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Photo by Sean Gallagher Photo by religious orders received 505 new credible allegations of child sex abuse by clergy in 2010, a slight decrease from the previous year and a significant drop from the 1,092 new allegations reported in 2004 when the numbers began being tallied, according to a report released on April 11 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The report was prepared for the USCCB Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University from survey responses submitted by all but one of the 195 U.S. dioceses and eparchies (Eastern Catholic dioceses), and 156 of the 218 religious orders that belong to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. Only seven of the new allegations involved children under the age of 18 in 2010, with two-thirds of the new allegations having occurred or begun between 1960 and 1984, the Father Patrick Beidelman, rector of report said. SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indian- “The number of alleged offenders increased apolis, carries the Book of Gospels. by one-fifth, from 286 alleged offenders reported in 2009 to 345 alleged offenders reported in 2010,” CARA said. Almost 60 percent of those offenders had been identified in earlier allegations and Catholics from central and southern Indiana fill Priori Hall at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis on March 30 to listen to three-quarters of the offenders are now dead or Guy Gruters, right, tell his story of how his faith in God helped him endure nearly six years of confinement as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. laicized, the report said. The CARA report was released in conjunction with the annual audit to review compliance by the nation’s dioceses with the Faith led POW to humility and U.S. bishops’ 2002 “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” According to the audit, which was peace in Vietnamese prison camp completed by the Gavin Group, all but two dioceses and five eparchies were found to be in compliance with the charter. Those By Sean Gallagher grace-inspired humility, Gruters Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis. dioceses and eparchies declined to participate believes that the communist prison in the audit in any way. Hell on Earth. camps that were his home for so long Hell on Earth Some 55 dioceses or eparchies, while found That is how Guy Gruters described the eventually became something like Gruters flew more than 400 missions to be in compliance did receive “management nearly six years he spent as a prisoner of heaven for him because at no other time over North Vietnam before he was letters” that “offered guidance for performance war (POW) in North Vietnam from before or since has he felt so close captured. improvement or highlighted potential 1967 until 1973. to God. At that moment, his world changed problem areas,” said William A. Gavin, the He could have easily described it as Gruters recounted the torture, forever. He was taken to the infamous president of the Gavin Group, in a letter to purgatory on Earth, for it was in those deprivation and loneliness of his life as “Hanoi Hilton” and subjected to Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York, camps that he said God stripped away a POW and how his faith in God helped inhumane abuse that is almost beyond the president of the U.S. Conference of the pride which had so filled him before him endure his own personal Way of the imagining. Catholic Bishops, and Diane Knight, who his Air Force fighter jet was shot down Cross on March 30 during a session of Gruters shared a cell with one other chairs the bishops’ National Review Board. in 1967. Spaghetti and Spirituality, the Lenten POW. They had no recreation time CARA placed the costs associated with After being transformed by speaker series at Our Lady of the Most See POW, page 8 child sex abuse at $123.7 million for See REPORT, page 8 Giving hope to others guides Spirit of Ser vice winners

By John Shaughnessy The four winners will be recognized adult, it’s a big difference than coming as a during a May 11 dinner which will benefit child. You’re in a new culture in a new Charles Guynn has a wonderful approach Catholic Charities Indianapolis. Legendary country learning a lot of things at a time. to life that he shares in a few sentences. football coach and motivational speaker It’s overwhelming.” “The Lord has Lou Holtz will be the keynote speaker at the That experience blessed each of us event. (For more information, see the story guides her 10 years with talent,” Guynn on page 9.) later as she says. “I believe that Here are the stories of this year’s volunteers to teach we should give winners. financial education back to the classes to refugees community, and Fiorella Gambetta-Gibson as part of the the bonus we As an immigrant from Peru, Refugee receive is the Lord’s grace. The reward is Fiorella Gambetta-Gibson came to the Resettlement seeing what your talents have done for United States in 2001 to further her education. program of others. You can see it in their faces. I see Yet the lessons she endured in a new Catholic Charities hope. That’s the whole thing—to instill country were often more difficult than the Fiorella Gambetta-Gibson Indianapolis. hope.” master’s degree business administration She provides That emphasis on sharing one’s talents classes she took at Butler University in lessons in the importance of establishing and giving hope to others not only guides Indianapolis. credit, the potential dangers of credit cards Guynn, but also the other people who will “In the beginning, it was very hard,” says and the necessity of creating a budget to be honored by the archdiocese with the Gambetta-Gibson, a member of St. Mark the help them achieve their dreams of owning a Spirit of Service Award—Fiorella Gambetta- Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. “I struggled house or pursuing an education. Gibson, David M. Jackson and Leo Stenz. with English. When you come here as an See AWARDS, page 9 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011

Rev. John F. Geis, retired, assigned to part-time additional term. Official Appointments sacramental minister of St. Maurice Parish in Napoleon, Immaculate Conception Parish in Millhousen and St. Denis Rev. John A. Meyer, pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Parish in Jennings County. Madison and Most Sorrowful Mother of God Parish in Effective immediately Vevay, and chaplain of Father Michael Shawe Memorial Rev. Richard M. Ginther, pastor of St. Margaret Mary Jr./Sr. High School in Madison and Hanover College in Rev. Stanley Pondo, defender of the bond of the Parish in Terre Haute and St. Patrick Parish in Terre Haute, Hanover, and dean of the Seymour Deanery, appointed archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal, resigning from that reappointed pastor of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Terre Haute pastor of St. Mary Parish in Greensburg. position and appointed adjunct judicial vicar of the and St. Patrick Parish in Terre Haute for an additional term. archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal after having completed Rev. Kevin Morris, pastor of St. Susanna Parish in graduate studies in Rome. Rev. Mark Gottemoeller, pastor of St. Thomas More Parish Plainfield, reappointed pastor of St. Susanna Parish in in Mooresville, reappointed pastor of St. Thomas More Parish Plainfield for an additional term. Effective July 6, 2011 in Mooresville for an additional term. Rev. Joseph L. Newton, associate pastor of St. Luke the Rev. Eric M. Augenstein, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Rev. Jeremy M. Gries, associate pastor of St. Monica Parish Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, granted permission to Help Parish in New Albany, appointed chaplain of in Indianapolis, appointed administrator of St. Mary Parish in pursue graduate studies. Our Lady of Providence Jr./Sr. High School in Clarksville Rushville. while continuing as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Rev. Michael E. O’Mara, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Parish in New Albany. Rev. John M. Hall, pastor of St. Martin Parish in Indianapolis, reappointed pastor of St. Mary Parish in Martinsville and administrator of Our Lady of the Springs Indianapolis for an additional term. Rev. Carlton J. Beever, pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish in Parish in French Lick and Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Indianapolis, reappointed pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish in Parish in Paoli, reappointed pastor of St. Martin Parish in Rev. Stanley Pondo appointed vicar judicial of the Indianapolis for an additional term and continuing as Martinsville for an additional term and continuing as archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal and assigned to administrator of Holy Cross Parish in Indianapolis. administrator of Our Lady of the Springs Parish in weekend sacramental ministry at St. Simon the Apostle French Lick and Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Parish Parish in Indianapolis. Rev. Mr. Dustin Boehm, being ordained to the priesthood in Paoli. for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on June 4, 2011, Rev. William F. Stumpf, moderator of the archdiocesan appointed associate pastor of St. Monica Parish in Rev. Robert T. Hausladen, chaplain of Bishop Chatard Curia, assigned to weekend sacramental ministry at Indianapolis. High School in Indianapolis and sacramental minister of Holy Trinity Parish in Edinburgh and continuing as Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Terre Haute and St. Ann moderator of the archdiocesan Curia. Rev. Bernard Cox, pastor of Mary, Queen of Peace Parish Parish in Terre Haute, appointed chaplain of Father Thomas in Danville, reappointed pastor of Mary, Queen of Peace Scecina Memorial High School in Indianapolis and Rev. William J. Turner, retired, assigned to part-time Parish in Danville for an additional term. continuing as chaplain of Bishop Chatard High School in sacramental minister of St. Maurice Parish in Napoleon, Indianapolis and sacramental minister of Sacred Heart of Immaculate Conception Parish in Millhousen and Rev. Christopher A. Craig, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Jesus Parish in Terre Haute and St. Ann Parish in Terre Haute. St. Denis Parish in Jennings County. Shelbyville and dean of the Batesville Deanery, appointed pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Madison and Rev. John J. Hollowell, chaplain of Cardinal Ritter High Sister Eileen Flavin, C.S.C., parish life coordinator of Most Sorrowful Mother of God Parish in Vevay, and School in Indianapolis, appointed associate pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Nashville, reappointed parish life chaplain of Father Michael Shawe Memorial Jr./Sr. High St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg and continuing as chaplain coordinator of St. Agnes Parish in Nashville for an School in Madison and Hanover College in Hanover. of Cardinal Ritter High School in Indianapolis. additional term.

Rev. Patrick A. Doyle, pastor of Nativity of Our Lord Rev. Aaron M. Jenkins, chaplain of Father Thomas Scecina Sister Constance Kramer, S.P., parish life coordinator Jesus Christ Parish in Indianapolis, reappointed pastor of Memorial High School in Indianapolis, archdiocesan of St. Ann Parish in Terre Haute, reappointed to an Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Parish in Indianapolis for associate director of Vocations, and sacramental minister of additional term as parish life coordinator of St. Ann Parish an additional term. St. Maurice Parish in Napoleon, Immaculate Conception in Terre Haute. Parish in Millhousen and St. Denis Parish in Jennings County, Rev. Msgr. Frederick C. Easton, vicar judicial of the appointed administrator of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Sister Joan Slobig, S.P., parish life coordinator of archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal and assigned to Parish in Bright. St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Village) Parish in St. Mary-of- weekend assistance at Holy Trinity Parish in Edinburgh the-Woods and St. Leonard of Port Maurice Parish in and St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin, granted Rev. Thomas G. Kovatch, pastor of St. Teresa Benedicta of West Terre Haute, reappointed parish life coordinator of permission to retire and appointed adjunct judicial vicar of the Cross Parish in Bright, appointed pastor of St. Charles St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Village) Parish in St. Mary-of- the archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal. Borromeo Parish in Bloomington. the-Woods and St. Leonard of Port Maurice Parish in West Terre Haute for an additional term. Rev. Richard W. Eldred, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Rev. Louis M. Manna, pastor of Church of the American Parish in Bedford and St. Mary Parish in Mitchell, Martyrs Parish in Scottsburg and St. Patrick Parish in Salem, These appointments are from the office of the reappointed pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Bedford reappointed pastor of Church of the American Martyrs Parish Most Reverend Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., and St. Mary Parish in Mitchell for an additional term. in Scottsburg and St. Patrick Parish in Salem for an Archbishop of Indianapolis. † Holy Week liturgies are set at cathedral and Saint Meinrad Holy Week liturgies at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in April 19—7 p.m. Chrism Mass, Bishop Christopher Saint Meinrad Archabbey Indianapolis and Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad J. Coyne, principal celebrant, at SS. Peter and Paul April 17—9:15 a.m. blessing and procession with palms are open to the public. Cathedral. followed by Mass for Palm Sunday of the SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish, 1347 N. April 21, Holy Thursday—7 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Passion; 5 p.m. Vespers. Meridian St., in Indianapolis is collaborating with St. John Lord’s Supper followed by eucharistic adoration until April 21, Holy Thursday—5 p.m. Mass of the the Evangelist Parish, 126 W. Georgia St., in Indianapolis midnight; both at St. John the Evangelist Church. Lord’s Supper. for the celebration of Holy Week liturgies. April 22, Good Friday—1 p.m. Liturgy of the Passion and April 22, Good Friday—3 p.m. Liturgy of the Passion and Due to space constraints, The Criterion is only able to Death of the Lord, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, Death of the Lord. list these two Holy Week liturgical schedules. For principal celebrant; 6 p.m. Vespers; both at SS. Peter April 23, Holy Saturday—5 p.m. Vespers. information about liturgies at parishes or other religious and Paul Cathedral. April 24—3 a.m. Easter Vigil Mass and Lauds; communities, contact them individually. April 23, Holy Saturday—9 p.m. Easter Vigil, 5 p.m. Vespers. Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, principal celebrant, at April 25—9:30 a.m. Easter Monday Mass; 5 p.m. Vespers SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral St. John the Evangelist Church. April 26—7:30 a.m. Easter Tuesday Mass; 5 p.m. Vespers. April 17—10:30 a.m. Mass for Palm Sunday of the April 24—10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass, Lord’s Passion, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, principal Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, principal celebrant, at (For these schedules and the Holy Week schedule for the celebrant; 5 p.m. Vespers; both at SS. Peter and Paul SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral; 5 p.m. Vespers at Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, log on Cathedral. SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. to www.archindy.org/lent.) †

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By Brigid Curtis Ayer 911 run. We would find a very young mother in labor, and find out one way or Marriage amendment passes House and Senate A national sting operation aimed at another that the father was mom’s exposing the truths behind the largest ex-boyfriend or someone much older.” House Joint Resolution 6 (HJR 6), legislation 40-10. abortion provider in the country, Frye said the legislation is a twofold bill. also known as the Marriage Amendment, For the resolution to become part of Planned Parenthood, has prompted “Obviously, it’s about abortion and the has passed both houses of the Indiana’s Constitution, the exact Indiana lawmakers to take action to age of the father, but it also requires the Indiana General Assembly. The language of HJR 6 would have to be protect aborting physician to notify the state within resolution seeks to add an amendment to passed by a separately elected, young three days of the abortion if the woman is Indiana’s Constitution that would only consecutive General Assembly. For women under age 14.” allow couples consisting of one man and example, those elected in the from Under current law, the abortionist has one woman to marry. 2012 election would have to pass the repeated six months to do so. While this language is currently a part same language in 2013. sexual “If you have a suspected child abuse case of Indiana law, the author of the If passed in 2013, the language molestation. The Indiana Catholic and you wait six months, the perpetrator amendment, Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, would be placed on a referendum vote Conference supports legislation to combat might be in another country,” said Frye. said the amendment is necessary to for Hoosiers to approve before it could sexual abuse of children. “While the bill is a pro-life bill, the child ensure that the law is upheld in court. become part of the Indiana Constitution. A youth-led, pro-life organization abuse aspect is even the bigger issue here.” The House approved the measure The Indiana Catholic Conference called Live Action has released videos House Bill 1474, Terminated Pregnancy 70-26, and the Senate passed the supports the Marriage Amendment. † showing Planned Parenthood employees Form bill, would change two reporting telling a male client, who posed as a pimp, requirements. It would require reporting the how to cover up the child abuse he had age of the father, and require the reporting to the abortion, the Indiana Department of pattern among Planned Parenthood committed with young girls, and how they occur within three days of the abortion if the Health and the Indiana Department of employees in New York, New Jersey and could assist him in continuing to conduct mother aborting is under 14 years old. Child Services,” he said. “If the age of the Virginia aiding and abetting the sexual his sex trafficking business. These videos Dick Thompson, a lobbyist for girl is under age 14 and the age of the father exploitation of minors and young girls. are posted online at www.liveaction.org. Indiana Right to Life, said, “The news is 15, then they might not be as concerned, Last year, the pro-life group released Freshman lawmaker Rep. Randy Frye, media has reported all across the country but if the age of the father is 27, the similar videos from three Indiana R-Greensburg, authored House Bill 1474 cases where very young girls have been Department of Child Services is definitely abortion facilities. to address the abuse. involved in a sting operation and child going to want to look into it further. House Bill 1474 passed the House on “I’m very pro-life,” said Frye. “One of sexual abuse is not being reported to “The goal of the legislation is to prevent a March 30 by a vote of 83-11, and passed the biggest motivators for me to run for authorities. More than anything else, I am young woman who has been sexually the Senate Health and Provider Services office was out of frustration on how the very familiar with the requirement in the molested, and actually becomes pregnant Committee on April 6 unanimously. legislature was not handling pro-life pregnancy termination report, and that report [then] has an abortion, to have some follow- Frye said there has been no opposition issues. leaves out the age of the father. up on that. Otherwise, the molestation could to the bill, and he is very confident the “After I was elected, Indiana Right to “Indiana law is very clear. If a lady under continue, and she would have to have bill will become law. Life came to me and asked if I’d be the age of 14 has an abortion, she has been another abortion,” he said. If passed and signed by Gov. Mitch interested in carrying the bill. And, of sexually abused. If the age of the father is Thompson said when he looked at the Daniels, the bill will go into effect on course, I said yes.” reported on the form, then it’s a red flag termination of pregnancy reports, it was a July 1. “The bill really hit home for me,” said for the Indiana Department of glaring error. Frye. “I was a professional firefighter for Health,” Thompson said. “There was the name of the mother, the (Brigid Curtis Ayers is a correspondent 26 years, [including] 21 years in the city “If the abortion is obtained by a girl who age of the mother and name of the father, but for The Criterion. For more information of Indianapolis. There were more than just is under 14 years of age, the abortion not the age of the father,” he said. on the Indiana Catholic Conference, a few times when we would go on a provider must notify, within three days of The Live Action videos exposed a similar log on to www.indianacc.org.) † Vatican announces Masses, Oct. 22 feast day for Blessed John Paul VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The feast day of formally called the “collect”—for his feast day Mass in Outside Rome and Poland, bishops will have to file a Blessed John Paul II will be marked on Oct. 22 each year Latin, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, formal request with the Vatican to receive permission to in Rome and the dioceses in Poland. Portuguese and Polish. mark the feast day, the decree said. The local-only When the Vatican made the announcement on A local bishop or the superior general of a religious celebration of a beatified person’s feast is one of the most April 11, it also said Catholics throughout the world order is free to choose the day or noticeable differences between being beatified and being will have a year to celebrate a Mass in thanksgiving for dates as well as the place or places canonized, which makes universal public liturgical his beatification. for the thanksgiving Mass as long veneration possible. While thanksgiving Masses for a beatification—like the as the Masses are celebrated by The only places where parishes and churches can be observance of a feast day—usually are limited to places May 1, 2012, which is one year named after Blessed John Paul without special Vatican where the person lived or worked, “the exceptional after the beatification, the decree permission are in the Diocese of Rome and the dioceses in character of the beatification of the Venerable John Paul II, said. Poland or other places that have obtained specific Vatican recognized by the entire Catholic Church spread In the Diocese of Rome, where permission to insert Pope John Paul’s Oct. 22 feast in their throughout the world,” led to a general permission for the Pope John Paul served as bishop, liturgical calendar, the decree said. thanksgiving Mass, said a decree from the Congregation for and in all the dioceses of his native The text of the opening prayer for the Mass in honor of Divine Worship and the Sacraments. Poland, his feast day is to be Blessed John Paul is: “O God, who is rich in mercy and The decree was published in the Vatican newspaper, inserted automatically into the who willed that the Blessed John Paul II should preside as Pope John Paul II L’Osservatore Romano, and included information about the annual calendar, the decree said. pope over your universal Church, grant, we pray, that thanksgiving Mass, Pope John Paul’s feast day, annual Oct. 22 was chosen as the day to remember him because instructed by his teaching, we may open our hearts to the Masses in his honor and naming churches after him. The it is the anniversary of the liturgical inauguration of his saving grace of Christ, the sole redeemer of mankind, who newspaper also published the text of the opening prayer— papacy in 1978. lives and reigns.” † Nun and laywoman aiding the homeless to r eceive Laetare Medal NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)—A Mercy nun and a during the university’s 166th commencement She worked for six years as an accountant at GTE and laywoman who co-founded a program that is widely ceremony on May 22 to Mercy Sister Mary Scullion and Corning Glass before returning to Philadelphia to work credited for reducing Philadelphia’s homeless Joan McConnon, the co-founders of Project HOME. with the homeless. population by half have been named the winners of the “In their work for the homeless of Philadelphia, In 2009, Time magazine named Sister Mary to its 2011 Laetare Medal given by the University of Sister [Mary] Scullion and Joan McConnon have splendidly annual list of “the 100 most influential people.” Time Notre Dame in northern Indiana. answered the Gospel summons to brotherly love,” said called her “Philadelphia’s Mother Teresa.” The award, announced on April 3, will be presented Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, the president of A profile on her that year in The Catholic Standard Notre Dame, in announcing the award winners. & Times, Philadelphia’s archdiocesan newspaper, “Serving the unsheltered Lord on the streets of their described her as “a woman of seemingly boundless hometown, they have provided an example for others to energy.” It said she usually found time for a run through serve likewise in cities worldwide,” he added. Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park a couple of times each The two Philadelphia natives founded Project HOME, an week. acronym for Housing, Opportunities for Employment, But most of her energy was spent in mission, the paper Medical Care and Education, in 1989, first providing said. “The question for Sister Mary is what is God’s emergency shelter for 50 homeless men and eventually vision for the world and what can be done to make it establishing more permanent supportive residences for happen, through his grace, prayer, Eucharist and chronically homeless men and women. community.” CNS photo/courtesy of Notre Dame archives of University The project now includes 480 units of housing and The Laetare Medal is awarded annually at Notre Dame two businesses that provide employment to formerly to a Catholic “whose genius has ennobled the arts and homeless people. Ninety-five percent of the homeless people sciences, illustrated the ideals of the Church and enriched participating in its programs have not returned to the streets. the heritage of humanity.” It is announced each year on Sister Mary, the daughter of Irish immigrants, is the Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent on the This archive image shows the front and back of the University executive director of Project HOME. A member of the liturgical calendar. of Notre Dame Laetare Medal presented to President John Sisters of Mercy since 1976, she earned a master’s degree The 133 previous recipients of the Laetare Medal include F. Kennedy in 1961. Mercy Sister Mary Scullion and Joan in social work at Temple University. President John F. Kennedy, Catholic Worker co-founder McConnon will receive similar medals at Notre Dame’s McConnon, the associate executive director and Dorothy Day, novelist Walker Percy, Cardinal Joseph commencement ceremony on May 22 for their work in aiding the chief financial officer of Project HOME, earned a L. Bernardin of Chicago, labor priest Msgr. George homeless in Philadelphia. master’s degree in taxation at Drexel University in 1989. G. Higgins and jazz composer Dave Brubeck. † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011

OPINION Making Sense Out of Bioethics/Fr. Tad Pacholcyk The courage to refuse to

Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 cooperate in evil actions Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher An electrician by trade, Tim Roach is Real-world decisions about cooperation Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus married with two children and lives about can be daunting and complex. an hour outside Pharmacists, for example, cannot in good Minneapolis. He was conscience provide the morning-after pill laid off his job in for use by a woman who has had Editorial July 2009. consensual sex and wishes to avoid a After looking for pregnancy. The morning-after pill has a work for more than a contraceptive effect, and may sometimes Pope Benedict XVI year and a half, he also work by altering the uterine lights the paschal got a call from his environment and preventing implantation candle before the local union in of an embryo, causing a pregnancy

CNS photo/Paul Haring CNS photo/Paul start of the Easter Vigil February with the loss/abortion. in St. Peter’s Basilica news that anyone Even if the pharmacist is personally at the Vatican on who is unemployed longs for, not just a opposed to both contraception and April 3, 2010. job offer, but one with responsibility and abortion, by providing the pill and a good salary of almost $70,000 a year. knowing the purposes to which it would He ultimately turned the offer down, be put, he would cooperate in wrongdoing however, because he discovered that he in an immediate and material way. was being asked to oversee the electrical In fact, a pharmacist in these work at a new Planned Parenthood circumstances would not even be able to facility under construction on refer the woman to a co-worker because, University Avenue in St. Paul. if he were to do so, he would still be Aware that abortions would be cooperating in an essential way in the performed there, he knew his work would causal chain leading to the prevention or involve him in “cooperation with evil” so ending of a pregnancy. Easter symbols reveal the he courageously declined the job offer. He would rather have to decline to assist Significant moral issues can arise if we her, forcing the woman to initiate a new knowingly cooperate in another’s evil sequence of choices and actions that would blessings of Good Friday actions even though we don’t perform not involve him—approaching a different those evil actions ourselves. pharmacist, for example, who might then n essay written by The most powerful symbol of Easter is Some helpful “principles of provide the drug. APope Benedict XVI in the the Paschal Lamb. “The lamb which lets cooperation” have been developed over For a pharmacist to choose the early 1980s titled “ The Lamb itself be killed without complaint is a the centuries in the Catholic moral morally correct course of action in this Redeemed the Sheep: Reflections of the symbol of meekness: Blessed are the tradition as a way of discerning how situation not only requires fortitude, but Symbolism of Easter”should be required meek for they shall inherit the earth” properly to avoid, limit or distance also could cause significant tension with reading for all Christians on Good (Mt 5:5). ourselves from evil, especially his supervisor, the pharmacy owner and Friday. As his title suggests, the pope He explains that “the Lamb with his intrinsically evil actions. others who work there, particularly if offers insights into the major symbols of mortal wound tells us that, in the end, it is In particular, these principles enable us such a scenario had not been discussed Easter—light, water, the Alleluia and, not those who kill who will be the victors; to recognize that there are certain real-life ahead of time. above all, the Lamb who was slain for us on the contrary, the world is sustained by situations when we must refuse to Modern health care is replete with on the Cross. those who sacrifice themselves.” cooperate. situations that tempt us to cooperate Easter requires symbols because True victory lies in self-denial and A simple example can be helpful to immorally in evil. Clearly, certain activities unlike Christmas, which is full of sacrifice. But not in gloomy, self-pitying illustrate some of these principles. like abortion are not authentic medicine at familiar allusions—birth, the child, the or somber sacrifice. The self-giving love Suppose a nurse were to hand the all, but rather acts of immorality veiled family—Easter speaks of the unfamiliar of the Lamb who was slain for us is joyful instruments to a physician performing a behind the professionalism of white coats experience of life beyond the grave. and life-giving. “It gives rise to that life direct abortion or turn on the suction and institutional protocols. When speaking about eternal life, the which imparts a meaning to history, machine used to dismember the unborn Great care, discretion and courage are Holy Father says, “We have no ideas to through all its atrocities, and which can baby. If the nurse intended the abortion, required as we seek to avoid cooperation in come to the aid of the words; we are finally turn them into a song of joy.” she would be guilty of “formal medical situations where immoral practices feeling our way blindly in unknown Laughter, the pope tells us, is cooperation” in evil. may not only be tolerated, but even at times territory and are painfully aware of our intimately connected to faith in Yet, even if she personally opposed the almost imposed on us. short-sightedness and cramped God’s Providence. Without faith, the abortion and did not share the intention of footsteps.” world’s cruelty, sadness and despair the physician performing the procedure, (Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., earned None of us knows what life after overwhelm us. “Where talk of ‘God’ is no there would still be grave moral his doctorate in neuroscience at death is like. But we believe that the longer believable, humor dies; all that is objections to her cooperation. Yale University and did post-doctoral work power of death has been overcome by left is a cruel sarcasm or that rage against Because she would be participating in at Harvard University. He is a priest of the the infinitely greater power of our Lord’s God and the world with which we are all circumstances essential to the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., and serves as self-sacrificing love. “He of whom acquainted.” performance of that particular act of the director of education at The National Easter speaks—Jesus Christ—really According to Pope Benedict, abortion, like handing instruments or Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. ‘descended into hell.’ Jesus actually “the Book of Revelation’s vision of turning on the suction machine, her See www.ncbcenter.org.) † complied with the suggestion of the rich heaven expresses what we see by faith at cooperation would be morally man: Let someone come back from the Easter: the Lamb who was slain lives. unacceptable and would be known as dead, and we will believe (Lk 16:27f). Since he lives, our weeping comes to an “immediate material cooperation.” Letters Policy He, the true Lazarus, did come back so end and is transformed into laughter” The key point, then, is that both types Letters from readers are published in that we may believe. (cf. Rev 5:4f). The Cross of Christ is a of cooperation—formal and immediate The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s “And do we? He did not come back certain sign that “the history of the world material—are morally unacceptable. commitment to “the responsible exchange with disclosures nor with exciting is not a tragedy, the inescapable tragedy Whenever we are faced with the of freely-held and expressed opinion prospects of ‘the world beyond.’ But he of opposing forces, but divine comedy.” temptation to cooperate in “intrinsically among the People of God” (Communio et did tell us that he is ‘going to prepare a We can laugh and be joyful because evil actions” like abortion, destruction of Progressio, 116). place’ for us (Jn 14:2-3). Is this surely Christ’s death and resurrection have embryos for stem-cell research, Letters from readers are welcome and not the most exciting news in the whole wiped away every tear. We can smile on euthanasia, assisted suicide or direct every effort will be made to include letters of history, though it is presented without Good Friday because the Lamb who was sterilization, morally we must refuse. from as many people and representing as any tickling of the senses?” slain still lives. “No one who has grasped This is different, for example, from many viewpoints as possible. Letters should The symbols of light, water and the that can ever be utterly despondent and what theologians call “remote be informed, relevant, well-expressed and temperate in tone. They must reflect a basic Alleuia help to connect us with the despairing again,” the Holy Father says. cooperation” in another person’s evil as, sense of courtesy and respect. experience of Easter joy. The light of “Your sorrow will turn into joy,” Jesus for example, is done by the postal carrier The editors reserve the right to select Christ overcomes the world’s darkness said (Jn 16:20). Let us celebrate this Good who delivers letters to an abortion facility. the letters that will be published and to and despair. The living water that is Friday full of laughter and rejoicing. And Although what occurs there might sicken edit letters from readers as necessary Christ refreshes and renews our parched although we can’t sing it yet, let’s prepare the carrier’s stomach, delivering the mail based on space limitations, pastoral and weary souls. ourselves for the Easter Alleluia. May it would not constitute an essential sensitivity and content (including spelling And “the sung Alleluia shows that the burst forth from our lips and our hearts to ingredient to the wrongful destruction of and grammar). In order to encourage human voice, as well as crying, transform the world’s endless chatter— human life that occurs there. opinions from a variety of readers, groaning, lamenting, speaking, can and life’s groans, laments and sad, sad On the other hand, driving someone to frequent writers will ordinarily be limited also sing.” songs—into shouts of laughter and joy. an abortion clinic so she can undergo an to one letter every three months. Concise At Easter time, we are invited to The Lamb who was slain lives. abortion, assisting as a nurse in the letters (usually less than 300 words) are summon the discordant voices of May His light dispel our darkness. operating room during a tubal ligation or more likely to be printed. creation and transform them into May His living water refresh our souls, thawing out human embryos from the Letters must be signed, but, for serious harmony. What a powerful symbol of the and may His self-giving love fill our deep freeze so that a researcher might reasons, names may be withheld. transformation that we are called to hearts with joy. vivisect them for their stem cells—even if Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” The Criterion, P.O. Box 1717, Indianap olis, experience as we relive in our own we opposed the practices—“all” would IN 46206-1717. hearts the Passion, death and —Daniel Conway constitute “unacceptable forms of Readers with access to e-mail may send resurrection of our Lord. immediate material” cooperation with letters to [email protected]. evil. The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 Page 5

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

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Pieta represents a tender call to faith in the life to come (Editor’s note: While Archbishop Buechlein These words capture the sentiment of hung dead, intent on this and that, scarcely become a sweet rather than a bitter sorrow. continues to recover from a stroke, we offer many of us who are touched by images of glancing up.” As we conclude this Holy Week and some reprints of his various columns for the Pieta. Of those who were grieving, she wrote: process toward the Easter mysteries of our your enrichment. The following column is We can imagine the grief of Mary, her “His own came slowly, half bent, as are men Church, the empty tomb guarded by angels from the March 30, 2007, issue of companions and the disciples at the moment and women who are spent in work or grief. gives us the assurance that Jesus was raised The Criterion.) of Jesus’ death. Their movements were slow. They seemed to from the dead and thus conquered death. Many a mother and father, helpless, have throw strange shadows on the breathless And so it is, no matter one’s human n the wall outside the chapel of my held a son or daughter who died an untimely earth, each mirrored in the reflection of the plight, we can sing alleluias because we too, residence hangs a moving rendition death. Some say it is the greatest sorrow sky—blood red. Each was partly covered by like our loved ones before us, will someday Oof the Pieta. It was painted by there is, unspeakable really. the black shadows of mourning clouds. They rise from the dead and be welcomed into Father Donald Walpole, a Benedictine artist I think it is helpful for us to call upon our slowly took him off the cross and laid him the arms of the Mother that Jesus gave us at Saint Meinrad. own experiences of grief as we conclude the on a white and spotless sheet. The cross from the Cross—and we pray, of our He gave it to me as I was leaving to week of Christ’s most bitter human Passion. stood there naked, holy” (The Stations of the mothers, too. become the bishop of Memphis. On it is This is a good time for us to pray for the faith Cross, Madonna House Publications, The beloved Pieta, mother and her son, is painted: “Whose sorrow is as great as my to see beyond death to new life. 2004, p. 37). a tender call to faith in the life that is to sorrow?” This text is based on the Scripture It is a bitter prayer of parents, who ask for Catherine Doherty concluded her come. † verse from Lamentations 1:12. the power to face their grief, but it is a prayer reflections at the 14th station: “When it The lament of the suffering servant is and it is rooted in the hope of eternity. Jesus received the Lord of Life lifeless, dead, the applied to his mother. This image of the won that hope for all who care to believe as tomb became a manger again, the birthplace Do you have an intention for Pieta, mother and son, is usually he died on the cross, and was lowered into of life. Its silence sang a requiem of Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? represented at the 13th station on the the arms and bosom of his own mother. alleluias. … Jesus slept within the cradle of You may mail it to him at: Way of the Cross. It was true of the death of the Savior as it its depths the sleep of the One who In a meditation on this station when is true of a death of our own loved ones. The conquered death. Alone, the tomb became Archbishop Buechlein’s Jesus is taken down from the cross and experience for Mary and her companions and witness to the mystery of victory. For all Prayer List placed in his mother’s arms, a priest wrote: for the beloved Apostle John was as it is for eternity, it will keep secret the mystery Archdiocese of Indianapolis “ ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord.’ At us: It is as if time stands still and nothing giving humanity but its emptiness, guarded 1400 N. Meridian St. these words of Mary, the Word was made matters but grieving for the lost loved one. At by angels” (Ibid, p. 39). P.O. Box 1410 flesh in her womb. In the temple, Simeon that time of intense grief, it is hard to believe With the eyes of faith, the grief of any Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 foretold that her motherhood would involve that life goes on as usual for everyone else in human family can—in time—eventually suffering: ‘Your own soul a sword shall the world. pierce.’ At the foot of the Cross, Mary In her thoughts at the 13th station, Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for April receives her dead son into her arms, and Catherine Doherty wrote: “The sky was red knowing why he has died, she takes the with weeping. The clouds were dark with Priests: that they may joyfully and faithfully live out their priestly promises and whole world into her heart” (from a mourning. Men, women and children came encourage other men to embrace God’s call to the priesthood. Columban Fathers Way of the Cross, 1967). and went. They passed the gibbet where love

La Piedad representa un llamado compasivo a la fe en la próxima vida n la pared de afuera de la capilla de muerto una muerte inoportuna, sin poder lentamente, medio encorvados, como misterios pascuales de nuestra Iglesia, la mi residencia se encuentra colgada hacer nada. Algunos dicen que es el lucen los hombres y mujeres que se tumba vacía resguardada por los ángeles Euna representación impactante de mayor sufrimiento que existe, verdade- desgastan con trabajo o con sufrimiento. nos reafirma que Jesús se levantó de entre La Piedad. La pintó el Padre Donald ramente inexplicable. Parecían lanzar extrañas sombras sobre la los muertos y por lo tanto, conquistó la Walpole, un artista benedictino de Saint Creo que nos puede ayudar recordar tierra sin aliento, cada uno reflejado en el muerte. Meinrad. nuestras propias experiencias de dolor al espejo del cielo—rojo sangre. Cada uno Y de este modo, sin importar nuestras Me la dio cuando partía para tiempo que concluimos la semana de estaba parcialmente cubierto por las propias dificultades humanas, podemos convertirme en obispo de Memphis. En mayor sufrimiento humano de Cristo. Este sombras negras de las nubes de luto. cantar aleluyas porque nosotros también, ella se lee: “¿Qué dolor es tan grande es un buen momento para que recemos Lentamente lo bajaron de la cruz y lo al igual que los seres queridos antes que como el mío?” Este texto se basa en un para tener fe y poder ver más allá de la acostaron sobre una sábana blanca nosotros, nos levantaremos de entre los verso de las Escrituras del Libro de las muerte hacia una nueva vida. inmaculada. La cruz se erigía allí muertos y seremos recibidos en los Lamentaciones 1:12. Es una oración amarga para los padres desnuda, santa” (Las estaciones de la brazos de la Madre que Jesús nos entregó El lamento del siervo que sufre se que piden para tener fuerzas para cruz, Madonna House Publications, 2004, desde la Cruz y, rezamos, que en los de transfiere a su madre. Esta imagen de La enfrentar su dolor, pero es una oración y p. 37) nuestras madres también. Piedad, madre e hijo, generalmente se está arraigada en la esperanza de la Catherine Doherty concluyó sus La querida Piedad, madre e hijo, es un representa en la 13ª estación del Vía eternidad. Jesús conquistó esa esperanza reflexiones en la 14ª estación: “Al recibir llamado compasivo a la fe en la próxima Crucis. para todos aquellos que desearan creer, al Señor de la Vida sin vida, muerto, la vida. † En una meditación sobre esta estación, mientras moría en la cruz y se le bajaba tumba se convirtió nuevamente en un cuando bajan a Jesús de la cruz y lo para entregársele a los brazos y el regazo pesebre, el lugar de origen de la vida. Su colocan en los brazos de su madre, un de su propia madre. silencio cantaba un réquiem de aleluyas. ¿Tiene una intención que desee sacerdote escribió: “ ‘He aquí la sierva del Así sucedió en la muerte del Salvador … Dentro de la cuna de sus profun- incluir en la lista de oración del Señor’. Con estas palabras de María el y así sucede en la muerte de nuestros didades Jesús durmió el sueño de Aquel Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar Verbo se encarnó en su vientre. En el seres queridos. La experiencia de María y que conquistó la muerte. Tan sólo la su correspondencia a: templo, Simeón profetizó que su sus acompañantes, y de su querido tumba fue testigo del misterio de la maternidad estaría rodeada de Apóstol Juan, es igual a la nuestra: Es victoria. Por toda la eternidad mantendrá Lista de oración del Arzobispo sufrimiento. ‘Y una espada traspasará aun como si el tiempo se detuviera y nada en secreto el misterio, otorgándole a la Buechlein tu propia alma.’ Al pie de la Cruz, María importara sino sufrir por la pérdida del ser humanidad nada más que su vacío, Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis recibe en sus brazos a su hijo muerto y querido. En ese momento de dolor intenso resguardada por los ángeles” (Ibid, p. 39). 1400 N. Meridian St. sabiendo por qué ha muerto, acoge a todo es difícil creer que la vida continúa como A través de los ojos de la fe el dolor de P.O. Box 1410 el mundo en su corazón” (de El Vía siempre para el resto del mundo. cualquier familia humana puede, con el Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 Crucis de Padres Colombinos, 1967). En sus reflexiones de la 13ª estación, tiempo, convertirse finalmente en dulce, Estas palabras encierran el sentimiento Catherine Doherty escribió: “El cielo se en lugar de un sufrimiento amargo. de muchos de nosotros que nos sentimos tornó rojo de dolor. Las nubes se oscure- Mientras concluimos esta Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, conmovidos por la imagen de La Piedad. cieron en duelo. Hombres, mujeres y Semana Santa y caminamos hacia los Language Training Center, Indianapolis. Nos podemos imaginar el sufrimiento niños fueron y vinieron. Pasaron junto a la de María, de sus acompañantes y de los horca donde el amor colgaba muerto, La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en abril discípulos, al momento de la muerte de atentos a esto y aquello, apenas echando Jesús. un vistazo hacia arriba.” Sacerdotes: ¡Que ellos realicen sus promesas como sacerdotes con júbilo y fe y den Muchas madres y padres han tomado En cuanto a aquellos que sufrían, ánimo a otros hombres para que contesten la llamada de Dios al sacerdocio! en sus brazos a un hijo o una hija que ha escribió: “Los suyos se acercaron Page 6 The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 Events Calendar

April 15 5:30 p.m. at church, Information: 317-837-8315 or Archdiocesan Office for Cross,” 6:30 p.m., no charge. of Versailles. Mass, 9:30 a.m., Northside Knights of Lenten fish fry, [email protected]. Pro-Life Ministry, Information: 317-926-7359. on third Sunday holy hour Columbus Hall, 2100 E. 4:30-7:30 p.m., carry-out 317-236-1569 or and pitch-in, Father Elmer 71st St., Indianapolis. available, $7 adults, St. Joseph’s Holy Family at 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. St. John the Evangelist Church, Burwinkel, celebrant, daily Catholic Business Exchange, $6.25 seniors, $4 children God’s Country, 25992 126 W. Georgia St., Mass, 9 a.m. Information: Mass, breakfast and program, under 10. Information: Cottonwood Road, Bristow. Holy Trinity Parish, 901 N. Indianapolis. Young adult 812-689-3551. “Catholic Charities–Needed 317-357-8352. “Lenten Soup with Holmes Ave., Indianapolis. penance service, 5:30 p.m., Now More than Ever,” Substance,” speakers’ series, Haughville Health Fair, Mass, 7 p.m., social following April 20 Calvary Cemetery, David Siler, executive Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Angelus followed by simple health screenings and activities Mass. Information: Mausoleum Chapel, 435 W. director of archdiocesan 30 S. Downey Ave., pitch-in meal of soup and related to health, safety and 317-635-2021. Troy Ave., Indianapolis. Catholic Charities and Indianapolis. Lenten fish fry, bread, Mass, 6 p.m. CDT, nutrition, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mass, 2 p.m. Information: Family Ministries, presenter, 5-8 p.m., fish or shrimp dinner, pitch-in dinner, 7 p.m. CDT, Information: 317-253-6212. St. Charles Borromeo Parish, 317-784-4439. 6:30-8:30 a.m., $6 adults, $3 children. candlelight rosary trail, 2222 E. Third St., “Fraud Prevention Strategies Information: 317-356-7291. 8 p.m. CDT. Information: Oldenburg Academy, Bloomington. Peace and 812-631-2377 or 1 Twister Circle, Oldenburg. April 22 for Small Business Owners,” Justice Committee, Calvary Cemetery, Scott Long, assistant St. Lawrence Parish, www.stjosephsholyfamily.org. Holly Bruns Memorial “Immigration and Catholic 5K walk/run, registration, Mausoleum Chapel, 435 W. vice president, Conen Hall, 6944 E. 46th St., April 16 Social Teaching,” Holy Cross Troy Ave., Indianapolis. Huntington Bank, presenter, Indianapolis. Lenten fish fry, 9 a.m., run and walk, 10 a.m. Father Daniel G. Groody, Our Lady of the Greenwood Information: 513-382-1922 or Way of the Cross, noon. 8:30-9 a.m., online reservations 5:30-7:30 p.m., $6 and University of Notre Dame School, 399 S. Meridian St., [email protected]. Information: 317-784-4439. only. Reservations and $4 meals. Information: Greenwood. “Hearts for professor, presenter, 6 p.m., information: 317-546-4065. no charge. Information: Haiti,” fourth annual sale of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, www.catholicbusiness 812-353-9549 or children’s clothing, toys and St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Mausoleum Chapel, 9001 N. exchange.org. St. Michael Parish, [email protected]. equipment, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., cash White Violet Center for Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. 11400 Farmers Lane, Bradford. only. Information: Eco-Justice, 13th annual Way of the Cross, 2 p.m. Fish fry buffet, 4:30-7 p.m., Richmond Catholic St. John the Evangelist Parish, 317-881-1300. Earth Day celebration, Information: 317-574-8898 or $8 and $4 meals. Information: Community, 701 N. “A” St., 126 W. Georgia St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free-will www.catholiccemeteries.cc. 812-364-6173, ext. 22, or Richmond. Charismatic Indianapolis. “Hungry?” St. Michael the Archangel donations. Information: . prayer group, 7 p.m. young adult Lenten series, [email protected] Church, 3354 W. 30th St., 812-535-2930 or April 23 6 p.m., food provided. Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s [email protected]. Information: Oldenburg Academy, Information: 317-635-2021. St. Susanna Parish, 1212 W. Precious Infants, pro-life [email protected]. 1 Twister Circle, Oldenburg. Main St., Plainfield. Parish Mass, Father Paul Landwerlen, April 17 Alumni Association, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Men’s Club and CYO celebrant, 8:30 a.m., followed St. Michael the Archangel Queen and Divine Mercy Easter egg hunt, 10 a.m. (Little Flower) Parish, 1401 N. fundraiser, fish fry, 5-8 p.m., by rosary outside abortion Church, 3354 W. 30th St., Center, Rexville, located on Information: 812-934-4440, ext. Bosart Ave., Indianapolis. fish dinner, $7 per person, feed clinic and Benediction at Indianapolis. Lenten music 925 South, .8 mile east of 240, or slamping@oldenburg Stations of the Cross, a family of four for $20. church. Information: concert, “The Way of the 421 South and 12 miles south academy.org. †

Retreats and Programs April 18-21 RetreatsCardinal and ProgramsRitter High School to host Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Holy Week Silent April 16 Non-Guided Days and Evenings of Tenebrae Service on Good Friday Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate Reflection.” Information: 317-545-7681 or Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School, “Tenebrae” is the Latin word for Conception, 802 E. 10th St., Ferdinand, Ind. [email protected]. 3360 W. 30th St., in Indianapolis will host “darkness.” It is also the name for a (Evansville Diocese). “Saturday Morning at a Tenebrae prayer service at 9 p.m. on prayer service that traditionally occurs on the Dome–Reflections on the Mysteries of Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, April 22, Good Friday. the evening of Good Friday in which the Rosary,” 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., $45 per 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Triduum During the service, various psalms and worshipers mourn the death of Christ. person includes light lunch. Information: Retreat–Experiencing a Silent Monastic selections from Lamentations that are The prayer service will last 812-367-1411. Holy Week,” $200 per person includes room, prayed in the Liturgy of the Hours during approximately one hour. meals and spiritual direction. Information: Holy Week will be chanted and sung. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. “Resting in God’s Love–A Contemplative Vocalists for the prayer service include (For more information on the Tenebrae Way of Praying,” Franciscan Sister April 20-24 Cardinal Ritter students and Vox Reflexa, service, contact Father John Hollowell, Patty Campbell, presenter, 9-11:30 a.m., Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, a choir of the Indiana University Cardinal Ritter’s chaplain, at $25 per person. Information: 812-933-6437 or St. Meinrad. “Holy Week Retreat–Reflections Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington. [email protected].) † [email protected]. on the Triduum.” Information: 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. April 17 Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. April 21-24 “Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Catholic Radio dinner is set for April 28 Retreat–Come Watch and Live With Me,” “Holy Week Triduum Retreat,” $361.50 for Franciscan Sister Barbara Leonhard, presenter, four days, $100 a day, register by April 15 to Catholic Radio 89.1 FM will across the country, including 1-5:30 p.m., $45 per person includes dinner. select a spiritual director. Information: host its annual fundraising Catholic Radio Indy. Information: 812-933-6437 or 812-933-6437 or [email protected]. dinner at 5:30 p.m. on April 28 Tickets purchased by [email protected]. at the Riverwalk Banquet April 18 cost $60 per person April 30-May 1 Center, 6729 Westfield Blvd., in or $450 for a table of Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Indianapolis. eight people. After April 18, “Youth Night at the ‘Burg,” high school 56th St., Indianapolis. “Catholic Adult Brian Patrick, the host of tickets cost $65 per person students gather for food, talk and prayer, Fellowship Retreat–The Return of the “The Son-Rise Morning Show,” or $500 for a table of 6-8 p.m. Information: 812-933-6437 or Prodigal Son.” Information: 317-295-1697 or will be the keynote speaker for eight people. [email protected]. [email protected]. † the event. For more information or to Patrick’s show is based in purchase tickets, call Cincinnati, and is broadcast on 317-842-6583 or log on to More runners are sought for Brian Patrick 140 Catholic radio stations www.catholicradioindy.org. † Race for Vocations team Runners who are already entered in the Race for Vocations team, log on to

OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon on www.archindy.org/vocations/race.html, Submitted photo May 7 in Indianapolis are invited to join the send an e-mail to Race for Vocations team co-sponsored by [email protected] or call the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Diocese of 800-382-9836, ext. 1490, or Evansville and Diocese of Lafayette. 317-236-1490. Registration for the Mini-Marathon is Team members will receive a T-shirt closed, but spots are still available for the to wear in the Mini-Marathon or 5K Finish Line 500 Festival 5K, which is held that promotes vocations awareness, and at the same time as the Mini-Marathon. will be invited to participate in a Mass For more information or to register for for vocations on May 6 at St. John the the 5K race, log on to www.500festival.com/ Evangelist Church, 126 W. Georgia St., marathon/500Festival5K.asp. in Indianapolis with a pasta dinner to For more information about the follow at the downtown parish. †

Knights to sponsor 75th annual Way of the Cross Hospital dedication Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, the auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the archdiocese, helps ring The Knights of Columbus will sponsor its This year marks the 75th consecutive a historic Angelus bell with members of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration on annual Good Friday Way of the Cross at Good Friday that members of the Catholic April 5 at Franciscan St. Francis Health’s Indianapolis hospital. The blessing and dedication noon on April 22 at the American Legion fraternal organization from central and ceremony marked the expansion of the hospital at 8111 S. Emerson Ave. in Indianapolis. Phase I Mall between Meridian and Pennsylvania southern Indiana have sponsored this of the hospital expansion project includes a larger emergency department with 63 exam rooms, streets in downtown Indianapolis. It is free public procession in commemorate an imaging area, laboratory, 10 surgical suites, other support services and administrative offices. and open to the public. Christ’s death on the cross. † The historic bell formerly tolled at Franciscan St. Francis Health’s Beech Grove hospital. The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 Page 7 Church culture must change after sex abuse scandal, ar chbishop says MILWAUKEE (CNS)—The Archdiocese Dublin cathedral “was a truly restorative of Dublin “got it spectacularly wrong” in not moment” for many abuse survivors, who assuming responsibility for the harm done “felt that they had encountered in it a through the clergy sex abuse crisis, the head Church which was beginning to identify of the archdiocese told an international with their hurt and their journey. conference on the clergy sex abuse scandal “But there are so many survivors who on April 4. have not yet had that experience of being Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, the opening surrounded by a Church in lament, rather speaker during a two-day conference at than a Church still wanting to be in charge,” Marquette University Law School in he added.

Milwaukee, said he “cannot accept a situation The Dublin leader said the Church must School Law Gryniewicz, Marquette University CNS photo/Mike where no one need assume responsibility in analyze whether “the culture of clericalism” the face of terrible damage done to children might have “somehow facilitated disastrous in the Church.” abusive behavior to continue for so long,” Other conference speakers at the and must repent for the “false understanding conference, “Harm, Hope and Healing: of mercy and human nature” that allow International Dialogue on the Clergy Sex offenders to continue to abuse children. Abuse Scandal,” included Bishop Blase “Serial sexual abusers manipulatively J. Cupich of Spokane, Wash., the chairman of weaved their way in and out of the net of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the mercy for years when what they really Protection of Children and Young People, as needed was that they be firmly blocked in well as a group of abuse victims, priests and their path,” he said. various experts. The Irish archbishop told conference Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, Ireland, speaks on April 4 at Marquette University Law School Archbishop Martin also was harsh in his participants that when he was reassigned in Milwaukee during an international conference on the clergy sex abuse scandal. Archbishop Martin assessment of most of the priest abusers that to Ireland his first decision was to make was harsh in his assessment of most of the priest abusers that he has met since becoming the he had met since becoming the archbishop of sure that all abuse files were re-examined archbishop of Dublin in 2004. Dublin in 2004. by an independent outside expert. He also “I can honestly say that with perhaps re-established the use of canonical trials for learned more, and met with victims, parents, that “unfortunately demonstrate only too two exceptions, I have not encountered a real abusers, which he called a long process but spouses and children, he became further painfully” what happens when Church and unconditional admission of guilt and far better than nothing. convinced that the investigation he was doing leaders do not fully understand “the horror” responsibility on the part of priest offenders “There was a culture where the Church was right. of what has been done to innocent in my diocese,” the Irish archbishop said. dealt with their own things in their own “With all my personal failings, when I children and “forget that healing is the “Survivors have repeatedly told me that way,” he said. “We had this mixture—avoid arrive to St. Peter, he’ll weigh my case first imperative.” one of the greatest insults and hurts they have scandal at all costs, but also, be merciful against the 70,000 documents on the other He also spoke of the Church at large experienced is to see the lack of real remorse [saying]: ‘Poor Father, he really was side of the scale,” he said, referring to the needing more than ever to “keep fresh and on the part of offenders even when they plead very good.’ ” number of documents that he provided to the internalize” the insights learned in 2002 guilty in court.” As part of his own investigation, he government commission investigating when the U.S. bishops adopted the The Irish discovered that files on abusive priests were clergy sex abuse. “Charter for the Protection of Children and archbishop, who located in unlikely places in diocesan offices In looking at the future, the archbishop Young People” at their Dallas meeting. served as a Vatican or with auxiliary bishops or retired officials. urged greater attention to seminary “We are seeing what some are referring to diplomat to the His requests for files went unanswered at formation, and warned against accepting as charter fatigue emerging in our United Nations times and occasionally he saw documents candidates for priesthood who “may be communities,” he said, referring specifically before being for the first time when they were shown to a looking not to serve, but for some form of to the work involved in implementing safe reassigned to his government commission. personal security or status which priesthood environment programs. He said some pastors homeland during “This dispersal of information and lack may seem to offer them.” and directors of religious education Dublin’s clergy sex of communication between officials, He said he planned to require all future programs are “becoming frustrated” while abuse scandal, said a authorities and branches of the Church priests to “carry out some part of their others are “convinced that the crisis Feb. 20 “liturgy of contributed significantly” to the scandal, formation together with laypeople so that has passed.” Bishop lament and he said. they can establish mature relationships with In the midst of these emerging attitudes, Blase J. Cupich repentance” at the Archbishop Martin said that as he men and women, and do not develop any he said the bishops’ leadership is “needed sense of their priesthood giving them a now more than ever to address these special social position. concerns, and give new vitality to our “There are signs of renewed promise to protect and our pledge to heal.” clericalism, which may even at times be Bishop Cupich gave particular thanks to ably veiled behind appeals for deeper the group of abuse victims who addressed spirituality or for more orthodox the conference. theological positions, he said. “They remind us that the starting point for Easter Bishop Cupich called the Marquette everything we are supposed to be doing in conference a “much-needed effort to bring addressing the harm done in the clergy sex healing in what is a historically challenging abuse scandal is healing,” he said. but also decisive moment for our Church.” “We should not underestimate the TV MASS He did not directly mention the institutional inertia that has to be overcome if Philadelphia Archdiocese, which recently we are to lead in a way that heals,” he said. for Shut-Ins placed 26 priests on administrative leave Children must always come first, the pending an investigation into abuse bishop said, and they “should be the real allegations made against them. motivation for keeping our promise to The Mass is produced from the Crypt Church at the But he referred to “recent developments” protect and pledge to heal.” † Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Nun gives voice to abuse victims X X X in Lenten meditations for pope WTTV/WB4 Sunday, April 24 VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The this level—the level of the human heart … cloistered Augustinian nun who has written because it is like a laboratory where the 9:00 a.m. the meditations for Pope Benedict XVI’s fate of what happens on a global scale is Way of the Cross service on Good Friday decided.” X X X said she strived for simplicity to give a She said she hoped that through her voice to children who have been abused in meditations the hearts of all who listen will be We invite you to participate in the financial underwriting of this program. the Church and beyond. touched, and they will recognize not only Please send contributions to: Mother Maria Rita Piccione, the their responsibility for their sins, but also how Catholic Communications Center, P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1410 president of the Italian Federation of much God offers each person through Jesus. Write or call for a free copy of the weekly missal for your use at Augustinian Nuns, told Vatican Radio that In another interview with home. Send a request to the above address or call she wanted “to give space in this prayer of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican (317) 236-1585 or 1-800-382-9836, ext. 1585. the Church to the voice of children and newspaper, Mother Maria said that while she teens, who sometimes are offended, injured was writing the meditations she looked at a and exploited. Here I am referring not just wooden owl on her desk. Sponsored by: to the cases of abuse that have been talked “Looking at that owl, thinking about its about so much because the problem is ability to see in the dark, I found what I hope much vaster and regards all humanity.” is the right key for the meditations I am TheCriterion Pope Benedict chose the Augustinian proposing. If it represents the night, then it is nun to write the meditations that will be necessary to seek the face of God who read on Good Friday, April 22, as he leads enlightens even the thickest darkness,” the Stations of the Cross at Rome’s she said. Colosseum. Mother Maria told Vatican Radio on (An English translation of the meditations by April 5 that she tried to reflect on each Mother Maria will be posted on the Vatican’s station of Jesus’ Passion from the point of website. Log on in the coming days to view “not only of believers, but of every www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm and click on person. My gaze, my listening, stopped at the “Lent 2011” banner.) † Page 8 The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 POW continued from page 1 Submitted photo outside their windowless cell, and were Sean Gallagher Photo by given two meals of bread and water a day. “The bread was hard as a rock,” Gruters said. “It had weevils in it. It was full of rat excrement. “You’re thirsty all the time with only two quarts of water a day, especially in the summer. You had devastating thirst. You’re hungry all of the time. You’ve got hunger pains until you lose 60, 70, 80 pounds.” Many of his fellow POWs died of dysentery or were afflicted, as Gruters was, with various parasitic diseases. Above, Guy Gruters sits in the cockpit of an Air Force jet fighter. Then there was the mistreatment that During a mission in 1967, his plane was shot down in and he was he received from the guards. captured as a prisoner of war by North Vietnamese troops. “The guards are constantly … trying to catch you doing something wrong, like Left, Guy Gruters gives a presentation on March 30 at Our Lady of communicating with the cell next door by the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis about his life as a tapping on the walls—which we did all prisoner of war from 1967 until 1973 in North Vietnam. the time,” Gruters said. “In which case, they were delighted because they could get you into the torture room for three days and three nights. “Guards come into a communist prison camp as normal people like And it developed into a terrible hatred.” praying,” Gruters said. “Once that jobs in which he would have worked everybody here,” Gruters said as an aside. This anger and hatred didn’t result in happened then there was the chance of alone or a sales job—he opted to work as “Three months later, with that kind of Gruters lashing out at his guards—an living through the experience.” a salesman. power, they are cruel maniacs. Watch it if action that would have led to a slow and “I had to take the sales job because [it] you ever get [to wield] power. It can cruel death. Instead, he considered Heaven on Earth would force me to talk to people every really mess you up.” turning on himself. This transformation from pride to day and get over it,” he said. The torture rooms were just 10 feet He was tempted to starve himself to humility didn’t just allow Gruters to But after experiencing the cruel from his cell. He always could hear his death. That would be the way to beat his simply live through his experience as a deprivation of his prison camps, Gruters fellow POWs screaming in agony. guards. They couldn’t get at him anymore POW. couldn’t stand it when people complained He knew that it would eventually be his if he was dead. It helped him to thrive—spiritually, if about discomforts that were nothing in turn, too. The Catholic faith that had been not physically. comparison. And always, there was the hell of the instilled him from childhood, however, After being stripped of his pride, “I wanted to pick the people up and forced inactivity and the loneliness of kept him from giving into this temptation. Gruters said that life as a POW “became a throw them through the window,” he said. the camp. Indeed, looking into the abyss of relative piece of cake. “I never hurt anybody. But I wanted to To have his listeners imagine what it despair led Gruters to turn toward God. “It became a really good experience pick them up and shut them up.” was like for him, he recommended that When he first arrived at the prison for me,” he said. “I accepted the It was his faith, however, that led they sit in a bathroom with the window camp, he thought that God could not be punishment. I understood [God] was in Gruters to find peace back at home, shuttered for six hours with nothing at all anywhere near a place filled with charge of it. Anything that he wanted to something that he said, with emotion, to pass the time—no telephone, TV, radio, such evil. send to me was fine.” would have been impossible “without reading material, etc.—except the Later, instead of looking at the evil that When Gruters forgave from his heart God, without daily Mass.” thoughts that went through your head. surrounded him, he repented of the evil the brutal guards that seemed to be sent to Many veterans were in the audience. “We get hit with that year after year,” that was within him. him, he felt closer to God than at any Sal Viscuso, a 77-year-old member of Gruters said. “And it looks like it’s going “I just said the Act of Contrition over other time in his life. St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, served to be the rest of our lives. It took a year to and over again,” Gruters said. “And I “When I would pray for those people, I in the U.S. Army in Germany during the come out of that despair of no activity. started saying the rosary even though I had this tremendous warmth in my heart. Korean War. “The fact finally gets into your didn’t remember the mysteries.” It was wonderful. It was great joy and “It disturbed me all night long, really,” consciousness that you’re not necessary to This finally led him, grudgingly, to peace,” he said. “The greatest joy and Viscuso said of the presentation during a this world. And everybody is doing fine forgive his captors. peace I’ve ever had in my life was in phone interview the next day. “I couldn’t out there without you.” “It took me at least three months prison camp. Since I got back, … I’ve get to sleep thinking about some of the before I could even form in my mind the never had that time that I had with God poor conditions and the torture that those Purgatory on Earth words, ‘Lord, I forgive them,’ ” Gruters up there.” poor guys went through.” The painful dawning of that awareness said. “But I didn’t mean it. But I kept Yet Viscuso found some comfort when was a doorway through which God saying it. Back to plain old Earth he heard about the importance of faith for came into Gruters’ life to strip him of a “After six months, I would say, ‘Lord, Gruters and several hundred other Gruters during his time of trial in the deep-seated pride and implant in him an I forgive them and I hope you get them to POWs were finally released in 1973. Air Force and how that resonated with his equally profound humility. heaven. I understand that they’re your Adjusting to life back in the U.S. own experience. Still, it came slowly. children. And I understand that you love was difficult. “There were a number of times where As his friends were tortured and killed them just like you love me. I’m with you Because his guards lied to him on a I turned very much toward the Lord in just feet away and he was unable to do on this. I want to love them. And I want daily basis for years, Gruters found it my prayer in different circumstances anything to stop it, a maddening rage to forgive them. I’m counting on you— hard to trust even his own family that you encountered in the service, began to well up inside him that he said obviously, I don’t have the strength.’ ” members. whether you were pulling a guard duty was the fruit of his pride. Such was the prayer of a “I wanted to go out and never see late at night or you got into an accident “Great anger started to grow in me,” he humbled man. another human being again,” he said. that required some type of surgery,” said. “And I didn’t know enough to stop “God converted my heart from total But Gruters was cognizant enough of Viscuso said. “You just heavily leaned it. I had never been angry at anybody in pride to being able to see through the this problem that when IBM offered him on your prayers toward Christ to help my life, really. But now I’m really angry. pride and overcome the hatred and to start the choice of three jobs—two engineering you get through it.” †

least $20.9 million and religious orders about Asked who had first reported the Abuse Report 2010 $1.6 million “for child protection efforts, alleged abuse to the diocese or eparchy, The U.S. bishops’ “Charter for the Protection of Children REPORT such as safe environment coordinators, more than half (52 percent) said the and Young People” mandates an annual audit of clergy continued from page 1 sexual abuse and the efforts to safeguard children. training programs and background checks” victim himself or herself had made the U.S. dioceses and eparchies and $25.9 million in 2010, CARA reported. report. More than a quarter of the reports 1,200 TOTAL for religious orders in 2010, bringing to nearly The dioceses and eparchies reported were made by an attorney, while the rest 1,092 DIOCESES RELIGIOUS ORDERS 1,000 $2.7 billion the amount spent by the that approximately 28 percent of their were made by a family member or friend, 898 803 U.S. Catholic Church to address 2010 expenditures as the result of allegations law enforcement officials or the bishop of 800 clergy sex abuse since 2004. of sexual abuse of a minor were covered by another diocese. 600 More than half of the spending in 2010— insurance. For religious orders, only But only 39 percent of reports to 505 400 428 $70 million from dioceses and eparchies and 4 percent of the costs were covered religious orders were made by the victim,

reported against clergy $18 million from religious orders—was for by insurance. while 32 percent of the reports came from New credible allegations 194 178 200 settlement of abuse claims. The second-largest The CARA survey also found that a a bishop or eparch and 21 percent were 77 0 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 category of expenditures was for attorneys’ growing number of allegations of made by an attorney. fees. Dioceses and eparchies spent child sex abuse have been unsubstantiated or The charter approved by the bishops in When the offenses reported in 2010 occurred $33.9 million on lawyers in 2010, while determined to be false. Among dioceses and Dallas in 2002 called for an annual report

1974 or earlier 53% religious orders spent $4.8 million. eparchies, 17 percent of the new allegations detailing the number and type of

1975-1994 37% Nearly $10 million was paid out for the in 2010 were unsubstantiated or false, sex abuse allegations involving minors support of offenders in dioceses and eparchies, compared to 11 percent in 2006 and against U.S. clergy. The first report, 1995-2010 4% while religious orders spent about $1.8 million 7 percent in 2007. issued in 2004, covered the year 2003. unknown 6% to support offenders in 2010, according to The percentage of allegations against The Diocese of Lincoln, Neb., was the CARA. The cost of therapy for victims was religious order priests that have been only diocese or eparchy that did not Allegations reported in dioceses in 2010 that involved current minors: 7 $6.4 million for dioceses and eparchies and unsubstantiated or determined to be false has participate in the 2010 survey. The about $540,000 for religious orders. remained relatively steady at around participation rate among religious orders Source: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ©2011 CNS In addition, dioceses and eparchies spent at 10 percent since 2006. was about 72 percent. † The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 Page 9 Clashes, airport closure block papal envoy’s mission to Ivory Coast

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Fighting in Ivory Coast and affected by the conflict, and to offer support for efforts for an airport shutdown prevented the pope’s personal envoy peace and reconciliation. from entering the country for talks aimed at peace and Army forces and militia supporting President-elect reconciliation. Alassane Ouattara had been clashing with security Cardinal Peter Turkson, the president of the personnel and mercenaries loyal to outgoing

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, had been stuck in President Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to leave office after CNS photo/Simon Akam, Reuters Accra, Ghana, since April 1 and returned to Rome on April 8 Ouattara was declared the winner of elections in November. after he was unable to get a flight into Ivory Coast. French and U.N. forces on the ground in Abidjan “It was not possible to enter Ivory Coast because the arrested Gbagbo on April 11 after an assault on his airport was closed” and the only flights into the country were residence in Abidjan. for United Nations’ staff, he told Vatican Radio on April 9. In an informal interview with journalists on The cardinal said he asked the United Nations if he April 11 before reports emerged of Gbagbo’s arrest, could travel on one of its planes leaving from Accra, but Cardinal Turkson said he had wanted to go to Ivory Coast as Refugees from Ivory Coast walk with their belongings through “the U.N. did not want to take this risk of bringing a person a follow-up to a February gathering in the country that had Grand Gedeh County in eastern Liberia on March 23. who was not a member of its staff into a very delicate and gathered political, religious and community leaders in an Cardinal Peter Turkson, a papal envoy sent to Ivory Coast to dangerous situation” that awaited in Ivory Coast. effort to resolve the post-election impasse. try to bring about peace and reconciliation, was unable to enter He said he spoke by phone with the nuncio in Abidjan “While I couldn’t get my foot into Ivory Coast,” he said, the west African country. and with the president of the Ivorian bishops’ conference to the people, including top political leaders, “knew I was talk about the unfolding situation there. trying to get in,” and that the pope and the Vatican were Political differences, even among the country’s bishops, “I wanted to bring the pope’s message to the Ivorian concerned about the escalating violence. must be set aside, he said, and the safety, security and bishops’ conference” in person, he said. He said it was urgent for all sides in the fighting to come well-being of the citizens and the nation must come first. Pope Benedict XVI had sent the Ghanaian cardinal as his to the realization that the people had spoken with their votes According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, personal envoy to show his solidarity with the people last November and that leaders should respect the outcome. more than 150,000 people have fled Ivory Coast. †

the trash from her basement. She was so grateful. Maybe it’s faith journey—a journey in which he has come closer to AWARDS a way of evangelizing my faith—above and beyond what God through his service for others. continued from page 1 I’m expected to do for them. I see Christ in these people.” He is the chairman of the It’s an approach to the world that Jackson says he learned board of the foundation for “I also try to pass along the message that everything from his parents and his grandparents—an approach that Visiting Nurse Service, a takes time,” she says. “I tell them they need to be believes there is nothing more important than faith and foundation that has created a consistent, they cannot give up, and they always have family, and that the concept of home in Indianapolis where to try.” family doesn’t stop with the people homeless people come to live the The refugees from Burma, Congo, Iraq, Nigeria and who share a house or a name. last days of their lives. other countries draw strength from her, knowing that she As proof, Jackson mentions that He is also the chairman of the once made the transition to a new world and a new life. one of his favorite volunteer efforts advisory board of Our Lady of And she draws strength from them, seeing the often is the Wishing Well Fund. He serves Fatima Retreat House in amazing transformations they make in just a few months. as the vice president of the small, Indianapolis, reflecting his “They’re happy. They’ve improved their English skills. not-for-profit organization that commitment to a place that helps They have a job. They have hope,” she says. “It really is a provides food and gifts for people re-energize their spirit and Leo Stenz great experience. You always have to wear the shoes of 144 families at Christmas each year. deepen their faith. other people. That’s what compassion is about. And we “Throughout the year, we also Then there is his hands-on work with a group called have to care. We all like to feel that somebody cares help people get their utilities paid or Beggars for the Poor, a ministry that is part of the about us.” David Jackson turned back on,” Jackson says. “If a St. Vincent de Paul Society in Indianapolis. car breaks down and it’s the only “We take a truck downtown every Saturday and serve Charles Guynn one in their family, we’ll help to get it fixed.” 200 homeless men, giving them clothing, toiletries and When Charles Guynn was a teacher and a volunteer He has also served as an adult leader for the Boy Scouts, food,” Stenz says. “About 12 of us run that part of it. Catholic Youth Organization coach at St. Rita School in and has volunteered his construction talents as a member of When we go down there, we go with the attitude that it’s Indianapolis, he always made his players wear suits to the Knights of Columbus Council #3660 on the south side an enjoyable way to spend a Saturday.” their basketball games. It was one of the ways he tried to of Indianapolis. On that part of his faith journey, he has invited high make a statement to the boys and to anyone else “Everybody has something to offer,” he says. “I believe school students to care for the homeless. Students from watching that their training involved more than sports—it that it was St. Francis who said, ‘Always preach the Gospel, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Bishop Chatard was about an approach to life. and if necessary use words.’ I am not a man of many words. High School and Father Thomas Scecina Memorial When Guynn was later the national secretary of the I would say the most rewarding aspect of giving is that I am High School, all in Indianapolis, have taken that walk Knights of Peter Claver, he was once among a group of answering what God has called me to do by using the with Stenz. about 100 people, mostly African-Americans, who had a vocations that he has blessed me with.” “I encourage them to ask the men their names and ask special audience with Pope John Paul II. When the pope about their stories,” Stenz says. “For the first time for told the group that their struggles Leo Stenz many of these kids, they’re absorbing that these guys are of the past had shaped them as For 15 years, Leo Stenz led high school students from real. It’s fun and energizing to see these kids involved.” strong survivors for the present St. Luke the Evangelist Parish on 10-day retreats into the That’s the feeling Stenz gets from helping others, a and the future, Guynn was moved mountains. He viewed the trips as a way to share the beauty feeling he wants to share. to tears. of God’s creation with the teenagers, and to help them grow “It’s 100 percent of my faith journey,” he says. “When he was talking about in their relationship with Christ. “When you get outside yourself and help others in an strife and hardships and the gifts For nearly the past 30 years, Stenz has been on his own unconditional way, you understand life a little better.” † we bring, that caused me to recommit to the Church, that it’s inclusive, that it’s part of our life,” Lou Holtz to be keynote speaker at Spirit of Ser vice dinner Guynn says. “The pope solidified to me that I’m Roman Catholic. By John Shaughnessy Tables for eight people can be purchased at I’m an African-American who is these levels: $10,000 for a benefactor, $5,000 for a Charles Guynn Roman Catholic.” Known for his humor, inspiring messages and flashes patron, $1,750 for a partner and $800 for a parish That source of cultural and religious strength has led of magic, legendary football coach and motivational table sponsor. Single tickets are $250. Guynn to build a life that often focuses on helping people speaker Lou Holtz will deliver the The funds raised by the awards dinner will help who are in need. keynote speech at the Spirit of to support the efforts of Catholic Charities Now 63, he has served St. Rita Parish often through Service Awards Dinner on May 11 Indianapolis to provide family support, eldercare, the years, including as president of the parish council. at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in crisis assistance and shelter while serving as an He has taught classes in diversity education to law Indianapolis. advocate for peace and social justice. enforcement officers and college students at The event, which benefits the “Catholic Charities Indianapolis continually Indiana University and Indiana University- efforts of Catholic Charities touches the lives of hundreds of thousands in need Purdue University Indianapolis. He has served as the Indianapolis to help people in regardless of race, ethnicity or religious affiliation,” treasurer of the Indiana Black Expo for 17 years. need, will mark another return to Bethuram said. “In the neighborhoods of He has also spent his years looking for ways to make Indiana for Holtz, who was the Indianapolis and the surrounding counties, the a difference to one person at a time. head football coach at the neglected child, the struggling family, the “It’s more than giving money in the collection,” he University of Notre Dame challenged adolescent, and the hungry senior are says. “When you know that three pews up, there’s a Lou Holtz from 1985 to 1996. among those served with compassion and dignity family that needs partnering or a child who needs Now a college football studio through our 12 programs.” tutoring, you just can’t give lip service. You have to get analyst for the cable television sports network ESPN, Holtz In 2009-10, Catholic Charities Indianapolis down and help.” has a well-established reputation for giving inspirational experienced an overall 30 percent increase in the talks about the power of the human spirit—a theme that demand for services, including help with housing David Jackson resonates with the goals of Catholic Charities Indianapolis. and food, according to agency officials. The agency As a general contractor, David Jackson has often “It’s about helping people in need get on their own served 42,761 people—an increase of 9,000 people volunteered to use his construction skills to benefit feet,” said David Bethuram, the agency director of from 2008-09. Holy Family Shelter, St. Mark the Evangelist Parish and Catholic Charities Indianapolis. “We look at this annual elderly people who seek help from the Central Indiana event as an inspiration and an affirmation of the work that (For more information about the awards dinner or Council on Aging. the social ministry arm of the Church is doing in the to make reservations, call 317-592-4072 or “I go into the poorest neighborhoods of Indianapolis, community.” 800-382-9836, ext. 4072, or log on to and these people have so little,” says Jackson, a member The event will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. www.CatholicCharitiesIndpls.org ) † of St. Mark Parish. “For one woman, I put in a shower base and repaired steps in a basement. Then I cleaned out Page 10 The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 Virginia bans abortion coverage in state health insurance exchanges RICHMOND, Va. (CNS)—Virginia coverage on state health insurance Also passed during the reconvening became the seventh state to bar abortion exchanges are Arizona, Idaho, Louisiana, session was a McDonnell amendment to coverage from being offered by private Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. The the budget bill that provides funding for insurance companies through the new states were taking advantage of a clause in abstinence education. It, too, met a 20-20 Submitted photo state-run health insurance exchanges that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care deadlock in the state Senate, requiring a were mandated by the Patient Protection Act which holds that “a state may elect to tiebreaking vote by Bolling, who voted in and Affordable Care Act, the sweeping prohibit abortion coverage in qualified favor of the amendment. health-reform law passed last year by health plans offered through an exchange in “This shows how critically important Congress. such state if such state enacts a law to grass-roots networks are,” Caruso said. An While the state’s House of Delegates provide for such a prohibition.” April 7 “victory alert” e-mail from the voted 61-36 for the ban, a deadlocked Another three states restrict abortion Virginia Catholic Conference to its 20-20 Senate vote required a tiebreaking vote coverage in health insurance policies supporters gave credit to the Family to be cast by Virginia’s lieutenant governor, regardless of whether those insurers Foundation, the Virginia Society for Bill Bolling, on April 6. participate in statewide exchanges, Human Life, the Virginia Assembly of The vote on abortion coverage was an according to Jeff Caruso, executive director Independent Baptists and Americans amendment to the original bill that creates of the Virginia Catholic Conference, the United for Life for their role in galvanizing the exchanges. It had been passed by state public policy arm of the state’s opinion in favor of the two amendments. lawmakers earlier in the year during its two Catholic dioceses. Caruso ranked the two votes as regular session, but Virginia Gov. Bob “People should not be forced to pay for among the biggest wins the state McDonnell, a Republican and a Catholic, other people’s abortions. This amendment Catholic conference had during the exercised his right under Virginia law to offer goes a long way toward upholding that Virginia legislative session, which ended People gather to pray outside an abortion clinic amendments to bills once passed during the principle,” Caruso told Catholic News for the year on April 6. He said an in Germantown, Md., on Dec. 11, 2010. regular session. Service in an April 8 telephone interview important win during the regular session Neighboring Virginia became the seventh state The language in McDonnell’s amendment from Richmond. was passage of a bill to create new to bar abortion coverage from being offered by prohibits abortion on demand but permits The April 6 vote came during a one-day regulations on abortion facilities. It private insurance companies through the new abortion in the cases of rape, incest and reconvening session of the state’s requires the state Board of Health to state-run health insurance exchanges that were when the mother’s life is endangered. General Assembly to consider regulate abortion clinics as hospitals mandated by the Patient Protection and The other states to have banned abortion amendments proposed by the governor. rather than as physicians’ offices. † Affordable Care Act. What was in the news on April 14, 1961? A r equest for the whole Mass in English By Brandon A. Evans • Hoosier Archabbot asks ‘entire change of the Mass from Latin to English. There is nothing like a little controversy for Mass in English’ Then, later, I agreed with those who would stimulating the jaded brain cells and This week, we continue to examine “Permission of the Holy See for the have changed all but the Canon. No I am sharpening the language of editorial what was going on in the Church and the celebration of the entire Mass, including one hundred percent for the whole Mass in writers. … When the smoke of controversy world 50 years ago as seen through the the Canon, in English was advocated by English.’ ” has cleared away from the question of pages of The Criterion, which is the Right Rev. Ignatius Esser, O.S.B., in an • Kennedy praises ‘important’ role of federal aid to nonpublic schools, one thing celebrating its 50th anniversary. article appearing in the March issue of Church schools at least will be clear. The issue is not really Here are some of the items found in the Amen, official publication of the • Cardinal suggests four possibilities for the ‘establishment of religion.’ Rather it is April 14, 1961, issue of The Criterion: Vernacular Society of America. He is a aid to schools the establishment of the public school. The • Denial of private school aid called a native of Rockport, Ind. 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By William A. Thorn at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Each stop “There are Calvaries all over included dramatizations on the place,” said Father Jack Kern, education, globalization, human my pastor at St. Catherine Parish rights, interracial harmony and

in Milwaukee, Wis. “They can be poverty. CNS photo/Beawiharta, Reuters found anyplace there’s a journey, In northern Vietnam, the and anyplace there’s suffering.” Stations of the Cross are used to Father Kern is a big fan of the honor the dead. Lay Catholic Stations of the Cross, fascinated groups in Yen Bai Province by the ritual which requires northwest of Hanoi undertake the participants to get out and walk. stations in the parish cemetery to “So few of our devotions have remember their beloved. They movement,” he said. “It takes us hope the souls will return the out of a passive, inactive stance grace upon entering heaven. into a journey of redemptive In North Korea, a well-known suffering that is part of our walk to artist specializing in Minjung or holiness. ... We can then view the populist art was commissioned for station plaques etched on faces in a set of stations. Antonio Hong our community and world.” Sung-dam painted Jesus as a I saw many fine examples of demonstrator during the Gwangju this as an editor and reporter for (Kwangju) uprising in 1980, who the Union of Catholic Asian News was beaten, tortured and crucified in Bangkok, Thailand. Asian by government soldiers. The Catholics have masterfully blended paintings were eventually censored the stations into millennia-old and removed. pilgrimage traditions—thick In India, the world’s most masses of the devout marching diverse religious environment, Altar servers climb to the top of a hill while praying the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday in Dili, East Timor, in this barefoot for days or legions Catholics herald the power of 2007 file photo. climbing steep inclines in the the Stations of the Cross for world’s tallest mountains. evangelization. Many parishes, giving the devout the opportunity Father Kern added one more war so I know what it means to Hong Kong, for example, particularly those in the to shed blood with Christ while story. walk alone. However, I do not want featured the Stations of the Cross Archdiocese of Calcutta, favor sacrificing for a neighbor’s life. A missionary arrived at a Mary to walk without her Son. She on the anniversary of the city’s public stations on Good Friday In Sumber, on the Island of Java Hiroshima parish as its new and I need to be companions handover from Great Britain to because local Hindus are in Indonesia, youths venture up the pastor. One day, he noticed a together on the way home!” China. It likened Christ’s suffering remarkably open to celebrating the side of Mount Merapi, an active woman praying the stations. She to the people’s path for democracy sacred. Many even join the volcano, to enact the stations with started at the last station, and (William A. Thorn, a freelance and freedom. On another occasion, processions. bamboo- and finished in the “wrong” direction. journalist from Milwaukee, Wis., the stations visited legislative Another popular practice in branch-woven crosses as well as When he later asked the woman is an author and former reporter chambers, the court of final India is to schedule blood drives traditional drums and instruments, why she had begun at the end, she for Catholic News Service and the appeals and central government simultaneously with the and costumes of mud, feathers, replied, “I am a widow who lost Bangkok-based Union of Catholic headquarters before ending Stations of the Cross, thereby leaves and bright colors. her husband and only son in the Asian News.) † Parables and disputes reveal the acceptance and rejection of Jesus By Fr. Robert L. Kinast but a symbol of the judgment incurred by those who bear (i.e., converts) and is praised for doing his father’s will no spiritual fruit because they have no faith in Jesus. This (Mt 21:28-31). The cleansing of the Temple begins the culmination of attitude is further confirmed in the questions that the Similarly, when a king prepares a wedding feast for his Jesus’ ministry in Jerusalem. In St. Matthew’s Gospel, it religious leaders put to him. son those invited either refuse to come or offer excuses occurs on the same day that Jesus triumphantly enters the The chief priests and elders question the source of Jesus’ for not attending. In their place, the king’s servants bring holy city. In contrast to the buying and selling in the authority, but are unwilling to take a position when he asks in outsiders who are welcome as long as they “put on” the Temple area, Jesus heals the blind and the lame, which them whether John’s baptism was of human or divine origin proper attitude, symbolized by the wedding garment that elicits praise from the children but indignation from the (Mt 21:23-27). everyone is expected to wear (Mt 22:1-14). chief priests and scribes (Mt 21:12-16). The Pharisees ask whether it is lawful to pay the census A few of the parables emphasize the importance of The tension between acceptance and rejection of tax to Rome, hoping to alienate Jesus from those who being ready whenever God’s kingdom appears. Thus, the Jesus is the focal point in the events leading up to his resented the foreign power that occupied their land. In faithful servant is the one who carries out his duty no Passion, death and resurrection. As presented by response, Jesus clarifies that the kingdom of God that he matter how long his master is away, whereas the Matthew, this tension is expressed in the exchanges proclaims is spiritual and has no direct political agenda unfaithful servant takes advantage of the master’s delay between Jesus and the religious authorities and in the (Mt 22:15-22). for temporary personal gain (Mt 24:45-51). parables that he taught the people. Shifting to theology, the Sadducees pose a misleading Likewise, the five wise virgins are ready whenever the The overriding issue is foreshadowed when Jesus dilemma about marriage at the resurrection, enabling Jesus groom arrives and share the wedding feast with him, returns to the city the next day. He is hungry. When he to reassert that the resurrection leads to an entirely new life, while the other five do not anticipate a delay and are left sees a fig tree, he goes over to it but finds no fruit. In not a continuation of the present life, which they would outside (Mt 25:1-13). reaction, he curses the tree (Mt 21:18-19). know if they understood Scripture and the power of God Two of three servants entrusted with a portion of their Jesus’ action is not an arbitrary venting of frustration, (Mt 22:23-33). master’s wealth increase it while he is gone, but the One of the Pharisees tries to entangle Jesus in the third simply buries it and has nothing to show for his longstanding debate about the greatest of all the stewardship (Mt 25:14-30). commandments in the Mosaic Law, but Jesus reduces the In one shocking parable, the tenants whom a controversy to the indisputable priority of loving God and landowner puts in charge of his vineyard beat and even CNS photo/Crosiers one’s neighbor (Mt 22:34-40). kill the servants who are sent to collect the These attempts to discredit Jesus rather than accept him produce—similar to the reaction of some invitees in the lead to his scathing indictment of the scribes and Pharisees parable of the wedding feast. When the landowner finally (Mt 23), who, like the fig tree at the beginning of this sends his own son, the tenants see a chance to inherit the section, appear to be healthy and productive on the outside, vineyard for themselves and kill him. The application of but are actually barren and fruitless. this parable to Jesus and the religious authorities was not The condemnation which Jesus pronounces is given lost on the chief priests and Pharisees (Mt 21:33-46). dramatic urgency in the next chapter (Mt 24), where Jesus The combination of disputes and parables is says, in effect, that time is running out. There can be no epitomized in the scene of the Last Judgment wavering, no excuses, no postponement of a decision. (Mt 25:31-40). It imaginatively portrays the Son of Man One either accepts or rejects who Jesus is and what he separating all people into those who practice love and represents. service, and those who live only for themselves. The parables which Matthew includes in these This judgment is not imposed arbitrarily. It reflects the chapters illustrate the same theme, often by juxtaposing life that each person lives and the decision to accept or This stained glass-window depicts a man in ancient Israel the two defining attitudes of acceptance or rejection. reject the invitation from Jesus to share in his own life. paying a tax. The Pharisees asked Jesus about paying taxes to For example, in the parable of the two sons, one of them Rome in an attempt to have him identify himself with the says he will work in his father’s vineyard but does not, (Father Robert L. Kinast is a pastoral theologian in occupying power or those who were opposed to Roman rule. while the other initially refuses then changes his mind Prairie Village, Kan.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Catholic Education Outreach/ G. Joseph Peters The wisdom of the saints: St. Anselm Catholic education God is “a being than whom nothing Scholasticism” for his efforts to analyze discovered that God as the supreme being greater can be conceived.” That’s and illumine the truths of faith through the “is life itself, light, wisdom, goodness, and faith formation St. Anselm’s aid of reason. eternal blessedness and blessed eternity. definition of God Anselm wrote, “I do not seek to He is everywhere, and he is timeless.” by the numbers from his book understand in order that I may believe, but He prayed, “O God, let me know you Proslogion. He wrote, I believe in order to understand. For this and love you so that I may find my joy in The educational mission of the Church in “There is truly a being also I believe—that unless I believe I shall you; and if I cannot do so fully in this life, central and southern Indiana is simply stated than which nothing not understand.” let me at least make some progress every as learning, teaching and sharing our faith. greater can be He was born to French noble parents in day, until at last that knowledge, love and The Church’s mission is accomplished conceived to exist that northern Italy in 1033. He served as abbot joy come to me in all their plenitude.” with the guidance of our chief teacher, it cannot even be of the Benedictine Abbey of Bec in He continued his prayer by asking God Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, facilitated conceived as non- Normandy until he was named the to let him learn to know him better while by the staff of the Office of Catholic existent.” Archbishop of Canterbury in England in he was on Earth so that in heaven he Education, and led locally by the pastors and In other words, using a double negative, 1093 when he was 60. He had a would know him fully, love God deeper administrators in our parishes and schools. such a being cannot be conceived of as not contentious time with Kings Rufus and here so that he may love him fully in Most of us experience Catholic education existing. If he didn’t exist, he wouldn’t be Henry I, going into exile twice as he heaven, and have great joy and hope on and faith formation at a being than whom nothing greater can be fought for the freedom of the Church. He Earth so that in heaven he would have the parish level, but what conceived. This, then, was his proof of died in 1109. complete joy in the fulfillment of his hope. does the total ministry God’s existence. His principal writings, which he wrote He concluded his prayer: “Let this hope look like? What is the St. Anselm’s feast is usually celebrated while he was abbot, were Cur Deus Homo of mine be in my thoughts and on my size and scope of our on April 21, but that date is Holy Thursday (Why God Became Man), the Monologion tongue; let my heart be filled with it, my catechetical and this year. that restated arguments others had made voice speak of it; let my soul hunger for it, educational programs Anselm is considered the most about God’s existence, and the Proslogion my body thirst for it, my whole being aside from the important philosopher and theologian with his original proofs of God’s existence yearn for it, until I enter into the joy of the instruction in faith that between St. Augustine and St. Thomas and contemplation of God’s attributes. Lord, who is Three in One, blessed for occurs in our Aquinas. He is known as the “Father of In the Proslogion, he wrote that he had ever. Amen.” † celebrations of the Mass? You may be surprised at this “by-the- For the Journey/Effie Caldarola numbers” analysis of our efforts. The archdiocese encompasses 39 counties in southern and central Indiana or Toasting true love on the road to Golgotha 13,738 square miles. Across that area, there are 151 parishes serving 224,962 Catholics Hans Christian Andersen, the great with faith in the ultimate triumph of that perhaps only God understands, I within a total population of more than storyteller, said, “Life itself is a most Jesus. agree. But if the writer of that 2.4 million people or 9.26 percent of the wonderful fairy tale.” But consenting to believe is not always prayer card wants me to believe that I total population. Last year, 3,919 infants Life as a fairy the same thing as living it out in the will get exactly that for which I pray were baptized as well as 847 minors/adults tale—it is a ordinariness of each day. It is easy to get because I have said the right words, well, baptized and 536 people received into the whimsical thought, bogged down on the road to Golgotha and there is a fairy tale for you, indeed an full communion of the Church through RCIA one laden with the lose sight of that empty tomb. evil and misleading one. programs—a total of 5,302 new parishioners. implication that a Take my friend’s invitation to God to Perhaps the toughest lesson of the There are 189 people who serve as miracle lies around surprise him. Try as I might, making that Christian life is letting go and letting faith formation leaders. Last year, every corner. It request my morning prayer is difficult. I God—simply opening our hearts in 1,814 trained volunteer parish catechists reminds me of the am constantly tempted to direct God’s gratitude and trust. taught religious education to 12,305 students optimism of an old efforts a little. After all, will I like the I have a friend whose husband is in preschool through grade 8. Some Jesuit friend, who surprise that God has in store? Maybe I going through a mighty battle with 83 parishes included persons with special told me, “Every day, I wake up and ask can put some parameters around that cancer. On a recent blog, she reported needs in regular catechetical programs. The God to surprise me.” surprise in case I have a better idea. My that his health was deteriorating rapidly. Special Religious Development program for Life hasn’t seemed like much of a pride sneaks in to suggest that I know She added these words: “Today was a the developmentally disabled is offered in fairy tale lately. As I write this, Japan is best what I really need today. beautiful, sunny day [26 degrees in her 32 parishes, and 93 parishes sponsored adult still reeling from the unprecedented I want to place my problems and the part of Alaska]. He and I basked in the education programs in which 13,827 people earthquake and tsunami with the nuclear world’s problems in God’s hands, but sunlight on our front deck and drank a participated. situation still unresolved. Civil war rages often I have to tell God what I would like bottle of champagne. We toasted Youth ministry programs for high-school- in Libya, where the United States is now to have done with these problems before true love, sunshine and the gift of each aged youths are found in 117 parishes and involved in an air war, even while the I let God have them. moment. We remember each day how are led by 591 adult volunteers. Also, war in Afghanistan drags on as the The other night, a friend handed me a lucky we are to wake up in each other’s 2,645 teenagers prepared for the sacrament longest war in our bloody history. prayer card, which I eagerly accepted arms.” of confirmation last year. I think Andersen’s quote and my until I read the last lines. The bottom of People who can toast true love on the There are 69 Catholic schools in the Jesuit friend share a wonderful outlook the prayer urged me to think carefully road to Golgotha are people who archdiocese, including 58 elementary on life, a “glass is half full” kind of about what I request “as this prayer has understand the real fairy tale of life, the schools and 11 high schools. Seven high outlook. If the world is divided into never been known to fail.” real, bounteous wonder of our life in the schools and 27 elementary schools are optimists and pessimists, it is clear How is that for putting parameters Lord. They are the people who trust in located in Marion County. There are seven which side they are on. They have their around God? God’s surprises. interparochial high schools, four private high eyes set on the prize. Now, if the writer means that schools and one private elementary school. For me, it is a little more problematic. well-intentioned prayer doesn’t fail (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic A total of 22,019 students attend I am a Resurrection person, a person because prayer helps me to grow in ways News Service.) † Catholic schools in the archdiocese in 2010-11, and 1,721 professional staff Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister members serve in the schools. About 10 to 15 percent of the students are non-Catholic. In our five Indianapolis center city schools, Clearing debris is a worthwhile Lenten goal including the four Mother Theodore Catholic Academies, 67 percent of the students are Earlier this Lent on a mild spring day, be closer to God. many others will have benefited from my minorities, 40 percent are non-Catholic, and my husband, Paul, and I began clearing During Lent, my husband, Paul, and I basement prayers—even the poor souls 72 percent are eligible for free/reduced price our yard of fallen also read aloud The Little Black Book in purgatory. lunch. tree limbs and other provided by our parish. We’ve done this As Lent progressed, I quietly read Catholic schools in the archdiocese, all winter debris. for many years. If we forget, we usually through The Little Black Book, and I accredited by the state, rank as one of the While I continued go back to earlier pages to catch up on join my husband each morning at largest “school districts” in Indiana. filling large yellow what we’ve missed. I’m sure that many breakfast to read aloud the daily Some 443 trained high school peer trash bags purchased Catholics treasure this Lenten tradition. offering. For readers who do not have mentors teach abstinence until marriage through our parish However, this Lent we are suffering a access to The Little Black Book, here is a lessons to more than 3,500 middle school school’s fundraiser, I little more than usual. Our basement passage that is pivotal: students in our chastity program, A Promise prayed for our flooded twice in a relatively short time, “When I come to receive to Keep. family, neighbors and the water damage was considerable. Communion, the minister of the The high school graduation rate is and friends. We knew that we needed to waterproof Eucharist says to me, ‘The Body of 98.2 percent, and 97.4 percent of graduates Our church bulletin lists the names of our basement, but that is a costly and Christ … the Blood of Christ,’ and I say enter higher education. people who need prayers, and I also pray formidable project. ‘Amen.’ I’m not simply saying ‘Amen’ to The total cost of operating archdiocesan for our Catholic clergy, our nation and Fortunately, a week before the the Real Presence. I’m saying ‘Amen’ to Catholic schools—not including private countless other reasons. first spring flood, I had cleaned out a receiving the Lord into my life—not schools—is estimated at $100 million a year, “Offering up” any type of work, storage room filled with countless books, some day when I’ve got everything resulting in an estimated savings to Indiana inconvenience or struggle—or even the and stacked them on tables and furniture worked out, but here and now. In effect, taxpayers of around $214 million. happy moments in life—has been a habit in the family room. Otherwise, the water I say, ‘Lord, I’m not perfect and I don’t As you can see, learning, teaching and with me since I was a child. damage would have been much worse. have all the answers. But I do believe in sharing our faith are significant One day while doing yard work, I I “offered up” each and every you, and I accept you into my life here commitments of the Archdiocese of Indian- suddenly realized that Lent is a good inconvenience. Yet, trusting in God’s and now.’ ” apolis that can be easily quantified. time for me to clear the debris and grace, by the time this column is in print aggravations of life from my soul. Paul and I should have conquered all of (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of (G. Joseph Peters is the associate executive How? By thinking about all the these challenges. Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is director of Catholic Education for the changes I can make to allow my heart to Meanwhile, also through God’s grace, a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † archdiocese’s Office of Catholic Education.) † The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011 Page 13

Palm Sunday/The Lord’s Passion/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, April 18 Genesis 1:1-2:2 The Sunday Readings Isaiah 42:1-7 or Genesis 1:1, 26-31a Psalm 27:1-3, 13-14 Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, Sunday, April 17, 2011 John 12:1-11 24, 35 • Matthew 21:1-11 or Psalm 33:4-7, 12-13, 20, 22 • Isaiah 50:4-7 Tuesday, April 19 Genesis 22:1-18 • Philippians 2:6-11 Isaiah 49:1-6 or Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, • Matthew 26:14-27:66 Psalm 71:1-4a, 5-6ab, 15, 17 15-18 Matthew’s presentation of Jesus, even John 13:21-33, 36-38 Psalm 16:5, 8-11 This weekend observes Palm Sunday, in the horrifying circumstances of the Exodus 14:15-15:1 recalling with great reverence the Lord’s Passion, conveys powerful lessons. traditional entry into First, even at this time, Jesus is the Wednesday, April 20 (Response) Exodus 15:1-6, Jerusalem, beginning Christ. Far from being overwhelmed and Isaiah 50:4-9a 17-18 the drama and depth helpless, the Lord is majestic and in Psalm 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34 Isaiah 54:5-14 of Holy Week. control. He is the victim, but a victim Matthew 26:14-25 Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-12, 13b The liturgy completely complying in free will and Isaiah 55:1-11 includes two readings committed to the Savior’s mission. from the Gospels. While the Apostles do not come across Thursday, April 21 (Response) Isaiah 12:2-3, 4-6 The first Gospel as heroic in their loyalty, to say the least, Holy Thursday Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4 reading occurs at the Jesus never repudiates them. He calls Isaiah 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9 Psalm 19:8-11 blessing of the palms them. Despite their fear and cowardice, Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27 Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28 and as the procession especially in St. Peter’s case, their call Revelation 1:5-8 Psalms 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 of the faithful bearing the palms endures. Luke 4:16-21 or, when baptism is celebrated, assembles in the church. Thus, it is for all called to discipleship. It reveals both the Lord’s divine power, Believers, on occasion, sin and fall. Holy Thursday evening Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 seen through the knowledge that a donkey However, they can return. Their vocation Mass of the Lord’s Supper or Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19 and colt are in the village ahead, and the is not cancelled, at least not by the Lord. Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 Romans 6:3-11 Lord’s mission as Messiah. Finally, all the intrigue, conspiracy and Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16bc, Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 He is approaching Jerusalem, more prejudice that surrounded Jesus fall away 17-18 Matthew 28:1-10 than just a city in pious Jewish minds, but before the fact that the Lord triumphs. also the holy place in which God’s temple God is always in control. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 stands, where David once reigned as king John 13:1-15 Sunday, April 24 and where the prophets spoke in the name Reflection Easter Sunday: The of God. St. Matthew’s Passion Narrative is the Friday, April 22 Resurrection of the Lord It was, as it still is, the center of Jewish centerpiece of this weekend’s Liturgy of Good Friday of the Acts 10:34a, 37-43 faith and worship. It was to be the site of the Word. Lord’s Passion Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 the culmination of the Lord’s mission. It is easy to lose its deep meaning by The crowd proclaims the Lord as “Son concentrating on the awfulness of all that Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Colossians 3:1-4 of David.” They greet the Messiah as their was brought to bear upon Jesus. Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 own legitimate king, David’s heir, not the Certainly, the treachery and cruelty Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 20:1-9 detested Roman emperor. cannot be dismissed or understated. These John 18:1-19:42 Matthew 28:1-10 For its next reading, the Church gives elements underscore the evil that or, at an afternoon or us a passage from the third part of Isaiah, genuinely exists in the world, and that one of those eloquent and expressive overtakes many people. Saturday, April 23 evening Mass, sections of Isaiah called by biblical In a week, the Church will celebrate Holy Saturday Night: Luke 24:13-35 scholars the “Songs of the Suffering Easter. Jesus rose. However, even in the The Easter Vigil Servant.” dark hours of Good Friday, the Lord was Poetic and descriptive, these four songs almighty and victorious. Nothing then laud an unflinchingly faithful servant of occurred without ultimately lending itself Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen God, who, despite abuse and persecution, to the fulfillment of the divine plan of remains steadfastly loyal. salvation. Christians always have seen Jesus The praise of the people who Tearing of temple veil on Good Friday prefigured in these beautiful poems. acclaimed Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem In the next reading, from St. Paul’s does not indicate fickleness just on their symbolizes a new time of salvation Epistle to the Philippians, the emphasis is part. We all are fickle. again on Jesus and in the literary genre of Yet, the reading from Philippians (Editor’s note: Father John Dietzen died on obvious explanation of this event is that it poetry. illustrates not only that Jesus is Lord, but March 27 in Peoria, Ill. His earlier columns symbolized the break with the past Biblical scholars now believe, in fact, also that we can be good disciples even if will be syndicated by Catholic News Service accomplished by the death of Jesus. that this passage was an early Christian we fall. until a new “Question and Answer” column The rending of this sacred feature of the liturgical hymn. Its deep understanding of Christ awaits us with forgiveness. No begins syndication.) Jerusalem temple marked the dividing line the person and place of Christ is both sin breaks our relationship with God, between the former covenants that God clear and compelling. unless we remain unrepentant and choose Three of the Evangelists, in their established with the human family through Finally, the liturgy presents the to reject God ultimately and finally. Qnarrative of Christ’s Passion and death, Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and David, Passion Narrative of St. Matthew’s The Lord, living and victorious, always report that when he died, and the new and eternal covenant now Gospel. offers us mercy if we simply ask him. † among other natural accomplished through the sacrifice of the phenomena—darkened Son of God. sky, earthquakes and the This interpretation also fits with the other My Journey to God dead rising—the veil of cataclysmic events that you mention— the temple was torn. earthquakes, broken rocks, tombs opening There are also other and bodies rising—all of which are traditional sources for this biblical signs of the final cosmic event in happening. human history, the coming of the Lord in his Morning Prayer What is the Church’s majesty. (See the similar language in, for teaching on the example, Is 13:9, Is 34:4, Dn 12 and Jl 2:10.) In silence, significance of this tearing of the temple veil? Another common interpretation is that the heart calms, (Florida) tearing the curtain signifies that the death of then trembles, the Lord marks an uninterrupted access to responds to claims of love The Catholic Church has no official God, in fact, an even greater and more yet unrealized, and Ateachings about these verses. It is immediate access to the heavenly throne than worth noting that the Church has official was possible before. pauses, interpretations for relatively few Bible This would underlie the declaration in the captivated by its passages. Letter to the Hebrews that the blood of Jesus secret intonation; Interpretations of Scripture emerge mainly has opened for us “a new and living path” a sonorous chant through biblical scholarship, which in turn is into the divine presence (Heb 10:19-20). unfolding in quiet waves, based on studies of the history, languages, Another suggestion is based on the fact comparison of texts, customs and so on of that, among other purposes, the temple Catholic Herald and in the empty land of the people involved, all viewed in the context curtain marked the limits beyond which only longing and desire, of Christian faith and revelation. Jews, not gentiles, might pass. It has been a single bloom, just out of reach, The 60-foot-high curtain, between what proposed, therefore, that the rending of the promises a world reborn. was called the holy place and the holy of temple curtain symbolized in some way holies, was one of the sacred treasures of the God’s judgment on those Jews who rejected

By Paul Fisherkeller CNS file photo/Sam Lucero, Jewish temple. Josephus, the historian, tells Christ or that there is no longer in God’s eyes us that it was woven with “lavish richness.” a distinction between Jew and gentile. (Our Lady of the Greenwood parishioner Paul Fisherkeller of All three synoptic Gospels (Mt 27:51, Whatever the specific interpretation, the Greenwood serves his faith community as a music minister and Rite of Mk 15:38 and Lk 23:45) report the tearing of underlying theme in all of them is that, in the Christian Initiation of Adults catechist. A passionflower blooms outside a this veil as one of the wondrous events death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, a new home in Milwaukee, Wis.) immediately following the death of our Lord. age, a new time of salvation, has dawned for Perhaps the most common and most the human race. † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, April 15, 2011

Prayers Rest in peace for Japan Please submit in writing to our Loretta Schenck and Eugene office by 10 a.m. Thursday Booth. Step-grandfather of three. A Peruvian woman holds a before the week of publication; Step-great-grandfather of four. CNS photo/Enrique Castro-Mendivil, Reuters candle and rosary during a be sure to state date of death. BORDENKECHER, Charles Obituaries of archdiocesan public prayer service for the Walter, Sr., 79, Mary, Queen of Japanese people along priests serving our archdiocese Peace, Danville, March 19. Japan Avenue in Lima, Peru, are listed elsewhere in Father of Barbara Lehman, Ruth on March 17. People The Criterion. Order priests Snider, Nancy Wheelock and and religious sisters and Charles Bordenkecher Jr. Brother throughout the world are brothers are included here, of Pauline Graf, Carolyn Hines, offering prayers for the unless they are natives of the Margaret Kennedy, Phyllis thousands of Japanese people archdiocese or have other Metzler, Anita, Joseph, Norman who were killed, injured or left connect ions to it; those are and William Bordenkecher. homeless during the March 11 separate obituaries on this Grandfather of 11. (correction) earthquake and tsunami. page. BRITE, Aloysius Ambrose, 78, BAKER, Donna M., 69, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus St. Louis, Batesville, March 25. (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Mother of Tracy Baker, Lori March 20. Father of Sandra Jewell and Scott Lyle. Grand - McCarty and Nancy Thompson. mother of six. Brother of Mary Ann Selking and Lisa Bell, Kim Carlo, Francine Woeber. Grandmother MILLER, Robert T., 82, Brother of Agatha Glaub, BELTER, Diana L., 61, Justine Walter. Charlie Duff and Darrell Ray. of six. Great-grandmother of two. St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Kathlyn Fichtner, Ruthann St. Anthony, Morris, March 27. Sister of Sue Coombs and March 22. Husband of Dorothy Rudolf, Carl and Raymond COONCE, Frances, 84, HOLZER, Leona C., 81, Wife of Paul Belter. Mother of Margie Haines. Miller. Father of Pamela Haines, Simmermeyer. Grandfather of Sacred Heart, Clinton, March 31. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pam Goins, Rachel Hill, RoxAnn Debra Robertson and Michael six. Great-grandfather of one. Sister of Barbara Cheek, Philip ELLINGER, Charles Regis, Indianapolis, April 3. Sister of Riggs, Billy and Brian Belter. 82, Holy Name of Jesus, Miller. Brother of Cletus and and Richard Gutish. Francis and Melvin Holzer. Jacob Miller. Grandfather of five. THOPY, Mary Evelyn, 95, Daughter of Robert Flodder. Beech Grove, April 5. Husband Aunt of 12. Great-aunt of several. St. Pius X, Indianapolis, DAUENHAUER, Donald A., Great-grandfather of two. Sister of Roberta Siebert, Bernie, of Ruth Ellinger. Father of Beth March 31. Mother of Barbara George, Terry and Tim Flodder. 75, St. Michael the Archangel, McDONALD, Jesse, Jr., 77, Luster, Janette Lynch, Christina RILEY, Mary R. (Gruner), 78, Kaforke, Connie Miller, Joseph Grandmother of 10. Great-grand - Indianapolis, April 1. Father of Holy Angels, Indianapolis, O’Donnell, Kathleen Sparks, Christ the King, Indianapolis, and Robert Thopy. Grandmother mother of one. Linda Hancock, Lisa Leach, Joyce and Timothy Ellinger. March 22. Husband of Mary April 2. Sister of David, John and Mary, Teresa and Michael McDonald. Father of Talja of 11. Great-grandmother of four. BESSLER, Mary Elizabeth, 96, Brother of Mary Franz, Regina Mike Gruner. Dauenhauer. Grandfather of six. Griffin, Janine Lane, Karen Pope, Great-great-grandmother of one. St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, Murrin and Joseph Ellinger. SHEETS, James R., 94, Great-grandfather of two. Adriane, Jesse and Randall WALKER, Diane, 61, March 31. Mother of Rosemarie Grandfather of 15. Great-grand - St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Wood and William Bessler. Sister DIETZ, Richard M., 66, father of five. McDonald. Grandfather of 11. Cambridge City, March 6. Father St. Therese of the Infant Jesus of Margaret Birck, Ann Korb, Holy Family, Oldenburg, FENCL, Ann K., 81, St. Pius X, Great-grandfather of 13. of Glenda Centers, Darryl and (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Helen Bessler and Walter March 24. Husband of Mary Jo Indianapolis, March 31. Wife of MEGEL, Anna Mae, 92, Douglas Sheets. Grandfather of March 18. Sister of Lynn Sommer. Grandmother of eight. Dietz. Father of Victoria Geiger, Jack Fencl. Mother of Patricia St. Joseph, Jennings County, seven. Great-grandfather of nine. Swanson. Great-grandmother of 15. Great- Diana Robbins and Michael O’Grady, Mary, John and Tom April 1. Mother of Dottie Davis, SIMMERMEYER, Dennis B., WELSH, Cecelia Mae, infant, great-grandmother of one. Kelley. Grandfather of five. Fencl. Grandmother of 10. Jane Graf, Teresa Pierce, Mary 70, St. Mary-of-the-Rock, St. Mary, New Albany, March 31. Great-grandfather of two. BOOTH, Charles Vincent, 82, HARDEBECK, Janeen, 63, Weber, Benedictine Sister Anna Franklin County, March 20. Daughter of Joseph and Andrea St. Joseph, Corydon, March 9. DUFF, Mary Catherine, 72, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, April 4. Marie Megel, Dan and Mike Husband of Sharon (Lopp) Welsh. Granddaughter of Stepfather of Brenda Stauth. St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, Wife of Jack Hardebeck. Mother Megel. Sister of Betty Yount and Simmermeyer. Father of Susan Gary and Vicky Lopp, and Brother of Margaret Becht, Feb. 26. Mother of Kristen Jacob of Debora Guffy, Tamara and Robert Hester. Grandmother of Magee, Cindy Puente, Tracy Joseph and Mary Helen Welsh. Roberta Black, Wilma Ehringer, and Kevin Duff. Stepmother of Jeffrey Hardebeck. Sister of 28. Great-grandmother of 37. Roell and Mike Simmermeyer. Niece of Erika Lopp. †

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ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS)— The former mailed $16 to the celebrating Mass, hearing April 12 marked the officer and informed him that it was confessions and anointing the 150th anniversary of the “restitution for injury done to the dying. While he remained at the start of the Civil War. U.S. government. … By no hospital, most chaplains performed Catholic soldiers played possible supposition can you ever their ministry in mobile camps and significant roles in both the Union know the name of the party making on shifting battlefields for Union and Confederate armies. the restitution, nor can you ever and Confederate forces. Among the So did their chaplains. know the circumstances of the case. latter, one of the most famous was Union General Benjamin F. The knowledge of the fact was Father John Bannon. Butler was asked about their obtained through the Catholic A tribute to him, written at the ministry while testifying in 1863 confessional, the secret of which is end of the 19th century, said that before Congress about the progress inviolable. The sum, though small, Father Bannon “left a comfortable of Congress of Notre Dame Archives/Library CNS photo/University of the war. compensates the government, to the living and prosperous parish in this “The chaplains, as a rule, in the last fraction, for the injury done.” city [St. Louis] for the privations forces I commanded, were not The major general replied that and discomforts of an army life. worth their pay by any manner of the money was “just restitution, … His influence … was felt by all means,” Butler said. “ … [But] I am … the acknowledgment of the who associated with him, and his bound to say that I have never seen fault having been made in the presence wherever he went Holy Cross Father William Corby, seated at right, poses with men from the Irish a Roman Catholic chaplain that did confessional.” repressed the rude manners of brigade in a photo from Harrison’s Landing, Va., dated 1862. In the picture are not do his duty, because he was Contrast that small detail by the camp. two other Holy Cross priests, Father Patrick Dillon, standing at left, and responsible to another power than one chaplain with the large effort “Not that he objected to gaiety Father James Dillon, seated at center. The other men are unidentified. that of the military. … They have exerted by Father Peter McGrane, and mirthful pleasure, for he had Father Patrick Dillon and Father Corby served as the second and third presidents always been faithful, so far as my chaplain at the U.S. Army Hospital the most affable manners and genial of the University of Notre Dame in the years following the Civil War. experience goes. They are able men, in Philadelphia. He joined nature, but he always frowned upon appointed by the bishop, and are 25 Sisters of Charity who were the soldiers’ unrestrained Father William Corby, who would penitent and reminding them of the responsible to the bishop for the assigned by the military to care expressions and rude jests. … He later become the president of the justice of their cause. The scene was proper discharge of their duties.” for injured and dying soldiers became noted for his bravery in the University of Notre Dame in witnessed by an officer, who later The Catholic chaplains he lauded between 1862 and the end of the field in attending the wounded and northern Indiana, served wrote that “every man fell on his served the armies of both the North war three years later. dying in very exposed places. He Northern troops during the Battle of knees, his head bowed down. … and South during the conflict. Many One of the nuns kept a diary of was both a pious and a practical Gettysburg, Pa. He did so with such The scene was more than of the priests were born in Ireland the experience, noting that “on the man, and became a ministering distinction that a statue of him now impressive; it was awe-inspiring. … or were of Irish descent as were the 16th of August [1862] over angel wherever broken and bruised stands on that battleground. I do not think there was a man in soldiers to whom they ministered. fifteen hundred sick and wounded humanity needed help and The sculpture portrays him with the brigade who did not offer up a A newspaper article in 1862 soldiers were brought to the consolation.” his hand raised in blessing. A plaque heartfelt prayer. For some, it was reckoned that there were only hospital, most of them from the Father Bannon became so informs visitors that the monument their last.” 22 priests out of 472 military [second] battle of Bull Run. Many renowned that Confederate shows “Father Corby, a chaplain of In his memoirs, Father Corby, chaplains. Nevertheless, their duties had died on the way [to the President Jefferson Davis the Irish brigade, giving general who vowed to stay “within were fulfilled down to the most hospital] from exhaustion, others dispatched him to Ireland to appeal absolution and blessing before battle gunshot” of his men, likened his minute detail. An example was were in a dying state, so that the for support for the South. The priest at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.” fidelity to the Irish brigade to a recorded in an 1864 issue of chaplain, Father McGrane, was sent remained there until his death in The priest really did don a stole, marriage. Being a chaplain, he said, The New York Times, which shared to administer the sacraments.” 1913. climb atop a rock and address was “much like getting married … letters exchanged between a The priest continued to minister On the other side of the hundreds of soldiers, offering them for better, for worse, for richer, for chaplain and a general. in the hospital, baptizing converts, front lines, Holy Cross absolution if they were genuinely poorer, till death do us part.” †

Cardinal backs bill to ensure conscience rights in health plan choices

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo would “restore the legal status quo” by allowing health prayer as their sole form of healing. of Galveston-Houston urged members of the House on insurance plans to exclude “specific procedures “However, it arbitrarily and inexplicably does not April 6 to support legislation that that violate the moral or religious convictions of protect the many religious denominations—including would guarantee the rights of those providing or purchasing the plan,” those providing the backbone of the nonprofit health care Americans to buy health insurance Cardinal DiNardo wrote. system in this country—whose moral teaching rejects “that meets their medical needs and He cited abortions and abortion-causing drugs, in vitro specific procedures,” he said. respects their deepest convictions.” fertilization treatments and “treatments using material from “If religious and other stakeholders are driven out of The cardinal, the chairman of deliberately killed unborn children” as among the the health insurance marketplace by this aspect of PPACA, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on “procedures specifically rejected by the teachings of some legislation whose purpose was to expand health coverage Pro-Life Activities, said the religions.” could have the opposite effect,” he added. Respect for Rights of Passage of the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act Calling the proposal “modest and well-crafted Conscience Act of 2011, would ensure that health insurance plans “shall not be legislation,” Cardinal DiNardo said it “does not reverse or H.R. 1179, “will help ensure that considered as failing to provide ‘essential health benefits’ ” alter any requirement under current state or federal law,” the new health reform act is not under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if they but rather prevents the health reform law “from being Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo misused to violate the religious exclude those procedures, he added. misused to deny Americans’ existing freedom to seek freedom and rights of conscience Cardinal DiNardo noted that the health reform legislation health care coverage” that does not violate their of those who offer and purchase health insurance “does respect religious freedom in some contexts,” consciences. coverage in our nation.” explicitly exempting the Amish and other religious groups “I am sure that most members of Congress voting for The legislation, introduced on March 17 by “that decline participation in social health programs PPACA did not intend that it should deny or take away this Reps. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., and Dan Boren, D-Okla., generally,” and allowing some Christian Scientists to choose freedom,” he added. †

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ROME (CNS)—Paul Bhatti, brother The day after the conference, Paul position of the Pakistani president’s of the former Pakistani minister for Bhatti attended Pope Benedict XVI’s “special adviser” for religious minorities who was murdered by weekly general audience and spoke to minorities and he told reporters his m ano v i a Reuters Islamic extremists, said he and his him briefly. first priority is to promote the real family forgive his brother’s assassins. The assassinated minister’s brother integration of minorities into Pakistani Shahbaz Bhatti, who spoke out told the conference, “To obtain peace in society, “talking with Muslims and against Pakistan’s anti-blasphemy laws the world we must all walk together … reducing sentiments of hatred.”

and encouraged religious freedom, was [Peace] is a universal responsibility.” Bhatti said he has the support of the CNS photo/L'Osservatore Ro killed on March 2. He said his brother never Pakistani government; “the fact that Speaking to reporters in Rome on compromised his faith-motivated work they have asked me to continue my April 5, Paul Bhatti said his family for social justice and, he said, Shahbaz brother’s work shows their desire has forgiven Shahbaz’s assassins, Bhatti once said explicitly that he “left for change.” “because our faith teaches us to do his life in the hands of Jesus.” Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad, this. Our brother Shahbaz was a Paul Bhatti asked for prayers and who was Shahbaz Bhatti’s bishop in Christian and the Christian faith tells support to keep Shahbaz’s life Pakistan, also attended the conference, us to forgive.” work going. and compared Bhatti to the slain leaders The brother participated in a While he said he and his family have such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin conference sponsored by the forgiven the assassins, he said there was Luther King Jr. and Archbishop Oscar Syed Muhammad Abudl Khabir Azad, imam of the mosque of Community of Sant’Egidio, a a need to clarify what happened and Romero of San Salvador because “all Badshahi of Lahore, Pakistan, shakes hands with Rome-based Catholic lay organization find the perpetrators to prevent a similar worked peacefully, they used peaceful Pope Benedict XVI during the pope’s weekly audience in active in international affairs. The crime from happening in the future. methods.” St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 6. Looking on is conference was designed as a memorial “The person who killed him did not He said the Pakistani government is Paul Bhatti, brother of Shahbaz Bhatti, former Pakistani to Shahbaz Bhatti and as a way to extinguish his light because we will doing what it can to provide protection minister for minorities who was murdered by Islamic encourage the continuation of his continue his battle with strength and outside churches and for religious extremists. Shahbaz Bhatti, who spoke out against Pakistan’s mission of promoting interreligious determination,” he said. functions, but the government also is anti-blasphemy laws and encouraged religious freedom, was dialogue in Pakistan. Paul Bhatti recently assumed the under attack by extremists. † killed on March 2.

Catholic News Around Indiana committee and organize six meetings to discuss different the Source and Summit youth retreat, but their ages didn’t topics. These include changes in the Church since the deter her from sitting in on the retreat for parents held last Second Vatican Council, a walkthrough of the Mass, Saturday at the Little Sisters of the Poor auditorium in • Diocese of Gary the sacrament of penance and “The Creed: What Evansville. • Diocese of Evansville Catholics Believe.” Speakers included Deacon Vince Bernardin from Christ the • Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana During sessions, people have relayed many reasons why King Parish in Evansville and Father Tony Ernst, the pastor of • Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend they left the Church. SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Haubstadt, Holy Cross Parish in Compiled by Brandon A. Evans Waldschmidt said a number of people are under the false Fort Branch and St. Bernard Parish in Snake Run. impression that they cannot apply for an annulment. Their presentations paralleled the talks for the youth a few DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE-SOUTH BEND “As soon as they got divorced,” she said, “they thought blocks away at Reitz Memorial High School in Evansville, they were out of the Church.” and the day included eucharistic adoration and opportunities Some people have been intimidated by the Church’s for confessions. Sacred Heart Parish process of annulment and worry about being “interrogated,” Rauscher said the topics apply to parents with children of Waldschmidt said. all ages. program brings Catholics Participants fill out an anonymous questionnaire “It’s very important for parents to seek spiritual growth describing why they are attending the sessions as well as themselves and renewal,” she said, “because that will spill back to Church their hopes and expectations, fears and apprehensions, over into the faith life of the family.” WARSAW—Over the years, Catholics have left the feelings about Church and God, and questions they would About 55 parents attended the retreat. Church for various reasons, including those who need an like answered. They also discuss their faith and share More than 550 youth and chaperones participated in the annulment or have misunderstandings with priests. faith stories. 2011 Source and Summit retreat, which focused on “The Fruit Sacred Heart Parish in Warsaw started the Catholics Before CRHM sessions begin, Sacred Heart’s priest and of the Holy Spirit—Seeing and Serving Christ in the Poor— Returning Home Ministry (CRHM) last year, and the parishioners celebrate a Mass where people are invited to and the Capital Sins.” program is bringing people back to the Church. put the names of inactive Catholics in a bowl and pray for Patty Schneier, a featured speaker at both the youth retreat This is the second year for the program and the third them. CRHM committee members never know how many and parent retreat, is a lifelong Catholic and the mother of session of the ministry. people will attend the sessions ahead of time, but there have three children. Schneier, who is from the Archdiocese of St. Parishioners Linda Nycz, William Landrigan and been plenty of names placed in the bowl. Louis, often gives presentations about Pope John Paul II’s Shirley Waldschmidt are members of the ministry “If one comes, it’s successful,” Landrigan said. “If one “Theology of the Body.” person needed to be redeemed, Jesus would have come. … On Saturday, Schneier spoke separately with the male and We put out the welcome mat.” female teenagers at the high school. As she talked with the teenage girls, she reminded them of Jesus’ words, “This is my Sub mi tted photo (For news from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, body, given for you. Take it.” log on to the website of Today’s Catholic at Schneier encouraged them to follow Jesus as they prepare www.todayscatholicnews.org.) † for marriage, which will become a time when they can echo those words to their spouses. DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE She noted that for generations children had been considered a “blessing.” But now, because of legalized At Source and Summit abortion, she believes that “children are considered mistakes” by many people. youth retreat,they fall in “God’s love is always fruitful,” she said. “If you never heard this before—you are the fruit of love—that’s what new St. Joseph Sister Joan Hastreiter and members of Sacred Heart love with Jesus’ life is.” Parish in Warsaw place the names of inactive Catholics that they are praying for in a prayer bowl during a recent Lenten EVANSVILLE—Lisa Rauscher has three children, (For news from the Diocese of Evansville, log on to the mission. ages 8, 6 and 10 months, who aren’t old enough to attend website of The Message at www.themessageonline.org.) †

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