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DECEMBER 25, 2017 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD VOLUME 67:13 DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS A journal of Catholic life in

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The Editor’s Notebook A Joyful Passage By David Garick, Editor Christmas and New Year’s have a very different “Life is a long series of hellos and goodbyes, so and graphics manager Al- feel at the Garick house this year. The Christmas don’t be afraid to let go of the past; remember old exandra Keves. I get a lot tree is as festive as ever. The events with friends friends, but keep moving and be open to the new,” of credit for what you see and family remain joyous. The celebration of the the pope told them. “We have to learn to see life by in the Catholic Times. But birth of our Savior is still paramount. But this year seeing the horizons, not the walls that can make most of the words and the at Christmas, my wife and I take that momentous people afraid because they don’t know what is on beautiful layout that you en- step to end our working careers and enter retire- the other side. Look at the wall and think about the joy are from their efforts. I ment. We are flooded with memories of more than horizon that lies in the countryside,” he said. The could not have done this without them. half a century of building professional lives, of more a person journeys toward the horizon, the I also want to thank the people from our diocesan working to make a difference in the world. Those farther, longer, and wider that horizon becomes. offices, our priests, deacons, religious, -our par memories are overwhelmingly good. We have Remember to call and visit old friends, he said, “but ish and school leaders, and our many ministries. been blessed by God with talents, and I think we live and journey with the new ones.” They provide the information that goes into the have developed and used them well to serve Him So with this issue, I say goodbye as editor of the stories you read and enjoy. And, of course, I want and our neighbors. Catholic Times. Doug Bean will take over as editor to thank all of our readers. You are the reason that At the same time, we are excited about what of this newspaper with the next issue, and I know he this newspaper exists. Your feedback has been lies ahead. We understand that retirement is not will continue the things that you have grown to love very important to me. a door closing behind us, but rather a door open- in our Journal of Catholic Life in Ohio. So while I am retiring from my desk at the Cath- ing before us to new opportunities, allowing us to I have to take just a moment to thank the peo- olic Times, I am not retiring from living a vibrant explore new ways to live the vocation God has ple who have made my 10 years at this desk so Catholic life. I will be around the diocese, and I called us to without the pressures of earning a liv- memorable. Most of all, I thank Bishop Freder- look forward to seeing many of you in the years ing and meeting work schedules. ick Campbell for entrusting his newspaper to my ahead. And I leave you with the blessing that the Pope Francis recently met with a group of middle- care. I will always be grateful for the opportunity Lord instructed Moses to give to Aaron and the school children. The message he gave them is very and support that he, Deacon Tom Berg, and Msgr, Israelites: “The Lord bless you and keep you! The important, and it applies just as much to those of us Stephan Moloney, who comprise the Catholic Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious ending our professional careers as it does to these Times board of trustees, have given to me. to you! The Lord look upon you kindly and give young people whose careers lie before them. I give special thanks to my staff: writer Tim Puet you !”

New class of prospective deacons formed Ten men from the Diocese of Columbus have begun their journey to become permanent deacons. The formation process began formally on Sunday, Dec. 17 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral as Bishop Fred- erick F. Campbell presided over the Rite of Candidacy for the prospective deacons. They are shown with Bishop Campbell and some of the deacons who will guide them in their formation. Pictured are (from left): first row, Deacon Bill Demidovich, chairman, Diocesan Diaconal Council; Doug Yglesias, Sunbury St. John Neumann; Mark O’Loughlin, Columbus St. Cecilia; Eric Wright, Newark St. Francis DeSales; Jim Elchert, Marysville Our Lady of Lourdes; Jeff Hurdley, Lancaster St. Mark; and Deacon Dan Hann, consultant, Office of the Diaconate; second row, Deacon Thomas Berg, Jr., chancellor, Diocese of Colum- bus; Christopher Walsh, Columbus St. Margaret of Cortona; Victor Nduaguba, Columbus St. Andrew; Bishop Campbell; Dan Dowler, Columbus St. Andrew; (Jesse) Figueroa, West Jefferson Ss. Simon and Jude; Nicholas Klear, Ada Our Lady of Lourdes; and Deacon Frank Iannarino, director, Office of the Diaconate. They will now begin their three-year studies at the Pontifical College Josephinum and hope to be ordained in 2020. CT photo by Ken Snow

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My dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, Every year that we celebrate the wondrous Feast of Christmas, I am amazed by the seemingly inexhaustible riches of the feast, even after having celebrated it for several decades now. For those who have experienced the joy of the festival throughout the past year, its renewed celebration offers a deeper sense of the of joy to be shared widely and generously. For those who may have experienced disappointment and sadness during the past months, Christmas brings both consolation and a renewed hope, for the of the Emmanuel are unsurpassed in their measure. For all of us who commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, there is always something new and deeper to discover in the feast, if only the simple and supporting knowledge that in Jesus Christ, as Juliana of Norwich discovered, “all will be well; all manner of things will be well.” Consider well what Christmas means. In an obscure part of the Roman empire, some 2,000 years ago, God, the creator of all things, through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, took on human flesh and entered into our human existence. By His incarnation, Jesus transforms the reality of our humanity, for Christ became like one of us so that we might become like Him and live forever in the light, peace, and joy which is the great promise of Christmas. May the incarnate Lord Jesus enter fully into your hearts and minds during this holy season and bring you His lasting grace and love. A Holy and Merry Christmas, Most Rev. Frederick F. Campbell, DD, PhD Bishop of Columbus

Holy Day of Obligation Merry Christmas Nativity of the Lord from all of us at Catholic Times! December 25 Alexandra Dave Doug Tim Check individual parishes for schedule of The Times will be taking a week off for Christmas, so there will be no issue next week. Holy Day times We’ll be back with more on Jan. 7, 2018. 4 Catholic Times December 25, 2017 Christmas Mass schedule for diocesan churches Christmas Day, Dec. 25, is on a Monday this Columbus Holy Name – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Columbus St. Dominic – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m. (English), 7 p.m. (Span- year. Because of that, some parishes in the 4 p.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. 24, 8 and 11:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 6 p.m. ish), 9 p.m. (Spanish); Dec. 25, 10 a.m. (English), diocese will be changing their usual Mass Columbus Holy -St. John – Fourth Sun- Columbus St. Elizabeth – Fourth Sunday: Dec. noon (Spanish). schedule for the Fourth Sunday of , Dec. day: Dec. 24, 9:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 8 p.m.; 23, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas, Dec. 24, 4 Columbus St. Thomas the Apostle – Fourth 24, in addition to having a special schedule of Dec. 25, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 and 11:30 a.m. Christmas Masses for the evening of Dec. 24 Columbus Holy Spirit – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Columbus St. Francis of Assisi – Fourth Sunday: Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m. (bilingual), midnight; and for Dec. 25. 5:30 p.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5:30 and 9 p.m.; Dec. Dec. 24, 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m.; Dec. Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Christmas Day is always a holy day of 25, 10 a.m. 25, 10 a.m. Columbus St. Thomas More Newman Center obligation in the United States, The Solemnity Columbus Immaculate Conception – Fourth Columbus St. James the Less – Fourth Sunday: – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10 of Mary, the Mother of God on Jan. 1 also is Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 and 6:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m. (English), 6 p.m. (Spanish); Dec. a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, 7, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, usually a holy day, but for 2018, it is not in that Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, 7, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. 24, 9 a.m. (English), 11 a.m. (Spanish). Christmas: 10 a.m. category. The bishops of the United States, in Columbus St. Timothy – Fourth Sunday: Dec. accordance with canon law, have suspended Columbus Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m. (English), 7 p.m. (Spanish), mid- 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. the obligation to attend Mass on that day – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 and night (English); Dec, 25, 9 a.m. (English), 11 a.m. 24, 5, 7, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 8 and 10 a.m. when the feast is on a Saturday or a Monday. 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 and 7 p.m.; Dec. 25, (Spanish). 10 a.m. The following is a list of parish Mass schedules Columbus St. John the Baptist – Fourth Sun- Corning St. Bernard – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (including Columbus Our Lady of Peace – Fourth Sun- day: Dec. 24, 9:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m.; p.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m. Sunday Vigil Masses on Saturday, Dec. 23) and day: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30, 10, and 11:30 a.m. Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Coshocton – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Christmas Day, as provided to the Catholic Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, 6, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Columbus St. John Chrysostom Byzantine 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 10:30 a.m. Christmas: Times by parishes. Call the parish for liturgical Columbus Our Lady of Victory – Fourth Sun- Catholic – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 24, 5 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. details about specific asses.M day: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Christ- Christmas: Dec. 24, 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Crooksville Church of the Atonement – Ada Our Lady of Lourdes – Fourth Sunday of mas: Dec. 24, 4, 7, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral – Fourth Sun- Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. Advent Mass: Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas Masses: Columbus Parroquia Santa Cruz – Fourth Sun- day: Dec. 23, 5:15 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 10:30 a.m. 24, 7 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Dec. 24, 5 p.m.; Dec. 25, 11 a.m. day: Dec. 23, 6 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 11 a.m. Christ- Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 and 6 p.m., midnight; Dec. Danville St. Luke – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 10 Bremen St. Mary – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 8:30 mas: Dec. 24, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 11 a.m. (all in 25, 10:30 a.m., 5:15 p.m. a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 9 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Spanish), at Columbus Holy Name Church. Columbus St. Ladislas – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Delaware St. Mary – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Buckeye Lake Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Columbus Sacred Heart – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7 and 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 11 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, midnight; Dec. 25, 11 a.m. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., gym; 7 p.m., midnight; a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 6 p.m., midnight; Dec. 5:30 p.m. Columbus St. Margaret of Cortona – Fourth Dec. 25, 9 and 11 a.m. 25, 10 a.m. Columbus St. Agatha – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 and 10:30 Dennison Immaculate Conception – Fourth Canal Winchester St. John XXIII – Fourth Sun- 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, 6, a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 10 a.m. day: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 and 11 a.m. Christ- and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. mas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m., church; 5:15 p.m. lower level; Columbus St. Agnes – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Columbus St. Mary, Mother of God – Fourth Dover St. Joseph – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 10 p.m., church; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4:30 Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m. school gym; Dec. 24, 10 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. Cardington Sacred Hearts – Fourth Sunday: and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. a.m., gym. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m. and midnight, 24, 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (Spanish), 11:30 p.m.; Dec. Dec, 23, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. Columbus St. Aloysius – Fourth Sunday: Dec. gym; midnight (Latin), Columbus St. Leo Church; 25, 9 a.m. 24, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, noon. Christmas: Dec. 24, 7:30 Dec. 25, 7 a.m. (Latin), chapel; 10 a.m., gym. Dresden St. Ann – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 9 Chillicothe St. Mary – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Columbus St. Mary Magdalene – Fourth Sun- a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 9 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 6 and Columbus St. Andrew – Fourth Sunday: Dec. day: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dublin St. Brigid of Kildare – Fourth Sunday: 9 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. 23, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30, 9, and 10:30 a.m. Dec. 24, 4 and 7 p.m.; Dec. 25, 11 a.m. Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30, 9, and 10:45 a.m. Chillicothe St. Peter – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., parish Columbus St. Matthias – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, 6:30, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 11:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, hall; 6 and 10 p.m.; Dec, 25, 9 and 11 a.m. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 and 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 9 and 11 a.m. 5 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 10:30 a.m. Columbus St. Anthony – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 5 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m., 3 p.m. (Nige- Gahanna St. Matthew – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Circleville St. Joseph – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 and 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (Ghana- rian), 7:15 p.m. (Brazilian). 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 10 a.m., noon. Christmas: 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m., ian Mass). Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, 6:30, and 9 p.m.; Columbus St. Patrick – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Dec. 24, 4, 7, and 9 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. midnight; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Dec. 25, 10 a.m. 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7, 9, and 10:30 a.m., noon. Christ- Glenmont Ss. Peter and Paul – Fourth Sunday: Columbus Christ the King – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Columbus Ss. Augustine & – Fourth mas, Dec. 24, 4 and 6:30 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, Dec. 24, 8 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 6 p.m. 23, 4 p.m., 6 p.m. (Spanish); Dec. 24, 8 and 10 a.m., Sunday: Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10 a.m., noon 7 and 10 a.m., noon. Granville St. Edward – Fourth Sunday: Dec, 23, 12:30 p.m. (Spanish). Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., 6 (Vietnamese). Christmas: Dec. 24, 6 p.m.; Dec. 25, Columbus St. Peter – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:15 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 and p.m. (Spanish); Dec. 25, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. (Spanish). 11 a.m. (Vietnamese and English). 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (Spanish); Dec. 24, 8, 9:30, and 9 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Columbus Corpus Christi – Fourth Sunday: Columbus St. Catharine – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 11:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m., church; Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Dec. 23, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 4:30 p.m., McEwan Center; 7 p.m., midnight; Dec. Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 9:30 24, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 11 a.m. 25, 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. (Spanish). a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., Columbus Holy Cross – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, Columbus St. Cecilia – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Columbus St. Philip – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, gym; 7 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m.; Groveport St. Mary – Fourth Sunday, Dec. 23, 5 Columbus Holy Family – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 5 and 8 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 25, 9 a.m. p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 and 9 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 a.m. (Latin), 11 a.m. Christ- Columbus St. Christopher – Fourth Sunday: Columbus St. Stephen – Fourth Sunday: Dec. p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. mas: Dec. 24, 5 and 7 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 8:30 Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 23, 4 p.m. (English), 6:30 p.m. (Spanish); Dec. 24, a.m. (Latin), 11 a.m. 24, 4 and 8 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. 8 a.m. (Spanish), 10 a.m. (English), noon (Spanish). 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SCHEDULE, continued from Page 4 Heath St. Leonard – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, day: Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m. Portsmouth Holy Redeemer – Fourth Sunday: Wellston Ss. Peter and Paul – Fourth Sunday: 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 Millersburg St. Peter – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 6:30 p.m.; Dec. Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m. Christmas: Dec. 25, 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10:30 a.m. 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 10 p.m.; 25, 9 a.m. West Jefferson Ss. Simon and Jude – Fourth Hilliard St. Brendan – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Portsmouth St. Mary – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: 23, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:15, 8:45, and 10:30 a.m. Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul – Fourth 23, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, noon. Christmas: Dec. 24, Dec. 24, 5 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., school Sunday: Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8, 10, and 11:30 4 and 9 p.m. West Portsmouth Our Lady of Sorrows – multipurpose room; 6:30 p.m., church; 6:30 p.m., a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 and 6 p.m., midnight; Powell St. Joan of Arc – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. multipurpose room; 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 8:45 and Dec. 25, 10:30 a.m. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30, 9, and 10:45 a.m. Christ- 24, midnight. 10:30 a.m. New Albany Church of the Resurrection – mas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., social hall; Westerville St. Paul – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Jackson Holy Trinity – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 and 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m., church; 6:30 p.m., social hall; 10 p.m.; 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30, 9, and 10:30 a.m. Christmas: 6 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, 7, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Dec. 25, 9 and 11 a.m. Dec. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., Westerville North midnight; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. New Boston St. Monica – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Reynoldsburg St. Pius X – Fourth Sunday: Dec. High School; 6:30 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 9 and Johnstown Church of the Ascension – Fourth 24, 11:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. Christmas: 10:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m. Sunday: Dec. 23, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 a.m. Dec. 24, 4, 6:30, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. New Lexington St. Rose – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Wheelersburg St. Peter in Chains – Fourth Christmas: Dec. 24, 4:30 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, Somerset Holy Trinity – Fourth Sunday: Dec. Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 a.m. Christ- 23, 6 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. Christmas: 10 a.m. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, mas: Dec. 24, 10:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Dec. 24, 4 and 6 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Junction City St. Patrick – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 6:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Worthington St. Michael – Fourth Sunday: New Philadelphia Sacred Heart – Fourth 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 8 p.m. Somerset St. Joseph – Fourth Sunday, Dec. 24, Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., 12:30 Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:30 and 11 a.m. Kenton Immaculate Conception – Fourth 8 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m. p.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 and 6 p.m., midnight; Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 and 7 p.m., midnight; Dec. Dec. 25, 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday: Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: 25, 8:30 a.m. Sugar Grove St. Joseph – Fourth Sunday, Dec. Dec. 24, 8 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. 23, 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 8 Zaleski St. Sylvester – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, Newark Blessed Sacrament – Fourth Sunday: p.m.; Dec, 25, 9 a.m. 11 a.m. Christmas, Dec. 24, 7 p.m. Lancaster St. Bernadette – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 10:45 a.m. Christ- Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. mas: Dec. 24, 5 and 7:30 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, Sunbury St. John Neumann – Fourth Sunday: Zanesville St. Nicholas – Fourth Sunday, Dec. 24, 6 and 11:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Dec. 23, 4 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 23, 5:15 p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Christ- 24, 4, 6:30, and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. mas: Dec. 24, 6 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 8 and 10 a.m. Lancaster St. Mark – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Newark St. Francis de Sales – Fourth Sunday: 6:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9:15 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 10:45 a.m. Christmas: Dec. Washington Court House St. Colman of Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas – Fourth Sun- and 8 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 10:30 a.m. 24, 4 and 7 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Cloyne – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, day: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9:30 a.m. Christmas: Lancaster St. Mary – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 8:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 and 10 p.m.; Dec. Dec. 24, 5 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 9:30 a.m. Newcomerstown St. Francis de Sales – 25, 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8:45 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4, Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5:30 p.m. Christmas, Zoar Holy Trinity – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, Waverly St. Mary – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 6 6:30, and 9 p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Dec. 24, 7 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Christmas. Dec. 24, 9:30 p.m. p.m.; Dec. 25, 9 a.m. Logan St. John – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Otway Our Lady of Lourdes – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 24, 8 and 10 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m., Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 25, 11 a.m. midnight; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. ODU to open ‘Convergence’ exhibit on Jan. 26 Pickerington St. Elizabeth Seton – Fourth London St. Patrick – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 p.m.; Dec. 24, 8 and 9:30 a.m. Ohio Dominican University’s Wehrle tion for the exhibit during a talk at noon p.m.; Dec. 24, 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. Christmas: Dec. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., activity Gallery will host the opening of a new Wednesday, Feb. 21 in the gallery. 24, 5 and 10 p.m.; Dec. 25, 10:30 a.m. center; 6 and 11 p.m.; Dec. 25, 8 and 9:30 a.m. exhibit, Convergence: Two Views – Norman and Dawson explore the New Work by Char Norman and Anita Marion St. Mary – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, 5 Plain City St. Joseph – Fourth Sunday: Dec. 23, idea of convergence through paintings p.m.; Dec. 24, 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (Spanish). Christmas: Dawson, from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. and mixed media pieces. Their works 4:30 p.m., church; Dec. 24, 9 a.m., activity center. 26 in the Wehrle Gallery on ODU’s Dec. 24, 4 and 7 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 11 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 4 p.m., church; 4 p.m., activity center around the coming together of campus at 1215 Sunbury Road, Co- ideas, cultural influences, the political Marysville Our Lady of Lourdes – Fourth Sun- center; 7 p.m., activity center; midnight, church; lumbus. day: Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m.; Dec. 24, 9 a.m. Christmas: Dec. 25, 10 a.m., church. climate, their lengthy friendship, and Dec. 24, 4 and 6 p.m., midnight; Dec. 25, 10 a.m. The exhibition is scheduled to run work/travel partnerships. Pond Creek Holy Trinity – Fourth Sunday: Dec. from Jan. 26 to Saturday, March 31. Mattingly Settlement St. Mary – Fourth Sun- 23, 5 p.m. Christmas: Dec. 24, 5 p.m. The Wehrle Gallery is open from 10 In addition to appearing at the open- a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. ing, the artists will discuss their inspira- Admission is free. 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I am delighted to . I enjoy reading your one weekday!) Ahear of your return to columns in our dioc- the sacramental practice of Q It is a great relief to feel the Catholic faith and to the esan newspaper. Recently comfortable while praying you responded to a person support this offers you in at Mass and not have to fo- living the Christian life. who is concerned about cus on fighting feelings of missing Mass due to agora- panic. Note, too, the “multiplier effect” -- I can only believe phobia. (Editor’s note: Ag- Thank you for addressing that your own journey back oraphobia is defined as an this, and I am sure it will has served as an example extreme or irrational fear of help others as well. (City of for your daughter, and now crowded spaces or enclosed origin withheld.) Students at Lancaster St. Bernadette School went back in time to the era public places.) her two children will be of the pioneers of the West by building 12 covered wagons. They worked As a psychiatrist, I wish . The two letters raised as Catholics as well! in groups to calculate what they could take in a wagon that would pro- you would have added that Aabove are indicative In answer to your question, vide enough supplies for a family of four to make a five-month journey. agoraphobia is a very treat- of the responses that are yes -- you yourself may cer- They also put together a primitive ball-and-cup toy and used clothespins to able condition, using medi- received daily, comment- tainly be the sponsor (god- build a barrel that would hold water. They also had a book fair with a Wild cation or a specific kind of ing on this column. Often parent) for your grandchil- West theme. Funds from the event, along with a generous donation from therapy called cognitive enough, these comments dren’s baptisms. Dr. James Guenther and his wife, Joyce, were used to purchase new 32- contain additional informa- inch LED televisions and Blu-Ray DVD players for every classroom. Pictured behavioral therapy (CBT), A father or mother may with one of the covered wagons are (from left): first row, Xander Guinan, which can help a person tion that may be helpful to not serve as a godparent kindergarten; Max Beiter, first grade; Kyndra Nagle, fifth grade; and Wyatt manage anxiety in public some readers. for their own child (Canon Holstein, prekindergarten; second row, Angie Kerns, enrichment teacher; settings such as Mass. Here, the first letter serves 874 of the church’s Code of Kiara Harmon, first grade; and Tori Fitzgibbon, fourth grade. In addition to discussing as an important reminder Canon Law), but there is no Photo courtesy St. Bernadette School the situation with a priest, that God works in many such rule prohibiting grand- the person who wrote may ways -- often through the parents. ‘Saint lady’ visits Trinity seek treatment with a doc- efforts of skilled profes- The role of the sponsor is tor or a therapist with skills sionals. When medical help to “help the baptized person is available, one is wise and in CBT. to lead a Christian life in well-advised to seek it. (Since the writer is seek- keeping with baptism and ing to participate more fully The second letter may be to fulfill faithfully the obli- in worship and the sacra- of comfort simply by as- gations inherent in it,” and I ments, I have to believe that suring readers that they are am sure you would do this God will smile on the work never alone in dealing with well (Canon 872). particular challenges. he or she does with a medi- (The only downside I can cal professional to achieve see in a grandparent’s being that!) (Columbus) . Both my daughter Qand I left the church a godparent is this: If the . I was delighted to some years back, although parents were to pass on or Qread your column for different reasons. I - re to be incapacitated in some about agoraphobia. It is turned to regular practice way, a godparent is meant nice to know that you are about a year and a half ago, to serve as a “stand-in,” not alone, that others are and my daughter is thinking mentoring and assuring the dealing with similar is- of returning as well. continued Catholic life of sues. I have panic/anxiety She is a single mom, with the child -- so I suppose that problems and, when I told two children -- ages 6 and the younger the godparent/ a deacon that I was unable 12 -- and she would like grandparent is, the better!) to attend weekend Masses them to be baptized. (I have Questions may be sent because of the large number been trying to teach them to Father Kenneth Doyle of people present, he sug- about the Catholic faith.) at askfatherdoyle@gmail. Mary Ann Grove, the “saint lady,” visited Columbus Trinity Elemen- gested that I attend Mass in- Our problem is that we com and 30 Columbia tary School, showed some of the 133 saint statues in her collection stead on a weekday. (Actu- have no other family, and Circle Drive, Albany NY to the students, and told stories about the saints depicted. ally, I now go on more than our friends are not Catholic. 12203. Photo courtesy Trinity Elementary School December 25, 2017 Catholic Times 7 March for Life announces location, THE EVERYDAY CATHOLIC tentative speakers By: Rick Jeric By Rhina Guidos the March for Life organization will Catholic News Service host a conference and an expo, as well March for Life organizers announced as a session with instructions on how Thanks, Dave in a Dec. 6 briefing a tentative group of to track legislators’ votes and provide “tools to lobby.” Super Sunday is here. We have the fourth speakers, a theme and other details for a Because the National Park Service week of Advent for a few hours, and then it’s Jan. 18 conference and expo and Jan. 19 has a refurbishing project that makes it . This is every parish and liturgi- march and rally in Washington. too expensive to be on the grounds of cal planner’s dream. While it’s a bit rough on “Love Saves Lives” is the theme of the Washington Monument, the noon those who prepare everything for us in a very the 2018 march, said Jeanne Mancini, march, the main event on Jan. 19, will practical way, it is still the same wonderful sea- president of March for Life, adding that the group not only wants to focus on begin instead on the National Mall be- son of preparation coming to a close, with the super celebration for tween Madison Drive and Jefferson eight days of the birth of our Savior with the Octave of Christmas. the sacrifice involved with bringing life into the world, but also on interactions Drive, then will proceed down Consti- We have heard the great, mysterious prophecies throughout Ad- with one another. tution Avenue. The march will head to- vent. We have heard the heartening and inspiring messages of hope ward the U.S. Capitol and then proceed from John the Baptist: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” Have Mancini said one of the speakers who to the plaza outside the Supreme Court we prepared well? The work of a prophet is always challenging. will talk about that during the event is of the United States. Pam Tebow, mother of former football Throughout salvation history, prophets have been consistently re- Congressmen Dan Lipinksi, an Illinois player Tim Tebow. jected, or at best met with disdain and great suspicion. The work of Democrat, and Chris Smith, a Republi- a herald is a bit easier. Challenging, yes, but typically, their message “Her story for choosing life for Timmy can from New Jersey, have confirmed is interesting, welcome, and informational. is beautiful,” Mancini said. Tebow’s their attendance, Mancini said. doctors told her she had to have an abor- John the Baptist was both. He was God’s messenger and prophet “The March for Life is nonpartisan, tion to save her own life, but she refused to get everyone prepared for the coming of the Savior, Jesus Christ. or bipartisan, we’re also nonsectarian, Unfortunately, his message of repentance was not embraced by and delivered a healthy boy. we always try to get people from both many. He had a few disciples, but most people, especially those Another person who will share her sides of the political aisle to speak at the with power, developed a real hatred for him. Just as Advent comes story is Kelly Rosati, a March for Life March for Life,” she said, adding that and goes in four weeks, John’s days were numbered. He was also board member, who has adopted four it’s not always an easy task. a great herald. His voice cried out in the desert, foretold by Isaiah: children who were previously in foster The annual event marks the Supreme “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” care, Mancini said. Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade The message was interesting, welcomed at first, and certainly in- She said the organization also wants and its companion case, Doe v. Bolton, formational. But since it was not the heralded message the people to provide a focus for the work done by that legalized abortion. wanted to hear, the earplugs went in, soon to be followed also pregnancy centers and maternity homes She said the March for Life also has by blinders. I wonder what it would have been like to have heard that help women who find themselves in invited White House officials to speak, John’s words in person: “Behold the Lamb of God; I am not wor- an unplanned pregnancy. but gave no indication of whether they thy to loosen the thongs of His sandals.” For his disciples, it must “Those homes are totally about pro- would attend. Vice President Mike have been an odd combination of shock and hope, but a real head- viding resources for women facing un- Pence spoke at the event last year. scratcher. 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Tuscarawas students share giving spirit Students of Tuscarawas County’s two Catholic elementary schools are in the giving spirit. Dennison Immaculate Conception School (far right) and Dover Tuscarawas Central Catholic Elementary School (right) participated in food and toy drives to benefit the Share-a- Christmas program, a countywide effort providing food, clothing, and toys to families in need. The schools combined to collect 3,000 food items and 850 toys. “Those totals far exceed what we collected last year and surpassed the goals we had set for this year. We’re extremely thankful for the generosity of our families and friends for supporting the effort,” said principal Matt Ritzert. Photos courtesy Tuscarawas Schools

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Freedom in Christ Freedom is something we desireFaith in our lives. Free- (John 8:36). dom to worship and freedom to vote are two great Frequenting the Sacraments, reading Scripture, pray- HOLY AND HEALTHY freedoms that we are thankful for in our nation, along ing, and serving God and our neighbor by sharing our Lori Crock with many other personal freedoms. gifts and talents set us on the freedom trail. One of the reasons I began working as a fitness pro- St. John Paul II said, “Freedom consists not in doing fessional was because I discovered a method of exer- what we like, but in having the right to do what we cising that was based on freedom. We called it fitness ought.” operate with his grace. freedom, and it did not involve counting reps and sets. Along with freedom comes great responsibility as St. Augustine said, “Pray as though everything de- It used whatever the environment provided, indoors or Jesus asks us to remove unhealthy habits of sin from pended on God. Work as though everything depended outdoors, and it had joyful elements of play and explo- our lives. Sin weighs us down, slows us down, and on you.” ration. This freedom made it accessible to everyone. gets us down, and in those times, God can feel very It can take a lifetime to fully grasp living in the free- Freedom is also a key in our spiritual lives – freedom far away. But love urges us on to grow in the virtues dom that Christ offers us. But when we experience it, in Christ, that is – and it is joyful and accessible to of faith, hope, and charity and to never stop trying to there is a joy and peace that is not of this world, but everyone. do it God’s way. rather a foretaste of the next. Scripture tells us that we are most free when we al- God respects our freedom and doesn’t barge into I think it’s worth pursuing, don’t you? low Christ to live in us. Through him, with him, and in our lives. He waits patiently for us – his little chil- Lori Crock is a wife, mother, Plain City St. Joseph him, we discover our individual mission and become dren, his lost sheep, his prodigal sons – to take a step, Church parishioner, strength and movement fully alive in him. In choosing his way, rather than our to seek and to find, and to ask for forgiveness on the coach, and owner of MoveStrong Kettlebells in way, we become truly free. winding road to the freedom that only he can give. Dublin. Lori is online at movestrongkbs.com and “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” He is most generous when we ask him for it and co- holyandhealthycatholic.com.

Italian teacher at diocesan schools Roberta Bertolini (left), a teacher from Milan, Italy, is assisting with teaching the Italian language at Columbus St. Francis DeSales and Bishop Watterson high schools through the end of the current school year. She is pictured with DeSales Italian teacher Antonella Iacobone, At Watterson, she is working with teacher Kelly Matthews. Her placement is part of a program sponsored by the NOI (Nuovi Orizzonti Italiani) Foundation through the Italian consulate in Detroit, with funding from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome.

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BY TIM PUET Among the highlights of 2017 in The Dominican Province of St. Jo- the United States and Canada came Catholic Times Reporter the Diocese of Columbus was the seph decided to withdraw the friars to Columbus in April for the annual 2017 dedication in May of Catholic So- from Zanesville St. Thomas Aqui- convention of the National Asso- cial Services’ relocated and expand- nas Church because the province is ciation of Diaconate Directors. The ed Our Lady of Guadalupe Center, refocusing its ministries in larger event began at St. Joseph Cathedral The rectory at Columbus St. Patrick Church, which now has the status of a priory which serves the Hispanic commu- communities of friars. Father Jan and ended in the newly restored St. nity and other residents from its lo- Sullivan was appointed by Bishop Turibius Chapel of the Pontifical cation in an industrial park on Co- Frederick Campbell as the first dioc- College Josephinum, with other ses- David Garick announced his retire- lumbus’ west side. esan priest to be pastor at St. Thom- sions in the Sheraton Columbus Ho- ment after 10 years as editor of the The new center moved just a few as Aquinas. The friars continue to tel at . Catholic Times, effective at the end steps away from its former site in the provide pastoral care for Columbus Bishop Campbell’s keynote speech of the year. His successor is Doug- industrial park, but the shift allowed St. Patrick Church and Somerset St. for the convention focused on the las Bean, who has been a contribut- it to triple the space it has available. Joseph and Holy Trinity churches. role of a deacon. Its theme of “Bridg- ing sports columnist for the Times, Its new 3,500-square-foot location St. Patrick Church was given a new ing Ecumenism and Interfaith Rela- was a copy editor and reporter at The enabled it to expand its pantry and status within the . tions” was highlighted by a talk by Columbus Dispatch and other news- add office and meeting space for the It’s now known as a priory, rather Salesian Father John Crossin, who papers for many years, and most re- job mentoring, language classes, than a house. That means the Prov- was in charge of the U.S. bishops’ cently was in a communications and nutrition and health programs, and ince of St. Joseph will keep at least interfaith relations activities for the marketing position with the Raisin other activities it offers. six friars at St. Patrick’s. The par- past five years. Rack natural food market. The pantry was named for Catalina ish’s pastor, Father Stephen Alcott, The Vatican’s apostolic nuncio Dr. Joseph A. Santos, whose efforts in providing OP, said that shows the Dominicans to the United States, Brettnacher left years. His formal inauguration will Cristo Rey had 380 students in food in the mid-1990s from the back plan to continue their commitment Christophe Pierre, who also is the his position as take place in April. He succeeded grades nine through 12 for the 2016- of her minivan to her fellow immi- to the diocese, which they have Josephinum’s chancellor, visited the episcopal mod- Dr. Peter Cimbolic, who retired after 17 school year. School president Jim grants led to the founding of the cen- served since Dominican Father Ed- college earlier in April to rededicate erator of Catho- seven years as ODU president. Foley said its goal is to have total en- ter, where she continues to be active. ward Fenwick celebrated the state’s the chapel, which underwent a year- lic education The diocesan Schools Office - un rollment of about 500 students. A new parish center was opened first Mass in Somerset in 1808. long renovation. The most notable and diocesan veiled a new public image in an ef- The Mount Carmel Health System at Mattingly Settlement St. Mary The diocese added a new parish change resulting from the remodel- superintendent fort to unite all of its schools under and Acacia Healthcare announced Church on the site of what had been cluster, with the addition of Wheel- ing was restoration of a 1930s-era of schools in a consistent brand. The image is agreement on a joint venture to Above: Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther (left) and others open the new location of the an outhouse for most of the history ersburg St. Peter in Chains, New wall mural in the sanctuary. The August because of family consider- that of a dove, with the words “Our Our Lady of Guadalupe Center. Below: Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas Church, which Do- develop a $26 million behavioral of the 160-year-old church. Boston St. Monica, and Jackson ations. He accepted the position of Catholic Schools.” The office is -en minican friars served for nearly two centuries until a recent reorganization. CT file photos mural had been sealed over in 1989, health hospital at a location to be Many of the sacred items in the Holy Trinity churches to the clus- leaving the wall blank. principal of Scecina Memorial High couraging its use by all diocesan determined in Columbus. It will center’s chapel were donated by ter that had included Portsmouth St. The Catholic Foundation began ap- School in Indianapolis, where his elementary and secondary schools replace the 20-bed outpatient psy- the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Mary and Holy Redeemer churches. pointing “parish ambassadors,” who mother-in-law is recovering from a in conjunction with their own well- chiatric unit at Mount Carmel West Charity and came from the chapel Father Joseph Yocum is pastor and will be known as St. John Fisher Stew- stroke. Susan A. Streitenberger, as- established images. with a freestanding 80-bed inpatient of the former Good Samaritan Hos- Fathers Stephen Smith and Nicola ards in honor of the Foundation’s pa- sociate director of high school cur- As part of the rebranding, the office behavioral health hospital. pital in Zanesville, which was torn Ventura are parochial vicars of the tron. These volunteers have pledged riculum, instruction, and assessment has opened a new website, which In late June, the diocese introduced down because a larger hospital re- five parishes. themselves to increase awareness of in the diocesan Office of Catholic may be reached at education.co- its new website, www.columbuscath- placed it. Other items came from The cluster that had included Co- the Foundation’s work and to pro- Schools, was selected as his interim lumbuscatholic.org, and a Facebook olic.org. The site provides easy, one- Bishop Campbell presents Josef Banks the Church of the Nativity in Utica, lumbus St. Mary, Corpus Christi, mote the growth of parish endow- replacement. page, “Our Catholic Schools.” stop access to a wealth of information with the Catholic Man of the Year award which was razed in 2016 because of and St. Ladislas churches was di- ments which enable it to provide for Dr. Robert Columbus Cristo Rey High School and news about the Catholic Church structural issues. vided. Father Kevin Lutz remains the diocese’s long-term needs. Gervasi was ap- graduated its first class in June. The in Columbus and around the world. a Catholic perspective on the news that can be found in no other local The two-story building also in- pastor at St. Mary, and Father Vin- More than 40 Stewards attended a pointed Ohio 48 members of the graduating class The Catholic Times portion of the news publication in the diocese. cludes conference areas, and it is cent Nguyen is administrator of special Mass and luncheon at which Dominican Uni- were pioneers of a work-study pro- site enables readers to access indi- equipped with technology allowing Corpus Christi and St. Ladislas. The the program was announced. The versity’s 16th gram that provided a new dimension vidual stories and commentary from Josef L. Banks of Columbus St. it to feature live liturgies from else- St. Mary Church building remains Foundation’s president and chief ex- president, com- to central Ohio education, giving ec- the newspaper, as well as complete Dominic Church was selected as where and conference DVDs. A gar- closed as it continues to undergo ecutive officer, Loren Brown, hopes ing to Colum- onomically disadvantaged students current and past issues for the last Catholic Man of the Year by the den also was planted at the site, and renovation resulting from damage to appoint Stewards representing bus in June from a chance to combine preparation for 10 years. It also links to Catholic Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club. He parking was expanded. caused by a 2016 lightning strike. each of the more than 100 parishes Quincy (Illinois) college with the opportunity to gain News Service stories from the Vati- was chosen for his work as a volun- After nearly 200 years, the Domin- About 100 directors of diaconate in the diocese, plus its schools and University, a Franciscan institution experience in the business world one can, Washington, and around the na- ican Friars left Zanesville in July. programs from dioceses throughout other institutions. where he had been president for nine day a week. tion and the world, which provide See REVIEW, Page 12 12 Catholic Times December 25, 2017

REVIEW, continued from Page 11 teer in helping renovate his home par- ish and his continuing efforts there and at Columbus Holy Rosary-St. John Church, where he was on the building staff. The honor also recognized his strong faith in the wake of a traumatic brain injury suffered in 1997, when he was beaten while helping a family restore an apartment. He had to relearn basic skills and did so, with his refusal to be vengeful setting an example for young people for whom he was a mentor. Banks died unexpectedly on Aug. 30. The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women presented its inaugural Mother Teresa Awards to 24 diocesan women Left: Bishop Frederick Campbell ordains Father Daniel Olvera as a priest. Right: Recipients of who were honored for their efforts to the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s inaugural Mother Teresa Awards. CT file photos exemplify the work of Christ and live Father Chad VanHoose, a Portsmouth Columbus, died on Dec. 28, 2016. He was director of the Columbus St. in the spirit of St. Teresa of Calcutta. native, was ordained on the same day as He served as pastor at Columbus St. Thomas More Center and superior of Recipients were: a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul- Dominic, Coshocton Sacred Heart, and the Paulist community in Columbus Lynn Anderson, Chillicothe St. Pe- Minneapolis by Archbishop Bernard Jackson Holy from 1995-2004, remaining active at ter; Lady Doris Anyadoh, Columbus Hebda. He was a member of NET (Na- Trinity churches. the center after his retirement. He also St. Matthias; Mary Brown, Grove City tional Evangelization Team) Ministries, was a campus minister or a pastor in Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Sister Na- a St. Paul, Minnesota-based organiza- Father Joseph F. Texas, Connecticut, California, Colo- Losh, 83, died on dine Buchanan, OP, Dominican Sisters tion of traveling lay evangelists, for six rado, and Massachusetts, and served Jan. 31 after 52 of Peace; Marilyn Evans, Chillicothe years before studying for the priesthood at various times as vice president, first years as a priest. St. Mary; Rita Fisher, Sugar Grove St. at the St. Paul Seminary. consultor, and a general council mem- Joseph; Dottie Kelly, Columbus St. An- He was pastor of ber for the Paulist order. Father Colin King, OFM, was ordained LaRue St. Joseph thony; Maria Lopez, Newark Blessed as a friar of the Franciscan Province of Father John T. Murphy, OP, 89, died Sacrament; Mary Jo Mayhan, Colum- Church from on Jan. 17. In his 62 years as a priest, he St. John the Baptist on June 10 by Cin- 1991 until his re- bus Christ the King; Marjorie McFad- served in a number of roles in six states, cinnati Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Binzer tirement in 2004 den, Columbus St. Thomas; Andrea Mexico, and Peru. In the Diocese of Co- in Cincinnati St. Clement Church. The and also was pastor of Wainwright St. McLean, Chillicothe St. Peter; Mary lumbus, he taught at Columbus Aquinas 1998 Lancaster Fisher Catholic High Therese and Midvale St. Paul and co- Murphy, St. Therese’s Retreat Center; High School and was associate pastor at School graduate attended Groveport St. pastor of Columbus St. Augustine. In Sister Wilma Ross, SCN, Columbus Mary, Canal Winchester St. John XXIII, addition, he served for several years as Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Corpus Christi and St. Ladislas; Del- and Pickerington St. Elizabeth Seton the diocesan Catholic Charismatic Re- He resided at the Mohun Health Care ma Rouleau, Chillicothe St. Mary; Ja- parishes. He is serving at Mary Gate of newal’s liaison to Center in Columbus from October 2012 net Schwartz, Columbus St. Anthony; Heaven Parish in Negril, Jamaica. the bishop. until shortly before his death. Jeanne Stoker, Columbus Immaculate Bishop Campbell also ordained five Father Christopher C. Coleman, 50, a Father Carmen Conception; Nancy Thatcher, Colum- seminarians to the diaconate in May. native of London, Ohio, died July 9. He J. Arcuri, 82, died bus St. Anthony; Shirley Keske Tho- Deacons Brett Garland, Thomas Herge, was a priest of the Archdiocese of Cin- on Aug. 20. He burn, Pickerington St. Elizabeth Seton; Todd Lehigh, and Christopher Tuttle cinnati for 11 years and was pastor of Joan Tomlinson, Columbus Christ the had been a priest Wyoming St. James of the Valley, For- are in the final year of their theologi- for 46 years. King; Frances Ann Volt, Grove City cal studies at the Josephinum, and est Park St. Matthias, and Greenhills Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Vera Deacon Edward Shikina is studying at He was the first Our Lady of the Rosary churches at the White, Columbus Ss. Augustine & Ga- Pope John XXIII National Seminary in pastor of Card- time of his death. briel; Patricia Woods, Columbus St. Weston, Massachusetts. It is anticipated ington Sacred Father R. Regis Heuschkel, OP, 94, James the Less; Linda Woolard, Gran- that they will be ordained as priests of Hearts Church died on July 19. He was a Dominican and also was pastor of Mount Gilead ville St. Edward; and Rosemary Zeda- the diocese this friar for 67 years, taught at Columbus St. Matthew, Cardington St. Joseph, lis, Chillicothe St. Mary. coming May. Aquinas High School, and served as Father Daniel Olvera of Columbus Columbus St. Thomas, Waverly St. pastor at Somerset Holy Trinity Church Holy Family Church was ordained as Msgr. Robert Mary, and St. John Neumann churches. and Columbus St. Patrick Church. a priest of the diocese on May 27 by E. Metzger, 82, He resided at Worthington St. Michael Deacon Robert Neely, 79, died on Jan. Bishop Campbell. He had been a math- a priest for 56 Church for several years following his 26. He was ordained to the diaconate in ematics teacher in Florida and Ohio for years and one of retirement from active ministry in 2005. 1990 and served as deacon at Colum- 17 years before discerning a call to the three brothers Father David W. O’Brien, CSP, 88, bus St. Dominic and Holy Rosary-St. priesthood. He was assigned as paro- and a cousin who died on Dec. 24, 2016. He had been a John churches until his death. chial vicar to Mount Vernon St. Vincent became priests member of the Paulist Fathers for more de Paul and Danville St. Luke churches. of the Diocese of than 60 years. See REVIEW, Page 15 December 25, 2017 Catholic Times 13 Bishop blesses Women’s Care Center The Women’s Care Center of Colum- South Bend, Indiana, and is the na- bus will be able to serve many more tion’s largest network of crisis preg- mothers and children now that it has nancy centers. tripled the size of one of its two Co- The organization is not formally lumbus locations. affiliated with the Diocese ofCo- Bishop Frederick Campbell, chair- lumbus, but has a strong Catholic man of the center’s board of directors, presence. “It supports one of the blessed and dedicated an addition to most important works of the church the center’s building at 3273 E. Main – the defense and promotion of life,” St. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Feast of Bishop Campbell said. “Its work is Our Lady of Guadalupe. so important at this time, when soci- The 1,200-square-foot expansion ety seems more and more to believe gives the building a total of 1,800 only in the present and fails to real- square feet for the free pregnancy tests, ize that life is a gift from God and counseling programs, and parenting we are its stewards.” classes it offers. It also provides cribs, Bobby Williams, director of the Wom- clothing, and other parent-related items en’s Care Center Foundation in South at a discount through a Crib Club pro- Bend, said the East Main Street loca- gram operated in cooperation with the tion has been the smallest of the Wom- Christ Child Society of Columbus. en’s Care Centers until the expansion, The East Main Street site, located but was one of the busiest. He said that next to a Planned Parenthood clinic, in the nine years since the two Colum- has been in operation since 2008. The bus centers have been opened, they CT photos by Ken Snow city’s other Women’s Care Center, at have been visited 51,514 times, with 935 E. Broad St., has been open since 12,148 babies born to the mothers mak- 2009 and offers similar services. They ing those visits. This includes 1,879 “So many women come here because pregnancy tests performed there re- are part of a group of 28 centers in 10 births in the last year, 895 of them to of the exceptional love and service the mained steady, and the number of states which was founded in 1984 in visitors to the East Main Street site. staff honors,” said Rick Jeric, who be- ultrasounds was 10 percent higher. came executive director of the two Co- Nearly half the women who came to lumbus centers earlier this year after 10 the centers learned of them through the years as development director for the internet, with 34 percent referred by diocese. “They hold every mother and previous clients. Jeric said 92 percent baby close to them.” of the women served by the centers Additional statistics provided by Jeric who were considering abortion chose showed that one of every 10 babies to give birth after talking with counsel- born in Franklin County in the past 12 ors at the two sites. months had a mother who came to the The program for the dedication also centers. A total of 3,084 women made included the reading of Psalm 139 by 6,777 visits to the centers, which per- Paul Demboski and of intercessions by formed 3,042 pregnancy tests – more Churck Bramlage, both of whom are do- than any other organization in Franklin nors to the centers, and remarks by cen- County – and 2,538 ultrasounds. Those ter director Kim Kurth. She and Molly numbers were up two percent and 11 Nester were instrumental in founding percent respectively from the previous the centers and served as their co-direc- year’s total. tors for many years until Nester recently Even with construction going on all decided to leave full-time work to spend year at Main Street, the number of more time with her family. Corna Kokosing Con- struction was general con- tractor for the addition. Columbus architect Chris Meyers was the designer. Phone numbers for the Active Senior Living Community located in Waverly, Ohio centers are (614) 235- Individual Homes, Independent Lifestyle 3000 for the East Main Street location and (614) Bristol Village offers customized, individual homes, 251-0200 for East Broad a friendly community and wide-ranging activities. Street. Their website is For more information call 888-471-0398 www.womenscarecenter. org/locations/columbus. 14 Catholic Times December 25, 2017

Fourth Sunday of Advent (Cycle B) The Weekday Bible Readings ‘Let it be done to me according to your word’ 12/25-12/30 1/1-1/6 cording to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for MONDAY (Midnight) MONDAY long ages but now manifested through the prophetic Isaiah 9:1-6 Numbers 6:22-27 writings, and according to the command of the eternal Psalm 96:1-3,11-13 Psalm 67:2-3,5-6,8 Father God made known to all nations to bring about the obe- Titus 2:11-14 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:1-14 dience of faith.” Luke 2:16-21 Lawrence L. Hummer TUESDAY That brings us to the Gospel of Luke and the An- TUESDAY Acts 6:8-10;7:54-59 1 John 2:22-28 nunciation narrative. Luke’s skill as a writer is evi- Psalm 31:3cd- Psalm 98:1-4 dent throughout his work. The scene 4,6,8ab,16bc-17 2 Samuel 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16; Matthew 10:17-22 John 1:19-28 is no exception. Patterned after the announcement to Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY Zechariah about the birth of John, Luke assigns Mary 1 John 1:1-4 1 John 2:29-3:6 to receive the announcement about the birth of Jesus. Psalm 98:1-3,6 The Fourth Sunday of Advent passes quickly. With Psalm 97:1-2,5-6,11-12 After the announcement, Zechariah was confused; so John 20:1a,2-8 John 1:29-34 Christmas following so closely, the reading from 2 too Mary here. Zechariah objected that he was an old THURSDAY Samuel will go unnoticed. David finally has settled in THURSDAY man; Mary objected that she did not “know” (as in, 1 John 1:5-2:2 1 John 3:7-10 his palace after the Lord “had given him rest from his Psalm 98:1, 7-9 have relations with) a man. Zechariah is given a sign Psalm 124:2-5,7b-8 enemies on every side.” That stresses that David did Matthew 2:13-18 John 1:35-42 by being unable to speak. Mary’s sign is that her kins- not win his battles; the Lord had done it, after pick- FRIDAY FRIDAY ing David to be king. Then David regrets living in “a woman Elizabeth is with child, a son, “For nothing is 1 John 2:3-11 1 John 3:11-21 impossible for God.” Psalm 96:1-3,5b-6 Psalm 100:1-5 house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent.” Luke 2:22-35 John 1:43-51 At first, Nathan the prophet agrees with David’s Joseph is clearly identified as the descendant of Da- vid, whereas in Matthew, it is Mary. After greeting SATURDAY SATURDAY building a Temple for the Lord. Later, the Lord speaks 1 John 2:12-17 1 John 5:5-13 to Nathan, who reminds David of all that had been her, the angel calls her “highly favored,” (by God), Psalm 96:7-10 Psalm 147:12-15,19-20 done for David by the Lord: “I took you from the care commonly translated “full of grace.” It is a play on Luke 2:36-40 Mark 1:7-11 or Luke 3:23-28 of the flock to be commander of my people Israel. … words in Greek. He announces to her that “the Lord is I destroyed all your enemies before you … ” The Lord with you,” which is really the meaning of that greet- also promised to establish “my people” in the land. In ing at Mass. It’s a fact, not a prayer. Mary was greatly this vein, the Lord reminds David of all that has been disturbed by this and debated within herself what this done for him already. And finally, “Your house and might mean. Striking is Luke’s insistence that she was DIOCESAN WEEKLY RADIO AND perplexed and wondering about this, rather than eager TELEVISION MASS SCHEDULE your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your WEEKS OF DEC. 24 AND 31, 2017 throne shall stand firm forever.” to accept the news. This is the key in evolving hope for a Messiah in later The angel convinces her: “Do not be afraid, Mary. SUNDAY MASS centuries after David’s successors had lost the king- You have found favor with God.” Gabriel presents 10:30 a.m. Mass from Columbus St. Joseph ship and Israel’s king was nothing more than a stoolie it all in the future tense, not necessarily awaiting her Cathedral on St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), acceptance, so much as telling her what was coming. Columbus, and at www.stgabrielradio.com. appointed by Rome. As followers of Jesus began to Mass with the Passionist Fathers at identify him as Messiah (or Christ), it became impor- Mary accepts and says “let it be done to me according 7:30 a.m. on WWHO-TV (the CW), Channel tant to establish him as “Son of David” in order to to your word.” Now the scene is set for us to celebrate 53, Columbus, and 10:30 a.m. on WHIZ-TV, claim Israel’s kingship. the joyful news that a “child has been born for us who Channel 18, Zanesville. Check local cable is Christ and Lord.” A blessed and peace-filled Christ- system for cable channel listing. Paul formulates the ending of the letter to the Ro- mas to you all! Mass from Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, mans, although many scholars think these verses were Birmingham, Ala., at 8 a.m. on EWTN (Spectrum not part of Paul’s letter, nor that they were written by Father Hummer, pastor of Chillicothe St. Mary Channel 385, Insight Channel 382, Paul. The verses reflect the New Testament attitude Church, may be reached at hummerl@stmarychilli- or WOW Channel 378) cothe.com. (Encores at noon, 7 p.m., and midnight). about Jesus as Christ, in the line of David. It was “ac- Mass from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee at 6:30 a.m. on ION TV (AT&T U-verse Channel 195, Dish Network Channel 250, or DirecTV Channel 305). DeSales students Mass from Massillon St. Mary Church at 10:30 a.m. on complete food WILB radio (AM 1060, FM 94.5 and 89.5), Canton, heard in collection Tuscarawas, Holmes, and Coshocton counties, DAILY MASS Students from Columbus St. 8 a.m., Our Lady of the Angels Monastery Francis DeSales High School in Birmingham, Ala. (Encores at noon, 7 recently wrapped up an- p.m. and midnight) See EWTN above; and other successful collection of on I-Lifetv (Channel 113 in Ada, Logan, canned food for St. Stephen’s Millersburg, Murray City and Washing- Community House and the ton C.H.; Channel 125 in Marion, Newark, Newcomerstown and New Philadelphia; food pantry of Columbus and Channel 207 in Zanesville); St. James the Less Church. 8 p.m., St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), Columbus, Pictured are a group of and at www.stgabrielradio.com. students delivering items to St. James the Less. We pray the Sanctoral and Seasonal Propers and Photo courtesy Week I of the Liturgy of the Hours St. Francis DeSales High School December 25, 2017 Catholic Times 15 The creche and the gap For the past decade or so, I’ve been assembling a the background of this scene of birth there also stands mid-sized Judean village of Fontanini crèche figures, Joseph, who renounces his own fatherhood and as- including artisans, herders (with sheep), farmers (with sumes the role of foster father assigned to him. He chickens and an ahistorical turkey), vintners, black- THE CATHOLIC provides a particularly impressive example of Chris- smiths, musicians, weavers, and a fisherman or two tian obedience, which can be ... very difficult ... to -ac (one awake, another sleeping). Like the colossal Nea- DIFFERENCE cept, especially in the physical sphere. For one can be politan creche at the basilica of Saints Cosmas and George Weigel poor by having given everything away once and for Damian in Rome, it’s a reminder that the Lord Jesus all, but one can be chaste only by a daily renunciation was born in the midst of humanity and its messy his- of something which is inalienable to man.” And that tory: the history that the Child has come to set back on promised by ancient Simeon in Luke 2.35 will pierce makes Joseph a model for those who struggle daily to its truest course, which is toward God. The messiness Mary’s soul. Then, in the tableau at the foot of the live, by grace, the truths they affirm about human love. of history is a caution against letting sentimentality cross, as captured by Michelangelo in the Pietà, Mary take over Christmas; so are some challenging truths “Mind the gap” is the ubiquitous instruction found will offer the silent affirmation of God’s will to which on the London Underground, cautioning passengers about Mary, Joseph, and their place in what theolo- she once gave vocal assent at the Annunciation: “Be gians calls the “economy of salvation.” against stepping between the train and the platform. it done unto me according to your word” (Luke 1.38). It’s also a pithy but accurate description of the drama Why challenging? Because Mary and Joseph were The last recorded words of Mary in the New Testa- of the Christian life. For we all live, daily, in the “gap” called to both form their son in the faith of Israel and ment – “Do whatever he tells you” (John 2.5) – under- between the person I am and the person I was called then give up, even renounce, their human claims on score that the role of Mary, who receives the Incarnate to be at baptism. The quotidian effort to minimize that him, so that he might be what God the Father intended Word of God at the Annunciation and gives birth to “gap,” which means cooperating with God’s grace, is and the world needed. him in the Nativity, is always to give her Son away, to the warp and woof of the spiritual life. So the com- When Luke tells us that Mary kept all that had hap- point beyond herself to him, and to call others to obe- plement to the Fontanini characters surrounding our pened to her and to her boy “in her heart” (Luke dience to him. Thus what Balthasar described as a “de- family creche – each of whom represents a personal 2.52), we may imagine that she was pondering what tachment” applies to Mary as well as to Jesus: Mary and unique “life in the gap” – is a small “Mind the the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar once de- detaches herself from whatever her own life plans Gap” on our tree. For the Child scribed as a great detachment: at his birth, Jesus “de- might be, and from whatever her maternal instincts to born in is the bridge across the gap, and tached himself from her in order to tread his way back keep her Son close might be, in order to fulfill the vo- the angels atop the tree announce his birth. cation planned for her from the beginning – to be the to the Father through the world.” Some will welcome A blessed Christmas to all. the message he will preach along that messianic pil- model of all Christian discipleship, which is the aban- grimage; others will be resistant. And that resistance donment of my will to God’s will for my life. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow (in which the Evil One will play no small part) will Then there is Joseph, another model of self-gift and of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in eventually lead to Calvary, where the sword of sorrow self-renunciation. Hans Urs von Balthasar again: “In Washington, D.C.

REVIEW, continued from Page 12 Deacon Francis X. McDevitt died on of Columbus, or who were living in the Feb. 15. He was 84. He was a deacon in diocese at the time of their death, were: the Diocese of Green Bay Wisconsin for Sister Ruth Caspar, OP, 81, Jan. 2; Sister seven years before moving to Columbus Lillian Kapelewski, OP, 90, Jan. 5; Sis- because of a job transfer ibn 1984. He ter Patrice Holahan, OSF, 94, Jan. 12; served at Columbus St. Ladislas Church Sister Marilyn Archer, OSF, 96, Feb. 8; and later at Columbus St. Elizabeth Sister Rosemary Anthony, OSF, 85, Feb. Church, retiring in 2010. 11; Sister Carol Ann Bonn, SCN, 75, Deacon Robert E. “Gene” Staker, 80, Feb. 24; Sister Gertrude Fawls, OSF, 93, died on March 4. He served at Zanesville Feb. 24; Sister Johanna Eberly, OP, 87, St. Nicholas Church in 1983 and 1984, March 9; Sister Susanne Humpe, OSF, and again from 1998-2015 after return- 94, March 15; Sister Martha Starrett, ing to his hometown from Montgomery, OP, 85, March 29; Sister Ann Carolyn Alabama, where he had been in diaconal Blackburn, SNDdeN, 89, April 10; Sis- service after being transferred there by ter Mary Elizabeth Myers, OP, 81, May his employer. 6; Sister Ruth Schirtzinger, OP, June 6; Sister Joanne Seiser, SNDdeN, 89, St. Andrew students learn about owl pellets Deacon Kenneth L. Drummer, 63, a July 28; Sister Gladys Carmen Aragon, deacon of the Diocese of Columbus, died OP, 86, Aug. 14; Sister Mary Vincentia Fifth-grade students at Columbus St. Andrew School learned about owl pel- on Aug. 2 in Lakeland, Florida, where he lets and dissected them in the school science laboratory. Barn owls are un- Wszolek, PCPA, 100, Aug. 24; Sister able to digest the fur and bone of their prey, which they usually swallow had been living since 2011. He served Bernadette Metzger, SNDdeN, 86, Sept. in the diocese as a deacon at Columbus whole. The indigestible parts are coughed up through the beak in the form 15; Sister Lois Marrah, OSF, 100, Sept. of a pellet, which often contains the remains of four or five small mammals. St. Agatha Church and the Perry County 24; Sister Jo Ann Lamantia, OP, 76, Consortium of Catholic Parishes. Pellet dissection can show exactly what an owl has eaten. Completing a Sept. 26; Sister Elaine Wellinger, HM, dissection are Michael DeLuccia and Belle Studer. Photo courtesy St. Andrew School Religious sisters who died in 2017 and 85, Oct. 28; and Sister Mary Ronald Su- served in or were natives of the Diocese nic, OP, 93, Dec. 5. 16 Catholic Times December 25, 2017 Pray for our dead

AUGUSTUS, James J., 57, Dec. 11 KILEY, David, 70, Nov. 19 St. Patrick Church, Columbus St. Joseph Church, Plain City Father Andrew Apostoli, CFR Franciscan friar and EWTN televison the Capuchin Franciscan friars at his BALTZ, Albert E. “Ed” Jr., 84, Dec. 11 MADRY, Joyce A., 65, Dec. 13 and radio host Father Andrew Apos- parish in the eighth grade to enter reli- St. Mary Church, Lancaster St. Joseph Church, Plain City toli, CFR, died in New York City on gious life. While in high school, he met BARKETT, William, 85, Dec. 15 MARTIN, Margaret B., 97, Dec. 10 Wednesday, Dec. 13 after a battle with Archbishop Sheen, who ordained him St. Joseph Church, Dover St. Catharine Church, Columbus cancer. He was 75. on March 16, 1967. Father Apostoli Father Apostoli was a founding later would become vice postulator for DIETRICH, Lawrence R., 82, Dec. 8 MEREDITH, John E., 76, Dec. 9 member of the Franciscan Friars of Archbishop Sheen’s cause for canon- St. Joseph Church, Circleville Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton Renewal in 1987. For 25 years, he ization. FENORCHITO, Larry G., 70, Dec. 10 MILLER, Louann E. (Hoyt), 74, Dec. 14 was frequently seen and heard on In addition to founding the Fran- Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus St. Peter Church, Columbus ETWN television and radio programs, ciscan Friars of the Renewal, Father most notably as the host of Sunday Apostoli was involved in the founding HARRIS, David E., 75, Dec. 13 MINGUS, Janice E. (Lemity), 78, Dec. 9 Night Prime. He also was considered of the Franciscan Sisters of the Re- St. Joseph Church, Plain City Church of the Atonement, Crooksville one of the world’s leading experts on newal in 1988. HIRN, Gail M. (Thibaut), 68, Dec. 13 MULLIN, Thomas E. “Moon,” 91, Dec. 15 Our Lady of Fatima and the author of He wrote on many spiritual topics. St. Leo Church, Columbus St. Andrew Church, Columbus several books. His most recent book is Answering the “Father Andrew conformed his life to Questions of Jesus, and he wrote the HOMON, Thomas J., 74, Dec. 14 REVILLA, Dr. Leon S., 89, Dec. 9 Christ’s,” said Father John Paul Ouel- definitive work Fatima for Today. He St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Columbus St. Mary Church, Marion lete, superior of the Friars of the Re- also was a seminary instructor and a re- HOOKER, David, 77, Dec. 11 RUBECK, Mary R. (Gebbart), 93, Dec. 12 newal. “As a priest, he was led by his treat master and led pilgrimages. Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison St. Mary Church, Marion relationship with the Holy Spirit, Our His first EWTN appearance came in Lady, and Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, July 1993 on Mother Angelica Live HREN, Joseph, 59, Dec. 10 VOLPE, Peter A. Jr., 75, Dec. 10 and continually worked toward the re- with Father Benedict Groeschel. Fa- Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison St. Brendan Church, Hilliard newal of the priesthood. ther Apostoli’s first series of his own IMMKE, Charlotte (Lutzweiler), 94, Dec. 16 “As a Franciscan, St. Francis was the began airing in 1995. He took over as St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin clear inspiration for his humility, humor, EWTN’s Sunday Night Prime host for and his simplicity in word and deed. Fa- Father Groschel in 2012. ther Andrew’s faithfulness and joy urge His Franciscan community now in- us to live the joy found in the Gospel.” cludes 128 priests and brothers and 35 Born Joseph Dominic Apostoli on sisters. July 3, 1942, in Woodbury, New Jer- Information from Catholic News sey, he was inspired by the witness of Agency was used in this story. Lawrence J. Sorohan Funeral Mass for Lawrence J. Sorohan, Ohio University. 85, who died Friday, Dec. 15, was held He was a teacher at the University of Tuesday, Dec. 19 at St. Luke Church, Dayton, the University of North Car- Dahlonega, Georgia. He was a olina-Greensboro, and North Georgia of Msgr. David Sorohan, a priest of the College. He was active in civic affairs Diocese of Columbus for 58 years. in Dahlonega, where he was one of the He was born May 31, 1932 in New leaders in restoration of a theater, build- Lexington to Vern and Leoma Soro- ing a library, and establishing a park. han and graduated from the University Besides his brother, survivors include of Dayton with a degree in education. his wife, Sallie (Griffin); and four sons, He later earned a doctoral degree from Bryan, Jonathan, Larry, and Paul. Kenneth E. Little Funeral Mass for Kenneth E. Little, ter, where he was volunteer of the year in 79, who died Wednesday, Dec. 13, was 2009, and was a veteran of the Army. held Saturday, Dec. 16, in Our Mother of He was preceded in death by his par- Sorrows Chapel at St. Joseph Cemetery, ents, Charles and Elsie; wife, Phyllis; Columbus. Burial was at the cemetery. son, Frank; daughter, Kathy (Jeff); He was a retired employee of the di- brothers, William and Glenn (Sharon); ocesan cemeteries, which he served for sisters, Janet Griffey, Nancy, and Jean- 45 years. He also was a volunteer at the nie; two grandchildren; and four great- Franklin County Dog and Animal Shel- grandchildren. December 25, 2017 Catholic Times 17 H A P P E N I N G S

Frassati Society Meeting at Columbus St. Patrick 30, SATURDAY 5, FRIDAY 7 p.m., Aquinas Hall, St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City St. Cecilia Adoration of Blessed Sacrament DECEMBER Columbus. Meeting of parish’s Frassati Society for young 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. St. Cecilia Church, 434 Norton Road, Columbus. Begins THROUGH JAN. 6 adults. “Christ in the City” program with Adoration of the Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and after 8:15 a.m. Mass; continues to 5 p.m. Saturday. Manger Display and Festival of Trees at Blessed Sacrament, confession, Taize chant, and night confession. Monthly Adoration of Blessed Sacrament prayer, followed by refreshments at Claddagh Irish Pub. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refu- 614-224-9522 31, SUNDAY Jubilee Museum and Catholic Cultural Center, 57 S. gee Road, Columbus. Begins after 9 a.m. Mass; continues Shepherd’s Corner Labyrinth Walk Prayer Group Meeting at Christ the King Grubb St., Columbus. Mangers at the Museum exhibit of through 6 p.m. Holy Hour. 7 to 8:30 p.m., Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Center, 987 N. 5 to 7 p.m., Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston hundreds of Nativity sets from around the world, plus All-Night Exposition at Our Lady of Victory Waggoner Road, Blacklick. Labyrinth walk with theme Ave., Columbus (enter at daily Mass entrance). Weekly display of trees decorated by various Columbus organiza- Our Lady of Victory Church, 1559 Roxbury Road, Colum- “Light” on evening of the winter solstice, led by Roberta parish prayer group meets for praise, worship, ministry, bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 8 p.m. tions. $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. 614-600-0054 Hammond. Suggested donation $5. 614-866-4302 and teaching. 614-237-0401 until Mass at 8 a.m. Saturday. Children’s Christmas Program at St. John Neumann Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter 21, THURSDAY 7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum- 7 p.m., St. John Neumann Church, 9633 E. State Route 37, 6, SATURDAY Cenacle at Holy Name bus. Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054 Sunbury. Christmas program featuring children in kinder- Fatima Devotions at Columbus St. Patrick 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- garten through fifth grade. 740-965-1358 7 a.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus. bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in Mass, followed by devotions to Our Lady of Fatima, pre- the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. 21-23, THURSDAY-SATURDAY JANUARY ceded by confessions at 6:30. 614-240-5910 Holy Hour at Holy Family Simbang Gabi Celebration at St. Elizabeth Mary’s Little Children Prayer Group 6 to 7 p.m., Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Colum- 7:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd., 1, MONDAY Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refugee bus. Holy Hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Columbus. Simbang Gabi, a Filipino Christmas tradition, at Our Lady of Victory Road, Columbus. 8:30 a.m., confessions, 9 a.m., Mass, fol- followed by meeting of parish Holy Name and Junior featuring celebration of Mass for nine consecutive nights. 7 to 8 a.m., Our Lady of Victory Church, 1559 Roxbury lowed by Fatima prayers and Rosary (Shepherds of Christ Holy Name societies, with refreshments. 614-221-4323 Dec. 23 closing celebration begins with Mass at 7, fol- Road, Columbus. First Monday Eucharistic Adoration, be- format); 10 a.m., meeting. 614-861-4888 Sung Vespers, Benediction at St. Margaret of Cortona lowed by potluck in Pastors’ Hall. ginning with Morning Prayer and concluding with Mass. First Saturday Devotion at St. Joan of Arc 7 p.m., St. Margaret of Cortona Church, 1600 N. Hague 8:30 a.m., St. Joan of Arc Church, 10700 Liberty Road, 2, TUESDAY Ave., Columbus. Parish’s regular Thursday Eucharistic 23, SATURDAY Powell. Mass, followed by rosary in reparation to the Im- Our Lady of Good Success Study Group Adoration concludes with sung Vespers and Benediction Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City maculate Heart of Mary, concluding with Fatima prayers. 11 a.m., Sacred Heart Church, 893 Hamlet St., Columbus. of the Blessed Sacrament. 614-279-1690 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City Monthly meeting of Our Lady of Good Success study Abortion Recovery Network Group Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. group. Eucharistic Holy Hour in church, followed by cat- 7 to 8 p.m., Gateway Center, 2670 N. Columbus St., Lan- confession. Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and echesis study and discussion. 614-372-5249 caster. Abortion recovery network group meeting for Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter confession. Serra Club of North Columbus Meeting anyone interested in recovering from abortion or who 7:30 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Co- Lay Missionaries of Charity Day of Prayer Noon, Jessing Center, Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 has been through a recovery program, and wants to stay lumbus. Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent in Spanish. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, 893 Hamlet St., N. High St., Columbus. Serra Club of North Columbus connected. 614-721-2100 706-761-4054 Columbus. Monthly day of prayer for Columbus chapter 24, SUNDAY meeting. Speaker: Father Jeff Rimelspach, club chaplain and pastor of Columbus St. Margaret of Cortona Church, of Lay Missionaries of Charity. 614-372-5249 Exposition at Buckeye Lake Our Lady of Mount Carmel First Saturday Mass at Holy Family 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, on his trip to Antarctica. Reservations required. Rosary for Life at St. Joan of Arc 9 a.m., Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Columbus. 5133 Walnut Road S.E., Buckeye Lake. Exposition of the First Saturday Mass for world peace and in reparation for All fund-raising events (festivals, Blessed Sacrament every Sunday during Advent. Following 6:15 p.m. Mass, St. Joan of Arc Church, 10700 Liberty Road, Powell. Recital of Rosary for Life, spon- blasphemies against the Virgin Mary, as requested by Our bazaars, spaghetti dinners, fish fries, 740-928-3266 Lady of Fatima. 614-221-1890 Praise Mass at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal sored by church’s respect life committee. bake sales, pizza/sub sales, candy Abortion Recovery Network Group Prayer Group Meeting at Christ the King sales, etc.) will be placed in the “Fund- 11 a.m., Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 5 to 7 p.m., Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston Refugee Road, Columbus. Praise Mass with upbeat con- 7 to 8 p.m., Pregnancy Decision Health Center, 665 E. Dub- lin-Granville Road, Columbus Abortion recovery network Ave., Columbus (enter at daily Mass entrance). Weekly Raising Guide.” temporary music. 614-861-1242 group meeting for anyone interested in recovering from parish prayer group meets for praise, worship, ministry, An entry into the Guide will be $18.50 with Bishop at Cathedral abortion or who has been through a recovery program, and teaching. 614-237-0401 for the first six lines, and $2.65 for 11 p.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. and wants to stay connected. 614-721-2100 Bishop Ready Scholarship Exam Seasonal music with the Cathedral Choir and Brass, fol- each additional line. Catholic War Veterans Monthly Meeting 9 to 11 a.m., Bishop Ready High School, 707 Salisbury Road, lowed by midnight Mass celebrated by Bishop Frederick For more information, 7 p.m., Red Room, St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Columbus. Scholarship exam for students who will enter Campbell. 614-241-2526 call David Garick at 614-224-5195. Columbus. Catholic War Veterans Post 1936 meeting. as freshmen in the fall. 614-276-5263 Centering Prayer Group Meeting at Corpus Christi 25, MONDAY For those who served three months, were honorably dis- 10:30 a.m. to noon, Corpus Christi Center of Peace, 1111 E. Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter charged, or are on active duty. 614-221-7601 Stewart Ave., Columbus. Centering prayer group meeting, 1 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum- beginning with silent prayer, followed by Contemplative bus. Christmas Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054 3, WEDNESDAY ‘Happenings’ submissions Marian Devotion at St. Elizabeth Outreach DVD and discussion. 614-512-3731 26, TUESDAY 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd., Frassati Society Game Night Notices for items of Catholic interest must Padre Pio Prayer Group at St. John the Baptist Columbus. 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Indiana town embodies and his spirit of love, peace, joy SANTA CLAUS, INDIANA By Katie Rutter/Catholic News Service St. Nicholas, also known as Nicholas of Myra, was characteristic of a diet of milk and cookies. His place in Belief in that iconic Christmas figure, the rotund mer- a bishop in present-day Turkey who lived from about history would paint a stature hardened by persecution, ry man with a bag full of presents, inspires thousands A.D. 280 to 343. He was the orphaned son of wealthy perhaps even bearing the scars of torture. A contempo- of children to write letters addressed to “Santa Claus” parents, and one ancient story claims that he threw bags rary of the emperor Diocletian, Nicholas lived through each year. of gold through the window of an impoverished family the most terrible persecution of the early church and Surprisingly, many of these wish lists actually do get in the dead of night. was himself imprisoned. delivered to Santa Claus. But rather than landing in a “In later versions, he drops a bag of gold through the “We know for sure his nose was broken,” said Father magical workshop at the North Pole, the notes wind up chimney where it lands in a stocking that was hung Marquis, referencing historical research done on the in a little Indiana town that bears the same name as the there to dry,” explained Adam English, a professor at bones of the saint. jolly old elf. Campbell University in North Carolina and author of “They tortured his priests who were members of his “We have already answered 5,000 and we’ll be get- the book The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus. flock to make him recant, and he wouldn’t do it,” Fa- ting more this morning,” Patricia Koch, founder of the “What’s really memorable about it is that it’s an abso- ther Marquis said. Santa Claus Museum and Village, told Catholic News lutely ordinary act of charity, of goodwill. This is the Nicholas of Myra also was hailed as a defender of jus- Service on Dec. 2. “They come from the U.S.A. and kind of thing that anybody can do,” English said. tice, which might have led to Santa’s common ques- from all over the world.” That simple act of generosity inspired generations of tion to young children, “Have you been good?” and Koch and a dozen other volunteers work long hours to anonymous gift-giving. Givers attributed mysterious the naughty-nice list that he must “check twice.” Ac- “help” Santa answer the letters that find their way to the presents to St. Nicholas and passed his story from cul- cording to one legend, the bishop found out that a lo- Santa Claus post office. Koch calls this letter writing a ture to culture. In the Netherlands, his nickname was cal judge had accepted a bribe and falsely condemned ministry and is dedicated to keeping the spirit of Santa “Sinter Klaas,” which evolved to “Santa Claus” when three men to death. Claus, the person, alive. Dutch immigrants arrived in New York. “Nicholas ran to the spot and literally grabbed the sword “Our world can become very self-centered and com- St. Nicholas’ identity was forever established as a out of the executioner’s hand,” related Father Marquis. mercialized,” she explained, “so I think Santa Claus has “jolly old elf” by the famous poem A Visit from St. “He pointed right at the guy for condemning them to that spirit of love and forgiveness and peace and joy.” Nicholas, penned by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822. death and the man actually confessed that he took mon- The town itself, with a population of a little more than “(The poem) starts to change him from being a Chris- ey to condemn them,” he said. 2,400, seems to embody the persona of Santa Claus. tian bishop, stern and austere and presiding over the St. Nicholas Church hosted a visit from its namesake Streets are named “Sleigh Bell Drive” and “ Eucharist, to being more of a gift-giver who’s maybe to anticipate his Dec. 6 feast day. A white-bearded man Lane,” or even “Melchior,” “Balthazar” and “Kaspar” more a magical creature,” said English. wearing a miter and long red robes made a surprise ap- after the traditional names of the three wise men. Unsur- Today, the familiar images of this magical man are rec- pearance at the Sunday Vigil Mass on Saturday, Dec. 2 prisingly, the Catholics of the town named their church reated throughout the town of Santa Claus. Huge statues and handed out ornaments to all the parishioners. after the man who inspired the myth: St. Nicholas. that adorn the main highway and the town hall depict a “You can’t get away from Santa Claus here,” laughed “Just looking at his acts, we just see this kindness and smiling, rosy-cheeked figure with a large bag of toys, his parish Deacon Jim Woebkenberg. seeing those who were less fortunate,” said Father John red coat and hat looking nothing like clerical garb. The voice of St. Nicholas likely pursues Catholics dur- Brosmer, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Dale, Still, for Santa enthusiasts, even this depiction echoes ing every Sunday liturgy. Historical documents confirm Indiana, which encompasses St. Nicholas Church and Christian beginnings that were simply transformed by two other nearby worship sites. that Nicholas attended the Council of Nicaea in 325. American culture. While his direct contributions, if any, are unknown, the “I use the expression ‘extreme makeover,’” explained Nicene Creed was written during this council. Father Joseph Marquis, a Byzantine Catholic priest “You have echoes of the voice of St. Nicholas every who runs the St. Nicholas Institute. His program, based Sunday when we recite the creed, which for me as a big in Detroit, teaches the saint’s history to professional St. Nicholas fan, indebted to him for so many things in portrayers of Santa. my life, that’s important to me,” said Father Marquis. “They took away his miter and gave him a triangular Similarly, every bright-eyed child who rushes to the cap and his bishop’s coat was shortened and lined with on Dec. 25 is indebted to this saint for fur. The candy cane is an evolution from the crosier,” the legacy of giving. But just as the town of Santa Father Marquis said. Claus stays on the map even after the holiday season, Nicholas of Myra likely lacked the rounded figure the local pastor said that the true spirit of St. Nick leads Young parishioners shake hands on Saturday, Dec. 2 with an Catholics to generosity all year long. actor portraying St. Nicholas, the namesake of their church. “Growing up as a Christian, you want to share your St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Santa Claus, Indiana, hosted gifts you want to give of yourself,” said Father Brosmer. the visit from “St. Nick” ahead of the saint’s feast day, “The true Christian is St. Nicholas,. It’s that generosity which was Wednesday, Dec. 6. CNS photo/Katie Rutter all the time.” December 25, 2017 Catholic Times 19 Year in review: In Rome and abroad, pope urges unity, care for poor By Cindy Wooden garding the death penalty and nuclear Catholic News Service CNS photos/Paul Haring deterrence. Pope Francis spent much of 2017 Marking the 25th anniversary of the preaching and teaching about the need Catechism of the Catholic Church at to value differences rather than fear the Vatican Oct. 11, Pope Francis said them, and he adopted legislation that the catechism’s discussion of the death would allow more room for diversity penalty, already formally amended by within the Catholic Church. St. John Paul II, needs to be even more In his frequent comments about mi- explicitly against capital punishment. gration and on most of his foreign The death penalty “is, in itself, con- trips, the pope also tried to convince trary to the Gospel, because a decision political, civic and religious leaders is voluntarily made to suppress a hu- that being welcoming, respecting dif- man life, which is always sacred in the ferences and being willing to listen to eyes of the Creator and of whom, in the another’s point of view and experience last analysis, only God can be the true actually enrich a society. judge and guarantor,” the pope said. From his trips to Egypt, where anti- Pope Francis’ remarks about nuclear Christian violence has sorely tried deterrence came at a Vatican confer- Christian-Muslim relations, to Colom- ence in early November. For decades, bia, which is recovering from a civil the popes had said the policy of nuclear war, and most recently to Myanmar ated two new eparchies, or dioceses, local languages. The document was deterrence could be morally acceptable and Bangladesh, Pope Francis tried to for the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church published on Sept. 9 and went into ef- as long as real work was underway on convince people that peaceful coex- in India and extended the boundaries fect on Oct. 1. a complete ban of the weapons. istence and even unity do not require of two others. In a letter to all of the In a letter giving further explanation But at the conference, Pope Francis the erasing of all differences. In fact, country’s bishops, Latin- and Eastern- three weeks later, Pope Francis said said that today, with nuclear weapons, during his trip to the two Asian nations, rite, he said the presence of two Catho- that while in the past, “the judgment he defined as “ideological and cultural lic rites each with their own bishop in “the threat of their use as well as their regarding the fidelity to the Latin and very possession is to be firmly con- colonization” the political and social the same territory should not be seen as the eventual corrections necessary was demned.” pressures to homogenize society. a sign of disunity, but of the richness of the task of the Congregation (for Di- “The unity we share and celebrate is the one faith. vine Worship),” the new norms give He later explained to journalists that born of diversity,” he told the bishops “episcopal conferences the faculty the increased sophistication of the The other legislative decision that po- weapons means “you risk the destruc- of Myanmar on Nov. 29. “Never forget tentially could lead to greater diversity of judging the worth and coherence this -- it is born of diversity! It values of one or another term in translations tion of humanity, or a great part of hu- in the church was contained in Pope manity.” people’s differences as a source of mu- Francis’ document, Magnum Princi- from the original, even if in dialogue tual enrichment and growth. It invites pium (“The Great Principle”). It in- with the Holy See.” While Pope Francis used large pub- people to come together in a culture of cluded changes to the Code of Canon Pope Francis also grabbed headlines lic Masses, his early morning Mass encounter and solidarity.” Law to give national bishops’ confer- late in the year for two statements in- homilies and his Wednesday general Pope Francis gave legislative weight ences greater responsibility in the pro- dicating further developments in Cath- to that view in October when he cre- cess of translating liturgical texts into olic social teaching, specifically re- See REVIEW, Page 20

Pope Francis embraces Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, grand imam of Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, patriarch Al-Azhar University, in Cairo on April 28 of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in Cairo on April 28 20 Catholic Times December 25, 2017

REVIEW, continued from Page 19 audience talks to reach thousands of Photos, top to bottom: Pope Francis Catholics with his message, 2017 gave meets President Trump at him an opportunity for face-to-face the Vatican on May 24. meetings with many world leaders, The 2017 March for Life in including U.S. President Donald Washington on Jan. 27. Trump and Canadian Prime Minister The Vatican’s Nativity scene Justin Trudeau. and Christmas tree. He welcomed Trump to the Vatican CNS photos on May 24 for a visit described in the official statement as “cordial.”- Com their countries rather than migrate and mon ground was found on the issues would open safe and legal immigration of protecting the unborn and defend- pathways for people fleeing extreme ing religious freedom. But they also poverty and conflict. discussed their different positions on climate change and on the obligation Citing U.S. sovereignty, the Trump to assist migrants and refugees. administration announced on Dec. 3 that the U.S. was pulling out of Just a few days after he met the pope, negotiations on the global compact on Trump announced the U.S. was pulling migration. out of the U.N. Paris agreement on cli- mate change, an agreement the Vatican Unity in diversity and care for the had urged him to uphold. poorest and most vulnerable members of society also were on Pope Francis Just hours after Pope Francis ap- pealed on Dec. 6 for “wisdom and pru- mind in early June when he joined cel- dence” in protecting the status quo of ebrations marking the 50th anniversary Jerusalem, Trump publicly announced of the Catholic charismatic renewal. formal U.S. recognition of the city as Celebrating Pentecost with tens of Israel’s capital and a project to begin thousands of Catholic charismat- moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem ics from around the world and with from Tel Aviv. The Holy See, like the dozens of Pentecostal and evangeli- overwhelming majority of nations, has cal leaders, the pope said, “In a way said political control of the city must both creative and unexpected,” the be determined by negotiation as part Holy Spirit “generates diversity, for in of an Israeli-Palestinian peace process. every age he causes new and varied In addition, for decades the Vatican charisms to blossom. Then he brings has urged a special status for the city about unity: he joins together, gathers to guarantee Jews, Muslims and Chris- and restores harmony.” tians access to their faith’s holy sites. Christians, he said, must be “united Pope Francis also spent months urg- by the work of the Holy Spirit in prayer ing the international community to en- and in action on behalf of those who sure the new U.N. global compacts on are weaker.” migration and on refugees would sup- “Walk together. Work together. Love port programs to help the poor stay in each other,” Pope Francis said.

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Dave, your talent for prose and your creative spirit incorporated into the publishing of the Catholic Times has been a valuable gift to the Faith of God’s people.

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