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Fromthebeginning,Camillusp 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) Bishop 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 Camillus Paul Maes, 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 Pope 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, Belgium 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 bishops 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 Covington Latin School. 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.
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