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CriterionOnline.com July 8, 2011 Vol. LI, No. 39 75¢ As new abortion laws take effect, The spirit Submitted photo questions loom of the on Medicaid funding schools WASHINGTON (CNS)—As two Kansas abortion clinics prepared to close their doors because of new licensing requirements that First year for took effect on July 1, a federal judge blocked enforcement of a South Dakota law Catholic mandating a 72-hour waiting period and setting several informed consent provisions. The two actions came amid a flurry of education activity on abortion in various states, with much of it focused on defunding director Planned Parenthood in the joint federal-state Medicaid program. The federal Centers for Medicaid and is marked by Medicare Services told the Indiana government in June that its restrictions on celebrations Planned Parenthood funding with Medicaid dollars would violate the “free choice of provider” provisions under Medicaid, and and challenges thus put all Medicaid funding to the state in By John Shaughnessy jeopardy. In a 44-page opinion on June 24, In a recent story about the state of U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled Catholic education in the United States, that because “the federal government has The Catholic World Report noted that the threatened partial or Archdiocese of Indianapolis is in special total withholding of company among dioceses across the country. Harry Plummer, executive director of Catholic education and faith formation for the archdiocese, federal Medicaid According to the international shakes hands with Bishop Chatard High School senior Claire Gorden, a member of dollars to the state of monthly magazine, the archdiocese ranks Immaculate Heart Parish in Indianapolis, during commencement exercises on May 22 at the school. Indiana,” it was in fourth in a listing of the top 15 dioceses in “the public interest” the United States with the strongest culture their 25th wedding anniversary, a year when Catholic school education. to continue funding of Catholic education. The listing ranked the the father of eight moved his family to “On the faith and formation side, we Planned Parenthood. dioceses with “the highest ratio of Catholic Indianapolis, a year when his oldest have NCYC [the National Catholic Youth The new Indiana school students to overall daughter will soon enter religious life. Conference] coming up in November in law prohibits any Catholic population.” The Criterion recently met with Plummer Indianapolis. We will be hosting about state health care It’s the kind of news that brings a smile to to talk about the state of Catholic education 25,000 youths from across the country. It’s contracts with or Harry Plummer, who just finished his in the archdiocese and the event-filled past a tremendous task, but an equally Judge Tanya Walton Pratt grants to organi- first year as the executive director of year of his life. Here is an edited version of tremendous blessing. We really think this is zations that perform Catholic education and faith formation for that conversation. an opportunity for our Catholic youth in the abortions or operate a facility where the archdiocese. archdiocese to experience Christ in a unique abortions are performed. Similar laws For Plummer, it’s been a year of Q. What excites you about the state of community environment. directing state family planning funds away professional celebrations and challenges, Catholic education and faith formation in “We’re also looking at expanding our from Planned Parenthood have been passed ranging from concerns about how the the archdiocese? services to people with disabilities. And in Tennessee, North Carolina, Wisconsin, struggling economy affects Catholic school A. “On the school side, one of the things we’re working with our archdiocesan Kansas, New Jersey, Texas and enrollment to the good news about Indiana’s that is exciting is helping schools with the evangelization commission in their efforts New Hampshire. school voucher program and how it could implementation of the new State of Indiana to help parishes develop parish A scorecard prepared by the benefit many Catholic families in the voucher program. It’s huge. It’s very clear evangelization teams. That’s a big deal.” Susan B. Anthony List, an organization that archdiocese. we want all the schools to be involved in it, raises campaign funds for pro-life women It’s also been a year of celebrations and and it will be a real benefit to our schools Q. What are some of the challenges who are candidates for political office, says challenges for Plummer personally—a year and particularly to our Catholic families facing Catholic education in the more than $60 million in Planned Parenthood when he and his wife, Annina, celebrated who have been unable to afford See PLUMMER, page 8 See ABORTION, page 9 Centrality of the Eucharist is the key to living Christ-centered life, says new bishop of Evansville By Mary Ann Hughes Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz The Message of Louisville, Ky., ordains his

The Message former vicar general, EVANSVILLE, Ind.—In a June 29 liturgy filled with Bishop Charles C. Thompson, processions, pageantry and even a little humor, Bishop Charles as the fifth bishop of C. Thompson was installed as the fifth bishop of the Diocese Evansville, Ind., on June 29 at of Evansville. Roberts Municipal Stadium in

His motto is “Christ the Cornerstone,” and he reminded Vasquez, CNS photo/Peewee Evansville. Bishop Thompson the 7,000-plus in attendance at his episcopal ordination at succeeds Bishop Gerald Roberts Municipal Stadium that “it must always be the voice of A. Gettelfinger, who is seen Jesus Christ who speaks through us. In his name, we speak and over the shoulder of the work on behalf of those in need. archbishop. Also pictured is “The centrality of the Eucharist is of vital importance for us. To Father Patrick Beidelman, remain Christ-centered in every fabric of our lives, relationships and director of liturgy for the missions, we must not lose sight of the very real presence of Jesus in Archdiocese of Indianapolis, our midst,” he said. who served as master of The new bishop, 50, succeeds Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger, 75, ceremonies. who led the diocese for 22 years. He comes to southwestern Indiana after serving in the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., as a pastor, high school chaplain and, most recently, vicar general. See EVANSVILLE, page 9 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Holy Name music director sings a parting song of joy and faith By Alea Bowling Mark Gasper added. “He exhibited Christian values and When Jerry Craney was hired as Christian ideals.” music minister at Most Holy Name of During his time at Holy Name, Jesus Parish in Beech Grove, he did not Craney worked with a number of Alea Bolwing Photos by intend for it to be a permanent job. different pastors. One of the former Fifty-two years of dedicated service pastors of Holy Name, Father Gerald later, Craney leaves behind a legacy of Burkert, remembered the loyalty that loyalty, excellence and discipline with a Craney had toward the parish. healthy dose of humor. “He tried to make the music and When he first started working at the parish the main focus,” Holy Name Parish in the fall of 1959, Father Burkert said. Craney was studying at the His dedication to the parish was Jordan School of Music at shown through his teaching. The fact Butler University in Indianapolis. He that so many young people come back accepted the position to help pay for is a sign of his impact on them, school, but did not intend to stay at Holy Father Burkert noted. Name. One of Craney’s proudest “When I started, all I had was a pitch accomplishments during his time at pipe and some music books, but I didn’t Holy Name was organizing an annual care because I thought it would be over Christmas concert, which was held on Top, Jerry Craney talks with in May,” he said. the weekend before Christmas. Helen Gasper during a June 5 At the end of the academic year, For 48 years, Craney conducted an retirement reception in which he was Craney graduated and ended up staying orchestra and choir in two Christmas honored for his 52 years as the music at Holy Name as a music teacher and performances. minister at Most Holy Name of Jesus organist. “Some years were good, some were Parish in Beech Grove. This May, the 78-year-old Craney outstanding and some were not so retired from his position as music good,” Craney said. Center, Jerry Craney, left, former music director at Holy Name. However, he isn’t Even in the not so good years, director at Most Holy Name of Jesus going anywhere any time soon. people kept coming. Parish in Beech Grove, greets “I’m not dead,” Craney reminded his “We always did a big piece. Vivaldi, Chris Volpp and his daughter, Payton, fellow parishioners during a farewell Mozart, something like that. [The kids] members of Most Holy Name of Jesus reception in June. worked hard.” Parish, during a June 5 party at the Craney’s sense of humor stayed with Though he would have liked to parish to mark Craney’s retirement him the entire time that he worked at conduct 50 consecutive Christmas after 52 years. Holy Name. concerts, a minor stroke during one of Helen Gasper and her husband, the performances in his 48th year Bottom, a plaque commemorating the Robert, had just joined the parish when forced Craney to allow someone else to dedication of the Jerry Craney Craney first began working and teaching conduct for the evening. Performance Center is prominently there 52 years ago. It will be hard to get Through his work at Holy Name, displayed on the wall inside the center used to a new music minister, she said. Craney touched the lives of thousands at Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Her children and grandchildren were all of students and parishioners. Beech Grove. taught by Craney. He had such an influence on the At the beginning of his teaching lives of his students that many have career, 960 children attended Holy Name kept in touch with the parish. School. Craney was the only male “They attribute their success to me teacher in the school, and one of the first because I taught them how to work,” two lay teachers in the archdiocese. Craney said. The Sisters of St. Francis of His service to Holy Name has been Oldenburg taught all the other subjects at recognized previously. In 1994, Craney the school. Craney credits them and was awarded the “Pro Ecclesia et Longtime musicians are a staple Father Robert Hartman, who hired him, Pontifice” award by the Vatican in with much of his success at Holy Name. recognition of his many years of at several archdiocesan parishes “Everybody was so supportive, and I service to the Church. couldn’t have done what I did without In 2004, Holy Name dedicated a new By Sean Gallagher • Judy Beard, Holy Spirit Parish in that,” he said. gym and performance hall, and named Indianapolis, 41 years. His students remember him as a strict it the Jerry Craney Performance Center Jerry Craney and Charlie and • Laverne Carr, St. Ambrose Parish but devoted teacher. in recognition of his work for the Dianne Gardner, who were featured in a in Seymour, 37 years. Mark Gasper, the son of Helen and parish. June 17 story in The Criterion, are among • Yvonne Nichols, St. Malachy Robert Gasper, was a student of “Holy Name has been better because a wide array of Catholics across central Parish in Brownsburg, 36 years. Craney’s throughout grade school. He of Jerry Craney,” Mark Gasper said. and southern Indiana who have ministered • Benadette Linne, St. Pius V said the music they played were pieces Even though he has retired from his as pastoral musicians for decades in the Parish in Troy, 31 years. someone his age would not usually be position at Holy Name, Craney intends archdiocese. • Joan Koors, St. Mary Parish in allowed to try. to stay active in music ministry by The following is a list of people who Greensburg, more than 30 years. “He wanted us to take music serving as a substitute music minister have added their musical talents to parish • Kay Melton, St. Ambrose Parish seriously,” Mark Gasper said. when needed at various parishes in the liturgies in the archdiocese for 25 years or in Seymour, more than 30 years. Craney’s motto as a teacher— archdiocese. more. Some are paid staff members in • Marlene Scharbrough, “Excellence is as difficult as it is rare”— After 52 years, he felt like it was parishes. Others are volunteers. Some have St. Matthew the Evangelist Parish in was posted in his classroom. He always time to move on. retired from their ministry in the past year. Indianapolis, 26 years. encouraged his students to succeed and “There are other people with new • Jill Robertson, St. Bernard Parish tolerated no goofing around, Mark ideas,” he said. • Loretta Eckstein, St. Joseph Parish in in Frenchtown, more than 25 years. Gasper said. As for Holy Name, Craney will Shelbyville, more than 60 years. • Karen Steilberger, St. Monica “As a 10-year-old in band, we played always have a place in his heart for the • Janet Brewer, St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Indianapolis, more than music that was above our level, but he parish where he served for so many Parish in Shelby County, 53 years. 25 years. never made us feel incapable.” years. • Theresa Back, St. Michael Parish in • John Kirby, Holy Cross Parish in Craney also kept a religious “I just loved it,” he said. “The Brookville, 43 years. Indianapolis, 25 years. † component to his teaching, people were good to me.” †

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By Mary Ann Wyand

Survivor. Human rights activist John Dau, now a resident of Syracuse, N.Y., understands the meaning of that word better than most people. Wyand MaryPhotos by Ann He knows firsthand the harsh reality of struggling to survive in a hostile world where he was nearly killed many times, and often went without food and water for days during his perilous childhood years in war-torn southern Sudan. Dau is a former “Lost Boy of Sudan” who miraculously survived death countless times, and amazingly helped many other refugee children escape with him from the horrors of an unbearable life of fear, suffering and horrific atrocities in their homeland. During his keynote speech for a World Refugee Day program on June 20 at the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis, Dau recalled his daily struggle to live and protect other children, and his sorrow when many of the starving boys were killed while attempting to flee from Sudan. “Some of us were shot and killed, others drowned, others got eaten by crocodiles,” he said. Above, dancers from Kayah State in “We lost many.” Burma, also known as Myanmar, Dau also offered his heartfelt thanks for the entertain several hundred people opportunity to live in safety in the United States, and who attended the World Refugee encouraged refugees throughout the world to never give Day program on June 20 at the up on their hopes and dreams for a better life. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center Through the John Dau Foundation, he continues to in Indianapolis. They are now help impoverished people in southern Sudan by raising members of St. Pius X Parish in funds for desperately needed medical care at clinics Indianapolis. Other refugees that he established in his homeland. resettled in Indianapolis staffed Before creating that foundation, Dau founded information booths about their two other nonprofit organizations in the U.S. to help native countries before the dinner refugees. and program. World Refugee Day recognizes the critical need to help refugees from many countries find safe living At left, Gabrielle Campo, left, conditions. The United Nations estimates that director of the Refugee Resettlement 44 million people were displaced from their homes and program for Catholic Charities became refugees in 2010 alone. Indianapolis, presents a Since 1975, the Catholic Charities Indianapolis 2010-11 Refugee Ambassador Award Refugee Resettlement program has resettled more than to Natalie Eisele, a member of 18,000 immigrants in central Indiana by providing St. Christopher Parish in housing, food, clothing, job placement, employment Indianapolis who will be a senior at skills, medical care, education, English-language Cardinal Ritter High School in classes and community orientation. Indianapolis in August. “We appreciate you and Catholic Charities for the Nine teenagers were honored on work that you have done—and continue doing—helping June 20 by Catholic Charities those who are coming [here] from somewhere else,” Indianapolis for their volunteer Dau said. “It’s wonderful.” service as Refugee Ambassadors. Dau immigrated to the United States nine years ago “without knowing anybody, without knowing where I outside. … As I was running, I saw somebody and going. The boys came from different directions. … I was going.” thought it was my father. The man grabbed my arm and was taking care of some of the others. My group Organizations like Catholic Charities make it pulled me into the [tall] grass because the long line of became 1,200 boys from age 5 to age 15. These boys possible for refugees to begin new lives, he said, again troops was coming. It was the middle of the night, and wanted to see their mothers. They wanted to eat food. offering his thanks to the staff and volunteers. we couldn’t see anything.” They wanted to drink milk. … There was nothing I and “I am originally from southern Sudan,” Dau said. He realized that the man who rescued him was a the others could do. We just said, ‘OK, today is bad. “The government in the north [has been] mistreating neighbor. While they hid in the bush then fled from Tomorrow will be good.’ ” southerners. ... This country has been fighting for many their village, the soldiers shot many of the people, At an overcrowded refugee camp in Ethiopia, the years. … Yet another war is still going on right now in burned all the houses, and raped women and girls. boys were grateful to receive food, medical care and our country in the western part of Sudan known today “This is when I was separated from my family,” Dau second-hand clothing supplied by the United Nations. as Darfur.” said. “I was with [my neighbor and several other “It was getting better, but diseases such as As a child, Dau was caught up in the violence of a villagers] for three days. We went for three days malaria, cholera, typhoid, measles, chicken pox and civil war that started in 1983 and continued until 2005. without food. … We kept going, but there was nothing whooping cough, all these diseases, killed boys every “We were very happy,” he said of his family’s life in to eat.” day,” Dau said. “… In our group, two or three boys southern Sudan before the war started in 1983. They had to “chew grass like cows” and keep died every day. We would bury their bodies, but “In 1987, when I was 12 years old, this is when my running, he said. Many villagers who tried to escape the because we were so skinny and had no energy we had village was attacked,” Dau said. “It was attacked by the troops were killed by local tribesmen hired by the to dig shallow graves.” northern troops. They came into my village after government. Despite their efforts, hyenas dug up the bodies at midnight. They started bombing. The whistling of “Some of us were killed, others eaten by hyenas or night, he said. “That was a very graphic part of our bullets, the bombardment, woke us up in the middle of lions,” Dau said. “… We went for two days without life story.” the night. We ran out, and my mother was calling for us water. … Some people died there, and others kept The fighting continued, and again the boys had to flee from the civil war. “The new government in Ethiopia gave us about seven days to leave [the camp],” Dau said, so the Sudanese children and adults had to return to southern Sudan where northern troops again attacked them. In 1992, the refugees were relocated to Kenya by the United Nations and the International Relief and Development organization. “At the time, I was 17 years old,” Dau said. “This is when I started to learn A-B-Cs and 1-2-3. I had never been to any school before that time. “Education is [like] my mother and father because education can protect you,” he said. “Education can give you food. It can give you things that help you survive.” Above, Lian Thawngzapum, a Catholic Charities Indianapolis When he was finally resettled to the United States Refugee Resettlement staff member who helps find jobs for nine years ago, Dau studied diligently and resolved to refugees, sings during the World Refugee Day program on find ways to help his people still suffering in southern June 20 at the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center in Sudan. Indianapolis. A native of Chin State in Burma, also known as Now, he focuses on raising funds through his foundation Myanmar, he now resides in Greenwood. for clinics in southern Sudan that provide medical care and immunizations for thousands of people. Left, human rights activist John Dau, now a resident of Work hard to lead productive lives in America, he Syracuse, N.Y., talks about his fundraising efforts to help provide advised other refugees attending the program. “Don’t medical care for thousands of people in southern Sudan. He is a ever let what has happened in your lives many years former “Lost Boy of Sudan” who survived countless threats to ago or yesterday hold you back. Move on from where his life during a civil war that started in 1983. you are. You can succeed and change your lives for the better.” † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011

OPINION Be Our Guest/Dr. Paul A. Byrne and Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, F.I. Vital organ transplantation—not truly dead This letter is in response to the functioning, among other characteristics of a “Making Sense Out of Biothethics” column cadaver, reflects the fact of death. But such Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 by Father Tad irreversibility can be known by us only if we Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher Pacholczyk in the already know the fact of death. Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus June 25 issue of Death is the criterion of absolute The Criterion. irreversibility, not vice-versa. “Relative” The Aug. 29, irreversibility, viz., relative to our capacity to 2000, address of reverse the non-functional character of this brain, Editorial Blessed John Paul II is not a criterion of death. If we are not sure of is often quoted by absolute irreversibility, then we are not sure that Responding to the June 24 those in support of real death, as distinct from a clinical declaration enactment of a law allowing obtaining vital organs of “brain death,” “heart death,” “as good as same-sex marriage in for transplantation, dead,” “soon to be dead,” etc., has occurred. New York state, but other statements Without such certainty, organ extraction cannot Bishop Salvatore CNS photo/Stephen Brashear Dr. Paul A. Byrne by Pope John Paul II begin without violating the fifth commandment. J. Cordileone of and a more recent The declaration of Pope John Paul II is a Oakland, Calif., expressed statement by Pope Benedict XVI are ignored. conditional one that has not been met because “grave disappointment with Blessed John Paul II wrote in there are no “clearly determined parameters the Legislature’s “Evangelium Vitae”: commonly held by the international scientific abandonment of the “Nothing and no one community.” common good.” can in any way Pope Benedict XVI on Nov. 7, 2008, Bishop Cordileone, permit the killing of specified: “Individual vital organs cannot be chairman of the bishops’ an innocent human extracted except ex cadavere.” Pope Benedict defense of marriage being, whether a fetus made his teaching clear and specific by using subcommittee, is pictured or an embryo, an Latin, “ex cadavere,” which translates as on June 15 during the infant or an adult, an “from a dead body.” annual spring meeting of the old person, or Pope Benedict continued, “The principal U.S. Conference of one suffering from an criteria of respect for the life of the donator must Catholic Bishops held in incurable disease, or always prevail so that the extraction of organs be Bellevue, Wash. a person who is performed only in the case of his/her true death” Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, F.I. dying. (cf. Compendium of the Catechism of the “Furthermore, no Catholic Church, #476). Thus, Pope Benedict is one is permitted to ask for this act of killing, very clear, vital organs cannot be taken except N.Y.’s same-sex marriage law either for himself or herself or for another from a dead body after his or her true death. A here’s no doubt about it. The the hand of the Creator” (CCC, #1603). person entrusted to his or her care, nor can he dead body does not have a beating heart, TCatholic Church lost an important Same-sex marriage, therefore, is not a or she consent to it, either explicitly or circulation and respiration. battle when the New York legislature civil rights issue. It’s a human rights implicitly” (“Evangelium Vitae,” #52). Genuine certainty must exist prior to any approved a same-sex marriage bill, and issue that violates the understanding of On Feb 11, 2003, the World Day of the declaration of death. A very simple test of the Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it, making marriage that has existed in every society Sick, Pope John Paul stated, “Every certainty that this key condition concerning New York the sixth state to approve gay throughout history, and is ingrained in therapeutic procedure, all experimentation “brain death” has been fulfilled is the following: unions. New York Archbishop Timothy the human condition. and every transplant must take into account Could it be wrong, and is it often wrong? Dolan was the leader of the efforts to The Church also teaches that, while it this fundamental truth. Thus, it is never licit If the reply is “yes,” then the condition defeat the bill, joined by the other certainly isn’t immoral to have to kill one human being in order to save required for moral certainty to be genuine New York bishops. homosexual tendencies, it is immoral to another.” certainty in the sense of Pope John Paul II and There also seems little doubt that the engage in homosexual acts, and, of Pope John Paul’s address to the Pope Benedict XVI, namely that this human new law is a popular one in a large course, marriage presumes sexual acts. Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Feb. 3-4, body is not a living body, but is a cadaver, has segment of the American population, Homosexual acts “are contrary to the 2005, included, “It is well known that the not been realized. including some Catholics, and natural law. They close the sexual act to moment of death for each person consists in Can there be certainty of any kind if especially among young people. It’s the gift of life. They do not proceed from the definitive loss of the constitutive unity of one would say a cadaver has a beating heart, nothing short of amazing how quickly a genuine affective and sexual comple- body and spirit. Each human being, in fact, is circulation and respiration? A cadaver—dead the gay community was able to make mentarity” (CCC, #2357). alive precisely insofar as he or she is body—does not and cannot have signs of life same-sex marriage a civil rights issue, It should be noted that the Church ‘corpore et anima unus’ (“Gaudium et Spes,” like a beating heart, circulation and respiration. and convince people that denying opposes contraception by heterosexuals #14), and he or she remains so for as long as A cadaver is suitable for autopsy, embalming, homosexuals the right to marry is for the same reason. It, too, closes the this substantial unity-in-totality subsists.” cremation and burial. discrimination. sexual act to the gift of life. Many in support of vital organ Over time, it has become clear that The Catholic Church seems to have It’s not surprising that modern society transplantation base their position on the “brain death” is not true death. Many do not failed to get its teachings across, not has rejected the Church’s teaching on Aug. 29, 2000, address by Pope John Paul: accept that “brain death” is true death. These only to the general community, but also this matter. The survey taken by the “This consists in establishing, according to include: “Brain Death is Not Death: A Critique to many Catholics. Gallup Poll, reported in our June 10 clearly determined parameters commonly of the Concept, Criterion, and Tests of Brain Some people in our society seem to issue, showed that only 39 percent of held by the international scientific Death,” Rix, 1990; McCullagh, 1993; Evans, hate homosexuals, but definitely not the Americans believe that same-sex community, the complete and irreversible 1994; Jones, 1995; Watanabe, 1997; Cranford, Catholic Church. She teaches that men relations are morally wrong. cessation of all brain activity [in the 1998; Potts et al., 2000; Taylor, 1997; Reuter, and women with homosexual tendencies The Church also teaches that cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem]. This is 2001; Lock, 2002; Byrne and Weaver, 2004; “must be accepted with respect, premarital sex is morally wrong, but that then considered the sign that the individual Zamperetti et al., 2004; de Mattei, 2006; Joffe, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign same poll found that only 36 percent of organism has lost its integrative capacity.” 2007; Truog, 2007; Karakatsanis, 2008; and of unjust discrimination in their regard Americans agree. It’s hardly an accident A survey of the leading neurological Verheijde et al., 2009. Even the President’s must be avoided” (Catechism of the that those percentages are almost even. institutions showed that there is no consensus Council on Bioethics in its white paper in 2008 Catholic Church, #2358). Our society has come to accept almost of the many—more than 30, probably 100, or rejected “brain death” as true death. Why, then, isn’t denial of their right any sexual activity except adultery, and it even more—disparate sets of criteria There are many news accounts of people to marry not discrimination? Because of sometimes accepts adultery “if both (Neurology, January 2010). recovering after a declaration of “brain dead.” the nature of marriage. No matter what parties agree.” Then, in the July 2010 issue of Neurology, Zack Dunlap from Oklahoma was declared our society now seems to believe, The sexual revolution that began in it was published that “brain death” is not “brain dead.” There was no blood flow to his marriage is more than two people falling the 1960s is still with us half a evidence based. Thus, for “brain death” can brain as evidenced by a PET scan. A helicopter in love and committing themselves to century later. there be “clearly defined parameters with medical personnel on board was landing to fidelity, although that’s part of it. The action of the New York legislature commonly held by the international scientific extract Zack’s organs. A cousin who was a nurse The definition of marriage begins occurred during the same year as the community”? [“Evidence based is the modern in the intensive care unit did another test. A with the idea that it is a covenant Indiana legislature passed a resolution to standard that doctors are encouraged to response was observed. The transplant was between a man and a woman. amend the state constitution to ban gay follow; but it doesn’t exist for “brain death”!] stopped. This and others were recorded for the “Same-sex marriage” is an oxymoron, a marriages. Before it becomes part of the Many misconceptions about criteria for national and international community. contradiction in terms. constitution, though, the resolution has to determining “brain death” revolve around Even one such patient should be enough to The catechism says, “The be passed by another separately elected “irreversibility.” wake people up to the fact that “brain death” is matrimonial covenant by which a man legislature and then approved by voters Irreversibility cannot be observed by a not true death. And there are many! and a woman establish between in a referendum. doctor like a change in function or even themselves a partnership of the whole of In view of what happened in destruction of tissue or an organ. Thus, (Dr. Paul Byrne is clinical professor of pediatrics life, is by its nature ordered toward the New York, we have to wonder if that will “irreversibility cannot serve as evidence, nor at the University of Toledo College of Medicine good of the spouses and the procreation happen, even if nearly 30 states have can it rightly be made part of an observable in Toledo, Ohio, and director of pediatrics and and education of offspring” (#1601). passed similar constitutional criterion of death.” neonatology at St. Charles Mercy Hospital in One of the purposes of marriage is to amendments. Before Hoosiers have a A presumption of irreversibility of a lack Oregon, Ohio. He is a member of the bring children into the world, and that chance to vote on that amendment, of brain functioning, even if “cerebrum, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and is a past cannot happen in same-sex marriage. other states will probably also approve cerebellum and brain stem” are included, is president of the Catholic Medical Association. The Church insists, therefore, that same-sex marriage. insufficient grounds for removing a patient’s Franciscan of the Immaculate Father Peter marriage can be only between Meanwhile, though, Indiana law still vital organs or for immediate autopsy, Damian M. Fehlner is rector of the Shrine of one woman and one man. “The vocation prohibits it here. cremation or burial. Even though cerebellum Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wis. He to marriage is written in the very nature is included, none of the many sets of criteria earned a doctorate in sacred theology at of man and woman as they came from —John F. Fink include evaluation of the cerebellum. Seraphicum in Rome, and is a former professor “Absolute” irreversibility of brain of theology in the U.S. and Rome.) † The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B. SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Vocation of every baptized Christian is to love and say yes to God’ s grace (Editor’s note: While Archbishop God does. Was the cancer to help me identify professional people and sick people and Buechlein continues to recover from a In fact, the life of grace has to do with more completely with the many sick and poor people and generous priests and stroke, we offer some reprints of his what God does for us, what God gives us. suffering people all around? Was it to consecrated religious. various columns for your enrichment. God is love and the gift of himself learn that my pain was nothing compared Love is what counts. The fundamental The following column is from the through the sacraments of the Church is to that of many other people, older vocation of every baptized Christian is Oct. 10, 2008, issue of The Criterion.) by his initiative, not ours. Our part is to and younger? to love and to say yes to God’s help, receive and to accept and to embrace his Was it an opportunity to make his grace. t occurs to me that we don’t talk love. We love in response to God’s love. reparation for my sins and to continue to God knows we can’t love him about the mystery of grace very There is no limit to God’s love and the amend my ways? Was it simply a call to perfectly because of our human Imuch. variety of ways his love appears. In fact, surrender in faith? Was it a challenge to limitations. He even gives us the grace to In essence, the life of grace is a St. Thomas Aquinas is said to have be a person of hope in tough times? Was love as best we can. wonderful exchange of love—God’s love remarked that everything is grace. it a time for me to be catechized by In answer to his merciful love and and our response. Even suffering is grace. God may not young kids, to receive their simple with his help, we can say yes over and God who is love gives himself freely will our suffering, but he permits it. spiritual direction “to always stay glad over again, in tough times and in to every one of us. Ours is the challenge For our part, the mystery of suffering because God loves us”? good times. to respond in love. Even in that can be a ministry of suffering. Suffering To be honest, I don’t know what God God’s love is enough. He gave us the challenge, God helps us. becomes ministry if we offer it as an had in mind. Maybe it was all of these sacraments of the Church as the fonts of For the better part of 10 years, I was incarnation of the suffering of Christ in things, but in a way it really doesn’t matter. his love, which we call grace. chairman of the national bishops’ our own time and in our own person. Here is where reflection on the life of What a blessing! † committee that was charged with It won’t surprise you that the grace is instructive. Many holy people overseeing the use of the Catechism of mysterious love of Christ’s suffering don’t do much of what we consider active the Catholic Church in our country. became a poignant point of reflection and ministry in the mission of our Church. Do you have an intention for The primary methodology we used to prayer for me during Lent 2008. It is well But they love Jesus. When you get Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? accomplish the task was to review known that I was diagnosed with down to it, it is not what we do in life. It You may mail it to him at: religion textbooks intended for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and treated with is not my ministry as a bishop, it is not catechetical instruction. Our review was chemotherapy and radiation during what we do in service to our families and Archbishop Buechlein’s to determine whether the content of the that time. neighbors that count. That surely has Prayer List textbooks was in conformity with the In various moments during the months its place. Archdiocese of Indianapolis normative teaching of the catechism. of treatment for cancer, I found myself What God wants is our love in 1400 N. Meridian St. Much in the texts was good, but there wondering why, out of 250 active bishops exchange with his love. He wants my P.O. Box 1410 were some deficiencies. One of the in our country, I was the one? love as bishop. He wants your love as Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 significant deficiencies detected I’m often asked if I’ve figured out parents and teachers and catechists and concerned the teaching about the grace of what the meaning of my bout with cancer the sacraments of the Church. might be. Was it that once more I am to Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for July The typical impression given in accept the fact that I am not in charge of religion textbooks was that the value of all that happens in my life? I reminded Men Religious: that the special gifts their communities bring to the Church may be the sacraments was more about what we myself that God didn’t will the cancer, more widely appreciated and encouraged. do at the various stages of life than what but he permitted it.

La vocación de cada cristiano bautizado es amar y decirle sí a la gracia de Dios e me ocurrió que no se habla su amor con los brazos abiertos. Amamos aprender que mi dolor no es nada El amor es lo que cuenta. La vocación mucho sobre el misterio de en respuesta al amor de Dios. comparado con el de muchas otras fundamental de cada cristiano bautizado es Sla gracia No existe límite para el amor de Dios y personas, mayores y menores? amar y decirle sí a la ayuda de Dios, Su En esencia, la vida de gracia es un las diversas formas en las que se manifiesta ¿Era quizás una oportunidad para gracia. maravilloso intercambio de amor: El amor Su amor. De hecho, se dice que santo resarcir mis pecados y continuar Dios sabe que no podemos amarlo de Dios y nuestra respuesta. Tomás de Aquino expresó que todo es Su rectificando mis hábitos? ¿Fue simplemente perfectamente debido a nuestras limita- Dios, que es amor, se entrega libremente gracia. un llamado para entregarme en la fe? ¿Sería ciones humanas. Incluso nos brinda la a cada uno de nosotros. Nos corresponde a Incluso el sufrimiento es gracia. Quizás un reto para ser portador de esperanza en gracia de amar lo mejor que podamos. nosotros el reto de responder en el amor. nuestro sufrimiento no sea la voluntad de tiempos difíciles? ¿Acaso fue una Como respuesta a su amor miseri- Aún en ese reto Dios nos ayuda. Dios, pero Él lo permite. oportunidad para que los niños pequeños cordioso y con su ayuda, podemos decirle Durante casi 10 años fui jefe del comité En lo que a nosotros respecta, el misterio me catequizaran y recibir su orientación sí una y otra vez, en los tiempos difíciles, nacional de obispos encargado de del sufrimiento puede ser un ministerio de espiritual sencilla de “mantenerse siempre así como en los buenos. supervisar el uso del Catecismo de la sufrimiento. El sufrimiento se convierte en contento porque Dios nos ama”? El amor de Dios basta. Él nos entregó Iglesia Católica en nuestro país. ministerio si lo ofrecemos como una Para ser honesto, no sé cuál era el los sacramentos de la Iglesia como las La metodología fundamental que encarnación del sufrimiento de Cristo en propósito de Dios. Quizás era todas estas fuentes de Su amor, el cual llamamos utilizábamos para cumplir con esta tarea era nuestros tiempos y en nuestra persona. cosas, pero en cierto modo, realmente no gracia. revisar los libros de texto de religión No debería sorprenderles que el importa. ¡Qué gran bendición! † destinados a la instrucción catequística. misterioso amor del sufrimiento de Cristo Es aquí donde la reflexión sobre la vida Dicha revisión tenía como finalidad se convirtiera en un punto conmovedor de de gracia resulta ilustrativa. Muchas determinar si el contenido de los textos reflexión y oración para mí durante la personas santas no hacen mucho de lo que ¿Tiene una intención que desee estaba de conformidad con las enseñanzas Cuaresma de 2008. De todos es conocido consideramos un ministerio activo en la incluir en la lista de oración del normativas del catecismo. que en ese entonces se me diagnosticó misión de nuestra Iglesia. Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar El contenido de la mayoría de los textos linfoma de Hodgkin y recibí tratamiento de Pero aman a Jesús. Al final, no se trata su correspondencia a: era bueno, pero había ciertas deficiencias. quimioterapia y radiación. de lo que hacemos en la vida; lo que cuenta Una de las deficiencias más significativas En diversas ocasiones durante los meses no es mi ministerio como obispo, ni lo que Lista de oración del Arzobispo que se detectaron era en lo relativo a las del tratamiento contra el cáncer me hacemos como servicio a nuestras familias Buechlein enseñanzas sobre la gracia de los encontré preguntándome por qué entre los y al prójimo. Eso ciertamente ocupa su Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis sacramentos de la Iglesia. 250 obispos activos que hay en nuestro lugar. 1400 N. Meridian St. La impresión generalizada que ofrecían país, fui yo el elegido. Lo que Dios quiere es nuestro amor en P.O. Box 1410 los libros de texto de religión era que el Se me pregunta con frecuencia si he retribución por el suyo. Él desea mi amor Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 valor de los sacramentos tenía que ver más hallado cuál sería el significado de mi lucha como obispo; desea su amor como padres, con lo que nosotros hacemos en las diversas contra el cáncer. ¿Acaso sería que una vez maestros, catequistas, profesionales, etapas de la vida, en lugar de lo que Dios más debo aceptar el hecho de que no tengo enfermos, pobres, sacerdotes generosos y Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, hace. el control de todo lo que sucede en mi religiosos consagrados. Language Training Center, Indianapolis. En efecto, la vida de gracia tiene que ver vida? Me recordé a mí mismo que Dios no con lo que Dios hace por nosotros, lo que deseó mi cáncer, pero lo permitió. La intención de vocaciones del Arzobispo Buechlein para julio Dios nos da. Dios es amor y el don de su ¿Acaso el cáncer tenía como objetivo entrega por medio de los sacramentos de la ayudarme a identificar más completamente Hombres Religiosos: Que los dones especiales que sus comunidades traen a la iglesia Iglesia es por su iniciativa, no la nuestra. con las tantas personas enfermas y que sean más apreciados y alentados por todas partes. Nuestro papel es recibir, aceptar y acoger sufren a mi alrededor? ¿Acaso era para Page 6 The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Events Calendar

July 8-9 9 a.m.-1 p.m., ages 7-13, St. Joseph Parish, 312 E. Aged, “Swing Fore Seniors” church. Information: Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m., St. Benedict Parish, 111 S. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Information: High St., Corydon. Vacation golf tournament, shotgun Archdiocesan Office for Sun. chicken dinner, Ninth St., Terre Haute. 812-934-4440, ext. 240, or Bible School, “A Wilderness start, noon. Information: Pro-Life Ministry, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., food, games, “Community Festival,” slamping@oldenburg Adventure through the 317-872-6420 or 317-236-1569 or entertainment. Information: 5 p.m.-midnight, games, food, academy.org. Sacraments,” ages 4-11, devisindianapolis@little 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. 812-576-4302. $2 adults, children free. 9-11:30 a.m., $10 per child or sistersofthepoor.org. Information: 812-232-8421. July 10 $25 per family. Information: Benedict Inn Retreat and July 17 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat 812-738-2759 or St. Vincent Cancer Care, Conference Center, St. Mary Parish, Navilleton, July 8-10 House, 5353 E. 56th St., leslie.hughes@catholic parking lot, 8301 Harcourt 1402 Southern Ave., 7500 Navilleton Road, St. Lawrence Parish, Indianapolis. Discalced community.org. Road, Indianapolis. St. Vincent Beech Grove. Shop INNspired Floyds Knobs. Parish picnic, 542 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. Carmelites Secular Order Women of Hope, rummage gift shop, summer social and 10 a.m.-4 p.m., chicken dinner, Parish festival, food, music, meeting, noon. Information: July 13 sale, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. sale, free ice cream cones, games, quilts. Information: rides, Fri. 5:30 p.m.-midnight, 317-545-7681. St. John the Evangelist Parish, Information: 317-415-6760 or 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Information: 812-923-5419. Sat. 4 p.m.-midnight, German crypt, 126 W. Georgia St., http://stvincentwomen 317-788-7581 or Indianapolis. Theology on Tap dinner, Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Harrison County Fairgrounds, ofhope.org. [email protected]. Saint Meinrad Parish, chicken dinner. Information: 341 Capitol Ave., Corydon. series, “Are You Prepared for St. Meinrad. Quilt show, the End of the World?,” 812-537-3992. St. Joseph Parish, parish Northside Knights of St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. John Demerly, presenter, picnic, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Columbus Hall, 2100 E. 13500 N. Meridian St., Information: 812-357-5533. July 8-16 7 p.m. Information: food, games. Information: 71st St., Indianapolis. Catholic Carmel, Ind. (Diocese of Carmelite Monastery, www.indytot.com or 812-738-2742. Business Exchange, Mass, Lafayette). “A Day 4 Her,” Richmond Catholic 59 Allendale, Terre Haute. indytheologyontap@ breakfast and program, “Your women’s event, fashion show, Community, 701 N. “A” St., Novena for the feast of gmail.com. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Queen and Divine Mercy Life Is Not Your Own,” health education, tour of the Richmond. Charismatic 7:30 p.m., rosary, Center, Rexville, located on July 14-16 Ken Beckley, presenter, renovated maternity suites, prayer group, 7 p.m. novena prayer, Mass. 925 South, .8 mile east of St. Christopher Parish, 5301 W. 6:30-8:30 a.m. $14 members, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., no cost. Information: 421 South and 12 miles south 16th St., Indianapolis. $20 non-members. Information: 317-583-4031. [email protected]. July 9 of Versailles. Mass, 9:30 a.m., “Midsummer Festival,” Reservations and information: July 18 St. Roch Parish, Family Life on third Sunday holy hour Thurs. 4:30 p.m.-10 p.m., www.catholicbusiness St. Mary Parish, Navilleton, Archbishop Edward T. Center, 3603 S. Meridian St., and pitch-in, Father Elmer Fri. 4:30 p.m.-11 p.m., exchange.org. 7500 Navilleton Road, O’Meara Catholic Center, Indianapolis. Single Seniors, Burwinkel, celebrant, daily Sat. noon-11 p.m., food, Floyds Knobs. Family Fun 1400 N. Meridian St., meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 and Mass, 9 a.m. Information: games, rides. Information: July 16 Run/Walk, 8 a.m., $15 adults, over. Information: 812-689-3551. 317-241-6314. St. Michael the Archangel $7 children 12 and under. Indianapolis. Office of Family 317-784-4207. Church, 3354 W. 30th St., Information: 812-923-5419. Ministries, “Listening with July 12 July 15 Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s the Heart–Companioning Oldenburg Academy, St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. Ironwood Gold Club, Precious Infants, pro-life July 16-17 with Compassion,” workshop Oldenburg. Alumni 17th Ave., Beech Grove. 10955 Fall Road, Fishers, Ind. Mass, Msgr. Joseph Schaedel, St. John the Baptist Parish, for those involved in healing Association, “Theater Ave Maria Guild, meeting, (Lafayette Diocese). celebrant, 8:30 a.m., followed 25743 State Road 1, Dover. ministries, 7-9 p.m. Camp,” three sessions, 2:30 p.m. Information: Little Sisters of the Poor and by rosary outside abortion “Summer Festival,” Information: 317-236-1586 or ages 7-22, ages 14-22, 317-885-5098. St. Augustine Home for the clinic and Benediction at Sat. 6:30 p.m.-midnight; [email protected]. †

VIPs Retreats and Programs July 16 Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Mike and Ann (Bauermeister) Henderson, members “Just Us Girls!” for girls 10-15 and their July 8 St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg, will celebrate their Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. mothers, grandmothers, godmothers and aunts, 56th St., Indianapolis. “Come Away and Rest Franciscan Sister Joan Miller, presenter, 50th anniversary on July 8. Awhile,” 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $25 per person. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free-will offering, bring a They were married on July 8, 1961, at the Blessed Sacrament Information: 317-545-7681 or brown bag lunch. Information: 812-933-6437 or Chapel at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. [email protected]. [email protected]. They have three children, Kathy Carmin, Karen Henderson and Kay Neidlinger. They also have three grandchildren. † July 9 July 17-24 Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. “Prayer Day–A Time for Guided Prayer,” 56th St., Indianapolis. “Directed Retreat,” Franciscan Sister Kathleen Mulso, presenter, three-, five- or eight-day retreat. Information: Bishop Coyne posts podcast 9-11:30 a.m., $25 per person. Information: 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. 812-933-6437 or [email protected]. July 20-22 about leading multiple parishes July 10 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. St. Meinrad. “A Step 11 Retreat for Recovering Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, St. Joseph parishes, both in Jennings 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pre Cana Program,” Alcoholics and Alanons,” Dave Maloney, auxiliary bishop and vicar general, has County. 1:30-6 p.m. Information: 317-545-7681, ext. 15, presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or posted on the Internet In this podcast, Bishop Coyne and or [email protected]. [email protected]. the first in a series of Father Meyer speak about the ministry July 12-14 July 22-23 two podcasts in which he challenges and necessary adaptions that Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, interviews Father Jonathan have to be made when a priest is serving St. Meinrad. “Beauty As a Pathway to 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Leadership Meyer about ministering as the pastor of more than one parish. God–Religious Art and Symbols in the Blast!” for students entering the sophomore year as the pastor of Links to this and Bishop Coyne’s Spiritual Life, Part 2,” mid-week retreat, of high school, $50 per student includes room, multiple parishes. previous podcasts can be found at Benedictine Brother Martin Erspamer, presenter. board, materials and cookout. Information: Father Meyer is pastor of St. Mary www.archindy.org/auxiliary. The podcasts Information: 800-581-6905 or 317-788-7581 or www.benedictinn.org. [email protected]. Parish in North Vernon, and St. Ann and also can be downloaded through iTunes. † July 22-24 July 15-17 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat, Indianapolis. St. Meinrad. “Of Signs and Symbols–The Post-abortion healing, confidential retreat Sacraments of the Church,” Benedictine Father program and location. Information: Vincent Tobin, presenter. Information: 317-236-1521, 800-382-9836, ext. 1521, or 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. 317-831-2892.

August 1-5 Sean Gallagher Photo by Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. “Reflections on the Richness of St. Meinrad. “Bringing to Life the Word Old Testament Biblical Wisdom,” of God in Song,” session one, Benedictine Father Eugene Hensell, presenter. Benedictine Father Columba Kelly, presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or Information: 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. [email protected]. † Former St. John Academy reunion set for Oct. 21 Alumnae of the former St. John Ethel Layton Madden at 317-255-6484. Academy in Indianapolis have organized Members of the class of 1956 a reunion Mass and brunch for Oct. 21. interested in attending should contact The event will begin with a Mass at Patty Gaffey Beaupre at 317-826-2295. 11 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Members of the class of 1961 Church, 126 W. Georgia St., in interested in attending should contact Indianapolis, and will continue Dorothy Eck St. Martin at 317-787-5584. with a brunch at the adjacent For more information about the Indiana Convention Center. reunion, call Mary Jane Maxwell Biro at Parish festival The graduating classes of 1946, 317-780-7087. 1956 and 1961 will be recognized at the Alumnae of St. John Academy whose Children have fun on a ride on May 14 at the St. Joseph Parish Festival in Shelbyville. Parishes across reunion. addresses or phone numbers have central and southern Indiana sponsor festivals and parish picnics throughout the summer months. Members of the class of 1946 changed should pass that information on For a complete list of the parish festivals through October, log on to www.criteriononline.com and interested in attending should contact to their class contact person. † click on the “2011 Parish Festivals” link on the left side of the home page. The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Page 7 U.S. nun’s cause moves forward with initial ruling on second miracle

HONOLULU (CNS)—The sainthood healing was the result of prayer for Mother Blessed Marianne’s intercession to go cause of Blessed Marianne Cope of Marianne’s intercession, and then by a through the Vatican approval process. Molokai has taken a significant step committee of cardinals and bishops who The first miracle, required for her forward with a Vatican medical board ruling will examine the entire case and give a beatification, was the medically in favor of a miracle attributed to her final verdict. unexplainable recovery of a New York girl CNS photo fro m Reuters intercession. Sister Patricia Burkard, general minister dying from multiple organ failure after According to a news release from her of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann prayers were said to Mother Marianne. It religious community, the Sisters of Communities, said that the medical board’s was approved by the medical board on Jan. St. Francis of the Neumann Communities in decision is a “reason to rejoice” for her 29, 2004. The board of theologians gave its Syracuse, N.Y., the seven physicians at the religious order, for her devotees, and for “all approval six months later, on July 15. On Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes who unselfishly care for others and do acts Dec. 20, Pope John Paul II affirmed the declared there is no medical explanation for of charity known only to God.” case, making Mother Marianne eligible for the cure of a woman who had been “Mother Marianne was the human face beatification. She was beatified in St. Peter’s suffering from an allegedly irreversible fatal of the Gospel’s mandate to care for the Basilica at the Vatican on May 14, 2005. condition. hungry, the sick and the impoverished,” Mother Marianne, as the head of her “The board concluded the woman’s Sister Patricia said. “We pray for success in religious community in Syracuse, led the healing was inexplicable according to the case so that her inspirational life will be first group of Franciscan sisters to the available medical knowledge. The doctors better known throughout the world. She is a Hawaiian Islands in 1883 to establish a on the case expected her to die and were model for us all.” system of nursing care for leprosy patients. amazed scientifically at her survival,” the Sister Francis Regis Hadano, regional She was the only one of 50 religious release said. administrator for the Sisters of St. Francis in superiors in the United States, Canada and No other details about the case have Hawaii, said her community is “delighted” Europe who were asked for help to accept been released. with the Vatican ruling. the challenge. The Sisters of St. Francis received the “We Franciscan Sisters are very pleased Once in Hawaii, she relinquished her news from Msgr. Robert J. Sarno, an and certainly excited about the advancement leadership position in Syracuse to lead her American priest at the congregation who in the miracle case,” she said in an e-mail to mission for 35 years, five in Honolulu and has been working with the postulator of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, newspaper of the remainder on Molokai. Mother Marianne’s cause, Father Ernesto the Honolulu Diocese. “We are hopeful the When she died in Kalaupapa in 1918, a Piacentini, in the written presentation of the theologians will meet sometime later this Honolulu newspaper wrote: “Seldom has A tapestry depicting Blessed Marianne Cope of miracle case at the Vatican. year. There is much work to be done in the opportunity come to a woman to Molokai hangs inside St. Peter’s Basilica during The miracle, approved on June 16 by the preparation for this session so prayer devote every hour of 30 years to the her 2005 beatification ceremony. Mother Cope’s medical board, still must pass two more is needed. mothering of people isolated by law from sainthood cause took a significant step forward Vatican examinations before it is presented “We thank all who pray specially for the rest of the world. She risked her own in June when a Vatican medical board approved to the pope for final approval for Blessed Marianne to be canonized,” life in all that time, faced everything with a second miracle attributed to her intercession, canonization. The first is by a board of she said. unflinching courage and smiled sweetly but there must be two more examinations theologians who will determine if the This is the second miracle attributed to through it all.” † before it is presented to the pope. Vatican reports budget surplus for 2010, but says worldwide giving down VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Vatican reported a budget continued to improve, but it cautioned that the global financial its annual income, had income of $355 million and surplus for the first time in four years in 2010, but said picture still presented “elements of uncertainty and instability.” expenses of $341 million. The number of Holy See contributions from Catholics and dioceses around the world Worldwide giving to the pope decreased in 2010, the employees in 2010 was 2,806, up slightly from 2009. had gone down. statement said. Peter’s Pence collected $67.7 million, • Vatican City State had income of $370 million and The budget of the Holy See, which includes offices of compared to $82.5 million in 2009. In addition, the expenses of nearly $340 million. The Vatican said a the Roman Curia and related agencies, ended 2010 with a contributions of dioceses amounted to about $27.4 million, major factor in the surplus was a boom in visitors to the surplus of about $13.1 million. compared to $31.5 million the previous year. Vatican Museums, which occurred despite a general crisis The separate budget of Vatican City State, which Contributions from other institutions, including the Vatican in the tourism industry. includes the Vatican Museums, ended 2010 with a surplus bank, added about $73 million to the pope’s funds, which are The Vatican also underlined that the Vatican City State of about $28 million, according to a Vatican statement on used to support works of charity and mission around not only pays 1,876 employees, but also spends a July 2. the world. considerable amount each year in maintenance and The figures were released following a three-day meeting In breaking down the 2010 figures, the Vatican restoration of its artistic and architectural treasures, which it of a council of cardinals charged with reviewing Vatican statement said: said can rightly be described as “one of the most important finances. The statement said the Vatican’s financial picture • The Holy See, which depends largely on investments for historical and artistic patrimonies of humanity.” †

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PLUMMER Submitted photo continued from page 1 archdiocese? Submitted photo by Daniel Roy Submitted photo by A. “The biggest challenge is, ‘How do you make good programs even better— whether they’re religious education, youth ministry or schools?’ “In schools, you have the challenge of helping them to learn how to make appropriate interdisciplinary links between the subjects and religious education so they better reference all learning to the Gospel message. It’s how to make the religious dimension of the Catholic schools even more vibrant than it already is. “Funding programs continues to be a challenge—how to develop strategic Above, the Plummer family poses for a photo at their home in December 2010. In the front planning to help schools better prepare to row, are Stephen, left, and Luke. In the middle row, from left, are Therese, Jessica, Annina, have a better way of obtaining resources on Grace, Harry and John Paul. At the upper left is Dominic, and at the upper right is Joseph. their own. “Another thing we’re moving forward Left, Harry Plummer, executive director of Catholic education and faith formation for the with on the school end is to have a catechist archdiocese, right, leads the praying of the rosary during the 2011 March for Life in certification process that all teachers would downtown Indianapolis on Jan. 24. be involved with. The goal is that everyone would have at least a minimal understanding while continuing to provide an outstanding career path in Catholic education has sanctity. If we don’t make it happen, it of the Church’s teachings, whether it’s educational experience for students. In this taken you and your family to Florida, doesn’t happen.” Catholic social teachings or the basics of regard, we think opportunities such as Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Q. You and your wife, Annina, have Catholic theology. For some, it will be tax scholarships—vouchers—will be helpful. South Dakota and Montana. What has it eight children ranging in age from 24 to something they’ve already done, but you It will make it possible for some families been like for you and your family to be 6. What approach guides the two of you can always learn more. For others, who desire a Catholic education, but haven’t in Indiana? in raising your children? particularly those who aren’t Catholic or been able to afford it, to enroll their children A. “For our family, it’s very much like A. “Openness to life is a big factor in it. who have never pursued this learning as in our schools.” life in the military [as far as having lived in So are prayer and doing things together. adults, we think it will be a great Q. How do you view the future of different places]. The kids have experienced And we’ve always lived in an area where opportunity for them.” Catholic education in the archdiocese and Catholic education in a diverse number of we have a big backyard, a big outside Q. What do you see as the value of a the United States? ways. So they’re used to traveling. The environment for the kids. Catholic education in the 21st century A. “I’m an optimist. Like any business, motivation for all of this is trying to be a “The lens that we look at family through when families have so many choices in Catholic schools understand they have to single-income family in the Church world. is that God has provided us with a great education? adjust, they have to adapt or else they are With eight kids, you grow yourself out of deal to be grateful for. We make sure the A. “It’s an old expression, but we prepare no longer going to be competitive—and being able to stay in positions you love. kids are grateful. We’re pretty strict in kids for life not just final exams. Plus, we people will discontinue using them. Our “The kids are pretty good at making the regards as to right and wrong. Access to the help parents to form them in a manner people in the archdiocese have really taken adjustments. They’re involved in sports and sacraments—particularly of the holy consistent with their destiny to become responsibility for their schools, and they’re community life here. We have four children Eucharist and reconciliation—is important, saints. One of the keys is that we develop in open to the kind of services we can provide. at Our Lady of the Greenwood [School] and too. Staying together. Keeping close. One of children the ability to differentiate the good, I’m optimistic because of the support the one at Roncalli [High School]. This move the big things is intentional family time. the beautiful and the true in our culture from archdiocese provides to the schools. At was hardest for the adolescent girl. She Making family time happen. Fun.” their opposites. We help them become the same time, there’s a higher level of missed her friends. But she’s made Q. What’s it like for you to have your confident when faced with some of the accountability on a number of levels for adjustments and found new friends. We do 21-year-old daughter, Therese, enter dehumanizing concerns prevalent in society. schools, and that’s all good.” have family in the area. My 80-year-old religious life? “Because of our finances and because of Q. What are some of your favorite mother is able to visit from lower Michigan. A. “It’s humbling. It’s unfair that a man our philosophy, Catholic schools are more memories from your first year in the That’s fun to have that access.” my age [52] should have to go through so insulated from having to get involved with archdiocese? Q. You and your wife celebrated your many new emotions. Out of obedience to trendy educational programs. We stick to the A. I enjoyed the high school graduation 25th wedding anniversary on June 14. me, she went a year to college even though basics. We have dedicated teachers, a ceremonies. What I liked about them was the What is the approach that guides your she had been saying she wanted to go into a standard curriculum, and there’s the whole unity in the diversity. They’re all different marriage? religious order. She came back from that moral foundation we provide for our kids. expressions of the spirit of the schools, but A. “We have found that the path to year experience and told me she wanted to That has proven to be a very effective they’re all united in their Catholicity. happiness in marriage is so narrow that go into religious life. For me, the approach.” “Another profound moment for me was two can walk on it only if they become one. experiences of joy and loss mix. Then I see Q. What kind of impact has the the ordination of Bishop [Christopher J.] There’s just not a lot of place for self in how happy she is. And it’s an honor to be struggling economy had on enrollment in Coyne. To see that played out on the running a family as large as ours. We move able to give back to the Church for all we’ve schools in the archdiocese? sanctuary of the Church—ever ancient, ever at the speed of light. You can only imagine been given. A. “It didn’t seem to have much new—with Archbishop [Daniel M.] the interactions of the different kids, with “She will start her novitiate on July 11 impact last year on enrollment since we Buechlein laying hands on Bishop Coyne having six living at home regularly. with the Society of Our Lady of the Trinity were only down about 1 percent across was just a moving Church experience for me. “So one of the keys we’ve found is to get order. Her life is really kind of an the archdiocese. However, over the past “Another joy was the few times I was able away from them and have some time for expression of Christ’s love for the Church. seven years, it has declined about to do school visits. My first love was serving ourselves. That has been the key to sanity Because she’s happy, I’m OK. It’s kind of 5.4 percent. While this is better than the the children. As my career moved forward and hopefully some movement toward exciting.” † national average—about 22 percent—it’s more administratively, I saw less and less of something we’re really concerned about. the children. So any chance I get to visit the “Our schools are responding to the schools, I try to take it.” my wife.” challenge by restructuring to aggressively Q. You were born in Indianapolis and Harry Plummer Favorite books—“I don’t want it pursue revenue through development efforts baptized at Holy Spirit Church. Your to sound like it’s the canned answer, Position—Executive director of but the Scriptures are my favorite Catholic education and faith formation book. I re-read The Lord of the Rings for the archdiocese. with my family from time to time.

Submitted photo Age—52 Another area would be Civil War Family—Married 25 years to biographies.” Annina. The couple has eight children, Favorite movie—“My favorite ranging in age movie is A Man for All Seasons. from 24 to 6. Another movie I like is On the Parish— Waterfront.”

cutline Our Lady of the Favorite activity to share with Greenwood his children—“Right now, the Parish in favorite activity is playing Greenwood. Catch Phrase with the family. It’s Education— just a blast. Bowling is another big Bachelor of Arts family thing. And watching animated degree in movies like Cars.” education from Favorite subjects in school— the University of “History, English, English literature. I Harry Plummer Michigan. Master was never too good with math.” of Arts degree in Best memory of school—“They’d Catholic theology from Franciscan be all related to sports. Ninth-grade University of Steubenville. Master of Arts football was great. Just the whole degree in educational administration from season. And the support we had in the Central Michigan University. community was very big. I lettered in Hobbies—“Reading. Fishing. Golf, soccer and tennis in high school. when I can. My kids and I make and The biggest memory was winning shoot rockets. Rosary making. We make first place in our division in doubles them for the missions. And I walk with tennis my junior year.” † Harry Plummer is pictured with his eldest daughter, Therese, and son, Dominic, during a family trip to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Page 9

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Newly installed Bishop Charles C. Thompson greets Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein with a Transitional Deacon Jeff Read assists at the altar with Bishop Charles C. Thompson and Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz at Evansville’s Roberts Municipal fraternal sign of peace on June 29. Stadium on June 29.

Archbishop Buechlein, who served as the president-rector of Saint Meinrad at that EVANSVILLE time, said, “He embraced priestly formation continued from page 1 with an open and full heart, and he More than 200 of the new bishop’s family completed the program with flying colors.” members, including his parents, Coleman and He added, “I am sure he will make Record Jessica Able/The Photo by Joyce Thompson, traveled from central Louisville and Evansville proud.” Kentucky to Evansville for the liturgy. It He told the bishop-designate that he began with a procession of Knights of St. John would be a “servant of unity. By God’s and fourth-degree Knights of Columbus, grace, we build unity and communion in two seminarians and deacons, priests from ways, unity in the faith of the Church and both the Louisville Archdiocese and the unity in the charity of Christ. A bishop is a Evansville Diocese, and abbots, bishops and humble servant of unity in the Church. archbishops, who concelebrated the “Without humility, one does not serve. ordination Mass. Without humility, one does not build Msgr. Jean-Francois Lantheaume community.” Bishop-designate Charles C. Thompson lays prostrate in prayer during his June 29 episcopal represented Archbishop Pietro Sambi, At the end of his homily, the archbishop ordination and installation as the fifth bishop of Evansville. Standing before him are, center, apostolic nuncio to the United States. The jokingly offered a suggestion regarding the Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, principal ordaining bishop in the liturgy, and retired priest is charge d’affairs at the apostolic bishop-designate’s title. “If anyone slips and Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of Louisville, left, and retired Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger of nunciature in Washington. says ‘Bishop Chuck,’ I suggest they make a Evansville, co-ordaining bishops in the liturgy. Seated at left is Ford Cox, executive assistant for The bishop-designate was escorted by charitable contribution to the Little Sisters of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, who assisted the archbishop at the ordination. two priests, Father R. Dale Cieslik, a cousin, the Poor.” and Father J. Mark Spalding, vicar general of He then held up the bishop-designate’s “I am reminded that while I may be the Marilyn Welte, a member of St. John the the Louisville Archdiocese. ordination card. “I think you have a face of unity as bishop, it is truly the Evangelist Parish in Daylight, Ind., noted Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville first Communion picture on the front,” Holy Spirit binding us together as the Bishop Thompson’s personable disposition was the principal ordaining bishop, and retired he said. The congregation—and the one body of Christ, as holy people of God. and said, “I hope he can bring people closer Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of Louisville bishop-designate—answered with sustained In apostolic terms, this unity is particularly together.” and Bishop Gettelfinger were laughter and applause. reflected in the shared solemnity of the Jim Hook, a member of Blessed co-ordaining bishops. Archbishop Buechlein concluded his princes of the Apostles, namely Sts. Peter Sacrament Parish in Oakland City, Ind., Before the ordination rite, Indianapolis homily by telling those in attendance that and Paul. The source and summit of praised his appointment and acknowledged Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein “what our Church needs more than anything celebrating this unity, of course, is Bishop Thompson’s rural roots. “We have a delivered the homily. The archbishop is a from us bishops and priests [are] integrity the Eucharist.” lot of farming and coal mining here. native of Jasper, Ind., and former monk of and holiness. Many of the people gathered were there to Evansville is not big. It’s a typical Saint Meinrad Archabbey. He began his “The Church needs us to be no-nonsense, see their new bishop for the first time, and Midwestern city. With his background, it’s homily by thanking the bishop-designate for down to earth, holy, spiritual moral leaders were excited for the future of the good to have him here.” saying “yes to the Holy Father.” who are who we claim to be.” Evansville Diocese. He noted that as a young child, in At the conclusion of the liturgy, the “He sounds like he’s down to earth and (Mary Ann Hughes is staff writer for an interview with the Louisville newly ordained Bishop Thompson said, “I energetic,” Martha Gray, a member of The Message, newspaper of the Diocese of Courier-Journal, the young Chuck Thompson have been reminded that this celebration is Holy Rosary Parish in Evansville. “I think his Evansville. Jessica Able, a reporter for said he “might go to Saint Meinrad and give not so much about me as it is about the connection saidwith the youth is important and The Record newspaper in the Archdiocese of the seminary a try.” Church. our Catholic schools are important.” Louisville, contributed to this story.) †

Only one of Kansas’ three abortion clinics— their minor children. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri—had “Opponents of this bill falsely assume that there is a ABORTION been licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and conflict between the right and responsibility of parents to continued from page 1 Environment to continue operating by the time the law took care for their children on the one hand, and the best funding is in play in the eight states. effect on July 1. interests of their children on the other,” the bishop said. The state laws are likely to be discussed in and out of The South Dakota law, which also had been “However, parents, who are responsible for their minor courtrooms for many years, but an analysis of Pratt’s ruling scheduled to take effect on July 1, requires women to children and know them better than anyone else, have the by Americans United for Life said the “free choice of receive counseling at a pregnancy crisis center, hear best interests of their children at heart, even though their provider” argument “should fail upon appeal” because about possible abortion complications and wait children do not always understand or appreciate it.” Indiana’s law “respects the right of Medicaid patients to 72 hours before an abortion. Doctors also must certify In response to the veto of an informed consent bill by freely choose among qualified Medicaid providers,” and under the law that the woman receiving the abortion North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue, Bishop Peter J. Jugis federal law allows states to exclude any provider it deems has not been coerced to do so. of Charlotte pledged that his “prayers and efforts” would be not qualified. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Karen Schreier said in a devoted in coming weeks to obtaining the two votes needed In addition, the analysis notes, Indiana still has June 30 ruling, however, that the requirements “constitute a to override the veto. “approximately 800 qualified provider locations where substantial obstacle to a woman’s decision to obtain an “It is appalling to think that we even need legislation that Medicaid patients may receive family planning services.” abortion,” and therefore violate Roe v. Wade, the requires a waiting period before a serious operation is “Who here is really endangering women?” wrote U.S. Supreme Court decision lifting most state restrictions performed,” the bishop wrote in The Charlotte Observer Charmaine Yoest and Denise M. Burke of Americans United on abortion. newspaper. “For nearly all medical procedures, consultation for Life in an opinion piece for the June 27 issue of In Texas, where a bill to defund Planned Parenthood was with a physician in the days or weeks before an operation is The Wall Street Journal. “Clearly, Planned Parenthood and awaiting the signature of Gov. Rick Perry, the Republican considered routine. Only with abortion can someone the administration [of President Barack Obama] are willing governor had already signed legislation requiring women to literally drive up to a clinic in the morning, and go through to deny thousands of needy men, women and children health have sonograms before deciding whether to have an a major surgical procedure within a matter of hours.” care in order to protect the bottom lines of abortion. In Alabama on June 15, Gov. Robert J. Bentley, a Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.” In New Hampshire, the Legislature overrode a veto by Republican, signed into law the Pain-Capable Unborn Child In addition to the Planned Parenthood legislation, Kansas Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, of a bill requiring parental Protection Act, which forbids abortions after 20 weeks of lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion clinics, notification before a minor can have an abortion. pregnancy, the point at which a fetus is believed to be requiring rooms of certain sizes, the stocking of particular Bishop John H. McCormack of Manchester, N.H., had capable of feeling pain. emergency equipment, medications and blood supplies, and urged an override, saying it would be “a grave mistake to Since Nebraska passed the first such law in 2010, Idaho, affiliation with local hospitals. divest parents of meaningful input into the health care of Indiana, Kansas and Oklahoma have followed suit. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Priest says Catholic bloggers ‘an extraordinary reality’ in Church life By Sean Gallagher

PITTSBURGH—Catholic bloggers are “an extraordinary reality in the life

of the Church.” Sean Gallagher Photo by Msgr. Paul Tighe, secretary for the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications, made that observation during an impromptu meeting about blogging on June 23 during the Catholic Media Convention in Pittsburgh. Catholic bloggers have a strong sense of community, Msgr. Tighe said, and Church leaders need to be aware of what is happening in the blogosphere because bloggers can “reach places that we’re not going to reach. “We can provide them with the right kind of materials that they can work with,” he said. “They can give a reach out into broader communities. And that’s important.” Msgr. Tighe was joined at the meeting by Elizabeth Scalia, managing editor of the Catholic portal at the Msgr. Paul Tighe, right, secretary for the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications, discusses blogging during an impromptu meeting on religion website Patheos and a June 23 at the Catholic Media Convention in Pittsburgh. Blogger Elizabeth Scalia, seated at right, also spoke during the meeting. columnist for the ecumenical journal First Things. Scalia maintains her own kids? How do I pass this on to them?’ clarification that has to go on.” “I felt that we were gate-crashing a frequently visited blog at This is where they’re daring to wonder. Even though he acknowledged that party because there were all these www.patheos.com called “I think it’s really important for our Catholic bloggers often debate issues people who knew each other and “The Anchoress.” shepherds to say, ‘If this is where the quite vigorously, Msgr. Tighe said the were delighted to meet each other,” Scalia was one of approximately sheep are feeding, I had better get to May 2 Vatican event confirmed for Msgr. Tighe said. “We provided the 150 Catholic bloggers from several know that turf. I had better get to see him that there is a vibrant community venue for that. That was great. It wasn’t countries who what they’re feeding on. I want to see among them. our party, but it was great.” † participated in a where in that field they’re moving a little May 2 meeting too close to the walls.’ ” of bloggers at the Scalia recommended that all bishops Who’s into blogging? Plenty of bishops Vatican. have someone to monitor blogs and other She said that social media, and to have a blog By Sean Gallagher • “Cardinal Seán’s Blog,” the meeting themselves. Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston: helped bloggers But while it is important for bishops to In her June 23 presentation about www.cardinalseansblog.org see that the pay attention to bloggers, Scalia also blogging at the Catholic Media • “Bishop Cantu’s Blog,” Bishop Oscar Vatican takes noted that Catholic bloggers have a need Convention in Pittsburgh, prominent Cantu, auxiliary bishop of San Antonio: them seriously, for their bishops. Catholic blogger Elizabeth Scalia http://bishopcantu.wordpress.com wants to work “We’re the sheep, too,” she said. “And suggested that every bishop have a blog. • “Father of Mercy and Love,” Elizabeth Scalia with them and we need the support of the bishops ... While not every bishop has a blog Bishop Joseph R. Cistone of “understands the through their encouragement, their yet, a growing number do. Saginaw, Mich.: fact that we are largely autonomous correction from time to time. Here is a list of some U.S. bishops www.bishopcistone.blogspot.com people not looking to be controlled. “That doesn’t mean that we want to be who maintain a blog: • Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio, “The bloggers came away very put under obedience. We clearly don’t. “Bishops Weekly Column Blog”: happy,” Scalia said. “And I think the But, at the same time, we are absolutely • “Thoughts of a Catholic Bishop,” http://dioceseofbrooklyn.org/ Church came away pretty happy, too, in need of the shepherd’s guidance and Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, blog.aspx because the bloggers, for the most part, the shepherd’s support.” auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the • “Bishop Kevin Farrell,” said that we like you. We want to be Attending the June 23 meeting was Archdiocese of Indianapolis: Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas: clear on your behalf. We want to Deacon Greg Kandra, a deacon of the http://thoughtsofacatholic http://bishopfarrell.blogspot.com help out.” Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., who bishop.blogspot.com • “Bishop Edward Kmiec,” Both Scalia and Msgr. Tighe maintains a prominent blog named • “Truth in Love,” Bishop Paul Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of suggested that the next step to follow “The Deacon’s Bench.” He also is now D. Etienne of Cheyenne, Wyo. and Buffalo, N.Y.: the bloggers’ meeting at the Vatican executive editor of ONE magazine, former Indianapolis archdiocesan priest: www.buffalodiocese.org/News/ would be for groups of bishops or published by the Catholic Near East http://bishopsblog.dioceseof Blogs/BlogID/5.aspx individual bishops to meet with Welfare Association. cheyenne.org • “For His Friends,” Bishop Robert bloggers. He said that members of the clergy • “The Gospel in the Digital Age,” N. Lynch of St. Petersburg, Fla.: This was important for Scalia who blog have a duty to be “vigilant Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of http://blogs.dosp.org/bishoplynch because blogs, their comment boxes, about making sure that the Church’s New York, who is also president of the • “He Dwells Among Us,” also known as “comboxes,” and teachings are fairly represented. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Bishop Richard F. Stika of “alternative media” in general are where “One of the big subjects of the day http://blog.archny.org Knoxville, Tenn.: a growing number of the faithful are right now is about homosexuality and • “Cardinal Roger Mahoney Blogs http://bishopstika.org exploring their faith. same-sex marriage,” said Deacon Kandra. L.A.,” Cardinal Roger M. Mahoney, • “Shepherd of Fort Worth,” “This is where they’re expressing “I get this a lot from people that the retired archbishop of Los Angeles: Bishop Kevin W. Vann of confusion or fear or disgust,” she said. Church hates gay people. And I have to http://cardinalrogermahony Fort Worth, Texas: “This is where they’re saying, ‘Is there intervene periodically and say that’s not blogsla.blogspot.com http://fwbishop.blogspot.com † going to be a Church in 20 years for my actually the case. There is a lot of What was in the news on July 7, 1961? Pope speaks of unity , Serrans urged to seek social justices and bishops defend Protestant ministers By Brandon A. Evans ‘The ecumenical council will reach out seen likely corporate reunion and embrace under the widespread wings • Seek social justices, Serrans • Family Clinic: Church’s stand on This week, we continue to examine of the Catholic Church the entire heredity are urged long engagements what was going on in the Church and the of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Its principal • Catholics cautioned about use • Montreal priests doff cassocks world 50 years ago as seen through the task will be concerned with the condition of pressure • Enough to make a Red cry pages of The Criterion, which is and modernization of the Church after • Council of Churches acts to block • English nuns may go on strike celebrating its 50th anniversary. 20 centuries of life. May it be that side by school loan plan • German Catholics helped Jews Here are some of the items found in side with this, God will add also, through • Catholic bishops defend ministers during Nazi purge the July 7, 1961, issue of The Criterion: whatever edification we may offer, but “ST. PAUL, Minn.—Two Catholic • Priest sentenced in Czechoslovakia • Believes Court would back aid to above all by merit of the bishops publicly disputed • Pays visit to Orthodox Patriarch build Church schools omnipotence of the a charge that Protestant • New chaplain named for Moscow • Pope speaks of unity and the Most High who can draw ministers form ‘the Catholics Council new chosen sons from the largest single body’ of • In line to head Cuban schismatics “VATICAN CITY—His Holiness very stones, one other communists in this • Clergy education in music pushed Pope John XXIII stated here that an result: a movement toward country. The charge was • Netherlands Catholics in the understanding of the Church’s recomposition of the whole made by Robert Welch, majority universality will give people a greater Mystical Flock of head of the John Birch • Archbishop [Schulte] to give law appreciation of the exceptional Our Lord.’ ” Society.” awards Sunday importance of the coming ecumenical • Franciscans prepare for • The liturgy, the laity and • Share the land, Spaniards urged council. … The goal of Christian unity, educational TV Christian unity the pope said, must remain intact no • Two outdoor novenas to open • Government censorship is thorny (Read all of these stories from our matter how seemingly great the obstacles July 8 issue in Spain July 7, 1961, issue by logging on to our or how distant its realization in time. … • Endorsement by Kennedy • Bishop sees little hope for archives at www.CriterionOnline.com.) † A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. 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By Fr. Herbert Weber satisfy his craving. If a person’s needs are spiritual or I was invited to visit a couple whom I emotional, material possessions will not will call Terry and Nancy. be able to satisfy them. Often, the very

As I drove up their driveway, I saw item that seems so important for our CNS file photo/Bill Stephens two boats on trailers, ready to be taken to happiness becomes one more empty water. Terry came out to tell me how promise that we are called to reject. happy he was with the larger boat, his Greed has its roots in the coveting newest acquisition, which he was going to prohibited in the Tenth Commandment. christen the following day. As a capital sin, it can lead to other sins, Once inside the house, the couple gave such as dishonesty, misuse of personal me a tour. Terry showed me the living resources, and distraction from both God room and activities and other persons. area. There was a Ironically, I have custom-built ‘Greed can exist in any found that people can entertainment center be guilty of greed that rivaled any that I society, but it seems even when they had seen. In another often to reach epidemic possess very little. room, he let me look at proportions where That is, poor people the latest in digital and also can have the wireless technologies. there is rampant inappropriate desire The gadgets were consumerism.’ for material objects. interesting and varied, One student in and of high quality. a high school As Terry demonstrated all of these confirmation class was not the least items, Nancy looked on, remaining apologetic when he chose a well-known somewhat quiet. When she excused Wall Street tycoon as his hero. herself to go to the kitchen, Terry turned When asked to explain why, he A volunteer helps local residents select food at the once-weekly pantry at St. Margaret Mary to me and said, “But, Father, I’m simply said, “Because he has whatever Alacocque Parish hall in the Los Angeles suburb of Lomita. Sharing one’s possessions can help us not happy.” he wants.” fight against the pull of greed in our lives. It was one of the saddest statements This young student was from a that I have ever heard, especially poignant hard-working family that always had the At the same time, some people need to helps people maintain a mentality of in that he had just shown me all of his basics, but not much more. Yet, his mind control any temptations to greed. non-greed. exciting possessions. The sadness was was focused on money that he thought I recall one woman who said that she In the same vein, generous giving and magnified when would bring him happiness. and her husband had a pact. Both felt they sharing of one’s possessions can Starting next week, he added that his Greed can exist in any society, but it were suckers for the “buy it now before ameliorate the powerful pull of greed. It Faith Alive! takes its purchases were seems often to reach epidemic this deal is gone” approach. So they takes practice, but it is possible to learn to annual summer vacation actually beyond proportions where there is rampant helped each other put those give altruistically, thus helping to place until September. his means. consumerism. Consequently, people have advertisements in the recycle bin before the focus on other people rather than on Perhaps when to find ways to avoid temptations they ever looked at them. things. we hear the word “greed” we think of to greed. Perhaps the best antidote to greed is an Challenging greed requires work some tycoon who is gobbling up In many cities, Sunday newspapers awareness of the true value of wherever the desire for something is companies and closing down small feature some great advertisements. There possessions, and a thoughtful decision beyond reason, and where that desire mom-and-pop shops. That may, in fact, are inserts from almost every store, about how to make use of all items. takes control of one’s decision making. be greed. But so is what Terry was announcing discounts on clothing, In the United States Catholic Gradually, serious Christians learn not experiencing. computers, cameras, televisions, kitchen Catechism for Adults, published by the to let possessions take charge of their The very definition of greed is that appliances and outdoor gear. Often, the U.S. bishops, greed is discussed with lives. It is then that they discover the there is an unhealthy desire for more and ads indicate that the sale will only last a reference to stewardship of treasure. It great paradox. It is in letting go of more possessions. day or two. Buyers must shop notes that, when people admit that all possessions that real happiness can For Terry, the many things he was able immediately! material items are gifts from God on loan be found. to purchase—or at least make payments Companies have a right to promote for use in building up his kingdom, they on—seemed so important to him at the their wares, and potential customers can can then consciously choose how to use (Father Herbert Weber is the founding time. Yet, in stating his unhappiness, he use those 12-page glossy circulars to those possessions. Returning a percentage pastor of Blessed John XXIII Parish in clearly was admitting their failure to focus their shopping. to God through charitable giving also Perrysburg, Ohio.) † Christ’s light helps us to see past our worldly desir es By David Gibson St. Augustine typically is quoted on human restlessness. unsettled by deprivation—by a lack of what is needed to “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you, O God,” he survive and grow as persons and families. Almost by nature, human beings are restless. We set famously stated. But I suspect that Father David was talking about goals and lay plans, hoping that tomorrow or next month In other words, we pursue our ultimate destiny, but not desires in the form of “wants,” not “needs.” Others, too, we will feel less unsettled than today. having reached it fully we sense that our lives are hold that a multitude of wants spawned by a culture of Restlessness is a readily visible characteristic of ours, incomplete—our desires remain unfulfilled. commodities causes us to feel perpetually dissatisfied, but its causes are not as readily discerned. But numerous commentators today think that the even angry when some desire of ours is thwarted. Do we need to know why we feel unsettled? causes of human restlessness have little to do with the Some speak of a sense of entitlement that can cause divine. Our discontent may be rooted in unfulfilled desires, us to feel violated if a roadblock keeps us from fulfilling but these commentators suggest asking, “What do we a desire. And some believe that this sense of entitlement actually desire?” gives rise to self-focused attitudes that can result in Capuchin Father David Couturier, pastoral planning failing to notice others and their needs. director for the Boston Archdiocese, talked about this in an In our Christian tradition, Christ commonly is called April speech in Chicago to the annual meeting of the “the light.” This light allows us to see more clearly where CNS photo/Mike Theiler, Reuters Theiler, CNS photo/Mike Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council we are going. Development. • It enables us to see where God is found. “The new economy profoundly changes the nature of our • It prevents us from overlooking others and their desiring,” Father David said. needs. In his assessment, “our new economy deftly • It prompts us to obtain a better view of ourselves ‘commodifies’ our desire.” Our desires become “products to and our life’s purpose. be bought and sold.” I asked if it matters whether we know the causes of Thus, he concluded, “our new economy substitutes the our restlessness. I suspect the causes matter considerably ‘infinity of goods’ for the ‘infinity of God,’ leaving us ever if they manage to cloud our vision, creating a darkness more restless, rootless and uncertain.” that keeps us distant from others, including God, and Is human restlessness now rooted in a never-ending keeps what is most important about our own life in succession of desires to purchase electronic devices, cars, the shadows. Shoppers carrying bags walk at the Pentagon City shopping vacations or something else? mall in Arlington, Va. Throughout history, material possessions The goods of the Earth are meant, according to the (David Gibson served on Catholic News Service’s have been shown to be unable to give rest to our hearts. Christian vision, to be shared. It seems only natural to feel editorial staff for 37 years.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something Christina Capecchi The wisdom of the saints: St. Benedict Lessons from my St. Benedict, whose feast is on July 11, early Middle Ages, all monasticism in the And when you have done these things, is the father of Western monasticism. Born West was guided by the Rule of Benedict wrote, God says, “My eyes will be 80-year-old grandpa around the year 480 in St. Benedict. upon you and my ears will be attentive to Leave it to Grandpa to put things in Nursia in central Italy, In the prologue of the Rule, he advised your prayers; and before you call upon perspective. he studied in Rome but his monks always to begin any good work my name I shall say to you: ‘Behold, I It was halfway through our second annual felt called to the with an appeal to Christ to bring it to am here.’ ” Christmas party, and I was flitting around, solitary life to escape perfection. “For we must always serve him Benedict asked, “What could be more refilling glasses and collecting empty plates. an immoral world. He with the good things he has given us in such delightful than the voice of our Lord’s Preparing for the became a hermit, living a way that he may never—as an angry invitation to us? In his loving kindness, he party had kept me in a cave near Subiaco father disinherits his sons or even like a reveals to us the way of life.” moving—wrapping for three years. master who inspires fear—grow impatient Once we are girded with faith and the presents, baking Other hermits soon with our sins and consign us to everlasting performance of good works, he said, we shortbread cookies, chose him as their leader. At first, this didn’t punishment.” must follow in Christ’s path by the stringing 3,200 white work out because they wouldn’t accept his We should rouse ourselves, he said, guidance of the Gospel. “If we wish to lights on our strictness, but eventually Benedict got the listen to the words of Scripture, and harden attain a dwelling-place in his kingdom, we Blue Spruce. Not idea of founding one “Grand Monastery” not our hearts. Our eyes should be open to shall not reach it unless we hasten there by exactly meditating to where monks could live in unity and the God-given light, “and we should listen our good deeds.” “Silent Night.” fraternity, and where they could worship in wonderment to the message of the Benedict acknowledged that there is an I brought some water together. He began to build the famous divine voice.” evil fervor, a bitter spirit, which divides us to Grandpa, sitting in the corner facing Monte Cassino around 530. Quoting scriptural passages, Benedict from God and leads us to hell. However, he everyone, and sat down beside him. He wrote his Rule for the monks, said that the Lord seeks the one who will do said, there is also a good fervor that sets us “Look,” he instructed me, his blue eyes prescribing a life of “ora et labora”— his work. In doing so, he tells them that, if apart from evil inclinations and leads us misty. “What do you see?” prayer and work. The monks were to live a they desire true and everlasting life, they toward God and eternal life. I scanned the kitchen, nodding and life of liturgical prayer, work, study, must keep their tongues from evil and their Let us put Christ before all else, he laughing. Then I looked at Grandpa. moderate asceticism, and community life lips from deceit—turn away from evil and said, “and may he lead us all to Somehow, he had stepped outside the scene under a common father (abbot). During the do good; seek peace and pursue it. everlasting life.” † and was observing it from a distance. “No ill will,” he said, answering his own Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes question. “Everyone’s happy. You see love.” In that moment, I glimpsed it too, rising Help! Help! We always need to help ourselves above the particulars and seeing the picture in broader strokes. If you thought the self-help craze or breathing exercises, play Old Guy And sometimes they come to what they Here we all were, shoveled out from the was over after Dale Carnegie and softball or settle for a bowling league if we consider a real insight—that by taking their snow, marking another Christmas together, Norman Vincent Peale are too wimpy for that. time in choosing a partner carefully without bound by blood and by love, standing in the and Dr. Ruth were Of course, if health and fitness are engaging in sex, and staying faithful to him sacred space where duty meets desire. passé, you might think present, can beauty be far behind? Getting or her in every way thereafter, they will find It was the perfect Christmas gift, to again. Reading the healthy and fit are often the necessary evils fulfillment, stability and longevity. Despite step outside the party like the Ghost of many reviews of books we must endure in order to keep young and the bad press about the 1950s, that’s exactly Christmas Present and then re-enter, relishing about making make ourselves beautiful, which, according what we did then, and it worked well for all the little things that had seemed ordinary a ourselves better or to media advice, are the two most important many of us. moment before. hearing the constant goals in life. They are the great arbiters of There is another, even more That is Grandpa’s magic. He has a encouragement on talk success in our society. important, kind of balance that we need to painter’s grateful eye, sharpened 10 years ago shows to do the same Emotional health is another one of the help ourselves attain—spiritual stability. by a heart attack. Surgeons patched the hole proves that the biggies in self-help. We have experts like This involves looking inside ourselves to in his heart, and he steadily recovered, movement is alive and well. Dr. Phil interviewing sad people who seem decide who we are, what we want from life embracing each day as a gift from above. There is always the physical component to lack either smarts or common sense or and what we need to do to be that person Three years later, at 73, Grandpa taught of this phenomenon. Dr. Oz is probably both. Besides feeling sorry for them, we are and live that life. No whining, no himself to play the clarinet, putting one of those experts on the high end of embarrassed that they tell the world such artificial angst. numbered tape on keys to correspond with his good advice for keeping healthy. stuff in public. Spiritual wholeness may involve fingering chart. Within months, he was But then we have those suspicious diets But then, think of Facebook and Twitter religion, or not. It may depend upon playing the second movement of Mozart’s urging us to cut out all carbohydrates or eat and go figure. For all I know, they too could reception of the sacraments, prayer and the “Clarinet Concerto.” everything raw or eat only green foods. If be good for mental health, but I doubt it. community of the faithful. Or, it may be He is a dark-skinned, light-eyed artist, the they could get away with it, purveyors of Marital and sexual counseling are only a private process. But, whether we fifth child of a Florentine immigrant raised in such notions would no doubt be telling us popular self-help tools. Here again, folks know it or not, it always includes God. the shadow of the Duomo. not only to grow it ourselves, but also to feel free to write entire books about their God is the foundation upon which Grandpa spent his career painting kill and eat it on the same day. inability to stay married or even to conduct well-being is based, and God is always Catholic churches, refinishing statues of And fitness! Aside from the sensible happy relationships with someone, anyone, present to us. If we really want to help saints and applying gold leaf. mandate to “keep moving” throughout life, of the opposite sex. ourselves, we need to understand that. Now he is enjoying retirement, playing in we are told to run “X” number of miles a Sometimes they are advised that the St. Paul Police Band, fishing at his cabin day, or lift weights under water, or do participation in touchy-feely or technical (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the and watching “Jeopardy” with Grandma. She karate moves every morning in the parking demonstrations of romantic prowess can Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular would be a brilliant contestant, he insists. lot at work. We are encouraged to do yoga lead to happiness in a relationship. columnist for The Criterion.) † He is on his second pacemaker, and awaiting the birth of his third great- The Human Side/Fr. Eugene Hemrick grandchild. He began writing a book called Life Begins at 70. Taking control of our senses in a frequently senseless world He has come to love reading and, in March, he wrote to World War II P.O.W. Louie Are we being knocked senseless with plethora of new tragedies spliced in above and outside our immediate world. Zamperini, the subject of Laura Hillenbrand’s all that is happening? between uplifting surprises. But how is this achieved? bestseller Unbroken. One look at what we ingest through In the midst of any swirl of events, It is done by entering another “God sure must have had a mission for you the media would say we need to ask: “Is all of this overwhelming world—God’s world—and generating a in life to put you through so much,” he wrote. that this is a very real us to the point of knocking us senseless? Do bird’s-eye view of the present world “We will probably never meet in this life, but possibility. we just let ourselves get caught up in it or is through the eyes of God. In practice, it look forward to meeting you in God’s Take, for example, there a way to cope with it better?” means taking decisive steps to avoid heaven.” the horrendous During a insensitivity—praying In May, Grandpa gave a toast at my earthquake, tsunami dissertation defense for divine guidance on cousin’s wedding. “May Earth and heaven and nuclear fallout in that examined the ways to alleviate mingle,” he told the newlyweds. I have seen Japan; the unrest in effect of killings on If we are blessed with suffering and the him cry at every grandchild’s wedding and, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya the children of prosperity, it also causes of war and that evening, he found the words for his tears. and Syria; Osama Northern Ireland, I inhumanity. In June, Grandpa turned 80. We celebrated bin Laden’s death; learned that these translates into If we are blessed on the second Saturday of the month, which the monster tornado that killed more children would walk demonstrating our with prosperity, it also happened to be the day that the cottonwood than 130 people in Joplin, Mo.; the over dead bodies or gratitude by sharing translates into trees had been buffeted by just enough heat Mississippi River valley underwater through glass-ridden demonstrating our and just enough wind to unleash their flossy from massive flooding; and wildfires of streets with little to no our good fortune with gratitude by sharing seeds. Wrapped in cotton clusters, they are historic proportion. Add to this our own sense of the brutality those less fortunate. our good fortune with designed to travel long distances. personal domestic problems, and it and barbarism that those less fortunate. So is Grandpa. becomes too much to bear. surrounded them. Their As Christ went off To rejoice in each new day having On the brighter side, we are feelings had been alone to pray often, we experienced 80 years is his singular joy. He experiencing the recovery of the American numbed, and their sensitivity to beauty, too should seek some form of quiet in has taught me that heaven brushes Earth—in auto industry, the stock market going up order and peace totally dulled. They had order to more fully see God’s workings in paint strokes and clarinet notes, in written and manufacturing rising substantially. been knocked senseless. this world. words and spoken prayers, in first But this teeter-totter existence also has a How do we avoid this happening to us? To be consumed by world events solely Communions, in every Communion. way of increasing our anxiety level. One way is to realize how daily events and not rise above them is to deprive And when those moments happen, we hold By the time this column is published, keep us earthbound, creating tunnel ourselves of our best means for remaining them to our hearts, never quite the same. many of these issues will have been vision. When they consume our time sensible in a frequently senseless world. replaced by new and, in some cases, totally, they literally imprison our minds (Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from even more important ones. Our minds and blind us. (Father Eugene Hemrick writes for Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be will have been bombarded with a To counter this, there is a need to rise Catholic News Service.) † contacted at www.ReadChristina.com.) † The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011 Page 13

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, July 11 Friday, July 15 The Sunday Readings Benedict, abbot Bonaventure, bishop and Exodus 1:8-14, 22 doctor of the Church Sunday, July 10, 2011 freedom. Sin has disordered creation itself Psalm 124:1-8 Exodus 11:10-12:14 so creation “groans” in agony. • Isaiah 55:10-11 Jesus is the Redeemer. He gives true Matthew 10:34-11:1 Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18 • Romans 8:18-23 freedom to people. This freedom opens the Matthew 12:1-8 • Matthew 13:1-9 way to peace and eternal life despite the Tuesday, July 12 hostility or chaos all around. Exodus 2:1-15a Saturday, July 16 The third and last section of the Book of St. Matthew’s Gospel furnishes the Psalm 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Isaiah is the source of the first reading for last reading. Matthew 11:20-24 Exodus 12:37-42 this weekend. It is the familiar parable of the farmer This reading was who sows seed in different kinds of soil, Psalm 136:1, 10-15, 23-24 composed when pious some of which are conducive to growth Wednesday, July 13 Matthew 12:14-21 Jews easily could have while others are not. Similar Scripture Henry become disillusioned passages occur in the Gospel of St. Mark Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12 Sunday, July 17 and uncertain in their and the Gospel of St. Luke. It is in the Psalm 103:1-4, 6-7 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary devotion to God. Synoptic tradition. For decades, the A great crowd awaits Jesus. As do people Matthew 11:25-27 Time Jews who were exiled in everywhere, at any time, these people thirst Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 Babylon, the capital and for the truth and insight that only God gives Thursday, July 14 Psalm 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 center of the once to them. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Romans 8:26-27 powerful Babylonian Empire, longed to Almost certainly, everyone is a Galilean, virgin Matthew 13:24-43 leave the pagan environment of the great and therefore of rural backgrounds and Exodus 3:13-20 or Matthew 13:24-30 city, coincidentally in present-day Iraq, and circumstances. The imagery of a farmer, and return to their own homeland. the sowing of seed, is easily understood by Psalm 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27 At last, as Middle Eastern political the people. Matthew 11:28-30 fortunes changed, these Jews were allowed Agriculture still often is a game of to go back to their ancestors’ homes. chance. It was all the more so when Jesus However, upon returning to their preached in Galilee. The hot sun easily homeland, they found no “land flowing with scorched seeds that fell on shallow soil. milk and honey.” Life was hard. Difficulties Birds and pests were everywhere. Weeds Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle were many. For so long, they had dreamed of suddenly appeared. Here and there was leaving Babylon to return to the security, good soil, able to receive the seeds and order and peace of the Jewish land. Yet, once sustain a yield. Scripture indicates that Peter and most there, they found only destitution and misery. The message is clear. God sows the seeds God had spared them, but for what? in our heart. We must be humble enough to of the other Apostles were married Certainly, many people were angry receive God’s word. Were any of the Apostles married? I married only once.” with God. As an aside, here again in the Gospels, Qknow that Peter was, but were any of But by the fourth century, when the Most probably, the author of this the disciples have privileged access to Jesus. the others? Council of Elvira was held in Spain, it third section of Isaiah was one of several, or They question the Lord about the technique If so, did they have seems clear that celibacy was already even many, prophets who reminded the of speaking in parables. Jesus explains that any children? commonplace among Christian clergy people that God’s work must be their own. parables assist them in understanding great (Mount Ephraim, N.J.) although it never became an absolute God had freed them, but they had to create a mysteries. Jesus explains this parable. He mandate for the Latin-rite Church until society of justice and prosperity. prepares them for their future role. Clearly, as you the 11th century. St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans supplies Asay, the That clerical celibacy is a the second reading. Reflection Apostle Peter was discipline—adopted later and therefore Written to the Christians of Rome about A saint once said that Christians should married since the changeable—rather than an original two generations after Jesus, Paul refers to pray as if salvation depended solely upon Gospels of Matthew, doctrine taught by Christ is illustrated their “sufferings.” The legal and political God and live as if salvation depended solely Mark and Luke all by this fact: Exceptions are sometimes systems in the empire were turning against upon their own virtue. speak of Christ healing Peter’s mother- made today for married Anglican or Christianity. It was a time poised on the very The first step to being redeemed is to be in-law, who was suffering from a fever. Protestant clergymen who become threshold of persecution. humble enough to admit the need for God. One comic has even suggested that the converts to Catholicism and wish to In any case, the culture of the The second step is to be humble enough real reason that Peter denied Jesus continue as clergy while still married. Roman Empire in the first century A.D. to live according to God’s word, not by our during the Passion was that he had The common arguments made for the stood directly opposite the values of the own instincts or hunches. never forgiven Christ for curing his rule of celibacy are that: Gospel. We are all farmers. Circumstances play mother-in-law! • It most clearly mirrors Christ, who The Apostle consoles and challenges against us. The one sure support is God’s The only other thing in the was unmarried. these Roman Christians. He reminds them gift of strength and God’s Revelation. New Testament that is said directly about • It demonstrates that love that is real that sin ultimately enslaves humans, Union with God alone frees us. He alone is the Apostles and their families is in and strong does not need to be physical demeaning them and robbing them of trustworthy. † St. Paul’s first Letter to the Corinthians because it is said to reflect the life of (1 Cor 9:5), where Paul asks, “Do we not heaven. This is sometimes called have the right to take along a Christian “the eschatological argument.” My Journey to God wife, as do the rest of the Apostles …?” • It underscores the point made by From that passage, and from the early St. Paul in his First Letter to the writings of the Church Fathers, it seems Corinthians (1 Cor 7:32-34) that a probable that all of the Apostles were person who is unmarried cares about the married when they were called by things of the Lord. For example, God’s Desire Jesus—with the possible exception of celibacy frees a man from the anxieties John, who seems to have been very and responsibilities of raising a family, young when he was chosen. and allows him to focus fully on the Clement of Alexandria, for example, wider group of people to whom he wrote, “Peter and Philip fathered ministers and the individual who most children, and Philip gave his daughters needs his attention. This is often called in marriage.” “the practical reason.” This would be consistent, too, with the custom of that period in history when (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth it would have been quite unusual for a Doyle at [email protected] or man to be unmarried. mailed to 40 Hopewell St., Albany, NY But the common belief of the Fathers 12208.) † seems to have been that, following their call by Christ, the Apostles lived lives of celibacy from then on, their focus Readers may submit prose squarely on following Jesus during the or poetry for faith column

Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann two-and-a-half years of his public ministry and spreading his message The Criterion invites readers When you find a tree Claim the shade thereafter. to submit original prose or poetry whose posture is confident and strong, and the peacefulness. Some early Christian writers make relating to faith or experiences of and whose lush, lovely, leafy arms And when you become silent and still, reference to the fact that, even though prayer for possible publication in the spread across like a giant welcoming you’ll discover God’s desire for you— celibate after their call, the Apostles “My Journey to God” column. umbrella, to be well continued to provide for the temporal Seasonal reflections also are then and whole. needs of their families through their appreciated. Please include name, go there. occupations, such as fishing. address, parish and telephone number Sit. By Cathy Lamperski Dearing In the earliest centuries of the with submissions. Church’s history, it was commonplace Send material for consideration to (Cathy Lamperski Dearing is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis. A tree for clergy to be married. See, for “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, shades the gazebo on the scenic, wooded grounds of the Benedict Inn Retreat and example, St. Paul’s directive in his P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206 Conference Center in Beech Grove.) First Letter to Timothy (1 Tm 3:2) that or e-mail to [email protected]. † “a bishop should be irreproachable, Page 14 The Criterion Friday, July 8, 2011

Mick and Tim Mullins. Brother of Rita Snoddy. Grandfather of 16. Great-grandfather of 26. (correction) Blessed Rest in peace PENDLETON, Charles Ed, 66, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Duran CNS photo/Octavio John Please submit in writing to our Brother of Providence Sister Ann Floyds Knobs, June 22. Husband office by 10 a.m. Thursday Jeanette Gootee. of JoAnn (Andres) Pendleton. Father of Dwayne and Matt Paul II before the week of publication; HAVERKOS, Thomas, 74, Pendleton. Brother of Bobby, be sure to state date of death. St. Charles Borromeo, Milan, Rich, Steve and Tom Pendleton. A statue of Obituaries of archdiocesan June 10. Husband of Phyllis Grandfather of three. Great- Blessed John Paul II priests serving our archdiocese Haverkos. Father of Sue Erhart, stands outside the are listed elsewhere in Trina Hetzer, Aimee grandfather of one. The Criterion. Order priests and Hollingsworth, Julie Strasemeier, PYTLESKI, John Joseph, 87, Cathedral of religious sisters and brothers are Dore, David, Peter and Thomas St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, San Salvador in included here, unless they are Haverkos. Brother of one. Grand - June 22. Husband of Catherine Jerez de la natives of the archdiocese or father of 28. Great-grandfather (Dawson) Pytleski. Father of Jean Frontera, Spain. The have other connec tions to it; of one. Marie McCoy. Brother of Lucille late pontiff was those are separate obituaries on Van Enyde. Grandfather of four. beatified on May 1. this page. KESTERMAN, Marie C., 93, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, June 24. ROSENBERG, Edna Mae BARANKO, Joy Joan, 84, Mother of Rita Addis, Theresa (Faull), 65, Holy Spirit, St. Charles Borromeo, Basey, Donna Cronin, RoseMary Indianapolis, June 11. Mother of Bloomington, June 17. Mother of Toll, Dale and Dennis Kesterman. Pamela Heath and David Plaskin. Cassandra Jablonski, Cynthia Sister of Margie Hubert, Rosanne Sister of Charlotte Rule. Grand - Koppen, Janet Siniscalchi and Sturgis, Betty Vandenbach, Carl, mother of three. Gregory Baranko. Sister of Anna Leo and Louie Wenning. Grand - RYAN, James H., 75, St. Teresa Mae Withsosky, Mary Zakutansky mother of 21. Great-grandmother Benedicta of the Cross, Bright, and Paul Baranko. Grandmother of of 26. seven. Great-grandmother of one. June 20. Father of Cindi, Jennifer, KNIGGA, Melvin L., 75, Peggy, Jim and Tim Ryan. BARRETT, Stillman, 74, Nativity St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Brother of Pat Biederman. of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Bright, June 6. Father of Cindy Grand father of 11. Indianapolis, June 22. Husband of Schulte, Brad, Brian, Chris, Matt STONE, Mary Ann, 77, Vonna (Dortch) Barrett. Father of and Tim Knigga. Brother of Mary Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, June 8. Roberta Barrett-Clark. Brother of Lou Care and Paul Knigga. Wife of Paul Stone. Mother of Mary Agresta, Judith Haynes, Grand father of 18. Great-grand - Karen Moore, Kathleen, Daniel, Robert Dortch and James father of four. Robinson. Grandfather of two. Kevin, Michael, Steven and Great-grandfather of one. LOEFFLER, Johanna (Benker), Timothy Nestor. Stepmother of 78, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Lynette Mattice and Lee Stone. Conventual Franciscan Father Gerald Herman CARSON, Margaret Joan, 89, June 28. Mother of Anita Grady, Sister of Fred Scribner. Grand - served at parishes in Clarksville and Terre Haute St. Augustine Home for the Aged, Fred and Dr. John Loeffler. Sister mother of 11. Great-grandmother Indianapolis, June 26. Sister of of Hildegard Wack and Johann of one. Conventual Franciscan Father Gerald Herman Clarksville and St. Benedict Parish in Terre Haute. Mary and Alfred Carson. Aunt of Benker. Grandmother of two. died on June 23 at the San Damiano Friary in Father Gerald also ministered as an associate several. TAYLOR, Richard M., 58, San Antonio, Texas. He was 80. pastor or pastor of parishes in Ohio, Kentucky McCARTY, David L., 80, SS. Francis and Clare, The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on and Georgia. CARSON, Robert L., 75, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, June 8. Greenwood, June 25. Husband of July 2 at the Mount St. Francis Friary Chapel in St. Paul, New Alsace, May 24. Husband of Mary (Lenahan) He also served as a hospital chaplain in Janice Taylor. Father of Shelly Mount St. Francis. Burial followed at the friar’s Husband of Phyllis (Miller) McCarty. Father of Kathryn, Chicago Heights, Ill. Duncan, Kathy, Billy, Johnathon cemetery at Mount St. Francis. Carson. Father of Julie Kern, Janna David, Dennis, Kevin, Michael In recent years, he lived at the seminary and Ricky Taylor. Grandfather of William Francis Herman was born on Stonebraker, Jim and John Carson. and Thomas McCarty. Brother of residence of San Damiano Friary in eight. Great-grandfather of two. Sept. 28, 1930, in Genoa, Ohio. Grandfather of 12. Great-grand - Mary Lee Griffin and Gerald San Antonio. He entered the novitiate of the father of five. McCarty. Grandfather of 13. WALSH, Phillip Edward, 73, Surviving are a sister, Rosemary Hayward of St. Jude, Indianapolis, June 25. Conventual Franciscan Friars at Angola, Ind., in Duarte, Calif.; a brother, James Herman of FINK, Antoinette, 88, St. Charles MEYER, Donald F., 78, Father of Marianne Agresta, 1948. He professed his first vows on July 10, Sylvania, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. Borromeo, Milan, June 1. Mother St. Mary, Rushville, June 23. Karen Roeder, Cathy Stoltz, 1949, and took the name Gerald. He made his Memorial gifts may be sent to the of Teresa Garrison, Bernadine Husband of Judith (Johnston) Jennifer, Jim, Joe and Mike solemn profession of vows on July 23, 1952, and Conventual Franciscan Friars, Province of Ickenroth and Charles Fink. Meyer. Father of Beth Barnes, Walsh. Brother of Joanne Gelfand, was ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 1957. Our Lady of Consolation, Development Office, Grand mother of five. Great-grand - Barb and David Meyer. Brother of Jim and Joe Walsh. Grandfather of In the archdiocese, he served as the associate 103 St. Francis Drive, Mount St. Francis, IN mother of nine. Lucille Hahn, Ed and Jim Meyer. 16. Great-grandfather of four. pastor or pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in 47176. † FORESTAL, Kyle, 26, Grandfather of 13. Great-grand - father of one. WOERDEMAN, Lester Carl, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Jr., 64, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Ursuline Sister Carmelita Grantz ministered as (Little Flower), Indianapolis, MULLIGAN, David, 63, June 24. Husband of Diane May 12. Son of Marianne Forestal. Holy Family, Richmond, June 19. (Grantham) Woerdeman. Father a teacher, social worker, counselor and volunteer Brother of Daniel Forestal. Cousin of several. of Tina Crosley and Jenifer Ursuline Sister Carmelita Grantz, a native of She taught at Catholic schools in Kentucky, GOOTEE, Burdean, 81, MULLINS, Shirley Leo, 93, Squire. Brother of Kathy Baker, New Albany, died on June 20 at Mercy Sacred Nebraska and South Carolina. Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, June 16. St. Mary, Rushville, May 31. Dorothy Lynch, Beth Russell and Heart Village in Louisville, Ky. She was 89. In addition to Catholic education, Husband of Sueann Gootee. Father Father of Audrea Eskew, Joyce Charles Woerdeman. Grandfather The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sister Carmelita ministered as a social worker, of Brian and Bruce Gootee. Lawson, Cary, Dennis, Mark, of five. † on June 23 at the motherhouse chapel in counselor and director of social services at the Louisville. Burial followed at St. Michael St. Joseph Home in Louisville. Cemetery in Louisville. She also volunteered at the Marian Home, She was born in New Albany and entered Ursuline motherhouse, Kentucky School for the A i r C o n d i t i o n e r & religious life with the Ursuline Sisters of Blind, Maloney Center, Suburban Hospital and H e a t l e Louisville in 1940. Hosparus hospice as well as for Dare to Care, all P u m p S a Sister Carmelita earned a bachelor’s in Louisville. degree in education at Ursuline College in Surviving are two sisters, Bertha Bottorff and 1 2 8 t h A n n i v Pepper Pike, Ohio; a master’s degree in Clara Quinkert; a cousin, Passionist Father e r s a r y S a l e education at Creighton University in Leon Grantz; and several nieces and nephews. Omaha, Neb.; and a master’s degree in Memorial gifts may be sent to the psychology at Catherine Spalding College, now Ursuline Sisters, Mission Advancement Office, Expires 6/18/11 Spalding University, in Louisville. 3105 Lexington Road, Louisville KY 40206. †

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS)—When St. Paul Seminary become aware of the need to care for the environment, we professor Chris Thompson recently went searching for the also need to bolster our awareness of the moral dimensions top agriculture programs at U.S. Catholic universities, what of agriculture, he said. he found—or, rather, what he didn’t find—shocked him. “We really need a generation of thoughtful men and CNS photo/Bob Roller There aren’t any. women, well-informed in Catholic social thought, entering He made the discovery after receiving an invitation to into conversations on food production, food security, present a paper on developments in American agriculture human dignity, rural life—all these things that have been on over the past 50 years at a conference in Rome in May. the margins of the typical Catholic university experience,” “There seems to be no presence of [agriculture] as a Thompson said. focused discipline or professional formation in [any of the “I think we have to draw from our Catholic heritage,” he 244] Catholic universities across the board,” he said in an added, “and in my mind [St. Thomas] Aquinas has supplied interview at the seminary, where he is academic dean. for centuries the philosophical architecture to help us “That’s how I became the expert,” he added with navigate those questions. I think he can still do that, but it’s a laugh. going to take some work on the part of educators to build In addition to serving on the board of the that bridge.” National Catholic Rural Life Conference, Thompson has In his paper, Thompson said Catholic universities need given lectures and participated in conferences on Catholic to introduce a “green Thomism” or a philosophy of creation social thought regarding the environment. He also is slated as divinely ordered and a vision of stewardship that guides to teach a seminary course on the topic in the fall. our participation in God’s creation. “There’s this odd lacuna, this odd blind spot, in Over the past half-century, Thompson discovered in his Catholic higher education in agriculture,” Thompson told research, Catholic universities have moved away from The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the Archdiocese of teaching philosophy grounded in nature as a starting point St. Paul and Minneapolis. “How can it be that the single for understanding what it means to be human. largest economic force in the country has no presence or “Over time, what was originally a discussion of the standing in the modern Catholic university?” human person distinct from [the plant and animal kingdoms And, he added, what impact does that have not only on of] lower creation, but in relation to lower creation became Catholics interested in farming as a career, but also on a discussion of the human person just as a distinct entity,” society at large? Thompson said. “There’s no longer a philosophical The May 16-18 Pontifical Council for discussion of what it means to be a human being in Peace and Justice conference marked the relationship to other creatures.” 50th anniversary of “Mater et Magistra” (“Mother and Agriculture, he added, is the one area of work where Teacher”), Blessed Pope John XXIII’s 1961 encyclical on people’s relationship to lower creation and their awareness Christianity and social progress, which addressed of its rhythms are most essential. agriculture among a number of other topics. This lack of reflection on nature and rural life in Francis Blake and his sister, Mary Klauke, place eggs in a “For the decades prior to ‘Mater et Magistra,’ the family Catholic universities has led in part to the modern container in 2009 at their family’s farm in Waukon, Iowa. farm was promoted by the Catholic Church as one of the disconnect between people and the land, he said. Chris Thompson, a professor at St. Paul Seminary in most ideal conditions in which a family might be raised and To illustrate his point, Thompson referred to a group of St. Paul, Minn., presented a paper in Rome showing that the a livelihood pursued,” Thompson wrote in his paper. university students that he led on a rural retreat to number of family farms in the U.S. has dropped by half—from The U.S. bishops saw farming as conducive to family southwest Minnesota. Afterward, he asked the students to 4 million to 2 million—over the last 50 years. Thompson says he life because it often involved multiple generations and reflect on the experience. One graduating senior told him would like to see all Catholic universities teach a course in relied on nature’s rhythms as designed by God, that before the retreat she hadn’t realized that farm animals agriculture to help Catholics understand their need to have a he explained. were raised in Minnesota. connection to the land and the environment. Over the past 50 years, however, the number of family “[Many people] have no idea where their food comes farms in the country has dropped by half—from 4 million from,” Thompson said. “I think that tends to sever our issues as well as agriculture-related courses at to 2 million. relationship to place. It severs our relationship to the land.” Catholic universities. “The family farm has been decimated, and its status has To get people thinking again about agriculture as a moral “I think many people would say: ‘… How can been reduced to a nostalgic memory of an era largely endeavor, Thompson said he would like to see the creation there possibly be Catholic principles in agriculture? Are you believed to have evaporated,” Thompson wrote. of a pontifical institute or centers of Catholic learning telling me that there’s something like Catholic farming … ?’ While more and more people in recent years have committed to the study of agriculture and environmental And I’m going to say, ‘Yes, I think there is.’ ” †

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60 years as a priest, calling it a Har CNS photo/Paul demanding and “awe-inspiring” ministry Har CNS photo/Paul that has brought him closer to God. The pope’s unusually personal recollection came on June 29, the anniversary of his priestly ordination in Bavaria in 1951 and the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome. During the three-hour-long Mass, he gave 41 archbishops the woolen pallium as a sign of their communion with the pope and their pastoral responsibility as shepherds. Among them were four prelates from the United States, including Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles and Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle, who is a 1974 graduate Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle is of Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of seen after receiving a pallium from Theology in St. Meinrad. Pope Benedict XVI during a Mass in The liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on began with a fanfare of trumpets. The June 29. The woolen pallium is a sign of pope smiled as he processed toward an the archbishop’s communion with the Pope Benedict XVI listens as Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, speaks during Mass on altar ringed with flowers, pausing to greet pope and his pastoral responsibility as the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on June 29. During the liturgy, the pope gave a delegation sent by Ecumenical Patriarch shepherd. palliums to 41 archbishops from 25 countries. The Mass also marked the pope’s 60th anniversary as a priest. Bartholomew of Constantinople. The pope devoted most of his homily for unity and in unity, and that it is only in When the pope laid the pallium on his to his 60 years of priestly ministry, and the unity represented by Peter that we shoulders, he told the pope of his desire twice he excused himself for perhaps truly lead people to Christ,” he said. for unity. i c Press Photo speaking too long about his recollections. The pallium is presented every year to “The pope responded, ‘San Antonio, He said he felt he had to look back on new archbishops or those who have been Texas, yes!’ Few words, but very “the things that have left their mark. assigned to a new archdiocese. Four new meaningful,” he said. “ ‘I no longer call you servants, but archbishops—including Archbishop Guire Archbishop Gomez, in Rome with friends.’ Sixty years from the day of my Poulard of Port-au-Prince, Haiti—were about 400 pilgrims, said that he has been

priestly ordination, I hear once again deep unable to attend the ceremony and sharing the excitement of the events with Cathol CNS photo/Alessandro Serrano, within me these words of Jesus that were received their palliums at home. people back home on a Facebook page. addressed to us new priests at the end of In addition to Archbishops Gomez and “I think a lot of people have been the ordination ceremony by the archbishop, Sartain, those receiving the pallium following it, and it’s been a wonderful Cardinal Faulhaber, in his slightly frail yet included Archbishops Paul S. Coakley of experience for me, using the modern firm voice,” the pope said. Oklahoma City, Gustavo Garcia-Siller of means of communication to be in touch “I knew, at that moment, the Lord San Antonio and Gerald Lacroix of with the people of the Archdiocese of himself was speaking to me in a very Quebec. Los Angeles,” he said. personal way,” he said. Afterward, at a reception for Among the U.S. pilgrims who The pope said he felt called into the well-wishers, the U.S. archbishops spoke traveled to Rome were Edward and circle of those God knows in a special about the deeper meaning of the Mass. Virginia Espinoza. They came for way, to a friendship that implies Archbishop Sartain, who came to Archbishop Garcia-Siller, whom they met responsibilities. Rome with nearly 500 pilgrims, said the when he was a priest in Oxnard, Calif. “He trusts me to proclaim his word, to pallium liturgy was “a wonderful They described him as a people person explain it aright and to bring it to the expression of our unity together—first of and a great speaker whose homilies are people of today,” he said. all with the Holy Father, and through the “second to none.” Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in Pope Benedict said friendship in this Holy Father with the apostolic mission of “He treats everyone as the most St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on June 29, sense is about conforming one’s will to preaching the Gospel everywhere in important person in the world,” the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul and the God and being prepared to step outside the world.” Virginia Espinoza said before the start of 60th anniversary of his ordination to the oneself and toward others—moving Archbishop Coakley, noting that the the Mass in St. Peter’s. priesthood. During the liturgy, the pope “beyond the inertia of self-centeredness.” pallium is made of wool, said it Speaking at his noon blessing after the presented the pallium to 41 archbishops. This calling of the priest to friendship symbolized a pastoral challenge. Mass, Pope Benedict thanked Catholics with God is “so awe-inspiring that “It’s a sign of the Good Shepherd, around the world for the prayers they those who took part in the pallium one can feel daunted as the decades go by being charged with carrying and caring for offered on the occasion of his ceremony, and reminded them that the amid so many experiences of one’s own the sheep, as Christ the Good Shepherd 60th anniversary as a priest. At the woolen band is “a sign of communion in frailty and his inexhaustible goodness,” would carry the lost and forsaken sheep to Vatican’s request, Church communities faith and love and in the governance of he said. lead them back to the fold,” he said. “The around the world joined in 60 hours of God’s people.” The pope placed the pallium, a stole Lord entrusted care of the flock to Peter— eucharistic adoration to mark the He told the archbishops he was made from lamb’s wool, around the and Peter, today in this ceremony, in a anniversary. praying for them, and that nothing should shoulders of the archbishops as they knelt very visible and symbolic way, entrusts to The pope also thanked pilgrims, friends come before their love for Christ, which before him. In his sermon, the pope said each of us some share of that burden.” and family members of the new is fundamental for their pastoral service. the pallium signified the “yoke of Archbishop Garcia-Siller said the archbishops in a special audience with The pope then greeted each new friendship with Christ,” the pastoral pope’s words rightly underlined the joyful them in the Paul VI hall on June 30. archbishop as well as the two or duty to be a shepherd and communion task of building unity in the Church. 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