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CriterionOnline.com March 12, 2010 Vol. L, No. 22 75¢ Anglicans who are entering Catholic Church An Indiana treasure should blend well, Painting by cardinal says Hoosier artist KINGSTON, Ontario (CNS)—Groups of Sean Gallagher Photo by Anglicans entering into communion with the Catholic Church will is restored for not be absorbed the way “a teaspoon of sugar would be lost Indianapolis in a gallon of coffee,” said Cardinal William parish Levada, prefect for the Congregation of By Sean Gallagher the Doctrine of the Faith. Father Stephen Giannini just might Instead, Anglicans have an “Antiques Roadshow” story on Cardinal will provide a distinct his hands. William Levada sound within the The popular Church, the way the Public different instruments in an orchestra blend in Broadcasting a symphony, Cardinal Levada told a Service television fundraising dinner for Catholic Christian show highlights Outreach and the Queen’s University people who have Newman Center on March 6. found a family “People long for discordant tones to be heirloom hidden harmonized, united,” he said. “And when an away in their individual or, indeed, a community, is ready homes or an for unity with the Church of Christ that antique which Fr. Stephen Giannini subsists in the Catholic Church, it w ould be a they bought for betrayal of Catholic ecumenical principles next to nothing at a garage sale only to and goals to refuse to embrace them, and to find out on the show that it is rare, highly embrace them with all the distinctive gifts sought after by collectors and worth a lot that enrich the Church, that help her approach of money. the world symphonically, sounding together Last fall, Father Giannini, the pastor of or united.” St. John the Evangelist Parish in Indian- Pope Benedict XVI’s historic offer for apolis, was helping prepare for a groups of Anglicans to enter into full rummage sale by cleaning out storage communion with the Catholic Church is “the rooms in the basement of the rectory, logical outcome” of 45 years of ecumenical which dates from the 1860s, when a This painting by noted Hoosier artist Richard Buckner Gruelle was found last fall in poor dialogue, Cardinal Levada said. parishioner found an old painting that had condition in a storage room at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. It was restored The Vatican’s offer came on Nov. 9 with rips and holes in it. to its current condition by Sue McCallister, a member of St. Agnes Parish in Nashville. the publication of Pope Benedict’s apostolic “It had a film of dust on it,” constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus” Father Giannini said. “We were taking background of the painting shows many When she received the painting, (“Groups of Anglicans”) along with specific things out of the basement to the garage other paintings and drawings hanging on a McCallister had her doubts about what norms governing the establishment and to get ready for the sale. And this was one wall, making the setting appear to be an she could do to restore it, b ut not about governance of “personal ordinariates,” of the things that we took out. We just artist’s studio. her desire to help the Church. structures similar to dioceses, for former took a wadded up paper towel and started Shortly before the painting was put with “It was almost totally rotted,” she Anglicans who become Catholic. trying to get some of the dust of f.” other rummage sale items, a parishioner said. “I told [Father Giannini] that I Cardinal Levada described the apostolic The oil painting depicts two religious looked at the signature of the artist, didn’t know if I could even get it all constitution as “one of the fruits” developing sisters. One is an artist, working on a R. B. Gruelle. She asked that the painting be back together, but that if I could I w ould out of the statements issued by the painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The held back so that she could do some do it for him for nothing. It w as in very Anglican Roman Catholic International other sister is seated behind the artist, research. poor shape.” Commission—commonly known as apparently reading a book. The “She came back the next day and said, After working for more than a ARCIC—on the Eucharist, ministry and ‘Father, make sure that’s not in the garage month on the painting, McCallister ordination, and authority. sale,’ ” Father Giannini said. returned it to St. John Parish in its See ANGLICANS, page 2 As it turned out, Richard Buckner current restored state. Submitted photo Gruelle (1851-1914) was a prominent When asked why she did so much Indiana artist in the late 19th and early work for nothing, McCallister had a 20th centuries, a member of what was simple answer. “I have the gift,” she known as the “Hoosier Group” of artists said, “so I give the gift back.” based in Indianapolis. He was also active among the painters who frequented an Questions and answers artists’ colony in Brown County made With the painting restored and notable by famous Hoosier artist hanging in Father Giannini’s rectory T.C. Steele. office, questions about it remained. Many of Gruelle’s paintings are now Why did Gruelle create this painting? worth thousands of dollars. Did someone commission it? Who were After learning that his parish owns one the religious sisters in the painting? And of Gruelle’s paintings, Father Giannini why was it in storage at St. John’s wanted it restored. rectory? The first two questions seem to have Giving back the gift been answered by some research that Father Giannini was referred to Msgr. John Doyle, who died in 1985, did Sue McCallister, a member of St. Agnes in 1976. Parish in Nashville, who works full time as According to a letter in the f iles of an art restorationist. the Indianapolis Museum of Art, McCallister has restored several Msgr. Doyle—who taught for many This photo shows the condition of the R. B. Gruelle works by members of the Hoosier Group years at Marian University in Indian- painting when it was found in a parish storage room and other painters who were active in the apolis and lived at St. John’s rectory in last fall. Restorationist Sue McCallister said that it artists’ colony in Brown County. She has the 1970s—had apparently examined the appeared lighter in its unrestored state due to light lived among the scenic, wooded hills of painting around that time and noticed an reflecting off of dirt on the painting. Brown County for 35 years. See PAINTING, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of attended the dinner. Archbishop ANGLICANS Canterbury Rowan Williams. Hepworth, who is based in continued from page 1 ARCIC III will focus on the relationship Australia, has been meeting with

between the local and universal Church, Traditional Anglican Communion CNS photo/Art Babych Cardinal Levada traced the history of and also on women’s ordination, same-sex bishops around the world and was talks between the two Churches that were unions and actively homosexual clergy. in Canada for visits to churches in launched after a historic 1966 meeting in The cardinal spoke of the upheaval that Nova Scotia, Ontario, Alberta and Rome between Pope Paul VI and then- the ordination of women has caused within British Columbia. Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury the Anglican Communion. Archbishop Hepworth said he Michael Ramsay. They issued a joint He also outlined the Catholic Church’s expects a request will come within declaration that spoke of the commitment repeated warnings of the negative effect that weeks from Traditional Anglican to achieve full, visible unity between the ordination of women would have on Communion bishops in Canada. “sister” Churches, “united but not unity. The male priesthood is not “merely Before arriving in Canada, absorbed.” praxis,” he explained, but “doctrinal in Archbishop Hepworth met with “It would be a betrayal of Catholic nature.” He said the male priesthood lies at Anglican Church of America ecclesiology not to embrace [Anglicans] the heart of the Eucharist and “cannot be representatives, Anglican Use with all the gifts they bring,” he said, relegated to the periphery.” parishes that are already part of the U.S. Cardinal William Levada, prefect for the Congregation explaining that those gifts include a He also described the issues concerning Roman Catholic Church in the of the Doctrine of the Faith, celebrates Mass at Notre Dame distinct spirituality, liturgy and spiritual homosexuals that confront Anglicans as United States, and Forward in Faith, Basilica in Ottawa on March 8. Groups of Anglicans discipline. “another Church dividing issue.” a group of Anglicans still in entering into communion with the Catholic Church will not But the cardinal also stressed the Anglican communities in Australia, communion with Canterbury who be absorbed the way “a teaspoon of sugar would be lost in continued hope and commitment to work United Kingdom, the United States and oppose women bishops and a gallon of coffee,” said Cardinal Levada during a toward “full corporate unity” with the other countries already have sent requests to women’s ordination to the fundraising dinner on March 6 in Kingston, Ontario. worldwide Anglican Communion. He the Congregation for the Doctrine of the priesthood. cited the announcement of a third Faith to establish personal ordinariates The Traditional Anglican Communion Traditional Anglican Communion and Anglican Roman Catholic International within the Catholic Church. and representatives of Anglican Use Forward in Faith in the United Kingdom Commission that came after last Archbishop John Hepworth, primate of parishes have issued a joint request for an and Australia have made similar joint November’s meeting between the Traditional Anglican Communion, ordinariate in the United States. The requests. † 100 traditionalist Anglican parishes seek to join Catholic Chur ch ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS)—About 100 traditionalist St. Margaret Anglican Church in Indianapolis. The second was the Australian branch of Forward in Anglican parishes in the United States ha ve decided to Churches under the personal ordinariate can retain their Faith, a traditionalist group which is in communion with join the Catholic Church as a group. Anglican character and much of their litur gy and mainstream Anglican churches. In February, Forward in Meeting in Orlando, the House of Bishops of the practices—including married priests—while being in Faith directed its governing council to take the steps Anglican Church in America voted to seek entry into the communion with the Catholic Church. needed for 16 parishes to join the Catholic Church. Catholic Church under the guidelines established in Archbishop John Hepworth of Australia, primate of The United Kingdom branch of Forward in Faith also is Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic constitution the Traditional Anglican Communion, and considering making a request for an ordinariate. A final “Anglicanorum Coetibus” (“Groups of Anglicans”), Father Christopher Phillips of Our Lady of the decision is not expected before July. said a March 3 statement. Atonement Parish, an Anglican-use Catholic parish in Anglican Bishop John Broadhurst estimated that about The Anglican Church in America is part of the San Antonio, attended the meeting, according to the 200 Anglican parishes will seek to join the Catholic Traditional Anglican Communion, a group of churches statement. Church if Forward in Faith decides to ask for an which separated from the worldwide Anglican The Anglican Church in America is the third group ordinariate. Communion in 1991. The Traditional Anglican of Anglican churches to respond positively to the Vatican’s The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have Communion claims 400,000 members worldwide. invitation. established a commission to prepare for the group The request means the 100 Anglican Church in The first was the United Kingdom branch of the reception of Anglican parishes. Headed by four bishops America parishes will ask for group reception into the Traditional Anglican Communion, which comprises about working with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Catholic Church in a “personal ordinariate,” a 20 parishes and which in October be gan the process of Faith, the commission is examining issues such as church structure similar to dioceses for former Anglicans joining the Catholic Church under the apostolic consti- ownership, the advantages and disadvantages of church who become Catholic. Included among these parishes is tution. sharing, and long-term leases of some Anglican parishes. †

Call to conversion isn’t about making Official Appointments people feel bad, Holy Father says Effective immediately Indianapolis.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Lenten call to “During Lent, each one of us is called by God Rev. Steven Schaftlein, Rev. James Farrell, director of conversion is not an attempt to mak e people feel bad to make a change, thinking and living according to pastor of St. Michael Parish Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House about themselves, but to promote their true good, the Gospel, correcting things in our w ay of in Charlestown and in Indianapolis, appointed adminis- which is eternal life, Pope Benedict XVI said. praying, acting, working and relating to others,” St. Francis Xavier Parish in trator pro-tem of Good Shepherd Celebrating Mass on March 7 at the Rome parish he said. Henryville, reappointed to a Parish in Indianapolis while of St. John of the Cross and reciting the Angelus at “Jesus makes this appeal to us not with an aim of second six-year term. continuing as director of Our Lady the Vatican afterward, the pope focused on the day’s severity, but because he is concerned for our welf are, of Fatima Retreat House. Gospel story in which Jesus tells his follo wers they our happiness and our salvation,” the pope said. Effective March 17, 2010 must convert or they will perish. Reciting the Angelus later with visitors in These appointments are from the At the parish, which was founded in 1989, the St. Peter’s Square, the pope said the Gospel story David R. Wilson, retiring office of the Most Rev. Daniel M. pope said Lent is “an invitation to the conversion of teaches Christians not to look for f ault among the as parish life coordinator of Buechlein, O.S.B., Archbishop of our lives and to doing appropriate acts of penitence.” victims of disasters, but to recognize how much Good Shepherd Parish in Indianapolis. † The crowd Jesus was addressing in the day’s they need God in their own lives and to ask for the Gospel story thought that people who met a sudden strength to convert. and violent death were sinners, while the f act that “In the face of sin, God reveals himself to be Correction members of Jesus’ audience were still alive meant full of mercy and does not hesitate to call sinners they had nothing to worry about, the pope said. to avoid evil, to grow in his love and to concretely In a March 5 story about the recipient of the St. George Medal. But Jesus warned them that by not recognizing help their neighbors in need so the y can live in the religious emblem ceremony for Deborah Perkins of St. Jude Parish their own sins and not setting out on the path to joy of grace and not face eternal death,” the Scouts, it was incorrectly reported in Indianapolis also received the conversion, they would not be saved, he said. pope said. † that Gary Kubancsek was the only honor. †

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Schiavo offered that inspirational advice to a in the U.S., and Raye has Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann friend years before it became a symbol of produced five platinum albums her own neurologically compromised and 15 No. 1 hits. medical condition. Concert tickets are $75 a On Feb. 25, 1990, Schiavo collapsed and person, Schindler said, but a suffered profound brain damage from discount code number— oxygen deprivation, which left her unable to TC411—will enable people to walk, talk or care for herself. The cause of purchase tickets online at a her illness was never determined. reduced rate. Her name became known around the Terri’s Foundation is a world through media reports when her non-profit, tax-exempt organi- estranged husband, Michael Schiavo, sought zation established to educate and was granted a court order in 2005 to people, and help families to have her gastric feeding tube removed at the better protect the rights and nursing home in Florida where she w as a lives of their cognitively patient. disabled loved ones. As a result, Shiavo was legally deprived “We started the foundation of nutrition and hydration. when we were trying to defend Despite her family’s prayers and frantic Terri’s life back in 2000,” legal efforts to reverse the court ruling—as Bobby Schindler said. “When well as countless prayers and protests from she passed away, we had to pro-life supporters in the U.S. and around change the name legally Bobby Schindler, right, talks with Little Sisters of the Poor Judith Meredith, left, and Elizabeth Kleibusch during the world—she starved to death on because it wasn’t just about a Feb. 12 visit to the St. Augustine Home for the Aged in Indianapolis. He is the younger brother of the late March 31, 2005. Terri anymore. We were now Terri Schindler Schiavo, and the director of Terri’s Foundation, which helps families protect their relatives who have “Terri wasn’t dying before the dealing with the issue at large, suffered brain damage. court order,” her younger brother, and what happened to her on a Bobby Schindler of Tampa, Fla., much-larger scale, helping other families her right to life during the Schindler “She struggled to live for 14 days explained during a Feb. 12 interview at protect the lives of loved ones in similar family’s legal struggle to save her. without nutrition and hydration,” he said. the St. Augustine Home for the Aged in conditions.” Father Frank Pavone, the founder “It’s a simple procedure to insert a feeding Indianapolis. The Little Sisters of the Poor Schindler said the Grace Project and and national director of Priests for Life, tube. You’ll never convince me that had prayed for Terri Schiavo. other organizations are advocating for the and Father Thomas Euteneur, the president providing food and water is a medical “She was profoundly brain-damaged, but use of advance directives at U.S. health care of Human Life International, also helped treatment. It’s not.” she didn’t need any machines to stay alive,” facilities, especially for elderly patients, the Schindler family publicize Terri’s tragic He said Terri’s slow death by starvation he said. “All she needed was a feeding tube” which are “pro-death” in story during the weeks “is what nightmares are made of” because to receive food and water. their legal content. before her death. it was obvious that she was visibly “Euthanasia happens every day, every “Terri’s situation ‘People in the Midwest “People in the suffering and very frightened. single day,” he said, in the United States and wasn’t anything close to have been a tremendous Midwest have been a “Having to watch my parents watch other countries. being end-of-life,” he tremendous amount of their daughter die this way was almost as “It’s quite frightening,” Schindler said. said. “The doctors amount of support for support for Terri and the bad as having to watch Terri die,” “There are a lot of tragic situations lik e believed that she would Terri and the foundation foundation,” Schindler Bobby Schindler said. “It was equally as Terri’s.” have lived a normal life so we wanted to have said, “so we wanted to gut-wrenching. When we realized that After Schiavo’s death, her parents, span. … A speech have the first concert in Terri wasn’t going to make it, I was more Bob and Mary Schindler, and siblings, therapist from a the first concert in Indianapolis. We worried about my parents at that point Suzanne Vitadamo and Bobby Schindler, prominent institution Indianapolis. We thought this was a good because I saw what they were going founded Terri’s Foundation in St. Petersburg, examined Terri, and said thought this was a good place to start this through.” Fla., to help families with the legal and she was trying to fundraiser. We plan to His father suffered a cardiac arrest and medical assistance they need to keep loved speak—she was place to start this move it to other cities in died on Aug. 29, 2009, he said, obviously ones with brain damage alive in health care definitely communi- fundraiser.’ future years. Indian- of a broken heart. settings. cating—but her vocal apolis also worked well “There’s no doubt this killed my f ather,” Bobby Schindler visited Indianapolis in chords had atrophied. for Randy Travis he said. “My dad never got over the fact February to promote the first Terri Schiavo The therapist thought she —Bobby Schindler because he was already that he wasn’t able to protect his daughter, Life and Hope Concert at 7 p.m. on April 11 could have been taught going to be in the area in and wasn’t able to do anything to stop this at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis. to eat [with help] April.” from happening. He lived with that until he The concert is scheduled 11 days after without a feeding tube.” Watching Terri die was excruci- died, and he suffered terribly.” the fifth anniversary of Schiavo’s death, and He said photos and video images of Terri atingly painful for their family, will be a celebration of her life. with her parents clearly indicated that she Bobby Schindler said, and they couldn’t (To purchase concert tickets, log on to Country music stars Randy Travis was aware of their loving presence. even give her any fluids because food www.lifeandhopeconcert.org. For and Collin Raye will perform their The late Pope John Paul II, who died and water have been legally defined as information on Terri’s Foundation, log on award-winning songs during the fundraiser, three days after Schiavo, spoke on behalf of medical treatment. to www.terrisfight.org.) † Caution urged after recent study on patients with brain damage WASHINGTON (CNS)—New evidence of brain found that five of 54 patients in states of persistent care and rehabilitation, as well as for le gal and ethical activity in patients judged to be in a persistent v egetative unconsciousness showed distinct patterns of brain activity on a decision making,” the study’s authors said. state should make physicians and neurologists more brain imaging machine in response to questions that required a Some say patients in a persistent v egetative state have cautious in arriving at such judgments in the future, “yes” or “no” answer. no meaningful brain activity or chance of recovery. according to a Catholic ethicist. Four of the responsive patients studied had been diagnosed That argument led a Florida judge to order the remo val Edward Furton, a staff ethicist and director of as being in a persistent vegetative state, while the fifth had of a gastric feeding tube for Terri Schindler Schiavo, publications at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in been considered minimally conscious. The other 49 patients in which led to her death on March 31, 2005. Philadelphia, told Catholic News Service on March 1 that the study showed no signs of conscious brain activity. Schiavo’s parents and siblings had fought her estranged recent research shows doctors sometimes “underestimate “These results show a small proportion of patients in a husband to keep her on the feeding tube for nutrition and the consciousness of patients,” who can be “more aware vegetative or minimally conscious state have brain activation hydration. than they are given credit for.” reflecting some awareness and cognition,” the study Terri Schiavo’s brother, Bobby Schindler, said the latest In a study published in February in the New England concluded. “Careful clinical examination will result in New England Journal of Medicine study “underscores ... Journal of Medicine, researchers in England and Belgium reclassification of the state of consciousness in some of why this dangerous and often mistaken PVS diagnosis these patients.” needs to be stopped when being used as a standard to kill The researchers said the technique used in the study “may our most vulnerable.” be useful in establishing basic communication with patients Schindler said in a Feb. 23 statement that people “with who appear to be unresponsive.” cognitive disabilities thought to be in this PVS condition,

CNS photo from Reuters The technique involved magnetic resonance imaging of the like Terri, are routinely being denied food and hydration— brains of patients, who were asked to think about tasks their most basic rights.” associated with either the motor or spatial parts of the brain. Furton said the misperceptions about the a wareness of Thinking about playing tennis, for example, would stimulate those patients diagnosed as being in a persistent v egetative the motor imagery section of the brain, while imagining state is similar to scientists’ earlier beliefs about fetal pain. walking around a house would stimulate the spatial Some scientists contended that a fetus could not feel imagery section. pain until shortly before birth, Furton said, “b ut that has Patients then were asked to associate “yes” with “tennis” been shown to be false.” and “no” with “house” in responding to a series of questions He said “there has been a tendenc y to underestimate” requiring “yes” or “no” answers. The five patients previously the awareness and pain levels of those “at the beginning of considered unresponsive were able to respond correctly to life and at the end of life.” Terri Schindler Schiavo is shown here with her mother, each of the questions. “If there is any doubt” about whether a person Mary Schindler, in a photograph taken in late 2001. A Florida “Such a capacity, which suggests at least partial a wareness, diagnosed as being in a persistent v egetative state is judge ordered the removal of Schiavo’s feeding tube, which led distinguishes minimally conscious patients from those in a consciously aware, Furton said, then “you have to err on to her death on March 31, 2005. vegetative state and therefore has implications for subsequent the side of caution.” † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010

OPINION Parish Diary/Fr. Peter Daly Pornography and fidelity Years ago, when Jimmy Carter was lost and careers ended as people use their Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 campaigning for president, he got in employer’s computers to view Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher trouble because of an pornography. Military personnel and Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus interview in Playboy law enforcement officers are disciplined magazine. In a because of abuse of the Internet. People go moment of disarming to jail if they visit child pornography sites. honesty, he admitted Addiction to pornography even leads Editorial that he had at times some people to depression and suicide. A “lusted in his heart” psychologist recently told me that Internet after women. The pornography is common in cases of press punished him depression and suicidal thoughts. for his honesty. This is serious business. President Carter is The people who get caught up in this are a Christian gentleman. He recognized the often very good people in every other L’Osservatore Romano L’Osservatore danger of a divided heart in marriage. He respect. also understood “spiritual” infidelity. Once, I was interviewed by a federal The late 1970s of Jimmy Carter now agent regarding someone in the CNS photo from seem like an age of innocence compared to community. the Internet-fueled pornography of today. After the interview, he said, “You know, Americans are “lusting in their hearts” Father, people are not always what they and online as never before. appear to be.” Teenagers are sexting by sending I smiled and answered, “You know, pornographic pictures over their phones. special agent, after 24 years of hearing Adults are downloading horrible stuff on confessions, I’ve come to suspect that their home computers where their children might be true.” and spouses find it. People don’t even have So what can we do? What should I do as to go looking for it. It comes to them in a pastor? pop-up messages and unsolicited e-mail. First, we need to talk about the problem. Pornography is not a new problem, but This is a sin and addiction that thri ves in with the Internet it is a growing problem. secrecy and silence. If we talk about it, we It puts people at risk. break its power. Bob and Mary Schindler, the parents of Terri Schindler Schiavo, present a framed gift to They are at risk of losing their spouses, Second, we need to treat it lik e an Pope Benedict XVI after the pope’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on their jobs, their careers—and even their addiction. For many people, it is an May 18, 2005. The gift shows Schiavo, who died on March 31, 2005, after a Florida judge very souls. addiction. ordered the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube to be removed. Ironically, they don’t even derive any We have groups for people addicted to pleasure from it. Internet pornography alcohol and drugs. In every community, we leaves them exhausted. As soon as they need groups for people addicted to Stand up for life at turn away from the screen, they feel worse. pornography. There is already a network of The word people almost always use when sexual addiction groups. We have to make they describe their feelings is “drained.” a place to help people that will not at the April 11 concert to It drains their time, energy and bank same time put children at risk. accounts. It also drains their self-respect Third, we need prayer. Jesus said that and joy. there are some demons that can only be benefit Terri’s Foundation All for what? For an illusion. exorcised by prayer. Prayers that people ive years after her death, visit to the St. Augustine Home for the This is what we mean in the baptismal will overcome addictions to pornography FTerri Schindler Schiavo’s memory Aged in Indianapolis as he discussed the rite when we ask people, “Do you should be mentioned during Mass from lives on. trials and tribulations his family faced in renounce Satan and all his false time to time in the prayer of the f aithful. And here in Indiana, we are being trying to keep his sister alive. allurements?” Internet pornography is the The problem of “lusting in our heart” is given a special opportunity to celebrate “It’s quite frightening. There are a lot classic false allurement. no longer a transitory temptation. It is a her life and support a worthwhile of tragic situations like Terri’s.” In recent years, I have seen Internet powerful presence online that catches cause. It is indeed scary to think that, pornography make a train wreck of people in its worldwide Web. The first Terri Schiavo Life and though polls show more than half of the people’s lives. Hope Concert at 7 p.m. on April 11 at people in the United States identify Marriages are ruined as husbands are (Father Peter Daly writes for Catholic the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis themselves as pro-life, some people still unfaithful to their wives online. Jobs are News Service.) † features country music stars Randy have a throwaway mentality where the Travis and Collin Raye (see related sick, elderly and disabled are concerned. Be Our Guest/Christa Naville story on page 3). This concert offers Add the fact that a recent study Catholics and other people who value shows new evidence of brain activity in life from conception to natural death a patients diagnosed as being in a Actions are the way to share our faith chance to remember Schiavo and her persistent vegetative state (see related All my life, I have wished that I anything but lay in a dark room with my family’s brave fight to keep their story on page 3), and you can see could wear ashes during the day on eyes closed in pain for a couple of days. brain-damaged daughter alive. It also why we, as pro-life advocates, need Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday came and went. I felt so gives us the chance to support to step up our efforts to correct I loved the thought out of the loop. I had missed the be ginning Terri’s Foundation, a non-profit, misconceptions when it comes to of walking around with of the Lenten season. I had spent time tax-exempt organization established to life issues. ashes on my forehead preparing and anticipating the coming of educate people and help families to Through our prayers and actions, we in public. No one Lent, and instead found myself waking up better protect the rights and lives of Catholics and all people of faith can would have to guess saying “Is Lent here? Did I miss it?” their cognitively disabled loved ones. take steps to rid the world of these tragic what day it was and Fortunately, I don’t need to wear an “Euthanasia happens every day, situations. what religion I outward symbol such as ashes to proclaim to every single day,” Terri’s brother, belonged to. It would the world that it is indeed Ash Wednesday Bobby Schindler, said during a recent —Mike Krokos be literally written on and that I am a Catholic. My interactions my face! with others can proclaim that truth louder When I was growing up, we lived in a than any symbol. Take time to build community at small mountain community. The priest for What I do or don’t do speaks volumes. your parish fish fry during Lent our parish had to drive 35 miles to come and Do I choose to “die to myself” so that Christ say Mass. Needless to say, we had one Mass can live in me? Do I let Christ speak through With apologies to the hosts of the more important purpose: They are a on Ash Wednesday and it was in the evening. me or do I selfishly crowd him out in order Masters golf tournament, the Catholic prime place for building community I used to try to keep the ashes on my to have my way? Church has its own Lenten “tradition on Fridays during Lent. Adults and forehead through the night so that I could Can every person that I encounter, not like no other.” children are always welcome, and the wear them to school the next day. It never only on Ash Wednesday but throughout my Of course, we are talking about fellowship that is a part of these really worked. lifetime, see Christ shining through me or do the fish fries which take place in gatherings is an integral component The cross of ashes ended up looking I block his light? Am I continually our parish halls throughout the of our Catholic faith. faded, and not like a cross at—just a crucifying Christ over and over by my Archdiocese of Indianapolis We have heard more than smudge. actions toward others or am I like Veronica, during Lent. one pastor use the fish fry concept to Now, as an adult with a f amily of my stepping out into the street apart from the From Batesville to Terre Haute, talk about how we are emulating own, I still find myself wishing to wear ashes angry crowd, not worried about what they from Indianapolis to Tell City, Jesus, who used fish to feed the during the day on Ash Wednesday. might think of her or what might happen to parishes throughout our 39-county hungry and build community. I could go to Mass in the morning with her to wipe the blood and sweat from area serve cod, catfish, salmon and This Lent, let us take advantage of our children, but my husband would be left Jesus’ face? other types of fish on their Lenten this unique opportunity on at least out. To me, church is all about family so that During this Lenten season, let us all menus. Macaroni and cheese, pizza, one Friday to grow in faith and is not an option. remember that it is not as important to wear side dishes and desserts are also part fellowship together. This year, I found myself unable to the symbol as it is to be the symbol. of the fare at many parishes. receive ashes at all. I had an accident But the fish fries serve an even —Mike Krokos while shoveling snow on the day before (Christa Naville is a member of Most Sacred Ash Wednesday that left me unable to do Heart of Jesus Parish in Jeffersonville.) † The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B.

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Jesus calls us to journey with him in faith e approach the fourth week of ‘What’s the difference?’ complained journey with him in faith as his disciples. on Ash Wednesday. Lent, and it is time to tak e Shimon. ‘Mud here, mud there; it’s all the What does Jesus ask of a disciple? In the As we begin the fourth week of Wstock of our journey thus far. same.’ Gospels, we find that a disciple is one who Lent, we should remind ourselves that The way to Easter is an especially “And so it went for the two of them, understands, one who looks and observes, we are given a special grace to help us gifted journey of faith. It forecasts the grumbling all the way across the bottom and one who hears and absorbs the spirit turn our hearts from sinful ways in great act of faith, and the culmination of of the sea. And because they never once of Jesus. order to walk with Jesus as his a journey when we arrive at the great looked up, they never understood why, on A disciple seeks the Kingdom of hea ven. disciples and friends. Easter sacraments at the Easter the distant shore, everyone else was A disciple is steeped in tradition and in the Maybe we need to be more Solemnity. singing songs of praise. For Reuven and Gospel. A disciple takes to heart the words intentional about offering our fellow Faith is a gift from God that gi ves us Shimon, the miracle never happened” of Jesus: “For whoever does the will of God travelers support on the way to the supernatural knowledge. Rightly, during (God Was In This Place, and I, I Never is my brother and sister and mother” Easter Eucharist and the renewal of our Lent, do we call it a journe y made Knew, p. 27). (Mk 3:35). baptismal profession of faith. possible because God loves us. How are The Lord parted the Red Sea, b ut they A disciple cares for the down and out, the After all, we are privileged to be part we doing as the valuable time of special never saw it. Because they never looked poor and the sick—even though he or she of a procession of faith, not only to the grace speeds by? up with the eyes of faith, Reuven and might not recognize that in doing so it is Easter sacraments, but also on the way One of the most famous religious Shimon never saw the great miracle of Jesus who is loved in the least of our sisters home to the House of the F ather. † journeys ever was the exodus of the the Lord. and brothers. A disciple’s first loyalty is to Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Do For us Christians, the greatest miracle Jesus Christ. In a word, a disciple is you remember stories of the Israelites is the mystery of Christ’s death and someone who is free to journey with Jesus. Do you have an intention for traveling through the desert? resurrection from the dead. Christ took Lest we be alarmed to hear such Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? Rabbi Lawrence Kushner says that the the cross for us and rose from the dead. challenging words—we are consoled by You may mail it to him at: Jewish people consider the parting of the It’s what we anticipate during this season other words of Jesus. He tells us that he has Red Sea on that journey to be the greatest of Lent and journey toward Easter. come to heal the sick and to seek out the lost Archbishop Buechlein’s miracle the Lord ever worked. But he On Good Friday, when we look up at sheep. A disciple is moved by the Prayer List goes on to tell the story of tw o fellows, the Cross with eyes of faith, will we see compassion of Jesus. Archdiocese of Indianapolis Reuven and Shimon, who had a different the miracle of God’s love for us on that Jesus began his public ministry with a 1400 N. Meridian St. experience of the parting of the sea. Cross? How sad it would be to journey simple and forthright teaching: “Turn away P.O. Box 1410 He writes: “Apparently, the bottom of through life and not look up with e yes of from sin and return to the Gospel” Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 the Red Sea, though safe to w alk on, was faith to see the great love of God all (Mk 1:15). It is the clarion call we heard not completely dry but a little muddy, around us. like a beach at low tide. Reuven stepped It is good to realize that indeed, because into it and curled his lip. ‘What is this we celebrate our call from Christ—and we Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for March muck?’ Shimon scowled, ‘There’s mud choose to accept this call—it is something Youth all over the place!’ ‘This is just like the larger than our own individual decision. : that they may be open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit so that they can truly slime pits of Egypt!’ replied Reuven. Through the Church, Jesus calls us to discern their role in the Church, especially God’s call to priesthood and religious life. Jesús nos llama a recorrer el camino de la fe junto a él os acercamos a la cuarta semana de Reuven. ‘¿Y qué diferencia hay?’, espetó ¿Qué pide Cristo a sus discípulos? En A medida que iniciamos la cuarta la Cuaresma y es el momento Shimón. ‘El lodo de aquí, el lodo de allá; es los Evangelios encontramos que un semana de la Cuaresma, debemos recordar Noportuno para hacer un recuento todo lo mismo.’ discípulo es aquel que comprende, que que se nos ha entregado una gracia especial de nuestra jornada hasta ahora. “Así ambos continuaron marchando y mira y observa, y que escucha y absorbe el que nos permite alejar nuestros corazones El camino a la Pascua es un sendero refunfuñando durante todo el camino por espíritu de Jesús. del pecado y caminar con Jesús como sus de fe con dádivas especiales. Es el el fondo del mar. Y ya que ni siquiera una Un discípulo busca el Reino del Cielo. discípulos y amigos. preludio del excelso acto de fe y la vez alzaron la vista, nunca lograron Un discípulo está empapado de la tradición Quizás debemos brindar asistencia a culminación de una travesía al arribar a entender por qué en la distante orilla y del Evangelio. Un discípulo se toma a nuestros compañeros de viaje en el camino los grandes sacramentos de la Pascua todos cantaban cánticos de alabanza. Para pecho las palabras de Jesús: “Porque a la Eucaristía pascual de una forma más durante la solemnidad pascual. Reuven y Shimón el milagro nunca cualquiera que hace la voluntad de Dios, intencional y renovar nuestra profesión de La fe es un don de Dios que nos ocurrió” (God Was In This Place, and I, ése es mi hermano y mi hermana y mi fe bautismal. concede conocimientos sobrenaturales. I Never Knew, [Dios estaba este lugar y madre” (Mc 3:35). Después de todo, tenemos el privilegio Muy acertadamente nos referimos a la nunca lo supe] p. 27). Un discípulo se preocupa por los de formar parte de una procesión de fe, no Cuaresma como un camino que sólo El Señor dividió el Mar Rojo, pero marginados y relegados, por los pobres solamente hacia los sacramentos pascuales, podemos recorrer porque Dios nos ama. nunca lo vieron. Debido a que nunca y los enfermos, aunque tal vez no se dé sino también en el camino de re greso a la ¿Cuál es, pues, nuestra actitud a medida alzaron la mirada con los ojos de la fe, cuenta de que al hacerlo, es a Jesús a Casa del Padre. † que transcurre tan rápidamente este valioso Reuven y Shimón nunca vieron el quien ama en los menos afortunados de tiempo de gracia especial? formidable milagro del Señor. nuestros hermanos. La lealtad ¿Tiene una intención que desee Una de las travesías religiosas más Para nosotros como cristianos, el mayor primordial de un discípulo es para con incluir en la lista de oración del famosas de todos los tiempos fue el éxodo milagro es el misterio de la muerte y Cristo. En resumen, un discípulo es Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar del pueblo judío que escapaba de la resurrección de Cristo. Cristo se entregó por alguien que sigue libremente el camino su correspondencia a: esclavitud en Egipto. ¿Recuerdan las nosotros en la cruz y se levantó de entre los de Jesús. historias de los israelitas viajando por el muertos. Eso es lo que anticipamos durante Para que no temamos ante estas palabras Lista de oración del Arzobispo desierto? la época de la Cuaresma y nuestro camino tan intimidantes, Jesús nos consuela con Buechlein El rabino Lawrence Kushner comenta hacia la Pascua. otras palabras. Nos dice que ha v enido a Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis que el pueblo judío considera la división El viernes santo, cuando alcemos la curar a los enfermos y a b uscar a las ovejas 1400 N. Meridian St. del Mar Rojo durante ese recorrido como mirada a la cruz con los ojos de la fe, extraviadas. A los discípulos los conmueve P.O. Box 1410 uno de los milagros más grandes que el ¿acaso veremos en esa cruz el milagro del la compasión de Jesús. Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 Señor jamás haya obrado. Y prosigue a amor de Dios por nosotros? Qué triste sería Jesús comenzó su ministerio público contar la historia de dos hombres, Reuv en y recorrer el sendero de la vida y no alzar la con una enseñanza sencilla y directa: Shimón, cuya experiencia con respecto a la vista con los ojos de la fe para v er el “arrepentíos y creed en el evangelio” (Mc división del mar fue distinta. inmenso amor de Dios que nos rodea. 1:15). Es la llamada fuerte y clara que Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, Escribe: “Aparentemente el fondo del Resulta conveniente darnos cuenta de escuchamos el Miércoles de Ceniza. Language Training Center, Indianapolis. Mar Rojo, si bien era apto para el cruce, no que, efectivamente, debido a que estaba completamente seco sino un tanto celebramos el llamado que Cristo nos ha Las intenciones vocationales del Arzobispo Buechlein para marzo lodoso, como la playa al bajar la marea. hecho, y elegimos aceptarlo, se trata de Reuven lo pisó y arrugó la cara. ‘¿Qué es algo mucho más grande que nuestra propia Los jóvenes: que ellos acepten el ánimo del Espíritu Santo, para que puedan discernir este estiércol?’ Shimón frunció el ceño: decisión personal. A través de la Iglesia su papel en la Iglesia, especialmente la llamada de Dios a hacerse sacerdote y entrar en ‘¡Hay lodo por todas partes!’ ‘¡Se parece a Jesús nos llama a acompañarlo en el una vida religiosa. los pozos de cieno de Egipto!’, respondió camino de la fe como sus discípulos. Page 6 The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010 Events Calendar

March 12 the Journey,” day of Book signing, artist and author Father Elmer Burwinkel, 317-252-5690 or Indianapolis. Helpers of St. Joan of Arc Church, reflection, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Nancy Noël, All God’s celebrant. Information: [email protected]. God’s Precious Infants, 4217 N. Central Ave., Indian- $30 per person. Information Creatures Go to Heaven, 812-689-3551. pro-life Mass, Father Shaun apolis. Rosary, 6 p.m., Mass, and registration: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. Whittington, celebrant, www.saintchristopherparish.org. www.nanoel.com. Costco Wholesale, 6110 E. St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. 6:30 p.m., Stations of the 8:30 a.m., followed by rosary Cross, Benediction, 7 p.m. 86th St., Indianapolis. Healing service, confession, March 14 outside abortion clinic and Information: 317-283-5508 or St. Roch Parish, Family Life Book signing, artist and eucharistic procession, praise Our Lady of the Most Holy [email protected]. Center, 3603 S. Meridian St., author Nancy Noël, All God’s and worship, laying on of Benediction at church. Indianapolis. Single Seniors, Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens Creatures Go to Heaven, hands, 6 p.m. Information: Information: Archdiocesan St., Indianapolis. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: 812-623-8007. Office for Pro-Life Ministry, “St. Joseph’s Table,” Parish Hall, 1125 S. Meridian over. Information: www.nanoel.com. spaghetti dinner, 11 a.m.-2 317-236-1569 or St., Indianapolis. Lenten fish 317-784-4207. St. Martin of Tours Parish, p.m. Information: 317-632- March 17 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. fry, 5-7 p.m., $6 adults, Sexton Hall, 1709 E. Harrison 3174 or St. John the Evangelist $3 children. Information: The Atrium, 3143 E. Thompson St., Martinsville. Second [email protected]. Church, 126 W. Georgia St., Nativity of Our Lord Jesus 317-638-5551. Road, Indianapolis. annual St. Patrick’s Day Indianapolis. Lenten organ dinner, 5:30-8 p.m., Christ Parish, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Holy Cross Parish, 125 N. concert, Elaine Sonnenberg, St. Michael Parish, $9 adults, $5 children under 7225 Southeastern Ave., SPRED dinner dance, 6 p.m., Oriental St., Indianapolis. organist, 11:30 a.m. 11400 Farmers Lane, N.E., 16 years old, tickets available Indianapolis. “Poverty and $60 per person includes dinner. St. Patrick’s Day party, Information: 317-635-2021. Lenten fish fry, through March 7. Information: Bradford. Information and registration: music, food, games, 4-8 p.m., Hunger Awareness,” 317-544-8012 or 4:30-7 p.m. Information: 317-236-1448. $5 per person. Information: Calvary Cemetery, musical, donation of [email protected]. 812-364-6173. 317-637-2620 or Mausoleum Chapel, 435 W. non-perishable food items, 7 Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High [email protected]. Troy Ave., Indianapolis. March 18 p.m. Information: 317-357- Knights of Columbus Hall, School, cafeteria, 3360 W. Monthly Mass, 2 p.m. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat 1200 or 809 E. Main St., New Albany. 30th St., Indianapolis. “Pot of St. Andrew Parish, Information: 317-784-4439. House, 5353 E. 56th St., St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Gold” celebration, 7 p.m., [email protected]. Father Hillman Hall, 235 S. Indianapolis. Guardian Angel Parish, St. Patrick’s Day $25 per person includes dinner 5th St., Richmond. Richmond St. Michael Church, celebration, 7:30 p.m. Guild, “Day of Reflection,” St. Vincent Women’s Hospital, and entertainment. Information: Catholic Women United, 11400 Farmers Lane N.E., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $20 per Information: 812-923-3011. 8081 Township Line Road, 317-927-7825 or “Lenten Afternoon of Bradford. Adult faith person. Information and March 12-13 advancement@cardinal Reflection,” 1-3:30 p.m., formation, “Why is registration: 317-293-4673 or Indianapolis. “Boot Camp ritter.org. Oldenburg Academy, buffet lunch, no charge. Holy Week Holy?” 7 p.m., [email protected]. for New Dads,” 9 a.m., $30. 1 Twister Circle, Oldenburg. Information: 765-962-1337. John Jacobi and Joe Fey, Information: 317-338-4437 or Primo Banquet and Conference Drama Club, Just Another presenters. Information: Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, www.womens.stvincent.org. High School Play, 7 p.m., Center, 2353 E. Perry Road, MKVS, Divine Mercy and 812-364-6173 or Mausoleum Chapel, 9001 N. $7 adults, $5 students. Plainfield. St. Susanna Parish, Glorious Cross Center, [email protected]. Haverstick Road, Indian- March 21 Information: 812-934-4440. auction and reverse raffle, Rexville, located on apolis. Monthly Mass, 2 p.m. Richmond Catholic $65 per person includes dinner. 925 South, .8 mile east of Marian University, Information: 317-574-8898 or Community, 701 N. “A” St., March 13 Information: 317-837-7184 or 421 South and 12 miles south 8435 Keystone Crossing www.catholiccemeteries.cc. St. Christopher Parish, [email protected]. of Versailles. Mass, noon, on Blvd., Suite 108, Indianapolis. Richmond. Charismatic Damascus Room, 5301 W. third Sunday holy hour and “Adult Programs March 20 prayer group, 7 p.m. 16th St., Indianapolis. Costco Wholesale, 9010 N. pitch-in, groups of 10 pray Information Session,” St. Michael the Archangel Information: “Woman to Woman–Walking Michigan Road, Indianapolis. the new Marian Way, 1 p.m., 7-8 p.m. Information: Church, 3354 W. 30th St., [email protected]. †

Retreats and Programs March 14 other women who are considering religious life. Indianapolis. “To Turn, To Turn, T’will Be Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Information: 800-734-9999 or Our Delight–An Overnight Lenten Retreat [email protected]. with Benedictine Father Noël Mueller.” March 13 “Coffee Talk–Intimacy with Jesus,” Franciscan Sister Patty Campbell, presenter, March 23 Information: 317-545-7681 or Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. [email protected]. liturgy, 9:30 a.m., program, 10:45 a.m.-noon. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., 56th St., Indianapolis. “Date Night at Information: 812-933-6437 or Indianapolis. “Three Marks of the Maturing March 26-28 Fatima Retreat House–Coming Full Circle,” [email protected]. Christian,” day of reflection, Father Noah Casey, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Dave and Christine Turo-Shields, presenters, presenter, registration and breakfast, 9:15-9:45 a.m., St. Meinrad. “Veni Creator Spiritus–The March 19-21 program, 9:45 a.m., $35 per person. Information: 5 p.m., registration, 5:30 p.m. Mass, followed Meaning of Creation in Scripture and the Monastery Immaculate Conception, 802 E. 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. by dinner and presentation, $40 per couple. 10th St., Ferdinand, Ind. (Evansville Diocese). Christian Life,” Benedictine Brother Matthew Information: 317-545-7681 or Sisters of St. Benedict, “Come and See March 26-27 Mattingly, presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 [email protected]. Weekend,” single women ages 18-40 meet Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., or [email protected]. † Sanctity of Life Dinner is April 22 in Indianapolis Five pro-life volunteers will be honored for the rector of the Bishop Simon Bruté Colle ge Seminary in during the second trimester of pregnancy, she courageously distinguished service to the cause of life during the Indianapolis. spoke out against abortion and was fired by the hospital on archdiocesan Sanctity of Life fundraising dinner at 6 p.m. The award recipients assist Servants of the Gospel of Life Aug. 31, 2001. on April 22 at the Riverwalk Banquet Center, Sister Diane Carollo, director of the archdiocesan Of fice for Tickets are $45 for adults, $35 for students, $400 for a 6729 Westfield Blvd., in Indianapolis. Pro-Life Ministry, with the archdiocesan Birthline or table of 10 adults or $275 for a table of 10 students. Sanctity of Life award recipients are St. Michael the Rachel’s Vineyard ministries. For more information or to register for the event, Archangel parishioner Sharon Carl of Indianapolis; Registered nurse Jill Stanek of Cedar Lak e, Ind., is the call the archdiocesan Office for Pro-Life Ministry at Mary, Queen of Peace parishioner Rita Rodriguez of keynote speaker for the fundraiser. 317-236-1569 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1569, before the Danville; Holy Name of Jesus parishioner Rita Heede of Stanek worked as a nurse in the labor and deli very April 12 registration deadline. Checks may be mailed to the Beech Grove; SS. Francis and Clare parishioner department at Christ Hospital in Oak La wn, Ill. When she Office for Pro-Life Ministry, Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Fran Doyle of Greenwood; and Father Robert Robeson, discovered that hospital staff members aborted unborn babies Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46202. †

Much Ado Submitted photo about Nothing Marcus Grodi to speak at Phillip Reid, left, and Michael Pettey portray Verges and Dogberry in the Catholic Radio Dinner National Players’ production of Marcus Grodi, the host of the Eternal is $60 per person and $450 per table. William Shakespeare’s play Much Ado Word Television Network’s “Journey Grodi also hosts “Deep in Scripture,” about Nothing, which they will Home” weekly live a weekly EWTN radio program. He perform at 7 p.m. CDT on April 16 at TV show and radio also is the author of How Firm a Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad. program, will be Foundation, and the author and editor At 7 p.m. CDT on April 17, the National the keynote speaker of Journeys Home. Players will present William Goldings’ at the sixth annual Raised as a Protestant, Grodi was Lord of the Flies. Before each Catholic Radio received into the full communion of the performance, a buffet supper will be Dinner at 6 p.m. on Catholic Church in 1992. available for $9 per person from April 8 at the He is the president and executive 5:30 p.m. until 6:15 p.m. in the Riverwalk director of The Coming Home Newman Dining Room. Reservations are Banquet Center, Network, a Catholic apostolate required for the meal, and should be 6729 Westfield that offers assistance to Christians made before April 9. To make dinner Marcus Grodi Blvd., in seeking to come into the full reservations, call 812-357-6403 or send Indianapolis. communion of the Church. an e-mail to [email protected]. The dinner is a fundraising event for For more information about the The performances are free and open to Catholic Radio Indy 89.1 FM. Catholic radio dinner or to purchase the public. For more information, call Tickets are $55 per person and tickets, call 317-842-6583, send an 812-357-6501. $400 for a table of eight if purchased e-mail to [email protected] or before March 25. After that date, the cost log on to www.catholicradioindy.org. † The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010 Page 7 Despite bickering, Church’s legislative efforts at Statehouse a success

By Brigid Curtis Ayer became part of the education funding debate, that w as a big drunk driver who kills a viable fetus commits the crime of concern for our diocesan education officials, who have been involuntary manslaughter. Sen. Allen E. Paul, R-Richmond, As the Indiana General Assembly winds down and nears working to create an SGO in each authored the bill following an incident involving one of his its March 14 adjournment deadline, Church officials see diocese so they can deliver constituents, who suffered the lost of her unborn son, Dre w, this year’s legislative efforts as scholarships for children attending a when her car was struck by a drunk driver. a success in spite of declining Catholic school for the first time,” The bill passed both the Senate and the House. It no w state revenue and partisan Tebbe said. “These scholarships may awaits the signature of Gov. Mitch Daniels to become law. bickering. be awarded as early as in the f all of “The legislation is not a traditional pro-life bill in the “With the ‘short session’ 2010.” sense that it directly limits or abolishes abortion, which the being a political wind-up to an The House and Senate agreed to a Church is always working toward. However, giving the April campaign season for state lawmakers, we entered the compromise regarding the flexible unborn rights under the law by recognizing them as a session with a hopeful attitude that la wmakers would do no funding which allows school persons is a step in the right direction,” Tebbe said. harm to school choice or immigration polic y,” said corporations to transfer up to While the Indiana Catholic Conference had le gislative Glenn Tebbe, Indiana Catholic Conference executive Glenn Tebbe 10 percent of the capital funds levy successes this year, there is more work to be done to protect director. “We were able to stave off attacks on both fronts, for instructional purposes. the institution of marriage. The marriage amendment, which were waged against a new school choice law and Five percent may be used without conditions, b ut if the Senate Joint Resolution 13 authored by Sen. Carlin Yoder against families and children of our immigrant community.” full 10 percent is utilized, the school corporation must freeze (R-Middlebury), which would have amended Indiana’s In an attempt to fix the $300 million funding cuts in salaries. While a compromise was negotiated, final Constitution to define marriage between one man and education, the House and Senate offered legislation to allow agreement and signatures from the four conferees is pending. one woman, was discussed during the General Assembly. school corporations to borrow from other education funding “Thankfully, the scholarship tax credit delay w as dropped The Senate passed the measure, but it failed to gain a sources. Rep. Greg Porter’s (D-Indianapolis) bill, and was not discussed as part of the f inal school funding hearing in the House and died there. House Bill 1367, included funding flexibility for school compromise,” Tebbe said. The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the legislative intent corporations. A proposal aimed at undocumented immigrants, of marriage when the law was challenged in 2007. However, At least twice during the session, Rep. Porter which focused on enforcement, also failed this year. future challenges to Indiana’s marriage law could result in it amended a scholarship tax credit delay into education Senate Bill 213, the unauthorized alien bill, would have being overturned. proposals he controlled in the House Education Committee, required local and state government entities to become “There is not an immediate threat to the current la w, but which he chairs. During committee hearings, he said that involved in verifying citizenship of individuals suspected of the sooner [the amendment] passes the better,” Tebbe said. the delay was a means to save tax dollars. However, being undocumented. The proposal, which passed the Senate “The marriage amendment is expected to be offered again Rep. Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis) said that the by a 46-4 vote, increased penalties for knowingly employing next session.” scholarship tax credit saves tax dollars. or assisting undocumented persons. The bill did not get a While the Indiana General Assembly must adjourn by Last year, lawmakers passed a school choice initiative hearing in the House and died. midnight on March 14, there are man y federal issues that the allowing a scholarship tax credit of 50 percent to “Comprehensive immigration reform is needed, but Church will be involved in which Catholics are encouraged corporations or individuals for donations made to qualified it must be addressed on the federal level,” Tebbe said. to participate. Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGO’s). These SGO’s “Senate Bill 213 would have created more fear and hardship To join the Indiana Catholic Action Network (I-CAN) would then provide grants to lower- and moderate-income for those of our immigrant community, most of whom are or to use the Legislative Action Center, log on to the Indiana families for school tuition or other school-related costs at doing all they can to obtain citizenship.” Catholic Conference Web site at www.indianacc.org. the public or private school of the parents’ choice. Senate Bill 71, the involuntary manslaughter and “When an effort to delay the new scholarship tax credit pregnancy bill, also known as “Drew’s Bill,” provides that a (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent for The Criterion.) † Christian and Muslim leaders make ‘commitment to action’ after dialogue WASHINGTON (CNS)—A group of discussions, “around 12:30, 12:45, to document’s plan of action was to “engage and all I know is thanks to you because I Christian and Muslim leaders, whose borrow a phrase from the Vatican, the in practical interfaith programs at local, only went to Catholic schools,” the man Catholic represen- cloud of white smoke appeared from the national, regional and global levels to said. “And I have never once been the tatives included Omni-Shoreham Hotel” in Washington promote the common good.” object of proselytism.” French Cardinal where the dialogue sessions were being After the press conference, The other principal participants in the Jean-Louis conducted, said Episcopal Canon Cardinal Tauran, in a brief interview with dialogue were Ayatollah Ahmad Iravani, a Tauran, issued “an John Peterson at a March 3 press Catholic News Service, identified native of Iran who is president of the interreligious call conference introducing the document. education as one such program. “Take all Center for the Study of Islam and the and and commitment The document includes seven our Catholic schools we have in different Middle East and has been teaching for the to action” on principles that undergird its plan of countries” where Islam is the majority past 10 years at the Catholic University of March 3 action. 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Gruelle and his family moved to PAINTING Connecticut in 1910. continued from page 1 Sister Francis Assisi was not surprised to learn that one of her inscription on it that read, “To the predecessors in her religious Chatard G.” community would be the subject of a From his knowledge of the painting where she was portrayed as history of the archdiocese, an artist. Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum Art Msgr. Doyle determined that She said that, from early on in Gruelle presented the painting to their congregation’s history, the the Chatard Guild, a literary Oldenburg Franciscans in their society established by educational ministry had a “high Bishop Francis Silas Chatard while standard” in art education. the bishop was living at St. John “Support of the arts was high,” Parish between 1878 and 1892. Sister Francis Assisi said. “I’ve got As to who the religious sisters are rooms filled with photographs of in the painting, Father Giannini various kinds of artwork.” suspected that, due to the nature of their habit—especially a cord worn ‘A gift for the parish’ around and hanging down from the Father Giannini appreciates the waist of the seated sister—they were historic work of art now hanging in members of the Congregation of the his office at St. John, the oldest Sisters of the Third Order of parish in Indianapolis, which was St. Francis based in Oldenburg. founded in 1837, just three years According to Franciscan Sister after the Diocese of Vincennes was Francis Assisi Kennedy, the archivist established. for the Oldenburg Franciscans, “It’s a gift for the parish anew,” Franciscan Sister Mary Rose he said. “Living here and Droitcour was known as an ministering here in these buildings, accomplished artist and taught art at I have the history of the the former St. Mary Academy in archdiocese around me all of the Indianapolis from 1898 until her time. death in 1930. “Who else has looked at this The biographical records for painting? Bishop Chatard himself? The Canal Morning Effect is an 1894 oil painting by R. B. Gruelle of the Indiana Central Canal that flows through Sister Mary Rose at Oldenburg show Past pastors? Parishioners who have Indianapolis. The dome of the Indiana Statehouse and the Indianapolis’ Soldiers and Sailors Monument, still under that she was born in 1859 and grew come here for help because they construction at the time the painting was created, are portrayed in the background. The painting is considered Gruelle’s up in Jennings County, where she were in need in some way?” masterpiece. It is in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and is currently on display. was a member of St. Anne Parish. The painting also speaks to the The academy where Sister Mary life of faith of the pastor of St. John, This archive photo Rose taught was adjacent to the who also serves as the archdiocesan shows the art room of Lockerbie Square neighborhood. vicar for clergy and parish life the former St. Mary According to information about the coordinators. Academy in Indian- neighborhood on the Web site of “[Mary] is the work in the apolis in the 1920s Indiana University-Purdue University painting that is not completed yet,” when Franciscan Indianapolis, Gruelle and his family Father Giannini said. “The sister Sister Mary Rose lived there during some of his years who is painting the image of Mary Droitcour taught art at in Indianapolis. is, in a sense, revealing her on the the school. She is Given that Sister Mary Rose and canvas, revealing her to us. And likely portrayed in a Gruelle were both artists and may she’s not yet complete. Oldenburg Francis, photo courtesyArchive of the Sisters St. painting by Hoosier have lived and worked close to each “As in our work, as in our artist R. B. Gruelle other, there is a good possibility that ministry, as in our family that is owned by she is the religious sister who is the relationships, in the art of our lives, St. John the artist in the painting. God is [also] being revealed and his Evangelist Parish in If Sister Mary Rose is depicted in mysteries are being revealed. It’s not Indianapolis. the painting, then the years during something that we experience once which Gruelle could have painted it when we look at a painting and are limited. we’re finished with it. No, just as She came to Indianapolis to teach with the sister who’s working on the in 1898. And, according to the painting, it’s being revealed” as we Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, live our lives. † Chaput: Kennedy’s 1960 speech damaged believers’ role in public life WASHINGTON (CNS)—Although John F. Kennedy’s idiosyncrasy—the kind that they’ll never allow to become a to be,” he said in the March 2 address. “If the answer is famous speech in Houston nearly 50 years ago could be public nuisance. And too many just don’t really believe. ‘pretty much’ or ‘sort of ’ or ‘on my own terms’—then we seen as “a passionate appeal for tolerance,” the “Maybe it’s different in Protestant circles,” he added. need to stop fooling ourselves.” candidate’s remarks about how his Catholicism would “But I hope you’ll forgive me if I say, ‘I doubt it.’ ” “If you’re a doctor or ethicist or hospital administrator affect his presidency “profoundly undermined the place ... Moving to the question of what “a proper Christian or system executive working in Catholic health care, and of all religious believers in America’s public life,” said approach to politics” would be, Archbishop Chaput outlined in good conscience you cannot support Catholic teaching Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver. the skills needed by “the Christian citizen”—“a zeal for or cannot apply it with an honest will, then you need to “His speech left a lasting mark on American politics. It Jesus Christ and his Church; a conscience formed in follow your conscience,” the archbishop said. “It may be was sincere, compelling, articulate—and wrong,” the humility and rooted in Scripture and the belie ving time to ask whether a different place to live your vocation, archbishop said in a March 1 talk community; the prudence to see which issues in public life outside Catholic health care, is also a more honest place at Houston Baptist University on are vital and foundational to human dignity, and which ones for your personal convictions. “The Vocation of Christians in are not; and the courage to w ork for what’s right.” “What really can’t work is staying within Catholic American Public Life.” Among the “urgent issues that demand our attention as health care, and not respecting its religious and moral Speaking to the believers,” he listed “abortion; immigration; our obligations principles with all your skill, and all your heart, ” he Greater Houston Ministerial to the poor, the elderly and the disabled; questions of w ar added. Alliance on Sept. 12, 1960, less and peace; our national confusion about se xual identity and He said the “Ethical and Religious Directives for than two months before his human nature, and the attacks on marriage and f amily life Catholic Health Care Services” offer “practical, real-world election as the first Catholic U.S. that flow from that confusion; the growing disconnection of guidance for your daily work.” president, Kennedy said that if his our science and technology from real moral reflection; the Archbishop Chaput criticized what he called “a duties as president should “ever erosion of freedom of conscience in our national health care national pattern” of efforts by various state and local Archbishop require me to violate my debates; [and] the content and quality of the schools that governments “to press Catholic hospitals, clinics and other Charles J. Chaput conscience or violate the national form our children.” social service institutions into violating their religious interest, I would resign the office.” He called abortion “the foundational human rights issue principles. He also said he would not “disavow my views or my of our lifetime” and said, “We need to do everything we can “In a nation built largely by people of faith, with a long Church in order to win this election.” to support women in their pregnancies and to end the legal history of religious liberty, this is a battle Catholics should “But in its effect, the Houston speech did exactly that,” killing of unborn children.” never have been forced to fight,” he said. “What kind of Archbishop Chaput said. “It began the project of walling The Denver archbishop called on all Christians to unite society would need to coerce religious believers into religion away from the process of governance in a new in “renewing the nation that has served human freedom so doing things that undermine their religious convictions— and aggressive way. It also divided a person’s private well. especially when those same believers provide vital beliefs from his or her public duties.” “The vocation of Christians in American public life does services to the public?” He said Kennedy’s speech led to a situation today not have a Baptist or Catholic or Greek Orthodox or an y He also said the current proposals for health care when there are “more Catholics in national public of fice other brand-specific label,” he said. reform “with any hope of advancing now in Washington than ever before” but, at the same time, fewer who could In a second speech during his Houston visit, all remain fatally flawed on the abortion issue, conscience “coherently explain how their faith informs their work or Archbishop Chaput urged Catholic health care protections and the inclusion of immigrants. who even feel obligated to try.” professionals gathered at the University of St. Thomas “But the even harsher reality is this: Whether we get “Too many Catholics confuse their personal opinions to rededicate themselves “to being truly Christian and good health care reform or not, le gislative and judicial with a real Christian conscience,” the archbishop said. deeply Catholic” in their work. attacks on Catholic health care will not go a way, and “Too many live their lives as if it were a private “We need to ask ourselves how ‘Catholic’ we really want could easily get worse,” Archbishop Chaput said. † The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010 Page 9 Church responding decisively to new sex abuse r eports, official says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The religious orders and bishops’ conferences dealing with cases of clerical sexual abuse of

children in Germany, Austria and the CNS photo/KNA-Bild Netherlands are acting quickly, decisively and with transparency to uncover the truth and assist the victims, said the Vatican spokesman. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, said on March 9 that the religious orders and bishops’ conferences not only “have proven their commitment to transparency, in a certain sense they have accelerated the uncovering of the problem by asking victims to come forward even when it involved cases from many years ago.” The correct way to proceed, he said, is to recognize what happened and concretely demonstrate concern for the victims and the consequences the abuse has had on them. The new revelations of abuse, mainly at Catholic schools, in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands as well as the recent report on abuse in Ireland “mobilize the Church to elaborate appropriate responses and should be Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. inserted in the context of a problem that is wider and involves the safeguarding of children and youths from sexual abuse in society,” Students practice for a Christmas concert at the Regensburger Domspatzen in Regensburg, Germany, on Nov. 27. The boarding school trains the elite boys’ Father Lombardi said. choir of the Regensburg Cathedral. Authorities were investigating claims of sexual abuse that may have occurred decades ago at the school. Sexual abuse at the hands of a priest or other Church worker is “particularly been considered one of the most serious fully supports the efforts of German La Repubblica that no cases of priestly reprehensible,” he said, but those who have crimes of all.” bishops to investigate claims of child pedophilia had come to his attention the good of children at heart must The bishops’ conferences of the sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, even during his tenure there, but that he would recognize that the problem is present in countries where the sex abuse scandal has if the cases are decades old. be willing to testify should he be many other sectors of society and “to returned to the headlines are reviewing all “Full disclosure regarding abuse in summoned by German judicial concentrate the accusations only against the of their procedures Germany,” said the front-page headline of authorities. Church leads to falsifying one’s and are setting up the March 7 edition of the official Vatican In a separate interview with the perspective.” offices to help the newspaper. “The Church is working German newspaper Neue Passauer Presse Father Lombardi said victims, he said. rigorously to shed light on what happened on March 9, Msgr. Ratzinger apologized German Chancellor Angela Merkel “While no one in religious institutions,” it said. to child victims of sexual abuse at his was right to convoke a round table of can deny the The article followed a letter posted former school even though he said he was people involved in the fields of education seriousness of the on March 5 on the Web site of the unaware of the alleged incidents. and social services for children to e xamine turmoil the Church Diocese of Regensburg, acknowledging “There was never any talk of sexual the phenomenon of child sexual abuse from is going through, past cases of sexual abuse of young abuse problems and I had no idea that a broader perspective. we cannot hesitate students attending the Domspatzen, the molestation was taking place,” he said, “The Church naturally is ready to to do everything school that trains the elite boys’ choir of recalling his 30 years as choirmaster at participate,” he said. possible so that the Regensburg Cathedral. the school that trains the elite bo ys’ choir Msgr. Georg Ratzinger Father Lombardi also said the Church positive results are Initial news reports said the abuse may of the Regensburg Cathedral. lives in society and recognizes the respon- achieved for improving the protection of have occurred while Msgr. Georg “I’m deeply sorry for anyone whose sibility and authority of government courts children and youth in the Church and in Ratzinger, brother of Pope Benedict XVI, spiritual or physical integrity was injured to impose criminal and civil penalties on society, and for the purification of the was serving as choirmaster at the school. by abuse,” Msgr. Ratzinger said. “Today, abusers. Church itself,” Father Lombardi said. But the Regensburg Diocese said the cases such things are condemned even more At the same time, he said, in the vie w of The spokesman’s comments came the occurred in the late 1950s. Msgr. Ratzinger because of greater sensitivities. I also the Church’s own internal laws “the crime day after the Vatican newspaper, held the post from 1964 to 1994. condemn them, and simultaneously ask of the sexual abuse of minors has always L’Osservatore Romano, said the Vatican Msgr. Ratzinger told the Italian daily pardon from the victims.” † Haitian students at private school lend a hand in quake r ecovery efforts PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS)— “They are out translating for medical alongside foreign Colonb Mitsuka was on a playground at missions at the archdiocesan hospital, they doctors treating Haitian Louverture Cleary School when the are cleaning the streets, helping others patients.

massive magnitude 7 earthquake shook demolish and rebuild houses on real “Haiti needs Tracy CNS photo/Tom Haiti on Jan. 12, causing a cinder block foundational pads,” said Deacon Patrick graduates, people with to fall on her, significantly injuring Moynihan, the school’s president. “We also diplomas who will her face. are running a large program for the rebuild this nation,” he The 14-year old needed stitches to neighborhood in which the kids act as said. “I want to go to close the wounds around her eyes, and teachers for the illiterate for youth and university after my she was under observation by doctors and teenagers.” graduation this year and her family for nine days to make sure she Deacon Moynihan’s Haitian Project be a great doctor.” had no other serious injuries. One of operates Louverture Cleary, a free boarding Keeping the seven students injured at the private school for academically gifted low-income youngsters working and school founded by an American deacon, students. The youngsters also perform engaged, sleeping in Colonb was doing fine on March 3. She community service every week, working in their dorms again rather was just waiting for classes to resume. the neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince or at than in tents or in the “I was afraid at first, but my mother places such as the Missionaries of Charity streets, has been a way explained to me that this was a natural orphanage. of moving beyond the Students gather outside the Louverture Cleary School near disaster and it had nothing to do specif- The Haitian Project has ties to the earthquake, said Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 2, during a visit by Cardinal Sean ically with the school,” she said. United States, with offices in Deacon Moynihan, a P. O’Malley of Boston and a small group of a U.S. bishops who were “All of the other students on campus Providence, R.I., and Rockford, Ill. former commodities assessing damages following the Jan. 12 earthquake. help to give me courage to be here. When The earthquake has provided a trader who came I am not at school I sit around and can do substantial new challenge for the students to Port-au-Prince in the 1990s for mission w ork. government wants all schools to nothing. I want to be here to study—to be both get back to a sense of normalc y and to Deacon Moynihan said having the remain closed until they can reopen able to do something,” she said. provide leadership even to the adults. students sleep in the dorms again gives them simultaneously. The students of Louverture Cleary Student Jules Jean Anold, who courage. “Keeping people busy is important and School, just outside the Haitian capital, lives with his father and stepmother at Structural engineers who checked the we have been working hard collectively to have their work cut out for them. But Routes-de-Freres, a Port-au-Prince suburb, school found most structures safe and able get the government to get schools to they are perfectly situated to be of volunteers as a translator at St. Francis to house classes again. But he e xpressed reopen,” he said. “It would give a sense of service to the Haitian community in a de Sales Hospital in perhaps the most frustration with not being able to be gin hope to the people of Haiti to open the difficult time. devastated part of the city. He works classes again because the Haitian school.” † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010 Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance ser vices Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduled Indianapolis North Deanery March 18, 7 p.m. at St. Frances Xa vier, Henryville communal penance services for Lent. The following is a March 14, 2 p.m. deanery service at St. Andrew the Apostle March 21, 4 p.m. at St. Mary, Lanesville list of penance services that have been reported to March 15, 7 p.m. deanery service at Immaculate Heart of March 28, 4 p.m. at Holy F amily, New Albany The Criterion. Mary The schedule is also posted on The Criterion Online at March 16, 7 p.m. deanery service at Immaculate Heart of Seymour Deanery www.CriterionOnline.com. Mary March 16, 6 p.m. at American Martyrs, Scottsburg March 17, 6 p.m. at St. P atrick, Salem Batesville Deanery Indianapolis South Deanery March 29, 6:30 p.m. for St. Mary, North Vernon; March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Peter, Franklin County March 15, 7 p.m. at Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ St. Anne, Jennings County; and St. Joseph, March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Ann Jennings County, at St. Joseph, Jennings County Bright March 29, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Greenw ood, March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Louis, Batesville Greenwood Tell City Deanery March 26, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Greensburg March 21, 4 p.m. at St. P aul, Tell City Indianapolis West Deanery March 24, 6:30 p.m. at St. Meinrad, St. Meinrad Bloomington Deanery March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel the Archangel March 23, 7 p.m. at St. P aul Catholic Center, March 16, 7 p.m. at St. Monica Terre Haute Deanery Bloomington March 20, 10 a.m. for Holy Trinity and St. Anthony at March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Rockville March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville St. Anthony March 16, 7 p.m. at St. Benedict, Terre Haute March 22, 7 p.m. at St. Rita March 18, 1:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Connersville Deanery March 24, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Terre Haute † March 16, 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth of Hungary , March 24, 7 p.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Cambridge City March 25, 7 p.m. at Holy Angels March 23, 7 p.m. at St. Anne, New Castle Lenten activities available online New Albany Deanery Be sure to visit The Criterion’s Lenten Web page at Indianapolis East Deanery March 13, 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, www.archindy.org/lent. March 17, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas, Fortville Floyds Knobs The page consists of links to daily readings, a March 23, 7 p.m. for St. Mary, Holy Cross, and March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Navilleton Lenten column by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, a SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral at SS. Peter and P aul March 17, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Corydon full list of communal penance services taking place at Cathedral March 18, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, parishes and other features. † March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Greenf ield New Albany Pope Benedict to visit Santiago de Compostela and Bar celona in November VATICAN CITY (CNS)— pope will visit Santiago de Compostela, the northern Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia (Expiatory Temple of Pope Benedict XVI will make a Spanish city that became an important pilgrim destination in the Holy Family), was begun in 1882, but was not completed two-day trip to Spain in November, the Middle Ages. Tradition holds that the remains of the by Gaudi. It has never been formally consecrated. visiting the pilgrimage city of Apostle James the Greater are buried there. The architect was a Catholic who renounced secular art in Santiago de Compostela and The pope’s trip coincides with a Santiago de Compostela his later years and dedicated most of his life to b uilding the Barcelona, the Vatican announced Holy Year, which occurs every time St. James’ feast day, church. When questioned about the lengthy construction on March 3. July 25, falls on a Sunday, Father Lombardi said. period, he would answer, “My client is not in a hurry.” The trip, scheduled for Traveling south, Pope Benedict will preside on No v. 7 Both the Gaudi church and the city of Santiago, Nov. 6-7, will be the pope’s fifth over the consecration of Barcelona’s famous church, which remains a significant pilgrimage site, are on the this year, said Jesuit Father Federico La Sagrada Familia, the unfinished masterpiece by UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Lombardi, Vatican spokesman. Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. The pope also is scheduled to go to Malta in April, Portugal Pope Benedict XVI On the first day of the trip, the The Barcelona church, officially called the in May, Cyprus in June and Great Britain in September . † A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2010 by Catholic News FaithAlive! Service. Mirror images are reflected in Gospel story of Prodigal Son By Fr. W. Thomas Faucher

There is a parable in the Gospel of St. Luke that is unlike any of the other Gospel stories. Today we call it “the parable of the Prodigal Son,” but I think it should be called “the parable of the older brother” or, maybe even better, “the unfinished artwork artist unknown by CNS photo/Bob Roller, parable.” At first glance, the story found in Luke’s Gospel is warm and friendly. The younger son wants his inheritance and his indulgent father gives it to him. Then the son goes away, wastes the money and lives in sin. Finally, in dire straits, he comes home, where he is welcomed by his father with joy and a big celebration (Lk 15:11-32). The Prodigal Son is, of course, a symbol of all of us, and the f ather is our loving, forgiving God. Many discussions of the parable end at this point of the story with the image that God loves us and forgives us. Enough said? Not so fast. The most important player in this drama is not the Prodigal Son, b ut the older brother! Once he enters into the story, everything about it changes dramatically. The older brother hears the noise of the celebration and asks what is going on. When he is told that his w ayward brother has come home and their father has given him the fatted calf, the older brother A painting titled “The Return of the Prodigal Son,” by an unknown artist, is displayed at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York. refuses to join the family celebration. The father comes out and pleads with We know that we sin. And like the The younger son is the active person in In many ways, we are much more him to welcome his brother home. younger son who was reduced to living in this part of the story, the person who like the older son and not the younger Jubilant, the father exclaims, “Your the pigsty, we finally see the harm and comes in from the cold and returns to a brother in some of our relationships. The brother was dead and has come to life worthlessness of our sins. We know that family of love. danger of holding grudges, failing to again; he was lost and has been found” we need forgiveness. And we know too, But the father comes outside to the forgive, and living in hate is all too easy (Lk 15:32). as the younger son did, that the F ather is older son, and pleads with him to come and all too common. But the story ends with no answer someone we can turn to for lo ve, mercy inside the house to the celebration and God, our loving Father, deals with from the older brother. and forgiveness. rejoin their family. The father is the active each of us uniquely, just as he did with The older brother in this story is On the surface, the sins of the younger person in this part of the story. the two sons in the parable. arguably the most evil person in the son are enormous compared to what But we don’t see the older son coming And God will find a way to speak with New Testament, far worse than Judas or appears to be the little sinning we can inside and rejoining the family. He us, share with us and even plead with us, Caiaphas, because he cannot forgive, imagine from his older brother. appears to want to continue to live outside but we have to choose to listen and accept or understand his father’s loving But the sin that the older brother the family in the sins of unforgiveness respond to him. We have to decide to and merciful behavior. commits in the story is gigantic in the and isolation. follow God’s will for our lives. Furthermore, the older brother does not eyes of Jesus because it is a f ailure to The tragedy of the older son is that he I really do wish that the story want to do any of those things. He is only forgive and an unwillingness to love. does not see that he is alone, isolated and would be known as “the parable of the interested in his own life, his own friends What is also so intriguing and filled with hate. He seems almost older brother.” and his family’s money. He is indifferent important in the parable is the difference oblivious to his own situation. I think that would change how we hear to his own father. He is an empty in the way that the father deals with his Whenever I have preached on the evil it proclaimed during Mass or how we human being. two sons. of the older son, it has caused great read and reflect on it privately. Does he ever relent? Jesus leaves us The father knows that the younger son discussion and anguish among the Or, if it were called “the unf inished hanging, never learning the outcome of has sinned, but he hears his son’s plea for parishioners. Many people find it so parable,” perhaps we could see ourselves this compelling story. forgiveness and extends it. The younger difficult to see the older brother as the in this story even more clearly. What is so powerful about this parable son never doubted his father’s love even focus of the parable, as the one whose is that we can easily choose to be the if the father were to decide to be f irm failure to forgive and love will leave him (Father W. Thomas Faucher is the pastor younger son! with him. outside the kingdom of God. of St. Mary Parish in Boise, Idaho.) † Discussion Point Love can lead people to reconciliation This Week’s Question and be responsible for what you ha ve done in your life.” (Greta Krukemeir, Akron, Ohio) What moves a person from a state of rebellion against God to sincere repentance? “There are lots of possibilities, but it could be hitting rock bottom and having nowhere else to go or having “Having experienced mercy themselves at the hands of someone show them love. Love is a powerful thing. God or people they have wronged or sinned against.” People are often rebellious because they are not (Joseph Guenther, Ann Arbor, Mich.) getting [love] so love can be a life-altering thing.” (Amy Zack, Athens, Ga.) “In my own life, what turned me around were Lend Us Your Voice Christians who were very loving to me and to one another. This was very different from what I was An upcoming edition asks: Are you an evangelizer? seeing in the world so I was touched by Christians’ What do you do to tell people about the Gospel of love.” (Loretta Derian, San Diego, Calif.) Christ?

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3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. † artworkartistCNS photo/Crosiers, unknown by at the well of Jesus with woman Page 12 The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something/ Christina Capecchi Many of the psalms are classified as laments Eventual (Fifth in a series of columns) was a state of shalom, of peace. But things “How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself didn’t always go smoothly, and the community forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? motherhood: Although the word “Psalter” means psalms of lament came from those times. Where are your ancient favors, O Lord, “praises,” the fact is that most of the The times of greatest national calamity, of which you pledged to David by your Waiting on 150 psalms are not praises. course, were the fall of the northern kingdom faithfulness?” Sixty-three of the of Israel to the Assyrians in 722 B.C., and the The more numerous individual laments God’s perfect timing psalms are classified as destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the were prayers in times of personal This month brings a milestone for my laments, and are charac- beginning of the Babylonian exile in 587 B.C. adversities, in times of illness or when the social circle. For the first time, a childhood terized by expressions Sometimes we are not sure which of these person feels that he or she has been wronged friend will become a of grief or fear followed calamities the psalm is referring to, as in by others. Psalm 88, for example, is the mother. by repentance and Psalm 44. prayer of a desolate man in mortal illness. As Sara’s belly gratitude. Forty-five of There seems no doubt, though, that “My eyes have grown dim through swells, the rest of us are the psalms are laments Psalms 74 and 79 were written after the affliction,” he prays, “daily I call upon you, helping prepare for the of individuals, and 18 destruction of the Temple. Psalm 74 says, O Lord.” It ends with him bitterly bewailing baby who will catapult are community laments. “They set your sanctuary on fire; the place his misery: “My only friend is darkness.” us into our next stage. It We all have an innate sense of how we where your name abides they have razed and Many of the individual laments are will provide the surest think life should be, and we all share the profaned.” And Psalm 79 says, “They have attributed to King David, who asks God to sign we have reached universal desire for happiness. Furthermore, defiled your holy Temple, they have laid deliver him from his enemies, especially adulthood, which, up to we know when something is fair or unfair. Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the corpses Psalms 140 to 143. this point, has felt far When we recognize something as unfair, we of your servants as food to the birds of hea ven.” Unlike Psalm 88, most of the individual less established than it once appeared. tend to cry out in protest. Individual psalms Psalm 89 reminds God that he once f avored laments end with confidence that God will At 15, 25 looked like an elixir to every of lament came from those protests. his people and made a covenant with David, cure them of their illness or protect them adolescent woe, the perfect mix of freedom For the Israelite community, there was the but now “you have rejected and spurned and from their enemies. and purpose, objectives that now feel farther added belief that they were God’s Chosen been enraged at your anointed. You have I wrote about the seven penitential psalms apart. People. When things were going smoothly renounced the covenant with your servant, and in the third column in this series. They are We have enjoyed a certain latitude, and the community was prospering, there defiled his crown in the dust.” It then asks, included among the individual laments. † slipping in and out of majors and dates and jobs. This baby will be the most real and Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes non-refundable commitment we have seen, heartwarming when he sleeps, head-splitting when he shrieks at 1 a.m. and again at 4 a.m. Air travel: The modern Lenten penance? We decided to help Sara paint the nursery. It seems that Mom was right as usual. She chagrin, that air travel is now almost the only throughout her life for peace rallies, speaking A trip to Lowe’s forced one of those always told us to wear clean underwear when way we can travel any distance. The United engagements or spiritual retreats and imperative pre-labor decisions, which our we went out, just in case States is such a big country that the ef ficient conferences. Sometimes she had a rattletrap car heroine made with ease. That Saturday we we were in an accident or European model of train travel is practically available for short, local trips or could be cracked open a gallon of sky blue paint something. That way, we impossible to create here, plus everyone is in a driven places by others, but for long distances named after the first time a baby sleeps (or she) wouldn’t be huge hurry to get where they are going these she usually rode the public buses. Even then, through the night: Cloud Nine. embarrassed by our tacky days. Bus service is equally limited, not to this was not the most pleasant experience with As we turned our blank canvas from beige undies. mention having little glamour to its credit. bumpy rides and smelly passengers and other to blue, we reminisced about the dramas of Because of that We have learned that our sole air tra vel distractions. high school and how impossible it seemed to terrorist who tried to option can be virtually impossible for man y Day wrote that she used the b us rides as manage a formal dance: whom to ask, what blow up an airplane on people financially. We used to think flying was times for meditation and prayer, and she often to wear, where to eat, whom to eat with. Christmas Day with a luxurious way to travel, mostly confined to described the beauties of passing landscapes or Then talk jumped to good grade schools, explosives concealed in the rich and leisured classes, but that was the kindnesses of people she met. She reported and Libby pointed out, “Ten years ago, we his underpants, the threat that Mom feared when we had alternative ways to travel. No her efforts to see Christ in every person, and never would’ve been having this discussion.” may become a reality. Soon airlines may more. God’s plan in every happening. It seemed that Indeed, we are largely transformed from require us to reveal our underwear before Now the skies are full of tra velers on economy was not the only virtue of b us travel our high school selves, and now, eventual we get on a plane. After all, we already absolutely necessary business or personal for her. mothers—one, much sooner than the others. must remove our shoes because another trips. They may be able to afford the cost of Maybe Lent is a good time to reflect on That is the jarring part. Though our terrorist tried to blow up a plane with the flight, but—surprise—there’s an extra that. Instead of using our energy to agonize friendships are deeper today, growing up explosives in his shoes! Will it never end? charge to check baggage or to use a blank et or about air travel, maybe we could consider the does involve some growing apart, and the Travel is so educational, as such e xamples pillow on long flights. No food is serv ed so beauties and kindnesses we discover on the milestones that once arrived in sync splinter prove. We have learned that we can blow up a there is a charge for edibles like peanut butter journey. Maybe we should even smile at the into different tempos. plane by hiding things in our underwear or crackers or nachos and cheese. God forbid you poor guy who asks us to remo ve our shoes. It It is a wonder that adulthoods charted in shoes. We have also learned that our security might need a special diet. There is even a is something to meditate on like Dorothy Day the same sandbox can diverge so widely. agencies, necessary as they may be, can’t rumor afoot that there may soon be a char ge did. Of course, she was a saint. Children’s names determined in the same invent a better safety system than punishing for using the restrooms! Now that would take tree house are privately amended, and the all of us because of finding a few evildoers on some practice to avoid! (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the one you gave half of your heart-shaped “best suicide missions. In reading the diaries of Dorothy Day Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular friends” pendant is now shipping a wedding We have learned, sometimes to our recently, I learned that she traveled widely columnist for The Criterion.) † gift from China. Ten-year-old girlfriends imagine double The Green View/Patricia and Conrad Cortellini weddings, betrothed children and joint summer vacations—a neat correspondence of life events. Yet soon the kids who shared a Food and faith connect us as community baseball diamond face a million choices that “Bread of Life,” “Here at This Table” finally, food connects us to nature or at least numerous parishes, they decided to start a lead to vastly different fields. and “Let Us Break Bread Together” are it did so in the America of recent memory. “community garden”—a place where all the It’s hard to not feel behind when you are titles of a few of the Many people still remember how things people in the neighborhood are welcome. standing behind an old friend, a bride at the “food” hymns we were before our overly busy lives began to “The garden has been educational and altar. It’s hard not to do your own baby math Catholics sing in make it difficult to spend the time necessary fun for our whole family as we planted, when next year she calls with her good ne ws. the practice of our to prepare home-cooked meals with watched our plants grow and harvested our It’s hard to shake the timeline you once set faith. As we lift our ingredients grown nearby or from your own vegetables,” said Karen Ferris, volunteer even when it no longer fits. There is that voices, the verses garden, and prepared with all the time and garden organizer. Those that gardened not creeping sense of urgency and absolutes—a evoke emotions that attention that the recipe requires. It w as only found the freshest produce around, b ut timeline, a bottom line, a deadline, a connect us in many work, yet fulfilling. also found a greater treasure—a sense of finish line. profound ways. When entering the kitchen, putting community, a sense of belonging. But there is no such thing as behind or The Eucharist, other concerns aside—dropping everything Gardening is not only good for f aith and ahead. We are each on track with our also known as holy and concentrating on doing your community, it is good for the economy and separate paths. God’s timing is perfect Communion and Breaking of Bread, is the best—cooking transforms into something the planet. We Catholics own enough land because it is custom-designed. central ritual of our Catholic faith. “The sacred. In the words of a 17th-century to begin to establish a serious food growing The Scripture writers had an abiding Eucharist is the source and summit of the monk, Brother Lawrence: “The time of effort. We can make a difference. All we respect for the proper season and time. The Christian life. For in the blessed Eucharist business does not with me differ from the need is the will to do so. prophet Habakkuk describes God’s plan with is contained the whole spiritual good of time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter Toward this end, “The Green View” is patience and perspective, two hallmarks of the Church, namely Christ himself, our of my kitchen, while several persons are at organizing the Catholic Food and Faith the Lenten journey. “For the vision still has Pasch” (#3, “The Sacrament of the the same time calling for different things, Initiative. We urge all parishes in the its time, presses on to fulfillment and will not Eucharist,” U.S. Conference of Catholic I possess God in as great a tranquility archdiocese to establish a garden committee disappoint; if it delays, wait for it, it will Bishops’ Web site). Food of our faith as if I were upon my knees at the and select a representative to attend an surely come, it will not be late” (Hb 2:3). connects us to the Almighty. Blessed Sacrament.” April conference at a time and location to be The blessings that come later are not late. In smaller ways, breaking bread How is it then that we are letting determined. They are right on time and the y are sweeter. connects us to our ancestors and all of past this beautiful and sacred aspect of our If you are interested, please contact Meanwhile, God gives us special humanity for it seems certain that humans daily life slip away from us? Is it not Patricia Cortellini at 317-259-1199 or synchronicities—husbands who become shared meals even before they became sad to contemplate that our children’s e-mail her at [email protected]. Let good friends, college roommates who civilized. Some of our most fond generation may become totally dependent us get started. Let us gather, share become godparents, moments when it all memories and experiences revolve around on industrialized food and lose the capability information, share stories, worship, cook circles back—and we see his infinite wisdom holiday celebrations and sharing of food. to cook? and break bread together. a little more clearly. How about community gatherings? What Last year, a few members of St. Joseph are they without food? Our notion of our Parish in Indianapolis rediscovered the joys (Patricia and Conrad Cortellini are (Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer personal health and well-being—is it not of gardening and the sacredness of preparing members of Christ the King Parish in from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be connected to the food we consume? And food for their children. As has happened in Indianapolis.) † reached at [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010 Page 13

Fourth Sunday of Lent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, March 15 Friday, March 19 Sunday, March 14, 2010 Isaiah 65:17-21 Joseph, husband of the For its final reading on this weekend, Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b Blessed Virgin Mary • Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 the Church gives us a passage from John 4:43-54 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 • 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 St. Luke’s Gospel, the beautifully Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29 • Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 reassuring parable of the Prodigal Son. Much of the parable is self-evident Tuesday, March 16 Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 This weekend, the Church observes even to us in the 21st century. Certainly, Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a Laetare Sunday, the name being derived quite clear is the uncompromised, Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 or Luke 2:41-51a from the first word, in constant love of the father, who is a John 5:1-16 Latin, of the symbol of God. Saturday, March 20 Entrance Antiphon. However, some powerful messages in The word is this Scripture passage may be lost unless Wednesday, March 17 Jeremiah 11:18-20 “laetare,” or “rejoice.” we consider the ancient context. Patrick, bishop Psalm 7:2-3, 9b-12 The Church rejoices The Prodigal Son was not the older Isaiah 49:8-15 John 7:40-53 that salvation, son. As such, he was not his father’s heir, Psalm 145:8-9, 13c-14, 17-18 finalized in the with no right to an inheritance. John 5:17-30 Sunday, March 21 sacrifice and Then, of course, the Prodigal Son resurrection of Jesus, deserted his father. Jews at the time of Fifth Sunday of Lent is near. Jesus, as always, prized loyalty to parents, Thursday, March 18 Isaiah 43:16-21 To underscore this theme, priests expressed in loving care and attention. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and Psalm 126:1-6 may wear rose vestments. Rose is violet Next, the Prodigal Son left the doctor of the Church Philippians 3:8-14 with a tinge of gold, reminding us of the community of the People of God, Exodus 32:7-14 John 8:1-11 first rays of the sun as the y creep across abandoning the primary obligation of Psalm 106:19-23 the horizon after a dark night. this community collectively to bear Christ, the light of the world, is witness to God. John 5:31-47 coming. Then he consorted with prostitutes, The Book of Joshua, the first reading, scorning the sanctity of marriage and the looks far back into the history of God’s family, and risking defilement of the pure people. stock of God’s people by begetting Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen At the point of this story, they are children of pagan and unbelieving almost finished with the long and mothers. threatening trip across the Sinai Peninsula Finally, the Prodigal Son stooped so Priests can help Catholics who want after facing hunger—even starvation— low that he waited not just on animals, and being tempted to forsake God. The rather than humans, but on pigs, the to return to the practice of their faith Sinai desert is bleak and unforgiving in its lowest of the low in Jewish eyes. sterility and deadliness. Nevertheless, his father forgave him I have two friends who left the if they are not prepared for the changes in Into this situation came God with the for all of his mistakes and lavishly gave QCatholic Church years ago— the liturgy since Vatican Council II. gift of manna from the sky. The manna him an undeserved inheritance. one because he Perhaps most obviously, experiencing sustained the people. They survived. became disillusioned and trying to participate in the Mass in As they neared the Promised Land, the Reflection with a priest and the English will be puzzling unless someone supply of manna stopped. But they had no The Church is excited and joyful. other just stopped helps them understand the reasons for those need for it then because the Salvation is near. Lovingly, it calls us to attending Mass. changes, and how they enhance and enrich Promised Land provided them with a salvation, to be with God in, and through, Now they both want our Catholic worship. steady, reliable source of food. Jesus. to return to the Church, Another factor in helping them return to St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the However, to be with God, to enter the but don’t know how to active participation in the Church could be Corinthians furnishes the second reading. Promised Land with its security and become active in their the reason they stopped living a Catholic Midway in the reading is an ur gent unending plenty, we all must be new faith again. life in the first place. appeal from Paul to the Corinthian creations in Christ. This is the hard part. Someone said they A real or perceived injury suffered from Christians imploring them to be We must turn away from sin and must go through the Rite of Christian a priest or other representative of the reconciled with God in Christ. selfishness. Initiation of Adults process, which doesn’t Church, or a serious misunderstanding, are It is not difficult to imagine Paul’s Even to think of turning away from make sense to me. the reasons why a huge number of frustration as he watched the tendencies sin, or of turning to God, may seem at Another person said they must talk with Catholics stay away from the practice of of the Corinthians to yield to old pagan times a tall order. We may be angry. We a priest, make a good confession and that is their faith, often for years. They need help ways of behavior continue to unfold in may have our doubts. We may be greatly all that is necessary. in healing. their daily lives. ashamed. It does not matter. God still I’m sure other former Catholics would Whatever the reason, I believe it is well Urgency and appeal literally flow from loves us and awaits us with the greatest also like to know how to come back to worthwhile for “former” or “fallen away” his words. Urgency also underscores his mercy and forgiveness. active participation in the Church. Catholics to meet with a parish priest or insistence that nothing else matters but Therefore, rejoice! God waits for us (Maryland) other parish minister to find out what is life truly with God. with open arms! Lent still lasts a fe w necessary and ease their return to the Following Jesus makes a person a more weeks, and there is time to return to You are right. Many Catholics have practice of their faith. “new creation.” None of the things of a personal relationship with God before Adeparted from the practice of their f aith Of course, a priest will also be able to Earth, including death, actually matters. Easter. † for various reasons and sometime later wish help such individuals deal appropriately to return to the Church, but are discouraged with other possible factors—previous because they envision some complicated marriages, for example—that will My Journey to God process before they can do so. necessarily be involved in renewing their Most of us don’t realize how hesitant practice of the Catholic faith. and afraid Catholics can be who ha ve been away from the practice of their f aith. (A free brochure in English or Spanish that In Gratitude Perhaps they feel some guilt and frequently outlines marriage regulations in the see themselves as somehow unworthy to be Catholic Church and explains the promises All glory and praise are yours, May Your blessings be among us as active members of the Church again. in a mixed marriage is available by Lord God, we stay in this church, Encouragement and support from people sending a stamped, self-addressed Lover of us all, In shared prayer and common worship, such as you is invaluable. I thank you for envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 3315, Creator of all that is beautiful. In the healing touch of community. being interested in their struggle, and I Peoria, IL 61651. Questions for this We thank you for calling us in Jesus hope that other Catholics who have friends column may be sent to Father Dietzen at To be your beloved people. May Your blessings be with us as we like this will follow your example. the same address or by e-mail in care of We thank you, Lord, for from ashes has go from this church, The second person you refer to is [email protected].) † arisen In energy restored and vision focused basically correct. A church worthy of your praise. In the desire to be Christ for others, Theoretically, all one needs to do is From ashes have arisen generous hearts, In the knowledge that we are not return to the sacraments—penance and the Readers may submit prose Open minds, greater unity and renewed alone. Eucharist—and resume a prayer life and vision regular participation in the Mass. or poetry for faith column Among your sons and daughters. May Your blessings and presence go In practice, however, most of the time The Criterion invites readers to with us something more is at least helpful, if not submit original prose or poetry relating May Your blessings be on us each time This day and every day. practically necessary. to faith or experiences of prayer for we enter this church, Amen. If a person has been away from Mass for possible publication in the “My In the stillness and the beauty, a number of years, for example, much may Journey to God” column. In the solid, simple welcome of bricks, St. Anne, pray for us. have happened in the intervening time that Seasonal reflections also are Built on faith, vision and trust could be unfamiliar so he or she needs to appreciated. Please include name, Hallowed by prayers and pilgrim lives. By Sister Shirley Gerth, O.S.F. catch up with the Church’s current address, parish and telephone number liturgical practices. with submissions. (Franciscan Sister Shirley Gerth is the parish life coordinator of St. Anne Parish in This would apply particularly for Send material for consideration to New Castle and St. Rose Parish in Knightstown. She wrote this prayer in gratitude to Catholics who have not been to Mass for “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, the Lord on the occasion of the Mass of Dedication and Consecration of the the past 30 years or so. They will have P.O. Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206 New Altar for the new St. Anne Church on Feb. 28 in New Castle.) missed many liturgical changes in the Mass or e-mail to [email protected]. † and the sacraments that will confuse them Page 14 The Criterion Friday, March 12, 2010

English. Grandmother of five. Mary Carol Thompson, Inez Great-grandmother of three. White, Sandra, Charles and EHRGOTT, Donald Earl, 75, Donald Barhorst. Grandmother of St. Roch, Indianapolis, March 1. five. Rest in peace Husband of Martha (Wheeler) HIMMEL, Patricia Ann, 85,

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Great-grandmother of two. religious sisters and brothers DEZELAN, Freda, 93, Great-grandmother of seven. are included here, unless they Holy Trinity, Indianapolis, HUBERT, Florence, 98, are natives of the archdiocese or Jan. 29. Mother of Helen Wagner, GUY, Robert, 68, St. Therese of St. Augustine, Leopold, Jan. 10. have other connec tions to it; Mary Wieseman, John and Louis the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Mother of Martha Harpenau and those are separate obituaries on Dezelan. Sister of Margaret Indianapolis, Feb. 12. Husband Donald Hubert. Sister of Goldie this page. Finley and Joseph Dezelan. of Mary Ann Guy. Father of Sprinkle and Ivan Flamion. Grandmother of five. Great- Sandy Doud, Shari Marzolf, Grandmother of eight. Great- ANTONSEN, Elizabeth grandmother of two. Janet Thomason and Kim Wylie. grandmother of 14. Great-great- Lorraine, 89, St. Luke the Brother of Donna Woodman. grandmother of two. Evangelist, Indianapolis, Feb. 21. DIEHL, George, 72, Our Lady Grandfather of 12. JONAS, Winifred, 91, Wife of Robert Antonsen. Mother of the Most Holy Rosary, Indian- HALL, Mary A., 101, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus of Betty Hawkins. Grandmother apolis, Feb. 19. Husband of Holy Angels, Indianapolis, (Little Flower), Indianapolis, of five. Great-grandmother of two. Theresa Diehl. Father of Susan Feb. 18. Mother of Laura Feb. 10. Mother of Sandra and Michael Diehl. BAKER, Beatrice, 87, St. Roch, Scisney. Sister of Aline Ashley. Harville and John Jonas. Grand - Indianapolis, Feb. 18. Mother of DWENGER, Juanita, 98, Grandmother of four. Great- mother of three. Great-grand - Pamela Brown, Connie Zagel, St. Roch, Indianapolis, March 1. grandmother of three. Great- mother of seven. Notre Dame Sister Beatrice Mother of Karen Hurley. great-grandmother of four. McNULTY, John J., Sr., 81, Baker, David and Michael Baker. ENGELKING, Dorothy A., 77, HEBAUF, Suzanne, 66, Most Holy Name of Jesus, Grandmother of 10. Great-grand - St. Roch, Indianapolis, Feb. 26. 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Catholic News Around Indiana which is located on Evansville’s southeast side. It is a parish with a growing Hispanic population. • Diocese of Gary He has been the pastor there since 1990 and, under his Submitted photo direction, the parish has launched a campaign to get poor • Diocese of Evansville Latino students—in kindergarten, first and second grades— • Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana into four Catholic schools in Evansville—Christ the King, • Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Holy Rosary, Holy Spirit and St. Theresa—during the Compiled by Brandon A. Evans 2010-11 school year. Under an agreement with the four parishes, Nati vity Parish Speaking on married and virginal motherhood at the Edith Stein DIOCESE OF GARY will pay $1,000 of each student’s tuition and the four parishes conference were Lisa Everett, right, and Franciscan Sister will cover the rest of the costs. Their Latino families, if they M. Benedicta, second from right. Elizabeth Kirk, left, chaired the For the first time, parish are able, will donate $15 a week to the “ Adopt a Student” fund. session, and Franciscan Sister Margaret Mary Mitchel, There are an estimated 10,000 Hispanics currently li ving in second from left, assisted with Sister Benedicta’s presentation. choirs ‘hear each other’ Vanderburgh and Warrick counties, and “87 percent of Mexican Hispanics are Catholic,” Father Kuykendall said. South Bend, spoke on married motherhood, and Franciscan ST. JOHN—One choir member from the St. Cecilia “What is the future for them?” Sister M. Benedicta Duna spoke on virginal motherhood. Choral Festival commented afterward, “This is what heaven “They have all different levels of education,” he said, adding “Love is a child’s deepest need, and he finds it first in the must sound like.” Some 150 to 160 voices came together on that he believes “the only hope for the Latino community is face of his mother,” Everett said. Feb. 28 at St. John the Evangelist Church for the first such Catholic education. That’s how the Germans, the Italians and As the mother of seven, she acknowledged that mothering combining of choirs. the Irish made it. You get them in Catholic schools and does involve “stretching,” but said that parents should never fear Singing were choirs from the host parish as well as integrate them.” the arrival of a child. St. Thomas More Parish in Munster; St. Michael Parish in “When a child is entrusted to us, in man y ways it is Christ Schererville; SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Merrillville; and (For this story and more news from the Diocese of himself, and we should never be afraid to welcome him,” Nativity of Our Savior Parish in Portage. Evansville, log on to the Web site of The Message at Everett said. Each choir performed three or four songs then the f ive www.themessageonline.org.) † Religious sisters give up the right to children of their o wn, choirs combined for three final selections. Afterward, several Sister Benedicta said, but they are given “God’s family,” and hundred audience members gave their choirs a standing DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE-SOUTH BEND virginity allows them to remain more free to bear fruit for that ovation. family. Choir members came to St. John the Ev angelist Church the Sister Benedicta said that motherhood is conferred on the previous day for a 90-minute rehearsal. The concert was Edith Stein Project sisters in her order through their charism of perpetual adoration. named for St. Cecilia, a second-century martyr and the Taking a turn in the middle of the night to rise and pray for the patroness of Church music because of the “song in her heart” conference explores needs of people before the Blessed Sacrament is lik e a mother for the Lord. rising at night to care for her children, she said. † Precious Blood Brother Terry Nufer, choir director at dignity of women and men Nativity of Our Savior Parish, said that for the first time “we NOTRE DAME—The dignity and vocation of women Msgr. Lester remembered really got to hear ourselves, and it was a wonderful thrill.” and men were once again the focus of the f ifth annual Edith Stein Project conference at the University of as a ‘shepherd after (For this story and more news from the Diocese of Gary, Notre Dame on Feb. 12-13. The student-run conference has log on to the Web site of the Northwest Indiana Catholic at grown in scope and attendance since its inception in 2006, the heart of Jesus’ www.nwicatholic.com.) † with 271 people registered for the 2010 conference. The approximately 30 speakers included students, recent FORT WAYNE—“I will give you shepherds after my own DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE graduates and scholars of national reputation. heart” (Jer 3:15), said Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades as he spoke Edith Stein was an early 20th-century philosopher who of Msgr. J. William Lester at the Evening Prayer from the Pastor working to bring championed the dignity of women. She converted to Office of the Dead for the Burial of a Priest celebrated on Catholicism and entered the Carmelite order, but was Feb. 24 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. more Hispanic students killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz in 1942 because of her Msgr. Lester died on Feb. 20 at the age of 90. Jewish heritage. She was canonized as St. Teresa Benedicta The words from Jeremiah, Bishop Rhoades said, were used into Catholic schools of the Cross. as he reflected upon the priestly life and ministry of The conference initially focused on women but, in recent Msgr. Lester. EVANSVILLE—In November of 2009, a national task years, an effort has been made to include men because “He was truly a shepherd after the heart of Jesus, the force commissioned by the University of Notre Dame conference organizers recognized that men and women must Good Shepherd,” Bishop Rhoades said. “Though I only kne w launched a campaign to improve educational opportunities for cooperate if both are to fully realize their dignity in society . Msgr. Lester for a very short time, I recognized in him his the next generation of American Latinos by expanding their The conference theme of “No Man is an Island: Creature, kind and generous spirit, humility and jo y—a shepherd after access to Catholic schools. Culture and Community” provided a wide variety of topics, the heart of Christ.” The U.S. bishops have lauded the campaign, which seeks including the family, community, Christian economics, to double the percentage of Hispanic students enrolled in sexuality and vocation. (For these stories and more news from the Diocese of Catholic schools, bringing their number to 1 million by 2020. In a session on motherhood, Lisa Ev erett, co-director of Fort Wayne-South Bend, log on to the Web site of Father Henry Kuykendall is the pastor of Nativity Parish, the Office of Family Life for the Diocese of F ort Wayne- Today’s Catholic at www.todayscatholicnews.org.) †

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