September 27, 2019 In This Issue ESSEESSENGERNGER M Serving the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky since 1926

2 Obituary Father James Ryan

2 Monthly Holy Hour

2 You’re invited Seminary Ball

3 Office of Catechesis and Faith Formation Restructured to better assist parishes (above left) Foys meets the youngest daughter of Brian and Amy Cline, parishioners, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Burlington. The Clines were among the cou- ples celebrating 25 years of marriage. (above center) Robert and Rosemary Fischer, St. Joseph Parish, Cold Spring, celebrate 67 years of marriage. (above right) Following 3 Cemetery visitation days the renewal of vows, Gerald Schalk kisses his bride of 60 years, Ruth. The Schalks are parishioners of St. Mary Parish, Alexandria. (below from right) Tony and Charlotte Wenz (56 years), St. James Mission, Minerva; Troy and Amy Reed (1 year), St. Joseph Parish, Cold Spring; and John and Donna Kohne (56 year), St. Paul Parish, Florence.

3 EdChoice KY

3 Grand Jury declines to indict Glenmary priest

7 ‘The Marriage Journey’

10 YOUTH 2000

11 ‘Be Witnesses’ Passionist sisters

Moving? Wrong address? Couples celebrate promises made and kept Laura Keener marriage; 32 are celebrating 25 years of marriage and 34 couples are Call the circulation desk, Editor celebrating 50 years of marriage. Paul and Margie Klee, parish- (859) 392-1570 At the annual diocesan Wedding Anniversary Vespers, Sept. 22, ioners, Mother of God Parish, Covington, are celebrating 70 years Bishop Roger Foys honored 168 couples celebrating significant and Alvin and Mary Appel are celebrating 71 years of marriage. anniversaries this year. Seven couples are celebrating one year of Bishop’s Schedule ...... 3 (Continued on page 12) Commentary ...... 4 People and Events ...... 8 Saint Snippet ...... 9 From the beginning, CamillusP.Maes seemed Classifieds ...... 12 Entertainment ...... 14 destinedtobecome Covington’s shepherd Shopper’s Guide ...... 14 Stephen Enzweiler had been seven months since Covington’s Bishop Augustus Toebbe had News Briefs ...... 15 Messenger Contributor died, and people across northern Kentucky were eager to see their new (Part one in a two-part series on the legacy of Bishop Camillus P. prelate. Maes.) To many who knew him, it Missed an edition? Current and back On the cold, wintery afternoon of Friday, Jan. 23, 1885, a train car- issues of the Messenger are available must’ve seemed inevitable online at covdio.org/messenger. rying a Catholic priest from Detroit pulled into the railway station at that Camillus Maes might Cincinnati. It had been a long journey for Father , someday be elevated to the who only months earlier found out he had been appointed the Third episcopal office. But if it Bishop of Covington by Leo XIII. As he stepped off the train, six seemed so to others, as Maes priests who formed a clerical escort accompanied him to a waiting pro- himself would later confess, cession of carriages outside the station. A welcoming committee greet- “I had no idea I would be del- ed him there, and after a few pleasantries, he stepped into his carriage egated to wear the mitre.” and set off toward Covington, escorted by a mounted honor guard. Covington’s third bishop As he crossed the Ohio River into Kentucky for the first time, he was born in Courtrai, West could hear the sound of church bells ringing continuously throughout Flanders, on March the cities of Newport, Covington and surrounding communities. They 13, 1846 to Julia Ghyhoot and were announcing to the people that their new Shepherd was in their Jean Baptiste Maes, who midst. Residents who looked out their windows could see the proces- served in the Royal Belgian sion of carriages as it proceeded up Madison Avenue toward Eighth. It (Continued on page 6)

Archives of the Diocese of Covington Portrait of the Rt. Rev. Camillus Paul Maes, D.D. To honor Bishop Maes, Bishop Roger Foys has exhumed his remains from St. Mary Cemetery and will have him reinterred in a sarcopha- gus bearing his image in the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. 2 September 27, 2019 Messenger

‘FatherRyan was the consummate gentleman,exhibiting kindness gave it to us in spades.” thing a priest does is celebrate the Mass … I’ve been very and compassion toward allhemet’ In 1990 Father Ryan blessed to be able to do that at the places I’ve lived, but also, Laura Keener attended Catholic with the sisters…” Editor University of America, Washington, D.C., and earned a In 2017 he returned part-time to the diocesan Tribunal, Father James Ryan, a beloved priest of the Diocese of master’s degree in canon law. In 1992 he served full-time as being appointed Judicial Vicar pro-tempore. Covington for 44 years, died Sept. 7. He was 75 years old. judge at the diocesan Tribunal Office; and a few years later “When he came in he came in cheerful; he would stop at Father Ryan was the oldest of four children — Barbara, part-time, after becoming pastor in 1994 at St. Philip Parish, every door and greet everyone,” said Sister Margaret Robert and Kathleen — of James and Lois (Vaught) Ryan. Melbourne, taking up the pastorate from his late uncle, Stallmeyer, director, Tribunal Office. When he was six years old his parents Father Robert Ryan. Sister Margaret said that whenever she called Father died in a tragic accident. His father had Other pastorates included St. Joseph Ryan she always found a welcome ear and she enjoyed his touched a live wire while adjusting the TV Parish, Camp Springs (1998–1999), and St. thoughtful and wise counsel. antenna on the rooftop of their home. Henry Parish, Elsmere (1999–2015). “You knew he loved being a priest and doing what he did. Mrs. Ryan ran to his assistance and In 2002 Father Ryan was appointed to When you think of all the different volunteer things that he grabbed the ladder — neither survived. the Diocese of Covington College of did he never seemed overburdened. I feel very privileged The children went to live and attended Consultors. that I have had these two years working with him. He was a school at St. Joseph Orphanage, Cold He retired in 2015, taking up residence good priest … He’s the kind of person that you think when Spring, and their uncle, Father Robert at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Ft. I retire I want to do it like he did.” Ryan, who was still in seminary at the Mitchell, where Father Daniel Vogelpohl, Bishop Daniel Conlon, of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, a time, became their legal guardian. also a member of the ordination class of friend of Father Ryan’s, was the homilist at his funeral Following graduation from Covington 1975, is pastor. Mass, Sept. 17, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Latin School, Father Ryan attended col- “We were ordained together and have Covington. lege at St. Pius X Seminary, Erlanger. been close friends ever since. We taught “Father Ryan was a faithful priest, serving the Lord by After graduation Father Ryan went to high school together, we have traveled serving his people. He was also authentic,” Bishop Conlon Catholic University to continue his semi- extensively together, and, in his retire- said. “His priestly ministry came from the heart. He truly nary studies. After a semester there he ment, we have ministered together at enjoyed being with people. His beliefs coincided with those chose to take some time off and worked at Blessed Sacrament,” Father Vogelpohl of the Church. He respected the and pastors he the Enquirer for a year. He attended said. served under.” Xavier University, Cincinnati, and earned Father James Ryan Father Vogelpohl shared some of his Father Ryan is survived by his sisters Barbara Gregory a master’s degree in education. He taught fondest memories of Father Ryan in his and Kathleen Ealy (Lee) and sister-in-law, Mary Beth Latin and history for four years at St. Thomas High School, parish bulletin the Sunday after Father Ryan’s death. Feldhake Ryan. Ft. Thomas. He returned to the seminary at Mount St. Mary “Father Ryan was more intellectual than physical. On “Jim’s years of priestly service to the Diocese of Seminary, Cincinnati, and in 1971, received a maser’s degree his first bicycle trip to Europe with the Latin School in 1977, Covington were marked with dedication and blessed with in theology. it only took three days for him to shove his bicycle over a much success,” his sisters wrote. “What Jim wrote follow- Bishop Richard Ackerman ordained him a priest for the cliff and replace it with a moped,” Father Vogelpohl wrote. ing our Uncle Father Bob Ryan’s funeral applies equally to diocese May 17, 1975 at the Cathedral Basilica of the “Father Ryan thoroughly enjoyed classical music. him. ‘His fondest wish and most ardent prayer would be that Assumption, Covington. WGUC is the only station his car radio was ever tuned to. He the Church always be blessed with an abundance of dedicat- His first assignment following ordination was teaching subscribed to the Cincinnati Symphony for years … when ed priests and religious. To which we can only add Amen!’ at . He became headmaster of listening to classical music on the radio he would often hum Jim would say, whether it be to a religious, married or single Covington Latin School in 1983. In the spring of 1987, Bishop along with the score. He could identify nearly every musical life, your call is a gift. Thank you to him and to each of you William Hughes accepted his resignation from that position piece in the standard classical repertoire,” he said. who are called, chosen and faithful to your vocation. Don’t and he resumed teaching full-time at the school that fall. “Father Ryan loved the Church,” Father Vogelpohl we all hope, when our time comes, to hear the voice of God Mark Guilfoyle, partner, DBL Law and a former wrote. “He particularly loved the liturgy and ceremonies of say, ‘Alleluia, welcome home good and faithful servant!’” Covington Latin School student, said that Father Ryan was the Church. When he celebrated Mass he was always atten- Father Ryan is interred at St. Stephen Cemetery, Ft. a favorite among the students. tive to what he was doing and had a deep appreciation of Thomas. “He was an academic but he also had a great sense of what the ritual meant … He always tried to engender that “The death of Father James Ryan leaves a void in our humor and he was great teacher. What he did at Latin same appreciation for the liturgy in the hearts of all the par- presbyterate that will not soon be filled,” said Bishop Roger School was really special, he impacted and changed a lot of ticipants. He particularly loved major liturgies of the Foys. “Father Ryan was the consummate gentleman, lives and I count myself among those,” Mr. Guilfoyle said. Church. He thrived on ‘smells and bells’ and ‘pomp and cir- exhibiting kindness and compassion toward all he met. As headmaster, Father Ryan established the develop- cumstance.’” Whether as teacher, administrator or pastor, he took up ment office at Covington Latin School and the formation of In 2016 Father Ryan was appointed chaplain at St. each assignment with enthusiasm and grace. His sharp a long-range planning group and expanded the Religious Elizabeth Healthcare. mind and quick wit were obvious even in a casual conversa- Formation and Fine Arts requirements. Over the years he was also chaplain to the Notre Dame tion. He was a witness and example to all priests — young “He was everything you want to see in a priest,” Mr. Sisters, Covington, and the Benedictine Sisters of St. and old — of what a good priest should be. As we mourn his Guilfoyle said. “He was erudite but yet he could speak a Walburg Monastery, Villa Hills. In a 2015 article celebrating loss to us on earth we rejoice that he will be received now by common language that everyone could understand. He was his 40 years as a priest, Father Ryan said, “The happiest the Lord he loved and served so well.” a great homilist, very devoted to his vocation and a real model for people in how to live their lives.” What was most impressive about Father Ryan, Mr. Guilfoyle said, was his depth of knowl- edge on almost any Seminary Ball — You’re invited subject. “You could Bishop Roger Foys kindly requests the honor of your ask him about any presence at the annual Seminary Ball, Friday, Oct. 18, at subject and he the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington. would have a depth The gala event supports the future priests of knowledge that of the Diocese of Covington. would take your The evening begins with a reception at 6 p.m., dinner at Keener photos breath away … He 7 p.m. and music, provided by Praying for healing was just an extraor- “The Mix Band,” at 9 p.m. Bishop Roger Foys and the priests of the diocese gathered, Sept. 19, at the Cathedral dinary person who Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, for a Holy Hour praying for the victims and Tickets are $80 and may be requested online at heard the call, survivors and anyone who as been affected by clergy sexual abuse and for healing www.covdio.org or by calling the Diocesan Stewardship answered the call within the Church. This was the 12th Holy Hour held on the third Thursday of each and Mission Services Office and lived the call; month, 3 p.m., at the Cathedral. Bishop Foys began the Holy Hours in October 2018 (859) 392-1500. that’s the kind of with the stated intention of offering for one year a monthly Holy Hour for reparation example Catholics Complimentary parking is available at the and healing. As the monthly Holy Hours continued, Bishop Foys and the priests were need to have and he Kenton County Parking Garage. joined by women religious and lay faithful. Everyone is welcome to pray at the Holy Hours. The next Holy Hour is October 17. Messenger September 27, 2019 3

DiocesanOfficeofCatechesis and Faith Formation restructured Laura Keener uals for RCIA, youth and young adult ministry programs degree in English from Mt. St. Joseph University, Editor as well as hosting special events like the annual wedding Cincinnati, and in 2017 he received a master’s in theology With the naming of David Cooley co-director and office anniversary vespers. But when it came to facilitating class- from the Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. manager, Sept. 16, Bishop Roger Foys has announced a es, priests were responsible for most of the teaching. Now Mr. Torline came to the Curia in 2018 after working at restructure of the Office of Catechesis and Faith the three directors can join the priests in teaching cate- Dynamic Catholic, an organization that produces Catholic Formation. chist classes. resources for parishes, for almost two years. He has a bach- Mr. Cooley joins Isaak A. Isaak, co-director, and Brad “I wanted to provide the office with a number of quali- elor’s degree in liberal arts from Christendom College, Torline, associate director. Mr. Torline was formerly the fied staff people who themselves could teach in the certifi- Virginia. Young Adult Coordinator for the office. The goal of the cation classes as well as adult education and also to branch “I am grateful to Bishop Foys for his leadership and for restructure is to provide the office with the necessary qual- out in other areas, for example young adult ministry, youth giving the office the expertise that it needed,” said Mr. ified staff to assist in the teaching programs offered ministry and ministry to the aged,” Bishop Foys said. Isaak. “This office is important because it keeps bishop’s through the diocese and assist parishes in implementing “Now, with these certified catechists, we can offer more to vision for the catechetical formation of the diocese alive.” evangelization efforts. the people in the parishes, especially since most of our One of the challenges in Church ministry is developing “For years now I have had a concern that our Office of parishes do not have the resources to do these programs on dynamic programs that meet the needs of the various Catechesis and Faith Formation was short changed by not their own.” demographics of the Church while also maintaining unity. having sufficient staff to do the work they have taken on Mr. Isaak has led the Office of Catechesis and Faith People in Church ministry often refer to this as “breaking these last several years,” Bishop Foys said about the Formation for the last 13 years (2006 -2019). He has a bach- down silos.” The restructure of the Office of Catechesis restructure. “If there is anything we should be concerned elor’s degree in philosophy, a master’s degree in divinity and Faith Formation is by design an attempt to meet this about in terms of evangelization it should be about the cat- and master of arts degree in theology. He is now pursuing challenge. echesis and formation of our people.” a refresher degree in master of arts in theology at the Instead of one director being in charge of one ministry Bishop Foys acknowledged that the Office of Catechesis Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. and another director solely responsible for another min- and Faith Formation, under the direction of Mr. Isaak, has Mr. Cooley has been working for the Messenger, the istry, the three directors will work as one team, sharing done excellent work in terms of creating adult education Catholic newspaper for the Diocese of Covington, as asso- best practices and resources to address the needs of all the and catechist certification classes, developing parish man- ciate editor for almost seven years. He has a bachelor’s ministries that fall under the responsibility of the office — RCIA, parish and school religious education, adult faith formation, catechist certification, youth ministry, young EdChoiceKYask schoolstohostabring-your- (Continued on page 14) lawmaker-to-school day unfamiliar with the good work that our schools do and Messenger Staff Report the families that we serve. A visit helps them build rela- The EdChoice KY coalition is inviting schools to partic- tionships with school leaders, parents and students. It can Cemetery Visitation Days ipate in an initiative to educate lawmakers on the signifi- also debunk common stereotypes about non-public The Diocese of Covington’s parish and diocesan cant educational opportunities provided by Kentucky’s schools.” cemeteries annually hold prayer services at each non-public schools — host a bring-your-lawmaker-to- The goal of Scholarship Tax Credits is to allow every of the cemeteries. Below is the current list of school-day. The initiative is parent — not just parents with services for 2019. Watch this space for additional one of several launched in the financial resources to service dates, times and locations. August to educate the afford non-public schools — to Commonwealth on the bene- be able to choose the school Sept. 28 Oct. 13 fits of Scholarship Tax that will best meet the educa- Immaculate Conception St. Mary Cemetery, Credits. tional needs of their child. Cemetery, Alexandria, 12:15 p.m. Scholarship Tax Credit “Our schools are changing Stepstone, 11 a.m. St. Mary Cemetery, programs allow individuals or businesses to receive a tax the lives of students every single day from all walks of Sept. 29 Ft. Mitchell, 1 p.m. credit from state taxes when they contribute to qualified life,” Mr. Vandiver said, “A Scholarship Tax Credit pro- non-profit organizations that provide financial aid, or gram would give more families access to the unique learn- Sts. Peter & Paul St. John Cemetery, scholarships, to lower income families who wish to send ing environment that our schools offer.” Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell, 1:30 p.m. their children to non-public schools. The Catholic Schools can call (502) 564-8100 to have an operator con- California, 12 p.m. St. Stephen Cemetery, Conference of Kentucky (CCK), the public policy arm of nect them with their state representative or senator to Oct. 6 schedule a visit. Ft. Thomas, 2 p.m. Kentucky’s Catholic bishops, is a member of the coalition. Holy Guardian Angels With “bring your lawmaker to school day,” EdChoice EdChoice KY has also launched a new resource to learn Oct. 27 Cemetery, KY is encouraging school administrators, teachers and more about Scholarship Tax Credits. EdChoice KY will be Sanfordtown, 2 p.m. St. Patrick Cemetery, parents to invite their state representative and state sena- releasing videos throughout the fall explaining Verona, All Saints Parish, tor to their school for a tour. The goal is ensure that law- Scholarship Tax Credits and debunking common myths. St. Joseph Cemetery, Walton, 12:30 p.m. makers understand the good work that non-public schools The first video is available on the EdChoice KY website Camp Springs, 2:00 p.m. do in the community and the families that are served. http://www.edchoiceky.com/resources/. Schools can “Most decisions regarding education policy are decided share the link to the video with their community or embed by state legislators,” said Andrew Vandiver, associated the video on the school website. director, CCK. “One of the most significant ways to help For information visit www.edchoiceky.com or call build support for Scholarship Tax Credits is to invite legis- Andrew Vandiver, Catholic Conference of Kentucky, (502) Bishop’s lators to tour our schools. Too many of our leaders are 875-4345. Schedule

Sept. 27 – 29 Oct. 4 (continued) GrandJury declinestoindict Glenmary Knights of the Holy Sepulcher Annual permanent Deacons communicated to the president of Glenmary who will in gathering, Archdiocese of vespers and re-dedication, Father Dave Glockner turn share the result of the investigation with Glenmary’s Detroit Cathedral Basilica, 5 p.m. Staff report Review Board. The Review Board will advise Glenmary’s Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 Diary of Anne Frank, Thomas In a press release, Sept. 19, Glenmary Home Executive Council on whether or not they find the allega- Seminary visit and installation More University, Crestview Missionaries announced that a Grand Jury in Lewis tions to be credible. of rector, Pontifical College Hills, 7:30 p.m. County, Ky., has declined to indict Glenmary Father Dave Until this process is completed Father Glockner will con- Josephinum, Columbus Oct. 5 Glockner on allegations he touched two teens inappropri- tinue to live at Glenmary’s residence in Fairfield, Ohio, and Oct. 3 Annual St. Vincent de Paul ately in early August. The Grand Jury returned a “no true he will remain removed from public ministry. Individual meeting, 9 a.m. Mass, St. Henry Church, bill,” which means it found no credible evidence that a At the time of the allegations, Father Glockner was Episcopal Council meeting, Elsmere, 10 a.m. crime was committed. assigned parochial administrator at Holy Redeemer Parish, 9:30 a.m. Annual pet blessing, Cathedral Glenmary fully cooperated with the authorities during Vanceburg. There had never been any allegations of inap- Annual Pro-Life Mass, Basilica, noon the related investigation and informed the local law enforce- propriate behavior against Father Glockner previously. Cathedral Basilica of the Chili cook-off, St. Joseph ment authority of the allegations against Father Glockner Anyone with information concerning abuse by anyone Assumption, Covington, 7 p.m. Parish, Camp Springs, 6 p.m. shortly after receiving them. ministering in the Diocese of Covington is encouraged to With the investigation of civil authorities concluded, contact the appropriate civil authorities as well as Margaret Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Glenmary, based on its own policies and procedures, will Schack, diocesan Safe Environment director at (859) 392- Mustang athletic complex Mass followed by Baptism, commission an investigation by an independent investiga- 1500. Safe Environment and reporting information is avail- dedication, Bishop Brossart Cathedral Basilica, 10 a.m. tor. When completed the result of the investigation will be able on the diocesan website www.covdio.org. High School, Alexandria, 1 p.m. 4 September 27, 2019 Messenger COMMENTARY The ‘pierced side’ of Jesus: The heartofChrist “They will look upon him whom they have pierced.” mented: “Many of the Church fathers have seen in the Again, in “The Wellspring of Life from the Side of the (John 19:37) blood and water signs of the Eucharist and baptism, the Lord, Opened in Loving Sacrifice” (1978), Pope Benedict Pope Benedict XVI’s inaugural encyclical “Deus Caritas life sources of the Church, the new Eve coming forth from XVI adopted the image of the “Pierced Side of the Lord” as Est” (“God is Love,” 2005) sets forth a theology of the the side of the new Adam.” “Sacramentum Caritatis” a key to understanding “The Eucharist: Heart of the Church as a “Community of Love” through the lens of the (“Sacrament of Charity,” 2007) interprets the sacramental Church.” biblical vision of divine and ecclesial dimensions of this passage from the conclu- Thus, the Passion story in John “portrays the whole COMMENTARY redemptive love pro- sion of John’s Passion. Consonant with the spiritual sense meaning of Jesus’ life and suffering so that he can then claimed in the Gospel of the text and with contemporary biblical exegesis, the expound the origin of the Christian life, the origin and according to John. now Pope-Emeritus wrote: “The Fathers of the Church meaning of the sacraments.” There are, then, two specific (DCE, nn. 19-39) portraits that are unique to the Passion narrative in the In the fourth Gospel, fourth Gospel. The Johannine Passion story is framed by the panorama of “the ‘By contemplating the account of the washing of the disciples’ feet (John 13: 1- plan of the Father who, 20) at its beginning and the account of the “opening of moved by love (cf. John the pierced side of Christ, Jesus’ side” (John 19: 30-37) at its close. 3:16), sent his only begot- In the Passion narrative, John the Evangelist presents ten Son into the world to we can understand the starting-point Jesus as “the true Paschal Lamb.” With regard to the redeem man” unfolds “opening of the Jesus’ side,” the term designating “the side the final horizon of sal- of this Encyclical Letter: of Jesus” is identical to the word translated as Adam’s vation history and the “rib” in the story of the creation of Eve in the Book of new creation. (DCE, n. ‘God is love’ (I John 4:8) … Genesis (Gen 2: 21-22). 19) In this contemplation At this moment, Jesus is viewed as “the New Adam, Father Ronald Ketteler “The pierced heart of who goes down into the darkness of death’s sleep and Jesus” (John 19:37; Zech the Christian discovers the path opens within it the beginning of a new humanity.” The 12:10) — an image taken from the Johannine Passion narra- Holy Father further explains: “From his side, that side, tive — forms a leitmotif for the encyclical’s synthesis of along which his life and which has been opened up in loving sacrifice, comes a the theology of divine love in creation and in salvation his- spring of water that brings to fruition the whole of histo- tory. love must move.’ ry.” At the death of Jesus on the cross, the Gospel of John — Benedict XVI, “Deus Caritas Est,” n. 12 In continuity with ancient patristic thought, the Holy dramatically states that “Jesus ‘gave up his Spirit’ (John 19: Father distills a deeper layer of meaning in that passage: 30), anticipating the gift of the Holy Spirit that he would often meditated on the relationship between Eve’s coming “From the ultimate self-sacrifice of Jesus spring forth make after the Resurrection (John 20:22).” The redemptive forth from the side of Adam as he slept (cf. Gen 2: 21-23) and blood and water, Eucharist and baptism, as the source of a death of Jesus fulfilled “the promise of ‘rivers of living the coming forth of the new Eve, the Church, from the open new community.” water’ that would flow out of the hearts of believers, side of Christ sleeping in death: from Christ’s pierced side, Thus, the Holy Father concludes: “The Lord’s opened through the outpouring of the Spirit (cf. John 7: 38-39).” John recounts, there came forth blood and water (cf. John side is the source from which springs the Church and the In truth, the Spirit is “the interior power which harmo- 19:34), the symbol of the sacraments.” sacraments that build up the Church.” nizes their hearts with the heart of Christ and moves them Christians are called to enter into “[a] contemplative The Catechism of the also refers to the to love their brethren as Christ loved them, when he bent gaze ‘upon him whom they have pierced’ (John 19:37)” so image of the “pierced side” of Jesus in relationship to “the down to wash the feet of the disciples (cf. John 13: 1-13) and that the redemptive mystery can be lived out by meditating heart of the Incarnate Word.” Quoting from “Haurietis above all when he gave his life for us (cf. John 13:1; 15:13).” on “the causal connection between Christ’s sacrifice, the Aquas,” the 1956 encyclical of Pope Pius XII “On Devotion (DCE, n. 19) Eucharist and the Church.” (SC, n. 14) to the Sacred Heart,” the Catechism explains: “He [the Son Jesus Christ — “the incarnate love of God” — enfleshes In his homily on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of of God] has loved us all with a human heart. For this rea- “God himself who goes in search of the ‘stray sheep,’ a suf- Jesus (June 11, 2010), Pope Benedict XVI accentuated the son, the Sacred Heart of Jesus pierced for our sins and for fering and lost humanity.” The very being of Jesus is vision of the feast “into the heart of Jesus opened in death our salvation (Cf. John 19:34), ‘is quite rightly considered embodied in his death on the cross, “the culmination of by the spear of the Roman soldier.” the chief sign and symbol of that ... love which the divine that turning of God against himself in which he gives him- A communion antiphon for the feast is the verse taken Redeemer continually loves the eternal Father and all self in order to raise man up and save him.” (DCE, n. 12) from the crucifixion scene in John’s Gospel: “One of the human beings’ without exception.” (CCC, n. 478) From this perspective, believers are summoned to soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and In “Bright Darkness: Jesus — Lover of Mankind,” the encounter the radical nature of Jesus’ love to the end on water came out (John 19:34).” According to the text, the late Father George A. Maloney (d. 2005) meditated on the the cross: “By contemplating the pierced side of Christ (cf. pierced heart of Jesus “becomes a fountain: the water and theme of “Love to the End.” In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus John 19: 37), you can understand the starting point of this blood which stream forth recall the two fundamental sacra- declares — “There is a baptism I must still receive, and how encyclical letter: ‘God is love’ (I John 4:8).” Contemplation ments by which the Church lives: Baptism and the great is my distress until it is over.” (Luke 12: 49-50) That of the pierced side of Christ defines the origin of authentic Eucharist.” “baptism” was undergone in the “water and blood poured love and leads the Christian to discover “the path along In an article entitled “The Sacred Heart of Jesus in the out from his loving heart, the heart of a loving God imaged which his life and love must move.” Theology of Benedict XVI,” Cistercian Father Mark D. in Jesus.” The lancing of the heart of Jesus which shed the Thus, as a central biblical focus in “Deus Caritas Est,” Kirby unpacked the thought of Pope Benedict on the mean- last drops of water and blood marked the consummation of the theme of the “pierced side of Christ” grounds the ing of God’s word inscribed in the “pierced side of Jesus.” his mission. assurance that the Paschal Mystery of Christ’s death and Quoting from “The Spirit of the Liturgy,” an earlier theo- Father Maloney described that final word of Jesus from resurrection definitively discloses the reality that “God is logical work of the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Father the Cross — “It is accomplished” (John 19: 30) — as “[t]he love.” The Holy Father writes: “Faith which sees the love of Kirby explained: “The pierced heart of the crucified is God end of the Incarnation.” For, in that cry of victory God in God revealed in the pierced heart of Jesus on the cross, speaking a word to us, a word carved out in the flesh of man “has now finally spoken His definitive Word in Jesus gives rise to love. Love is the light — and in the end, the Jesus’ side by the soldier’s lance. It is the love of God laid Christ.” only light — that can illuminate a world grown dim and bare for all to see: ‘God stepping out of his hiddenness.’” That redemptive moment in John encapsulates a trans- give us the courage needed to keep living and working. Pope Benedict XVI discussed the devotion to the Sacred formative insight, namely, “the awful kenosis or self-empty- Love is possible, and we are able to practice it because we Heart in his “Behold The Pierced One” (1986) where he ing even to the last drop of blood and water has fullest are created in the image of God. To experience love and in crafted an approach to a spiritual Christology. In a sense, meaning only in being an exact image of the heart of God this way to cause the light of God to enter the world — this the “Heart of Jesus” stands at the center of Christianity. the Father in his infinite, tender, self-sacrificing love for is the invitation I would like to extend with the present “The Heart of Jesus” summons the hearts of men and each individual” encyclical.” (DCE, n. 39) women “to step forth out of the futile attempt of self- Father Ronald Ketteler is director of ecumenism, episco- Scripture scholars commonly make references to a preservation and, by joining in the task of love, by handing pal liaison to the Messenger and professor of theology at typology of the blood and water in John 19:35, one that has ourselves over to him and with him, to discover the fullness . been developed by the Church fathers in ancient Christian of love which alone is eternity and which alone sustains writings. For instance, Servite Father Neal Flanagan com- the world.”

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Telephone: (859) 392-1500 E-mail: [email protected] Editorial deadline: Friday noon, 7 days prior to date. www.covdio.org Subscriptions, address changes: Contact Circulation Dept. at above address. Messenger September 27, 2019 5 COMMENTARY Dogs are treated Ironiesinthe fire The eminent sociologist Peter Rossi was a world-class Then, in 1959, the newly-elected Pope John XXIII took better than this punster whose scholarly accomplishments fed a some- another bold, grand-strategic decision: he would gather The readings for the twenty sixth Sunday in times-whimsical view of the energies set loose by the Leonine Revolution and Ordinary Time — Cycle "C" are: Amos 6:1,4 7; 1 the human condition — in focus them through the prism of an ecumenical council. Timothy 6:11 16; and Luke 16:19 31. THE CATHOLIC which, Rossi memorably And as he made clear in his magisterial opening address Woe to the complacent! Lying on their custom made, pil- DIFFERENCE observed, “there are many to what we know as Vatican II, the council’s purpose low-topped king-size mattress or stretched comfortably ironies in the fire.” would be conversion: The Church would engage the mod- poolside on their chaise lounges, they eat prime filet That’s certainly true of ern world in order to offer it truths essential to satisfying mignon and milk fed veal! Listening to sophisticated jazz the interaction between the modern quest for freedom, solidarity and prosperity. being played by their new MP3 player and amplified by Catholicism and cultural, That Johannine intention got lost in the 20-year brawl their 100 watt bluetooth speakers, they drink fine wine from social and political moder- that followed Vatican II, as some Catholics interpreted crystal glasses while sitting nity over the last 250 years. the council as a call to embrace the modern world unre- in their hot tub; yet they The multiple ironies in that servedly, just as the late-modern world was slipping into EIGHTH DAY are not the least disturbed complex relationship, and incoherence: freedom misconstrued as license, and by the homeless facing a their surprising results, are human beings considered as nothing more than twitch- winter in the cold. explored in my new book, ing bundles of desires. Beginning with Paul VI’s 1975 That's how I believe “The Irony of Modern apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi [Proclaiming Amos (today's first reading) Catholic History: How the the Gospel], however, the Church’s teaching authority would speak if he were George Weigel Church Rediscovered Itself began to reclaim the evangelical, missionary imperative alive and well in our midst and Challenged the that had animated Leo XIII and John XXIII. That re-cen- today. We often lose the Modern World to Reform” (Basic Books), in which I turn tering on the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19-20 was impact of what the the conventional telling of this tale inside-out and upside- given depth and breadth by John Paul II and Benedict prophets have to say down. XVI, two men of Vatican II whose authoritative interpre- because the imagery they Why the inversion? Because I believe the way the story tation of the council summoned the Church to a spring- use is somewhat foreign to is typically told — modernity acts, Catholicism simply time of evangelism, sharing with the world the gift of us. The "beds of Ivory" of reacts — is wrong. Things were much more complicated friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ that every Father Daniel Vogelpohl which Amos spoke were and much more interesting than that. So were the out- Christian is given in baptism. fine pieces of furniture comes. So what were the ironies in this particular fire? The inlaid with fancy ivory designs. The "lambs from the flock" It is certainly true that, at the beginnings of what we first and most important is that, through the twists and and the "calves from the stall" represented the most tender think of as the “modern world,” thinkers like Voltaire turns of its encounter with modernity (which began with and juicy meats that could be found. declared Catholicism an “infamy” that must be both sides hurling condemnations and anathemas), the Amos further described these complacent people as ones “crushed” — a demolition project taken up with relish by Catholic Church rediscovered the basic truth about itself who "anoint themselves with the best of oils." The anoint- the French Revolution, the German Kulturkampf, the — that we are a community of disciples in mission, ing he speaks of would be more appropriately thought of by Italian Risorgimento, and other quintessential expres- whose purpose is to convert the world. The second, relat- us as a massage that could be gotten only at the finest sions of political modernity. That assault provoked a ed irony is that, in the course of that rediscovery, the health spa. sharp reaction, with Gregory XVI (1832-1846) and Catholic Church developed a social doctrine — a way of But note this. Amos does not condemn any of these prac- Pius IX (1846-1878) lambasting the modern project in its thinking about freedom, solidarity and prosperity — that tices. The thing that concerns him is not that the people do various expressions. could help save the post-modern, 21st-century world from all of these things, but that they do them without, at the But then came the pivot of my story: the election of self-destructing. same time, being made "ill by the collapse of Joseph." Pope Leo XIII, who at the beginning of his pontificate in And today’s crisis of Catholic self-confidence? Viewed "The collapse of Joseph" refers to the demise of two of 1878 took a bold, grand-strategic decision — the Church through this interpretive lens, the abuse-and-leadership the tribes of the Israelites. Thus Amos is criticizing the fact would engage the modern world with distinctively crisis comes into focus as a time of essential purification, that the people are sitting complacently in the lap of luxury Catholic intellectual tools in order to convert it. That so that the Church can be a persuasive evangelist and a while their own flesh and blood are perishing. decision set in motion what I call the “Leonine compelling advocate for the truths that make us truly The implication in the story told by Jesus is similar. It's Revolution”: the search for appropriate Catholic methods free. the familiar story of Lazarus and the rich man. The name to engage and convert the new world being built by sci- There are, indeed, many ironies in the fire. Grasping "Lazarus" in Hebrew means "God is my help," implying from ence and technology, post-monarchical politics, and skep- their providential character, as I try to do in “The Irony the very beginning of the story that this poor beggar would ticism about the Bible and Christian doctrine. of Modern Catholic History,” suggests grounds for hope not be able to depend on the rich man for any assistance. Had Leo made the right decision? If he had, how in this wintry Catholic season. Just as in the first reading where Amos does not criticize should it be implemented? Those questions were hotly George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public the fact that the people are rich, so also in today's Gospel contested in the Church for 80 years, not without a fair Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Jesus does not blame the rich man because he is wealthy. amount of ecclesiastical elbow-throwing. The thing that brings guilt upon the rich man is that he sim- ply remains unconcerned about the plight of Lazarus. The rich man and Lazarus lived side by side. The rich Stretch out your hands man would entertain his guests feeding them the finest deli- In John’s post-Resurrection account he writes that can be scary and depressing. We all know this, but hate to cacies. In Jesus' time utensils were not used for eating. The Jesus said to Peter, “When you were younger you used to admit it. people's fingers would become quite soiled in the course of dress yourself and go where you wanted, but when you This is the time when we who have faith begin to realize the meal by handling all the food. But they also did not have grow old you will stretch out your hands and someone else how much we need God, how important prayer is. We the convenience of disposable napkins. Instead, they would will dress you and lead you believe that our Father hears our prayers and knows what wipe their hands on scraps of bread, which would then be where you don’t want to we need. We believe that he, as does any parent, wants cast aside for the household pets to consume. Those pieces BELIEVE,TEACH, go.” what’s best for us. And so we stretch out our hands to him. of bread were the "scraps which fell from the rich man's PRACTICE This year, when I read Not in surrender but in supplication. table" which "Lazarus longed to eat." The dogs that "came this Gospel at Mass on the We need to remember what we also pray in the Lord’s and licked his sores" were the same ones which benefitted third Sunday of Easter, it Prayer: “Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.” This from the bread of the banqueters' hand wipings. spoke to me. is the same prayer Jesus prayed in the garden the night It's quite a disgusting scene — the rich man and his Since I’m getting older before he died. We ask for what we want, but submit our- guests paying more attention to the dogs than to Lazarus! it reminded me of how selves to God’s will — his plan for us. We sometimes don’t Jesus, like Amos, challenges us to come out of our compla- when we’re young adults receive the answer we are looking for but we take comfort cency. The rich man wished no malice toward Lazarus. His we are independent. We in knowing that the Father loves us and knows what’s best crime was that he simply didn't notice. make our own decisions, for us. It's rather frightening to realize that we could end up provide for ourselves, go As we grow older and rely more on prayer, let us pray with the same fate as the rich man simply because we too wherever we want and, also for the grace to accept the Father’s answer — just as might not notice the plight of the poor, the oppressed, those generally, need no help. Jesus did. unjustly deprived of their liberty. I know that in my heart I Some feel they don’t need It’s been said that the Father doesn’t promise us smooth want to be concerned about all these unfortunates; but I Deacon Michael Keller God either. sailing on our journey through life, but he does promise a also find that most of my time, energy and resources are But as we grow older we safe arrival. So let us pray that when our life here ends, the spent maintaining and improving my own lifestyle. And realize that our physical and mental abilities are declin- angels will hold our outstretched hands and lead us into there's where the danger lies. Do I become so involved in ing. We can’t do some of the things we used to do, aren’t as the heavenly kingdom. the affairs of my own life that I have no time to take notice quick mentally as we once were and need someone to help Deacon Michael Keller is assigned to St. John the of others? us once in a while. Eventually we become increasingly Evangelist Parish, Carrollton, and Transfiguration Father Daniel Vogelpohl is pastor of Blessed Sacrament dependent. We stretch out our hands for assistance. That Mission, Perry Park. Parish, Ft. Mitchell. 6 September 27, 2019 Messenger

In 1861, he had been studying at St. Amandus College in ration — Rev. . He also wrote a popular Courtrai when his father died suddenly, forcing him to quit series of children’s stories called “Father Paul’s Rambles,” CamillusP.Maes school and go to work. He was just 15. He took a position as a which became widely copied and distributed throughout the (Continued from page 1) clerk in a local civil engineer’s office and at the same time country. After becoming chancellor and secretary of the Regiment d’Élite. Both of his parents were advanced in years, began to study architecture with a local architect. It was there Diocese of Detroit in 1880, his appointment to the episcopacy and Camillus would be their only child. They were deeply reli- that he came to love Gothic architecture and design, and he was no surprise to anyone who knew his character and the gious and had him baptized in Courtrai’s St. Martin’s Church applied himself to learn as much as possible. His mother extent of his work. the day he was born, naming him after the recently canonized Julia died the following year, leaving him an orphan. He Sunday, Jan. 25, 1885 dawned cold and wet in Covington. A St. Camillus of Lellis. Afterward, they took him to the local resided with a maternal uncle and that autumn returned to misting rain fell throughout the night with morning temper- Carmelite convent and enrolled him in the Scapular of Our St. Amandus. atures hovering just above freezing. By early afternoon, the Lady of Mt. Carmel. His devotion to prayer, to the Virgin Camillus was about 16 when he first felt inclined toward the skies had begun to clear as throngs of people filled St. Mary’s Mary and to the scapular were legendary, likely inspired by a priesthood. At the Preparatory Seminary at Rouler, he had Cathedral on Eighth Street to standing room only capacity. At near-fatal incident that occurred when he was a child. been dazzled by the address of a visiting bishop from the South two o’clock, the music started and the long procession began Sea Islands describing missionary work as 10 mitered bishops and dozens of priests filed in solemn on the edge of civilization. Like many of procession up the aisle and filled the sanctuary, resplendent in his fellow seminarians that heard the dazzling vestments. Archbishop William H. Elder of same address, Camillus resolved then Cincinnati consecrated Bishop Maes with Cleveland Bishop and there to become a missionary. That Gilmore giving the homily. focus narrowed even more after reading “I came to my flock from the North a total stranger,” Maes about the famed Kentucky missionary, said in an interview shortly after his installation, “but soon Father Charles Nerinckx, also from found that I was in a circle of warm-hearted and loving Belgium. From then on, the young Maes friends.” He had become the chief pastor of about 38,000 focused exclusively on serving in the Catholics scattered across a vast area that generally consisted American missions. of the eastern half of Kentucky. He was a striking figure — He attended the Major Seminary of tall, finely built, of florid complexion and black curling hair. Bruges, where he expressed this desire He spoke seven languages fluently and possessed a perfect for mission work to his superior, Bishop command of English, enhanced only by a slight foreign Johan Joseph Faict. At the same time, accent. He loved young people and had a special affection for Bishop Peter Paul LeFevre of Detroit children, especially orphans. happened to be visiting Bruges looking When asked by a reporter how he liked his new role as for seminarians to take back with him Bishop of Covington, he laughingly replied, “I have to like it. to America. When Bishop Faict fell ill When I was summoned by the Holy Father to assume the and was unable to ordain that year’s great responsibilities of my office, I obediently did so and will Archives of the Diocese of Covington seminarians, LeFevre was compelled to strive to do my best for my people.” The interior of St. Mary’s Cathedral in 1888, just three years after Maes became assume the duty. According to a story He always called Covington “home” and referred to its res- Bishop of Covington. told by Maes himself, LeFevre visited idents as “my people.” But among his many efforts to serve “I was about eight or nine years old when the incident Faict at his sick bed and demanded pay- them, one task would soon command his attention above all occurred,” Maes later wrote. While waiting for the school bell, ment for his services. “What payment do you desire?” the sick the rest. When St. Mary’s Cathedral was built in 1853, it had he was enjoying a row on the river with several of his school prelate asked. “At least three seminarians,” came LeFevre’s been modestly constructed with only about a 450-person friends. The boat was close to the landing when the school bell reply. Argument followed argument, but finally, Bishop capacity. But population growth, increased use over the years, rang. Camillus stepped from the boat just as his companions, LeFevre was obliged to be content with but one seminarian and limited funds for maintenance had resulted in the struc- deciding to take another turn on the water, shoved off from who Faict let him choose. “Then I’ll take Maes!” was his ture falling into disrepair. The roof leaked, gutters were inad- the landing. Camillus fell into the river and was quickly swept answer. equate, and the façade brickwork was coming apart. downstream. Unable to swim and close to drowning, he was Camillus was then sent to the American College at But everything changed one summer’s afternoon a few pulled from the waters by some workmen, his head barely Louvain, and on December 19, 1868, the little boy who was res- years after his arrival. Seated in his office one day, he was vis- above water, but firmly grasping his scapular. Convinced that cued from the river clutching his scapular was ordained to the ited by a little girl who gave him a single silver dollar and told Our Lady had saved him that day, he resolved “to wear the priesthood in the cathedral at Mechlin, Belgium by Msgr. him to build a new cathedral with it. “From that hour on,” an scapular as the badge of my Blessed Mother until the day of Antonio, auxiliary Bishop of Mechlin. Five months later, he 1897 Kentucky Post article reported, “Bishop Maes deter- my death.” set sail for America and arrived as a missionary priest in mined to act upon the suggestion of the child, and from that As he grew, his prayer life deepened and his reverence for Detroit on May 9, 1869. day he has labored without rest to accomplish the task the the sacred grew. This reverence was on display one day when His years in the Diocese of Detroit were to be exceptional- child had given him to do.” a bishop’s mitre was inadvertently left in the sacristy after ly productive and would draw notice from all quarters. He (Next time: Bishop Camillus Maes builds a new cathedral Mass. The other altar boys playfully seized upon the opportu- pastored several parishes, founded others, and worked tire- “for the centuries.”) nity to pass it around and try it on. Although urged to “come lessly to build up his diocese. He constructed new schools and Stephen Enzweiler is a writer and author. He is the on!” Camillus refused to partake in their merriment and established the Catholic Young Men’s Union. He liked to relax Cathedral Historian at Covington’s Cathedral Basilica of the replied prophetically, “I shall never put that on in fun.” by writing for Catholic periodicals, and he became famous in Assumption. 1880 for a comprehensive biography of his missionary inspi- Messenger September 27, 2019 7

Marriage conference encourges couplestogrowinvocation David Cooley “If we don’t continue to educate ourselves and form example, in a world that truly needs that witness and Messenger Contributor ourselves we can become lackadaisical toward our call. It example. Your love is a reflection of Christ’s love for his The Office of Catechesis and Faith Formation and its is no different in marriage,” he said. Church and we need to see that so desperately,” said Family Life Ministry Advisory Board hosted, Sept. 21, a “You go through day after day with the joys and sor- Bishop Foys. marriage enrichment day entitled “The Marriage rows, the struggles and the disappointments, successes During the welcome and introduction to the day, Father Journey,” at the Sterling Center, St. Barbara Church, and failures, but there are some times where we need to Summe said that it was important throughout the day to Erlanger. The daylong event was open to all married cou- stop, take a breath and take a look at where we are, where remember, reflect and rejoice. ples and began with Mass celebrated by Bishop “Remember your journey. Remember Cooley photos Roger Foys in the church. Legionnaire Father who you are, and remember the good and Mathew Summe led the enrichment process, bad moments because every moment of which included four different witness talks pre- our lives is a touchpoint for the Lord,” sented by married couples in the local faith com- said Father Summe. munity, time for adoration of the Blessed “We have to take time to reflect on Sacrament and the sacrament of reconciliation. those memories. … You are a living sacra- “Marriage, unlike religious orders, doesn’t ment to one another. That sacrament is have an initiative or temporary vows. Marriage, just as present today as it was the day you as you know, is forever,” said Bishop Foys during were standing at the altar,” he said. his homily. “So, it is very important for couples to “We must reflect on what a sacrament be prepared because marriage is the most basic is — not only do you have Christ giving unit of society and of the Church; it is the domes- you grace, and not only are you a sacra- tic church. If marriage falls by the wayside, if ment for one another, but you are also a family life falls be the wayside, so does the Church sacrament to the world. When you stand and so does society.” up there at the altar and each day as you It was the feast of St. Matthew and Bishop walk together, you are an icon to this Foys said that the first Reading taken from the world that helps others to see the love of Letter of Paul to the Ephesians applies to married God. There is a mission implied in that couples today as much as it applied to the people sacramentality, it is not just for you,” he to which St. Paul was writing. St. Paul urged the said. Ephesians “to live in a manner worthy of the call “And today we rejoice. We rejoice in you have received.” the Lord always and we rejoice for the gift “How can you live in a manner worthy of the of each one of you; we rejoice for the gift call that you have received? ‘With all humility and of your marriage, the gift of the sacra- gentleness, with patience, bearing with one ment of God’s enduring love; and we another through love, striving to preserve the rejoice in your family.” unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.’ I Father Summe said that the great think that is a remarkable meditation on married (top left) Bishop Roger Foys celebrated Mass, Sept. 21, opening “The Marriage Journey” mystery of God’s love for his people is not life,” Bishop Foys said. “St. Paul compared mar- enrichment day and conference hosted by the Office of Catechesis and Faith Formation. something “out there”; it is not some- ried life to the love that Christ has for his Church. (top center) Legionnaire Father Matthew Summe led the conference. (top right) Deacon thing that can’t be understood on some The love that Christ has for his Church is uncon- Steven and Michelle Alley were one of the presenting couples. (above) The day included level. ditional. He went to the Cross for love of us; he time for couples to share information at their table. “It (God’s love) is right in front of us; it gave everything.” is lived out in the day to day, when you Bishop Foys said that the priests in the Diocese of we’ve been and where we want to go.” wake up and make coffee for your spouse or change your Covington are required to set aside four days throughout In his closing comments Bishop Foys thanked the mar- children’s diapers, that’s the stuff that love is made out of. the year for continued education and formation. The pur- ried couples for taking the time out on a Saturday to build That’s the real stuff and that’s what we rejoice in and cele- pose is to make sure that each one of them continues to up their marriage and for being a witness to others. brate today.” grow and stay focused on his vocation. “I am grateful to all of you for your witness, for your

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Newsworthy Happy birthday to Father Verne Hogan, retired, Oct. 8.

The evangelization prayer intention for October, as rec- ommended by Pope Francis, is that the breath of the Holy Spirit engender a new missionary “spring” in the Church.

The weekly TV Mass from the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption will be broadcast on Sunday, 5–6 p.m. on station Me TV WLWT, on channels: over the air 5-2; Spectrum 188 in Kentucky and Cincinnati Bell 23 or 291. Have something to list in “People and Events”? The dead- line for event notices is nine days prior to the desired publi- cation date. E-mail [email protected] no later than the Wednesday before the week you would like the information to appear.

Planning an event featuring a speaker or minister from ‘United in Christ’ outside your parish? In the Diocese of Covington, before It is one thing to have a theme for your school, but it another thing to actually experience it day in and day out. At St. Joseph School, contracting the services of a priest or deacon, man or Cold Spring, the theme is “United in Christ.” The students hear it in the classrooms and in church, see it on the school walls and in the woman religious, or lay person, a request for verification in artwork. They feel it every day when they come to school and each time they gather in their “theme teams.” The theme teams are good standing must be submitted to the Chancery office no composed of students from each grade level and are led by eighth-grade students who conduct the team meetings and activities. The later than four weeks before the desired date of service. teams spread the unity that exists in each classroom, on each grade level, across the entire school and assures that, yes, the entire Screening applications and instructions can be found at school body is “United in Christ.” (above) These eighth-grade students lead their team in the first theme team meeting of the school year. www.covdio.org/chancery/. Second-grade teacher, Jana Hagedorn, is the theme team’s teacher supervisor.

There will be a Holy Hour on the third Thursday of every CareNet 5k fun run and walk for life, Sept. 28, 9 a.m.– Baverman, drums. Call Carol, 291-5442 or e-mail ladiessoci- month, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, noon, includes lunch, activities and fun for all ages and abili- [email protected] Covington, 3–4 p.m., to pray for victims of sexual abuse by ties — family and pet friendly. Music by DJ Ben clergy and to pray for the Church. All priests of the diocese Brandenburg. Register at www.choselifenky.org or call 431- St. Thomas Travelers trips: Oct. 1 — Brown County, Ind., will be in attendance; the lay faithful are invited to join. The 9176, ext. 6. T.C. historic site, Pioneer Museum, Bear Wallow Distillery, Blessed Sacrament will be exposed, concluding with the Brown County Winery, lunch on your own, $42; and Dec. 6 — Chaplet of Divine Mercy and benediction. The sacrament of “Speaking of Wisdom: a look at some biblical wisdom,” Christmas show in Indy and lunch. Call Shirley Murray, 441- reconciliation will be available during the Holy Hour. The presented by Divine Providence Sister Fidelis Tracy, Sept. 28, 8567. next Holy Hour will be held Thursday, Oct. 17. 9–11:30 a.m., St. Anne Province Center Melbourne. RSVP at [email protected] or 250-8313. Free event, includes Bishop Roger Foys will preside at the Diocese of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Burlington, CSALT: Road to continental breakfast. Covington annual Pro-Life Mass, Oct. 3, 7 p.m., Cathedral Emmaus, meets every first Thursday of the month, 6 Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. The homilist will be p.m., in Meeting Room #1. The focus of these sessions is St. Joseph Parish, Cold Spring, golf outing, Sept. 28, Father Ryan Stenger. The rosary will be prayed at 6:15 p.m., to help one deepen their relationship with Christ. Come A.J. Jolly Golf Course, registration at 11 a.m., with start prior to Mass. Reception to follow at the Covington Latin as schedule allows; no obligation to attend every week. at 1 p.m. Cost is $100/player or $375/four-member team, School Forum. Information, [email protected].ß which includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner and drinks. Visit http://www.stjosephcoldspring.com or call/text 380-5199 St. Charles Community presents, Medicare 101, Oct. 3, Bishop Brossart High School art gallery presents “Quilts” or (513) 520-3638. 6:30 p.m., in the Lodge at St. Charles-Charleston Room, by Monica Walerius, class of ’78, on Sundays only, Sept. 22– Covington. Information, 331-3224. Visit www.stcharlescom- Oct. 13, noon –4 p.m. (Monday–Saturday by appointment. The Cathedral Ladies Auxiliary will host a dinner dance munity.org. Call 630-2874). Sept. 28, 6–11 p.m., at Covington Latin School, Covington. Cost is $25 and includes live band, dinner and dancing. First Friday Mass and healing service, sponsored by An eight-week session of New Beginnings, a support Cocktail attire requested. Music for the evening starts at 6:30 Mustard Seed Catholic Charismatic Community, Oct. 4, 7:30 group for divorced and separated persons, will be held Sept. p.m. and showcases a veritable cavalcade of musicians with p.m., Thomas More University, Mary Seat of Wisdom 26–Nov. 21. Meetings are Thursday evenings, 7–8:30 p.m., national experience: Lynn Scott, vocals; Bill Gemmer, trom- Chapel, Crestview Hills. Music with Sacred Heart Praise Thomas More University. To register, call 392-1500, ext. 1529. bone; Matt Anklan, trumpet; Rebecca Schaffer Wells, wood- Band begins at 7:15 p.m. winds/vocals; Jim Connerly, piano; Don Youth Rosary Day, Oct. 5, 10:45 a.m., Our Lady’s Farm, Erin, bass and Brian Falmouth. Bring the children and listen to them pray the

Delicious science The eighth-grade science class at St. Catherine of Siena School, Ft. Thomas, applied dimension- al analysis and scientific notation to a fudge recipe. They had to use their dimensional analysis Students study Civil War skills and conversion factors to write a fudge recipe that they could follow. Everyone agreed The eighth-grade students of St. Pius X, Edgewood, attended Civil War Day hosted by that the best part was cooking and eating the fudge. Blessed Sacrament School, Ft. Mitchell. Messenger September 27, 2019 9 PEOPLE AND EVENTS

Festival 2019 St. Agnes Parish, Ft. Wright, Oktoberfest, Sept. 27–29

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Blue & Gold Bash, St. Paul School, Florence, Oct. 5, 6:30–11 p.m. Social fundraiser for adults featuring silent auctions, games, raffle and refreshments. Music by DJ Music. On-line registration at www.charityauctionstoday.com/blue-and- gold-bash.

Thomas More University BB&T Observatory to host free and open to the public astronomical lectures and obser- vations — Oct. 5: “International Observe the Moon Night,” observing only: 7:30–10 p.m.; Nov. 2: “Mercury Races Across the Sun,” lecture at 7 p.m., Observing at 8 p.m.; Nov. 11: “Transit of Mercury Across the Sun,” observing only: 10 event unites our nation in prayer with everyone, at the same Medical Association. a.m.–1:15 p.m.; and Nov. 30: “Galaxies Galore,” lecture at 7 time, praying for the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe p.m., observing at 8 p.m. All lectures will be located in for the spiritual health of the United States. Bring a chair. Project Rachel – After an abortion experience, there’s Steigerwald Hall in the Saints Center with observations to For information visit www.rosarycoasttocoast.com. Project Rachel. Find the peace you are looking for; all calls follow at the observatory located on campus. Visit and e-mails are confidential. Call (859) 392-1547 or e-mail pro- https://university.thomasmore.edu/tmu-observatory/. Couple to Couple League, Natural Family Planning on- [email protected]. site classes for engaged and married couples: Oct. 15, 6:30 Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers — known around the world as p.m., Mother of God Church, Covington; Nov. 16, 5:30 p.m., Catholic Women Nurses’ Retreat, Oct. 25-27, Bethany the “Dynamic Deacon” — will be speaking at NKU, Oct. St. Elizabeth, Covington. On-site classes fulfill the require- Retreat House, Dickson, Tenn., for nurse practitioners, RNs, 10. Praise and worship with Lee Roessler begins at 6:30 p.m. ment for engaged couples being married in the diocese. Visit LPNs, clinical nurse specialists. Cost $225, includes dinner Admission — a donation at the door to benefit Catholic https://register.ccli.org/. Friday thru lunch Sunday. Call (615) 446-2063. To register, e- Newman Center, TMU Campus Ministry and diocesan young mail [email protected]. adults attending FOCUS’ Student Leadership Summit. Oktoberfish fall fish fry, St. Joseph Parish, Camp Springs, Oct. 18 and 25, 4–8 p.m. 19th National Catholic Singles Conference, Oct. 25–27, The Knights of Columbus are hosting a trivia night Diocese of Nashville, Catholic Pastoral Center. Dynamic fundraiser for St. Boniface & James Church and the Kehoe Kentucky Symphony Orchestra 28th season, Oct. 19–May speakers, music, prayer, food, fellowship. Enter promo code Council on Oct. 11, 8 pm. Event details are available on the 16: Classical-Jazz Soufflé, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m., Greaves Concert NASH19 for $20 discount. Visit NationalCatholicSingles.com council Facebook page. Register by e-mailing Hall, NKU; Blessing or Curse, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Notre Dame or call (512) 766-5798. [email protected] Academy, Park Hills; Symphonic Fission Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m., Greaves Concert Hall, NKU; Mozart’s Denouement, Feb. 23, Requiem Mass and entombment for Camillus Paul YOUTH 2000 will be at Covington Catholic High School, Oct. 3:00 p.m., St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati; and Maes, third bishop of Covington, Oct. 26, 10 a.m., Cathedral 11–13. This event is open to eighth-grade and high school stu- Singing in the Rain, May 16, 7:30 p.m., Greaves Concert Hall, Basilica, Covington. All are welcome. dents. Visit www.nkyouth.com or call 466-1283. NKU. Visit www.kyso.org or call 431-6216. The Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery morning Everyone is welcome to join the World Apostolate of Our Savior Parish annual homecoming, parish hall, reflection, “Meeting Teresa of Avila,” Oct. 26, 9 a.m., at St. Fatima, USA, Our Lady’s Blue Army, Oct. 12, at Our Lady’s Covington, Oct. 20, 9:30 a.m. Celebrate the lives and songs of Farm, Falmouth, for the 102nd anniversary of the miracle of our African American ancestors with Father John Judie the sun. Rosary, 11 a.m.; Mass, 11:30. Contact (859) 442-7053 or and the Brotherhood Singers. [email protected]. Bishop Roger Foys invites all healthcare professionals to Annual Life in the Spirit Seminar sponsored by Mustard the annual White Mass, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m., Cathedral Seed Catholic Charismatic Community, Oct 12 (initial ses- Basilica of the Assumption, Covington. Hosted by the Sts. sion), 8 a.m.–3 p.m., Curia Building, Covington (across from Teresa of Calcutta and Faustina Guild of the Catholic the Cathedral Basilica) and Oct 15 (concluding session), 7–9 p.m., Blessed Sacrament Parish Center, Ft. Mitchell. Information, call or text 391-5794 or register online at www.CharismaticNKY.com.

Comboni Missionaries, 10th annual Taste of Mission, Oct. 12, 5–9 p.m., Comboni Mission Center, Cincinnati. This fami- ly-friendly event includes authentic food from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Entertainment all night. Parking and admission are free. Information, www.combonimission- aries.org/event or (513) 474-4997.

Health Ministries Association (HMA), 30th annual Meeting and Conference, Oct. 11–14, at St. Elizabeth Training and Educational Center, Erlanger. Daily regis- HONK ‘Summer Community Service Project’ tration options available for attendees unable to partici- Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky (HONK) provided two pate in entire conference. Visit http://hmassoc.org/ days of volunteer labor, materials and supplies, Sept. 13 and 14, to a upcoming-conference/. Event will provide unique learn- local church through the non-profit organization’s Summer ing opportunities. Community Service Project, continuing a tradition started seven years ago. This year’s recipient of HONK’s community outreach was Deacon Terry Sauders, the president of the cause for the Ida Spence United Methodist Mission, located in the City Heights sainthood of Irving C. “Francis” Houle, will be speaking at neighborhood of Covington. Ida Spence Mission serves both the St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Ft. Thomas, Oct. 13, 7 p.m. physical and spiritual needs of local residents, enriching the lives of (doors open at 6). Free and open to the public. Call 441-3438. underserved children in the City Heights community by providing, Mr. Houle, a man from Michigan who lived with the stigma- nutrition, education and mentoring. The Mission also provides ta, died in 2009. Deacon Sauders attributes his healing to the rent-free space to a clinic that provides health care to the residents intercession of Mr. Houle. of City Heights. The Summer Community Service Project started in 2013 in response to a request from Our Savior Parish, Covington. The 2nd annual “Rosary Coast to Coast” event will be held Happy to be learning Since then HONK has provided volunteer labor to churches, Oct. 13, 4 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, St. Timothy, Union, preschool student having a little non-profit organizations and individuals through the annual event. Burlington, at the Grotto of Two Hearts. This international puzzle fun! More information on HONK is available at www.honkhomes.org. 10 September 27, 2019 Messenger

YOUTH 2000 prepares youthtolive and proclaim the Gospel Messemger archive photo Messenger Staff Report Catholic High School, has The 15th annual YOUTH 2000 will be held Oct. 11–13, at attended YOUTH 2000 four Covington Catholic High School, Park Hills. Modeled on times. He said, “YOUTH World Youth Days, YOUTH 2000 is a Eucharist-centered 2000 has the potential to retreat responding to the call of Pope John St. Paul II to ignite the fire that all peo- prepare young people to live and proclaim the Gospel. ple have in their heart — All young Catholics ages 13 to 30 are invited and encour- to love God and incorpo- aged to attend. Most participants are high-school age. All rate his love into their minors 13 to 17 must be chaperoned (in groups of up to 7 lives.” per chaperone). With this year’s YOUTH 2000 retreat Rachel Young, a stu- quickly approaching, YOUTH 2000 core team members dent at Notre Dame shared some advice for teens still hesitant about attending Academy, said, “ I come this year’s retreat. back to YOUTH 2000 Core Team member Matthew Allison, senior, Covington because every year I come

YOUTH 2000 Modeled on World Youth Days, YOUTH 2000 is a Eucharist-centered retreat responding to the call of Pope St. John Paul II to prepare young people to live and proclaim the Gospel. out a better person. It reminds me of who I am The 15th annual YOUTH 2000 will be held Oct. 11-13, and what I’m made for.” at Covington Catholic High School, Park Hills. Ms. Young has attended three YOUTH 2000s. Visit nkyouth.com for information and forms. An important aspect of the Catholic faith is com- nity to be surrounded by other young people of the faith,” munity. Many Core Team said Matthew Callahan, student, Bishop Brossart High members expressed their School. “The friends that I’ve made on this retreat always gratitude for the friend- find a way to convince me to come back.” ships they have made by The ultimate goal of the Eucharistic retreat is to bring attending the retreat. youth to the one “friend” that gave his life for their eternal “YOUTH 2000 can help salvation — Jesus. form and shape the founda- At YOUTH 2000, “They will have a set time to give to tion of your faith as well as God, giving young Catholics a chance to experience God’s building long-lasting true presence and see how he acts in their lives,” said Katie friendships,” said Lincoln Juke, student, Holy Cross District High School. Bent, student, Covington More information and registration forms are available Catholic High School. online at nkyouth.com. “It gives us the opportu- Messenger September 27, 2019 11

Be Trusting God’s plan Witnesses Karen Kuhlman She explained to her friends: 9I can8t do on your first Communion day, he will give Messenger Correspondent this. I8ve got to go on and go to the con- to you.: As we grow, we consider many paths, vent.: The little girl knew exactly what to ask discarding them as we learn to see our- She headed to the Erlanger Monastery for, and prayed, 9Jesus please make me a “Wake up the world! selves more clearly and understand where immediately. She received permission sister.: And, he did6 Eventually. Be witnesses of we best fit in this world. Passionist Sisters from the Mother Superior and entered the Along the way, second thoughts a different way Mary Angela and Marie Michelle, nuns of monastery right away. Fifty-seven years arrived. As a teenager, she began to realize of doing things, the Monastery of the Sacred Passion, later, she still wonders why it took her so that there were boys to consider. She Erlanger, put much thought into their recalls her father saying to her mother of acting,of living!” futures and discovered their perfect 9Well, if she ever had a vocation, I — Pope Francis vocations. Contemplatives, Passionist think she8s lost it6: And, she some- nuns live in the light of the self-sacri- times said to herself: 9Well, just ficing love of Jesus and keep alive the because I always wanted to become a memory of the passion of Jesus sister doesn8t mean I have to be one6: Christ. When she came back to her sens- Sister Marie Michelle grew up in es, she began to attend retreats at the Louisville, attending Catholic schools. monastery. One day, as she sat in the The eldest of six children, she had an chapel, her emphasis changed to idea from the time she was 5 about 9Jesus, what do you want me to be7 what her future might hold. An aunt I8m 23 and getting kind of old.: was the Mother Superior of the She knew instantly where she Erlanger congregation, and her family belonged and despite her young age, visited often. As a young girl on a soli- didn8t want to wait to enter the con- tary walk around the property, she vent. She spoke with her aunt, was struck with an awareness that Mother Teresa, who agreed to let her she was meant to be a Passionist nun visit during her three-month summer ; a certitude that this was the place vacation. where she would spend her life. That 9I was so homesick in those early memory stayed with her, but as she days, thinking God had brought me reached her teens, she began to con- here ; and then he left6: That soon sider other options. passed and she has loved living her Romantic notions about a career, vocation ever since. marriage and a family nudged that Today, Sister Marie Michelle says, 9I memory aside. She began to bargain thank God every day for letting me with God, offering substitutions if he lead this life, especially when I think would allow her to follow a different Passionist Sisters Mary Angela and Marie Michelle, of the fuss I put up in the beginning. nuns of the Monastery of the Sacred Passion, road. She promised many marvelous Erlanger. It is just a great sense of relief.: things: she would be the best nurse Sister Mary Angela responds: 9That imaginable; she would be the best wife long to say yes to God8s plan. is because you are where you are meant to and mother, all of her children would be Sister Marie Michelle8s cousin, Sister be, and that is such a blessing.: priests and nuns. She went to Mass every Mary Angela, has been a member of the Sister Mary Angela offers a bit of advice day and prayed afterwards to the Blessed order for 41 years. She had a lovely family to others discerning a life path of their Mother: Please, anything but a nun. life, with her mother and dad, two broth- own: 9Listen to what God is saying to you 9I was on a merry chase and even ers and one sister. They were a fun family, in your heart. Trust that God will lead us if became engaged,: Sister Marie Michelle enough for one another. Sister Mary we just listen to him. He knows what is said. 9I graduated from Nazareth School of Angela attended Catholic schools, and had best for us and what will make us happy. Nursing, and then worked as an RN. I was always wanted to become a sister. She was After all, he died for us just so that he on my way to attending graduate school attracted to the lives the sisters led and the could share all of this with us.: when I realized I couldn8t go through with habits they wore. She remembers hearing any of my plans.: someone say 9Whatever you ask of Jesus

October Birthdays 3 Sister Mary Judine Lambert, 10 Sister Mary Reinette 17 Sister Mary Paulla 30 Sister Ann Middendorf, OSB SND Kroeger, SND Hanneken, SND Sister Stella Marie Gough, 1 Sister Joan Marie Boberg, 7 Sister Mary Claire Sister Mary Lynette Shelton, 20 Sister Jean Menke, CDP (for- OSB CDP (formerly Sister Francis Engbersen, SND SND merly Sister Rita Anne) Xavier) 30 Sister Jaqueline Schack, CDP 8 Sister Marjorie Marie Thiel, Sister Debra Marie 25 Sister Mary Martha Garlich, 31 Sister Marylyn Ehrman, SND Sister Rita Brennan, CDP, SND Wischmeyer, SND CDP (formerly Sister David Sister Mary Judith 9 Sister Rose Ann Menke, CDP 15 Sister Janet Schneider, CDP 26 Sister Mary Faustina Marie) Niewahner, SND (formerly Sister Jean Marie) Zugelder, SJW

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their heart, mind and soul as the committed themselves to Paul compared the love of a man and wife to the love Christ Wedding anniversaries each other. has for the Church. (Continued from page 1) “Everything in this world seems to have a beginning and “We know that Christ gave his very life for the Church — “We are here today to celebrate your accomplishments —an end,” Bishop Foys said. “So it’s important, especially forfor us. Your love for each other is based on that love. You the fact that your married love has lasted as many as 71 young people, to see that there is something in this world know better than I that love has to be patient and kind and years, which in our day and age is remarkable,” said Bishopthat is forever. We know that God’s love for us is forever. forgiving. You know that that kind of love is an endless love. Foys in his homily. God’s love for us is unconditional. We can see that (kind of “I thank you for having lived that promise that you made “It’s important to remember what was, because what love) in the flesh in a married couple. When we see that to each other and to the Lord … Your love is holy and your was has a great effect on what is,” Bishop Foys said as he promise that is not broken, that dream that is not unfulfilledlove is sacred and we must respect that. Thank you for the encouraged the couples to think back to their wedding day,— that can have a profound effect on all of us.” goodness and the example that your provide — especially reconnecting with the emotions and dreams that were on Bishop Foys reminded the couples that in scripture, St. for the young — that true love, endless love is possible.”

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Residents fighttokeepAmazon alive,‘but big money speaks louder’ Barbara J. Fraser early 2000s is transforming the Amazon basin. nected from or indifferent to the cries of the poor and the Catholic News Service Infrastructure projects such as highways, dams, river earth,” it says, citing Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, Third in a series of background articles leading up to the ports and navigation systems that had languished in earli- “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon, Oct. 6 to 27, in Rome. er decades are back on the drawing board or under con- The impacts of large-scale projects often are greater SANTAREM, Brazil — For more than three decades, struction. than anticipated. Juscelina Silva Batista’s life has followed the rise and fall Proponents say the projects are needed to provide trans- When the Peruvian government decided to pave a dirt of the Amazon River. portation for people and products, as well as energy. Critics road from the foot of the Andes Mountains to the country’s During the rainy season, she canoes practically to the say the schemes often are riddled with corruption and Amazonian border with Brazil, creating a paved route door of her simple wooden house, skirting a raft that holds bypass the region’s poorest people. across South America from the Atlantic to the Pacific potted plants and a few chickens, and ducking under the Problems related to those projects were a key topic dur- Ocean, the route was mostly forest. long pods hanging from tamarind trees. Less than 10 years With floodwaters lapping practically at the threshold of after the project was her house, Batista, 54, snags ripe tamarind and other fruit completed in 2010, for- to sell at the market in Santarem, a city of more than est has been stripped 300,000 people about 20 minutes away, across a channel of away for farms and the river. cattle pasture. The Her husband, Cantidio Benicio Rego, 69, catches fish for same had already hap- them to eat. For the past 30 years, he has taken tourists on pened on the Brazilian boat rides along the river and around the lake near their side of the border, house, watching for birds and wildlife. where the road was The water recedes during the dry season, leaving a paved earlier. layer of rich sediment around the house, where Batista In Brazil, the east- plants cabbages, peppers, beans, corn and other vegeta- west Trans-Amazon bles. She harvests some for her family and sells the rest in CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey Highway splits the Santarem. A boy rests on the front of a boat in Santarem, a city alongside the Amazon River in Brazil’s region in two, and a “It’s peaceful here,” she said of the home where she northern Para state. new north-south high- raised four children, who have given her six grandchil- way will divide it fur- dren. “I can leave the house open. It can be difficult at ing Catholic Church consultations around the region in ther. Deforestation always follows road construction and times, but I’m used to it.” preparation for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, to be paving, and scientists who study the Amazon fear the rates But change is roiling the water around Santarem. The held at the Vatican in October. of forest clearing will increase in coming years. city already has a large port where riverboats call with During the second half of 2018, the Pan-Amazonian In some cases, construction projects have spurred cor- passengers, and freighters load soy and corn from the Church Network, which was officially launched by Pope ruption in the region. A huge scandal involving bribes and country’s agricultural heartland. Plans are underway for Francis in 2014, organized assemblies in which people dis- kickbacks from several Brazilian construction groups has another port facility in the part of the river where the fam- cussed issues they would like the bishops to consider at the snared top government officials in at least a dozen coun- ily lives. synod. tries in Latin America and Africa. In recent months, neighbors sold out and abandoned According to the synod working document published in Company executives are in prison in Brazil, while near- their land. Someone came to Batista’s door, offering to buy June, participants in those sessions mentioned the hydro- ly all of Peru’s former presidents are jailed or facing crim- her property, which they planned to flip to the company electric dams, highways and railroads, forests being razed inal corruption charges. Former Peruvian President Alan that will build the port facility. It was her last chance to for industrial-scale farming, mining and oil production as Garcia committed suicide in April as police arrived to sell, they told her. infrastructure projects and industries that affect their search his home and arrest him in connection with the She turned them away. communities. case. That was risky, though. Like many small-scale farmers “The threat to life comes from economic and political The paving of the Interoceanic Highway in Peru was and fishers throughout the Amazon, Batista does not have interests of dominant sectors of society, especially extrac- popular among local residents, who can now make the trip official title to her property, just a paper saying she lives tive industries, often in complicity, or with the permissive- from Puerto Maldonado, the Amazonian city that Pope there. City government officials have refused to issue a ness, of local or national governments and traditional Francis visited in January 2018, to the Andean city of title, she said. They tell her it’s too late — the road to the authorities (of the indigenous communities themselves),” Cusco in less than 10 hours. Before the road was paved, the place where the port facility is to be built is already being the document says. trip could take weeks during the rainy season. paved. “Those who pursue such interests appear to be discon- The economic boom that began in Latin America in the 14 September 27, 2019 Messenger ENTERTAINMENT

“Ad Astra” (Fox) Compelling sci-fi drama, set in the the servants turns to consternation when they discover plot makes the glossy costume drama strictly grown-up near future, in which an astronaut goes on a quest to com- that the royal family travels with its own staff, all of whom fare. A romantically viewed homosexual relationship, municate with his father, a pioneer space traveler who long turn out to be insufferably arrogant. Fellows keeps his scenes in an improvised gay bar, a couple of same-sex kiss- ago disappeared during a mission to search for extrater- ensemble waltzing in perfect time and the result will be es. CNS: A-III; MPAA: PG. restrial life from the catnip to fans of the franchise. A strong message about outer boundaries of marital and familial loyalty and the reconciliation of quar- Movie the solar system. As reling spouses is somewhat offset by the sympathetic treat- Capsule he endures a variety ment of a same-sex-attracted butler’s search for love. But of challenges, he beyond implicitly deploring the harassment to which OfficeofCatechesis broods on his emo- homosexuals were subjected at the time, the film has no tional isolation and particular axe to grind. Still, though secondary, this sub- and Faith Formation inability to maintain relationships while also pondering (Continued from page 3) the conflicting evidence suggesting that his dad, long por- adult ministry, family ministry and marriage preparation. trayed as a deceased hero, may not only be alive but may, in About the mission and ministry of the Office of fact, be a villain. By turns an epic and an intimate charac- Catechesis and Faith Formation, Mr. Cooley said, “I think ter study, director and co-writer James Gray’s moody film For full reviews of each of these films — go to it is fair to say that we live in a very difficult time to be features several brief scenes of prayer that will intrigue Catholic. However, when you look back through Church believers and that, along with the overall artistic merit of catholicnews.com and click on “Extras,” then history and you look at the difficult conditions all over the the enterprise, may convince the parents of older teens to choose “Movies.” world, it is very rare to find a time or place that was easy. let them join the audience. Some gory violence, a suicide, a Catholic News Service (CNS) classifications It is in these trying times that great leaders arise … couple of profanities, at least one use each of rough and During hard times we realize we can’t be complacent crude language, an obscene gesture. CNS: A-III; MPAA: are: about the status quo and that we must strive for higher PG-13. • A-I — general patronage; things. But where do those leaders come from? The role of the Office of Catechesis and Faith Formation is to equip • A-II — adults and adolescents; “Downton Abbey” (Focus) Interwar elegance makes a Catholics of all ages to read the signs of the times and rise comeback as screenwriter Julian Fellowes takes his popu- • A-III — adults; to the occasion to become a light in the darkness. For lar ITV and PBS television series to the big screen under • L — limited adult audience (films whose things to get better believers must once again acknowl- the direction of Michael Engler. A 1927 visit to the stately edge the importance of Catholic education and take own- home of the title by King George V and Queen Mary problematic content many adults ership of our calling to be missionary disciples … It is revives a long-simmering family dispute with a cousin would find troubling); time to know who we are and why we are here. It is time to who is one of the queen’s ladies-in-waiting and who • O — morally offensive. become the living stones that will build up Christ’s intends to displace the estate’s patriarch, her closest male Church on earth. I feel humbled and blessed to be a part of relative, as her heir, much to the chagrin of his iron-willed this mission in any small way that I can. I am looking for- mother. The clan’s former chauffer-turned-widowed-son- ward to continuing my own growth as a Christian and in-law’s Irish Republican sympathies are scrutinized by a finding new and exciting ways to evangelize the Catholic mysterious stranger while downstairs excitement among faith.” SHOPPER’S GUIDE

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National/World standing of what the Church is and how its structure reflects cover abortions did not collect the required 63,067 valid signa- its identity. Pope Francis said that focus means the dialogues tures for each petition by a Sept. 18 deadline. “Physician-assist- “have a canonical dimension, too, since ecclesiology finds ed suicide, which failed in a statewide vote in 2000, desensitizes expression in the institutions and the law of the churches. It is our young people and society at large to the inherent value of Despite human sinfulness, God’s clear, therefore, that canon law is not only an aid to ecumenical human life at a time when suicide rates are the highest that projects will endure, pope says dialogue, but also an essential dimension.” they have been since World War II,” Bishop Deeley said. “Suicide should never be presented as an option, but only rec- VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church will endure, despite ‘Grisly discovery’ of fetal remains at ognized for what it truly is, a tragedy,” he said in a statement the frailty and sins of its members, because it is God’s project, issued Sept. 18. “In addition, every Maine taxpayer will now be Pope Francis said. Continuing his series of audience talks doctor’s home sparks outrage forced to fund abortions, coercing people to act against their about the Acts of the Apostles and the early Christian commu- SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Sept. 13 disclosure that the pre- moral beliefs and ethical principles,” he said. “Understandably, nity Sept. 18, Pope Francis looked at the story of Gamaliel, a served remains of over 2,200 aborted babies had been found at outrage has grown since citizens have learned the true nature Pharisee who tried to teach members of the Sanhedrin a key the rural Illinois home of the recently deceased Indiana abor- of this law. Abortion is not health care, and this law deprives aspect of “discernment,” which is not to rush to judgment, but tionist Ulrich “George” Klopfer has sparked outrage and families and individuals of the simple right to respect the dig- rather to allow time for something to show itself as worthy or demands for immediate investigations by authorities. At an nity of human life,” Bishop Deeley said. not. As recounted in Acts 5, Gamaliel told the Sanhedrin not to Allen County Right to Life news conference Sept. 16 in front of execute the apostles for preaching Christ, “for if this endeavor Klopfer’s now-shuttered abortion facility in Fort Wayne, speakers Eritrean bishops protest government or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. But if asked for an immediate investigation by Indiana Attorney it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you General Curtis Hill Jr. That same day, Hill issued this statement: seizure of Catholic schools may even find yourselves fighting against God. Every human “The grisly discovery of these fetal remains at the Illinois home NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrean bishops protested the govern- project can initially drum up consensus, but then go down in of a deceased abortion doctor shocks the conscience. Further, we ment’s seizure of Catholic schools and asked that the Church be flames,” the pope said. But “everything that comes from on have reason to believe there is an Indiana connection to these enabled to continue its educational and health services. “If this high and bears God’s signature is destined to endure. Human remains. This past weekend, I conferred with Illinois Attorney is not hatred against the faith and against religion, what else projects always fail, they have a (limited) time, like we do,” he General Kwame Raoul, and he and I have agreed to work togeth- can it be?” Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam of Asmara, said. “Think of the great empires. Think of the dictatorships er as my office coordinates an investigation.” The following day, Bishop Thomas Osman of Barentu, Bishop Kidane Yebio of of the past century; they thought they were so powerful and St. Joseph County Right to Life and Lake County Right to Life Keren and Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity dominated the world, and then they all crumbled.” held a joint news conference in front of the Women’s Pavilion said in a letter to Eritrea’s minister of public education. “Our abortion facility in South Bend. The facility also was owned and voice of protest” is raised again at the government’s “arbitrary Pope, patriarch discuss canon law’s operated by Klopfer. His Lake County facility was in Gary. and unilateral measures,” the bishops said, noting that the clo- relationship to ecumenism Klopfer was 75 when he died Sept. 3. He had performed abortions sure of its schools follows the seizure of its clinics and other in Indiana since the 1970s but had his medical license revoked in medical facilities in June. “Considering that the actions that are VATICAN CITY — The search for Christian unity must 2016 after innumerable infractions over the years. being taken against our educational and health institutions are involve all aspects of the Churches’ lives, including their differ- contrary to the rights and to the legitimate freedom of the ent Church laws, Pope Francis said. “Canon law is essential for Maine voters won’t get chance to veto Church and heavily limit the exercise of the postulates of faith, ecumenical dialogue,” the pope told members of the Society for mission and social services, we ask that the recent resolutions the Law of the Eastern Churches, which is made up mostly of suicide, abortion laws at ballot box are reviewed and the consequent course of action promptly canon lawyers from the Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and PORTLAND, Maine — Bishop Robert P. Deeley of Portland stopped,” the bishops said. The Most Holy Redeemer Secondary Eastern Catholic churches. The society held its international said he was “saddened to learn” that physician-assisted suicide School of Asmara’s seminary was closed two years ago, with congress in Rome Sept. 16-20. Ecumenical Patriarch and taxpayer-funded abortions will not face a statewide vote three other secondary schools closed in September; one of the Bartholomew of Constantinople opened the meeting, and Pope “despite the great opposition” to both laws. Maine is one of 23 secondary schools includes a primary school. The bishops said Francis spoke to participants Sept. 19. The Catholic-Orthodox states that provides citizens with a process for veto referen- in June that all health facilities run by the Catholic Church in and Catholic-Oriental Orthodox theological dialogues, the pope dums on state laws. Opponents of the law allowing assisted sui- Eritrea — more than 20, with many on the property of monas- said, focus in great part on ecclesiology, the theological under- cide and another requiring Medicaid and private insurers to teries — had been seized by the government.

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