Twenty Something New beginnings can come in surprising forms, writes Christina Capecchi, page 12. Serving the ChurchCriterion in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com September 9, 2016 Vol. LVI, No. 48 75¢ Pope proposes care for creation as a new work of mercy VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Calling for concrete actions that benefit human life and the environment, Pope Francis proposed adding the care and protection of creation to the traditional list of corporal and spiritual works of mercy. As a spiritual work of mercy, the pope said, care for creation Pope Francis requires “a grateful contemplation of God’s world,” while as a corporal work, it calls for “simple daily gestures which break with the logic of violence, exploitation and selfishness.” The pope reflected on the need for an integral ecology in Christian life in his message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on Sept. 1. The message, titled “Show Mercy to our Common Home,” reflects on the day of prayer as an occasion for Christians to A tapestry of St. Teresa of Calcutta is seen on the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope Francis celebrates her canonization Mass at the Vatican on “reaffirm their personal vocation to be Sept. 4. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) stewards of creation,” and to thank God “for the wonderful handiwork which he has entrusted to our care.” Presenting the pope’s message at a St. Teresa of Calcutta will always news conference on Sept. 1, Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said the be ‘Mother’ Teresa, pope says day of prayer follows the example of the Orthodox Church, which initiated the VATICAN CITY (CNS)—With a divine mercy, making herself available in Switzerland, but came to Rome for prayer day in 1989. large tapestry bearing the portrait of for everyone through her welcome and the canonization. “We are very proud,” Pope Francis’ message, the cardinal the woman known as the “Saint of the defense of human life, those unborn and said Violet Barisha, a member of the told journalists, calls on Christians to be Gutters” suspended above him, Pope those abandoned and discarded,” the pope Albanian Catholic Mission in St. Gallen. “honest with ourselves” and acknowledge Francis proclaimed the sainthood of said in his homily during the Mass in Daughter of Divine Charity Sister that “when we hurt the Earth, we also hurt Mother Teresa of Calcutta, hailing her St. Peter’s Square. Valdete, a Kosovar and one of the the poor,” and thus commit “a sin against courage and love for the poor. An estimated 120,000 people packed Albanian group’s chaplains, said, “We creation, against the poor and against Despite the the square, many holding umbrellas are so happy and honored. We are a those who have not yet been born. See local story on formality of the or waving fans to keep cool under the small people, but have had so many “This means that we must examine our page 3, related occasion though, sweltering heat of the Roman sun. martyrs.” consciences and repent. I realize that this editorial on page 4. “her sanctity is However, upon hearing Pope Francis Born in 1910 to an ethnic Albanian is not the way we traditionally think about so close to us, so “declare and define Blessed Teresa of family in Skopje, in what is now part sin. These are sins, Pope Francis says, that tender and fruitful, that spontaneously Calcutta to be a saint,” the crowds could of Macedonia, Mother Teresa went to we have not hitherto acknowledged and we will continue to call her ‘Mother not contain their joy, breaking out in India in 1929 as a Sister of Loreto and confessed,” Cardinal Turkson said. Teresa,’ ” Pope Francis said to applause cheers and thunderous applause before he became an Indian citizen in 1947. She In his message, the pope said concern at the canonization Mass on Sept. 4. finished speaking. founded the Missionaries of Charity in for the planet’s future unites religious “Mother Teresa, in all aspects of The moment was especially sweet 1950. her life, was a generous dispenser of for more than 300 Albanians who live See CREATION, page 2 See TERESA, page 8 Mother Teresa remembered for her holiness by local people who met her

(Editor’s note: In celebration of Mother Instead, he has never forgotten the “As Mother said, ‘We are all here to Teresa’s canonization on Sept. 4, advice that she gave everyone in his become saints. We all have a sacred goal The Criterion is sharing stories group about how important to fulfill,’ ” says Dietzen, a from people who have met her it is to give hope and member of St. Alphonsus and/or been inspired by her to comfort to patients. Liguori Parish in Zionsville, serve people in need.) “She said, ‘No matter Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese. what you’re confronted “She set the example we all By John Shaughnessy with, never abandon your could follow—that all of us patients. Stay there. Be ordinary people were created to When Dr. Chuck Dietzen their hope. Let them know do something extraordinary.” went to visit Mother Teresa in someone cares. Despite Calcutta in 1997, he brought a possible harm to yourself, ‘What do you say to a living tape recorder with him, hoping Dr. Chuck Dietzen remain there as a symbol Archbishop Joseph saint?’ to capture her wisdom and her of hope for them.’ ” W. Tobin With a laugh, Archbishop voice for posterity. Dietzen continues to follow Joseph W. Tobin recalled the “I wanted to turn on the recorder,” he that approach as a pediatric time when “a living saint”—Mother says. “I wish I had.” rehabilitation doctor at Riley Hospital Teresa—became angry with him. for Children in Indianapolis. See MOTHER, page 10 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016

creation and the Creator.” CREATION The first step on the path of conversion continued from page 1 is to reflect on the harm done to creation by lifestyles inspired by “a distorted leaders and organizations and draws culture of prosperity,” which brings about attention to “the moral and spiritual a “disordered desire to consume more crisis” that is at the heart of than what is really necessary,” he said. environmental problems. Ecological conversion, the pope said, “Christians or not, as people of faith requires a serious examination of and goodwill, we should be united in conscience, recognizing one’s sins showing mercy to the Earth as our “against the Creator, against creation and common home and cherishing the world against our brothers and sisters,” and in which we live as a place for sharing sincere repentance. and communion,” the pope said. Sincere conversion and repentance are Pollution and global warming, due shown by a firm resolve to change course partly to human activity, he said, has and bring about concrete actions that turned the beauty of God’s creation into a respect creation, such as energy “polluted wasteland” that impacts the conservation, recycling and caring world’s poor, who have suffered the concern for others. brunt of “irresponsible and selfish “We must not think that these efforts behavior.” are too small to improve our world. They A pond and mountains are seen north of Sandpoint, Idaho, on July 11. Pope Francis has proposed “As an integral ecology emphasizes, call for a goodness which, albeit unseen, adding the care of creation to the traditional list of corporal and spiritual works of mercy. (CNS photo/ human beings are deeply connected with inevitably tends to spread and encourage Cindy Wooden) all of creation. When we mistreat nature, a prophetic and contemplative lifestyle,” we also mistreat human beings,” the pope he wrote. and on citizens to hold them accountable “In our rapidly changing and said. A change of course also requires and “advocate for even more ambitious increasingly globalized world, many new The Holy Year of Mercy, he added, governments to take steps to protect the goals.” forms of poverty are appearing,” Pope offers Christians an opportunity to environment. While praising the adoption Pope Francis said that adding care for Francis said. “In response to them, we experience not only an interior of the 2015 Sustainable Development creation to the corporal and spiritual need to be creative in developing new conversion, but also an “ecological Goals, Pope Francis called on world works of mercy acknowledges human life and practical forms of charitable outreach conversion,” one that recognizes “our leaders to honor their commitments in and everything that surrounds it as “an as concrete expressions of the way of responsibility to ourselves, our neighbors, halting the rise of global temperatures object of mercy.” mercy.” † Pope leads prayers for care of the Earth, defense of the poor VATICAN CITY (CNS)—With each person and every generation. over the rest of creation with became poor’ (2 Cor 8:9). psalms praising the marvels of God’s “Look benevolently upon the poor of consequences that are easily imaginable “The love of poverty and love of creation and prayers begging God’s help the Earth, and grant that none of them and unfortunately already occurring. creation went hand in hand for Francis to end the selfishness that destroys the would be lacking their daily bread,” he “Since the Trinity is a communion of and shared a common root in his radical Earth and harms the poor, Pope Francis prayed. “Defeat the selfishness that love, God created each person as a ‘being renunciation of wanting to own led Vespers for the Day of Prayer for the hardens our hearts and makes our gaze in relationship,’ ” he said. “This is the anything,” Father Raniero said. Care of Creation. shortsighted before the needs of our sense in which every human being is ‘in He said that, like for St. Francis, “the During the evening service on Sept. 1 brothers and sisters.” the image of God.’ ” intimate relationship between the poor in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope prayed to The petitions chanted during the The less selfish a person is and the and the fragility of the planet” is one of God, “Pour out your spirit of wisdom service included a prayer that God would more a person is mindful of the needs of the main concerns of Pope Francis’ 2015 upon us so that we would safeguard the “educate our eyes to recognize in creation others, the Capuchin said, “the more that encyclical on the environment, “Laudato gifts of your providence for the good of the traces of his presence,” and convert person is truly human” and truly acting in Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” people “to a just and fair use of the goods the image and likeness of God. “What is it that produces the greatest of the Earth.” “The sovereignty of human beings damage to the environment and Last year, Pope Francis asked over the cosmos thus does not entail the simultaneously the misery of a great Catholics to begin marking the day of triumphalism of our species but the number of people if not the insatiable prayer, an annual event already observed assumption of responsibility toward the desire of some to increase their by the Orthodox Churches. In a sign of weak, the poor [and] the defenseless,” he possessions and their profits growing Christian concern for ecology, said. disproportionately?” the Capuchin asked. Orthodox clergy from Italy, as well as The clearest sign of what God wants Father Raniero also mentioned the Anglican and Lutheran leaders, joined the from human beings is seen in the status earthquake that struck central Italy on pope for vespers. he chose for his son when he sent him Aug. 24, killing hundreds of people. God As he did last year on the day of into the world, Father Raniero said. Jesus did not cause the quake, he said, and “did prayer, Pope Francis asked Capuchin was “not rich and powerful, but poor, not program creation as if it were a clock Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of weak and defenseless.” or a computer.” the papal household, to give the homily When St. Francis of Assisi famously God allows the world to evolve, he during the liturgy. wept before a Nativity scene, the said, and so when people ask “Where was Human beings are the only creatures Capuchin said, it was not because of the God” when the earthquake struck, the Pope Francis leads Vespers for the Day of God created in his image and likeness, fact that Jesus was fully human and fully believer replies, “He was there suffering Prayer for the Care of Creation in St. Peter’s Father Raniero said, but that affirmation divine, but because of “the humility and with his creatures, and receiving into his Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 1. (CNS photo/ cannot be allowed to lead to “an the poverty of the Son of God, who peace the victims who were knocking at Maurizio Brambatti, EPA) indiscriminate dominion of human beings ‘though he was rich, yet for our sake the door of his paradise.” † Documentary on Divine Mercy to be shown in Batesville Deanery theaters Criterion Staff Report Greendale Cinemas, 1605 Flossie Drive, The film features appearances by key donations will be accepted. in Lawrenceburg, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 13, witnesses, as well as by St. John Paul II A trailer of the movie trailer can be A documentary titled The Original and at Wolf Theaters, 910 W. Ann Blvd., biographer George Weigel, Cardinal viewed by logging on to goo.gl/2LIj01. Image of Divine Mercy will be shown in in Greensburg, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15. Christoph Schönborn, comedian Jim To reserve tickets, call the Batesville two theaters in the Batesville Deanery on This new documentary follows the Gaffigan, Grammy award-winning Deanery resource center at 812-932-0789. Sept. 13 and 15. adventurous history of the original musician Harry Connick Jr., and many Leave a message if there is no answer. The documentary will be shown at painting commissioned by St. Faustina others. Please note that space for these events is Kowalska. The showing is free, but freewill limited. †

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Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis on Sept. 5. 76 75 Sister Christophine said their order’s founder would 74 visit her sisters’ homes. One day when Sister Christophine 73 Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin talks with Missionaries of Charity Sister M. Marleen while two other sisters wait their turn to talk with the was in Chicago, the doorbell rang. 72 archbishop in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis on Sept. 5 after the Mass of Thanksgiving for the canonization of St. Teresa of “I opened the door and Mother was standing there!” Calcutta. (Photos by Natalie Hoefer) 71 she said. “Usually we fast on Friday. Mother brought 70 special fruit for us. I said, ‘Mother, today is fasting.’ She 69 By Natalie Hoefer “Mother looked at the camera and said, ‘I believe my mission is to ensure that this little one doesn’t leave the said, ‘Mother is here—eat!’ She made us eat! Ah, so 68 many beautiful memories.” 67 Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin knew the archdiocese world without having at least one person love her.’ That Like the rest of the world, Sister Christophine was not 66 wanted to do something for the local Missionaries of makes little sense in a pragmatic world. But in the world aware of the struggle in Mother Teresa’s soul with the 65 Charity sisters to honor the Sept. 4 canonization of their of love, which has God as its origin, it not only makes idea that God had abandoned her. 64 founder, St. Teresa of Calcutta. sense, it is an imperative.” “I never had any idea,” she said. “Mother always 63 But when the sisters asked for a Mass at SS. Peter and The second lesson the archbishop suggested learning smiled a big smile.” 62 Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis on Sept. 5, St. Teresa’s from St. Teresa of Calcutta is the reason behind all that When asked what her order’s founder would say about 61 feast day, he was hesitant. she did: love for Jesus. the Mass of Thanksgiving, Sister Christophine was quick 60 “I said, ‘Well, you know, that’s a holiday,’ ” the archbishop “She freely and unapologetically invoked her love for to answer. 59 stated. “And they just simply said, ‘They will come.’ ” Jesus Christ as the reason behind everything she did,” he “She would say, ‘It’s all for the greater glory of God,’ 58 And come they did. Father Patrick Beidelman, said. He quoted Mother Teresa as saying, “I see Jesus in that ‘what we receive, in the name of the poor, all the 57 archdiocesan executive director of the secretariat for every human being. I say to myself, ‘This is hungry Jesus. glory goes to God.’ ” 56 spiritual life and worship, said the sisters invited about I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy A reception hosted by lay members of the Missionaries 55 150 guests. He planned for a total of 350. In the end, or gangrene. I must wash him and tend to him.’ I serve of Charity followed the Mass. The lay order is located 54 he estimates that 400-450 people came to the Mass of because I love Jesus.” at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Carmel, Ind., in the 53 Thanksgiving for the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta The third point, “and perhaps her greatest gift to us,” Lafayette Diocese. 52 at the cathedral in Indianapolis on the evening of Sept. 5. said the archbishop, “is that holiness is not a spectator According to lay member Lois Evans, 51 Archbishop Tobin served as the principal celebrant, with 17 sport. the members take vows of chastity, poverty, 50 priests concelebrating. “At the conclusion of that [documentary], obedience and serving the poorest of the 49 In attendance at the Mass were six Missionaries of she was asked, ‘How do you feel when poor, as well as make weekly holy hours and 48 Charity sisters, four of whom minister on the poverty-ridden people call you a living saint?’ And her receive spiritual direction. 47 near east side of Indianapolis near St. Philip Neri Parish. little temper flared up. She said, ‘I resent it, But their primary service is to the 46 The sisters sat in the front row, closest to a reliquary because they’re pushing on to me what is the Missionaries of Charity sisters and their 45 encasing a first-class relic of St. Teresa—a drop of her blood. call to everyone. All of us are called to be ministries, she said. 44 Behind the reliquary was a familiar image of a warmly holy, because our Father in heaven is holy.’ ” “We are the lay people of Mother Teresa,” 43 smiling Mother Teresa, with the addition of a halo in Archbishop Tobin noted that “the she explained. “We drive the sisters, we go 42 honor of her canonization the day prior. examples of St. Teresa invite us to look again every Sunday and cook for the shelter ladies 41 “I’m not sure how many of you had the honor of and see the poor that surround us, as well as [who live in the women’s shelter operated by 40 meeting her,” said Archbishop Tobin in his homily. “I think the possibilities we have to help. In doing so, the sisters in Indianapolis]. There’s usually 39 most of you feel like you know her, that it is practically a we recognize the face of Jesus, the face of about 15 women there at a time. If the sisters 38 member of our family who was canonized yesterday in Kassidy Belisle, 7, leans against our merciful Father, as well as the one who need to go to the doctor, we take them. We do 37 St. Peter’s Square by the declaration of Pope Francis. … Missionaries of Charity Sister emptied himself, becoming poor so that we whatever the sisters want us to do.” 36 “Canonization really does nothing for Mother Teresa, M. Christophine. Missionaries might become rich.” One woman who was touched indirectly by 35 but it should do something for us. After all, she does not of Charity Sister M. Salvinette, He concluded his homily with a quote from St. Teresa through the sisters in Indianapolis 34 need a declaration in St. Peter’s Square to be enjoying for all superior of the sisters’ the French poet, Leon Bloy, whose words Indianapolis house, sits next to was present for the Mass and reception. 33 eternity the light, love and peace of our heavenly homeland. reflect the thinking of St. Teresa of Calcutta: Sister Christophine. Charlett Belisle spent eight months in the 32 It is we who need an invitation to learn from her life.” “ ‘The only real sadness, the only real failure, sisters’ Indianapolis women’s shelter. 31 Archbishop Tobin suggested three lessons that can be the only great tragedy in life is not to become a saint. “They really touched my heart,” she said. “They really 30 taken from the life of St. Teresa of Calcutta. Why? Because to be anything else, to be anything less, is opened their door to me. They made me feel at home. I 29 “The first is that mercy begins with vision,” he said. “It to remain incomplete.’ It is finally a failure of love. It is was at peace there. The sisters are pretty much a replica of 28 begins with eyesight, but it must end in concrete action.” finally, and so terribly sadly, a failure to know God.” [St. Teresa].” 27 The archbishop recalled a documentary in which a Missionaries of Charity Sister M. Salvinette, superior Her 7-year-old daughter Kassidy sat with the sisters 26 reporter followed Mother Teresa through the streets of of the sisters’ home in Indianapolis, said it was a privilege in the front row during the Mass of Thanksgiving at the 25 Calcutta. to participate in the Mass of Thanksgiving. cathedral. She nestled against one of the sisters during 24 “She was picking up dying children and bringing them “Since we were not able to go to Rome, it was a grace- the Mass, the sister’s arm holding the young girl close, 23 to her sisters’ home so they could die in dignity and filled privilege for us to have that holy Mass,” she said. recalling scenes of Mother Teresa embracing children. 22 peace,” he said. “And the reporter, being very pragmatic, The sisters were given permission by their regional Kassidy said she considers the sisters “her friends.” 21 said, ‘Why do you waste your time with these? Why not superior to watch the canonization on Eternal Word Such a comment is no surprise to St. Philip Neri 20 help those who have a chance to survive?’ 19 Television Network. parishioner Virginia Barth, who said the sisters “bring 18 “When the Holy Father announced the children and the homeless to Mass every Sunday. The 17 she was canonized, it was like she neighborhood loves to see them. I really think they’re 16 was my own mother,” said Sister doing great work.” 15 Salvinette with a wide smile. “She was Although from India, Father Francis Joseph 14 already a saint, but the reality of that Kalapurackal, administrator of St. Thomas More Parish 13 [proclamation], you felt goose bumps in Mooresville, never met the now-saint. But he did assist 12 in your body when he announced it.” the sisters as a pastor in India, helping them transform 11 Indianapolis Missionaries of land into terraced rice fields. 10 Charity Sister M. Christophine spent Despite not having met her, Father Francis Joseph, who 9 much time with St. Teresa in her is working toward incardination into the Archdiocese of 8 nearly 40 years with the order. Indianapolis, said Mother Teresa influenced his ministry 7 During one visit back to the as a priest. 6 motherhouse in India, she recalled “When I served as a pastor, I took up a lot of ministries 5 telling Mother Teresa, “Mother, I for the poor people, because most people are poor there,” 4 have not seen you in two years! And he said. “She has been a shining example for all of us, 3 Five Missionaries of Charity sisters, dressed in blue and white saris, and two Franciscan Sisters of the she said to me, ‘You know I like to especially the selfless service she rendered to the most 2 Immaculate Heart of Mary, dressed in white habits, sing in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis keep you all close to me, but I have neglected groups of the society. That is outstanding. She 1 on Sept. 5 during the Mass of Thanksgiving for the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta. to make a sacrifice and send you.’ ” leaves a great legacy for all of us.” † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016

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Reflection/Sr. Sheila Maria Fitzpatrick, O.S.B. Care for the poor is rooted

Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 in Christian simplicity Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Remember the line “Finish everything of creation. If our choices are driven by on your plate; there are starving children in addictions or lead to the oppression of others, China?” How crazy was that? then we are not living Christian simplicity. What did it matter So how can we know? First, we begin what we ate or did with prayer. Thank God for our abundant Editorial not eat to those across blessings, especially the gift of creation. Ask the world? And yet I for guidance and support in seeking God’s wondered, are we not will. Over time, our choices will depend connected in some deep less on our desires and more on the will of St. Teresa of Calcutta: and unseen way to all God for each of us. The more we realize our people and places on this dependence on God, the more we will care Earth? for all of creation. A woman for all seasons Indeed, Pope Francis Second, seek concrete ways to build states, “We are … the kingdom of God on Earth. We have When Pope Francis canonized called to accept the world as a sacrament of many resources online: the U.S. Conference St. Teresa of Calcutta on Sept. 4, communion, as a way of sharing with God of Catholic Bishops (www.usccb.org/ he confirmed for all time her and our neighbors on a global scale. It is issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/ extraordinary position as a woman our humble conviction that the divine and environment), Catholic Relief Services who was close to God. the human meet in the slightest detail in the (www.crs.org), and Catholic Ecology All of us are called to be holy, seamless garment of God’s creation, in the (catholicecology.net) are a few. to search for God, to find him and last speck of dust on our planet” (“Laudato We also have each other. Pope Francis to become united with him—both Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” #10). is specifically asking us to be in dialogue, here on Earth and in our heavenly We are all interconnected, and our daily to grow together in awareness of our place home. Holiness is the quality of our choices impact other and role in God’s creation. It is union with God, the indication of our people and our world. Just important to share our beliefs, closeness to him. Holy women and purchasing a chocolate bar assumptions and hopes, and to men are close to God. That’s why we may contribute to child listen to others as they share. call them saints. labor in West Africa, the And we need to be open to In his encyclical “Spe Salvi” deforestation of rain forests, growth. St. Benedict says to (“Saved by Hope”), Pope Emeritus and the survival of multiple “listen with the ear of your heart.” Benedict XVI writes: “Life is a voyage species. Be open to the movement of the on the sea of history, often dark and It is overwhelming. spirit. stormy, a voyage in which we watch How can we live in a way Lastly, observe your own world for the stars that indicate the route. that builds up and does not each day with a different eye. The true stars of our life are the people oppress? How can we know The wonders of creation are right who have lived good lives” (#49). the impact of our decisions? before us, but we miss much in the They are the lights of hope, the We cannot by ourselves. But distractions of our culture. If we we can grow in awareness can listen with new ears and see Holy Father writes, because they point St. John Paul II meets Blessed Teresa of us to Jesus Christ, “the true light, of these interconnections by with new eyes, creation will never Calcutta at the Vatican in this undated photo. growing in Christian simplicity. Simplicity is fail to amaze us. the sun that has risen above all the (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano) shadows of history” (#49). more than an absence of luxury; simplicity is During this Season of Creation, which Mother Teresa was a star of hope freedom from attachments. runs from Sept. 1 through Oct. 4, Pope for millions—the dying destitute in she was consolation and lasting peace. In his book A Celebration of Discipline, Francis is calling us to take good care of the streets, the abandoned infants who As Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin Richard Foster describes simplicity as “the creation—a freely given gift—cultivating were welcomed wholeheartedly, the has written, “All of us are called to only thing that sufficiently re-orients our it and protecting it for future generations hungry, lonely, diseased, frightened holiness, to closeness to God, but lives so that possessions can be genuinely (www.seasonofcreation.org). May we also and lost souls who were treated with unfortunately most of us find ourselves enjoyed without destroying us.” in this Holy Year of Mercy protect the most dignity and charity by Mother and further away from God than we Simplicity begins with a singular focus vulnerable on our planet. her sisters in all corners of the globe. would like to be. That’s why Christ on seeking the kingdom of God, the “pearl Mother Teresa and her Missionaries gives us the sacraments—especially of great price” that orients all aspects of our (Benedictine Sister Sheila Marie Fitzpatrick of Charity pointed to Christ in their the Eucharist and the sacrament of lives. All our decisions must begin with this resides at Our Lady of Grace Monastery devotion to the Eucharist, in their penance—to help us in our daily focus. in Beech Grove. She is a member of the poverty and in their tireless efforts to struggles on the way to holiness. Jesus also teaches us that we cannot archdiocesan Commission for Creation Care serve the poorest of the poor. Their We are all called to be close to God, serve God and mammon (Lk 16:13). If our Ministry. The commission can be reached via zeal was—and still is—contagious. It but for many of us [most of us?] the wealth becomes our focus, all is lost. We e-mail at [email protected] and on touched the lives of millions of people! journey is a long and difficult one.” will oppress the poor and abuse the gifts Facebook at ArchIndyCreationCare.) † To be holy doesn’t mean being Mother Teresa would include perfect. Mother Teresa was a sinner herself among the list of those whose often plagued by doubt and an road to holiness was long and difficult. overwhelming sense of her own The world saw the fruits of her labor. Letter to the Editor unworthiness. She was holy, not We saw the miraculous results sinless. And she struggled to discern of the ministry that she and her Parents need to take the lead on teaching children God’s will for her and to make sisters carried out in impossible about sexuality and pornography, reader says the right choices for herself, her circumstances and situations. What we community and, above all, the people did not see was the pain and anguish This letter is submitted in response to cellphones should be considered just like she desperately wanted to serve—with that Mother’s search for holiness often Father Tad Pacholczyk’s column in the use of an automobile. If used improperly, Jesus, for Jesus and as Jesus. involved as she struggled with inner Aug. 26 issue of The Criterion, “Talking then access is withdrawn. Pope Francis’s canonization of this loneliness and a sense of abandonment to kids about porn and human sexuality.” Before children are old enough to woman was an important moment by God—even when she knew he was To begin, talking to kids about have an interest in pornography, they in the life of the Church, and in the close by. pornography and sex is the wrong should have already overheard parental history of the world as we know it. In Saints are close to God, but Teresa approach. Parents discussing the subjects conversations about porn being a one of his homilies last year, the pope of Calcutta was a powerful example in the presence of their children is a more perversion, that it is destructive of natural made a powerful observation about of a saint who didn’t always feel close appropriate concept. There are many character, that it steals attention that this simple woman: “With cynicism, to God, who longed with all her heart opportunities for this to happen and, should be devoted to one’s spouse and the powerful might say, ‘But what did to be closer to her Lord and Savior. believe me, children will be attentive. places it on a picture. It is used by Satan she accomplish? She spent her life She sought him wholeheartedly—in Teaching your children on this topic to drag people down into his power. helping people die.’ ” Without the eyes the Eucharist, in the faces of the poor begins early, first and most importantly, With regard to dating, boys need of faith, her witness seems foolish, but and destitute, in the members of her by parents respecting each other and to know they are expected to respect Pope Francis reminds us that Mother community and even in the eyes of their children. Care for the children their date, and misconduct has terrible Teresa did not act alone. She took the strangers in the vast world beyond her should demonstrate that some matters are consequences. Girls need to know the place of Jesus as she helped people to “comfort zone.” private, that their bodies are temples of same, including demanding respect and die. She let them know that they were When Pope Francis canonized God. setting the boundaries for behavior. not alone either, that God loved them St. Teresa of Calcutta, he did something Children should be taught to respect All this can be accomplished without and was close to them in their dying beautiful for God. He took something themselves and others. By the time ever having “the talk” with kids, without moments. simple and small, and he magnified it children reach the age of understanding, ever mentioning sexuality. This is too Mother Teresa was a woman for beyond all ordinary proportions. He they ought to have the basics without private a subject for public discussion, all seasons. To newborns, she was took someone who desperately wanted ever having “the talk.” including in classrooms. hope for the future. To the poor and to be humble, and made her great! Regarding older children, teenagers Children can be told sex is for married homeless, she was shelter and comfort. St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us! and pre-teens, being too strict is people. To the hungry, she was nourishment— definitely the wrong approach, but they physical and spiritual. To the dying, —Daniel Conway should know that you are a parent and not Emery Mapes their older friend. Use of the Internet and Lawrenceburg 106 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016 Page 5 105 104 Archbishop/Arzobispo Joseph W. Tobin 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 Rejoice in the Lord 95 94 93 92 Alégrense en el Señor 91 GA O 90 UDE MIN TE IN DO 89 88 X MMXII 87 86 85 84 83 82 Freedom always involves responsibility 81 80 “An authentic faith … always involves best information we have available to us, identifies several serious issues that are at prioritize the poor, at home or abroad; 79 a deep desire to change the world, to and in consideration of the moral values stake in this election. • A broken immigration system and a 78 transmit values, to leave this Earth that define who we are as “missionary The bishops do not tell us whom to worldwide refugee crisis; 77 somehow better than we found it. We disciples” called to bring the Good News vote for, but they do advise us on the • Wars, terror and violence that 76 love this magnificent planet on which of Jesus Christ into the lives of others. moral principles that must be applied threaten every aspect of human life and 75 God has put us, and we love the human The world of politics and public to each major issue. Then it’s up to dignity. 74 family which dwells here, with all its affairs often presents a challenge to clear us to study the positions of candidates Obviously, these are complex issues, 73 tragedies and struggles, its hopes and thinking and right judgment. It isn’t and the platforms of political parties, but Catholics who are faithful citizens 72 aspirations, its strengths and weaknesses. easy to tell what the right answers are and determine where they stand in need to understand what’s at stake here, 71 … If indeed ‘the just ordering of society to serious questions that confront us as relationship to fundamental moral values. and we need to vote according to our 70 and of the state is a central responsibility we seek to make responsible choices on This year’s list of critical issues is informed consciences. 69 of politics,’ the Church, ‘cannot and must Election Day. fairly long: An informed conscience is one that 68 not remain on the sidelines in the fight for I don’t have a crystal ball, so my • The ongoing destruction of more looks beyond political correctness and the 67 justice’ ” (“Evangelii Gaudium,” #183). choices in the voting booth are as good than 1 million innocent human lives each ideologies of the left and the right to find 66 (or bad) as anyone else’s. What I do have year by abortion; the truth. An informed conscience is open 65 ust two months from now, on is a clear and consistent guide to faithful • Physician-assisted suicide; to the ideas of others, welcomes serious 64 Election Day, we will be asked to decision-making. This guide is, of course, • The redefinition of marriage—the and respectful debate, and refuses to 63 Jmake some serious choices. We who the Bible and 2,000 years of Church vital cell of society—by the courts, allow prejudices and emotions to distract 62 are Catholics and citizens of the United teaching on issues that are fundamental political bodies, and increasingly by us from voting for people and programs 61 States of America have an obligation to living according to God’s plan for American culture itself; that promote the common good. 60 to participate in this important process, individuals and communities. The task of • The excessive consumption of During the next several weeks— 59 and to make sure that we understand faithful citizenship, which we face now material goods and the destruction of between now and Election Day—I plan to 58 the issues that are at stake and the and in every election year, is to apply natural resources, which harm both the devote this weekly column to reflections 57 consequences our choices will have for these basic principles of Catholic social environment and the poor; on the issues listed above. 56 the good of all our sisters and brothers teaching to the concrete circumstances of • The deadly attacks on fellow I won’t tell you whom to vote for (at 55 here in the U.S. and throughout the today. Christians and religious minorities the present moment I’m not sure myself), 54 world. To help us in this often complex throughout the world; but I will point out some things that all of 53 Candidates for public office may process, the bishops of the United States • The narrowing redefinition of us must take very seriously. 52 inspire or disappoint us in a variety of have provided us with a useful framework religious freedom, which threatens both In the end, I hope you’ll find these 51 ways, but our choices should not be based called “Forming Conscience for Faithful individual conscience and the freedom of reflections helpful as you carry out your 50 on prejudice or emotion. We should vote Citizenship” (available online at the Church to serve society; responsibilities as faithful citizens of this 49 according to our consciences based on the www.usccb.org). This publication • Economic policies that fail to great nation. † 48 47 46 45 44 La libertad siempre implica responsabilidad 43 42 “Una auténtica fe [...] siempre implica como discípulos misioneros llamados a que están en juego en estas elecciones. y una crisis de refugiados en todo el 41 un profundo deseo de cambiar el difundir la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo Los obispos no nos dicen por quién mundo; 40 mundo, de transmitir valores, de dejar en la vida del prójimo. debemos votar, pero nos orientan • guerras, terror y violencia que 39 algo mejor detrás de nuestro paso El mundo de la política y de la en cuanto a los principios morales amenazan cada aspecto de la vida y la 38 por la tierra. Amamos este magnífico vida pública a menudo desafía el que deben aplicarse a cada asunto dignidad humanas. 37 planeta donde Dios nos ha puesto, y pensamiento claro y el juicio prudente. importante. Nos corresponde a nosotros Obviamente estos son temas muy 36 amamos a la humanidad que lo habita, No es fácil discernir las respuestas analizar las posturas de los candidatos complejos, pero los católicos como 35 con todos sus dramas y cansancios, correctas a los planteamientos tan y las plataformas de sus respectivos ciudadanos fieles deben comprender 34 con sus anhelos y esperanzas, con sus importantes que se nos presentan partidos políticos para determinar cuál lo que está en juego y debemos votar 33 valores y fragilidades. [...]Si bien‘el al momento de tomar decisiones es su posición con respecto a los valores conforme al dictado de nuestras 32 orden justo de la sociedad y del Estado responsables en el día de las elecciones. morales fundamentales. conciencias bien informadas. 31 es una tarea principal de la politica,”la No tengo una bola de cristal, de La lista de asuntos críticos de este Una conciencia bien informada 30 Iglesia ‘no puede ni debe quedarse al modo que mis decisiones en el kiosco año es bastante extensa: es aquella que mira más allá de 29 margen en la lucha por la justicia’ ” de votación serán tan buenas (o malas) • la destrucción en curso de más de 1 lo políticamente correcto y de las 28 (“Evangelii Gaudium,” #183). como las de cualquier otra persona. millón de vidas humanas inocentes cada ideologías de izquierda y de derecha 27 Lo que sí tengo es una guía clara año producto del aborto; para encontrar la verdad. Una conciencia 26 entro de dos meses, en el día y coherente para tomar decisiones • el suicidio asistido por médicos; bien informada es receptiva a las ideas 25 de las elecciones, tendremos piadosas. Esa guía, por supuesto, es la • la redefinición del matrimonio, la de los demás, acepta debates serios 24 Dque tomar decisiones muy Biblia y los 2,000 años de enseñanzas célula vital de la sociedad, por parte y respetuosos y se niega a permitir 23 importantes. Nosotros, como católicos de la Iglesia sobre cuestiones de tribunales, organismos políticos y que los prejuicios y las emociones la 22 y ciudadanos de Estados Unidos de fundamentales para vivir de acuerdo cada vez más, por la propia cultura distraigan de votar por las personas y 21 América, tenemos la obligación de con el plan de Dios para las personas estadounidense; los programas que promueven el bien 20 participar en este importante proceso y y las comunidades. La tarea que tienen • el consumo excesivo de bienes común. 19 de asegurarnos de comprender todo lo por delante todos los ciudadanos fieles materiales y la destrucción de recursos Durante las siguientes semanas, 18 que está en juego, así como también las ahora, al igual que en todos los años naturales que dañan tanto al medio a partir de ahora y hasta el día de 17 repercusiones que tendrán las opciones electorales, es aplicar estos principios ambiente como a los pobres; las elecciones, pretendo dedicar esta 16 que elijamos sobre el bien de todos básicos de enseñanza social católica a • los ataques mortales contra columna semanal para reflexionar 15 nuestros hermanos y hermanas aquí en las circunstancias concretas de hoy en compañeros cristianos y fieles sobre las cuestiones que enumeré 14 EE. UU. y en todo el mundo. día. pertenecientes a minorías religiosas en anteriormente. 13 Los candidatos al gobierno quizás Para asistirnos en este proceso, todo el mundo; No les diré por quién votar (en este 12 nos brinden inspiración o tal vez nos a menudo complejo, los obispos de • la redefinición cada vez más exigua momento ni yo mismo lo sé) pero 11 decepcionen en distintos ámbitos, pero Estados Unidos nos han entregado un del significado de la libertad religiosa señalaré ciertos aspectos que todos 10 las opciones que elijamos no deben utilísimo marco de trabajo llamado que amenaza tanto la conciencia debemos tomar muy seriamente. 9 basarse en el prejuicio ni en la emoción. Formando la conciencia para ser individual como la libertad de la Iglesia Al final, espero que estas reflexiones 8 Debemos votar siguiendo nuestra ciudadanos fieles (disponible por para servir a la sociedad; les resulten útiles para cumplir con sus 7 conciencia y basándonos en la mejor Internet en español en http://ccc.usccb. • las políticas económicas que no dan responsabilidades como ciudadanos 6 información de la que disponemos, org/flipbooks/faithful-citizenship- prioridad a los pobres, tanto en nuestro fieles de este gran país. † 5 así como también tomando en cuenta spanish. Esta publicación identifica país como en el exterior; 4 los valores morales que nos definen varias cuestiones de suma importancia • un sistema migratorio averiado Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa 3 2 1 Page 6 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016

For a list of events for the next four weeks as reported to Events Calendar The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/events. September 12 Church of the Immaculate Our Lady of Peace Cemetery I.D., $5 ages 6-13, children breakfast, Monte Carlo, food, 5:30-10:30 p.m., outdoor Mass St. Mary Church, cafeteria, Conception, 1 Sisters of and Mausoleum, 9001 age 5 and younger are free. kids games, Fri. 5-10 p.m., 5:30 p.m., food, music, kids’ 1331 E. Hunter Robbins Way, Providence, Saint Mary-of- Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. Information: 317-713-7117, Sat. 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Information: games, traditional Mexican Greensburg. Seasons of Hope the-Woods. St. Mary-of-the- Monthly Mass, 2 p.m. www.indyirishfest.com. 317-831-4142. dances. Information: 812-944- 0417. bereavement ministry, six Woods. Monthly Taizé Prayer Information: 317-574-8898 or www.catholiccemeteries.cc. September 16 September 17 sessions on Mondays, 6:30-8:30 Service, theme “Chores and Northside Knights of Columbus St. Bartholomew Parish, 1306 Work,” 7-8 p.m., silent and St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 4218 p.m. Information: leave name September 15-18 Hall, 2100 E. 71st St., 27th St., Columbus. Fall E. Michigan Road, Shelbyville. spoken prayers, simple music, and number with parish office, Military Park, corner of West Indianapolis. Catholic Business Festival, 4-8 p.m., games, food, Knights of Columbus Council silence. Information: 812-535- 812-663-8427. and Ohio streets, Indianapolis. Exchange, “Maximizing $2,500 raffle, bounce houses. #10371 Annual Pork Chop 2952, [email protected]. Your Catholic Attitude at Information: 812-379-9353, September 13 Indy Irish Fest, celebrating Dinner, 3:30-6:30 p.m., baked Irish heritage with bands, Work and Home,” real estate stbirish.net. smoked pork chops, mashed Northside Knights of Columbus St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. 17th dancers, vendors, food, beer expert and author Glenn Bill potatoes and gravy, green Hall, 2100 E. 71st St., Ave., Beech Grove. Ave Maria tent and exhibitions; Thur. presenting, Mass, breakfast St. Bridget Parish, St. Anthony beans, fried biscuits, dessert, and program, 7-9 a.m., $15 Indianapolis. Catholic Radio Guild, 12:30 p.m. Information: 5:30-10:30 pub preview, free Center, 404 E. Vine St., Liberty. drink, $9 adult advanced tickets members, $21 non-members, Indy fundraiser dinner, 317-223-3687, vlgmimi@ admission (canned goods Oktoberfest, 3-9 p.m., German or $12 at the door, $6 ages breakfast included. Reservations keynote address by Father aol.com. food served 3-7 p.m., German 6-12. For advance sale tickets requested); Fri. 4:30-11 p.m. and information: www. Vincent Lampert, St. Malachy band, beer/wine tent, basket call 317-392-3082. with $5 early admission from catholicbusinessexchange.org. Parish (Brownsburg) pastor and September 15 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Sat. 11:30 a.m.- raffle, 50/50 raffle, casino archdiocesan exorcist, reception St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. 11 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., September 16-17 games, pull tabs, kids’ area Sacred Heart Church, 1530 and silent auction 5:30 p.m., Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. free admission 10:30-11:30 St. Malachy Parish, 9833 and games, country store, craft Union St., Indianapolis. dinner 7 p.m., $65 per person Third Thursday Adoration, a.m. with three canned goods; E. County Road 750 N., tent, snack shack, adults $12 Angels from the Heart Day, or $450 for table of eight. interceding for women unless otherwise noted above, Brownsburg. St. Malachy at the door or $10 in advance, neighborhood community Information, reservations: 317- experiencing crisis pregnancy, admission for adults is $10 in Country Fair, Fri. 4-11 p.m., children ages 6-12 $5, ages 5 improvement service day, 8 870-8400 or catholicradioindy. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with Mass at advance or $15 at the gate, $10 Sat. 3-11 p.m., inside dinners, and younger free. Information: a.m.-2 p.m., includes breakfast org/news-events/annual-dinner. 5:45 p.m. for ages 14-18 with student elephant ears, grilled corn, 765-732-3170. and luncheon. Information: ribeye steaks, live music, beer 317-638-5551, sheartparish@ garden, indoor bingo, silent St. Luke the Evangelist sbcglobal.net. For a complete list of retreats as reported to auction, reverse raffle, casino, Parish, 7575 Holliday Drive, Retreats and Programs The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats. Nike sale, midway, kids’ Indianapolis. Fall Fest, noon-10 Helpers of God’s Precious games, children’s barnyard, p.m., food, beer garden, Kiddie Infants, Indianapolis. Mass free admission and parking. Carnival area, live bands, and Divine Mercy Chaplet Information: 317-852-3195. midway, adventure zone, bingo, at 8:30 a.m. at St. Michael the silent auction. Information: 317- Archangel Church, 3354 W. Holy Year of Mercy Marian Jubilee St. Thomas More Parish, 1200 259-4373. 30th St., followed by prayer N. Indiana St., Mooresville. at a local abortion center, and set for Oct. 8 in Columbus St. Thomas More Applefest, St. Mary Parish, 415 E. Eighth continued prayer at the church carnival, car show, pancake St., New Albany. Latin Fiesta, for those who wish to remain. † As part of its celebration of the Holy public, but due to space limitations, Year of Mercy, the Archdiocese of registration is required. To register, VIPs Indianapolis is hosting a Marian Jubilee log on to www.archindy.org/jubilee. John S. and Rozanne (Davis) Robertson, members of Holy Spirit Parish in at St. Bartholomew Church, 1306 27th Registration will close once the Indianapolis, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 10. St., in Columbus, from 9 a.m. to noon capacity of 900 has been met. Those The couple was married on Sept. 10, 1966, at St. Philip Neri Church in Indianapolis. on Oct. 8. Doors open at 8 a.m. who register after the capacity is met They have two children, Jennifer Marie Morris and Anne Marie Moyars. Dr. Scott Hahn, founder and director will be put on a waiting list. The couple also has three grandchildren. † of the Steubenville, Ohio-based Saint Those who have registered for the Paul Center for Biblical Theology, will event but are unable to attend are be the keynote speaker. asked to notify Theresa Chamblee at The event will include a Marian [email protected], 800-382- St. Louis Parish Festival in procession, a welcome and witness talk 9836, ext. 1404, or 317-236-1404, so by Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, and organizers can open the spot for those a variety of religious items and books on the waiting list. Batesville is set for Sept. 18 available for purchase. Those unable to attend the Due to an oversight, the St. Louis younger. Hahn, a former Presbyterian Marian Jubilee are invited to join the Parish Festival in Batesville was The festival will also offer mock minister, entered the Catholic Church archdiocese in solidarity by praying a not listed on the original Criterion turtle soup, games of chance, raffles for in 1986. His talks and books have rosary on Oct. 8 between 8 a.m. and Parish festival listing earlier this $2,000 and other items with a drawing been effective in helping thousands of noon. They are also invited to watch a year. The festival will occur on the at 7 p.m., and the Eureka Band will play people embrace the Catholic faith. live video stream of the event at parish grounds, 13 St. Louis Place, in at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the www.archindy.org/streaming. † Batesville, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Parking is available at the George Sept. 18. Street parking lot, and handicap parking Fried chicken and roast beef dinners is available in front of the school and will be available in the Parish Activity parish office. Center from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. for $10 for For more information, call 812-934- adults and $5 for children ages 10 and 3204. †

‘The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary’ retreat set for Sept. 16-18 in Bloomington

A retreat on the Joyful Mysteries Christ’s life through the Blessed of the rosary will take place at Mother Mother’s eyes in order to imitate and of the Redeemer Retreat Center, 8220 follow Jesus, and to choose his will in W. State Road 48, in Bloomington, on daily life. Sept. 16-18. The cost is $220 for a single room, Check-in time is 6 p.m. on Friday. or $280 for a double room. The cost The retreat concludes after Sunday includes two breakfasts, one lunch and morning Mass. one dinner. Father Joel Rogers of the Fathers of For more information or to register, Mercy will present on the importance call 812-825-4642, ext. 1, or e-mail of meditating on the rosary to ponder [email protected]. †

American Sign Language tour of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods set for Sept. 24 Distinguished Alumnus An American Sign Language (ASL) free. and English tour of Saint Mary-of-the- There is an additional cost of $7 per Father Nicholas Rice, a priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., was honored on Aug. 2 Woods, 1 Sisters of Providence, in person for lunch. with the Distinguished Alumnus Award at the annual Saint Meinrad Alumni Reunion. He is St. Mary-of-the-Woods, will be offered The deadline to register for this event a member of the ordination class of 1967. In his nearly 50 years as a priest, Father Rice has from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sept. 24. is Sept. 16. Registration is available served as a pastor and in various positions in the Archdiocese of Louisville, including the The day will include both inside online at www.archindy.org/deaf. director of the archdiocesan offices for vocations, permanent diaconate, religious education and and outside tours, an ASL-interpreted For questions, contact Erin Jeffries, communications. Although he is officially retired, Father Rice continues to help out in parishes Mass and lunch with the Sisters of archdiocesan coordinator of ministry and gives retreats and presentations around the country. He is pictured here receiving a hug Providence. to persons with special needs, at 317- from Saint Meinrad president-rector Benedictine Father Denis Robinson after receiving the The cost is $5 for adults ages 18 and 236-1448, 800-382-9836, ext. 1448, or Distinguished Alumnus Award on Aug. 2. (Submitted photo) older. Children ages 17 and under are [email protected]. † 106 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016 Page 7 105 104 103 102 Pope Francis: Christians can’t ignore 101 100 suffering and have a clear conscience 99 VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Turning your Mary Sally, the sole member of Mother 98 head away from the suffering of others is a Teresa’s order who survived a brutal attack 97 grave sin, and simply saying some prayers at a nursing home in Yemen in March. 96 or going to Mass does not make a good Four Missionaries of Charity and 12 95 Christian of someone who ignores those in other people were killed by uniformed 94 need, Pope Francis said. gunmen, who entered the home the sisters 93 The plight of those who suffer in the world 92 operated for the elderly and disabled in today is a modern-day Calvary that “spurs 91 Aden. A Salesian priest who worked us on to offer ever new signs of mercy,” the 90 with the sisters was kidnapped and his 89 pope said on Sept. 3 at a special audience whereabouts are still unknown. 88 for people engaged in the works of mercy, With shortages of food, water and 87 as well as for pilgrims in Rome for the medicine and the increasing violence 86 canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. going on around them in Yemen, Sister 85 “I will never tire of saying that the Mary Sally said her heart was “filled with 84 mercy of God is not some beautiful greater love and enthusiasm.” 83 idea, but rather a concrete action,” Pope “We beg God to continue using our 82 Francis said. “There is no mercy without nothingness to make the Church present 81 concreteness. Mercy is not doing something in the world today through the mission 80 good while passing by; it means involving entrusted to us by our Mother Teresa, 79 yourself there where there is evil, where even amid dangerous surroundings,” 78 there is sickness, where there is hunger, she said. Record enrollment 77 where there is human exploitation.” In his talk, the pope reflected on When first-year students moved into Marian University in Indianapolis on Aug. 19, they were 76 Making his way around the square in St. Paul’s call to live with a love, which part of the largest freshman class in the 80-year history of the college. A record 383 full-time 75 his popemobile, the pope invited six blue- “bears all things, believes all things, hopes freshmen are enrolled at Marian for the 2016 fall semester, an increase of 26 percent from the 74 shirted girls from a choir to ride with him. all things, endures all things” (1 Cor 13:7). 2015 fall semester. Total enrollment at the only private Catholic university in Indianapolis is 73 The special audience began with “The love of which the Apostle speaks expected to surpass 3,000 students when those official numbers are reported on Sept. 15. 72 testimonies. With his voice breaking with is not something abstract or vague,” the That number would be another record at Marian. The school grew out of the dedication and emotion, Roberto Giannone, an Italian, 71 pope said. “Rather, it is a love that is seen, vision of Franciscan Sister Theresa Hackelmeier and the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg, told about how he served time in prison for 70 touched and experienced firsthand.” who established a school in Oldenburg in 1851.The school became Marian College in 1936 and 69 crimes he didn’t commit. His experience, The culmination of this love is Jesus’ moved to Indianapolis in 1937. (Submitted photo) 68 he said, led him to dedicate his life to death on Calvary, a love that can be seen 67 visiting and assisting the imprisoned with today in those who suffer due to poverty, 66 the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. sickness and evil, he said. 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commitment to defending the unborn and TERESA bowing down “before those who were continued from page 1 spent, left to die on the side of the road.” She also “made her voice heard Mother Teresa, Sister Valdete said, before the powers of this world so that is a shining example of how “Albanian they might recognize their guilt for the women are strong and our people are crime of poverty they created,” Pope hardworking.” Francis said. “For Mother Teresa, mercy In his homily, Pope Francis said was the ‘salt’ which gave flavor to her God’s will is explained in the words work, it was the ‘light’ which shone in of the prophets: “I want mercy, not the darkness of the many who no longer sacrifice.” had tears to shed for their poverty and “God is pleased by every act of mercy suffering.” because in the brother or sister that we For all Christians, especially assist, we recognize the face of God volunteers engaged in works of mercy, which no one can see,” he said. “Each the life of the saintly nun remains an time we bend down to the needs of example and witness to God’s closeness our brothers and sisters, we give Jesus to the poorest of the poor, he said. something to eat and drink; we clothe, “Today, I pass on this emblematic we help and we visit the Son of God.” figure of holiness!” Pope Francis said. Like Mother Teresa, he said, “May this tireless worker of mercy help Christians are called not simply to us to increasingly understand that our perform acts of charity, but to live only criterion for action is gratuitous charity as a vocation and “to grow each love, free from every ideology and all day in love.” obligations, offered freely to everyone Missionaries of Charity sisters present a relic of St. Teresa of Calcutta as Pope Francis celebrates the “Wherever someone is reaching out, without distinction of language, culture, canonization Mass of Mother Teresa in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 4. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) asking for a helping hand in order to get race or religion.” up, this is where our presence—and the As she made her way through the tight The president and presence of the Church which sustains security and past several closed streets to prime minister of and offers hope—must be,” the pope St. Peter’s Square, Maria Demuru said, Albania attended, as said. “I couldn’t miss this, even if there’s no did the presidents of Mother Teresa, he said, lived out place left for me to sit.” Macedonia and Kosovo this vocation to charity through her The small Italian woman said, and the foreign minister “Mother Teresa is a of India. sign of the times. In President Barack her smallness, she Obama sent a revealed the calling delegation led by Lisa we all have. She Monaco, his assistant said we are all saints for homeland security by our baptism, and counterterrorism. and we must The U.S. delegation recover our original also included Ken holiness. She lived Hackett, ambassador in humility and to the Holy See; simplicity like the Carolyn Woo, president Pope Francis kisses a prayer card presented by a Missionaries of poor of the Earth and CEO of Catholic Charity nun at the conclusion of the canonization Mass of St. Teresa of Relief Services; and and was never Calcutta in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 4. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) ashamed of that.” Dominican Sister Mother Teresa’s Donna Markham, president simplicity did not and CEO of Catholic Charities USA. Charity brothers served pizza to about keep the powerful The first reading at the Mass was 1,500 poor people who had come to the away from the Mass, proclaimed by Jim Towey, who served Mass from shelters, dormitories and soup though. Some 20 as Mother Teresa’s legal counsel in the kitchens the order runs throughout Italy. nations sent official United States and Canada from 1985 to Pope Francis, through the office of the delegations to the 1997, and as director of the White House papal almoner, funded the lunch, which Pope Francis greets Marcilio Haddad Andrino, center, whose cure from Vatican for the Office of Faith-Based and Community was prepared by a team of 20 pizza brain abscesses was accepted as the second miracle for the sainthood canonization. Queen Initiatives from 2002-06. makers, who brought three ovens with cause of St. Teresa of Calcutta, during the canonization Mass of the saint in Sofia of Spain After the Mass, 250 Missionaries of them from Naples and cooked behind the St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 4. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano) led a delegation. Charity sisters and 50 Missionaries of Vatican audience hall. † In Calcutta, joy, prayers and testimonies as Mother Teresa becomes saint CALCUTTA, India (CNS)—At Shishu the sisters are visiting the headquarters for After the meal, she and her mother waited ceremony. “For us it was sheer the call of Bhavan, children, the destitute, the special thanksgiving Mass after the to watch the ceremony. She sang hymns the saint of Calcutta,” she said of her Missionaries of Charity sisters and ceremony in the evening,” said and prayed silently near the saint’s statue. vocation. novices sat silently, glued to the TV Missionaries of Charity Sister Benoy, who In the narrow lane leading to the “If [she is] not a saint, then why would screen for the live telecast of the Vatican had come from the home in suburban headquarters of the Missionaries of the world follow her footsteps 19 years canonization liturgy of Mother Teresa. Dum Dum to help the sisters with the Charity, hundreds of people had gathered after her death? Her life, through her While many prayed at the new saint’s large number of visitors. together not just to witness the live humanitarian work and her healing touch, tomb, the nuns and the children of Shishu Earlier, outside the gates of Shishu ceremony for the “saint of Calcutta,” but is the everyday miracle that keeps us Bhavan (Children’s Home), preferred to Bhavan, the poor, the sick and the old had also to invoke her in their prayers. Special going,” said Sister Adelica, who came stay indoors and celebrate the historic gathered like they do each Sunday, hoping arrangements outside the home had been from Bangladesh for the ceremony and moment all by themselves, as Pope for a meal. Like any other Sunday, the made for live viewing, and devotees will spend a month working in India. Francis declared Mother Teresa to be sisters and cooks filled their plates. gathered with their little memories of the Before leaving for the Vatican, West St. Teresa. “This has been our home. What would “blessed” one. Some were carrying Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, “It is a day of feast for us. Brothers and you call someone who provides you food, pictures, some flowers and some who was part of the 40-member official sisters of the Missionaries of Charity medicine and shelter?” asked a woman photographs declaring their love and delegation from the state, said, “Mother [MOC] are watching this in all the who identified herself only as Amina, who devotion. Hymns were sung by the was the mother of humanity. Her love for establishments of the MOC, but many of regularly visits for food and medicine. visitors and the sisters, but also people the ailing, the needy, entire humanity was who gathered outside. Souvenir shops had unbounded. Bengal is more proud as come up, and people went around buying Mother lived and worked here and little artifacts being attributed to Mother showered us with her abundant love and Teresa. care. Mohammad Ahsan, 62, had come to “Bless us, Mother, so that we can visit the sisters and pray at the tomb. He continue to serve the people,” she prayed. had carried his photographs with Mother Nearly 250 miles away from Calcutta, Teresa that he had taken in 1994. in Nakor village, Monica Besra, whose “My association with her is more than healing from a tumor was Mother two decades old. These pictures are my Teresa’s first miracle recognized by the prized possessions. My life is much Vatican, sat and prayed at the nearby [more] peaceful now, and I owe it to the cathedral. saint of Calcutta,” he said gleefully. “I miss not being at [the] Vatican. But I Diana Silvester, a television producer was there for the beatification ceremony,” from the Indian state of Kerala, came she told Catholic News Service by carrying a poster of Mother Teresa. telephone. “For me, she was a saint “I came to witness a historic moment,” always, and I invoked her always in my she said. “Mother Teresa was and will be prayers. Today the world recognizes her the icon of love, compassion and service and prays to her. to humanity for all days to come.” “I was dying,” she said. “Mother had a Sister Babita, 20, from the Indian state healing touch, and she healed me. That is Missionaries of Charity nuns in Calcutta, India, watch St. Teresa’s canonization broadcast live from of Orissa, chose to sit with other enough for us. We are much better, and a Rome on Sept. 4. (CNS photo/Jeffrey Bruno) postulants at the convent to watch the happy family now.” † 106 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016 Page 9 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 Mother Teresa of Calcutta: ‘Do small things with great love’ 59 58 CALCUTTA, India (CNS)—A those with AIDS, for orphans and for systemic evils such as the arms race or was clear. I was to leave the convent and 57 favorite motto of Blessed Teresa of people with leprosy. She founded houses organized exploitation and injustice, she help the poor, while living among them,” 56 Calcutta was: “Do small things with great in Cuba and the then-Soviet Union— simply responded that was not her she said. 55 love.” countries not generally open to foreign mission, but one that belonged to others, Two years later, the Vatican gave her 54 But the “small things” she did so Church workers. especially to the Catholic laity. permission to leave the Loreto Sisters and 53 captivated the world that she was Her combination of serene, simple “Once you get involved in politics, follow her new calling under the 52 showered with honorary degrees and faith and direct, practical efficiency often you stop being all things to all men,” she jurisdiction of the archbishop of Calcutta. 51 other awards, almost universally praised amazed those who came in contact with said in an interview in 1982. “We must After three months of medical training 50 by the media, and sought out by popes, her. encourage the laypeople to stand for under the American Medical Missionary 49 presidents, philanthropists and other In 1982, when Israeli troops were justice, for truth” in the political arena. Sisters in Patna, India, Mother Teresa 48 figures of wealth and influence. holding Beirut under siege in an effort to American columnist Colman went into the Calcutta slums to take 47 Despite calls on her time from all over root out the Palestine Liberation McCarthy sought to answer her critics. children cut off from education into her 46 the globe, Mother Teresa always returned Organization, Mother Teresa visited a “When Mother Teresa speaks of first school. Soon volunteers, many of 45 to India to be with those she loved community of her sisters at Spring ‘sharing poverty,’ she defies the logic of them her former students, came to join 44 most—the lonely, abandoned, homeless, School, a home for the aged in East institutions that prefer agendas for the her. 43 disease-ravaged, dying, “poorest of the Beirut. It was her first visit in a war zone, poor, not communion with individual In 1950, the Missionaries of Charity 42 poor” on Calcutta’s streets. but not her last. poor people,” McCarthy wrote. became a diocesan religious community. 41 On Sept. 4, Pope Francis, who has Meeting with Red Cross officials “Communion disregards conventional In 1952, Mother Teresa opened the 40 spent this year preaching about mercy, about relief needs, she asked what their approaches. It may never find a job for Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart) Home for 39 canonized Mother Teresa, who traveled most serious problem was. They took her someone, much less ever get him shaped Dying Destitutes in a dormitory donated 38 the world to deliver a single message: to a nearby mental hospital that had just up. Thus the practitioners of communion by the city of Calcutta. Although some of 37 that love and caring are the most been bombed, requiring immediate are called irrelevant. They may get those taken in survive, the primary 36 important things in the world. evacuation of 37 mentally and physically stuck—as is Mother Teresa—with being function of the home is, as one 35 “The biggest disease today,” she once handicapped children. labeled a saint.” Missionary of Charity explained, to be “a 34 said, “is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but “I’ll take them,” she said. Mother Teresa was born Agnes shelter where the dying poor may die in 33 rather the feeling of being unwanted, “What stunned everyone was her Ganxhe Bojaxhiu to Albanian parents in dignity.” Tens of thousands of people 32 uncared for and deserted by everybody. energy and efficiency,” a Red Cross Skopje, in what is now Macedonia, on have been cared for in the home since it 31 The greatest evil is the lack of love and official involved in the evacuation said Aug. 26, 1910. She had a sister, Aga, and opened. 30 charity, the terrible indifference toward afterward. “She saw the problem, fell to a brother, Lazar. Her father was a grocer, When Blessed Paul VI visited 29 one’s neighbor who lives at the roadside, her knees and prayed for a few seconds, but the family’s background was more Bombay, now Mumbai, India, in 1964, 28 assaulted by exploitation, corruption, and then she was rattling off a list of peasant than merchant. he presented Mother Teresa with a white 27 poverty and disease.” supplies she needed—nappies [diapers], Lazar said their mother’s example was ceremonial Lincoln Continental given to 26 Her influence is worldwide. The plastic pants, chamber pots. We didn’t a determining factor in Agnes’ vocation. him by people in the United States. She 25 Missionaries of Charity, which Mother expect a saint to be so efficient.” “Already when she was a little child, raffled off the car and raised enough 24 Teresa founded in 1950, has more than She was an advocate for children and she used to assist the poor by taking food money to finance a center for leprosy 23 5,300 active and contemplative sisters was outspoken against abortion. to them every day like our mother,” he victims in the Indian state of West 22 today. In addition, there are Missionaries In a 1981 visit to New York, she said. Bengal. 21 of Charity Fathers, and active and proposed a characteristically direct and At 15, Agnes was inspired to work in Even after health problems led her to 20 contemplative brothers. In 1969, in simple solution to the problem of India by reports sent home by Jesuit resign as head of the Missionaries of 19 response to growing interest of laypeople unwanted pregnancy: “If you know missionaries in Bengal—present-day Charities in 1990, her order re-elected her 18 who wanted to be associated with her anyone who does not want the child, who Bangladesh, but then part of India. At 18, as superior, and she continued traveling 17 work, an informally structured, is afraid of the child, then tell them to she left home to join the Irish branch of at a pace that would have tired people 16 ecumenical International Association of give that child to me.” the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, half her age. 15 Co-Workers of Mother Teresa was When Mother Teresa received the known as the Loreto Sisters. After In late January 1997, her spiritual 14 formed. Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on training at their institutions in Dublin and adviser, Jesuit Father Edward le Joly, 13 The members of the congregation take Dec. 10, 1979, she accepted it “in the in Darjeeling, India, she made her first said, “She is dying, she is on oxygen.” 12 vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, name of the hungry, of the naked, of the vows as a sister in 1928 and her final That March, the Missionaries of Charity 11 but the vow of poverty is stricter than in homeless, of the blind, of the lepers, of vows nine years later. elected her successor, Sister Nirmala 10 other congregations because, as Mother all those who feel unwanted, unloved, While teaching and serving as a Joshi. But Mother Teresa bounced back 9 Teresa explained, “to be able to love the uncared for throughout society.” She also principal at Loreto House, a fashionable and, before her death on Sept. 5, 1997, 8 poor and know the poor, we must be poor condemned abortion as the world’s girls’ college in Calcutta, she was she traveled to Rome and the United 7 ourselves.” In addition, the Missionaries greatest destroyer of people. depressed by the destitute and dying on States. 6 of Charity—sisters and brothers—take a “To me, the nations who have the city’s streets, the homeless street Mother Teresa was beatified in record 5 fourth vow of “wholehearted and free legalized abortion are the poorest urchins, the ostracized sick people lying time—in 2003, just more than six years 4 service to the poorest of the poor.” nations,” she said. “They are afraid of the prey to rats and other vermin in streets after her death—because St. John Paul 3 The tiny, wizened Mother Teresa in unborn child, and the child must die.” and alleys. set aside the rule that a sainthood process 2 her familiar white and blue sari opened When she was criticized for not using In 1946, she received a “call within a cannot begin until the candidate has been 1 houses for the destitute and dying, for her considerable influence to attack call,” as she described it. “The message dead five years. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016

too much—for fear that I’ll forget him. I for me,” says O’Brien, now a member of MOTHER get just what I need.’ ” St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little continued from page 1 Flower) Parish in Indianapolis. “I found A day to remember Mother to be very humble and prayerful. It happened during his time as a pastor Thirty-four years have passed, but She also was very accommodating, and in Detroit, a time when he was also the Mary O’Brien still vividly remembers the very easy to talk to. Mother Teresa died chaplain for the sisters of the Missionaries day she had the honor of serving as on my birthday, Sept. 5.” of Charities—the order Mother Teresa had Mother Teresa’s hostess for a day. O’Brien turned 81 on Sept. 5. She still established—who were helping homeless It was back in 1982 serves as the volunteer coordinator of Our women and children in that Michigan city. when Mother Teresa Lady of Fatima Retreat House in “They needed a home,” the archbishop arrived in Cincinnati Indianapolis. She’s still inspired by recalled. “Mother Teresa was nobody’s to be the keynote Mother Teresa. fool. She came to the city knowing there speaker at a “She lived the Gospel values to the would be a fair amount of publicity, a celebration of the highest form. I am so happy we can now Mass and probably a collection. The 800th anniversary of call her St. Mother Teresa.” sisters invited me to come to the Mass, the birth of St. Francis and I was happy to concelebrate. of Assisi. As a ‘What it was like to meet Jesus’ Everyone who was anyone was there. So member of the Dr. Joseph Bergeron of Indianapolis after Mass, I gave up any hope of Mary O’Brien celebration committee, wasn’t Catholic and he didn’t know much speaking with her.” O’Brien had the about Catholicism at Yet his time came the next day when privilege of picking up Mother Teresa at the time, but a film he received a phone call at the rectory, the airport. about Mother Teresa’s shortly after he had returned from fixing a “We took Mother through some of the life intrigued him so toilet for a parish member who was blind. poor sections of Cincinnati so she could much that he decided Mother Teresa was the keynote speaker at a He was still in his coveralls when one of see them,” O’Brien recalls. “At the time, I to try to meet her celebration of the 800th anniversary of the birth the sisters from India phoned, telling him was a principal of St. Joseph School, an when he traveled to of St. Francis of Assisi in Cincinnati in 1982. Mother Teresa wanted to meet with him. inner-city school in Cincinnati. When I India in 1989. Mary O’Brien, partially obscured sitting behind The archbishop remembered saw all that Mother did, I couldn’t help “I knocked on the Mother Teresa, was a member of the celebration responding, “You tell Mother I’m going but be inspired by her example. I served door, and I asked if I committee, and had the privilege of picking up to get cleaned up and put on my cassock, in the inner city for a long time. It’s Dr. Joseph could meet her,” he Mother Teresa at the airport. (Submitted photo) and I’ll be right over.” The sister got back always been dear to my heart to work Bergeron recalls. “She had an on the phone and said, “Mother says to with the poor.” abrasion on her went to the streets. That’s a real new come now.” Before the celebration, Mother Teresa forehead. She had fallen. She sat on the direction in ordinary life—not just talking So he did, still in his coveralls. spoke at a press conference, where one of cement bench with me and talked with me about caring for the poor, but doing it.” “What do you say to a living saint?” the reporters asked, “Do you think you for about 15 minutes. We talked about her Schott has been the archbishop said with a smile. “I was will be a saint some day?” work, and how much I admired her. She inspired by Mother the pastor of a poor parish in the inner “She said, ‘I’ll have to die first,’ ” took my hand and prayed for me. I prayed Teresa’s change of city so I asked her a pastor’s question, O’Brien recalls. “She had a sense of for her, too. direction as he has ‘Mother, how did you do in the collection humor.” “In talking to her, I had the feeling that tried to deal with the last night?’ She looked at me with a big At a Mass that day, O’Brien presented this must have been what it was like to loss of his wife two smile. She said, ‘You know, Father, I Mother Teresa with a San Damiano meet Jesus. It was a religious experience, years ago. A retired knew before the Mass how much money I crucifix. After the liturgy, Mother Teresa if you will. As a non-Catholic having that nurse, he has found a needed. I got exactly that amount. I didn’t spoke “for nearly 20 minutes on the experience, I came away with a deep new ministry in get 10 cents more or 10 cents less.’ dignity of the poor, the rights of the respect for the Catholic faith.” visiting residents of a “My jaw dropped. I said, ‘Wow, unborn and the poverty of St. Francis,” The impact of that meeting has shaped Norb Schott nursing home. Mother, that’s really something.’ She got according to O’Brien. When the Bergeron’s personal life and medical “When I go to visit, angry. Isn’t that great? A living saint gets celebration ended, she drove Mother career, even leading the member of the the nurse in me wants to do for all the angry with you. She said, ‘No, Father, Teresa back to the airport. Protestant faith to join the Catholic patients. Now, I just hug some, put my that’s not something. God never gives me “The entire day was such a privilege Medical Association. arm around them, look them in the eyes “I’m also a member of the Protestant and say a good word. I don’t focus on the one. I joined both because there’s very nursing,” says Schott, a member of St. little of an ethical voice in health care. We Paul the Apostle Parish in Greencastle. need somebody to say that abortion is “A lady I visit at the nursing home, wrong and euthanasia is wrong. We need Pat, is many times sleepy and not aware to stand up for both.” of much around her. The nurse in me wants to draw blood and check her blood ‘Thank you, Mother Teresa’ count. Instead, I play bingo with the Mother Teresa’s example of “changing patients, cover Pat’s numbers when she directions” has moved Norb Schott both does not because she nods off, and treat emotionally and spiritually. her as my friend. Many times I say, ‘Why Invites you to the “She had a comfortable life teaching in visit? She’ll be asleep.’ But she’s a the school of the Sisters of Loreto,” says member of the parish, and it’s good for Schott, about Mother Teresa’s early me to reach out. I take her holy 34th Annual religious life. “On a train ride to a retreat, Communion.” she saw the poor of Calcutta through the Schott thinks we should all follow train window. She was moved by the Mother Teresa’s example. Holy Spirit to change her direction. “Thank you, Mother Teresa, for Celebrate Life Dinner “She left her comfort and donned the inspiring our hearts. 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TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION Go to www.rtlindy.org or call (317) 582-1526 IS-5987722 106 105 104 103 102 A supplement to Catholic newspapers 101 published by Catholic News 100 Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., 99 Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All 98 contents are copyrighted © 2016 by 97 Catholic News Service. 96 95 Faith 94 Alive! 93 92 91 Spirit flowed through Mother Teresa to renew the Church, world 90 89 By David Gibson 88 87 In the eyes of the faithful around the world in the 86 20th-century, a woman known everywhere simply as 85 “Mother Teresa” was a living saint. 84 Millions were certain that this tiny woman, hard at 83 work in India’s slums, had proven unforgettable—a 82 certainty confirmed with her Sept. 4 canonization at the 81 Vatican by Pope Francis. 80 Born in 1910 to an Albanian family in Skopje, the 79 capital of Macedonia today, Blessed Teresa’s life as a 78 woman of India commenced in 1929 when she arrived 77 there as a member of the Loreto Sisters. Later, in 76 1950, she founded a new religious order of sisters, the 75 Missionaries of Charity, devoted like her to serving the 74 poorest of the poor. 73 What was it about Blessed Teresa of Calcutta that so 72 firmly gripped the world’s attention? 71 People certainly were struck by her visible care for 70 suffering people. It now is known, though, that her 69 personal journey of faith, while profoundly rewarding, 68 was agonizing too. 67 Her life, like that of many saints, was more complex 66 than it appeared to be from the outside looking in. 65 Her story, first, is about longing to bring light into the 64 darkened circumstances that so commonly surround the 63 very poor. 62 Canadian Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, a Missionaries of 61 Charity priest and editor of the 2007 book of her private 60 writings titled Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, calls Members of the Missionaries of Charity pray in Calcutta, India, on Aug. 4. It is common in chapels of the order founded by Blessed Teresa 59 attention to her desire “to keep the lamp—the life of Jesus of Calcutta to have the words “I thirst,” painted next to the crucifix, since she felt called to quench Christ’s thirst in her service to the 58 within her—burning, radiating his love to others and so poorest of the poor. (CNS photo/Saadia Azim) 57 dispelling the darkness.” 56 The book tells a compelling story about Blessed Teresa more broadly. she never ignored to quench Christ’s thirst witnessed in 55 and sisters of her order lighting a lamp in the dark, one- Simply put, this broader meaning has a lot to do with the lives of the very poor. 54 room shack where a man lived alone. the power and force of the breath of life. The English Her private vow, moreover, was never to refuse Jesus 53 Upon first discovering the lamp in a dark, dirty corner word “inspire” is rooted in a Latin word whichs means anything. 52 of that room, Blessed Teresa asked the man, “Don’t you “to breathe.” Finally, Blessed Teresa’s story is all about a woman 51 light it?” But because no one ever came to see him, he Take a look in the Gospel of St. John at what Jesus of endless mercy. Her canonization is timed to coincide 50 responded, “For whom will I light it?” did and said to the disciples after his resurrection. He with an event in the Church’s current Holy Year of 49 For a while, the sisters came daily to light the lamp. “breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Mercy called the Jubilee for Workers of Mercy and 48 Eventually, the man began lighting it himself. Then, two Spirit’ ” (Jn 20:22). Volunteers. 47 years later, he “sent word” to the sisters, saying, “Tell If the Lord’s breath carries the Holy Spirit, can the Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light presents a lengthy 46 Mother, my friend, the light she lit in my life is still breath of his followers carry the Spirit too? I like to think list she composed in 1983 of all those who deserve 45 burning.” of saints as inspirational people whose faith and example kindness from others. Notably, the list represents her 44 Blessed Teresa remains a source of inspiration today, breathe renewed life into the Church and the world. response to a question Jesus asked, “Who do you say 43 and her story, I believe, ought to also focus on this. To know Blessed Teresa’s story, it is essential to know that I am?” (Mt 16:15). 42 Serving among destitute, abandoned and dying people, of her life’s unique focus on two words that Christ uttered “Jesus is the Homeless—to be taken in,” and 41 and listening respectfully to them does not come naturally on the cross, “I thirst” (Jn 19:28). Mother Teresa: Come “Jesus is the Unwanted—to be wanted,” she wrote. 40 to everyone. Some feel uncomfortably out of place in this Be My Light, published 10 years after her 1997 death, “Jesus is the Drug Addict—to befriend him” and “the 39 mission. explains what these words meant to her. Prostitute—to remove from danger and befriend.” 38 Yet Blessed Teresa inspired the confidence in many She wrote that once, as she traveled by train in India, With remarkable clarity, she believed both that works 37 that they, indeed, could touch the lives and spirits of the God “gave me” a call, “to satiate the thirst of Jesus by of mercy served Jesus as he was found in others, and 36 poor. serving him in the poorest of the poor.” That September that through them Jesus called out to her. 35 The inspiration of saints often is understood mainly in 1946 day, Father Kolodiejchuk explained, Blessed Teresa 34 terms of how they moved others to follow their example. “had a decisive mystical encounter with Christ.” (David Gibson served on Catholic News Service’s 33 But the Church has a long history of viewing inspiration From then on, a persistent theme of her life was the call editorial staff for 37 years.) † 32 31 30 29 Mother Teresa was a witness to the evil of abortion before leaders of nations 28 By Marcellino D’Ambrosio But her humble and quiet work among these is the greatest destroyer of peace today. Because if a 27 poorest of the poor could not remain hidden for long. mother can kill her own child—what is left but for me 26 The woman known to the world as Mother Teresa Eventually, she was acclaimed by the elite of the world, to kill you and you kill me?” 25 originally came to India to teach the children of the who invited her to address them at various VIP events. When she spoke before U.S. government officials, 24 privileged. She eventually heard the call of the Lord to So in the last decades of her life, Mother Teresa many of whom had campaigned in favor of abortion, 23 leave the security of the convent to serve the least of all, spoke at international conferences, congressional prayer she said: “By abortion, the mother does not learn to 22 people thrown away by society, left to die in the streets. breakfasts and the United Nations. She even traveled to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. 21 Oslo, Norway, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. ... Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its 20 In her addresses to the powerful of the Earth, there people to love, but to use any violence to get what they 19 were several recurring themes. She often spoke about want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and 18 obstacles to peace and solutions to poverty. Repeatedly, peace is abortion.” 17 however, she identified the evil that she saw to be the In her strong, unambiguous denunciation of abortion, 16 epitome of violence and poverty in the world—abortion. Mother Teresa is a model of prophetic courage. But to 15 For Mother Teresa, the second greatest poverty in the her condemnation, she added other words that show 14 world is the experience of being rejected and cast off by us what an integrated, consistent pro-life position truly 13 society. The greatest poverty is the spiritual emptiness looks like. 12 that causes people to discard other human beings as At the 1994 International Conference on Population 11 useless objects. in Cairo, she said, “If there is a child that you don’t 10 Mother Teresa also identified abortion as the greatest want or can’t feed or educate, give that child to me. 9 threat to peace in the world. For abortion is not simply I will not refuse any child. I will give a home or find 8 a matter of the abandonment and indifference suffered loving parents for him or for her.” 7 by the poor dying in the streets of Calcutta. It is an act Authentic pro-life witness must not simply condemn 6 of intentional violence, of direct killing as a means to an the crime, but welcome the child. 5 A statue of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta is seen in Calcutta, India. end. 4 Known for her unwavering opposition to abortion and desire to In her acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize, (Marellino D’Ambrosio is co-founder of Crossroads 3 care for unwanted children, Mother Teresa was declared a saint she told her distinguished audience: “Millions are dying Productions, an apostolate of Catholic renewal and 2 on Sept. 4 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Rupak De Chowdhuri, Reuters) deliberately by the will of the mother. And this is what evangelization.) † 1 Page 12 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something/ 20th-century Church: The 1950s saw a healthy Church Christina Capecchi

(Seventh in a series of columns) experienced before, and hasn’t since. 1957. His show, “Life Is Worth Living,” Dreaming of Catholics took advantage of that in ways held the highest ratings during prime The 1950s might have been the that we can hardly imagine today. time on a major network, and he won the Caribbean: healthiest period of the Church in its Catholics benefited from the G.I. Bill an Emmy for Outstanding Television history, certainly its modern history. after World War II that made it possible Personality. bold adventures, Pius XII was still for more of them to go to college than Bishop Sheen won hundreds of pope until his death on ever before. By the 1950s, they were converts to Catholicism, including homecomings Oct. 9, 1958, although entering professions and beginning to celebrities like Clare Booth Luce, Henry he had been sick for be part of the mainstream of society, but Ford II and Loretta Young. He also The phone call came when I was the last four years of they hadn’t quite begun to move from raised millions of dollars for the missions boiling sweet corn—suppertime on a his papacy. Because of cities to the suburbs yet. So parishes grew, through his “day job” as director of the humdrum Sunday efforts to defame him especially because of the baby boom that American branch of the Pontifical Society whose excitement long after his death, occurred after the war. for the Propagation of the Faith. peaked with a trip to we forget how popular Most Catholic men belonged to This was the time, too, when families the grocery store. he was, and how the Holy Name Society or similar were saying the “Family Rosary” It had been months people paid attention organizations, which had monthly together. Holy Cross Father Patrick since I’d spoken with to his 41 encyclicals. Communion-breakfasts. Most Catholic Peyton, who coined the adage “the family my college friend After he died, he was highly praised women joined the Holy Rosary Sodality that prays together stays together,” was Wendy, but she by dignitaries everywhere, especially by or similar organizations. Most parishes conducting Rosary Rallies in dioceses skipped right over Jews, like the chief rabbi of Rome and had Catholic schools which most Catholic across the country. Parishes were the small talk: She’s prime minister of Israel, for his role in children attended and which were staffed encouraged to get families to pledge to moving to St. Croix. saving Jews during World War II. His by nuns. There were plenty of priests to recite the family rosary—and families did. When I heard St. Croix, I thought funeral procession was so large that lead the parishes. Father Peyton wasn’t successful only Wisconsin and the river I’ve fished with Cardinal Angelo Roncalli wrote in his Catholic periodicals saw high in the United States. His rallies spread my brother. But Wendy had been thinking diary on Oct. 11 that probably no Roman circulations. Two national newspapers, to countries throughout the world. More much bigger, she clarified: the U.S. Virgin emperor had enjoyed such a triumph. Our Sunday Visitor published in than 20 million people attended the rallies Islands. In the United States, the 1950s Huntington, Ind., and The Register as part of diocesan Rosary Crusades in The life she had planned for herself—a experienced the presidency of Dwight published in Denver, each had circulations countries throughout Latin America. comfortable one in a quiet Iowa suburb D. Eisenhower from January 1953 to approaching 1 million. It was an optimistic Church that lined with sidewalks, strollers and swing January 1961. It was a time of peace and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was the most entered the 1960s. Things were about to sets—no longer fit. Motherhood, she had prosperity that the country had never popular man on television from 1952 to change. † come to discern, is not her vocation. This was a startling realization, one she had arrived at with frequent prayer and utter Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes honesty. A series of events that seemed divinely orchestrated led to her this juncture, Contemplating the navel in a unique, productive way beginning Memorial Weekend when God made each of us unique. Although was meant to be a family man whose But I think we need to take stock of she was laid up with a broken arm. we’re alike in many ways, we’re also work should be hands-on. He can do just ourselves now and then, analyzing our Restlessness made her heart throb and very different. We about anything—plumb, wire, paint, build, gifts, our problems, our options. Maybe her fingers tingle, sending them to the have different talents, renovate, and do it well and quickly. we’re not the lucky ones who’ve always keyboard and a Google search for job strengths, weaknesses, Another person studied art history known what their talents are. But like the openings in—of all places—St. Croix, likes, dislikes, and so and was headed for museum work until later bloomers, we can find out what they some 2,500 miles from her current on. After all, we’re she began to help out at a preschool and are and put them to use. And we can be residence. made in the image of kindergarten. There, she found her true more realistic than poor Florence Foster I Googled it too to brush up on my God and there’s no niche as a master teacher and nurturer of Jenkins. geography. The map showed a tiny island end to who God is. young children. Today, she still teaches We don’t need to be self-centered or surrounded by blue. Puerto Rico. Images Sometimes we little ones, but she also teaches the new absorbed in ourselves in an unhealthy of scuba diving, horseback riding and know early on what teachers. way in order to do this. As we grow up white beaches. An hour’s flight from our talents are. I know Then, we have those who misread their and age, it’s natural to consider where Caracas, Venezuela. a man who, from talents, like Florence Foster Jenkins in a we’ve been and where we’re going, what It was time to take a leap of faith, boyhood, knew he was a natural born recent movie by the same name. She was works and what doesn’t in maintaining a Wendy told me. Time for an adventure. engineer. For example, once, when his a wealthy socialite who believed that she satisfying and useful life. Sunday night rolled around— mom bought a new washing machine, he was a great opera singer when, in fact, she God gives us the talents and skills to dishwasher loading, Netflix, Etsy—and I took the old one apart and then put it back was pretty tone-deaf. lead such a life, and God also gives us the couldn’t stop thinking of St. Croix. I felt a together again, just because he could. As time went on, she gave more and free will to use them one way or another. jolt of inspiration, and somewhere folded Another fellow was a natural leader. more recitals, receiving much attention Life is a balancing act. But life is also in Wendy’s news, should I acknowledge He could be seen as a boy hanging from from the press and public. Actually, meant to be joyous, and when we use our it, a challenge. a tree in a vacant lot next door, wearing people were laughing at her in the cruel talents to make life better for ourselves Couldn’t we all use the push to finally his Civil War cap and wielding a wooden tongue-in-cheek rave reviews she received. and others, we will experience such joy. do the thing we’ve always wanted to do? sword against an imaginary enemy. Later, When she finally realized the truth, she God gives us inspiration for joy and the Couldn’t we all use the audacity—that he had a distinguished career as a captain was devastated. So much for assessing talent to recognize it and to claim it when place in the heart where blood pumps in the U.S. Navy. one’s own talent. we see it. Just one of God’s many gifts. in equal measures of courage and Sometimes, it takes a longer time for Lots of people are not analytical about impatience—to go ahead and do it? folks to find their talents. One fellow was themselves. They just go with the flow, (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the My early 20s brought me across the a prospective seminarian and philosophy taking each day as it comes, and assuming Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular globe with friends, with family and for student until he finally realized that he that life will go on the best way it can. columnist for The Criterion.) † journalism—from Kilkenny, Ireland, to Ketchikan, Alaska. Praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. Strolling through Venice Coming of Age/Maria-Pia Negro Chin on a wet, ethereal night. Embracing the pope in St. Peter’s Basilica. But part of young adulthood is letting Take time to thank friends, show you appreciate them the slow tilt of maturity carry your feet to Last month, two young ladies were How do you support them and show them Another way is to continue the the ground, like a teeter-totter nearing the putting together a birthday scrapbook that you value their friendships? friendship and create more memories. grass. It’s figuring out where to put roots. for a mutual friend. They asked college Making time to show appreciation This can be challenging as people move Holding onto your adventurer’s heart and high school to your friends—often people whose away, but it is not impossible. while making room for responsibility. friends for photos of presence changes your life for the A mentor I had took her friends every I’ve been thinking about new memories and letters better—fuels these friendships. It does year on a short road trip. My aunts and beginnings, which you can almost smell highlighting why we not necessarily have to be a grand mother used to meet up for coffee at in September, with all the back-to-school love this person. gesture, but rather a way to acknowledge least once a month when they lived in the possibilities—sharp-tipped crayons, blank This gave how important they are—that we don’t same area. notebooks and mighty resolutions. me the chance to take them for granted. Yes, finding time to meet with friends New beginnings can come in surprising acknowledge how There are simple ways for us to show is challenging if you don’t live in the forms—and sometimes they lead you much I love and that we are grateful for their presence, same city, but the effort is worth it. We back home, allowing you to recognize respect my friend. It example and care. One of them is make time and spend money on things the beauty that was always in your midst. also made me realize highlighting the memories you have. we care about, so this should be no The late Eleanor Boyer, a New Jersey that I should thank friends for their Another is reaching out to thank them if different. Catholic who never married, was given a example and support more often. something they said or did helped you to When going back to our routines new shot in 1997, when, at 72, she won I have been blessed to meet caring grow. Yet another is remembering them in after summer, it is easy to get wrapped the lottery. Immediately she knew how friends who lead lives in ways that prayer, to thank God for them. One more up in a hectic routine. Things that are to spend her $11.8 million winnings: She inspire people to be their best selves. way to show your appreciation is to be urgent might take time away from what gave it away—half to her parish, half to They are also true friends who love you fully present when you are with them— is important. But making sure you her hometown. as you are, but they can call you out if no cellphones or other distractions— appreciate your friends is one of the “No new car, no vacation,” Eleanor you are not trying hard enough. These giving them your full attention. things that should take priority. told The New York Times. “My life is no friendships encourage all friends to grow Trying to emulate their example of different. I’ve given it up to God. I live in to be the best people they can be. being a good friend is another way to (Maria-Pia Negro Chin writes for See Capecchi, page 15 Who are these friends in your life? show that you value them. Catholic News Service.) † 106 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016 Page 13 105 104 103 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion 102 101 Daily Readings 100 99 The Sunday Readings Monday, September 12 Friday, September 16 98 The Most Holy Name of Mary St. Cornelius, pope and martyr 97 1 Corinthians 11:17-26, 33 St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr 96 Sunday, September 11, 2016 Psalm 40:7-10, 17 95 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 94 • Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 reading. It is a story of the willingness of Luke 7:1-10 Psalm 17:1bcd, 6-7, 8b, 15 93 • 1 Timothy 1:12-17 the Lord to associate with tax collectors Luke 8:1-3 92 • Luke 15:1-32 and sinners. It is still easy to imagine Tuesday, September 13 91 why the critics of Jesus would have St. John Chrysostom, bishop Saturday, September 17 90 disdained sinners. After all, sinners had and doctor of the Church St. Robert Bellarmine, bishop 89 This weekend’s first reading is from insulted God by breaking the divine law. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31a 88 the Book of Exodus. This book roughly Still, why were tax collectors such and doctor of the Church 87 chronicles the passage of the Hebrew terrible sinners? The reason was two- Psalm 100:1b-5 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49 86 people from Egypt, fold. In the first place, they were Luke 7:11-17 Psalm 56:10c-14 85 where they had been turncoats and traitors, tools of the Luke 8:4-15 84 slaves. detested Roman occupation, collecting Wednesday, September 14 83 Moses guided taxes for the imperial treasury. Secondly, The Exaltation of the Holy 82 them, but essentially, they were legalized thieves and Sunday, September 18 81 in Hebrew eyes, God extortionists. Cross Numbers 21:4b-9 Twenty-fifth Sunday in 80 guided them since Under the Roman system, tax Ordinary Time 79 Moses could not have collectors could assess taxes in amounts Psalm 78:1b-2, 34-38 78 accomplished such a they themselves chose. Then they could Philippians 2:6-11 Amos 8:4-7 77 task without God’s take whatever they received above and John 3:13-17 Psalm 113:1-2, 4-8 76 help. So, while they beyond what was sent to Rome and put it 1 Timothy 2:1-8 75 had Moses to thank for their successful in their own pockets. Thursday, September 15 Luke 16:1-13 74 and safe passage across the Sinai Jesus associated with these despicable or Luke 16:10-13 73 Peninsula to the land God had promised tax collectors. He even called one of Our Lady of Sorrows 72 them, the thanks ultimately were due to them, Matthew, to be an Apostle! Jesus 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 71 Almighty God. was criticized. Psalm 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28 70 In this reading, God speaks to Moses. The Lord answered the criticism with 69 God indicts the people for sinning. They three beautiful parables. Their lessons John 19:25-27 68 indeed had committed the greatest of sins. are clear. God’s mercy never ends, nor or Luke 2:33-35 67 They had constructed an idol and then is it ever limited. It awaits even the 66 worshipped it, a calf crafted from metal. worst of sinners, if only they repent. God 65 Harsh punishment would follow, not reaches out to us in our need. 64 because of divine wrath, but because they He can give us the strength to see the Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle 63 had pushed God away. They would reap way and to withstand whatever. 62 the whirlwind. It reflected the overall The reason that God allows evils in our 61 ancient Jewish thought that rejecting God Reflection 60 totally upset a person’s life, flawed the Displayed in the Vatican Museum is lives will remain a mystery in this life 59 person’s decision-making and weakened a splendid item, given to Pope Leo XIII 58 a person. in 1903 by the Austrian emperor and I have several friends who believe of God to others through acts of 57 Moses implored God to forgive the Hungarian king Francis Joseph I on the Qthat God creates children with birth kindness. (I have seen it in my own 56 people. He pleaded with God to remain 25th anniversary of the pope’s election. defects to become his “victim souls” family with my parents’ tender care for 55 the people’s guide and protector, despite Mounted on a magnificent black marble because God needs my sister, who died of multiple sclerosis 54 their sin. pedestal are wonderfully crafted gold suffering in order to at the age of 28.) 53 St. Paul’s First Epistle to Timothy is figures of 99 sheep, following a shepherd make up for what was I believe this is part of what is meant 52 the source of the second reading. Timothy literally carrying a sheep in his arms. lacking in the in the Gospel of John, when Jesus says 51 was St. Paul’s disciple. Together with The scene recalls the Good Shepherd, suffering of Christ in that the man was born blind not through 50 Silvanus, Timothy had accompanied Paul who searched for and found the stray the work of his parents’ sins or his own, but that “the 49 on some of the great Apostle’s missionary sheep. redemption. works of God might be made visible 48 travels. This beautiful work of art illustrates They quote to me through him” (Jn 9:3). 47 While elsewhere in his writings Paul the first of this weekend’s parables, and the account of the man 46 seems to express some doubts about through it reveals the loving mercy of born blind in John 9:3 We recently moved and now have 45 Timothy’s skills for leadership, Paul God. If we return to the Lord but are and Mother Teresa, Q attended four Catholic churches 44 nevertheless regarded him as a special weak, the Lord will carry us to fertile who once said that suffering is the kiss of close to our new home in an effort to 43 associate and faithful disciple. pastures. Jesus. Does God really do this? Ever? figure out which one we would like to 42 To fortify Timothy’s fidelity, Paul First of all, we must admit our own (New Jersey) join. It appears that the Church has 41 explains his own personal devotion to blindness, limitations and stubbornness. relaxed any sort of tradition on timely 40 Christ. Paul makes clear that he himself It is not easy. We need God’s I do not support your friends’ arrival for Mass. 39 was a sinner. Despite all this, Paul insists enlightenment. Aexplanation. God can do anything he Many parishioners at each of these 38 God had saved him from eternal death God will enlighten us, if we are wants; he doesn’t “need” human suffering churches seem to arrive for Sunday 37 through Jesus the Redeemer. humble, as Moses was humble, as Paul to complete the work of redemption. If Mass any time they want, right up until 36 St. Luke’s Gospel provides the last was humble. † God decided that what Jesus did was just after the readings. 35 sufficient in itself, that would surely be So my questions are these: How late 34 within the divine prerogative. is acceptable? Just so you’re there by the 33 My Journey to God Having said that, I do not claim to time the readings start? Before the 32 know why the Lord allows children to be Gospel? Before Communion? 31 born with birth defects. That is one aspect (Maryland) 30 of the “problem of evil,” which has 29 Born to Serve the Lord triggered theological discussion and First, to your question as to “How 28 debate since the dawn of creation—and A late is acceptable?” Half a century 27 By Ron Lewis without a solution that totally satisfies. ago, it was common for moral 26 One need only look at the Book of Job theologians and liturgists to speak of the 25 From the dust of the earth my in the Old Testament. Though Job had “three principal parts of the Mass”—that 24 God created man. lost nearly everything he valued in life— is, the offertory, consecration and 23 His breath made man a living soul. family and friends, health and crops—and Communion. If you missed any of these, 22 And God so loved the world he gave still failed to understand, he chose simply you failed to fulfill your obligation to 21 his only Son. to continue to trust in God. attend Mass. 20 And that is why I love him so. “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken That minimalist approach has been set 19 away; blessed be the name of the Lord” aside, lest it encourage the weak of heart 18 I was made in his likeness, created (Jb 1:21). to arrive as late as possible. The Mass is 17 in his image. So the ultimate and honest answer to now viewed as an integrated whole, a 16 For I was born to serve the Lord. the question is: “We don’t know.” For as single act of worship from the entrance 15 I cannot deny him. long as we remain on this side of heaven, rite through to the final blessing and 14 I will always walk beside him, we simply do not know how to reconcile dismissal. 13 For I was born to love the Lord. God’s goodness with the fact that much The current Code of Canon Law says 12 of his creation is wounded and broken; simply, “On Sundays and other holy 11 My hands were made to help I was made in his likeness, but we trust that the reasons will be days of obligation, the faithful are 10 my neighbor. created in his image, revealed once we enter the peace of obliged to participate in the Mass” 9 My eyes were made to read God’s word. For I was born to serve the Lord. God’s presence. (#1247). 8 My feet were made to walk in I cannot deny him. Part of the explanation, theologically, Those who habitually arrive late need 7 his footsteps. I will always walk beside him, is that sickness and imperfection, disease to rethink their priorities, and a gentle 6 My body is the temple of the Lord. For I was born to serve the Lord. and death were not part of God’s original reminder from time to time in the parish 5 plan, but are the ongoing effects of bulletin might be in order. 4 (Ron Lewis is a member of St. Anthony Parish in Clarksville. A tapestry of Blessed original sin. I even think that we should get to 3 Teresa of Calcutta hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica after being Through Christ, though, we have been Mass a few minutes early—to relax, 2 positioned by workers at the Vatican on Sept. 1.) (CNS photo/Paul Haring) given the grace to overcome those pray and prepare ourselves spiritually to 1 hardships, and show the love and mercy meet Jesus in holy Communion. † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016

and Kristie Scherschel. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of one. SMITH, Kenneth C., 78, Rest in peace St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Aug. 24. Husband of Beth Please submit in writing to three. Smith. Father of Amy, our office by 10 a.m. Benjamin and Dallas KORKHOUSE, Kyle D., 37, Boschen, Elizabeth Thursday before the week St. Pius X, Indianapolis, of publication; be sure to Kavanagh and Andrew Aug. 21. Husband of Robyn Smith. Grandfather of nine. state date of death. Korkhouse. Father of Kyra Obituaries of archdiocesan Korkhouse. Son of David WILKINS, Jerry, 78, priests serving our Korkhouse. Brother of Keri St. Simon the Apostle, archdiocese are listed Korkhouse. Indianapolis, Aug. 26. elsewhere in The Criterion. Husband of Mary Wilkins. Order priests and religious MCGARRY, Joan (Everly), Father of Mark and Michael sisters and brothers are 91, St. Charles Borromeo, Wilkins. Grandfather of six. included here, unless they Bloomington, Aug. 24. Mother of Susan Risk, Carol, WILLIAMS, Gene E., 86, are natives of the St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, archdiocese or have other Phillip and William McGarry. Grandmother of seven. Aug. 25. Husband of Mary connec­tions to it; those are Williams. Father of Pamela separate obituaries. Great-grandmother of 12. Great-great-grandmother of Allen, Karen Hackman, BARRETT, Vonna F., 78, one. Linda Johnson, Nancy Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Kendall, Mary Ann Christ, Indianapolis, Aug. 22. MOSTER, Rosemary, 84, Renschler and David Mother of Roberta Clark. St. Michael, Brookville, Williams. Grandfather of 18. Sister of Mary Agresta and Aug. 22. Wife of Louis Great-grandfather of 10. Robert Dortch Sr. Moster. Mother of Jeff Moster. Sister of Katie Back, ZIEGLER, Gary, 69, Grandmother of two. St. Agnes, Nashville, Great-grandmother of one. Delores Bosse, Eunice Miller, Bill Jr. and Tom Metz. Aug. 19. Husband of Caryl EVANS, Adrienne A., 76, Grandmother of three. Ziegler. Father of Beth Mohr Knights on Bikes SS. Francis and Clare of and Chris Ziegler. Brother of Assisi, Greenwood, Aug. 3. NIELSEN, Jr., James C., JoAnn Nix, Joyce Parkison Matt Goreczny, Chris Wolfgong and Robert Burneisen, front right, pictured in an Aug. 4 photo, are Wife of Milton Evans. Mother 60, St. Roch, Indianapolis, and Lamar Ziegler. founding members of the Pennsylvania Chapter of Knights on Bikes. (CNS photo/Mary Solberg, FaithLife) Aug. 19. Father of James of Janet Eyring, Cindy Grandfather of two. † Nielsen III. Brother of Carl Letterle and Steve Evans. and Chris Nielsen. Sister of Ron Jackson. Benedictine Sister Carlita Koch served as prioress, teacher, pastoral associate Grandmother of five. NOCKS, Gerald E., 69, Great-grandmother of one. All Saints, Dearborn County, Benedictine Sister Carlita Koch, a member of Monastery In the early 1970s, she began serving in different leadership Aug. 20. Husband of Kay Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Ind., in the Evansville, positions in the monastery. The monastic community then GAUDIN, Mary A. Nocks. Father of Lisa, Tim Ind., Diocese, died on Aug. 13 at the monastery’s Hildegard elected Sister Carlita as prioress in 1973, a position she held for (Bumen), 90, Most Sorrowful and Tom Nocks. Brother of Health Center. She was 80. eight years. She later ministered as an administrative assistant Mother of God, Vevay, Dick Nocks. Grandfather of The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Aug. 17 and chaplain in hospitals in the Evansville and Fort Wayne- Aug. 27. Mother of Bernie, three. at the monastery church. Burial followed at the monastery South Bend dioceses. Jim, Joe, Jr. and Rick Gaudin. cemetery. In the archdiocese, Sister Carlita served at Christ the King PULSIFER, Mary T., 95, Grandmother of nine. Sister Carlita was born on July 1, 1936, in Evansville. She School in Indianapolis from 1955-58, at St. Paul Hermitage in St. Mark the Evangelist, Great-grandmother of four. entered Monastery Immaculate Conception on Sept. 7, 1953, Beech Grove from 1960-61 and as a pastoral associate at Indianapolis, Aug. 23. Mother Great-great-grandmother of and professed vows on June 13, 1955. She celebrated the 60th St. Mary Parish in Mitchell from 1996-2003. of Joseph and Richard one. anniversary of her profession of vows in 2015. She is survived by three sisters: Benedictine Sister Rosa Lee Pulsifer. Grandmother of one. ISOM, Kirk A., 53, During her 61 years as a member of Monastery Immaculate Koch, a member of Monastery Immaculate Conception; Martha SS. Francis and Clare of SCHERSCHEL, Carol L., Conception, Sister Carlita ministered in education for 34 years Render of Greenwood; and Karen Waller of Evansville. 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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Hopes for Christian unity The pope’s visit to Assisi is may not be spring fresh, but Pope Francis’ fall calendar is scheduled to last just eight hours. filled with ecumenical appointments. But standing alongside Archbishop Even as developments within Christian communities Welby and Orthodox Ecumenical seem to be solidifying differences that would make full Patriarch Bartholomew of unity difficult, there is no sign that the desire to meet and Constantinople—as well as Jewish, dialogue is waning. And, in fact, divided Christians are Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and Sikh finding more opportunities to pray together and engage in leaders—will be an affirmation of a joint work to help the poor and needy. shared belief that true faith always Pope Francis will open his season of ecumenical and seeks peace. interfaith engagements on Sept. 20 when he joins other The climate of his visit to Christian leaders and representatives of other religions Georgia may not be quite as warm in Assisi to commemorate the 30th anniversary of St. as Pope Francis is used to. Although John Paul II’s interreligious peace gathering. Ten days Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II invited later, Pope Francis flies to Georgia, a predominantly the pope to visit the country and Orthodox nation. In October, he will meet and pray with will meet with him the first day, the Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and, pope and patriarch are not scheduled at the end of the month, he will fly to Sweden to take to attend each other’s liturgies, part in ecumenical events launching commemorations which has become a common of the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant practice when the pope visits a Reformation. predominantly Orthodox country. Acknowledging where Churches and Christian Patriarch Ilia, 83, was elected Pope Francis greets Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, spiritual communities diverge is an obvious first step in a dialogue head of the Georgian Orthodox leader of the Anglican Communion, during a private meeting at the Vatican in this June 16, to overcome differences. But a relationship that stops Church in 1977 when Georgia 2014, file photo. The pope will meet Archbishop Welby in Assisi during an interfaith peace there gives the wrong impression that Church-dividing was still a Soviet republic and meeting this month and in Rome in October. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano) issues are more important than the central beliefs of the communist government was Christianity they profess together in the Creed. placing severe restrictions on the practice of faith. The message the pope’s calendar conveys is that “no Hundreds of churches and monasteries had been closed, matter what the new and old differences are, we are but under Patriarch Ilia’s leadership in the 1980s, the still bound together by a common baptism and so many Church began to rebuild and grow. In his early years elements of common faith and the common obligation to as patriarch, the Georgian Orthodox Church also was share the Gospel,” said Bishop Brian Farrell, secretary of actively involved in the ecumenical movement and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Patriarch Ilia served as a co-president of the World At a time when the pace of the formal theological Council of Churches. dialogues seems sluggish to many, Bishop Farrell told After the Soviet Union dissolved and as Georgians Catholic News Service (CNS) that “the living out of our began recovering their ethnic and cultural identity— spiritual relations is moving along in a very positive way.” an identity closely tied to Orthodoxy since the fourth Taking opportunities to pray together and making century—there was growing criticism of the modern commitments to engage in joint social and charitable ecumenical movement and its perceived tendency to works should “create a climate of greater trust, which will equate all expressions of Christianity. The Orthodox help us confront theological differences with confidence Church of Georgia withdrew from the World Council of and a better understanding of each other,” the bishop said. Churches in 1997. When representatives of the world’s 14 Orthodox Churches were preparing to meet in Crete in June, the Georgian Church was one of the first to announce it would not participate. The Georgian Church’s synod cited ‘No matter what the new a proposed document on relations with other Christians as and old differences are, we one of the reasons it stayed away. While the theological and moral issues separating are still bound together by Catholics and Anglicans are more profound that those a common baptism and so impacting the Catholic-Orthodox relationship, Archbishop Patriarch Ilia II, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, is many elements of common Welby’s visit to the Vatican is expected to be warmer, pictured during a meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this Jan. 10, 2013, file photo. Patriach Ilia, who invited Pope Francis to visit Georgia, faith and the common to include prayer with Pope Francis and the signing of a joint declaration. has served as patriarch since 1977. The pope is scheduled to obligation to share the The Anglican archbishop’s visit to Rome marks the make a Sept. 30-Oct. 2 visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan. (CNS photo/ Gospel.’ 50th anniversary of formal Anglican-Roman Catholic Zurab Kurtsikidze, EPA) dialogue, the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Center in mission to the world. 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Page 16 The Criterion Friday, September 9, 2016 Benedict sisters to honor local women as ‘Angels of Grace’ By Natalie Hoefer tickets, spa treatments, pretty dresses and coming five days a week.” unwed mothers. She hired an much more. After picking up food orders at a organizational coach, and together they Throughout the Bible, three archangels Since its founding in 2010, Little Wish Kroger in Brownsburg, she would arrive did research to assess what population had are listed by name: Gabriel, messenger of Foundation has expanded to serve at the soup kitchen around 7 a.m. and the greatest needs. good news to Mary and Zechariah; pediatric cancer patients at six hospitals in remain until around noon. “We found that 19-24 year-old single Michael, defender of heaven; and Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Chicago and When volunteering, Morley says she moms were the fastest segment of Raphael, the traveling companion of Los Angeles—the latter hospital through would do “anything and everything” that homelessness growing in the U.S.,” she Tobias. the sponsorship of Lids hat company. was needed. Stopping at grocery stores to says. “And we found out that there wasn’t For the last nine years, the Sisters of According to the non-profit’s website, pick up donations, preparing and cooking any transitional housing for these women St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace www.littlewishfoundation.org, 593 little casseroles and soups, cleaning up after in Greenwood.” Monastery in Beech Grove have identified wishes have been granted to date. helping feed around 150 souls each day— Thus began the all-volunteer-operated three local women who have heroically Niemiec managed to grow the nothing was off limits for Morley. Haven Women’s Ministry in Greenwood served in the roles of messenger, defender foundation while finishing high school But her favorite form of service was in 2007. and companion, and recognized their and then while attending Butler getting to know the clients. According to the non-profit’s website, service with an “Angels of Grace” award. University in Indianapolis. She graduated “You have this rapport with the www.havenwomensministry.org, the goal This year’s recipients are Little Wish in May with a bachelor’s degree in non- people that come down there. You see of the organization is to “provide a way Foundation founder Liz Niemiec for the profit administration. all walks of life—those just released for these women to meet the needs of “messenger” Archangel Gabriel Award; The 23-year-old operates the non-profit from the hospital or a mental institution their families.” They do this by providing Cathedral Kitchen longtime volunteer Dee out of her mother’s home in Noblesville, or jail. But they still have the need to be financial help, child care, household Morley for the “defender” Archangel where as a recent graduate she is fed and the need for encouragement to items, toiletries, clothing, Bible study and Michael Award; and Haven Women’s searching for a parish to call home. She live straight. more to roughly 30-35 women ages 18 Ministry founder Carol Naragon for the will soon take over as chief operating “There’s a gentleman who’s been and older at any given time. “companion” Archangel Raphael Award. officer of Little Wish Foundation, while living around the place under a bridge or With the donation by Greenwood These women will receive their award her mother serves as chief executive in a corner somewhere as long as I’ve Wesleyan Church of their unused on Sept. 24 at a fashion show and officer. been volunteering,” she says. “One parsonage two-and-a-half years ago, the luncheon fundraiser honoring all women, Like the Archangel Gabriel—who winter, he lived in a cardboard box. It just ministry has been able to house three and benefiting women’s programs at the happens to be Niemiec’s confirmation breaks my heart to see that. People families. Benedict Inn Retreat & Conference patron—the young entrepreneur sees shouldn’t have to live that way. You bring “It’s not a handout, it’s not a shelter,” Center in Beech Grove. herself as a herald, but with a two-fold them extra blankets and try to help them says Naragon. “It’s a home, and they can Here are the stories of this year’s message. as much as you can. It’s a different stay two years. messenger, defender and companion. “I’m definitely a messenger of bringing lifestyle.” “They take ownership—they pay a little things to kids to make them happy,” Eventually Morley—a mother of four, little rent, one-third of the utilities, they Archangel Gabriel Award winner she says. “That’s the basic mission of grandmother of two and great- clean. It teaches them to budget, and all Liz Niemiec what I do and want to do. grandmother of one—cut back her service the girls go through a financial Liz Niemiec was just a sophomore in “But even more so, I’m a messenger to to three days a week. In March, she program.” high school in Michigan City, Ind., when other kids my age and younger. I’m a officially “retired” from volunteering at Just as the Archangel Raphael served she learned a life-altering lesson: little good role model for them, helping them the soup kitchen—sort of. as a traveling companion to Tobias, so things make a big difference. understand that little things can make a “I’m supposed to be retired, but I still Naragon, 60, is a traveling companion She learned the lesson from the difference, and little things add up.” go down maybe one day a week or so,” with the women she serves, journeying adopted son of a she admits. “[The homeless] have such a with them to meet their physical, teacher from her Archangel Michael Award winner hard life, out in hot weather and cold emotional and spiritual needs. Catholic grade Dee Morley weather. You have to have a lot of “I walk alongside of them as a friend,” school. She saw Like the Archangel Michael for whom sympathy. You just can’t walk away from says the remarried non-profit founder, how young Max, her award is named, 82-year-old Dee that.” who is now the mother of six and who was dying of Morley is a defender. grandmother of 15. “Although I never cancer, brimmed For 20 years, she defended the survival Archangel Raphael Award winner went through anything like these girls over with joy when of the homeless one Carol Naragon went through, I couldn’t stay in my home his parents gave him spoonful of soup at After being wed at age 17, raising four [after the divorce] because I couldn’t a puppy. a time at the children and being married for 35 years, afford it, so I felt that devastation of being “I saw what a big Cathedral Kitchen Carol Naragon was shocked to find left alone. I feel like I can connect with Liz Niemiec impact that made on behind SS. Peter herself living alone them. his life,” she says. and Paul Cathedral as a divorced “God told the Church to visit widows “It made him really in Indianapolis. woman in her 50s. and orphans [Jas 1:27]. I want to provide happy.” Her service The member of the place for that to happen. I will run the Max died on March 17, 2010, after a started as part of a Emmanuel Church mission if [churches] will support it. two-and-a-half year battle with disease. team of soup of Greenwood says “Our motto is we want to be a hand up “At his wake, it was upsetting, and I kitchen volunteers she “started praying and not a hand out. I just want to show felt the need to act,” Niemiec recalls. “I from her home about what to do. I [these women] love and be a helping remembered how something so little Dee Morley parish of St. still felt young hand.” made him so happy. I knew I could do Malachy in enough to give, but little things to make other little kids with Brownsburg. The group volunteered once I never went to (The Angels of Grace fundraiser and cancer happy.” a week. college.” luncheon will be held at Primo Banquet She decided she wanted to start a non- Two years after her involvement with Carol Naragon The answer soon Hall & Conference Center, 2615 National profit organization to grant little wishes to the team, Morley’s husband passed away. became clear. Ave., in Indianapolis, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. children with cancer. “I said, ‘God, what do you want me to “While I was married, we were on a on Sept. 24. Tickets are $35 per person, “My mom blew it off at first,” she do next?’ The need was so great down board of an unwed mothers’ home in or $260 for a table of eight. Fashions by says. “I kept pushing. I kept bothering her there [at the soup kitchen], it was an easy Greenwood,” she says. “I used to get the The Secret Ingredient will be modeled every day. Finally she called a lawyer decision. I just want to help my brothers girls, bring them home. If they needed to and available for purchase, with 10 [who] made everything legal and OK to and sisters in Christ.” make money, we would iron and clean. I percent of proceeds going toward raise money and make it a foundation.” Early on in her 20 years of didn’t realize I was mentoring the girls. … women’s programs at the Benedict Inn In May of 2010, then-17-year-old Liz volunteering, the plumbing at the soup “I felt the Lord say, ‘I gave you that Retreat & Conference Center in Beech founded Little Wish Foundation. kitchen had problems. Consequently, the passion. Now you don’t have a husband Grove. The event includes raffles for gift As the name suggests, the non-profit clients had to be served outdoors. and four kids to look after—you have baskets and a week’s stay at a home on organization focuses on the smaller gifts In order to feed the homeless during time.’ I started getting excited. I felt like I Lake Michigan. For reservations or that may bring a suffering child joy or that time, says Morley, “I made pots of had some direction.” questions, contact the Benedict Inn at hope—a laptop, iPad or Xbox, concert soup at home. Before I knew it, I was Naragon began to envision a home for 317-788-7581 or www.benedictinn.org.) † Jesus’ mercy extends to even the greatest of sinners, Pope Francis says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Jesus’ great or small, we all are. she has found herself for years. In short, reproached, the pope said. Instead, she loving gaze of tenderness and mercy “The Lord tells us, ‘Courage, come, she knows and feels that Jesus can save was met with his gaze of “mercy and extends to all who you are no longer discarded. I forgive her.” tenderness” that not only welcomes her, seek forgiveness no you, I embrace you.’ This is mercy,” he Through the Gospel story, he said, but also “acknowledges her dignity.” matter how great or said. “We, including Christian communities, This gaze and encouragement from small their sins may Reflecting on the Gospel reading of are warned against views of women Christ, he added, also is experienced by be, Pope Francis said. Jesus’ miraculous healing of a woman affected by prejudice and suspicion, all those who feel discarded and While many often suffering from hemorrhages, Pope damaging their inviolable dignity.” marginalized by their own sins. feel “cast aside” Francis noted the woman’s persistence in The Gospel vision, he added, restores The woman is not saved by touching because of their sins, trying to reach out to Jesus despite the the truth and allows women to be viewed Jesus’ cloak but by his words which Jesus offers fact that she was excluded from society from “a liberating perspective.” “consoled her, healed her and restored encouragement and because of her condition. “We don’t know her name, but the few her to a relationship with God and with “tells us, ‘Courage, lines in which the Gospel describes her her people,” Pope Francis said. Pope Francis “She was a woman discarded from come to me,’ ” the society. It is important to consider this encounter with Jesus outline an itinerary “Once again Jesus, with his merciful pope said on Aug. 31 at his weekly condition—discarded—to understand her of faith capable of restoring the truth and behavior, shows the Church the path it general audience. state of mind,” he said. the greatness of each person’s dignity,” must take to reach out to every person so “It is the moment of forgiveness, of “She senses that Jesus can free her he said. that each one can be healed in body and inclusion in Jesus’ life and the life of the from her sickness and from the state of After touching Jesus’ cloak, the spirit and recover his or her dignity as a Church. All of us are sinners; whether marginalization and indignity in which woman tried to hide and expected to be child of God,” the pope said. †