CATHOLIC

JULY 2, 2017 13TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME VOLUME 66:37 DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS A journal of Catholic life in Ohio

HOLY ROSARY - ST. JOHN CHURCH CELEBRATES ITS HERITAGE 2 Catholic Times July 2, 2017

The Editor’s Notebook OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT To be Catholic is to be devoted to community Clergy Assignment By David Garick, Editor Father Peter Asantebwana, from ministry in the Tuscarawas- Holmes-Coshocton Deanery and residence at St. Francis de No man is an island, entire of of the Holy Spirit Sales Church, Newcomerstown, to Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew itself. Every man is a piece of the emanating from Church, Gahanna, effective Aug. 9. continent, a part of the main. every one of its Those words were written by English members. It is not Father Steve Bell, CSP, from Associate Director, St. Thomas poet John Donne is 1624. The thoughts just what we call More Newman Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, to he expresses are not unique to his time. ourselves, but how service outside the diocese, effective July 1. They strike at the very heart of what it we live every aspect of our lives. means to be Catholic. The members of Christ’s body, the Father Cyrus M. Haddad, from Parochial Vicar, Perry County Consortium of Churches (St. Rose Church, New Lexington; What does it mean to be a Catholic? Church, are indeed diverse, and so are St. Bernard Church, Corning; St. Patrick Church, Junction City; For far too many people, the answer is the gifts of the Spirit distributed to those and Church of the Atonement, Crooksville), to Administrator, pretty murky: “Well, I was born Catho- members. To truly be Christian, we lic. I was baptized when I was a baby. I must acknowledge our unique gifts and Perry County Consortium of Churches, effective July 11. went to Catholic school. I get to Mass abilities and use them for the building up Father Daniel J. Swartz, from Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew when I can,” they say. Those are all im- of the Body of Christ. Those gifts can Church, Gahanna, to Associate Administrator, Perry County portant things, but does that make you a be expressed in many ways. It may be Consortium of Churches (St. Rose Church, New Lexington; Catholic Christian? Not really. St. Paul through ability to express the teachings St. Bernard Church, Corning; St. Patrick Church, Junction City; tells us that we are not called to live just of Christ through speech or writing or art and Church of the Atonement, Crooksville), effective Aug. 9. for ourselves: “For you were called for in bringing people to the faith, or though freedom, brothers. But do not use this the nurture and raising of children, or Father Stuart Wilson-Smith, CSP, to Associate Director, freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; through actions of physical and spiritual St. Thomas More Newman Center, The Ohio State University, rather, serve one another through love. healing for those who are suffering, or Columbus, effective July 1, upon nomination from Father Eric For the whole law is fulfilled in one through reaching out to assist those who Andrews, CSP, Provincial of the Paulist Fathers. statement, namely, ‘You shall love your are in poverty, hunger, or loneliness. It neighbor as yourself.’” may be through the gift of prayer that a We know that each of us must accept person contributes to the overall strength Christ as his or her personal Savior. We of the Church. Or perhaps the person Catholic Times is on summer schedule! have a very direct and special relation- is called to serve the church as a priest, Things slow down during the summer, and ship to him. But Christ does not call us deacon, or religious sister or brother. All that includes the Catholic Times. During to worship in solitude. He calls us to these gifts are important, and everyone community. In all his teaching, Jesus who has received the Holy Spirit must June, July and August, we will only be emphasized that to truly live his love is use his or her gift to truly be part of the publishing every other week. Look for the to share it with others in a community of Body of Christ. We do not do any of Catholic Times in your mailbox just prior to believers. these things on our own. We do them as July 16 & 30; August 13 & 27 part of a glorious community. Paul tells us that “all parts of the body, We will return to our regular weekly publication though many, are one body, so also This week’s edition of Catholic Times schedule in September Christ. For in Spirit we were all bap- provides a wonderful perspective of how tized into one body.” That one body is the many and varied gifts of the Holy the Church … the assembly of the bap- Spirit are manifested in the worship and tized … the reality of Christ’s body in service to mankind that takes place within the world. That singular body is ener- the Community of Holy Rosary and St. Correction - An advertisement in the June 18 Catholic Times listed the gized through the regular sharing of the John the Evangelist in the inner city of Co- price of a Sept. 1-10 pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes as $2,795. The actual true body and blood of Christ in the Eu- lumbus. These truly are Catholic Chris- price is $2,495. For more information, contact Garrett at (773) 790-3164 or charist and expressed through the gifts tians in word, in action, and in spirit. Mark at (330) 432-0817.

Front Page photo: Bishop Frederick F. Campbell, DD, PhD ­~ President & Publisher CATHOLIC The sanctuary of David Garick ~ Editor ([email protected]) Columbus Holy TIMES Tim Puet ~ Reporter ([email protected]) Rosary-St. John Alexandra Keves ~ Graphic Design Manager ([email protected]) Church, originally St. Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. Catholic Times (USPS 967-000) (ISSN 745-6050) is the official newspaper Mailing Address: 197 E. Gay St., Columbus OH 43215 John the Evangelist of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. It is published weekly 45 Editorial/Advertising: (614) 224-5195 FAX (614) 241-2518 Church. It was built times per year with exception of every other week in June, July and August and the week following Christmas. Subscription rate: $25 per Subscriptions (614) 224-6530 FAX (614) 241-2573 in 1898 and 1899. year, or call and make arrangements with your parish. Postage Paid at Columbus, OH 43218 (subscriptions @columbuscatholic.org) CT photo by Tim Puet Postmaster: Send address changes to Catholic Times, 197 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. Please allow two to four weeks for change of address. July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 3 Diocese introduces its new Internet home for Catholic information The Diocese of Columbus You also will see an image of and the Catholic Times have a the front page of the current is- brand new website – sue. From there, you can open www.columbuscatholic.org! the Times e-edition, which will The new site, hosted by eCatho- bring you the entire print edi- lic, one of the nation’s largest tion to read. In coming weeks, website providers for Catholic an archive feature will be added parishes and dioceses, will pro- that will allow you to read all the vide easy, one-stop access to a Times issues that have been pub- wealth of information and news lished during the last decade. The about the Catholic Church in Co- Catholic Times page also features lumbus and around the world. the latest Catholic news from the The new service went active last Vatican and around the world week. The front page provides from Catholic News Service. important information about Another important feature of the things going on in the diocese. new website is the addition of a Dropdown menus will connect translator that will allow the read- you to diocesan offices, programs, er to see all the web pages in any and ministries. Here you also can of a dozen languages commonly access the diocesan directory, used in the Diocese of Columbus. with contact information for all Because people will be accessing diocesan offices and ministries. the site from many different types The “parishes” section will give of computers, tablets, and mobile you contact information for all of devices, the diocesan website is our parishes, and a new mapping designed.to automatically refor- feature from Goggle Maps will mat the page to fit the screen on show the location of each church which it is being viewed. and driving directions. Even though the site is up and Also on the front page will be running, it remains a work in news briefs from the Catholic progress. New features will be Times and the Catholic News added in the weeks ahead, and the Service. For more Catholic news, page will be constantly changing click the Catholic Times icon and to reflect the ongoing vitality of go to the Catholic Times page, Catholic life in the diocese. where you can read full-screen So bookmark www.columbus- stories from the current edition catholic.org in your computer, of the Times. On the left side of tablet, or smartphone. It is your the page is a commentary section new gateway to everything Cath- with all the columns you enjoy in olic in central, southern, and the Catholic Times. eastern Ohio. Dr. Robert A. Gervasi begins tenure as Ohio Dominican president Dr. Robert A. Gervasi’s tenure as Ohio comed its largest class on record. In the positions, he had responsibility for all Bristol-Myers and Procter and Gamble. Dominican University’s 16th president past nine years, enrollment in its honors executive functions such as strategic He serves on many boards and in began on Monday, June 26. University program has increased from 33 to 202 planning, faculty development, market- several community service and profes- trustees announced on March 3 that Ger- students. Quincy also became a more ing, fundraising, and recruitment. sional organizations, including on the vasi would be ODU’s next president. He diverse campus under his leadership, Gervasi has taught at the University executive committee of the Council of succeeds Dr. Peter Cimbolic, who re- with approximately 17 percent of the of Louisville, McKendree University, Independent Colleges; peer reviewer tired after seven years in the position. university’s student population made Chatfield College in St. Martin, Ohio, for the Higher Learning Commission Gervasi has spent the last nine years up of minority students. Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, of the North Central Association of serving as president of Quincy (Il- Before joining Quincy, Gervasi served Xavier University in Cincinnati, the Colleges and Schools; board member linois) University, a private Catholic as president and chief executive officer Wharton School of Business at the Uni- for the Great River Economic Develop- Franciscan liberal arts university with of the Institute for Study Abroad in In- versity of Pennsylvania, and The Ohio ment Foundation; and as a member of approximately 1,300 undergraduate dianapolis. There, he served more than State University. He also lectured as se- the Rotary Club of Quincy. He previ- and graduate students. 3,000 American students annually at 80 nior Fulbright scholar in classics at the ously was on the executive committee During his tenure as president, Quincy universities worldwide. Prior to that, he University of Zimbabwe. In addition of the Associated Colleges of Illinois. experienced growth and improvement was dean of Kentucky campuses and of to his work in higher education, he has His wife, Jen, is a former executive in many areas, including enrollment. external programs for McKendree Uni- worked in public relations, marketing, in the home fashion industry and arts In the fall of 2016, the university wel- versity at its Louisville campus. In these and publishing for companies such as organizations. 4 Catholic Times July 2, 2017 St. Patrick “Into the Deep” talks continue Christianity from a Bird’s-Eye View will the second Thursday of each month By Christopher White be the subject of the next talk in the series through December. Catholic News Service titled “Into the Deep: Diving Into the Di- If you can’t attend the talks live, vid- vine Mysteries of the Faith,” presented eo recordings will be available on the by the Dominican Friars of Columbus parish website. The talks also will be ATTENDING MASS LED TO MY St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave. featured on St. Gabriel Radio’s Faith CONVERSION TO CATHOLICISM The talk will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Alive program weekdays at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 13, in Aquinas Hall. The Child care will be provided by the Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman once talks, featuring Father Boniface Endorf, parish’s American Heritage Girls, with wrote that “to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.” Cardinal OP, will continue at the same time on adult supervision, if needed. Newman, a notable convert to the faith, was commenting on the essential role the Catholic Church has played throughout civilization -- and his belief that to take history seriously, one has to wrestle with the truth claims of Bookkeeper Opportunity the church. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church and School, Grove City, As a former Protestant, much of Cardinal Newman’s sentiments ring true to Ohio, seeks a qualified candidate for a full-time bookkeeper position. my experience. In some respects, my introduction to the Fathers of the Church The ideal candidate will embrace the parish’s mission to form and send first steered me in the direction of Catholicism. But almost a decade later, I intentional, missionary disciples of Jesus Christ, be of unquestionable also can attest to the fact that the seeds of conversion require more than a integrity, have proficiency with Microsoft Office and various accounting mere history lesson. software, be detail oriented, and possess an ability to organize, prioritize, In the spring semester of my sophomore year of college, I found myself and collaborate with parish staff. studying abroad in Paris. Frustrated by the divisions within Protestantism and Responsibilities include day-to-day accounts payable processing, main- taining general ledger and comprehensive record of financial activity, rec- exploring the history and tradition of the Catholic faith, I decided to spend my onciling and interpreting account analyses, and producing financial state- Sundays in Paris bouncing to different Catholic parishes. ments and year-end reports. It was a convenient way to feed my love of art and architecture, but it also A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting or a related field is pre- served as an unexpected introduction to another kind of beauty -- the liturgy. ferred. The bookkeeper reports to the pastor and/or parish administrator. Attending my first Mass at the age of 19 was a peculiar experience. The bells Employment offer is contingent on the successful passing of the man- and smells were new to me, as were the collective prayers. But most striking datory background screening and completion of the VIRTUS “Protecting were two other facets of the Mass: the centrality of the sacraments and the God’s Children” training. reverence in which the Mass was celebrated. Qualified candidates should forward cover letter, resume, professional In Protestant churches, the peak of the service is the homily (or the sermon, references, and salary requirements to: as most Protestants refer to it). And let’s be clear: Good preaching matters David J. Frea/Parish Administrator, at when it comes to spiritual nourishment. But as I soon discovered, the pinnacle [email protected] of the Mass is the consecration and reception of holy Communion. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, the Eucharist allows us to “unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when Diocese of Steubenville God will be all in all.” The discovery of ordinary things becoming extraordi- nary things forever shifted the way I thought about what it meant to attend Chief Financial Officer a church. u Assist in performing all tasks necessary to achieve the Diocese’s Then there was the beauty of the reverence of the Mass. The rituals and mission and help execute staff succession and growth plans. rhythms of the liturgy served as a guide to enter into deeper communion with u Train the Finance staff and other staff on raising awareness and God. Outside, the streets were noisy and my life was unfocused. Inside, the knowledge of financial management matters. liturgy channeled my focus on higher things. u Ensure adequate controls are installed and that substantiating For that reason, the preparatory document for the 2018 Synod of Bishops documentation is approved and available such that all purchases may on “young people, faith, and vocational discernment” reminds us that “in an pass independent and governmental audits. increasingly noisy society that offers a plethora of stimuli, one fundamental u Provide an operating budget. Work with the Department Directors objective in the pastoral care of young people is to provide the young with op- to ensure programmatic success through cost analysis support, and portunities to enjoy the value of silence and contemplation and to receive for- compliance with all contractual and programmatic requirements. mation in understanding one’s experiences and to listen to one’s conscience.” This includes: After that semester in Paris, it would be another three years before I finally 1) interpreting legislative and programmatic rules and regulations entered into full communion with the church. The history books and theology to ensure compliance with all federal, state, local and contractual all mattered and were certainly formative in my experience. But I’ll always re- guidelines main most grateful for the discovery of the beauty of the Mass, where, in the 2) ensuring that all government regulations and requirements are company of saints and sinners alike, I could focus on what mattered most. disseminated to appropriate personnel, and Join the conversation. Email: [email protected] 3) monitoring compliance White is director of Catholic Voices USA. For a complete job description visit: http://www.diosteub.org/Job-Openings- July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 5 Hartley honors Father Ogurchock and Mary Ann Rees Columbus Bishop Hartley High School celebrated the 60th anniversary of the school’s dedication at a Found- er’s Day Mass with Bishop Frederick Campbell. After Mass, the bishop dedicated and blessed the Father James A. Ogurchock conference room in the school. The “Father O Room,” as it now is called, is dedicated in honor of Father Ogurchock’s service to the school, beginning in its early days when he was a teacher. Father Ogurchock continues to be part of the Hartley community by celebrating school Masses and being on the sidelines for many activities and sporting events. Another Founder’s Day event was the unveiling of a pennant dedicating the classroom space in the counseling office to Mary Ann Rees, a longtime teacher and school counselor who has retired. The room is now officially the Mary Ann Rees college and career classroom. The pennant in her honor joins pennants representing schools attended by Hartley graduates. Photos courtesy Bishop Hartley High School

Delaware St. Mary student Former Watterson staff members help receives scholarship cancer patients Two longtime Columbus Bishop Watterson High Delaware St. Mary School student School staff members are helping raise awareness Andrew Somodi was awarded of a local nonprofit organization which assists- can the inaugural Ron Sabatino cer patients and their family members who come to Family Scholarship by the Columbus from out of town for treatment. Marian Delaware County Foundation. The Hutson, who retired from Watterson in 2016 after 39 scholarship is available to any St. years there, including 24 as principal, is co-hosting a Mary School eighth-grader going garden-party fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 15 to a Catholic high school. The at 376 Partridge Road in Powell for Hope Hollow, scholarship recipient is awarded which was founded by Jane Jacquemin-Clark and her $5,000 per year toward tuition. Somodi husband, Kevin. will be attending Columbus St. Charles Preparatory Chillicothe Knights present awards Jacquemin-Clark recently retired after a long ca- School in the fall. Photo courtesy St. Mary School reer as a religion teacher and counselor at Watterson. John Albright (right) received the Knight of the Year Hope Hollow provides families of out-of-town can- award from Father Charles Griffin Council 15793 of the cer patients with complimentary lodging, either in a Jeff McGowan Memorial 5K Knights of Columbus at Chillicothe St. Peter Church. 4,600-square-foot home near The Ohio State Univer- Scioto Audubon Metro Park He is pictured with Pat Corcoran, the council’s grand sity’s medical campus and Riverside Methodist Hos- Sunday, August 13, 8:30 a.m. knight. Noah Hiles was selected as Youth of the Year pital, or in a hotel, and offers many other services to Contact Matt McGowan - [email protected] and Danny and Judy Harness as Family of the Year. meet the families’ basic needs. For more information Photo courtesy K of C Council 15793 on the fundraiser, go to www.hopehollow.org.

GEORGE J. IGEL & CO., INC. 2040 ALUM CREEK DRIVE . COLUMBUS, OHIO OAKLAND NURSERY 614.445.8421 . www.igelco.com VOTED BEST IN THE U.S. Since 1967 NowNow is thethe bestbest timetime toto planplan and and ® designdesign youryour landscape.landscape. Patios,Patios, pools,pools, Kiddie Academy of Westerville PlumbingPlumbing, - HeatingDrains & - CoolingBoilers SITE DEVELOPMENT . EARTHWORK . UTILITIES . CONCRETE walk-ways,walk-ways, retainingretaining walls,walls, 614-568-4450 ∙ kiddieacademy.com/westerville STABILIZATION . EARTH RETENTION . ROLLER COMPACTED CONCRETE lawnlawn sprinklersprinkler systemssystems 614-299-7700 268-3834268-3834 www.muetzel.com614-299-7700 OH Lic. #24318

PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein, you are my Mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity. (Make request.) There are none who can withstand your power. Oh Mary, SHERIDAN conceived without sin, pray for us, who have recourse to thee FUNERAL HOME (repeat three times). Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands (repeat three times). Say this prayer three consecutive 740-653-4633 days and then you must publish. Thank you. 222 S. COLUMBUS ST., LANCASTER 6 Catholic Times July 2, 2017 CELLPHONES REVISITED; Franciscan University of Steubenville PRIEST IN MORTAL SIN launches institute of catechetics ments act “ex opere opera- One of the biggest challeng- media, music, and other cre- to” -- i.e., from the very fact es facing the Catholic Church ative elements that also com- QUESTION & ANSWER of the action’s having been in the United States is how to municate the faith. performed.) With every sac- bring a new evangelization to All presentations are root- by: FATHER KENNETH DOYLE rament, Jesus Christ is the an increasingly secularized, ed in sacred Scripture and Catholic News Service principal actor, even when fragmented culture. are loyal to the magisterium the minister is unworthy. Parish mergers, shrinking and guided by the Catholic budgets, and a shortage of Church’s most foundational . Recently a reader two letters?) Such letters are The Catechism of the Cath- priests and catechists to in- documents on catechesis and complained about ir- valuable, serving to fill out olic Church expresses it this Q struct the laity compound the reverent behavior in church my own answers and offer- way: “From the moment that evangelization. challenge. prior to Mass, including ing observations that cannot a sacrament is celebrated in The workshops, in 10- to cellphone use. As part of be included in a few short accordance with the inten- Against this backdrop, Fran- 15-minute segments filmed your response, you stated paragraphs. tion of the church, the power ciscan University of Steuben- in front of a live audi- of Christ and his Spirit acts that cellphone use is always The original question had ville announces the launching ence, will touch on almost inappropriate. Judging be- in and through it, indepen- of the Franciscan University every aspect of catechesis, complained about people dently of the personal holi- havior is also ugly behavior, talking and laughing on cell- Institute of Catechetics. ranging from catechetical at least as repugnant as ir- ness of the minister” (No. “The institute’s overriding theory and Christology to phones -- or texting -- before 1128). reverence. Mass (in fact, during expo- desire is to reach into par- basic evangelization skills, I use my cellphone prior to sition of the Blessed Sacra- That having been said, a ishes, families, and commu- public speaking, and voca- Mass while seated in church. ment). I did offer my own priest of course must strive nities to support the strength- tional discernment. I read the day’s Scriptures view that “the use of cell- always to remain in the state ening of Catholic culture and Unique to existing online of grace so that he may be along with meditations on phones is never proper in the handing on of the trea- formation programs, the cat- a worthy representative of those readings from several church -- whether to speak sure of faith in every possible echetical institute doesn’t re- Christ, in whose person he sources. (I particularly like or to text.” place and situation,” said Dr. place diocesan services with acts in conferring a sacra- the daily reflections from the Petroc Willey, the institute’s distant experts. Rather, it will I neglected to mention that ment. University of Notre Dame there are some legitimate director. work with dioceses to es- and from the Jesuit com- and laudable uses that in- So, to answer your question: Through conferences, new tablish local, on-the-ground munity.) I will continue this volve neither speaking nor Your daughter was validly catechetical resources, and mentoring programs connect- practice despite anyone’s texting -- most notably, to baptized and no “re-baptism” especially online courses, the ing participants to veteran misplaced judgments. (City reflect on the Scriptures or to needs to take place. What you institute will seek “to serve catechists living and working of origin withheld) read prayers in preparation could do, though, is to offer all those who form others in in their dioceses. These men- for the Eucharist. So, a mea a prayer or two for the priest the faith,” Willey said. This tors will provide feedback who baptized her. . I take issue with your culpa from me and a thank- includes priests, parish cat- and personal encouragement recent comments on you to those who responded. Had the priest been guilty of echists of all types, Catholic to participants. Q sexual abuse, it could be that cellphone usage in church, Q. Can priests baptize school teachers, and parents, “We do not want the lack of he had confessed the sin and as appeared in your column someone if they are in the the primary educators of resources in any particular been forgiven long before he in Our Sunday Visitor. I ful- state of mortal sin? My their children. place ever to be an obstacle baptized your daughter. Still, ly agree with the inappropri- daughter was baptized by The cornerstone of the in- to these rich resources,” Wil- ateness of talking or texting our parish priest in the though, he was deeply trou- stitute’s work is an online li- bled -- as the suicide would ley said. For partner dioceses, before, during or even after 1980s. A few months later, brary of one-hour workshops a token yearly subscription the service is over. he committed suicide. The indicate -- and could profit that eventually will total more from your prayers. paid by the parish or other However, using the Lau- reason given was that he than 650 videos. parochial institution grants (I should mention, too, that date app, I read the daily was being accused of sexual The workshops will be avail- full access to the institute’s -- in contrast to the practice Scriptures, the Loreto Litany abuse. able in a dozen certification video library. Individuals a generation or two back -- (after saying the rosary) and If that was true, was he al- tracks, including priestly cat- also may take any workshop the church now celebrates a a number of other prayers lowed to baptize? And is echetical renewal; ministry of for enrichment for a nominal funeral Mass in church for before Mass. It never really my daughter legitimately parenting; catechist; parish monthly fee. someone who takes his own occurred to me that what I baptized, or does she need catechetical leader; culture of life; the thinking is that the Full details on the program do quietly on my cellphone a new baptism? (Manassas, life; Catholic schools; youth are available at catechetics. is offensive to others. (Law- Virginia) person may well have been ministry; campus ministry; so disturbed as to mitigate com, the official website of renceville, Illinois) pastoral accompaniment; first the catechetical institute. The somewhat his own moral re- proclamation; music minis- . The church has al- sponsibility.) site also includes informa- . The letters above are Aways taught that the try; and more. tion on the institute’s annual Aindicative of those that validity of a sacrament does Questions may be sent to The videos will be presented St. John Bosco Conference in arrive each week in response not depend on the state of Father Kenneth Doyle at by faculty teaching in Fran- July and its Oct. 13-15 con- to this column. (Did you no- soul of the human minister. [email protected] ciscan University’s renowned ference celebrating the 25th tice -- as I did -- a slight dif- (The technical theological and 30 Columbia Circle catechetics program and will anniversary of the Catechism ference in tone between the language is that the sacra- Drive, Albany NY 12203. incorporate art, innovative of the Catholic Church. July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 7

CAN I DONATE MY MAKING SENSE BODY TO SCIENCE? Out of Bioethics Father Tad Pacholczyk

Some people may wish to “donate their body to secrated ground afterward. St. Andrew students earn science” after they die. Such a gift of self can be ob- A second consideration of importance for Catholics scholarship awards jectively good and praiseworthy, provided that their involves the offering of prayers, particularly the sacri- body would contribute to meaningful research or fice of the Mass, on behalf of the deceased. Father Ed- Columbus St. Andrew School principal Joel Wichtman present- study and that it would not be used in a disrespect- ward McNamara, a well-known writer and liturgy pro- ed scholarships to Columbus Bishop Waterson High School to ful or otherwise inappropriate manner. fessor in Rome, offers some practical guidance in this Elena Latshaw (left) and Clare Mackin. Both students received A number of potentially laudable projects can regard: “Since it is usually impossible to have a funeral $1,500 to apply to their tuition at Watterson for their prize- benefit from a person’s decision to donate his or her with the remains shortly after death, as this would winning essays on the Beatitudes. Mackin also was selected body to science. A human cadaver can be useful for render the body unsuitable for research purposes, a to receive the $500 George LaNicca Community Service Award. anatomical studies, helping train medical students memorial Mass without the body can be celebrated so Both awards are sponsored in part by the St. Andrew Church to save lives later. It can be of assistance in carry- as to entrust the soul of the deceased to God and of- Women’s Club. Photo courtesy St. Andrew School ing out basic biomedical research or in developing fer the family the opportunity of mourning together. new medical instruments. It can be used as a foren- When the remains are released to the family, another sic tool to help solve crimes through the study of Mass may be offered.” Dominican Learning Center advanced states of bodily decay. It can assist with A third potential area of concern involves the pos- receives literacy grant the training of surgeons, and even can help with the sibility that certain cells or tissues derived from development of various types of safety or protec- The Dominican Learning Center in Columbus has been the human body may be used inappropriately in tive gear, including helmets, automobile airbags, awarded a $7,550 grant from the Dollar General Literacy research. To consider one instance, it is possible and bulletproof vests. Foundation to support adult literacy. The grant is part of to harvest sex cells or their progenitor cells from more than $7.5 million in awards to nearly 900 schools, non- In 1956, Pope Pius XII noted that consenting to corpses a few hours following death. Some re- profits, and organizations across the 44 states where there “damage to the integrity of the corpse, in the in- searchers might be tempted to use these cells, for are Dollar General stores. Dollar General has more than 20 terest of those who are suffering, is no violation of example, to create human embryos in the laborato- stores in the Columbus area. the reverence due to the dead.” Pope St. John Paul II ry for biomedical research. Although such practices wrote in a 1995 encyclical that one way of nurturing are uncommon, an individual who believes that his “The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has given us or her cells are likely to be used in this unethical a lasting gift,” said Sister Barbara Kane, OP, the center’s a genuine culture of life “is the donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable manner, with way by a research institution should not agree to director. “This donation will allow us to implement Aztec donate his or her body after death. Online Learning, a powerful online tool that will help our a view to offering a chance of health and even of learners take advantage of quality instruction wherever they life itself to the sick who sometimes have no other Those contemplating the possibility of donating can access a phone, tablet, or computer.” hope” (“Evangelium Vitae” 86). The Catholic bishops their bodies to science should weigh a fourth con- of the United States have given similar guidance in sideration as well; namely, whether others in their Sister Barbara tells the story of a learner who came to the their policy document titled “The Ethical and Reli- family are open to their body being utilized in this DLC to try to improve his life, but was part of an ongoing legal gious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services”: way. They should find out whether their spouse, investigation and could not leave his home to meet with a tu- “Catholic health care institutions should encourage children, or others close to them would have any tor. The center has helped him continue to study and learn by and provide the means whereby those who wish to objections or concerns. At the end of the day, there using the Aztec system and working with the center via phone. do so may arrange for the donation of their organs may be some family members who, in the words of “This program is useful for those who have trouble getting and bodily tissue, for ethically legitimate purposes, one commentator, can’t quite get past the idea “that to us, of course, but I believe it will benefit all of our learn- so that they may be used for donation and research you will be dissected over a period of months in ers. We expect that it will enrich the educational experience after death” (No. 63). anatomy class, or cut up and divided among differ- and speed the learning curve for our basic education or GED Although there are not any fundamental moral ob- ent programs (brain to an Alzheimer’s study, joints prep learners,” Sister Barbara said. jections to donating our bodies to science, certain de- to orthopedic surgery training).” Careful vetting of The Dominican Learning Center, located in Columbus’ tails of how the donation is carried out are important. the details ahead of time helps avoid resentment, pain, and surprises after a loved one passes on. south side, offers personalized, one-on-one education for First, bodily remains should be interred properly in adults with a wide variety of educational needs. Learners the earth at the conclusion of their use. The body With these caveats and considerations in mind, do- can improve their math or literacy skills, work toward a should not be surrendered to researchers, then nating a body to science can indeed allow someone GED, learn English to prepare for citizenship, and sharpen merely “left in limbo.” Often a university or research to “give back” or “contribute to society” after death. computer skills. Center staff members and 184 volunteer tu- institution will oversee and pay for cremation of the Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD, earned his doctor- tors meet with adult learners at libraries and other public body after the research is completed, so the family ate in neuroscience from Yale and did postdoctoral locations convenient to the learner’s home or work. can be given the ashes. This may be specified in the work at Harvard. He is a priest of the Diocese of Fall The center was founded in 1994 by the Dominican Sisters agreement signed by the individual ahead of time. River, Massachusetts, and serves as director of edu- of Peace and has more than 275 adult learners from 49 na- Assuring appropriate respect and reverence for the cation at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in tions enrolled in its programs. One of its goals is to promote body thus would include arranging for burial in con- Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org. peace and nonviolence among immigrant communities in central Ohio. 8 Catholic Times July 2, 2017 Give Your Home a NEW LOOK. “Painting is stressful because getting ready for everything is more work than actually the painting...Working with Lisa Ask about our at New Look Painters was a dream. In the end FRONT DOOR was it couldn’t have turned out any better. It was Special! everything. The colors were right. The painting was perfect. The edging was meticulous. I would recommend New Look Painters and have recom- NewLook mended them already.” PAINTERS —Marty Lemon, Blacklick, Ohio Fully bonded, insured, using environmentally-friendly materials exclusively from Sherwin-Williams. (614) 636-4386 • NewLookPainters.com

www.educu.org

614-221-9376

Visit Our Website To See All Our 80th Anniversary Money-Saving Offers. We’re Celebrating 80 Years of Putting You First! Cathedral hosts Circleville Confirmation Proudly Serving the Catholic Diocese since 1936 Some restrictions may apply. Membership eligibility is required. Through the generosity of Bishop Frederick Campbell, Father Michael Lumpe, ca- thedral rector, and the Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral staff, Circleville St. Joseph Church was able to have its Confirmation service in the cathedral on Thursday, May 25 for 26 young men and women. The Circleville church began an extensive reno- vation project on May 1 and currently has no pews, altar of sacrifice, organ pipes, and other church furnishings. Masses are being celebrated in the parish hall. The renovation is expected to be completed by Dec. 1. Father Ted Machnik, pastor of the Circleville church, is pictured at far right in the second row. Photo courtesy St. Joseph Church

JULY 20, 21, 22, Join us for our traditional family friendly festival including: Join Fr. James Ogurchock •Rides, Live Music,Food, Games, and Fun Thursday, July 20 and JoEllen Fancelli Vickers •Actual Brewery Craft Beer 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. on a journey to experience •Wine Tasting Chicken Dinner God`s mercy and love •Gatsby’s Pizza The Majestics Saturday, July 22 in Mexico City! •White Castle 5pm-Midnight •Velvet Ice Cream Carfagna’s Spaghetti Visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and pray before the Tilma of St. Juan Diego Kiddie Land open until 8:30pm each night, and Meatball Dinner including hair painting, face painting, a Friday, July 21 Paul Clark Party Explore the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Pyramids of Teotihaucan and Tulpetac balloon artist (Thursday) and 6pm-Midnight Band and other holy sites make-your-own tie dye Hand Beer Battered Irish Dancing November 6-11, 2017 • Cost: $2,195/person, double occupancy, includes: St. Matthew T-shirt (Friday). Alaskan Cod Dinner performed by the Raffle with a Grand Prize of $2000 Hostile Work Irwin Academy of • Round-trip airfare from Columbus • Breakfast & dinner daily/wine with some dinners Environment Irish Dancing • All airport taxes & fuel surcharges • Professional tour manager & local guides Bring in this ad for $3 • Transportation by air-conditioned motorcoach • Sightseeing & admission fees per itinerary off the dinner special. • 5 nights at Hotel Galeria Plaza Reforma • Opportunity for daily mass & devotional activities 01 ST. MATTHEW PARISH | 795 HAVENS CORNERS RD., GAHANNA - For information and reservations, contact: JoEllen Fancelli Vickers of Sassy Travel LLC Located 1 Mile East of Gahanna Lincoln High School www.sassytravelllc.com • 614-475-1280 • [email protected] • 744 Fleetrun Ave. Gahanna, OH 43230 0006051251 www.facebook.com/StMa tthewFestival • Twitter @StMattFestival - St. Matthew Parishioner CD July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 9

LIVING

Turning to Our Lady of Covadonga with trust The story of Our Lady of CovadongaFaith started long him and informed him that the cave before him should Finding Faith in ago, in 711, when Islam was on the rise in Asia Minor be honored as a sanctuary and that the fleeing offender Everyday Life and North Africa. The Moors turned their attention to should be granted asylum. The hermit told him, “If you Spain, and because the Visigothic kingdom was weak, pardon the culprit now, you will find haven one day at Sarah Reinhard the troops landed easily in the area of present-day the same spot and thus remake the Empire.” Gibraltar. Was Don Pelayo startled by the hermit’s insistence The Moors and the Visigoths were duking it out – and obvious holiness? Could he recognize the truth in plea to heaven, and perhaps it was this desperation, this one group defending its homeland, the other seeking the hermit’s prophecy? Was the dream of remaking the sense that they had nothing to lose, that gave them a to conquer and rule. The Visigoths lost the battle and Empire more than he could ignore? glint in their eyes. King Rodrigo was killed. He obviously was a hero Don Pelayo would have been aware that the cave the The Moors must have chuckled to themselves when to his people, though, because legends immediately hermit referred to had been considered a sanctuary of they saw how much they outnumbered Don Pelayo’s cropped up that, on the one hand, he had not died, but Mary for as long as anyone could remember, drawing group. Did they laugh? Did they jeer before they started had become a hermit, and, on the other hand, that if he hermits and others to venerate an image that was there. shooting arrows? Were they certain of their victory? had not died, he appeared in another form to strengthen Whatever the reason, Don Pelayo pardoned the man, As the arrows blackened the sky and lances and darts his people. though I imagine there was a warning attached. were thrown, things looked bleak for the Visigoths. How What was left of King Rodrigo’s Visigoth army It took seven years of hiding in the caves and hills would they survive this onslaught? Then, probably with panicked, separating to many different places. Don for Don Pelayo’s rebels to prepare for their attack. In a feeling of confusion, the attacking Moors realized Pelayo, a relative of King Rodrigo, remained undaunted 718, the Moors had enough of the rumors of an army their weapons weren’t reaching the band of soldiers in by the defeat. I picture him as a fierce man, forced to building in the hills, and they sent an entire army the hills. Everything was bouncing off the rocks. How live in the mazelike caves in the hills and mountains of into Asturia with instructions to get rid of the hiding could that be? Asturia. He was certainly unhappy about it, but I have Visigoths once and for all. Don Pelayo’s party must have been felt a surge of a picture of him as a hero, a tough guy who loved his Even though Don Pelayo was a brave leader, I’m sure hope, and it must have been just what they needed. country so fiercely he wasn’t going to give up and let there was a little bit of sweat under his armpits when he I can just see them laughing and then attacking the the Moors have an easy victory. heard an entire army was coming his way. He did the Moors. The Moors were confused, unsure of what was happening, and, in that confusion, they fled, pursued by When you’re in hiding with an army, there’s not a lot wisest thing he could: he went to the cave where he had met the hermit and prayed there. the small Visigoth army. As they headed for the safety of room for discord. Shortly after arriving at the hiding of the Mount Auceva plains, a huge thunderstorm place in the caves near Covadonga, Don Pelayo was The image of Don Pelayo’s band meeting the immense erupted, causing the Deva River to overflow its banks going to discipline a member who had fled the group Arab army is the stuff Hollywood loves. I can hear deep and a landslide to form, crushing the fleeing army. and been marked as disruptive. Just as Don Pelayo was music and smell the tension in the wind. More than one going to take him prisoner, a hermit appeared before of Don Pelayo’s men must have offered up a desperate See TRUST, Page 19 Interior focus One of the aspects of strength training that I really time of prayer. enjoy is executing a heavy barbell or kettlebell lift with Yet for many of us, that silent interior focus can be HOLY AND HEALTHY careful, thoughtful, methodical precision. You are inte- elusive. Lori Crock riorly focused, especially if the weight you are lifting So when I heard that Cardinal Robert Sarah and Nico- is near your maximum effort. You are not talking or laughing or thinking about what you have to do later las Diat had written a book about silence, I felt drawn to it immediately. While I seek silence to pray, I often fight that day. For that moment, you are laser-focused on the refers to this as the dictatorship of noise. lift. You apply patient perseverance and trust your body restlessness, so I looked for inspiration and insight from to make a go at cracking the bar off the floor or heaving Cardinal Sarah’s book, The Power of Silence. Back to our lifting example: When we lift heavy weight overhead. “Without the moorings of silence, life is a depressing weights, the muscle fibers in our bodies change and grow and, over time, we become physically stronger. Thinking, feeling, and moving mindfully and with movement, a puny little boat, ceaselessly tossed by the We may not see the changes right away, but we know perfect technique can be challenging, especially if violence of the waves. Silence is the outer wall that we you haven’t developed an interior focus. New stu- must build in order to protect an interior edifice,” he it’s happening as we progress to heavier weights. dents often comment that the hardest part of lifting writes in the book. Similarly, our time in prayerful silence transforms our weights is the ability to think, feel, and concentrate This topic of silence and deeper interior focus is criti- hearts, even when we don’t immediately see changes or without distraction. cal to a strong contemplative prayer life which will feel any different. We trust that God’s grace is at work It can be like that in our prayer life as well. We might enable us to grow closer to Our Lord and illuminate in us and that over time, a strong interior prayer life not be used to sitting in silence, interiorly focused and God’s will for our lives. will yield sweet fruit in our lives. waiting patiently for God to speak to us in our hearts. If You probably agree that spending time in silence is Lori Crock is a Plain City St. Joseph Church pa- we are able to quiet the mind and ease out distractions, countercultural; more than ever, it can be challenging rishioner and can be found online at www.holyand- speaking and listening to God can be a transformative to find silence, even in our own homes. Cardinal Sarah healthycatholic.com. 10 Catholic Times/ July 2, 2017 July 2, 2017/Catholic Times 11 HOLY ROSARY-ST. JOHN TO HONOR ITS HISTORY AND COMMUNITY PRESENCE ON JULY 16 BY TIM PUET The two churches were com- bers of the Sisters of St. Francis of for granted, but without volun- mostly at the center or at a satellite the St. John pantry, especially dur- a tradition which goes back to the staff for the clinic, which will offer Reporter, Catholic Times bined in 1979 into one parish, Penance and Christian Charity.” teers, everything would stop in location at St. Dominic Church. ing Lent and Advent. Moses said order’s founding more than 900 health screenings and general first based at the St. John the Evan- Foster and her husband, Edwin, a hurry. People say ‘I don’t have Breakfast and lunch are served at Columbus St. Catharine Church years ago in the Holy Land. “Our aid and will refer people to places Members of Columbus Holy Ro- gelist site at 648 S. Ohio Ave. A also a Rosary High graduate, are time,’ but you do have time. Even the center every day except Sun- donates 400 to 500 bags of food main charism has been care of the where they can get additional help. sary-St. John Church decided ear- Baptist church bought the former members of Columbus St. Peter if it’s just 30 minutes, we have day, with lunch at St. Dominic’s annually during Lent and Wester- poor of the sick,” he said. “We have “Our initial goal is to reach the lier this year that it was time to have Holy Rosary building and grounds Church but volunteered for many something you can do.” five days a week. ville St. Paul Church provides clinics around the world, and now level where we can provide urgent an anniversary event celebrating at East Main Street and Seymour years at Holy Rosary-St. John, Jackson said volunteers are need- The food pantry is open on most about 60 Thanksgiving turkeys have sufficient membership in cen- care,” Mifsud said. the parish’s continuing presence Avenue and restored them for its with Edwin Foster serving as a tu- ed for the parish’s One Day Fun Tuesdays and Thursday morn- for the pantry and additional tur- tral Ohio to establish a clinic here. Masses at Holy Rosary-St. John in the Old Oaks district of the city’s own use. tor at the St. John Learning Center. Day event for first- to sixth-grad- ings. It was founded in 1978 by keys for the Community Kitchen. “It’s something we’ve been are at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday and Generous donations are provided near east side and honoring the From 1970 to 1983, Holy Ro- Both Holy Rosary-St. John and ers in the neighborhood, sched- the Ladies of St. Peter Claver ser- dreaming about for the last six or feature the parish’s Gospel choir, regularly by the Reynoldsburg St. heritage of the two parishes from sary, St. John, and Columbus nearby Columbus St. Dominic uled Friday, July 28 from 8:30 vice organization, and is directed seven years and have been plan- led by longtime director Ver- Pius X Church St. Vincent de Paul which it was formed. St. Dominic churches combined Church, which Father Wagner also a.m. to 3 p.m. “This event is in by volunteers Rose and John Mo- ning seriously for about a year. We non Hairston, which has become Society and Columbus St. Peter There wasn’t a specific mile- their elementary schools into serves as pastor, have member- lieu of a Vacation Bible School,” ses, who have been involved with considered various sites and real- known throughout the city for its Church. Moses also expressed her stone, such as a 50th or 100th an- one unit known as Pope John she said. “The first half will- in it for about 15 years. ized the St. John Community Cen- lively presentation of Catholic ships of about 200 families each, gratitude to the former Double niversary, to be noted this year, XXIII School, which eventu- volve teaching, highlighting one ter is a perfect location because, liturgical music in the American most of them African American. “When we started, we had about Comfort restaurant in Columbus but that didn’t matter. Because of ally was located at the former St. or two faith-related themes for like many of our clinics, it serves Gospel tradition. “Holy Rosary-St. John Church 10 families coming in per day,” for donating two new freezers. the desire among parishioners and John School building next to the each of the various grade lev- an area where there is a high level The church also has hosted an holds a very special place in a very Rose Moses said. “Now the num- Before it went out of business church. That building, now the St. els. The second half will include of infant mortality and poverty.” annual Martin Luther King Day school alumni for such an event, special neighborhood,” the pas- ber is about 35 on average, and can earlier this year, the restaurant John Community Center, houses crafts, lunch, and snacks.” celebration for all 31 years the Holy Rosary-St. John will host tor said. “St. John the Evangelist go as high as 50, the maximum the had a regular policy of donating The clinic will take up half of an anniversary celebration dur- a food pantry, an adult education A week or two later, the parish pantry can serve. During the busi- the building’s second floor and holiday has been officially -cel area known as the St. John Learn- Church started as a predominantly to pantries. ing its 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, German parish. As time went on, will sponsor its annual school sup- est months, we get about 250 al- will open this coming Thursday, ebrated in the United States and ing Center, and the Community ply distribution, in cooperation Some food for the pantry and the July 16, followed by refreshments people grew up, married, moved together, and our yearly average July 6, from 9 a.m. to noon. “We’re has an annual Black History Kitchen, a separate nonprofit with Westerville St. Paul Church. kitchen comes from a garden on at Campion Hall in the St. John away, had children, and moved to is about 2,500 families – approxi- letting the neighborhood know Month event, featuring poetry and agency. A medical clinic is set to “This is always hectic, but fun,” the church grounds. This year, the Community Center next door. other parishes, so the parish has mately 7,500 individuals. Resi- we’re going to be here. In the be- music, in February. open there this month. she said. “People from the two garden has four plots and is grow- Everyone in the diocese is invit- evolved and grown and changed dents of the 43205, 06, or 07 ZIP ginning, we’ll probably be open For more information about Karen Feasel, who attended sec- parishes donate backpacks for ing snap beans, Swiss chard, on- ed, particularly those with a con- through the years. codes can come a maximum of two one or two days a week as we see Holy Rosary-St. John Church, ond and third grade from 1972 schoolchildren from our neigh- ions, mint, and kale for consump- nection to the current parish or its times a month. Most are referred what the response is,” Mifsud said. go to www.hrsj.org or www. to 1974 in the building, said she “It is now a mainly African borhood, many of whom wouldn’t tion and flowers for visual beauty. predecessors, Holy Rosary and from HandsOn Central Ohio or the Volunteers from the Columbus facebook.com/hrsjchurch, email had fond memories of celebrating American parish, and retains that be able to afford them otherwise. Garden coordinator Ciara Ball Above: Holy Rosary-St. John RCIA coordinator Rhonda Hamilton St. John the Evangelist churches, Joint Organization for Inner-City guild of the Catholic Medical As- [email protected], or call Christmas there. “I was asked if I missionary zeal and Catholic They fill the backpacks with pens, said about 20 people turned out for (left) and volunteer coordinator Violet Jackson in front of a wall or those parishes’ schools. Those Needs, but we are starting to accept sociation will provide volunteer (614) 252-5926, extension 7. would like to read the Christmas culture the founders of the par- pencils, erasers, notebook paper, a planting day in May, including painting inside the St. John Community Center (pictured at bot- who attend are encouraged to walk-ins as well.” story to the entire school,” she ish had in mind when they estab- binders, glue, scissors, crayons, church members, students from tom). Below: Food pantry volunteers (from left) Don Randall, Sylvia bring class or parish photos and Moses said the pantry’s biggest Holland, Mary Roberts, and Kevin Shirley. CT photos by Tim Puet said. “I agreed, and the teachers lished it. This parish was built to rulers, and so forth. It’s all done Columbus St. Charles Preparato- other memorabilia for display at liked my reading so well that they serve this neighborhood in 1898. by grade level. Last year, we filled problem is finding volunteers will- ry School, and a mentoring group the reception. asked me to do it again the next It still stands in direct service to almost 300 backpacks and ended ing to visit the homes of people for girls. The parish has obtained “Why wait until you reach a year. I think this began the love of the neighborhood in 2017, fueled up having two distributions.” who are unable to come to the cen- grants from the United Way and ter because they don’t have trans- point like 100 years to let every- reading I still have. by the zeal of its members and the Each year during the Advent sea- The Columbus Foundation/City portation, particularly in the 43207 one know how proud you are of dedication of its partners.” son, Holy Rosary-St. John fami- of Columbus for a greenhouse, “One of the Stella Niagara ZIP code, which covers a large area what your parish does?” said pa- Despite all that goes on at the lies in need benefit from a Giving which will be assembled later Franciscan sisters, usually Sis- of south Columbus and Obetz. rishioner Mary Roberts. ter Elaine, would dress up as a parish, almost all its staff mem- Tree program which is sponsored this summer. Volunteers will be Father Joshua Wagner, the par- scary creature, bringing coal and bers are part-time employees by the high-school youth group “People are surprised at the size of needed to help with the assembly ish’s pastor for the past seven switches to the bad children first. to save on costs. Part-time staff and confirmation classes at - Sun the parcels they receive from us,” once the greenhouse materials are years, said its last anniversary That usually gave us children an members include Deidre Ector, bury St. John Neumann Church she said. “They weigh more than purchased. celebration occurred in 2005 to attitude that we had better be on Father Wagner’s assistant for both and provides Christmas gifts for 30 pounds each and include at least The St. John Learning Center mark the 100th anniversary of our best behavior. Then a priest parishes; Violet Jackson, vol- those families. five pounds of meat, plus fresh this year is celebrating its 30th Holy Rosary Church. A similar would dress as St. Nicholas, unteer coordinator; and Rhonda The hub of activity at the parish produce, fruit, and dairy products, anniversary of encouraging lit- event took place in 1998 for the Hamilton, RCIA coordinator. The in addition to canned goods and eracy through adult education by Above: The parish’s garden, which supplies some of the food for the pantry (be- bringing us candy and telling sto- is the St. John Community Cen- low), where volunteers fill bags with meat, vegetables, fruit, and canned goods. 100th anniversary of St. John the ries,” said Feasel, who remains parish also has a maintenance ter, where something is going on nonperishable items.” Most of the providing high-school equiva- Evangelist Church. involved with Holy Rosary-St. person and a bookkeeper. Much nearly every day involving The food comes from the Mid-Ohio lency diploma courses and classes “People started to ask us recently John today as a lector. of the rest of the parish’s work is Community Kitchen, Inc., the Foodbank, which pantry volun- in computer skills and other sub- when we were going to have a “I was baptized and confirmed at handled by volunteers. parish food pantry, or the St. John teers visit two or three times a week jects. Classes are on a summer church anniversary celebration St. John and have fond memories “We’re a small parish and there’s Learning Center. to ensure they are providing fresh break and will resume in the fall. again,” he said when announcing of Msgr. (Frederick) Burkhart, its so much we try to do for the com- The Community Kitchen is a meat, fruit, produce and milk. Beginning this month, basic the event. “Even though it is not longtime pastor (from 1932 until munity, but none of it could be separate nonprofit agency which “The one thing we’ve always medical care will be offered at the a ‘special’ year (although really, his death in 1965),” said Marti done without volunteers,” said had its beginnings in 1979 as a been in need of lately has been center at a clinic which is being isn’t every year we are able to Doersam Foster, who graduated Jackson, who has been the par- soup kitchen the parish operated. peanut butter and jelly, because established by the Order of Mal- serve God special?), we decided from St. John School in 1952 and ish’s volunteer coordinator for In 38 years, it has served millions those two items have become so ta, frequently referred to as the we would go ahead and host an- the former Rosary High School in about a year. “Everyone is pleased of meals, and the numbers keep expensive, so we’re especially Knights of Malta. other event. It is something we 1956. “I am so appreciative of the that things are always up and go- growing. Its operations direc- grateful for any PB&J donations,” The order’s regional hospitaller, will be happy to do more often if education and learning experience ing here. They’ve been going on tor, MJ Muldrow, said it served Moses said. Charles Mifsud, said the Order of people are interested.” given to us by the dedicated mem- for so long that they may be taken more than 101,000 meals in 2016, Several diocesan parishes assist Malta Center of Care will reflect 12 Catholic Times July 2, 2017 Jubilee of Marriage Anniversaries 2017

Couples with 60 or more years of marriage Couples with 50 and 55 years of marriage CT photos by Ken Snow

Christ The King, Columbus 55th John & Kay Sergio St. Andrew, Columbus 45th Robert & Sally Powell Christ The King, Columbus 50th Dave & Dolores Brannigan St. Andrew, Columbus 60th Gilbert & Virginia Lowder Christ The King, Columbus 60th Jim & Pat Durbin St. Ann, Dresden 25th David & Brenda Lozowski Christ The King, Columbus 50th Lynn & Laurene Baum St. Anthony, Columbus 40th Gary & Diana St Clair Christ The King, Columbus 60th Daniel & Patricia Strominger St. Brendan, Hilliard 50th Salacnib & Edithaldine Eugenio Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Newark 25th R. Michael & Tracey L. Tennyson St. Brendan, Hilliard 30th Michael & Debora Rico Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 55th Thomas & Gail Kolda St. Brendan, Hilliard 30th Robert & Dianna Gronski Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 65th William & Elizabeth Meyer St. Brendan, Hilliard 60th Joseph & Margerie Brembeck Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 50th David & Judy Lovell St. Brigid of Kildaire, Dublin 40th Terrence & Dianne Moran Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 50th Tom & Julie Rubadue St. Brigid of Kildaire, Dublin 62nd Christian & Margaret Sarych Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 55th James & Elizabeth Noe St. Brigid of Kildaire, Dublin 74th John & Barbara Henterly Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 55th Edwin & Elaine Delesk St. Cecilia, Columbus 30th Eugene & Selma Valencia Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 30th Chuck & Lori Amata St. Cecilia, Columbus 35th John & Kathleen Malone Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 45th Woody & Diana Trammell St. Elizabeth, Columbus 40th Thomas & Ellen Laughery Church of the Resurrection, New Albany 25th Joe & Peggy Bell St. Elizabeth, Columbus 40th Michael & Kathryn Thompson Holy Family, Columbus 55th Dewey & Florence Stokes St. Elizabeth, Columbus 55th Don & Carol Larsen Holy Spirit, Columbus 69th Robert & Margaret Cudak St. Francis of Assisi, Columbus 65th Donald & Suzanne Cruickshank Immaculate Conception, Kenton 40th Robert & Stephanie Temple St. James the Less, Columbus 45th John & Berneda Curtiss Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Columbus 55th Orville & Linda Potts St. James the Less, Columbus 66th Ron & Mary Alice Cua Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Columbus 45th Timothy & Barbara Hickey St. Joan of Arc, Powell 50th Dan & Petra Butkovich Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Columbus 60th Thomas & Eileen Feldman St. John Neumann, Sunbury 50th Walter & Janice English Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Columbus 35th Patrick & Cheryl Shroyer St. John Neumann, Sunbury 25th Alan & Debra Zuelke Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Buckeye Lake 45th Robert & Kathleen Hott St. John Neumann, Sunbury 25th Carl & Gloria Calcara Our Lady of Peace, Columbus 30th Scott & Laura Manahan St. John XXIII, Canal Winchester 55th Danny L. & Patricia A. Brobst Our Lady of Peace, Columbus 35th Jim & Mary Ellen O’Brien St. John XXIII, Canal Winchester 50th Jerry & Sally Freeman Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City 45th Richard & Susan Jarden St. John XXIII, Canal Winchester 50th Albert & Regina Hrytzik St. John XXIII, Canal Winchester 72nd John R. & Dorothy Coontz Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City 50th Rudy & Mary Ann Schwab St. John, Logan 50th Don & Pat Robers Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City 68th Marion & Loie Faini Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City 45th Richard & Carolyn Karczewski Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City 40th Arthur & Anna Gould Our Lady of Victory, Columbus 64th Michael H. & Regina A. Quinn Our Lady of Victory, Columbus 45th Richard & Joanne Miller Our Lady of Victory, Columbus 30th Rob & Krista Joseph

Retired from active diaconal ministry 60th Bart & Joan Supino A CELEBRATION OF THE DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS Retired from active diaconal ministry 50th Thomas & Halina Barford Retired from active diaconal ministry 50th Albert & Linda Cain Congratulations & Blessings to All Married Couples Retired from active diaconal ministry 35th Michael & Elizabeth Ross Celebrating a Significant Anniversary in 2017! Sacred Heart, Coshocton 35th Donald & Susan Brouse Serving outside our diocese 40th Kenneth & Suzanne Drummer Seton Parish, Pickerington 35th Dave & Kim Lauzau “The love of husband and wife is The Seton Parish, Pickerington 40th Dennis & Diannia O’Connor force ThaT welds socieTy TogeTher.” Seton Parish, Pickerington 30th Frank & Jacqueline Piper - St. John Chrysostom Seton Parish, Pickerington 30th Joseph & Valerie Kruger Seton Parish, Pickerington 35th Christopher & Julia Heine Seton Parish, Pickerington 30th Mark & Tina Ardy Seton Parish, Pickerington 35th Dan & Kathleen Murphy Seton Parish, Pickerington 45th William & Jaynee Whitehead St. Agatha, Columbus 40th Greg & Rita Bauer diocese of columbus marriage & family life office St. Agatha, Columbus 55th Bob & Paula Borton July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 13

St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus 40th James & Karen Gorski St. Matthew, Gahanna 50th Andrew & Teresa Prociuk St. Joseph, Circleville 30th John & Michelle Callahan St. Matthew, Gahanna 50th Wayne & Kathleen Stertzer St. Joseph, Circleville 30th Dow Daniel & Jamie Marie Huggett St. Matthew, Gahanna 40th Thomas & Anne Marie Saarie St. Joseph, Circleville 30th John & Michell Huprich St. Matthew, Gahanna 35th Theodore & Yvonne Deibel St. Joseph, Plain City 35th Jim & Renee Dvorsky St. Matthew, Gahanna 40th James & Guadalupe Lejman St. Joseph, Somerset 50th Richard & Lois Williams St. Matthew, Gahanna 25th Matthew & Andrea Arens St. Leonard, Heath 50th Thomas & Patricia Herr St. Matthew, Gahanna 60th James & Barbara Foley St. Margaret of Cortona, Columbus 60th Robert & Belinda Froning St. Matthew, Gahanna 50th John & Deanna King St. Mary, Chillicothe 35th Norman & Katie Boesch St. Matthew, Gahanna 25th John & Valerie Conway St. Mary, Delaware 60th Thomas & Ann May St. Matthew, Gahanna 50th Vic & Marlene Elekes St. Mary, Delaware 50th Jeffrey & Anna Higley St. Matthew, Gahanna 62nd Paul Wallace & Emma O’Daniel St. Mary, Delaware 40th George & Sharon Adamson St. Matthew, Gahanna 35th Richard & Marie Antionette St. Mary, Delaware 45th William & Janis Crohen St. Matthew, Gahanna 30th Scott & Nancy Konkus St. Mary, Delaware 60th Ben & Martha Feula St. Matthew, Gahanna 35th Paul & Maribeth Greger St. Mary, Delaware 25th Brad & Doreen Dixon St. Matthew, Gahanna 35th Gary & Linda Strapp St. Mary, Delaware 25th James & Laurie Carlson St. Matthew, Gahanna 40th Richard & Mary Ellen Sandford St. Mary, Delaware 45th Jerry & Kathy McDonough St. Matthew, Gahanna 55th James & Linda Arens St. Mary, Delaware 45th Peter & Karen Jones St. Matthew, Gahanna 40th Terrence & Mary Otting St. Mary, Delaware 25th Todd & Mimi Tucky St. Matthew, Gahanna 50th Anthony & Monica Cacchillo St. Mary, Lancaster 30th Rick & Lynann Shea St. Matthias, Columbus 30th Brian & Connie Swigert St. Mary, Lancaster 50th John & Marcia Baughman St. Michael, Worthington 35th David & Theresa Barrett St. Mary, Lancaster 50th Neal E. & Julia Fauble St. Michael, Worthington 40th Jeffery & Patricia Aleshire St. Mary, Marion 45th Steve & Doris Schwartz St. Michael, Worthington 45th Ronald & Mary Ann Koncal St. Mary, Marion 40th David & Cathy Uhl St. Michael, Worthington 62nd Anthony & Elizabeth Petrarca St. Mary, Marion 40th Joe & Kathy Tobin St. Michael, Worthington 60th Jack & Eileen Wolock St. Mary, Marion 45th Noel & Maria Eboh St. Michael, Worthington 25th Joseph & Maria Suozzi St. Mary, Marion 60th Jerome & Jacquelyn Ballenger St. Monica, New Boston 45th Louis Joseph & Nancy Gail Donini St. Mary, Marion 50th Shaun & Jamie Straw St. Nicholas, Zanesville 45th Patrick & Teresa Paul St. Mary, Marion 60th James & Joanne Traveline St. Nicholas, Zanesville 45th Tom & Patty Scott St. Mary, Portsmouth 30th Larry & Loretta Essman St. Patrick, Columbus 50th Gary & Molly Sheldon St. Mary, Portsmouth 35th George & Janet Welty St. Patrick, Columbus 30th Michael & Carol Fry St. Matthew, Gahanna 25th Mike & Sue McFadden St. Patrick, Columbus 30th Art & Laura McCall St. Matthew, Gahanna 63rd Frank & Jerri McKimmins St. Patrick, Columbus 35th Dennis & Elizabeth Flynn St. Matthew, Gahanna 62nd Charles & Sarah Arnold St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 40th Richard & Susan Danko St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 35th Sebastian & Teresa Mauricio St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 50th Tom & Sharon Gehrlich St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 50th Tom & Halina Barford St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 40th Alan & Marie Dauer The Diaconate Community St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 63rd James & Rita Marsinek St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 60th George & Mary O’Connell Congratulates Deacons and their wives St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 45th Lou & Jackie Sladics St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 60th Robert & Mary Ann Mudd on their Jubilee Wedding Anniversaries St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 30th Michael & Shellie Schultheis St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 40th Frank & Dollie Zito St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 30th Carl A. & Annette R. Svagerko St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 25th Tom & Marilyn McCabe 60 years Dcn. Bart & Joan Supino ~ 02/02/57 St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 65th Michael & Frances Kijowski St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 45th Jim & Mary Ellen Mulder 50 years Dcn. Donald & Patricia Robers ~ 01/14/67 St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville 30th Francis Xavier & Jennifer Rose Fullin Dcn. Thomas & Halina Barford ~ 03/31/67 St. Peter, Chillicothe 60th Donald & Marlene Berling St. Peter, Chillicothe 40th Reed & Thecla Hauser Dcn. Albert & Linda Cain ~ 06/09/67 St. Peter, Columbus 45th Fred & Mildred Gain St. Peter, Columbus 50th Garry & Kathleen Rupp 40 years Dcn. Kenneth & Suzanne Drummer ~ 02/05/77 Sts. Peter and Paul, Wellston 25th Roger & Barbara Wenger Dcn. James & Karen Gorski ~ 05/21/77 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 25th Timothy & Rebecca Feldman Dcn. Reed & Thecla Hauser ~ 06/17/77 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 45th Roger & Ruth Ann Miller St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 40th William & Jean Richards 35 years Dcn. Michael & Elizabeth Ross ~ 02/20/82 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 50th Bill & Joyce Black Dcn. Marion & Carol Smithberger ~ 09/11/82 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 30th Dick & Susan Rickerl Dcn. John & Kathleen Malone ~ 10/30/82 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 40th Randy & Rita Yost St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 30th Jim & Leah Kelly 30 years Dcn. Jim & Leah Kelly ~ 02/21/87 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 50th Richard & June Kelly St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 55th Charles & Maria Giametta Dcn. Rob & Krista Joseph ~ 06/20/87 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 25th Philip & Lorrie Croswell St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 40th Gordon & Ann Burke 25 years Dcn. Carl & Gloria Calcara ~ 03/07/92 St. Pius X, Reynoldsburg 30th Jim & Leah Kelly Dcn. Todd & Mimi Tucky ~ 07/25/92 St. Stephen the Martyr, Columbus 55 th Dominic & Polly Policaro Dcn. David & Brenda Lozowski ~ 12/19/92 St. Thomas Aquinas, Zanesville 50th Tim & Trish Longstreth St. Thomas More Newman Center, Columbus 45th Robert J. & Agnes F. Loula St. Timothy, Columbus 60th James & Mary Anne Reinmann St. Timothy, Columbus 35th Marion & Carol Smithberger 14 Catholic Times July 2, 2017

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A) The Weekday Bible Readings Loving Jesus takes precedence over everything else 7/3-7/8 7/10-7/15 him. Those who want to find their lives must lose them MONDAY MONDAY for the sake of Christ. Ephesians 2:19-22 Genesis 28:10-22a There are rewards available for those who risk ostra- Psalm 117:1b-2 Psalm 91:1-4,14-15 Matthew 9:18-26 Father cism from family members because of their loyalty to John 20:24-29 Jesus. Thus, those who receive you, receive me and the TUESDAY TUESDAY Lawrence L. Hummer Genesis 19:15-29 Genesis 32:23-33 One who sent me (the Father). Receive a prophet and Psalm 26:2-3,9-12 Psalm 17:1-3,6-8,15 get a prophet’s reward. Receive a righteous person and Matthew 8:23-27 Matthew 9:32-38 July 2 -- 2 Kings 4:8-11,14-16a; get a righteous person’s reward. Even if it’s only a cup WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY Romans 6:3-4,8-11; Matthew 10:37-42 of cool water given to one of these “little ones” (dis- Genesis 21:5,8-20a Genesis 41:55-57;42:5-7a,17-24a ciples) because they are disciples of Jesus, the giver Psalm 34:7-8,10-13 Psalm 33:2-3,10-11,18-19 Elisha was the successor to Elijah, the first of the classi- will be rewarded. Matthew 8:28-34 Matthew 10:1-7 cal prophets. The “woman of influence” whom he meets Paul’s words to the Romans often are used at funerals. THURSDAY THURSDAY in Shunem, located in the general region of southern Genesis 22:1b-19 Genesis 44:18-21,23b-29;45:1-5 Though they probably go unheard by mourners in their Psalm 115:1-6,8-9 Psalm 105:16-21 Galilee, had no name, nor did her husband. It became grief, they remain instructive for us about how baptism Matthew 9:1-8 a favorite stopping place for Elisha during his activity Matthew 10:7-15 is linked with the death of Christ. Paul says we were bap- as a prophet to Israel. Offering hospitality to a stranger, FRIDAY FRIDAY tized into the death of Christ Jesus. But he doesn’t let it Genesis 23:1-4 especially one who was a “holy man,” was a blessing Genesis 46:1-7,28-30 rest there. We also were buried with him “through bap- Psalm 106:1-5 Psalm 37:3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40 for them. So they arranged a place for him on the roof of Matthew 9:9-13 tism into his death, so that, just as Christ was raised from Matthew 10:16-23 their house (think mud-brick house with a flat roof), and the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in SATURDAY furnished it with basic necessities. Genesis 27:1-5,15-29 SATURDAY newness of life.” This is symbolized by going down into Psalm 135:1b-6 Genesis 49:29-32;50:15-26a It was an offer Elisha could not refuse, so he came the water and coming up again. Matthew 9:14-17 Psalm 105:1-4,6-7 there often when he was in the area. Eventually, Elisha Matthew 10:24-33 learned that the woman and her husband were child- The symbol is best preserved in those who physically less. As happens so frequently throughout the Old Tes- go down into the water, only to rise up out of the water tament, the woman was advanced in age, and being again. In most older Catholic churches, this rich sym- childless was considered a great shame. So Elisha, with bolism is lost by the pouring of water over the head of his confidence in the Lord’s ability to act, promises the an infant or an adult. It obviously is preserved in some woman that she will have a baby (and a son at that!) Protestant traditions. If death no longer has power over DIOCESAN WEEKLY RADIO AND in a year’s time. That is not where the story ends in 2 Christ and we who have been baptized share this with TELEVISION MASS SCHEDULE Kings, but readers will have to turn there to find out Christ, then we, too, are dead to sin “and living for God WEEKS OF JULY 2 AND 9, 2017 in Christ Jesus.” the ending. The Lectionary uses this as a companion to SUNDAY MASS Having just emerged from the Easter celebrations, these the Gospel to show the truth of a saying in Sunday’s 10:30 a.m. Mass from Columbus St. Joseph Gospel that “whoever receives a prophet because he is should be very fresh and worthwhile reflections for all Cathedral on St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.” those who were baptized at the Easter Vigil and for all of Columbus, and at www.stgabrielradio.com. That Gospel saying is one of a string of sayings in Mat- us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus. “We are dead Mass with the Passionist Fathers at thew having to do with the real meaning of disciple- to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus” or should be! 7:30 a.m. on WWHO-TV (the CW), Channel ship. Loving Jesus takes precedence over all other loves, Father Lawrence Hummer, pastor of Chillicothe St. 53, Columbus, and 10:30 a.m. on WHIZ-TV, including that of father or mother or son or daughter. Mary Church, may be reached at hummerl@stmary- Channel 18, Zanesville. Check local cable Those who refuse the cross of Christ are not worthy of chillicothe.com. system for cable channel listing. Mass from Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Birmingham, Ala., at 8 a.m. on EWTN (Time Cathedral Healing Mass and service to take place July 17 Warner Channel 385, Insight Channel 382, A Mass of healing and healing service will take place cessible elevator in the courtyard (west side of the cathe- or WOW Channel 378) at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 17 at Columbus St. Joseph dral) on East Broad Street. (Encores at noon, 7 p.m., and midnight). Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St. For more information, call the cathedral at (614) 224- Mass from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee at 6:30 The healing service will follow the Mass and an oppor- 1295. a.m. on ION TV (AT&T U-verse Channel 195, Dish tunity for everyone present Network Channel 250, or DirecTV Channel 305). to speak individually with Compliments of DAILY MASS a priest and have him say 8 a.m., Our Lady of the Angels Monastery prayers of healing for what DEE PRINTING, INC. in Birmingham, Ala. (Encores at noon, 7 they seek. The sacrament of p.m. and midnight) See EWTN above; and Anointing of the Sick also 49994999 Transamerica Transamerica Drive Drive on I-Lifetv (Channel 113 in Ada, Logan, will be available. All persons Columbus, Ohio 43228 Millersburg, Murray City and Washing- who seek Christ’s healing Columbus, Ohio 43228 ton C.H.; Channel 125 in Marion, Newark, are invited. All caregivers, Newcomerstown and New Philadelphia; family members, and mem- 777-8700 and Channel 207 in Zanesville); bers of the medical commu- the Murnane Family 8 p.m., St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), Columbus, nity also are invited. and at www.stgabrielradio.com. Parking is available at the Specializing in Catholic Church Sunday bulletins and rear of the cathedral, acces- We pray Weeks I and II, Seasonal sible off East Gay Street. Serving Columbus Diocese and others since 1974 Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours There is a handicapped-ac- July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 15 It’s Howdy Doody Time! Three or four times each month, Father X (as I’ll celebrant is the master of the divine liturgy rather call him here) celebrates the noontime daily Mass than its servant. In this case, that mastery too often I regularly attend. I’m grateful for his homilies, turns Father X into a kind of ringmaster whose ver- which are almost always thoughtful. Thus in a re- THE CATHOLIC bal antics, presumably intended to make the Mass cent commentary on Jesus’s debate with the Sad- more user-friendly, are a distraction from that to- ducees over the resurrection of the dead, Father X DIFFERENCE ward which the Church’s worship aims, accord- gave a lucid and moving explanation of the “com- George Weigel ing to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council: munion of saints” and how it functions in our Chris- “The liturgy daily builds up those who are in the tian lives. Church, making of them a holy temple of the Lord, a dwelling-place for God in the Spirit, to the mature The problem is not Father X’s preaching. The ing from the Good News as proclaimed by St. --.”At measure of the fullness of Christ” (Constitution on problem is – if you’ll permit me an AmChurch the consecration, the institution narrative is changed neologism – Father X’s “presidential style.” And so that the Lord passes the bread and wine rather the Sacred Liturgy, 2). Howdy Doody and Christian then, boys and girls, it’s Howdy Doody Time all than gives it. “The Lord be with you” is frequently maturity do not go together. over again. prefaced by a “My sisters and brothers …. ,” with an Secondly, the jollying-up-by-dumbing-down of In his liturgical formation, Father X evidently emphasis on the “with” that rings up – you guessed the liturgy bespeaks a clericalism that doesn’t didn’t get the short memo that reads, “Do the red it – the Howdy Doody Show and its opening jingle. trust the lay faithful to “get it” without bells and and say the black”: that is, follow the rubrics in the But Father X doesn’t limit his rhetorical and sty- whistles. I’m sorry, but that lack of trust is offen- Missal and don’t mess around with the liturgical listic assaults on the liturgy to Fifties’ TV re-runs. sive. The “full, conscious, and active participation texts. Or perhaps Father X imagines himself a bet- His invitation to “Lift up your HEARTS!” (the last in liturgical celebrations … to which the Christian ter stylist than those who translated the third edition word zoomed so that it’s almost shouted) calls to people, ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy of the Roman Missal into English. But whatever the mind an ecstatic radio announcer informing his Bay nation, a redeemed people’ (1 Peter 2.9, 4-5) have causality, Father X can’t seem to help himself – the Area listeners that Steph Curry has won the game a right and obligation by reason of their baptism” temptation to jolly things up is an itch that has to again by draining a buzzer-beater from six feet be- (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 14) is not ad- be scratched. hind the three-point line. vanced when those Christian people are treated as if they were dimwits, or five-year olds with short Thus the Gospel is always announced by “A read- The Mass is the Mass, attention spans. and we may thank God for the settled theologi- There has been considerable progress made in the cal principle of ex opera reform of the liturgical reform, not least by the res- Saint Paul the Apostle Parish operato, which assures toration of sacral language to the Missal. As Cardi- Director of Religious Education us that God’s grace acts nal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congre- through earthen vessels, gation for Divine Worship, reminds us, recovering Saint Paul the Apostle Parish, a 4,000 family Catholic community in even priests who defy a sense of the liturgy’s kingdom-dimension, its an- Westerville, Ohio (Columbus) is in search of a Director of Religious the rubrics and the pro- ticipation of the Lord’s return in glory, is the next Education (DRE). prieties. But Father X’s important step. Taking that step requires celebrating The Director of Religious Education is responsible for the ministry of insistence on turning the liturgy as if it really were a foretaste of the Wed- catechesis in the Parish School of Religious Education, oversees and parts of the Mass into the ding Feast of the Lamb described in Revelation 19, offers policies and catechetical programs for children, and young adults. children’s hour bespeaks not a knock-off of the Howdy Doody Show. Specifically, this individual leads the day to day operations of an 800 several problems. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of plus student body PSR program ranging from pre-school through eighth In the first instance, it the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washing- grade with a staff of four coordinators and over 100 volunteer cate- suggests that the priest- ton, D.C. chists. This individual is also a member of the parish liturgy committee and works closely with school administrators and pastoral associates. The qualified individual will have an MA in Religious Education/ Catholic Theology or equivalent, a minimum of 3 years’ parish reli- gious education or similar experience; familiarity with principles and NEED A PARISH MISSION? dimensions of; catechist formation, children’s ministry, young adult ministry, proven administrative skills including interpersonal relations, The Dominican Fathers are currently scheduling conflict resolution, management and supervision, budget preparation, for Fall 2017, Advent, Lent & Spring 2018 and be a collaborative minister. Compensation is open and commensurate with experience and educa- Full range of topics/themes available tion. Job offer is contingent on the successful passing of the manda- tory background screening and completion of the VIRTUS “Protecting Contact Father Thomas Blau @ 614.208.1072/[email protected] God’s Children” course. All benefits are according to Diocesan policy. Or Mary Leathley [email protected] For more information, please contact; Deacon Dean Racine, Director TO LEARN MORE AND SCHEDULE YOUR PARISH MISSION TODAY! of Parish Administration at 614.882.2109. Résumés may be sent with a cover letter by e-mail to: [email protected] Faithful ~Affordable~Accessible 16 Catholic Times July 2, 2017 Pray for our dead

AMSLER, Helen “Dee” (Sauer), 75, June 11 IACONIS, Emma M. “Maggie” (Kershaw), 93, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Marysville June 21 William Gleich St. Peter Church, Columbus Funeral Mass for William Gleich, 88, Christ the King School. He also was ANGELO, Frank, 87, June 17 who died Thursday, June 22, was held president of the Central Ohio Baseball Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia KRAMER, Richard D., 93, June 15 Monday, June 26, at Columbus Christ League, coached baseball at Ohio Do- BAHNSON, Anne M. (Mazzolini), 81, June 2 Holy Family Church, Columbus the King Church. Burial was at St. Jo- minican College, and was a mentor for St. Mary Church, Lancaster LANG, Christina A., 33, June 21 seph Cemetery, Columbus. Junior Achievement. BARKOW, Carolyn A. (Farrell), 65, June 19 St. Thomas Church, Columbus He was a graduate of Columbus Im- He was preceded in death by his St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington maculate Conception School and Co- parents, Jack and Irene (Woodward); LARSON, Joy E. (Glass), 70, June 21 lumbus Aquinas College High School and a sister, Mary (Ed) Salser. Survi- BASS, Eileen E., 88, June 19 St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville and The Ohio State University’s vors include his wife, Dolores; sons, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Buckeye Lake LELONEK, Eleanor, 84, June 17 business school, served in the Army Bill, Jim (Angie), and Gary, daugh- BENSON, Robert H., 82, June 9 St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus during the Korean War, and was em- ters, Patricia (Craig) Clemans, Jeanne St. Bernadette Church, Lancaster ployed by Western Electric and the (Dave) Gleich-Anthony, and Deborah LOMBARDI, Edith L. (Antonelli), 90, June 11 Foxfire Golf Club. (John) Gleich-Bope; six grandsons; BRECKLER, Wendelin M., 80, June 17 St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin For more than 30 years, he was di- two granddaughters; and three great- St. Matthias Church, Columbus rector of boys and girls athletics at grandchildren. NAZIONALE, Joseph, 98, June 16 BURTON, William R. “Bob,” 60, June 10 Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City Newark center to host retreat for women CAIN, Robert E., 80, June 15 ORTMAN, David L., 60, June 13 “Retreat and Refresh: A Day of Lunch will be at noon. Two facili- St. Stephen Church, Columbus St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell Renewal for a Woman’s Soul” will tators of the Walking With Purpose be the theme of a retreat which will Scripture study program for women CROMWELL, Alice (Dues), June 18 PATTERSON, John E., 94, June 22 take place Sunday and Monday, July will be on hand for two afternoon St. Matthew Church, Gahanna St. John the Baptist Church, Columbus 16 and 17 at Sts. Peter and Paul breakout sessions with anyone in- DAVENA, Charles A., 97, June 13 PLOTTS, Matthew, 60, June 15 Retreat Center, 2734 Seminary Road terested in being a facilitator for the St. Mary Church, Waverly St. Joseph Church, Dover S.E., Newark. Participants may ar- program. For those not interested in rive on Sunday evening and stay taking part in the sessions, retreat di- DAVIES, Maria T. (Sarisky), 51, June 17 RAPHAEL, Thomas A. “Bubba,” 60, June 9 overnight or come for the Monday rector Glenda Reynolds will present St. Agatha Church, Columbus Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus program only. Dr. Edward Sri’s video A Walk With DeMAGGIO, Deborah (McQuay), 59, May 1 ROWLEY, Patricia L. (Davis), 79, June 17 Registration opens at 6 p.m. Sunday, the Blessed Mother. The afternoon St. Mary Church, Waverly Blessed Sacrament Church, Newark and the retreat will begin at 6:30 with also will include a crafts program. It an evening of activities related to con- will conclude around 4 p.m. DITTMAR, Jeanne L. (Powell), 90, June 17 SCHWENDIMAN, Theresa (Tedesco), 64, June St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville templative prayer. Overnight lodging The cost for those arriving on Sunday 13 will be available. will be $95 with a private room or $75 St. Joseph Church, Dover DORIA, Rosaline (Manzo), 96, June 17 Breakfast will be at 8:30 a.m. Mon- with a semiprivate room. It will be $50 St. Mary Church, Marion SMITH, Bernard J., 41, June 17 day, followed by recital of the rosary for the Monday events only. Breakfast FAGAN, Mary V. “Ginny” (Hooker), 94, June 15 St. Mary Church, Marion at 9 and a short reflection. Columbus- and lunch are included in the price. St. Mark Church, Lancaster based author and broadcaster Eliza- Anyone interested in attending is SPEZIALETTI, Louis L. Jr., 80, June 16 beth Ficocelli will present talks at 9:30 asked to contact Reynolds at (740) FRONK, Daniel A., 81, June 18 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City and 10:45. She will speak about her 974-7568 or g.reynolds15@yahoo. St. Agatha Church, Columbus STEPHENS, Letta “Jayne” (Mowrey), 76, June conversion to Catholicism and discuss com. The registration deadline is GILCHRIST, Isabel A. (McCabe), 97, June 19 18 the life of St. Therese of Lisieux. Monday, July 3. St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville GIORGIONE, Janice R. (Fry), 69, June 8 SWALDO, Wilma (Alonso), 86, June 17 Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia HAUSFELD, Norm, 88, June 11 VEELEY, George E., 87, June 14 St. Andrew Church, Columbus Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Grove City HENSON, Scott A., 50, June 17 WALKER, Juanita E. (Webb), 94, June 16 St. Paul Church, Westerville St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus HICKEY, Dennis J., 76, June 14 WALKER, Robert P., 68, June 19 St. Matthew Church, Gahanna St. Philip Church, Columbus HOLLEYOAK, Susie (Oberholzer), 97, June 12 WOOLEY, Heidi E. (Leonhard), 78, June 17 Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison St. Mary Church, Columbus HUELSKAMP, Donald A., 90, May 31 ZMUDA, Susan, 66, May 5 Sacred Hearts Church, Cardington St. Mary Church, Waverly July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 17 H A P P E N I N G S

Mary’s Little Children Prayer Group 7, FRIDAY pants will be based at Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Center, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refugee St. Cecilia Adoration of Blessed Sacrament 2734 Seminary Road S.E., Newark, Reynoldsburg, work CLASSIFIED Road, Columbus. 8:30 a.m., confessions, 9 a.m., Mass, fol- St. Cecilia Church, 434 Norton Road, Columbus. Begins throughout Licking County during the day, and take part lowed by Fatima prayers and Rosary (Shepherds of Christ after 8:15 a.m. Mass; continues to 5 p.m. Saturday. in recreational and spiritual activities in the evening. St. Luke Church/Danville format); 10 a.m., meeting. 614-861-4888 Monthly Adoration of Blessed Sacrament ST. LUKE PARISH FESTIVAL Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refu- 10, MONDAY Corner of Market & Rambo St, Danville 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. gee Road, Columbus. Begins after 9 a.m. Mass; continues Bethesda Post-Abortion Healing Ministry Saturday, July 8, 5-9 pm (after 4 pm Mass) Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and through 6 p.m. Holy Hour. 6:30 p.m., support group meeting, 2744 Dover Road, Co- Pit-Barbecued Chicken Dinners served 5-7pm confession. Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center Open House lumbus (Christ the King convent, first building west of Food Stand, Fancy goods, Bingo, Lay Missionaries of Charity Day of Prayer 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center, 987 the church). 614-718-0277, 614-309-2651, 614-309-0157 Cash Raffles, LiveAuction, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, 893 Hamlet St., N. Waggoner Road, Blacklick. Center, a ministry of the Our Lady of Peace Men’s Bible Study Entertainment, Games & Activities for all ages Columbus. Monthly day of prayer for Columbus chapter Dominican Sisters of Peace, will be open, weather per- 7 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Church, 20 E. Dominion Blvd., of Lay Missionaries of Charity. 614-372-5249 mitting. 614-866-4302 Columbus. Bible study of Sunday Scripture readings. First Saturday Mass at Holy Family DeSales All-Class Reunion 9 a.m., Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Columbus. 5:30 p.m., Gabby’s, 1887 Tamarack Circle N., Columbus. Co- 11, TUESDAY JUNE First Saturday Mass for world peace and in reparation lumbus St. Francis DeSales High School all-class reunion, Serra Club of North Columbus Meeting for blasphemies against the Virgin Mary, as requested by with proceeds benefiting alumni legacy scholarship fund. Noon, Jessing Center, Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 29, THURSDAY Our Lady of Fatima. 614-221-1890 Free pizza with admission wristband from 6 to 8, door N. High St., Columbus. Serra Club of North Columbus Cenacle at Holy Name Centering Prayer Group Meeting at Corpus Christi prizes, 50-50 raffle. Admission $5. 614-267-7808 meeting. Speaker: Father Michael Watson, pastor, Dela- 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- 10:30 a.m. to noon, Corpus Christi Center of Peace, 1111 E. Eucharistic Vigil at Holy Cross ware St. Mary Church. Reservations required. bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in Stewart Ave., Columbus. Centering prayer group meeting, Holy Cross Church, 205 S. 5th St., Columbus. 7:30 p.m. Calix Society Meeting the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. beginning with silent prayer, followed by Contemplative Mass, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 6 p.m., Panera restaurant, 4519 N. High St., Columbus. Frassati Society Meeting at Columbus St. Patrick Outreach DVD and discussion. 614-512-3731 with various prayers, ending with Benediction at 11:30. Monthly meeting of the Calix Society, an association of All-Night Exposition at Our Lady of Victory 7 p.m., Aquinas Hall, St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Filipino Mass at St. Elizabeth Catholic alcoholics. Preceded by 5:30 p.m. Mass at Our Our Lady of Victory Church, 1559 Roxbury Road, Colum- Columbus. Meeting of parish’s Frassati Society for young 7:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd., Lady of Peace Church, across street from meeting site. bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 8 p.m. adults. 614-224-9522 Columbus. Mass in the Tagalog language for members of Holy Hour at Columbus St. Francis of Assisi until Mass at 8 a.m. Saturday. the Filipino Catholic community. 614-891-0150 St. Francis of Assisi Church, 386 Buttles Ave., Columbus. Monthly Holy Hour following 6 p.m. Mass. 614-299-5781 8, SATURDAY Rosary for Life at St. Joan of Arc 2, SUNDAY JULY Dick Davis Alumni Softball Tournament at DeSales Following 6:15 p.m. Mass, St. Joan of Arc Church, 10700 Prayer Group Meeting at Christ the King 9 a.m., Alumni Stadium, St. Francis DeSales High School, Liberty Road, Powell. Recital of Rosary for Life, spon- 5 to 7 p.m., Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston 4212 Karl Road, Columbus. School’s annual Dick Davis Me- sored by church’s respect life committee. 1, SATURDAY Ave., Columbus (enter at daily Mass entrance). Weekly morial Alumni Softball Tournament. 614-267-7808 EnCourage Ministry Monthly Meeting Fatima Devotions at Columbus St. Patrick parish prayer group meets for praise, worship, ministry, Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City 6:30 p.m., EnCourage, an approved diocesan ministry 7 a.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus. and teaching. 614-237-0401 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. dedicated to families and friends of persons who experi- Mass, followed by devotions to Our Lady of Fatima, pre- Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and ence same-sex attraction. EnCourage respects the digni- ceded by confessions at 6:30. 614-240-5910 7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum- confession. ty of every person, promotes the truth of God’s plan for bus. Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054 ‘Meet the Farm Animals’ at Shepherd’s Corner each of us, and focuses on sharing our love. Confidential- 10 to 11:30 a.m., Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center, 987 ity is maintained. Call for site. 614-296-7404 All fund-raising events (festivals, 4, TUESDAY N. Waggoner Road, Blacklick. Family program giving bazaars, spaghetti dinners, fish fries, Rosary for Life at St. Joan of Arc participants a chance to get up close to farm animals, 12, WEDNESDAY bake sales, pizza/sub sales, candy Following 6:15 p.m. Mass, St. Joan of Arc Church, 10700 led by Sister Marguerite Chandler, OP, and volunteer Turning Leaves and Tea Leaves Liberty Road, Powell. Recital of Rosary for Life, spon- sales, etc.) will be placed in the “Fund- Miranda Land. Children should be accompanied by an 2 to 3:30 p.m., Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Drive, sored by church’s respect life committee. adult. Suggested donation $5. Registration deadline July Raising Guide.” Columbus. Turning Leaves and Tea Leaves book club with 3. 614-866-4302 Dominican Sisters Marialein Anzenberger and Colleen An entry into the Guide will be $18.50 Gallagher. 614-416-1910 for the first six lines, and $2.65 for 5, WEDNESDAY 9, SUNDAY Marian Devotion at St. Elizabeth Kateri Prayer Circle at St. Mark each additional line. 13, THURSDAY 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd., 1 p.m., Aranda Center, St. Mark Church, 324 Gay St., Lan- For more information, Women to Women Listening Circle at Corpus Christi Columbus. Marian devotion with Scriptural rosary, fol- caster. Kateri Prayer Circle meeting to honor St. Kateri call David Garick at 614-224-5195. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Corpus Christi Center of Peace, 1111 lowed by Mass and monthly novena to Our Lady of Per- Tekakwitha and promote Native Catholic spirituality. E. Stewart Ave., Columbus. Women to Women program petual Help, with Father Ramon Owera, CFIC. Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic Meeting for women of all ages and life circumstances. Begins with 614-891-0150 1:30 p.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus. soup lunch until noon, followed by listening circle. No Meeting of St. Catherine of Siena chapter, Lay Fraternities child care available on-site. 614-512-3371 ‘Happenings’ submissions 6, THURSDAY of St. Dominic. Cenacle at Holy Name Notices for items of Catholic interest must Order of Malta Center of Care Opens Prayer Group Meeting at Christ the King 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- be received at least 12 days before ex- 9 a.m. to noon, St. John Center, Holy Rosary-St. John 5 to 7 p.m., Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in pected publication date. We will print them Church, 648 S. Ohio Ave., Columbus. Opening of Order Ave., Columbus (enter at daily Mass entrance). Weekly the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. as space permits. of Malta Center of Care, which wil provide basic medical parish prayer group meets for praise, worship, ministry, ‘Into the Deep’ Talk at Columbus St. Patrick Items not received before this deadline may care and health screenings. and teaching. 614-237-0401 7 to 8:30 p.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Co- not be published. Cenacle at Holy Name Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter lumbus. Monthly “Into the Deep” series on the Catholic Listings cannot be taken by phone. 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- 7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum- faith continues with talk on “What Has God Told Us?” Mail to Catholic Times Happenings, bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in bus. Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054 614-224-9522 197 E. Gay St., Columbus OH 43215 the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. Fax to 614-241-2518 Holy Hour at Holy Family 9-13, SUNDAY-THURSDAY 14, FRIDAY E-mail as text to 6 to 7 p.m., Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Colum- Gospel Road Mission Camp in Licking County Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center Open House [email protected] bus. Holy Hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry spon- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center, 987 followed by meeting of parish Holy Name and Junior sors Gospel Road Mission Camp, for youths in grades N. Waggoner Road, Blacklick. Center will be open, weath- Holy Name societies, with refreshments. 614-221-4323 nine through 12 from throughout the diocese. Partici- er permitting. 614-866-4302 18 Catholic Times July 2, 2017

Book review

How a Saint and a President Defeated Communism By Joseph Pronechen/National Catholic Register A Pope and a President A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, have bled to death on their respective routes to the hospital. and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century They both believed — and said to one another — that God is the latest book from New York Times best-selling author had spared them for a special purpose. The purpose was to and Register contributor Paul Kengor. A political historian work together to bring down atheistic Soviet communism and Reagan biographer, Kengor tells the story of the provi- and free people behind the Iron Curtain. dential partnership and shared vision of Pope St. John Paul Q: Did you find Reagan having any interest in Fatima? II and Reagan to meet and challenge communism head-on. A: That’s one of the most intriguing things I found. That’s The new book hit stores on May 1. The Register recently one of two aspects of this book that will most surprise interviewed Kengor via email. Catholics. Q: What prompted you to write A Pope and a President? The first, for the record, is that I confirmed that the Soviets A: I’ve been writing this book for years. I’ve written liter- did order the shooting of the Holy Father and (this is totally ally over a dozen books since I started the research for this new) that Ronald Reagan and his top advisers — most no- one. I started filing FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) re- tably, two devout Irish Catholics, Bill Casey and Bill Clark quests to declassify documents related to the Reagan-John — all along suspected the Soviet role and would privately Paul II relationship back in 2000. conclude that Moscow was involved. That conclusion was I went through countless documents at the Reagan Library based on a super-secret CIA report that has never been and in various archives, such as the Soviet Comintern and made public. Central Committee archives. I read through numerous let- My book doesn’t present the actual report, but it does dis- Reagan and Fatima and the Blessed Mother. ters, transcripts, cables, editions of Pravda, Izvestia, and close for the first time the existence of such a report/inves- Here’s another shocker for Catholics: Reagan was in- on and on. This is the longest book I’ve written because the tigation and of its confirmation of a Soviet hand. The con- trigued by the reported appearances of Mary in Med- story is so deep. clusion was that Moscow, working not through the Soviet jugorje. I was taken aback when Ave Maria was sung at The vicious war on the Church by atheistic communism KGB, but through the Soviet GRU (military intelligence), Reagan’s memorial service in the Washington Cathedral in is so horrific and massive that I didn’t know where to stop ordered the attempted assassination: The Soviet commu- June 2004. That was the last hymn I expected to hear at his exposing it. nists, ladies and gentlemen, tried to murder a pope. funeral. Mrs. Reagan told me that Ronald Reagan himself I think readers will encounter the same struggle I had in As for John Paul II, he always suspected a Soviet hand, had chosen Ave Maria to be sung at that funeral, years be- writing this book: You can’t pull yourself away because of especially in July 1981, upon reading the third secret of fore Alzheimer’s had taken him. the characters involved and the battle of good versus evil Fatima after recovering from his wounds — atop the fas- Now, looking back in retrospect, I’m not surprised. cinating reality that he was shot on the feast day of Our involved. Q: Did you find any other fascinating Fatima connections Lady of Fatima. When he read the third secret, which had To that end, a warning to readers: Just as you’ll be heart- to these events that you detail in the book? predicted an attack on a future pope among the “errors” of ened by what you read, you’ll also be sickened. The heart- Russian communism, it essentially affirmed for him that A: Fatima is the thread throughout the book, from start to ening part is the great good done by John Paul II and Ronald the Soviets were involved. Any doubts were wiped away finish. I open with the shooting of John Paul II in St. Pe- Reagan. The sickening part is the colossal evil perpetrated when he opened the envelope. The second aspect of the ter’s Square on May 13, 1981, the feast day of Our Lady of by malicious atheistic communism. These two men waged book that will most surprise Catholics was Ronald Rea- Fatima. That’s the prologue. Then, in Chapter 1, I bounce battle against the beast. They carried the cross. gan’s intense interest in Fatima. No one knows about this. I back to May 13, 1917, when Mary first appeared to Lucia, Q: Why do you see it as the “extraordinary untold story of was fascinated by it. I detail it at great length. Jacinta. and Francisco. That starts the narrative. Thereafter, the 20th century?” the book is a story, a chronological narrative, that winds Q: How did you learn about it? A: The story of the 20th century was the battle against through the rise of Bolshevism and the Soviet war on re- A: I learned about it via a ton of research and interviews atheistic communism that began in Bolshevik Russia ligion — as the Lady had predicted — and then the births with people who worked directly with Reagan, including a in October 1917 and was warned about by Our Lady in and rise of Ronald Reagan and Karol Wojtyla. person who briefed him on Fatima prior to his second one- Fatima. That was an epic struggle running from 1917 until Amid their rise, the narrative is interspersed with painful on-one meeting with John Paul II in Rome in June 1987. about 1989-91, far outlasting the shorter-term fight against examples of communist persecution of the faithful, done to Nazism, in which both Karol Wojtyla and Ronald Reagan Q: When Reagan went to Portugal in 1985, did he bring the likes of Cardinals Mindszenty and Stepinac, to popes also engaged. When that century-long conflict was finally out any connections to Fatima and to John Paul II? Pius XII and John Paul II. won — peacefully — it was done so by Pope John Paul II A: He did. And I’m amazed that we Catholics don’t know I even take into account the communist ideology behind and Ronald Reagan. They fought that monster their entire about this. Of course, it got absolutely no publicity, so our the assassins of leading American Catholic politicians such adult lives. The way they did so, including as partners, and ignorance is understandable. as John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. Throughout that sad everything that happened amid the long road in between Ronald Reagan gave a speech in Portugal in May 1985 saga, I incorporate the brilliant insights of the most influen- is truly the extraordinary untold story of the 20th century. where he openly mentioned Mary and the children of Fati- tial American Catholic of the 20th century, Fulton Sheen. Q: St. John Paul II would attribute his survival to the mirac- ma. He spoke of the “great religious shrine” at Fatima and Sheen may be the most prominent figure in this book after ulous intervention of the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Fati- said that when he met Pope John Paul II he “dared to sug- Reagan, John Paul II, and the Blessed Mother. ma. Was there any spiritual bond between him and Reagan? gest to him that, in the example of men like himself and What a prophet Sheen was. And he just happened to have A: Both men survived assassination attempts mere weeks in the prayers of simple people everywhere, simple people been raised just down the road from Ronald Reagan. The apart in March and May 1981. When they finally came to- like the children of Fatima, there resides more power than book considers many intriguing Reagan-Sheen parallels. gether in June 1982, they spoke of the “miraculous” fact in all the great armies and statesmen of the world.” That’s yet another of so many rich Reagan-Catholic con- that they both survived. Both understood that they should That’s just the start of what I mention in this book about nections that will stun and please Catholics. July 2, 2017 Catholic Times 19 CSS president receives leadership award Rachel Lustig, president Services to help poor are your gifts and chief executive and vulnerable seniors officer of Catholic Social and families reach their Services, is one of 12 potential. Everyone has recipients of this year’s potential, but not everyone Faith-Filled? Women WELDing has opportunity. This the Way award from is especially true for Columbus-based Women women. I am honored The Catholic Foundation is the only foundation in the diocese for Economic and to be recognized by an that invests your gifts in alignment with the teachings of Leadership Development. organization that is helping The 12 are high-impact create those opportunities the Catholic Church. Our portfolios follow the United States leaders within their organizations, for women of all backgrounds, and I Conference of Catholic Bishops guidelines, and we carefully support the leadership development hope to continue to partner with them of other women, give time, talent, in that mission,” Lustig said screen all charitable organizations that we fund to make sure and resources to their community, and Sabree Akinyele, CSS vice president they also follow Catholic values. invest in the growth of women-owned of programs, said Lustig is “the businesses. They will be recognized at embodiment of the mission of a reception in the Statehouse Atrium Catholic Social Services. She works on Thursday, Nov. 2. tirelessly to improve the lives of KEEP YOUR GIFTS “In countless ways, these women our clients, and particularly women IN OUR FAITH. are reaching back and lifting up our in our community. She is a servant future leaders. They inspire others by leader, and she leads by example Prayerfully consider making your living WELD’s mission to develop and operates from her faith. She charitable gifts through The Catholic and advance women’s leadership to has brought strength and direction to Foundation. call 866-298-8893 or visit strengthen the economic prosperity of CSS, and, through her leadership, we www.catholic-foundation.org today. the communities we serve,” said Barb have been able to empower those we Smoot, WELD president and CEO. serve, as well as the women of our “It is the mission of Catholic Social organization.” TRUST, continued from Page 9 Don Pelayo’s victory was decisive, questioning of our values and ethics. though the majority of Spain still was Yet Mary reminds us, as Our Lady of under Moorish control. He became the Covadonga, that though we seem to be king of Asturia and saw to it that the outnumbered and overwhelmed without remaining Visigoths joined with the a shot at victory, that we aren’t alone. Hispano-Roman tribes, shaping the We don’t have to solve all of our beginning of historic Spain. The Virgin problems – or the world’s problems, of Covadonga has been one of the either – by ourselves. It’s easy to think landmark symbols of the Spanish nation, a case is hopeless, whether it’s the and the cave at Covadonga is revered as cleanliness of our house or the salvation a holy sanctuary. of our souls. Our Lady of Covadonga took the Before we give up, though, let’s turn efforts of the soldiers and multiplied to Mary, Our Lady of Covadonga. Let’s them. There they stood on the cliffs and stand on the mountain and watch the hills, with a mighty force before them. arrows bounce off the rocks around us. Are we so different? Before us lie the In Our Lady of Covadonga, I see hope temptations of the world, the attacks of for myself and hope for the world. In consumerism and greed, the constant the rich history of the title, I enjoy an Earn Your MBA in Just 16 Months adventure that holds a Convenient online & on-campus formats lesson for me. Though the enemy is fierce, Concentrations available in: though the battle is long, • Data Analytics • Accounting though I am weary, I’m • Risk Management • Leadership not alone. • Finance • Sport Management (On campus only) Sarah Reinhard is the Classes are forming now! author of many books, Learn more at ohiodominican.edu/MBA including her latest, Beautifully “The Catholic Mother’s Central Ohio’s Catholic University • Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Prayer Companion.” 1216 Sunbury Rd. | Columbus, OH 43219 | 614.251.4615 614-276-1439 modlich-monument.com She’s online at SnoringScholar.com. 20 Catholic Times July 2, 2017 Ohio students helping young British Catholics experience joys of faith By Simon Caldwell Susan Nussman, 21, of Cincinnati, Catholic News Service who said she was eager to serve on the A group of American students has em- mission. barked on a mission to England in the “This is an opportunity to be of hope of helping young Catholics grow service and an opportunity to love,” more excited about their faith. she said. The six theology students from Fran- The group also includes Emmanuel ciscan University of Steubenville in Ambrose, 23, of New York City, who Ohio (pictured) will spend two months is making his first trip abroad, and in the Diocese of Shrewsbury at the in- Charis Willey, 25, who is from the vitation of Bishop Mark Davies. Diocese of Shrewsbury but is studying in Steubenville. The bishop has dedicated 2017 as a “Year for Mission” within the diocese. They soon will be joined by a seventh The students’ visit is part of the activi- member, Steven Diaz, 27, of New ties for the period. York City. The group will stay in the diocese until July 29. Bishop Davies visited Steubenville in 2016. He said he was deeply im- Among their first activities was pressed by the commitment to faith of The American group includes Joshua Catholics were enthusiastic about their leading a holy hour for the success of the newly created Shrewsbury Youth the students there. Cordes, 29, and his brother, Daniel, faith and that when they were able to Mission. The first gathering was on 22, both of Yucca Valley, California. deepen their relationship with God, The students raised their own funds June 7. to pay for air travel across the Atlantic. In an interview in Shrewsbury with there was “growth in vocations,” in- Catholic News Service, Joshua Cordes cluding “holy marriages.” Ambrose said he was anxious to share “We are very happy to welcome this his faith with people in the diocese. witness of young Catholics from the said, “One of the things that Bishop “I could easily name five people I He said that if he can help a single United States,” Bishop Davies said in Mark was keen on was personal en- know who are in religious life or the young person grow in love for God, a statement on June 5. counter, one-on-one, listening to priesthood,” McCue said. people and not just having doctrines his visit to England will be worth- “At the Franciscan University at The youngest person in the group is while. “Just one is enough,” he said. Steubenville, you see a springtime of thrown at them. Catholic faith and commitment among “The main goal is to get them excited the young in the USA, which bears about the resources here, the sacra- fruit in a desire for mission,” he said. ments, the priests, the places they can Don’t miss this trip of a lifetime! go to have their questions answered,” “I was very moved by the request of PILGRIMAGE TO THE the students to help to serve the Eng- he said. lish mission in Shrewsbury Diocese.” “They have all the stuff they need al- ready, but we are just trying to reintro- HOLY LAND The bishop hopes the students will visiting help English young people kindle a duce that. We are not offering anything HAIFA • TIBERIAS desire to make the faith a greater part new. We are just showing them what of their daily lives. they have,” Cordes added. NAZARETH The Steubenville students will vis- Rebecca McCue, 28, of St Paul, Min- BETHLEHEM • JERUSALEM it parishes and schools, lead holy nesota, said she believed the church in hosted by hours of intercessory prayer, and the United States had much it could Deacon Felix F. Azzola give personal testimonies to groups share with its English counterpart. St. Mary Church, Delaware, OH of young people. She said that many young American 10 days: November 6 - 15, 2017 $3,679 from Columbus CWV decorates veterans’ graves (Air/land tour price is $2,979 plus $700 government taxes/airline surcharges) Ron Janning of the Walk where Jesus walked…Cruise the Sea of Galilee… Catholic War Veterans Visit Nazareth…Climb the Mt. of Olives & view the Old City of Jerusalem… helps Juliana Dzikows- Walk the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre… ki place a flag at the Visit Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity gravesite of a veteran There are only a few places available, please sign up as soon as possible!!! at St. Joseph Cemetery FEE INCLUDES: For a brochure or more information, contact: in Columbus. About 80 Deacon Felix F. Azzola people from several or- Round trip airfare from Columbus 131 Yorkshire Rd., Delaware, OH 43015 ganizations decorated First class Hotels Phone: 740.369.2014 • E-mail: [email protected] Breakfast & Dinner daily Name ______about 1,400 veterans’ Comprehensive Sightseeing with graves at the cemetery professional tour guide Address ______this year. Entrance fees, porterage and City______State______Zip______hotel service charges Photo courtesy Catholic War Phone______E-mail______Veterans