distributed nearly $2.4 million last year to sup- • Jay Brehm, president port parish, school and agency ministries. The archdiocese is operating in 2001-2002 with a • Jackie Byers, vice-president budgeted operating deficit of more than $900,000. • Michael Dilts, secretary Legacy of Hope allocations The primary reason for this is the use of more conser- • Michael Bindner More than $3.65 million was allocated July 1, 2001, vative assumptions in budgeting investment income to • Clark Byrum from the archdiocesan share of the Legacy of Hope cam- support operations. Strategic planning efforts are • Patrick Carr paign, bringing the total allocated to date to more than under way to identify options for returning to a break- $14.3 million. (This allocation technically occurred one even budget. • Dale Gettelfinger day after the end of the fiscal year covered in this • David Milroy accountability report. Previous allocations were covered Investment returns • Dennis Schlichte in previous years’ accountability reports.) Catholic Youth Investment returns suffered through their weakest • James Shanahan Organization, Fatima Retreat House, Catholic Charities period in the last several years. Composite returns for • Jeffrey D. Stumpf, chief financial officer, staff agencies, archdiocesan high schools and home mission the Catholic Community Foundation were a negative The fiscal year 2000-2001 continued our efforts to parishes received $1.65 million for capital projects. 5.6 percent—considerably lower than the performance place the ministries of parishes, schools and agencies Another $2 million was allocated to Catholic Com- we’ve experienced the past several years. The Catholic of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on a more sound munity Foundation endowments to support retirement Community Foundation’s annualized composite return financial footing. Catholic Community Foundation and other benefits for archdiocesan clergy, lay ministry since inception (January 1, 1995, for the current invest- endowments were funded, renovation and capital training and high school facilities needs. ment structure) is still a very respectable 12.3 percent. One-year returns for other investment funds were simi- needs were addressed, and archdiocesan operations Building Communities of Hope allocations lar—a negative 2.2 percent for the Lay Pension Plan (all continued strides toward a break-even operating bud- Approximately $3.1 million was allocated to assets), a negative 4.4 percent for the Benefit Fund (all get. Rising health insurance costs, poor investment Indianapolis center-city education and Catholic assets), a positive 11.0 percent for the Operating Fund returns and struggles for many needy parishes present Charities needs in the 2000-2001 fiscal year. Significant (100 percent fixed income investments) and a negative challenges to be addressed. May God lead us toward investments were made in Holy Cross Central School, 17.6 percent for the Clergy Pension Plan (equity portion continued success in our ministries. which opened in August 2001, and other center-city only, excludes fixed income results). schools and charities agencies. The Archdiocese of Respectfully submitted, Indianapolis is proud to claim two of the three known The Archdiocesan Investment Committee also spent new Catholic schools built in center-city neighborhoods considerable effort during fiscal year 2001 reviewing and in the United States in the last 40 years. updating the Socially Responsible Investing Guidelines adhered to by the archdiocese. The updates in these Jeffrey D. Stumpf, M.B.A., C.P.A. St. Francis Xavier Home Mission funds policies also resulted in the change of several investment Chief Financial Officer June of 2001 brought the first official allocations of the managers, which occurred in July 2001.

Catholic Community Foundation, Inc. Asset Allocation as of June 30, 2001 Total assets = $62,130,400 he column titled “Catholic Total Assets In Millions of Dollars COPORATE MORTGAGE Community Foundation” on the OBLIGATIONS BACKED T EQUITIES AND OTHER SECURITIES Combined Statement of Financial SECURITIES Position of the Archdiocese of CASH Indianapolis reflects the continuing GOVERNMENT BACKED success of the Catholic Community SECURITIES Foundation. This foundation is a sepa- MUTUAL FUNDS rate, not-for-profit corporation established by the archdiocese to profession- ally invest and administer numerous individual endowment funds for the benefit of participating parishes, schools, agencies, and other institutions affiliated with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. As of June 30, 2001, the Fund Performance Catholic Community Foundation com- prised 248 separate endowment (Annualized for the year ended) 6/30/01 Composite ...... -5.6% accounts and 66 charitable gift annuni- Equity ...... -9.5% ties worth $61.48 million. Fixed ...... 10.8% Page 16 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Page 17

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should “act together in their gestures and posture,” but this actuality, the oldest documented tradition during the is only an expression of unity if the assembly’s gestures and eucharistic prayer is the “orans.” LETTERS postures are in union with the whole Church according to When the Missal of Pope Paul VI was promulgated in continued from page 5 the liturgy duly established for the Latin Rite. 1970, and the second typical edition in 1974, paragraph 21 Daniel A. Peck, Greenfield of the General Instruction stated that the assembly should hands in imitation of the priest during the Lord’s Prayer stand from the prayer over the gifts to the end of Mass, will be asked to do so as a sign of unity with the commu- Response: except that they should kneel at the consecration unless pre- nity. But I wonder who is really giving the appearance of While Mr. Peck has chosen a worthy focus for his vented by lack of space, the number of people present or individualism and division? remarks, i.e., worshippers to “act together in their gestures some other reason. The paragraph goes on to state that the When St. Thomas More was asked how he could pre- and posture as an expression of unity,” there are two histori- conference of bishops may adapt the actions and posture sume to challenge all of what the bishops, universities and cal facts that need to be clarified. described in the Order of the Roman Mass to the customs the most learned of men of the realm (England, that is) had Over the 2,000 years of Christian prayer, the prayer pos- of the people. Our bishops’ conference did make such an agreed to support, the saint made a very interesting ture of the assembly during the eucharistic prayer, and adaptation in the Appendix to the General Instruction, stat- response. He replied that while all of the bishops of specifically during the words of institution, has never been ing that “the people kneel beginning after … the Sanctus England might agree that he was wrong, he was absolutely universal. Our ancestors at first may have reclined during until after the Amen of the eucharistic prayer.” This clearly sure that his mind conformed with the opinion of the vast house liturgies; or they stood in the ancient “orans” posi- indicates that there is not even today one singular, appropri- majority of all Christendom who were yet alive and those tion, especially when gatherings became larger (and legal). ate, universal posture during the eucharistic prayer. who were already dead and are now holy saints in heaven.” Only in the second millennium was kneeling as a common Father Rick Ginther (Please refer to Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage by posture of adoration and respect adopted somewhat univer- Gerard B. Wegemer.) sally during Mass. Each of these postures has been seen as (Father Ginther is director of liturgy for the Admittedly, the issues confronting Thomas More were appropriate expressions of the assembly at prayer. In archdiocese.) † much more serious than the ones we face today. Indeed, the good saint faced death for his conscience. But I ask again, who is giving the appearance of individualism and fostering division? Those who stand during the eucharistic prayer $ 00 with the congregation of a parish or those who kneel at the 15 OFF (Through Dec. 22nd) consecration in communion with all Christendom, living Great Gifts and dead, according to the oldest of traditions and in con- Last Minute Gift Ideas formity with the U.S. bishops’ own instructions to kneel For The Lady Of The House throughout the whole of the eucharistic prayer? For Artists! Who cultivates individualism and division? Those who blur the distinction between the ordained priesthood and the laity by adopting the priestly gestures during certain parts Other of the Mass or those who do not? Styles Also Here I presented only two examples of how some may Diane very well call upon this norm to encourage conformity with aberration by invoking the “community” and the requested norm. North I have heard of others like “liturgical” dance, changing 3912 East 82nd St. the words of the approved text in order to eliminate any Clearwater Crossing Gift masculine references, and others. But the Church is more 82nd & Dean Rd., Indianapolis Pouch Certificates than one parish, one diocese or even one bishops’ confer- 317-842-8887 Available ence. The Church is a Universal, or Catholic, Church; a Zipper Church Triumphant, a Church Militant, and a Church West Suffering. 4901 Century Plaza Rd. SHOE 620 MAIN ST., I wholeheartedly agree that those in attendance at Mass ½ mile north of Lafayette Sq. Mall ECKSTEINSTORE BEECH GROVE, IN off of Georgetown Rd., Indianapolis 317-297-8000 TUES.-FRI. 9-6, SAT. 9-4 317-786-7086 Last Minute Gift Ideas,Contiued

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fate of an orphaned Harry Potter. ing.” Bros. Warner CNS photo from Likewise, many parents and teachers are trying to fig- He said he believes that the Harry Potter series is a ure out if the series of popular books that have jumped corrupt fantasy with cosmetic morality pasted over the off the best-seller list and onto the movie screen are surface, such as the themes of good vs. evil and the sac- appropriate for children. rificial love of Harry’s mother, who is killed protecting The four books follow the young Harry Potter through him. his training at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and “In modern culture, we have all become accustomed Wizardry and his battles with the evil Lord Voldemort, a to eating a certain amount of poison in our diet; indeed, rogue wizard who killed Harry’s parents. we no longer even recognize the poison,” O’Brien said. The school exists in the modern-day world of “Educators and parents are failing to make the distinc- England as a place that specially gifted children go to tion between wholesome fantasy and corrupt fantasy. hone their magical abilities. Harry, a powerful wizard Both are powerful, but they are radically different at the from his birth, is an instant celebrity at the school. core.” It is this strong presence of witchcraft as it exists in Taber said that, despite concerns of witchcraft in the the occult—not merely “magic”—that is causing debate books, children know that what is going on in the books and concern. is just a story. Kathy Taber, a literature teacher for the sixth-, sev- Speaking of those who oppose the books, she said enth- and eighth-grades at St. Pius X School in that “they need to remember that they are books written Indianapolis, said most of her students have read the for children and they are fantasy.” books and she finds no problems with the stories. “It’s just fantasy,” Endris said. “It’s fiction. It’s not “I read [the students] three of the four books,” Taber about how to join a coven of witches.” said. “Some of them are rereading them.” She added that while it is fantastical, the books relate Taber originally heard of the books from a friend in to children on a level where they can make themselves a England before they were a part of modern pop culture. part of the story and be with Harry on his adventures. “I think she’s a very creative writer,” Taber said of “Rationally, children know the fantasy element in the J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books. books is not ‘real,’” O’Brien said. “But emotionally and “She has wonderful ideas.” subconsciously they have absorbed it as real. Other people had similar praise for the books. “This is further complicated by the fact that in the “[My students] really get into the story lines,” said world around us there are many opportunities for young Mary Endris, the fifth-grade teacher at St. Joseph people to enter the world of the occult, where some of School in Shelbyville. “It’s so imaginative to them. Harry’s powers are indeed offered as real,” he said. Actor Daniel Radcliffe stars as the title character in a scene from They enjoy the fantasy.” Monica Siefker, a member of St. Ambrose Parish in the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The U.S. She read the first book to see for herself whether the Seymour, said despite her own oppostion to the books, Conference of Catholic Bishops’ classification is A-II—adults and controversy surrounding it was valid, and found that she said she values the rights of parents to decide what’s adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is was “amazed at how much I enjoyed it.” best for their children. † PG—parental guidance suggested. Both Endris and Taber said that reading the Harry Potter novels has made their students more interested in reading, something that Taber said is her sole purpose. Michael D. O’Brien, a father of six and a Catholic fiction author from Canada who has also written A The Society for the Propagation of the Faith Landscape With Dragons: The Battle for Your Child’s Mind, said he doesn’t believe that any interest in reading generated by the Harry Potter books justifies letting children read them. He said that many people are “greatly entertained” by the series and therefore think that it must be good. “There is a lot of corrupt literature out there that is quite well-written, yet it is not good for young readers, especially during their most formative years,” O’Brien said. “Is literacy a higher value than moral formation? Is any book better than no book?” Cynthia Johnson, the principal at Seton Catholic Christmas Appeal School in Richmond, said the books are only in the library that is accessed by the older children and there is a special requirement if a student checks one out. “Basically, if you’re reading the books, you have to come to me,” Johnson said. Her main concern is that children understand that the content of the books is a fictional story. “There’s a difference between that kind of make- believe and what we do when we pray,” she said, adding that it is important for students to understand that. She also thinks parents should be aware that their children are reading the books. Lynne O’Brien, a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin, decided that, despite the popularity of the books, she didn’t want her children to read them. “It seems to me, just in the little bit I read, that it introduces kids to the occult,” she said. Besides, she added, with so many other good books to choose from, why pick one of the books that is “ques- tionable at best?” Monica Leuhrmann, a member of St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbus, said she read the Harry Potter books and allowed her son to read them because she thought that they were good. “I don’t think that any parent should let their children read the books without reading them first,” she said. However, her children will not be seeing the movie or buying any Harry Potter merchandise. “I think it’s very important, in this case, to not foster any kind of extreme interest in Harry Potter,” Sister Geetha, A Sister of St. Anne in India, brings the Good News of God’s love to villagers: Leuhrmann said. with her prayers, her words, her medical knowledge and, today, with her stethoscope. She said an article in This Rock magazine pointed out that one of the differences between the Potter novels and Throughout the mission diocese of the world, Sisters are a vital part of the “presence of Christ,” the works of C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien is that the protagonist, who is a child, is the one seeking, learning a vital part of the presence of the Church. Our Christmas gift through the Propagation of the and using the magic. Faith helps them and makes us a part of that presence as well. “The person you identify with in the story is important,” Leuhrmann said. “That is why I really think there should be some extreme caution used.” Michael O’Brien said he would not let his children The Society for the Propagation of the Faith read the books. He has written extensively to explain why. 1400 N. Meridian St. “The Harry Potter series used the symbol-world of Indianapolis, IN 46202 the occult, and presents it to the child reader through Page 20 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Advent penance services are set around the archdiocese Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduled Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. at St. Lawrence Dec. 23, 7 p.m. at Holy Family, New Albany communal penance services for Advent. The following is Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew the Apostle a list of services that have been reported to The Criterion. Seymour Deanery Indianapolis South Deanery Dec. 14, 7:15 p.m. at St. Joseph, Jennings County Batesville Deanery Dec. 16, 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd Dec. 15, 10 a.m. at Church of the American Martyrs, Dec. 17, 7 p.m. at St. Louis, Batesville Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Greenwood, Scottsburg Dec. 18, 7 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo, Milan Greenwood Dec. 17, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, North Vernon Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. at Immaculate Conception, Aurora Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Jude Dec. 18, 7 p.m. at St. Ambrose, Seymour Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Rock, St. Mary-of-the- Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Patrick, Salem Rock Indianapolis West Deanery Dec. 21, 7:15 p.m. at St. Ann, Jennings County Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony, Morris Dec. 16, 2 p.m. at St. Anthony Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County Dec. 17, 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Dec. 21, 7 p.m. at St. Nicholas, Ripley County Dec. 17, 7 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace, Danville Tell City Deanery Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More, Mooresville Dec. 16, 4 p.m. for St. Paul, Tell City; St. Pius, Troy; and Connersville Deanery St. Michael, Cannelton, at St. Paul, Tell City Dec. 15, noon at St. Mary, Richmond New Albany Deanery Dec. 18, 7:15 p.m. at St. Mark, Perry County Dec. 18, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Brookville Dec. 17, 7 p.m. for St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, and Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Isidore, Bristow Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew, Richmond Sacred Heart, Jeffersonville, at St. Augustine Dec. 17, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony, Clarksville Terre Haute Deanery Indianapolis North Deanery Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Bradford Dec. 16, 6 p.m. at St. Patrick, Terre Haute Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Navilleton Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary, Terre Haute † U.S. ambassador to Vatican works to eliminate human trafficking ROME (CNS)—Before Jim Nicholson took up his post July, each year at least 700,000 people, especially women one that aims at preventing Albanian women from becom- as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican in mid-September, he and children, are trafficked across international borders. ing victims of trafficking, and the other that attempts to named elimination of human trafficking as a priority for “That’s an epidemic,” Nicholson said. “Some [experts] rehabilitate trafficked women from Africa and Eastern U.S.-Vatican collaboration. estimate even higher.” Europe in the Adriatic coastal city of Pescara. Not even three months into his posting, it is clear the Though the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican began getting In October, Nicholson traveled to the southern port city former business executive was not speaking lightly. involved in Italian anti-trafficking initiatives under his pre- of Brindisi to present the local Caritas Italy office with Building on projects begun by his predecessor, decessor, Corinne “Lindy” Boggs, Nicholson said he had $59,200 for a project called “Slaves Never Again,” run by Nicholson has directed some $100,000 of U.S. taxpayer a keen interest in the issue before his nomination. a small group of nuns in Vlore, Albania. The project cen- money to Italian Catholic agencies for trafficking preven- While he was chairman of the board of Volunteers of ters on professional training and education for women, as tion and rehabilitation projects. America in Colorado in the mid-‘90s, Nicholson said, the well as a women’s medical center. He also has begun planning with the Vatican an interna- group funded and built a shelter for homeless women, In late November, the ambassador handed Archbishop tional anti-trafficking conference, tentatively set for late mostly young prostitutes, and a protected home for bat- Francesco Cuccarese of Pescara-Penne a check for $39,050 February, to heighten public awareness of the problem and tered women. to provide trauma counseling and vocational training to to engage other governments in efforts to fight it. “I really got into that because I learned so much about trafficked women—mostly from Ukraine, Moldova and Details on the conference were still scarce, but Nicholson the condition of some of these poor, pitiful people, and Nigeria—who are rescued from the streets. The women are said Vatican officials have been supportive of the idea. what a hopeless, hopeless place they were in. We really given the option of returning to their home countries or are In an early December interview at his office, Nicholson accomplished some good with that,” he said. helped to integrate into Italian society. said his embassy’s anti-trafficking work manifested the “So this is coincident with an interest of mine and some The U.S. embassy also has sponsored “skills-enhance- U.S. government’s concern about the global problem. experience I bring,” he added. ment” seminars for Italian anti-trafficking workers with According to a U.S. State Department report released in The embassy has funded two Italian Church projects: outside experts. †

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By Fr. John W. Crossin, O.S.F.S. with us or God above us. This duality

reminds us that the mystery of God’s CNS photo Each Sunday morning, I drive to presence is beyond our comprehension. Annunciation Church on Washington’s We grasp only a small part of the mys- Massachusetts Avenue to celebrate Mass. tery. This simple building is rich in symbolism. Annunciation Church is like a book! Immediately on walking through We enter the church building, “read” the Annunciation’s main door, one’s eyes are symbols and come to a deeper under- drawn to the altar. It is the building’s cen- standing of God. The symbols speak to tral focus. Around this elegant table, we both head and heart. They draw us into will celebrate the Eucharist together in the profound movements of faith. They memory of Jesus. connect us with the deepest meanings of A painting of Jesus looks over the altar our belief. and out to the congregation from a huge A central and deep reality is the pres- mural on the back wall. The risen Jesus, ence of Christ in the Eucharist. At surrounded by the signs of the four evan- St. Anthony Church, where I once lived, gelists—Matthew, Mark, Luke and the supports for the communion rail were John—has a peaceful look, conveying carved wooden angels. I always will peace through his presence in the sacra- remember mentioning this to a second- ment and inspired word of Scripture. grade class and the children’s energetic The pulpit is the second focus. It arises move forward as a group—including their from the sanctuary’s marble floor, as does teachers—to see the angels they had the altar for the sacrifice. From a slight never noticed. but visible height, Scripture is proclaimed Such symbols capture our imagination and preached. I hope my preaching will and energy while summarizing our belief. be Christ’s word and not merely mine! The Eucharist is the “bread of angels” we On entering ancient churches, unlike are privileged to receive. more modern churches such as Our symbols lead us into the mystery Annunciation, our eyes may be drawn of God. The mystery is far beyond our to heaven—to the ceiling where depic- comprehension. tions of the Trinity, Mary and the saints We believe in transubstantiation: The Symbols capture our imagination and energy while summarizing our belief, and help lead us into the look down on us. Through word and bread and wine really become the body mystery of God which is far beyond our comprehension. In the simple act of receiving Christ in the sacrament, we hope to join the saints and blood of Christ at the deepest level of Eucharist, we become one with him. The deepest level of the mystery of our own human being is some day. their being. Yet we realize that even this touched by his love. Closer to us on the walls of these theological description of the truth is “senior churches” are people more like incomplete. The mystery of Christ’s pres- we are now: souls struggling to live a ence goes far beyond our efforts at com- Sacramental experiences help good life in a conflicted world. prehension. With imaginative realism, the walls of Signs, symbols and mystery are deeply older churches even depict some departed present as people walk up the main aisle make God’s love real to us souls in hell. These images point to the at Annunciation Church each Sunday to By Theresa Sanders most need a gesture of love. ultimate seriousness of our worship and receive Communion. These elements The actions in our lives that tell us our moral choices. blend into one another as the peaceful Gradually, over the centuries, the about love—even harried or tired or In contrast to the multiple symbols of Christ of the mural transforms us at the Catholic Church narrowed its list of offi- impatient love—are sacramental. older edifices, many modern churches are deepest levels of our being. cial sacraments, and in the 15th century Sharing a good meal can be sacramen- simpler. These churches are wider and In the simple act of receiving Christ in the number was fixed at seven. tal. Dressing a child can be sacramental. often semicircular. Visually, they empha- the Eucharist, we become one with him. This doesn’t mean, though, that God Doing the laundry, reading to the blind and size the congregation praying together, The deepest level of the mystery of our has only seven ways of touching our holding someone’s hand can all be sacra- offering the eucharistic celebration with own human being is touched by his love. lives. mental acts if they are done with love. and through the priest-celebrant to God. In response, we can become signs of On the contrary, anything that makes For Christians, the central sacrament These buildings emphasize the fact that Christ to others. Our daily acts of love for real to us the love of God can be thought was Jesus himself, who laughed and God is with us where two or three are neighbor proclaim his message of peace of as sacramental. taught and touched and healed. gathered together. Ancient churches with to the world. I say that a sacrament makes God’s Our task is to continue the work of their high ceilings emphasize that God is As I drive down Massachusetts love “real” because sacraments tend to be Jesus—to be the body of Christ to other above and beyond us—calling us to the Avenue, heading home after Sunday very physical events. people. clouds of heaven. Mass, I realize that I am being changed In the sacrament of anointing, holy oil The ways of doing this are as limitless Both aspects of our belief about God, by my mysterious encounter with Christ. is rubbed onto a sick person’s hands and as love itself. Stroking someone’s cheek, technically known as immanence and The sign, symbol and mystery is not only head as a sign of God’s care. In the sacra- singing a lullaby and other gestures of transcendence, are present in the symbol- Annunciation Church but also my life! ment of the Eucharist, we literally are fed kindness and friendship are “seven-times- ism of all our churches. God is both with with life-giving bread. seventy” sacraments. us and above us. (Oblate Father John W. Crossin is execu- Sacraments touch people in the very It is hard for us to balance these ele- tive director of the Washington Theo- human, often messy, sometimes frighten- (Theresa Sanders is an assistant professor ments. We tend to emphasize either God logical Consortium.) † ing moments of their lives when they of theology at Georgetown University.) † Discussion Point Christian acts are sacramental This Week’s Question “Providing food for the poor, giving a friend a shoul- der to cry on, a thoughtful word, a hug. It is in this How can we be “sacramental” in daily life? What way that life becomes sacramental and that we become makes us “sacraments” for each other or for the sacrament to one another. As Thomas J. Porter world? (b. 1958) has written, ‘Let us be bread, blessed by the “In my profession—politics—I think of the sacrament Lord, broken and shared, life for the world. Let us be wine, love freely poured. Let us be one in the Lord.’ ” of confirmation and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. (Brian Bentley, Dallas, Texas) Fortitude, wisdom, knowledge: These are the gifts I need to do my job, and they are also the gifts I try to Lend Us Your Voice impart to my constituents.” (David Madore, Augusta, An upcoming edition asks: Have you in recent months Maine) achieved greater understanding of Islamic faith? How? “By being there for one another, by demonstrating our To respond for possible publication, write to Faith faith, by giving, by being ready to help.” (Joan Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. Brennan, Gretna, La.) 20017-1100. † CNS photo from Reuters Page 22 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Stories, Good News, Fire/ Fr. Joe Folzenlogen, S.J. Matthew tells more than a birth story An evangelization As we approach Christmas, the Church Bathsheba. The magi, Gentiles from afar who have calls our attention to the two Infancy Matthew summarizes his genealogy by come to pay homage to “the newborn manual for Gospels—Matthew’s noting that there were 14 generations from king of the Jews,” clearly are meant by and Luke’s. There is Abraham to David, another 14 from David Matthew to demonstrate belief among Catholic parishes much more in them to the Babylonian exile, and 14 from the Gentiles in Jesus as the Messiah. than the simple story Babylonian exile “to the Messiah.” Why A King Herod who kills children The National Council for Catholic of Jesus’ birth. emphasize 14 generations? Biblical recalls the Pharaoh of Egypt who Evangelization has published a new Matthew wanted to exegetes say that it’s because 14 is the demanded that the Israelite male children resource to assist show his Jewish- numerical value of the Hebrew letters be killed. Herod is unable to kill the child parishes in forming a Gentile Christian forming David’s name. Jesus, though, because Joseph has taken group of people to community that Jesus After his genealogy, Matthew tells us him to Egypt, the traditional place of guide and support was the Messiah, so about Mary’s virginal conception, which refuge for those fleeing from danger in evangelization min- his infancy narrative is no less than a he says is the fulfillment of Isaiah’s Palestine. For example, Jeroboam went istry in the faith com- retelling of the story of Israel. He begins prophecy (Is 7:14): “The virgin shall be there to escape Solomon (1 Kgs 11:40) munity. The booklet with the genealogy of Jesus, “the son of with child and bear a son, and they shall and Uriah fled to Egypt to escape King was authored by David, the son of Abraham.” He puts name him Emmanuel.” Matthew says Jehoiakim (Jer 26:21). Dorothy Hulburt, David first in order to emphasize that that Emmanuel means “God is with us,” But the main reason the Holy Family director of Adult and Jesus is the Messiah, but the genealogy preparatory to ending his Gospel with fled to Egypt was so that Jesus could Family Ministries at begins with Abraham, Israel’s first patri- Jesus telling us, “I am with you always, relive the Exodus experience. Matthew St. Therese Parish in San Diego, and arch. until the end of the age” (Mt 28:20). says that they stayed there until Herod’s Religious of Jesus and Mary Sister Just the mention of the names of Joseph is told about Mary’s virginal death “that what the Lord had said Priscilla Lemire, executive director of the Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, David, conception in a dream, the first of three through the prophet might be fulfilled, NCCE. Solomon, Ahaz, Hezekiah and the rest dreams. The others are when Joseph is ‘Out of Egypt I called my son.’” The Evangelization Teams in the Making is reminded Matthew’s Jewish Christians of told to flee to Egypt to escape King Herod prophet quoted is Hosea (Hos 11:1), who not a series of essays or a continuous nar- the Old Testament stories. And Matthew and when he is told to return to Israel after was referring to Israel as God’s son. rative. Instead, it offers formats and doesn’t skip over men whose births came Herod’s death. The dreams recall those of Matthew applies it to Jesus, the Son of resources for six sessions to introduce from irregular or unexpected unions— another Joseph, son of the patriarch Jacob God. participants to the history and vision of with the women Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and (Gn 37:5-11). Next week: Luke’s infancy narrative. † Catholic evangelization; to provide material for reflection, prayer and sharing; and Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes to offer practical suggestions for skills and strategies. Beginning with the Second Vatican A ‘Moment of Science’ becomes a ‘Moment of Truth’ Council, continuing with the publication of Evangelization in the Modern World Some of the public radio stations air out and deal with. We read about male walruses strug- and Go and Make Disciples, and serving daily “Moment of Science,” which com- A recent “Moment” described a phe- gling in weighty confrontations to impress as a major theme for the pontificate of mands attention at my nomenon concerning differences in male their dewy-eyed ladies, and tomcats wail- Pope John Paul II, Catholic evangeliza- house. My husband is bird plumage. As we know, male birds ing at the moon when romance looms. tion has received much more focused a scientist who likes with the gaudiest plumage and courting And, we all know about human guys, attention the last 30 years. However, there to keep up with behavior generally attract the most girl- their plumage and courtship rituals. is still much to learn and assimilate. things, and I am so friends. Apparently, feathered ladies go for As in other orders of animals, humans Evangelization Teams in the Making scientifically-chal- the flashiest guys. preen to snag hu(wo)mans. They wear assists this process by selecting key pas- lenged that I need all In the described study, scientists found earrings, gold chains, pants a size too- sages from the core documents for partici- the help I can get. that males with the most colorful small. They comb or grease or tweak their pants to study and to rephrase in the light For someone who plumage seemed to live in an area where hair into fetching looks, douse themselves of their own reflection and experience. has absolutely no their diet was varied and food was read- with (men’s) cologne and practice a cer- The booklet also offers a number of sense of direction and ily available. Other male birds living tain way of walking. exercises and activities to help partici- very little depth perception, these where their diet was confined to one or Also like certain other animals, humans pants recognize and work with some of “Moments” are a godsend. Because of my two nutrients, and was only sporadically with the brightest plumage tend to have their own attitudes and perceptions about handicaps, the physical sciences are as available, displayed drab feathers not time for strutting and schmoozing, while evangelization. One of the most interest- mysterious to me as they must’ve been to much more arresting than those of their the drabber ones don’t. The plain fellows ing of these is an Evangelization Styles people in the Dark Ages (they were called female companions. have a harder time finding food and, when Survey, which gives 36 statements that a that for a reason, you know). The resplendent males spent their time they do, it isn’t very nutritious or energy- person ranks on a scale of zero to three How and why things work escapes me. strutting around, “lookin’ good” and jolly- producing. depending on whether it does not fit at all For decades, my husband has attempted to ing up the ladies. But the dowdy male had Maybe at this time of year, when or it fits very well. explain to me the concept of lift—what no time for that. In his family, both par- excess is so attractive, we should remem- The rankings are then entered on a grid makes heavier-than-air airplanes stay up ents worked constantly just to forage and ber the birds of the “Moment.” Maybe we with six columns, and the totals for each in the sky—and failed. I’m not afraid to feed their young. And then took turns sit- can take a lesson from them, and use our column indicate how strong that evange- fly, but I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if ting on the nest! holiday time and money helping the folks lization style is in the person doing the the thing fell to the ground while we were Now, does this sound familiar? Where with drab plumage and sad prospects to survey. The six styles are: Servant, aloft. have we heard about other types of ani- become as gorgeous and capable as the Invitational Relational, Witness, The natural sciences seem more acces- mals whose male members dazzle rest of us. Intellectual, and Challenging. For each of sible for me. This is probably because prospective lovers with macho displays? the six styles, the authors offer a they include things like behaviors. And, We think of deer and elk stags tangling (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the Scriptural portrait, a list of strengths and while behaviors are also mysterious, their impressive antlers for the titillation Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular some things that have to be kept in mind somehow they’re easier for me to figure of their does. columnist for The Criterion.) † so the style does not become unbalanced. Another interesting list that provides a Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister catalyst for fruitful reflection is “The Many Aspects of Catholic Evangeli- zation” developed by Father Robert Hater God’s faithfulness and goodness are reciprocal of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. 1. Conversion is a lifelong journey. Earlier this year in an e-mail, a gentle- nations. Then, in Psalm 117, the psalmist Researching “Faithfulness,” I learned 2. Evangelization is not separate from the man whose name I’ve forgotten shared echoes his previous words: “Praise the the words were written in 1923 by ordinary life of the Christian. 3. We are Psalm 115 in Latin: Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! Thomas Chisholm, a former Methodist called as a people. 4. Evangelization Non nobis Domine! For great is his steadfast love toward us; minister who’d been born in a log cabin in seeks and serves the Kingdom of God. Non nobis, sed nomini and the faithfulness of the Lord endures Kentucky. It was set to music by 5. Evangelization is the fulfillment of the tuo da gloriam,which forever. Praise the Lord!” Dr. William M. Runyan the same year and commitment of baptism and confirma- means, “Not to us, O During meditation, a tune popped into published in a Baptist hymnal in the tion. 6. The Holy Spirit is the principle LORD, not to us, but to my mind. I hummed it for two weeks 1950s. Besides the refrain, there are three agent of evangelization. 7. Evangelization your name give glory” before I remembered the first four words. stanzas emphasizing God’s compassion, uses Scripture and Tradition. (Ps 115:1). I mentioned them to a friend one evening, love,and blessings. 8. Evangelization motivates and inspires Recently, I based a and she found the rest of the refrain in her I hope this song of praise (usually all ministries. meditation on this, Presbyterian hymnal: referred to as a doxology) will continue to There is also material on forming the with the next lines remind me to be a good example of God’s team, the qualities of good team members, Great is Thy faithfulness! being: “For the sake of thy steadfast love own attributes. Faithfulness is, indeed, skills development, and integrating evan- Great is Thy faithfulness! and thy faithfulness! Why should the reciprocal. gelization with existing parish ministries. Morning by morning new mercies I see. nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ ” About 10 years ago, Jeff Hensley, editor Also included is a format for a commis- All I have needed Thy hand hath Of course, faithfulness should always of North Texas Catholic, sent me a calli- sioning ceremony and a bibliography. provided; be a two-way street; but, in the wake of graphic quotation by the late Mother Teresa This resource booklet can be ordered Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto the Attack on America, the idea suddenly that still hangs near my computer: “God from the National Council for Catholic me. seemed fresh. Perhaps an examination of does not call us to be successful, but to be Evangelization by calling 1-800-786- conscience was in order. Have I—have I recalled singing this during Mass. I faithful.” Mother Teresa herself now experi- 6223 or visiting www.catholicevange- we—been faithful and steadfast, too? still can’t place where or when, but sus- ences the success of her faithfulness. lization.org on the internet. God’s love doesn’t waver. Does ours? pect it might’ve been while on a family In Psalm 115, the psalmist addresses vacation years ago—or at a Mass to which (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of (Jesuit Father Joseph Folzenlogen is descendants of the House of Israel, but the a Protestant church had been especially Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is coordinator of evangelization for the words could apply to some current invited. a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † archdiocese.) † The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Page 23

Third Sunday of Advent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, Dec. 17 Friday, Dec. 21 Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001 Genesis 49:2, 8-10 Peter Canisius, priest and Psalm 72:3-4, 7-8, 17 doctor • Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 The first Christians devoutly looked to Matthew 1:1-17 Song of Songs 2:8-14 each horizon in the hope that Jesus would • James 5:7-10 or Zephaniah 3:14-18a • Matthew 11:2-11 return to earth in triumph and in majesty. He had promised to return. Tuesday, Dec. 18 Psalm 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21 The Church teaches that indeed Christ Jeremiah 23:5-8 Luke 1:39-45 The Book of Isaiah furnishes this third will return. It also uses Advent to teach us Psalm 72:1, 12-13, 18-19 weekend of Advent with its first reading. that the Lord will come to us individually, Matthew 1:18-24 Saturday, Dec. 22 Isaiah lived at a aside from any spectacular final event in time when all was not the existence of creation. 1 Samuel 1:24-28 lost for the kingdom of St. Matthew’s Gospel supplies the last Wednesday, Dec. 19 (Response) 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-7, Judah, but all was not reading. Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a 8abcd well either. Powerful Again, John the Baptist is a central fig- Psalm 71:3-6, 16-17 Luke 1:46-56 neighbors stood at the ure in the story. However, at this point in Luke 1:5-25 borders. These neigh- the story, John has been arrested. Sunday, Dec. 23 bors were interested in Ultimately, he will be executed, almost as their own advantage. sport, by King Herod. Thursday, Dec. 20 Fourth Sunday of Advent They were pagans. Followers of John ask him how they Isaiah 7:10-14 Isaiah 7:10-14 The Jews, contem- will know if they see the Messiah whom Psalm 24:1-6 Psalm 24:1-3, 4ab, 5-6 poraries of Isaiah, were uneasy about con- he has foretold. John replies by saying, in Luke 1:26-38 Romans 1:1-7 ditions in their own country and circum- effect, that in the Messiah all will see Matthew 1:18-24 stances imposed by foreigners. Some God’s overflowing love. The sick will be favored what the prophet saw as compro- healed. The dead will walk. The good mise. Political compromise was one thing, news of salvation will be preached. but Isaiah feared it would open the door to Earlier in Advent, in other Gospel read- Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen religious compromise. ings, the Church has spoken of the coming Compromising any of the ancient of Jesus, quoting John but without giving beliefs, or God’s law, was not an option. the name of Jesus. Isaiah did not call the people to suicide In this reading, John does not speak the Santa Claus teaches us in a blind, unyielding obedience to God. name of Jesus. However, the identification Quite the contrary, he eloquently reassured of the Messiah anticipated by John with them that if they put God first in all things, Jesus is unmistakable. good will toward others then the fruits of loyalty to God would Finally, the Gospel uses John, whose come. Among these would be peace and credentials as a prophet were without With Christmas coming, I am con- loving Goodness, the Goodness that prosperity. question or flaw, to assert the reality of Qcerned about the attitude of some dreamed up the Christmas event in the So, hoping and assuming that God will Jesus, Lord, Messiah and Lamb of God. friends who don’t want their children to first place? be first both in public opinion and in offi- “believe in Santa Call Santa Claus a myth or what you cial policies, the prophet exclaims how Reflection Claus.” will, but in his name parents, and for that wonderful life will be when God comes. The Church has passed the midway I think they’re miss- matter all of us who give gifts at this spe- Nature itself will celebrate. point of Advent. Today it celebrates the ing something, but I’m cial time of the year, are putting each The Church uses these powerful verses Sunday that once was popularly called not sure how to tell other in deeper touch with the “peculiarly from First Isaiah to direct us to the forth- “Gaudete Sunday.” The name was derived them. What do you fantastic good will” which is the ultimate coming arrival of Jesus in our hearts and, from the first word of the Introit in Latin, think? (Florida) Source of it all. Plus, it’s fun! in history, at Christmas. “Gaudete!” or “Rejoice!” Celebration is in I hope your friends reconsider. As its second reading, the Church takes order since the coming of the great feast, I, too, think they a selection from the Epistle to James. Christmas, for which Advent prepares, is Aare missing some- I am concerned about my two daugh- Scholars differ as to the identity of near. thing very big. Qters’ children, who are baptized in James. The Scriptures speak of James as Priests may wear rose vestments this Fantasies, perhaps especially for chil- the Lutheran and Baptist faiths. the “brother” of Jesus. Of course, Jesus weekend, using them instead of the more dren, are critical ways of entering a When children are baptized in a had no natural brothers or sisters. An somber violet. Rose is violet tinged with world, a real world that is closed to us in Protestant Church by Protestant clergy, ancient Christian interpretation was that the gold of sunlight, as if at the dawn. The ordinary human language and happenings. does the Catholic Church recognize these James was the son of Joseph by an earlier feast is soon! The coming of Jesus is soon! They are doors to wonder and awe, a way baptisms as valid sacraments? (Illinois) marriage. The other “brothers and sisters” The reading strengthens our Advent of touching something otherwise incom- of the Lord were Joseph’s children by an resolve and quickens our anticipation. prehensible. The sacrament of baptism embodies earlier marriage. At the time, such foster When the Lord comes, all will see the Santa Claus, I believe, is like that. Aus into Christ and his Church, and brothers and sisters simply would have marvel predicted by John the Baptist. He No one has ever expressed this truth gives us a rebirth to share in God’s life. been called brothers and sisters. will forgive sins. He will restore health. He more movingly and accurately, in my According to Catholic teaching, baptism They also may have been close cousins. will bring life. opinion, than the great British Catholic is conferred with water and with a for- In any case, this epistle is, as the others, a As Isaiah believed, when God reigns in author G. K. Chesterton in an essay years mula that clearly invokes the name of the practical spiritual guide for the early human societies, peace and justice abound. ago in The London Tablet. On Christmas Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Christians who were trying and, at times, All is in order. It is a blessed existence. morning, he remembered, his stockings If baptism is ministered this way, with struggling to live the Gospel. This blessed existence awaits those who were filled with things he had not worked either immersion or pouring of the water This weekend’s reading is important in truly have committed themselves to fol- for, or made, or even been good for. and a Trinitarian formula, then that bap- that it predicts the “coming of the Lord.” lowing the Lord Jesus. † The only explanation people had was tism is recognized as valid by Catholics, that a being called Santa Claus was some- regardless of where or by whom the bap- how kindly disposed toward him. tism takes place. My Journey to God “We believed,” he wrote, that a certain Since the ritual books or customs of benevolent person “did give us those toys most, and certainly all major, Christian for nothing. And ... I believe it still. I have Churches prescribe baptism in this man- merely extended the idea. ner, the assumption of the Catholic American Christmas–2001 “Then I only wondered who put the Church is that all baptisms conferred by toys in the stocking; now I wonder who these communities are true sacraments, It’s almost Christmas, and this year put the stocking by the bed, and the bed with all the effects of the sacrament. distances shrink between us in the room, and the room in the house, In fact, Catholic Church law prohibits and the child. We come and the house on the planet, and the great routine “rebaptism” or conditional bap-

in grief, very near the Lord CNS photo from Reuters planet in the void. tism of children or of converts to the whose birthing split the world “Once I only thanked Santa Claus for a Catholic faith. and brought the sword. few dolls and crackers, now I thank him Their previous baptism in another for stars and street faces and wine and the denomination or Church community is to This year Christmas will be again, great sea. Once I thought it delightful and be accepted as valid unless, after thor- to many Americans, astonishing to find a present so big that it ough examination, serious reasons exist to a child, born in an occupied land only went halfway into the stocking. doubt the validity of the baptism. to reconcile God and man, “Now I am delighted and astonished If it is determined that a conditional who said the hairs of our head every morning to find a present so big baptism is prudently called for, the cere- are numbered—no sparrow falls Ah, Christmas! that it takes two stockings to hold it, and mony should be celebrated privately, for unnoticed from the sky. Though our hearts believe then leaves a great deal outside; it is the ecumenical reasons and to avoid misun- and try to mend, large and preposterous present of myself, derstandings about the nature and mean- On ground zero they’ll break when children sing again as to the origin of which I can offer no ing of this sacrament. where so many “sparrows” fell, of peace on earth, good will to men. suggestion except that Santa Claus gave it These Catholic regulations may be that child alone can heal our pain, This year Christmas hurts. to me in a fit of peculiarly fantastic good found in the 1993 norms on ecumenism, reminding us that those we lost, will.” Nos. 92-96; Canon 869; and the Rite of his father welcomed home, by name. By Sandra Marek Behringer Are not parents of faith blessed, count- Christian Initiation of Adults, Appendix less times over, to have for their children on Receiving Baptized Christians Into (Sandra Behringer is a member of St. Luke Parish in Indianapolis.) (and for themselves) such a fantastic and Full Communion with the Catholic playful bridge to infinite, unconditionally Church. † Page 24 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001

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Holy Cross Church, 125 N. 30th St., Indianapolis. Confes- Church, 1752 Scheller Lane, Blessed Sacrament, prayer ser- Mass 5:15 p.m. The Active List, Oriental St., Indianapolis. Mass sion, 6:45 p.m.; Benediction of New Albany. Adoration, con- vice, 7:30 p.m. continued from page 24 for Catholics in recovery, 5 p.m. the Blessed Sacrament, 7:30 p.m. cluding with confessions at St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth Information: 317-637-2620. 6 p.m. Benediction at 6:45 p.m. St. Vincent de Paul Church, St., New Albany. Eucharistic tion of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe 1723 “I” St., Bedford. Expo- adoration, reconciliation, after 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mass. First Mondays Road W., Sellersburg. Holy Holy Guardian Angels Church, sition of the Blessed Sacrament, 9 p.m. Mass-midnight. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic hour for religious vocations, 405 U.S. 52, Cedar Grove. after 8:30 a.m. Mass-9 p.m.; St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., Benediction and exposition of Eucharistic adoration after reconciliation, 4-6 p.m. Christ the King Church, 1827 St., New Albany. Shepherds of Indianapolis. Guardian Angel the Blessed Sacrament after 8 a.m. Mass-5 p.m. Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- Christ prayers for lay and reli- Guild board meeting, 9:30 a.m. 7 p.m. Mass. St. Joseph Church, 113 S. 5th apolis. Exposition of the gious vocations, 7 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, St., Terre Haute. Eucharistic Blessed Sacrament after First Tuesdays First Fridays 5333 E. Washington St., Indian- adoration, after 9 a.m. Mass, 7:15 a.m. Mass-5:30 p.m. St. Malachy Church, 326 N. Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. Our Lady of Perpetual Help apolis. Exposition of the Benediction 4:45 p.m., Benediction and service. † Green St., Brownsburg. Liturgy of the Hours, 7 p.m. Information: 317-852-3195. Christ the King Chapel, 1827 Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- apolis. Marian prayers for priests, 5:30-6:30 a.m. Leading the way to Fatima K of C, 1040 N. Post Road, Indianapolis. Euchre, 7 p.m. Information: 317-638- 8416. a healthier community. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Hall, 1125 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Adult religious education, 7:30 p.m. Informa- tion: 317-638-5551. Fridays St. Susanna Church, 1210 E. Main St., Plainfield. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.. St. Lawrence Chapel, 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Benediction and Mass. Affiliated Women’s Services, Inc. (abortion clinic), 2215 Distributors Dr., Indianapolis. Pro-life rosary, 10 a.m. St. Lawrence Church, 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Spanish prayer group and conversation, 7-9 p.m. Information: 317-546- 4065. Since its earliest Saturdays Clinic for Women (abortion beginnings, St. Francis clinic), E. 38th St. and Parker Ave., Indianapolis. Pro-life rosary, 9:30 a.m. Hospital & Health Centers has Holy Rosary Church, 520 Stevens St., Indianapolis. been committed to its community. To meet Tridentine Mass, 9 a.m. St. Patrick Church, 950 the needs of those it serves, St. Francis offers a full Prospect St., Indianapolis. Mass in English, 4 p.m. range of services including cardiac care, bone marrow transplants, St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe Road W., Sellersburg. “Be Not Afraid” holy hour, 3:30- OB and women’s services and orthopedic surgery, for which it was recently rated 4:30 p.m. Monthly "Best in the Nation." Call (317) 782-7997 for more information. First Sundays St. Paul Church, 218 Scheller Ave., Sellersburg. Prayer group, 7-8:15 p.m. Information: 812-246-4555. Fatima K of C, 1040 N. Post Road, Indianapolis. Euchre, Beech Grove · Indianapolis · Mooresville 1 p.m. Information: 317-638- www.stfrancishospitals.org 8416. Page 26 The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001

Pace. Brother of Priscilla Hollowell, Gary, Ronald and William Pace. Uncle of several.

Rest in peace POMILIA, George A., 26, A. Brandon Photo by Evans St. Mary, Rushville, Dec. 3. Please submit in writing to our Davy. Granddaughter of Celeste Father of Kevin Pomilia. Son office by 10 a.m. Mon. the and Dennis Sievers and Sharon of Patricia and George week of publication; be sure to and Bill Davy. Pomilia. Brother of Christina and Nick Pomilia. Grandson state date of death. Obituaries DIVITA, Penelope, 64, of Grace Pomilia, Josephine of archdiocesan priests and Nativity of Our Lord Jesus and Frank Loksa. Uncle of religious sisters serving our Christ, Indianapolis, Nov. 17. several. archdiocese are listed elsewhere Wife of Leonard Divita. Mother in The Criterion. Order priests of Darcie Divita, Diana Illium RITTER, Urban A., 78, Holy and brothers are included here, and Dawn Pfafman. Sister of Spirit, Indianapolis, Nov. 27. unless they are natives of the Roxanne Shikany and Steve Father of Theresa Norris, Tish archdiocese or have other Javaras. Grandmother of two. Wilsey, Julie Williamson, connections to it. Kathy, Mary, Andy and Joseph ENRICI, Mary Leonora, 89, Ritter Sr. BEYER, Joseph A., Sr., 82, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Terre St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby Haute, Nov. 30. Mother of John ROBINSON, Charles F., Sr., County, Dec. 4. Father of Laura Enrici. Sister of Louise 87, St. Therese of the Infant Lee, Donnela Linville, Marie Phillabaum. Grandmother of Jesus (Little Flower), Indian- McAllister, Andy, Joseph Jr., four. Great-grandmother of five. apolis, Nov. 23. Father of Paul and Peter Beyer. Brother Mary Allen, Margaret Russell, HARDEBECK, Jane A., 39, Benedictine Sisters Mary Sylvester Will (left) and Mellita Schenk help get bags ready to be filled with of Gertrude Ariens, Helen Cord, Immaculate Conception, Charles Jr., Daniel, Joseph and food to be taken to the homebound. They volunteer regularly at the St. Vincent de Paul Client Choice Teresa Raifial, Catherine Roell, Millhousen, Dec. 5. Mother of Robert Robinson. Grandfather Rita Teal, Bernard and William Jennifer Grazione. Sister of of 11. Great-grandfather of Food Pantry in Indianapolis. The pantry makes more than 100 home visits each week. Beyer. Grandfather of 20. Patrick and Phillip Hardebeck. two. Great-grandfather of two. SMITH, Thomas C., 91, HARRIS, Mark C., 45, ple showed up and kept the pantry open BOEHM, Virginia, 78, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus St. Malachy, Brownsburg, until almost 4 p.m. St. Anthony, Clarksville, Nov. 27. Husband of Anne (Little Flower), Indianapolis, PANTRY Nov. 22. Wife of Ralph Boehm. Nov. 24. Father of Virginia “These shelves were empty,” she said (Sperry) Harris. Stepfather of continued from page 3 of the pantry. “Usually, on a pretty nor- Mother of Tina Durbin and Rachel Harris. Brother of Esslinger. Grandfather of two. Vikki Wilson. Sister of Edith Bradley and Peter Harris. STRANGE, Robert, 80, “I think in that respect it is certainly mal day we have anywhere from 350 to Ther. St. John, Osgood, Nov. 25. different than other pantries I’ve heard 400 [clients], and even then the shelves MUTCHMAN, Carol, 69, about,” McCarthy said. are almost empty, so you can imagine BUCKMAN, Robert L., Jr., St. Jude, Indianapolis, Nov. 28. WOLFE, Irvin F., 72, Our 48, St. Anthony, Clarksville, Mother of Christine Healy and Lady of Perpetual Help, New Each client is interviewed and given a what it was like yesterday.” Nov. 25. Brother of Ellen Click Cynthia Uhrig. Albany, Dec. 2. Husband of quota depending on how many people they The next day, volunteers were busy and Timothy Buckman. are shopping for. For instance, a person liv- trying to restock the shelves, but it NALLY, Hubert A., Sr., 86, Jean Wolfe. Father of Paula CHRISTIAN, Rita J., 71, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Dearing, Pam Sever and ing alone can get 15 items each week, wouldn’t be enough food. Thompson Holy Family, New Albany, (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Randall Wolfe. Brother of while a person with a larger family might said they simply don’t have enough. Nov. 29. Wife of Edward Nov. 26. Father of Barbara Esther Book, Ruth Missi, be able to get 25 items. “We’re just hurting right now for Christian. Mother of Carol Buckner, Donna Jordan, Luann Mary Rosenberger, Bertha Once clients push their shopping cart food,” she said, mentioning that it is Kestler, Barbara Landis and Osborn, Hubert, John and Trindeitmar and Leo Wolfe. into the pantry, they find each of the harder this year than ever before. Lisa Miller. Aunt of several. Kenneth Nally. Grandfather of Grandfather of 10. † items labeled with points. Sometimes The place where the pantry is strug- DAVY, Grace Ann, infant, 21. Great-grandfather of 16. items, such as a large box of detergent, gling the most is in the refrigerated sec- St. John the Apostle, PACE, Robert E., 49, are three points, that is, it counts as tion. The pantry is short on milk, eggs Bloomington, Nov. 28. St. Gabriel, Connersville, Advertise in three items. On the other hand, some and meat, to name a few. Butter hasn’t Daughter of Faith and Matt Dec. 5.Husband of Debbie The Criterion items are so small that it takes several of been in stock for months. Davy. Sister of Maximilian (Hibbs) Pace. Father of Barcley Indiana’s Largest Weekly Newspaper them to equal one point, or item. “As of the end of the year, we’re los- Then there are “goody bags,” which ing our source of milk,” Thompson are filled with random items and don’t said. The source cannot commit to next St. Vincent de Paul Society count for any points. year because of the current state of the “It’s just miscellaneous stuff,” economy. Thompson said. Thankfully, the pantry has some food SPECIAL APPEAL Some other regular items, such as that was raised by local Catholic to help pay the cost of bread, are always free. schools. Mostly, the food in the pantry A line of clients snakes through the comes from donations from private and Holiday Food being distributed store until it reaches the check out corporate sources, such as Kroger, FREE to the NEEDY counter, where the items are counted which donates bread. and points are tallied. When that falls short, and it has in EVERY DOLLAR DONATED WILL BE USED FOR FOOD “If they’re over, they have to take the last four months, the pantry spends something away,” Thompson said. its own money and buys the food. Funds are made available to any parish The items are bagged, then the client The pantry is also looking for in the Archdiocese having a need. may drive his or her car to the back Christmas toys for children. door to have the bags loaded. Nevertheless, the ministry continues ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The food pantry is open for clients at the food pantry, and as Christmas $5 $10 $25 $50 $100 My Food from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and approaches there is the belief that Donation is $ ______Thursdays and from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. things will turn out fine. NAME ______on Saturdays. Every other Monday, the “You have to put trust in God for pantry is also open for priority clients God to provide,” Thompson said. “God ADDRESS ______with special needs. will provide.” Because the food pantry was closed ______over the Thanksgiving holiday break, it (For more information on how to give MAKE CHECK PAYABLE AND MAIL TO: experienced a surge of clients on time or goods to the St. Vincent de Paul Your Donation is a Society of St. Vincent de Paul Nov 20. Client Choice Food Pantry, call the P.O. Box 19133 Charitable Contribution for Tax Purposes Indianapolis, Indiana 46219 Thompson said that around 600 peo- pantry staff at 317-972-9788.) † Christmas Mass 200,000 People Please join us at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 19, 2001 Will Read This CALVARY, HOLY CROSS/ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CEMETERIES & MAUSOLEUMS Space In 435 W. Troy Ave. • (317) 784-4439 You are invited to join our Staff One Week. for a candlelight service in the Chapel Mausoleum. Thursday, December 20, 2001 Imagine what that could do OUR LADY OF PEACE for your business! CATHOLIC CEMETERY & MAUSOLEUM 9001 Haverstick Road • (317) 574-8898 Call us and find out. We will have ornaments available for you to write the name of your loved one 317-236-1572 and place on a Christmas tree to be remembered during this holiday season. The Criterion Friday, December 14, 2001 Page 27

people have hung on to after trips and holidays abroad,” There’s help for dealing with said Genevieve Pasquier, spokeswoman for the French NewsNews briefsbriefs grief during the holidays bishops. “There are fears people will give less after the euro comes into force, so this should help make up for U.S. ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (CNS)—Father Ed Grotovsky, pas- any shortfall,” she said. Pasquier said the 20 Catholic dio- tor of St. Joseph Parish in Manteno, was a husband, ceses taking part in the campaign, including Paris and Erosion of civil liberties to fight father and then widower before he was ordained a priest Strasbourg, would convert the donated coins into euros in 1994. He remembers his first holiday as a widower and give the money to church foundations or youth pas- terror called a ‘Faustian bargain’ after he lost his wife of 24 years as “horrible, just horri- toral groups. WASHINGTON (CNS)—A joint reflection issued by ble.” Father Grotovsky offered this advice for comfort- givers: “If a friend or relative has lost a loved one and the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Pope says more steps needed this is their first Christmas season, the most important Interreligious Affairs and the National Council of to help refugees, displaced persons thing we can do is listen.” He told The Catholic Explorer, Synagogues called the loss of civil liberties to fight ter- newspaper of the Joliet Diocese, that sharing stories of VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II, marking ror “a Faustian bargain.” The reflection said, “A general the deceased person assures the family that just because 50 years of efforts to protect refugees, said more steps are expansion of law enforcement powers beyond those nec- the person is gone, it doesn’t erase the memories. needed to help the displaced and to end the human rights essary to fight terrorism cannot be justified if such an violations that cause people to flee their homelands. The expansion comes at the expense of core civil liberties WORLD pope made the remarks during a Sunday blessing Dec. 9, principles of privacy, due process and freedom of asso- as diplomats from around the world prepared to meet in ciation.” It added, “Such a Faustian bargain compro- Israeli priest criticizes government Geneva to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the U.N. mises the very idea of freedom, the idea which our Refugee Convention. The convention forms the founda- adversaries have attacked, and which we are pledged to air strikes against Palestinians tion of the modern international legal system aimed at defend.” Titled “Filled With Sadness, Charged With ROME (CNS)—Amid a surge in Israeli-Palestinian protecting those who are constrained to move from their Hope,” the reflection was approved Nov. 28 in countries because of persecution or conflict. Represent- Baltimore during a meeting of the Catholic-Jewish violence, an Israeli priest criticized Israel’s early December air strikes on Palestinian National Authority atives of some 140 countries that signed the convention Consultation of the synagogue council and the bishops’ and a 1967 protocol were to discuss ways of strengthen- committee. offices, widely seen as an attempt to weaken Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. “One nation cannot delegitimize the ing refugee security in modern situations. head of another country,” Franciscan Father David Jaeger, Poll finds improved view of an expert on the Middle East political situation, told Vatican official denies rumored Muslim-Americans since terrorist Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news service. “Despite the reservations that many people have regarding both lead- links between Fatima message attacks in September ers, today the head of the Palestinians is Arafat, elected and Sept. 11 terrorist attacks WASHINGTON (CNS)—Since the Sept. 11 terrorist and recognized by Palestinian institutions, as [Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon is for the Israeli side,” the priest LISBON, Portugal (CNS)—Catholics devoted to Our attacks, Americans’ opinions of Muslims in this country Lady of Fatima have been “disturbed and confused” by have improved, even though some believe the attacks were said Dec. 7. “Negotiations must be conducted through the respective institutions and the persons who lead them,” he false rumors regarding the Fatima message and the motivated in part by religion. According to a nationwide said. Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, a Vatican poll by the Pew Research Center for the Pew Forum on official said. Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of Religion and Public Life, the percentage of people who the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said he have a favorable opinion of Muslim-Americans increased French church asks for donations went to Portugal to speak personally with Carmelite from 45 percent in a March 2001 poll to 59 percent in a of old currency after euro’s arrival Sister Lucia dos Santos, the only surviving Fatima vision- November poll. The results were released Dec. 6. Thirty ary, to clarify the situation. Speaking to Radio percent of those questioned believe religious beliefs were WARSAW, Poland (CNS)—French dioceses have Renascenca, Lisbon’s Catholic radio, Archbishop Bertone the main factor in why terrorists attacked the United launched a Christmas campaign to persuade Catholics to said, “Sister Lucia denied all of the rumors that were States, while 49 percent said political beliefs were the donate their old money to the church after the Jan. 1 attributed to her.” The archbishop met the 94-year-old nun cause, 10 percent said it was both and 11 percent either introduction of the European Union’s euro. The dioceses Nov. 18 at the Carmelite convent in Coimbra. The Lisbon said they don’t know or had other answers. are interested in all national currencies, “everything radio station interviewed him about the visit Dec. 7. †

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