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Mother Theodore had impact on Addendum Catholic school history in Fort Wayne Pope explains Islam report

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FORT WAYNE — When Mother Theodore Guérin is canonized on Sunday, Oct. 15, in Rome, the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend will be celebrating a part Kids’ partnership of its educational history. Mother Theodore is considered the foundress of the St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth works first Catholic school in Fort Wayne, St. Augustine, in with Boys and Girls Clubs 1846, with St. Augustine pastor, Father Julian Benoit. St. Augustine Church would become the Cathedral of Page 8 the Immaculate Conception. St. Augustine Academy was located on the corner of Calhoun and Jefferson streets. Today, the site is the diocesan chancery. “Fort Wayne, there is a vast amount of good to be done there,” are the words written by Mother Teacher tribute Theodore, in the chapter from the “History of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,” a Saint Joseph’s remembers book published in 1949 and written by Sister Mary Tom Gerencher DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE-SOUTH BEND ARCHIVES Borromeo Brown. St. Augustine Academy was established in 1846 by foundress Mother Theodore Guerin and Having been in correspondence with Father Page 9 pastor Father Julian Benoit. The academy was located on the corner of Calhoun and Benoit, Mother Theodore affirmed plans in 1846 that Jefferson streets and is considered the first Catholic school of Fort Wayne. the Sisters of Providence would make Fort Wayne a mission. Father Benoit had already built a brick struc- THE CANONIZATION MAY BE VIEWED on Eternal Word Television Network, ture that would function as their school and convent. While some of the sisters’ mission establishments Football playoffs EWTN. Please check times for the live broadcast and rebroadcast at across the states of Indiana and Illinois were meager ICCL and CYO www.ewtn.com. Tentatively the EWTN canonization will air live from 4 — almost impoverished — Father Benoit furnished the house, provided the necessary cooking utensils, games reported to 6:30 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 15 and rebroadcast at 12 to 2:30 p.m. and land and a school waiting to open. The foundresses of St. Augustine included Sister Page 20 again from 9 to 10:30 p.m. (EDT). Check local listings to confirm time Mary Magdalen, Sister Catherine and Sister Caroline. and channel. They left Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Aug. 24. TODAY’S CATHOLIC WILL PROVIDE Web site and podcast updates of the can- Mother Theodore and Sister Basilide accompanied the

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BY SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS, CSC In her remarks, President Carol Ann Mooney said that it was a “time of looking forward to and hope for the future.” Even NOTRE DAME so, she reminded those gathered that it was ver 20 years ago, the seed of a dream to important not to forget Saint Mary’s her- Ohave a world-class academic building itage, in particular, the four Sisters of the at Saint Mary’s College was planted. On Holy Cross who started the college and past Oct. 5, this dream was closer to becoming a presidents like Mother Pauline and Sister reality. In a ceremony attended by students, Madeleva. She said that they valued high faculty, staff, trustees, Sisters of the Holy quality education and would “approve of Cross and many other interested people, the what we are doing here today.” ground was blessed and broken. Jill Vihtelic, acting vice president and Shari Rodriguez, vice president for col- dean of faculty, described the new facility lege relations, said in her welcome that the and called it a building for the 21st century. PROVIDED BY MARY LIZ WALTER new facility “demonstrates Saint Mary’s It will have all the newest technology and commitment to the highest academic stan- enable interaction between faculty and stu- The University of Notre Dame Right to dards.” She went on to thank the more than dents outside the classroom. Bishop Life organized a Cemetery of the 600 donors — faculty, staff, alumnae, cur- D’Arcy, with his Irish wit, said “As some- rent and past parents, students and friends one technologically challenged, I don’t Innocents to raise awareness of abortion of Saint Mary’s — who contributed over think I could hack it in this building!” $16 million to cover the cost of construc- and to bring to the forefront the number of tion and to start an operating endowment. SMC, PAGE 5 aborted children each day in the U.S. 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC

Official newspaper of the Bishop participates in collegiate Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 events across the diocese PUBLISHER: Bishop John M. D’Arcy of marriage; such as, fidelity, chastity and Three days with our priests marriage as a union of life and love. EDITOR: Tim Johnson Excellent presentations were given by Some years ago, in consultation with our ASSISTANT EDITOR: Don Clemmer Professors John Cavadini, Gary Andersen presbyteral council, we considered strength- STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad and David Fagerberg of the Notre Dame ening the element of continuing education NEWS faculty of theology. for our priests. Last year, the chair of the Our diocese has always been blessed by theology department of the University of Editorial Department Notre Dame, Professor John Cavadini, led PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan &NOTES great institutions of higher learning. It was a privilege to be at three events in the same us through an enriching and very substan- FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, tive treatment of the Fathers of the Church. BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY week. Michelle Castleman, Elmer J. Danch, This year, we turned to Carolyn Woo, Michelle Donaghey, Bonnie Elberson, dean of the Mendoza School of Business at Denise Fedorow, Sr. Margie Lavonis, Notre Dame. She and her colleagues pre- At Manchester College pared for us an excellent three days. First CSC, Jennifer Ochstein,Theresa Who was this man? with our young people there was the dean herself with a reflection Thomas, Kristi Ward Maybe 50 years from now on the cam- I was off on a beautiful Saturday to be at of her spiritual and intellectual journey, in pus of the University of Saint Francis, some Manchester College with 1,000 junior high which she shared with us her devotion to Business Department young freshmen will ask this, as they see students. Recent church documents on ped- Our Lady, her sense of the providence of BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice the writings of Pope John Paul II across the agogy and catechesis emphasize the impor- God and of mission, her beautiful years at AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber walls of the beautiful new Pope John Paul tance of this particular age. It is true. Many Purdue University and her competence in BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol II Center. What a joy it was to dedicate this things in modern culture have brought to the area of American business. [email protected] center made possible by the generosity of the minds and hearts of our young people We then had several talks on such things many, including the Sisters of Saint Francis elements both positive and negative. While as how to prioritize; conflict resolution; Advertising Sales of Perpetual Adoration of Mishawaka. growing in the ability on matters technolog- how to manage staff and funds; how to A golden October. People everywhere. 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A special thanks to our diocesan Published weekly except the last the Stations of the Cross in that new build- Twenty-three priests came from across the master-of-ceremonies, Jim Fitzpatrick. Jim Sunday in June, second and fourth ing, done by Art Cislo, a professor of art at diocese — from South Bend, Fort Wayne is serving as interim director of our Office weeks in July, second week in August the university. and places in between — to hear confes- of Worship and attended some of the semi- and last week in December by the One has to be grateful for what nars as our token business man. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Sister Elise Kriss, OSF, and the As priests, we do not receive 1103 S. Calhoun St., P.O. Box 390, Fort sisters, faculty and administration training in these matters. Here we Wayne, IN 46801. Second-class have accomplished these last 10 postage paid at Fort Wayne, IN, and By the time you read this, had among us some of the finest additional mailing office. or 15 years at the University of experts helping us to be better Saint Francis. How wonderful I will be winging over the ocean administrators. This is important. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: that this new center of learning All administration and fiscal care Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Fort was dedicated to Pope John Paul in a parish is essentially a pas- Wayne, IN 46856-1169 or e-mail: II, who was himself a longtime with some priests and others from our diocese toral work. It is not something [email protected]. university professor, and took secular and, if done right on the great joy in this. I cited his words to be present at the canonization of diocesan or parish level, it can SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Domestic in found in “Fides et Ratio,” a bril- strengthen the life of faith. advance, one year $20. 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They have served well in the that, by knowing and loving God, men and women and celebrated Mass for the young people. poorer areas of the country and in several may also come to the fullness of truth about them- News deadline is the Monday morn- This is the beginning of 11 months of schools in our diocese as well. What he ing before publication date. selves.” — “Fides et Ratio,” Pope John Paul II. preparation for this great sacrament through shared with us is a study of the situation of Advertising deadline is nine days which their baptism will be completed, and Catholic schools throughout the land — before publication date. they will be strengthened to be witnesses of their strengths as well as the concerns Christ. The song, prayer, silence, the which must be faced. LETTERS POLICY: Today’s Catholic wel- A diocese of universities Eucharist and the entertainment made it a The willingness of so many exemplary comes original, signed letters about After three wonderful days with our special day. scholars to spend this time with us was very issues affecting church life. Although priests in a continuing education seminar, I we cannot publish every letter we Especially inspiring was the presence touching to our priests and very enriching stopped at Saint Mary’s College in South and leadership of Cindy Black, the new as well. receive, we strive to provide a bal- Bend for the dedication of their new aca- anced representation of expressed director of our Office of Youth Ministry in demic center. Here, one has to think of the the diocese. It was a joy to be with her and opinions and a variety of reflections Sisters of Holy Cross who came here 160 on life in the church.We will choose also Janice Martin of our Office of Off to Rome years ago. Although they came as domes- letters for publication based on read- Catechesis. The Office of Catechesis leads tics, they quickly turned to education and By the time you read this, I will be wing- er interest, timeliness and fairness. this day along with the Office of Youth ing over the ocean with some priests and Readers may agree or disagree with brought their wisdom to the floods of immi- Ministry. It was a splendid success and a grants coming across the continent. It others from our diocese to be present at the the letter writers’ opinions. Letters joy to be there. Young people receiving the canonization of Mother Theodore Guérin. It must not exceed 500 words. All let- remains an extraordinary institution of high- sacrament of penance all over the campus; ters must be signed and include a er learning. It was a joy to say a prayer of will be a moment of grace and strength. I prayer and silence. Song and instruction. promise to spend significant time praying phone number and address for verifi- blessing for this new building. Cindy told me later how impressed she was cation.We reserve the right to edit for all of you. In the evening, I was at the University of with the joy of our priests, many of whom letters for legal and other concerns. Notre Dame with a group of bishops, con- The Yankees are gone, taken down by had come considerable distances, and how the Detroit Tigers and the excellent skipper, stituting a special ad hoc committee work- struck the young people were as the priests Mail letters to: Today’s Catholic, ing with theologians on a pastoral initiative Jim Leland. I have to admit I am glad. I P.O. Box 11169, Fort Wayne, IN turned to go to confession to one another. will be rooting for the Tigers to take it all. on marriage. Their effort is to deepen and May God bless these young people as 46856-1169; or e-mail: expand the knowledge of our people on the I hope I can be in touch with you from [email protected] they approach this year of prayer and learn- Rome. mystery of Christian marriage, and to do ing. ISSN 0891-1533 this with full awareness of those things in USPS 403630 the culture which are opposed to the values OCTOBER 15, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 3 Mother Theodore Guérin’s life, sainthood STATEMENT FROM BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY seen as summons to holiness Mother Theodore Guérin and her canonization BY NANCY HARTNAGEL I have many thoughts in mind as I go to Rome this week. First, I WASHINGTON (CNS) — The think of all the religious, especially the women religious, the sisters who vice postulator of the sainthood have labored in this diocese. There is no question that they constitute one cause of Mother Theodore of the very greatest human instruments that Divine Providence has used Guérin, foundress of the Sisters to build up this local church, as we prepare to embrace the 150th of Providence of Saint Mary-of- anniversary of our diocese. the-Woods, Ind., sees her life and I see my visit and my time there of prayer and worship as an opportu- Oct. 15 canonization in Rome as nity to give thanks to God for the sisters who have labored throughout a summons to holiness. the length and breadth of the diocese — Sisters of Providence; Sisters of Providence Sister Marie Kevin Holy Cross; Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration; Sisters of Poor Tighe, who was promoter and Handmaid of Jesus Christ; Victory Noll Sisters; Felician Sisters; vice postulator for the completed Franciscan Sisters of Mokena; Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of cause, said she hoped that for Saint Francis, Sisters of St. Agnes, School Sisters of Notre Dame; Sisters each Sister of Providence the of Notre Dame; Franciscan Sisters of Milwaukee; and other groups with canonization “would deepen her smaller numbers. These constitute the major congregations; but I believe own understanding of the call to there have been other groups and some even singly. Many were in edu- holiness in her life in imitation of cation, health care, pastoral ministry and social work. They came as reli- CNS PHOTO/KAREN CALLAWAY St. Mother Theodore.” gious originally from Germany and France. For many years they served Beyond that, she told Catholic Sister Paul Bernadette Bounk, a Sister of St. Joseph, and Julie Pavuk with very small wages and under poor conditions; but always with joy News Service in a phone inter- flush a catheter on Giselle, a sick alpaca at White Violet Farm at St. and a sense of vocation. view Oct. 5, “I would hope that Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., Oct. 5. The farm is a ministry of the Sisters of every person would understand Providence, who raise the alpacas for breeding and for their fleece. Models of holiness the fact that God does not create Blessed Mother Theodore Guérin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence just some persons to become of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., will be canonized Oct. 15 in Rome. The Second Vatican Council has a chapter on the universal call to holi- saints.” Everyone is called to ness. The sisters highlighted this call to holiness by living their vows. holiness, she said, citing a chap- Eminent among them was Mother Theodore Guerin. In all her time here, ter with that theme in the Second at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II this woman suffered greatly and knew suffering in her physical health and Vatican Council’s Dogmatic declared her venerable in 1992. in being misinterpreted and misunderstood, often by those in authority. Constitution on the Church. She was beatified in 1998, once Saints are given to us so that we may learn from them. While we Sister Marie Kevin also hoped the Vatican accepted as miracu- translate it into our own personality and our own life, we must listen to “Catholics and others would real- lous the 1908 healing of what they said. Here are the words of Mother Theodore Guerin as she ize that the most important aspect Providence Sister Mary landed in New York with her sisters after a terrible trip of 40 days across of sainthood is the way the per- Theodosia Mug through Mother the great ocean. son lived life according to the Theodore’s intercession. A sec- “On Monday, we will have the opportunity of going to confession and Gospels, and that the miracles are ond miracle through her interces- on Tuesday, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, receiving secondary to that.” In general, the sion, the healing of the right eye Communion. While shedding an abundance of tears, we renewed the church must confirm two mira- of Philip McCord, the facilities consecration of ourselves to God for the mission to which he had cles through the intercession of manager at Saint Mary-of-the- ordained to call us. How sweet for us the moment when we had the hap- the sainthood candidate before Woods, was accepted by the piness of uniting ourselves to our Lord in the Holy Sacrament after canonization. Vatican earlier this year. having been so deprived of this inestimable favor.” The Sisters of Providence Mother Theodore’s remains Unable to receive holy Communion during the journey, they felt at foundress was born Anne- had been in a tomb under the home now and in greater communion with him. We are able to receive Therese Guérin Oct. 2, 1798, in floor of the Church of the communion each day and so we learn from this sister, who lived con- Etables, a village in Brittany, the Immaculate Conception at the stantly in the presence of God, how we should treasure the Blessed picturesque French peninsula jut- MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN motherhouse in St. Mary-of-the- Sacrament. ting into the Atlantic. Her fami- Woods. On her feast day Oct. 3, The group we are bringing is small — priests who have served in ly’s cottage near the ocean likely her remains were transferred to a parishes where the Sisters of Providence served, and a few laity. We prompted her fondness for the west from the Atlantic seaboard, coffin built by staff carpenters for will join others from our diocese in a larger group from Indianapolis. I seashore. and Bishop Brute saw a need for placement adjacent to the promise to pray for this diocese in Rome and offer Mass for all of you She had three siblings, two Catholic sisters to serve in the church’s altar. With Mother at St. Peter’s. I promise to pray for more vocations to the consecrated brothers who died in childhood in large diocese. Theodore’s canonization, the con- life and the priesthood. a fire and a sister, Marie Jeanne, He sent a colleague to France gregation felt the new resting who outlived her. Her father, a to find a congregation willing to place would allow for better visi- lieutenant in Napoleon’s navy, help. The superior of the Ruille tation and prayer. Bishop John M. D’Arcy was killed by bandits in 1813 community felt Sister St. Sister Marie Kevin said she while returning home from duty. Theodore would be perfect to also hoped “that other young Her mother, who taught the lead such a mission, but she was women would be touched by the Rafael Guizar Valencia to become first young Anne-Therese at home, reluctant because of poor health. story of the life of Mother never quite got over the loss of She had contracted smallpox as a Theodore and respond to God’s Bishop/Knight of Columbus to be a saint her husband and became an postulant, and the treatment she call as women religious in our invalid. received for it was believed to congregation.” The mission of ROME — Bishop Rafael Guizar Guatemala and Cuba. At age 20 Anne-Therese want- have damaged her digestive sys- the Sisters of Providence today is Valencia (1878-1938), who will While in Cuba, he was conse- ed to enter religious life, but her tem. “to promote God’s providence by be canonized in Rome on Oct. 15 crated Bishop of Veracruz, mother refused permission. Five But, after a period of prayer works of love, mercy and jus- by Pope Benedict XVI, will Mexico. The end of the revolu- years later, with her mother’s and discernment, she sailed from tice,” she said. become the seventh Knight of tion enabled him to return to consent, she entered the Sisters of France with two other sisters and From that first academy, their Columbus and the first Bishop/ Mexico in January 1920, and he Providence of Ruille-sur-Loir. As three novices July 27, 1840. They teaching ministry spread across Knight to be declared a saint. joined Knights of Columbus Sister St. Theodore, she made landed in New York Sept. 7, and Indiana, and extended to Illinois, “We welcome the canoniza- Council 2311 in Jalapa, Veracruz first vows in 1825 and perpetual arrived Oct. 22 at the forest clear- Massachusetts, California, tion of our brother Knight, on Aug. 16, 1923. vows in 1831. For eight years, ing already named Saint Mary-of- Florida, Texas and Oklahoma. Bishop Guizar Valencia, and Bishop Guizar Valencia was she directed a school in Rennes, the-Woods. They were the first U.S. women’s know that his life of courage and forced to flee Mexico once again an industrial town, then was Despite much hardship, the six congregation to establish a mis- legacy of evangelization will be in 1927, during the persecution of transferred to Soulaines, where sisters opened an academy for sion in China, and currently they an inspiration to each of our 13 the church under Mexican she administered the school and girls that became Saint Mary-of- serve in Taiwan, China and the million members around the President Plutarco Calles. He studied pharmacy and medicine the-Woods College and began the Philippines. world,” said Supreme Knight returned in 1929, the year the with a local doctor. foundation of a new religious About 125 members of the Carl A. Anderson, who will church reached an accord with Meanwhile, in 1834 on the congregation modeled on the one community were to travel to attend Bishop Guizar Valencia’s the Mexican government, reached American frontier, Bishop Simon they had left in France. Rome for the canonization; the canonization in Rome. in part because of successful lob- Brute de Remur, another native Ill health accompanied Mother congregation also will celebrate Rafael Guizar Valencia was bying by the Knights of Breton, became the first bishop Theodore throughout adulthood. Mother Theodore’s sainthood born in Cotija de la Paz, Columbus. After his return to of the Diocese of Vincennes, For many years she lived on Oct. 21-22 at St. Mary-of-the- Michoacan, Mexico, on April 16, Mexico, Bishop Guizar Valencia Ind., which is now the broth and soft foods. She died Woods. Details are provided on 1878. He was ordained a priest in continued his ministry, and Archdiocese of Indianapolis but May 14, 1856. the sisters’ Web site, 1901. In 1915, when the Mexican became known as “the bishop of which at that time comprised all Her cause for sainthood was www.spsmw.org. government issued an order that the poor.” He died of natural of Indiana and the eastern third of opened in 1909. After her life, he be shot on sight, he escaped to causes on June 6, 1938, and was Illinois. People were pushing work and writings were examined the United States, and then went beatified by Pope John Paul II on in U.S. and French dioceses and on to serve the church in Jan. 29, 1995. 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006 Pope adds explanatory note Theologians: Unbaptized babies in to remarks on Islam heaven makes more sense than limbo “What we are trying to do is to reaffirms church teaching about sentence does not express my BY CINDY WOODEN BY JOHN THAVIS say, ‘What does the church say the reality of original sin. personal view of the Quran, for when confronted with the situa- The church believes that with which I have the respect due to VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To tion of an infant who has died the exception of the Blessed VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope the holy book of a great reli- hope that babies who die without without being baptized?’ That Virgin Mary and Jesus, every Benedict XVI has added an gion,” the pope said. being baptized will go to heaven and that alone is what prompted human being is born marked with explanatory note to his contro- “In quoting the text of the makes more sense than the idea our document. the stain of original sin, which versial remarks on Islam, saying Emperor Manuel II, I intended that they go to limbo, says a “The answer is not a simplis- distances them from God. the text provoked misinterpreta- solely to draw out the essential group of papally appointed the- tic, ‘Oh, don’t worry; everything As the Catechism of the tion and “understandable indig- relationship between faith and ologians. is fine,’” but rather that God’s Catholic Church explained: nation” among Muslims. reason. On this point I am in While no one can be certain of endless mercy, his love poured “Born with a fallen human nature The explanation appeared Oct. agreement with Manuel II, but the fate of unbaptized babies who out in Jesus Christ and his desire and tainted by original sin, chil- 9 in a footnote in the Vatican’s without endorsing his polemic,” die, Christians can and should to save all people gives a solid dren also have need of the new online version of the speech on he said. trust that God will welcome those basis for hoping those children birth in baptism to be freed from faith and reason given by the Part of the text of the papal babies into heaven, said members will be saved despite not having the power of darkness and pope in Regensburg, Germany, in speech has been retranslated in of the International Theological been baptized. brought into the realm of the mid-September. English and other languages. Commission. The commission began formal freedom of the children of God, In his speech, the pope spoke Originally the text opened the The commission, a Vatican studies of the question in 2004 to which all men are called.” briefly about religion and vio- quotation by noting that Emperor advisory board, met Oct. 2-6 to when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, But the catechism, published lence, quoting the 14th-century Manual spoke “somewhat continue work on a statement now Pope Benedict XVI, was in 1992, did not mention limbo. Byzantine Emperor Manuel II brusquely” about Islam. That was explaining why the concept of president of the advisory body In fact, regarding the fate of Paleologus, who said: “Show me changed to “with a startling limbo entered the common teach- and prefect of the Congregation children who die without the just what Mohammed brought brusqueness, a brusqueness that ing of the church, why it was for the Doctrine of the Faith. grace of baptism, it said, the that was new, and there you will we find unacceptable.” never officially defined as Pope Benedict celebrated church entrusts them to the find things only evil and inhu- The pope has several times Catholic doctrine, and why hope Mass Oct. 6 with the commission mercy of God. man, such as his command to expressed regret that his words for their salvation makes more members; in his homily, he spoke Presenting the commission’s spread by the sword the faith he had caused Muslims to take sense, said Father Paul about the role of theologians as work to Pope Benedict last year, preached.” offense, and he convened Muslim McPartlan, a member of the com- listening to the word of God in Cardinal William J. Levada, pre- In the new footnote, the pope representatives and diplomats to mission and a professor at The order to help other’s hear the fect of the doctrinal congregation re-emphasized a point he has offer a personal explanation. Catholic University of America good news. But he did not men- and president of the commission, made several times since deliver- While many Muslim leaders in Washington. tion the so-called limbo docu- said the statement was important ing the speech — that he did not have said they consider the issue “We cannot say we know with ment at all. because “the number of babies share the emperor’s views on closed, other groups have insist- certainty what will happen” to Father McPartlan said the not baptized has increased con- Islam. ed that the pope offer a full apol- unbaptized babies, Father commission began considering siderably,” and the church knows “In the Muslim world, this ogy. McPartlan said, “but we have the question because priests and that salvation “is only reachable quotation has unfortunately been Vatican officials have pointed good grounds to hope that God in bishops around the world had in Christ through the Holy taken as an expression of my per- out that in his original speech the his mercy and love looks after asked then-Cardinal Ratzinger for Spirit.” sonal position, thus arousing pope had been arguing in favor these children and brings them to “an updated Catholic statement in He also told the pope last year understandable indignation,” the of religious values in modern salvation.” response to the distressing human that he hoped the statement note said. cultures — a position which they Speaking the last day of the situation” of parents mourning would be published soon. “I hope that the reader of my say should be welcomed by commission’s meeting, Father the loss of a baby before baptism. Father McPartlan said there text can see immediately that this Muslims. McPartlan said the 30 commis- The commission also hoped to were “no hiccups” in the drafting sion members were in agreement be able to respond to questions process, but the commission’s on the main thesis of the docu- raised by those mourning the work takes time. Mother Theodore artifacts on display at museum ment, but they had not put the lives of babies lost through abor- In the 1985 book-length inter- finishing touches on it. If they tion. Because the Catholic view, “The Ratzinger Report,” INDIANAPOLIS — Organized religion played a significant role in vote on the final version by mail, Church teaches that human life and in the 2000 book, “God and shaping the Hoosier character during the pioneer period. the document could be released begins at conception, the question the World,” the future Pope In honor of Mother Theodore Guérin’s canonization on Oct. 15, the in 2007. applies to those babies as well, Benedict said focusing on hope Indiana State Museum will include artifacts on loan from the Sisters of He said that while affirming Father McPartlan said. made more sense theologically Providence archives in the museum’s second floor core gallery, The people’s hope, the document He also said the theologians then upholding the idea of limbo, Hoosier Way. The items on display include a rosary of St. Anne, some- takes pains to explain the felt called to articulate a Catholic where unbaptized babies would times referred to as St. Anne’s chaplet; shoes worn by Mother Theodore Christian belief that baptism is expression of hope in a world enjoy “natural happiness” for when working with the sisters in the gardens and fields; a hand-painted necessary to guarantee salvation where hope is often lacking and eternity, but would not be in engraving in its original frame, Death of St. Joseph, which hung over and urges parents to baptize their lives are often laid to waste by heaven in the presence of God. Mother Theodore’s bed during her time at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and infants. war and violence. Limbo, he pointed out, was a wooden crucifix that belonged to Mother Theodore. The document “in no way Realizing some people could never a defined article of The items are to go on public display beginning Oct. 12 prior to the means to lessen the urgency with misinterpret the statement as say- Catholic faith, but rather was a Oct. 15 canonization ceremony. They will remain on display at the which the church invites parents ing that baptism is unnecessary hypothesis formed on the basis of museum through 2007. to have their children baptized,” for infants because they are inca- the church’s belief in the need for Father McPartlan said Oct. 6. pable of sinning, the document baptism.

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BY GEROGE P. MATYSEK JR Mary’s University in Emmitsburg Bloodsworth said. That can lead to for a conference called “Witness innocent people, like him, getting and Action: Christian Responses to trapped in the system. EMMITSBURG, Md. (CNS) — the Death Penalty in Maryland.” “If it can happen to an honor- When Shannon Schieber was 18 About 100 people attended the ably discharged Marine like me months old, she already knew the daylong event, which was with no criminal record, it can alphabet. By the time she was 3, designed to raise awareness within happen to anyone,” he said. she was reading better than most the religious community about the Dale Recinella, a Catholic lay 6-year-olds. death penalty. chaplain for Florida’s death row With perfect grades in school, Schieber said she believes all and solitary confinement, said Shannon was the president of her life is sacred. When the state has there is a growing need for high school and president of her the ability to protect other lives by Christians to take action against freshman class at Duke University, applying life sentences without capital punishment on moral where she graduated in three years parole, it must do so, she said. grounds. with a triple major in mathematics, “Throughout Shannon’s life, we “We’re not talking in the economics and philosophy. taught her that we could not hate abstract about a death penalty sys- Vicki Schieber, Shannon’s and have revenge,” said Schieber. tem that works perfectly,” he said. proud mother, described her “Taking another life is not going to “It’s a system that is fraught with daughter as “a gift beyond any- honor her.” imperfections.” thing you could possibly believe,” Many conference speakers said Conference speakers noted that a young woman who lived her there are inherent flaws in the way Maryland’s state attorneys are 1.6 Catholic faith in every way. the death penalty is applied. times more likely to ask for a That’s what made May 7, 1998, Ray Krone, the 100th exonerat- death sentence for the murder of a such a terrible day in the Schieber ed death-row inmate, and Kirk white victim than for a black vic- family. Bloodsworth, an Eastern Shore tim. Death is sought twice as often It was on that day when native who was the first death-row when the defendant is black and Shannon was raped and murdered inmate exonerated by DNA, told the victim is white than when both in her apartment near the end of of the pain they endured as inno- are black, according Maryland her first year of graduate school on cent men on death row. Citizens Against State Executions. a full scholarship at the Wharton Since 1973, more than 120 peo- The system is unfairly applied on School at the University of ple have been released from death the basis of race and geography Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. row because of evidence of their and must be scrapped, they said. Despite her overwhelming loss, innocence, according to a House of “We hope to broaden the aboli- Schieber, a Catholic, said she has Representatives report. tion movement in Maryland,” said forgiven the man who took her “The death penalty cannot be Trudy Conway, a Mount St. daughter’s life. Not only that, she applied in a situation where inno- Mary’s philosophy professor who asked that he not be put to death cent people can die,” said was the moderator of the confer- for his crimes and that the death Bloodsworth, who became a ence. penalty itself be abolished. Catholic while he was on death Conway said she hoped partici- Schieber, who lives in the row at Baltimore’s Supermax pants would return to their parishes Washington Archdiocese, was one prison. and educate members of their faith of several death penalty opponents In heinous cases, there is pres- community about the “injustice” of who spoke Sept. 30 at Mount St. sure to find someone guilty, capital punishment. SMC CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Following remarks from SusanMcIlduff, student body president, there was a ritual of blessing led by Bishop D’Arcy who expressed gratitude to the early sisters who came from France. They saw the need and “turned almost immediately from being domestics to educa- tion.” After the ground was blessed, representatives of the administra- tion, students and board, along with the bishop, donned white SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS, CSC hard hats and with blue shovels Shari Rodriguez and student Sara Sabie look on as Bishop John M. broke the land. It was a momen- Voice Mail O:(260)436-6363 Ex 317 D’Arcy blesses the ground for the new academic building at Saint Mary’s tous day for Saint Mary’s (260) 479-1162 R: (260) 639-6471 College. College. 6 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006

istic communists. “The Catholic Cardinal injured, priest Church in China is fundamentally killed in weekend car one,” Cardinal Zen said. “They’re separate ... but just in front of the accident in Italy policies of the government. The patriotic official church exists BALTIMORE (CNS) — Cardinal EWS RIEFS N B only as an instrument of the state,” William H. Keeler of Baltimore he said. When the state changes, suffered a broken ankle and a church divisions will disappear, he retired priest of the Diocese of added. Cardinal Zen visited Harrisburg, Pa., was killed in an INDIANA BISHOP VENERATES RELIC OF CARMELITE NUN London to speak on the situation Oct. 7 automobile accident in of the church in China at an event Italy. Another Harrisburg diocesan in Westminster Cathedral. The priest, Msgr. Thomas H. Smith, event was sponsored by Aid to the who was driving the vehicle Church in Need, a Catholic chari- through the city of Terni, broke ty that assists poor and persecuted several ribs. Information about the churches. accident was not released until Oct. 9 so that relatives of the deceased priest, Father Bernard Russell, editor of Quinn, 78, could be notified. Cardinal Keeler and Msgr. Smith, diocesan paper in pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Lafayette, dies at age 59 Lancaster, Pa., were hospitalized in Italy. According to an LAFAYETTE (CNS) — Thomas Associated Press report, Father A. Russell, 59, editor of The Quinn was in the back seat of the Catholic Moment, Lafayette’s vehicle and Cardinal Keeler in the diocesan newspaper, died Sept. 30 front passenger seat when a car at Home Hospital in Lafayette. He struck the passenger side. had been in ill health the past year. Baltimore archdiocesan commu- A funeral Mass was to be celebrat- nications director Sean Caine said ed Oct. 4 at St. Ann Church in the three priests were friends and Lafayette, with burial at St. Mary vacationed together often. Cemetery in Lafayette. Russell, a member of St. Ann Parish in CNS/KAREN CALLAWAY, NORTHWEST INDIANA CATHOLIC Lafayette, was also longtime Pope schedules 2008 Bishop Dale J. Melczek of Gary, venerates a relic of Blessed Mother Maria Tauscher of St. director of the diocesan Pastoral Synod of Bishops on Office for Planning and Joseph during a celebration of Mother Maria’s beatification at Holy Trinity Church in Communications. Before begin- Bible in life of church East Chicago, Oct. 7. Carmelite nuns from Michigan, Wisconsin, St . Louis and Texas ning his tenure there, Russell was the Sunday editor at the VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope joined the Indiana nuns to celebrate the event. The German-born founder of the Messenger-Inquirer daily newspa- Benedict XVI has scheduled a per in Owensboro, Ky. He relocat- meeting of the world Synod of Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus was beatified May 13 in the Netherlands. ed to Lafayette, where he was Bishops for 2008 and has decided She founded many children’s homes, including one in East Chicago, which is in the employed with the Journal and the synod will focus on the Bible Courier daily newspaper as a in the life of the church. A brief Diocese of Gary. reporter, copy editor, local news announcement issued Oct. 6 said editor and copy desk chief. He bishops from around the world was named editor of The Catholic elected to represent their peers treatment plan for alcoholism and and religions, particularly is having unintended conse- Moment (then called The Sunday will meet at the Vatican Oct. 5-26, mental health issues. “I cannot between Christianity and Islam,” quences on the poorest of the poor Visitor) by Lafayette Bishop 2008, to discuss the theme, “The comment on whether the clergy- and the need to condemn terror- around the world. Ken Hackett, William L. Higi in 1986. Word of God in the Life and man was a priest, a minister, an ism. president of Catholic Relief Mission of the Church.” During imam or a rabbi,” Roth said. Services, told a House the last synod, the 2005 gathering Alexis Walkenstein, director of International Relations subcom- Catholics urged to lead focused on the Eucharist in the life communications for the Palm Turkish Christian hijacks mittee Sept. 28 that the govern- of the church, participants elected Beach Diocese, also declined to plane, asks pope’s help ment’s narrow focus on anti-ter- way in defeating stem- members to a council to follow up comment on the allegation. “It rorism is diverting resources from cell, cloning proposal on the synod and prepare for the would be really inappropriate for ROME (CNS) — A man claiming long-term efforts to address the next session. Participants at the me to comment on speculation at he was discriminated against as a root causes of poverty and hunger, JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CNS) 2005 synod also offered Pope this point, especially not knowing Christian in Turkey forced a which can themselves contribute — Catholics have a moral obliga- Benedict suggestions for topics to what these allegations are or who Turkish airplane with 113 people to political instability. Jesuit tion to treat the least among them be treated; the importance of the they’re being made against,” she on board to fly to Italy, where he Father Ken Gavin, director of the way they would treat Christ Bible was one of the most popular said. “We don’t even know if it hoped Pope Benedict XVI would Jesuit Refugee Service USA, testi- himself, Missouri’s Catholic bish- topics. The synod council will involved the Catholic Church or help him obtain asylum. The fied Sept. 27 before a Senate ops said in a pastoral letter calling prepare an outline and list of ques- the diocese.” alleged hijacker, 28-year-old Judiciary subcommittee that his for defeat of a proposed state con- tions for bishops’ conferences and Hakan Ekinci, surrendered about organization’s work with refugee stitutional amendment on embry- individual bishops to consider, two hours after the plane landed populations facing political or onic stem-cell research and then use the responses in drafting Pope accepts Austrian Oct. 3 in Brindisi, Italy. Ekinci religious persecution was being cloning. The amendment, slated a working document for the 2008 president’s invitation to apparently was unarmed and no compromised by a rigid interpre- for the Nov. 7 ballot, would take meeting. one on board was hurt. Initial tation of what constitutes “materi- away state and local governments’ visit in 2007 reports from Turkish television — al support to a terrorist organiza- authority to regulate and ban widely rebroadcast, but denied by tion” under U.S. law. human cloning and embryonic Questions remain about VATICAN CITY (CNS) — both Italian and Turkish authori- stem-cell research. Such research Foley’s claim of abuse Austrian President Heinz Fischer ties almost immediately after always results in the killing of formally invited Pope Benedict Ekinci surrendered — had identi- Cardinal: Chinese innocent human life. “The stage of nearly 40 years ago XVI to visit Austria next fied the hijacker as a Turkish Catholics are united in human life at which the killing September for the celebration of Muslim protesting Pope takes place makes no difference,” WASHINGTON (CNS) — Much the 850th anniversary of the Benedict’s plans to visit Turkey in the bishops said in the letter, remains unclear about former ‘fundamentally one’ Shrine of Our Lady of Mariazell. November. Even before it was released Sept. 30 during the Rep. Mark Foley’s allegation “The Holy Father willingly clear that Ekinci was not protest- church Missouri Catholic Conference’s through an attorney Oct. 3 that he accepted” the invitation offered ing the papal trip, the Vatican annual assembly at the Capitol in was abused by a member of the LONDON (CNS) — Catholics in during his Oct. 5 meeting with spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Jefferson City. “No matter how clergy when he was a young teen. China are united in “fundamental- Fischer, said a statement from the Lombardi, told Catholic News big or small we are, we all begin Foley, a Republican who had rep- ly one” church despite govern- Vatican press office. Fischer told Service that the incident had not our unique journey of life as a resented Florida’s 16th district in ment attempts to create divisions, the pope the Austrian people were prompted reconsideration of the human embryo,” they said. the House since 1994, resigned his said Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun pleased that he promised to visit trip scheduled for Nov. 28-Dec. 1. “Killing is killing, no matter how seat Sept. 29 following reports of Hong Kong. Cardinal Zen the shrine next year, adding that young or old the victim. And no that he had sent sexually explicit called the division between he seconded the Austrian church’s human life, at any stage of its e-mails and text messages to Catholics loyal to the communist invitation “officially and very cor- U.S. anti-terrorism focus development, may ever be taken House pages who were minors. state and those loyal to the pope dially in the name of the Republic for the sake of someone else’s David Roth, Foley’s attorney, said said to hinder work of artificial. During a Sept. 29 press of Austria.” The Vatican statement gain.” at a West Palm Beach, Fla., news said that during their 30-minute Catholic aid groups conference in London, Cardinal conference Oct. 3 that Foley want- private meeting the pope and pres- Zen said the Catholic Church in ed to name the person who had ident also discussed “themes of WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two China had not been separated by molested him when he was 13 to particular importance in today’s leaders of Catholic aid organiza- “theological differences” but by 15 years old, but was advised not global context, such as the promo- tions warned Congress in late the response of its own members to until he completed a 30-day tion of dialogue between cultures September that the “war on terror” to decades of persecution by athe- OCTOBER 15, 2006 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 7

Chambers, a psychology professor Bishop D’Arcy, who was stranded in New Orleans during the hurricane last year. Now in its fifth year, the fall local guests on break Catalyst Trip brings togeth- er women from the Saint Mary’s Redeemer Radio AROUND THE DIOCESE and Michiana communities for an educational weeklong experience Sharathon, Nov. 1-3 aimed at enlightening their think- ing and supporting their leader- FORT WAYNE — Redeemer ship. Radio, Catholic Radio 1450 AM, CLASS REUNION RAISES $4,500 FOR SOUP KITCHEN Throughout the Catalyst Trip, will be airing its fall pledge drive there will be various workshops on Wednesday through Friday, and discussions on topics such as Nov. 1-3, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each racism and privilege, community day. Known as “Fall Sharathon organizing and development and 2006”, the event features an array poverty. of local and national on-air Five Saint Mary’s students and guests. The preliminary schedule one student from the University of of local guests, headlined by Notre Dame will go to La Bishop John M. D’Arcy of the Guadalupana in Mexico, where Diocese of Fort Wayne-South some Sisters of the Holy Cross are Bend, has been announced as fol- serving. lows: Participating students applied • Bishop John M. D’Arcy, for this trip and were accepted last Diocese of Fort Wayne-South spring. They have been preparing Bend, Friday 3 p.m. for the pilgrimage since the start • Father Bob Schulte, Diocesan of the school year with weekly Chancellor/Vicar General, sessions of prayer, reflection and Wednesday 3 p.m. education about the culture and • Father Jim Shafer, advisor to the social teachings of the church. Redeemer Radio and pastor of St. This is a collaborative effort by Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, three offices at Saint Mary’s: The Friday 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Office of Civic and Social • Father Mark Gurtner, advisor Engagement, Campus Ministry to Redeemer Radio, pastor of Our and the Office of Multicultural Lady of Good Hope Parish, and Affairs. The trip is Monday, Oct. chaplain at Bishop Dwenger High 16, through Sunday, Oct. 22. School, Friday noon. • Deacon Tony Steinacker, who will be ordained a priest on Oct. Local drive time show 28, Wednesday, noon. premiers live on • Fred Tone and Mary Keefer, principals of Bishop Dwenger and Redeemer Radio Bishop Luers high schools, FORT WAYNE — Redeemer respectively, Thursday, 2 p.m. Radio, Catholic Radio 1450 AM, • Cindy Black, Diocesan Youth DON CLEMMER is now on the air with another Director, Thursday, noon. Father Philip Widmann, pastor of St. Mary Church in Fort Wayne, Diane Doehring- locally-produced program. “Think • Tim Johnson and Kathy on These Things” is hosted by Dr. Denice, Today’s Catholic editor Winkeljohn, Rita Jansen-King, Tony Henry, pastoral associate at St. Mary, and Diane Day, Dominic Aquila, dean of The and business manager, respective- director of St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen, gather at the parish grotto after Doehring- School of Liberal Arts at the ly, Thursday, 2 p.m. University of Saint Francis. The • Dr. Dominic Aquila, Dean of Wilkeljohn and Jansen-King, both of Central Catholic High School’s class of 1961, pre- theme of Dr. Aquila’s show is the school of Liberal Arts at the faith, culture and current affairs. University of Saint Francis, sented a check for $4,500 for St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen. The money was raised at the The one-hour call-in program airs Wednesday, 1 p.m. class of 1961’s reunion held in late September. live weekly on Mondays at 4 p.m. • John Tippmann Sr., Advisor to Redeemer Radio and Chairman of The Tippmann Group, dios of Redeemer Radio. Usher is come to attend. The test is to Thursday, 9 a.m. the national host of Catholic determine placement for the 2007- EARTHWORKS RECEIVES DONATED • Dr. Andrew Landrigan and radio’s most popular program, 2008 school year and to test stu- Ann Koehl, Women’s Care Center “Catholic Answers Live,” heard dents on academic merit in order QUILT FOR BAZAAR president and executive sirector, on Redeemer Radio weekdays to award financial scholarships. respectively, Friday, 2 p.m. from 6 to 8 o’clock, mornings and There will be a parent-to-par- • Bruce Summerfield, local evenings. Local co-hosts will ent meeting from 8 to 9 a.m. on artist, Wednesday and Friday, 8 include Mary Collins, morning Nov. 4 with coffee and doughnuts and 9 a.m. television anchor for Fort Wayne’s in the library for any parents inter- • Dorothy Sherman and Tracy Indiana News Center, and Bob ested. The makeup date for the test Sines, St. Vincent Parish pastoral Hartenstein from the Knights of will be Dec. 2, from 8 a.m. to 12 associate and youth minister, Columbus. p.m. There will no parent meeting respectively, Wednesday, 10 a.m. The pledge drive, along with on Dec. 2. Please call the BLHS • Greg Diss, Knights of Redeemer Radio’s regular pro- development office at (260) 456- Columbus, state chair for Right to gramming, can be heard on the 1261 for more information. Life, Wednesday, 11 a.m. Internet at redeemerradio.com. • Doug Snowball, Opus Dei, Redeemer Radio is a 501c3 non- Fall “break” for Saint Wednesday. 2 p.m. profit group of lay Catholics, • Jim Anderson, director of financially separate from the dio- Mary’s students means Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, cese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, service and learning Thursday, 6 a.m. and dependent on the generosity • Jenny Murray and Liz of listeners. NOTRE DAME — For many Sanders, Encountering Christ cat- Saint Mary’s College students, fall echetical associate and committee Bishop Luers offers break is not a time to go home and member, respectively, Thursday, sleep late. It is a week of learning, 11 a.m. scholarship exam reflection, and — in some cases • Nick Gray and Tom Kaough, FORT WAYNE — The 12th — hard physical labor. Regardless Serra Club current and past presi- of the endeavor, these students are dents, Thursday, 1 p.m. Annual Bishop Luers High School (BLHS) Scholarship/Placement working to improve themselves • Deb Meeks and Dave and the lives of others. IDA CHIPMAN Gongwer, recent convert and Exam will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4. Registration begins at 8 About 15 Saint Mary’s students RCIA candidate, respectively, and three faculty members will Sally Gerstbauer is shown with her hand-quilted queen- from St. Therese Parish, Friday, a.m. The exam will be completed by 12 p.m. The test will be given take a van to St. Tammany Parish sized quilt donated to Earthworks for their Whole House 10 a.m. in Louisiana to work with the • Frankie Strezlecki, XLT in the school cafeteria. Christmas bazaar. The sixth annual bazaar will be held on Students are asked to bring $10 local chapter of Habitat for leader, Thursday, noon. Humanity on their “100 houses in Nov. 17-19 at Earthworks House across from Ancilla col- Fall Sharathon 2006 will be to take the test and two #2 pencils. All eighth-grade students are wel- 1 year” project. One of the faculty hosted by Jerry Usher at the stu- members going is Karen lege and convent in Donaldson. 8 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006 St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth School partners with Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne to expand the horizons of stewardship, service

BY KAY COZAD as toothpaste, soap, and lotions, and school supplies, backpacks and games. Gift cards totaling FORT WAYNE — Visit the Boys $120 were also donated for gifts and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne on and prizes for the children at the Fairfield Avenue this fall and you club. The donations were deliv- will see smiles on the faces of the ered Sept. 27, by Andorfer, Boys children there. Those smiles are and Girls Club board member shining in part because of the and parishioner of St. Elizabeth newly formed partnership the Parish, Kevin Burns and several club has made with St. Joseph-St. students of SJSE School to a Elizabeth School (SJSE). What grateful group of children. began as a simple volunteer mis- According to director Denise sion has snowballed into a stew- Andorfer, the donations will be ardship network that has already used as incentives to complete begun to benefit these underprivi- the eight-week classes offered at leged youth of Fort Wayne. the club, which include drug pre- This past summer, Alex and vention, career education and job Kris Andorfer, both students at training. Additionally the Boys Bishop Luers High School, vol- and Girls Club offers a “club unteered their time at the Boys store” with items that can be pur- and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne, chased by the children with where their aunt, Denise earned “club bucks.” Andorfer, is executive director. And this generous donation is During conversations with their just the beginning. Widner and parents, Mark and Jenny Denise Andorfer are currently Andorfer, they spoke of the needs mapping out additional volunteer of the children at the club and the projects to benefit the children at family wanted to do more to the school and the club. Seventh help. and eighth grade SJSE students The Andorfers’ involvement will have the opportunity to read with parents and teachers at SJSE to club children ages six to nine PHOTOS PROVIDED BY DENISE ANDORFER School, where their two youngest and assist them with homework Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne board member Kevin Burns stands behind St. Joseph- St. Elizabeth stu- children, Kaitlyn and Julia attend, and in the craft room. The after dents (from left) Kaitlyn Andorfer, Addie Reimbold and Julia Andorfer holding donated items for the children led them to the idea of partner- school volunteer hours will help of the club. These students are participating in a partnership with the Boys and Girls Club in which they col- ship with the club. complete the necessary service lected items of need for the club in addition to volunteering after school to assist the children with home- “We have very generous fami- hours needed for seventh and lies (at school) and I thought that eighth grade religion class and work and reading. The club is located at 2609 Fairfield Ave. if we matched that generosity confirmation requirements. with a needy organization, then it Future endeavors will include the Addie Reimbold (left) and Kaitlyn would be a win-win situation for fifth and sixth grade SJSE stu- Andorfer assist a young girl at the both,” said Jenny Andorfer. After dents as well. “It’s important that Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne speaking with the club’s director, the students are part of the broad- on Fairfield Avenue after school in she approached SJSE School er community and helping to give Principal Lois Widner with a “list back,” says Widner. She adds that the craft room. The girls are stu- of needed items” for the club. “it’s a big deal at SJSE School to dents at St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth Widner’s excitement about the use the gifts and talents to help School partnering with the club to idea led to a school-wide project other kids.” assist with peer tutoring and read- that was initiated before the first The generous stewardship of ing projects. day of the 2006-2007 school year the students and sponsors at SJSE with a letter to the parents School has indeed snowballed requesting donations to the club. into a beneficial partnership with The supply drive had school the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort children bringing in listed items Wayne. And it seems there’s needed at the club for weeks, more to come. including hygiene products such For more information on how you or your school can help, contact Denise Andorfer at (260) 744- 0998.

CROSS TRAVELS TO LIGONIER The traveling Jubilee Cross arrived at St. Patrick Catholic Church on Sunday, Aug. 20, and served as a reminder of the great love Jesus had for all of us. After a week of cele- brating this great love with special services, the cross was delivered to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Warsaw on Aug. 26 by St. Patrick parish- ioners.

PROVIDED BY THE ADVANCE LEADER OCTOBER 15, 2006 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 9 Students, alumni and staff pay St. Michael parishioner tribute to Saint Joseph’s teacher donates hair to Locks of Love

BY LISA KOCHANOWSKI She plays basketball, soccer, BY IDA CHIPMAN softball and runs cross country. She’s used to having her full SOUTH BEND — “‘California PLYMOUTH — “It was kinda pony tail bouncing around Dreamin,’ ‘Yesterday,’ ‘Blowin hard to part with,” Maggie behind her. In the Wind’ — all popular songs Morrow, 12, said, when her long, No more. that could be heard countless wavy dark-brown hair lay in ten Rio Hafke, the hair stylist at times from the basement of Saint and a half inch pigtails on her lap. Alena Renee’s Salon in down- Joseph’s High School over the After all, she’d been growing town Plymouth, first washed and past years will not be played dur- her it long since the fourth grade. dried Maggie’s long hair. She ing the passing periods this year. And now she was about to enter separated it into two pigtails and Sadly, the sound of silence will the seventh grade at Lincoln cut them off — one-by-one. be heard in room 11 for some Junior High — with an entirely The scissors made a strange, time,” wrote Susan Richter, prin- changed look. heavy sound. cipal at Saint Joseph’s High “Actually,” her mom, Chris “This is the first Locks of School in South Bend to the stu- Morrow, said, “we’d been talking Love I’ve done in Plymouth,” dent body and their families in about making an appointment Rio, a recent resident, moving the September newsletter since June, but Maggie just was- here from New Jersey, said. Soundings. n’t ready to have it done yet.” The tresses will be carefully “Thomas A. Gerencher, a vet- She’d even toyed with the placed in a plastic bag, sealed eran teacher at Saint Joseph’s for idea of cutting it off just before and put into a padded envelope 34 years, passed away on Aug. this year’s annual Relay for Life. for shipment by Maggie’s mom. 14. The Saint Joe community suf- But then — it wasn’t time yet. “Locks of Love will fashion fered a tremendous loss on that PROVIDED BY SAINT JOSEPH’S HIGH SCHOOL It’s like giving up something the donated hair into wigs for day. Mr. Gerencher was a special Front center is Tom Gerencher at a Saint Joseph’s High School homecom- that is a part of you. children,” she said. teacher, a special person who ing game where his 1963 winning football team was honored. And it is. As a special reward for her made a difference in the lives of Maggie’d already made the generosity, Chris is taking her his students. He loved to teach, to commitment in her mind. Ever daughter out for a pedicure. challenge his students to achieve Jesus told me, but I dropped thought as deeply as he believed. since Mary Ann Hickman, an Maggie, whose neck feels excellence and to make the world chemistry,” recalled Sechowski. Here was an inspirational teacher agent in her dad’s insurance nothing if but a little naked, a better place in which to live. “I never have had so much fun inspired and led by the Holy company had been diagnosed smiled. Tom lived his faith on a daily in a class. My appreciation for Ghost. And in that inspiration, with cancer and lost her hair A member of the Angels basis and helped his students to literature grew tremendously there is a kind of in-breathing in after chemotherapy, Maggie had Girls’ Club of St. Michael see Christ in others,” added because of Mr. Gerencher. For students that cannot help but be decided to donate her own hair to Catholic Church, she is definitely Richter. example, he made learning about passed on, even as Tom himself Locks of Love. following their tenets. Gerencher, and three other transcendentalist authors like no longer breathes,” wrote Van “She was my inspiration,” she “I’ll do it again,” she said, teachers, walked each day on the Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Engen. said. happy with her new look. “As track at Saint Joseph’s High David Thoreau (and their dry “I learned to write under An honor student, Maggie is soon as it grows out long School. During his usual morning works such as ‘Nature’ and Tom’s guidance — I and so many very much involved in sports. enough.” walk, Gerencher unexpectedly ‘Walden’) quite interesting. ... others. And now when we write, died of a heart attack leaving There was no way to read all of we cannot help but mark some- behind a legacy at his alma mater the books we talked about during thing of Tom’s passing wake, the that is unmatched. the course of the year, but I have words stirred a little differently Gerencher taught American made it my personal goal to read for having passed beneath his literature honors and media for as many as I can in my lifetime,” care. Such words then carry on. 34 years at Saint Joseph’s High said Sechowski. They affect their readers and School. He was a teacher that “Mr. Gerencher was my future writers who have read students (parents) will never for- teacher, but, more importantly, he them and on and on. Like the get. He not only taught his stu- was my mentor and my friend. I McDonald’s ticker that kept spin- dents how to write, he taught could talk to him about anything. ning upwards as it counted how them how to learn. He encour- He was always there to listen, many it had served, the number aged them to be inspired, moti- whether it was for me to joke or Tom has served in his teaching is vated, enthusiastic, persuaded, to rant. The intimidation I felt at even now spinning wildly out of realistic, and most importantly to the beginning of my junior year control,” Van Engen added. embrace life — “live to learn and turned quickly into admiration. I At the end of the letter, Van learn to live.” He demanded established a friendship with Mr. Engen talked about how he sees excellence from his students and Gerencher — something I feel he Gerencher as he leaves this world rejoiced in the number of them did with each of his students. and moves onto the next. who achieved his or her dreams This relationship was something “I am a Christian, as Tom was, because he or she rose to that that I will always treasure,” said and so I believe that Tom has not challenge. Gerencher’s passions Sechowski. been swallowed up, but rather were teaching, reading and col- The school received numerous that he has died into Christ and lecting great literature. e-mails and letters from parents, overcome the darkness with a “The number of e-mails and current students and past students brighter light. I imagine Tom letters received by the school that all talked about the lasting finally leaving his basement serves as a testament to the impact Gerencher made on their room and passing through the impact that Mr. Gerencher had on lives. dark halls of the high school until so many of his students. He “I was in his class the first he emerges, with a wink and a embodied everything that is good year he taught at Saint Joe and smile, in the bright light of a per- about Saint Joseph’s,” stated what a good fortune that was for fect spring day. And outside, Richter in her newsletter. IDA CHIPMAN me,” wrote alumnus Mary Pat there is a feast, a great celebra- Maggie Morrow, 12, has her hair cut for the first time since she was in Senior Karen Sechowski was Sapp in a condolence note to the tion. And as Tom approaches this a student of Gerencher’s and also high school. “I still remember great feast, with the music of the the fourth grade. She is donating her pony tails to Locks of Love. Rio sang at his funeral Mass. one of those 66,000 essays and Beatles blasting from the stereos, Hafke, a stylist in Alena Renees Salon in downtown Plymouth, is doing “I remember having my first am grateful for the challenge.” he is joined by another man, a the deed. after-school chat with Mr. Graduate Abram Van Engen mysterious man whom Tom has Gerencher. He sat on his blue wrote a letter to the school that always known, though never seen swivel chair behind his podium, talked about his personal experi- quite so closely as this. The man “Professional Insurance Services” and I was terrified. It seems so ences with Gerencher, and how it walks side-by-side with Tom, and silly now that I could have been affected his life. at the entrance to the great feast, •Life •Auto scared of such a loving person, kintz “But then, of course, there is he stops, turns to Tom with •Health •Home but his class’s reputation of being the greatest impression of all — approval and says just this, just insurance tough frightened me. I was con- the spiritual difference a person this one line: ‘Well done, my •Annuities •Business sidering dropping one of my four makes in another’s life. Tom good and faithful servant.’ It is agency •Disabilities •Liability honors classes, and it was taught students not only how to the just reward Tom deserves; it •Medicare Supplements between chemistry or American write but also how to think; and is a reward, I believe, that Tom •Nursing Home Care literature. Mr. Gerencher told me in thinking, he taught us that has already received,” wrote Van 111 North Third Street • Decatur to pray to the baby Jesus for faith and thought are not Engen. help. I do not know exactly what opposed. Here was a man who (260)728-9290 • (260) 724-8042 • 1-800-589-5468 10 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006 GREGORIAN SCHOLA DEBUTS AT JUBILEE CROSS AWES PRESCHOOL CHILDREN NOTRE DAME Students in St. Dominic Parish preschool class taught by Kathy Aschenbrenner and Erin Eberle gaze in awe at the traveling Jubilee Cross. The religious education classes held a special service before the 10:30 Mass on Sunday, Oct. 8, with all grades partici- pating. The cross now travels to St. Michael in Plymouth. MICHELLE DONAGHEY

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ANN CAREY The Notre Dame Gregorian Schola made its debut recent- 3rd Annual ly at a Mass in the chapel of Alumni Hall. The schola, which will chant at a monthly Mass throughout the school Christian Marriage year, was formed by Notre Dame students interested in Gregorian chant. Pictured in the back row, left to right, are Conference for schola members Joseph Caudle, class of ‘09; Philip Carl Smith, class of ‘08 and director of the schola; Raymond Married Couples Hain, graduate student; and Joseph Zepeda, graduate stu- with Fred & Lisa Everett dent. Garret Smith, a graduate student and other schola member is not pictured. Celebrating the novus ordo Latin Mass was Jesuit Father Brian Daley, a Notre Dame theolo- Saturday, November 18 gy professor, center front row. The servers were Victor Saenz, class of ‘09, left front; and John Sikorski, class of Lindenwood Retreat Center ‘07, right front. The conference will run from 9 AM to 5 PM, with registration beginning at 8:30. The fee for the day, including lunch and materials, is $40 per couple. Call the Office of Family Life (OFL) or send the application below by November 6. Upon acceptance of your application, a confirmation card with directions will be LEARN ROSARY MAKING sent. For more information, call Helen, the OFL administrative assistant, at (574) Call for catalog & introductory offer 234-0687 or email her at [email protected]. or visit ------www.rosaryparts.com Names ______LEWIS & COMPANY Address ______P.O. Box 268-K, Troy, NY 12181 • 800-342-2400 ______Tel. # ______Parish ______

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LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON MEANINGFUL? The key to success is taking the time to come up with things you can do together as a family. Activities sure to make an impression are holi- day-themed arts and crafts projects worked on together. This time of year, craft stores across the country are fully stocked with the materials needed to make just about any holiday decoration you Family Faith can imagine. Family turns tragedy Catholics unite in prayer into a field of dreams NOTRE DAME — Four years ranked 94th on a list of building pri- for Amish community after Melissa Cook was killed by orities, according to Paul Demo. falling scaffolding from the John “We knew the girls were not Hancock Center, her family has going to have a stadium in our life- BY JEN REED faith, we pray for our beloved The bishop also prayed that Amish neighbors, our brothers and God would “bestow his healing donated $3 million to the time. We decided that is what Melissa sisters in the Christian faith. We and grace to this community unit- University of Notre Dame to build would like,” Linda Demo said. HARRISBURG, Pa. (CNS) — In pray for the children who have ed as his children in faith, hope a softball stadium in her name. Paul Demo said that Cook was a demonstration of support for the died, so precious in the sight of the and love.” The money comes from a law- sensitive to inequities between local Amish community, Catholics Lord,” Bishop Rhoades said, pray- As Bishop Rhoades celebrated suit settlement reached in men and women, including that in the Harrisburg Diocese filled St. ing also for the girls who remained Mass in Quarryville, several hun- February. Four women died, and at Notre Dame baseball players had a Catherine of Siena Church in hospitalized, for the victims’ fami- dred people filled the Cardinal least six people were injured in the high-end stadium while the soft- Quarryville and the Cardinal lies, and for Roberts and his fami- Keeler Center in Harrisburg for a 2002 scaffolding accident. Victims ball team played on a field and Keeler Center in Harrisburg Oct. 5 ly. holy hour of prayer with eucharis- and family members received a changed clothes in the equivalent for prayer three days after the “This past weekend, the tic adoration and benediction to combined $75.2 million from the of a storage room. shootings at the Amish school- Catholic Church throughout the pray for the Amish community, the owner of the skyscraper, makers Since Cook’s death, Linda and house. United States celebrated Respect safety of children and an end to and operators of the scaffolding Paul Demo have stayed close with The Mass at St. Catherine’s and Life Sunday,” the bishop violence. and other companies. The plain- her friends from Notre Dame. the prayer service at the Keeler remarked. “We affirmed and cele- Father James Lyons, diocesan tiffs have declined to say how the They attended softball games and Center took place the same day the brated that all human life is a vicar general and celebrant and settlement was divided. had dinner with the team. The sta- Amish community buried four of sacred and priceless gift from God. homilist at the center service, said Cook’s mother and stepfather, dium will be named the Melissa the girls shot in the schoolhouse. ... Our lives and the lives of all our the presence of so many Catholics Linda and Paul Demo, decided to Cook Stadium. Burial of the fifth child was Oct. 6. children and of the Amish children demonstrated the respect and con- give the bulk of their proceeds to Last month, Cook was re- According to state police, 32- whose death we mourn are a gift cern for the Amish and for the educational causes, especially interred at the university cemetery, year-old Charles Carl Roberts IV of God’s love. families whose lives were so pro- those that call to mind their daugh- which had been reserved for Notre entered a one-room Amish school- “We must learn to treasure that foundly affected by the tragedy. ter’s days at Notre Dame and her Dame faculty and staff members. house in West Nickel Mines Oct. 2 gift even more” in the aftermath of “I think it’s a great sign of the love of learning. University officials said they will and shot 10 girls before taking his the school tragedy, he said. presence of the church, in the Speaking publicly for one of soon start a program, called own life. As of Oct. 6, the five The bishop said the readings for sense that people of the church the few times since the accident, “Coming Home,” allowing alumni who survived remained in serious the Mass about God wiping away come together in prayer,” Father the Demos said they also plan to to purchase plots, said Dennis condition. people’s tears and Christ’s resur- Lyons told The Catholic Witness, donate several million dollars to Brown, a university spokesman. St. Catherine of Siena Church rection making all things new diocesan newspaper of Harrisburg. send students from northwestern McMahon said her friend is located just seven miles from the should “strengthen our faith and “It’s almost instinctual for Indiana to college. would be honored to be buried scene of the tragedy. The Oct. 5 hope during this time of tragedy Catholics, and people who practice “From the beginning of the there and to have a facility named Mass was celebrated by Harrisburg and mourning.” their faith, to want to come togeth- lawsuit, we didn’t think that in her honor, but that she also Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades and “None of the evil, suffering or er in prayer to comfort each other money belonged to us. Melissa would be embarrassed by the concelebrated by several diocesan pain experienced in this world will but also to pray to God for strength paid the ultimate price for that attention. priests. It drew an overflow crowd. find its way into the new world, and healing,” he said. money and that money actually The stadium will be built on the “As a Catholic community of the heavenly Jerusalem,” he added. belonged to her,” said Cook’s southeast corner of campus. mother, Linda Demo, of Palm University officials said they’ve Harbor, Fla. “We wanted her raised an additional $500,000, and memory to live on. We tried to construction won’t begin until the think of ways that would do the project, estimated to cost $4.8 most good.” million, is fully funded. They are in the beginning Coach Deanna Gumpf said a stages of setting up the Melissa new stadium, named after Cook, Cook Memorial Foundation, will inspire future athletes. which will direct college scholar- “Melissa loved Notre Dame ship money to needy students and loved playing softball,” said from Lake County. The first schol- Gumpf, the women’s head soft- arships are expected to be given ball coach. “Being here at Notre out in fall 2007, said McMahon, a Dame was such a special place foundation co-director. for her, and her parents realized Cook’s family also asked Notre that. Every time someone walks Dame officials about the university’s through the Melissa Cook plans to build a softball stadium. Stadium, they will know her They learned that a stadium was name and learn her story.”

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CNS PHOTO/CHRIS HEISEY, CATHOLIC WITNESS “A FAMILY SERVING FAMILIES” Father Daniel Mitzel, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Lancaster, Pa., distributes Communion at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Quarryville, Pa., as a reverent Amish girl looks on Oct. 5. St. Catherine of Siena is the closest Catholic church to West Nickel Mines Amish School where 10 children were shot Oct. 2. Three died at C. Ronald Hahn R. Patrick Hahn Richard L. Hahn the scene and two others died after being hospitalized. 12 TODAY’S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006

THE ST. THERESE CATHOLIC SCHOOL is located in Fort Wayne. The school has 185 students in grades kindergarten through 8. Michael Briggs is the principal. Additional information is available at the Web site: stthereseschoolfw.org, e-mail: [email protected] Young Voice or by calling the school at (260) 747-2343.

How I feel about St. Therese School Small school with big resources I am very proud to be a part of St. Therese School and parish. St. Therese has always ather Albert Seen, OFM, was the seemed like my second home and I have always pastor of St. Therese Parish in 1958 felt safe here and enjoyed the people and envi- when the school was built. It was ronment it’s in. It is not the newly remodeled F classrooms, or the beautiful new church, but it’s Father Albert who gave the permission to its members to begin planning the unique the people that make St. Therese what it is and semi-circular two-story building. Today, how special it is today. The teachers are phe- St. Therese School has 154 students in nominal and they listen and understand you. My grades K-8 under the direction of classmates are great and funny people to be Principal Michael Briggs. The staff con- around and the best thing is we all get along. sists of nine homeroom teachers, four Attending church has always and will always be aides in addition to special teachers of a big part of my life, however having a small art, physical education, music, computer, parish, it seems to be that much more special and a full-time resource teacher. and spiritual. St. Therese has changed my per- St. Therese is located in the spective on life and I will cherish the memories I Waynedale area of Fort Wayne where have had here forever! students benefit from the caring neigh- ABBY BIRELEY borly feel of a small town as well as the GRADE 8 diversity and opportunity of a larger community. Within this warm atmos- St. Therese, in my opinion, has the best teach- phere, students are given personal atten- ers. They give me a reason to come to school tion though a variety of resources offered every day. They teach us the important things at St. Therese School. We have a full-day about life and help us students prepare for the kindergarten, Junior Achievement, family upcoming years. They also inspire us in many groups, a playground gym, full CYO ath- different ways. For example, they remind us letic program and hands-on science lab. every day how smart and blessed we all are. The school is located adjacent to the Everyone doesn’t learn at the same pace so, to Waynedale Branch of the Allen County help those who fall behind they provide more one-on-one time with those students and offer Public Library that students visit weekly. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ST. THERESE CATHOLIC SCHOOL after school tutoring. The best thing about the St. Therese has daily rosary attended Eighth grade students meet the Crusader Times Newspaper deadline. by students every morning before school. teachers here at St. Therese is that they can Students are very proud of the new relate to our everyday lives. They tell us about church. The beautiful rose window is annual Midwest class trip for May. All little siblings at home. Some of the their mistakes and what they did to find a solu- located on the north side of the church. middle school students participate in booths are food, fun games with lots of tion. The teachers here at St. Therese are like a Students make visits to neighborhood three service project each quarter. This prizes. All students participate in the second family to me and are always there for me Kingston Senior Retirement Center to can be raking leaves or shoving snow for annual “clean-up” day every spring. when I need them. interact with senior citizens on a monthly handicapped individuals in the Students come to school with rakes, ALYSSA SHAFFER basis. The upper grades publish a quar- Waynedale area. Some students even gloves and buckets to freshen up the GRADE 8 terly Crusaders Times newspaper. provide free babysitting service for par- parish and school grounds for the upcom- Students have access to a newly remod- ents in need as well has reading/ tutoring ing summer. Being a St. Therese student for more than eled computer lab with Internet access younger students. A big highlight before Come join us. We have a great school eight years has shown me what true appreciation and a SmartBoard. St. Therese eighth Christmas break is the Questival to raise with marvelous and caring people. We is. Although I have thought the rules here were grade students publish their own personal money to send to our sister school in have an awesome education and we take too strict, I have learned that these rules were yearbook composed of class memories Honduras. The upper grades put together ISTEP+ every year. only for our best interest. I have also made some since kindergarten. They also plan an booths for the younger students and their of my very best friends here and have always been able to turn to God without judgment here. Appreciation and gratitude are only a few words to describe my great thanks to this school. I have faced many hardships at this school that have made me stronger. I am going to miss these great teachers and this great spirit every student here has. KATIE EASH GRADE 8

St. Therese is an all around great school. It has caring teachers and good morals, many sports teams, creative arts, and it brings God into the classroom, etc. I appreciate these qualities in a school and they make learning more enjoyable. However these great attributes aren’t really what makes this school so great for me. It’s the stu- dents and friends I have here that make this school so great. Students leave St. Therese with a positive outlook on life and are intelligent and kind people. After all, students are the most important part of any school and the kids here are great people. Grade seven studies the skeletal and muscular system by cutting up The rose window adorns the sanctuary of St. Therese Church. MARIAH FREDRICK chicken quarters. GRADE 8 OCTOBER 15, 2006 RED MASS 13 Coughlin and the Red Mass Chief Justice to speak at Red Mass event BY ANN CAREY ice to the law. “The first way I relate to the students is as a priest,” he told BY ANN CAREY ranciscan Father John Today’s Catholic. “I love being a Coughlin, a law professor at lawyer, but being a priest is far he chief justice of the Indiana the University of Notre more important, and I love it F Supreme Court will be the Dame Law School, will be the more. I try to show students that featured speaker at a brunch celebrant and homilist for the it’s possible to live a life in T after the Oct. 15 Red Mass cele- annual Red Mass in Fort Wayne accord with Catholic teaching brated in Fort Wayne’s Cathedral of at 9:30 a.m., Oct. 15 in the and to be an instrument of justice the Immaculate Conception. Cathedral of the Immaculate in the world as an attorney.” Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard Conception. He is standing in for Father Coughlin said that prin- has been chief justice of the Indiana Bishop John M. D’Arcy, who is ciple is embodied in something as Supreme Court since 1987. He was in Rome for the canonization of broad as the requirement to tell originally appointed in 1985 by Mother Theodore Guérin. the truth and not to make false Gov. Robert Orr. During his tenure Father Coughlin is both a civil statements. The truth requirement on the Indiana Supreme Court, lawyer and a canon lawyer, and applies to every aspect of the law, Chief Justice Shepard has received he teaches courses on canon law, but it is something that is rein- numerous awards for his service, legal ethics and professional forced by faith, and in fact comes including this year’s Lifetime CHIEF JUSTICE RANDALL T. SHEPARD responsibility. He told Today’s from faith, he explained. Achievement Award from Indiana Catholic that he is very happy In teaching civil law classes, Black Expo, the Professionalism Princeton University and earned that the tradition of the Red Mass Father Coughlin said he brings in FATHER JOHN COUGHLIN, OFM Award from the American Inns of his law degree from Yale has been revived: Catholic principles and examples Court Foundation in 2005, and the University School of Law. He also “It’s a wonderful time for from canon law. And in teaching Norma Wickler Excellence in holds a master of laws degree in lawyers — Catholic and non- canon law, he is able to bring the Service Award from the National the judicial process from the Catholics alike — to gather in a perspective of civil law. In fact, Association of Women Judges in University of Virginia. faith context and to acknowledge his doctoral dissertation in canon canonical counsel to the Holy 2004. Before being named to the the reality of God, the reality of law is on the comparison between Name Province of Franciscan Just last month, Chief Justice Supreme Court, he was a judge in the sacred,” Father Coughlin said. canon law and American civil Friars in New York. He was pro- Shepard received a Special Merit the Vanderburgh Superior Court “It’s good for the church, but it’s law. fessor of canon law and spiritual Citation from the American from 1980 to 1985. Prior to that, even more important in terms of Father Coughlin told Today’s director of St. Joseph’s Seminary Judicature Society for the Indiana he had been executive assistant to the civic forum, and the sense Catholic that his homily at the in New York from 1994 to 2001. Supreme Court’s Jury Pool Mayor Russell Lloyd of Evansville that in the government we ought Red Mass will be based on the Father Coughlin also served Project. That project succeeded in and a special assistant to the to have a recognition of God and day’s Gospel about the rich the Archdiocese of New York as a creating a more diverse and inclu- under-secretary of the U.S. of the sacred.” young man who comes to our judge in the appeals tribunal and sive jury pool by expanding state Department of Transportation. Father Coughlin has broad Lord and asks what he needs to as vicar of canonical and legal jury pool lists from 60-to-80 per- Chief Justice Shepard also is experience in the law profession. do to be perfect. The homily will aspects of health care. From 1996 cent of eligible jurors to 99 percent active in other areas, including the He received his J.D. from connect that Gospel to the legal to 2003, he taught at St. John’s of eligible jurors by combining Boy Scouts of America and the Harvard Law School and his profession by explaining that it is University School of Law before data from the Indiana Bureau of Indiana Historical Society. He and license and doctorate of canon not enough just to obey the law. coming to Notre Dame. Motor Vehicles and the his wife, Amy, are the parents of law from the Pontifical Gregorian There is something deeper. As a priest who also is a Department of Revenue. Thus, one daughter. University in Rome. He is a “For the Catholic lawyer, lawyer, Father Coughlin personi- anyone with a driver’s license or The present Indiana Supreme member of the New York bar and one’s personal relationship with fies a unique intersection between state identification card or who Court has four associate justices in served as general counsel of St. Christ is that deeper thing,” the religious profession and the works or pays taxes is eligible for addition to the chief justice. Bonaventure University in Olean, Father Coughlin said. legal profession, and he tries to the jury pools. Incumbent justices are subject to N.Y., from 1990 to 1993. From show students how one’s faith retention votes every 10 years, with 1993 to 1996, he was legal and A native of Indiana, Chief should inform one’s work in serv- Justice Shepard graduated from mandatory retirement at age 75. Brownback tells audience he prefers to debate SOLUTIONS.

based on reason BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONAL LAW BY CAROL ZIMMERMAN He said his faith-formed ideas about the dignity of human life and the need for laws to protect Carson Boxberger has a history of success EMPLOYMENT WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sen. society’s most vulnerable influence in business law, litigation, personal legal services AND LABOR LAW Sam Brownback, R-Kan., told an his views about public policy, but audience at The Catholic even in debates about embryonic and more. With a wealth of boardroom and University of America’s Columbus stem-cell research he prefers to MERGERS School of Law Sept. 28 that he trial experience, Carson Boxberger’s roster stick to scientific reasoning. That’s AND ACQUISITIONS does not use theology to debate why he said he asked participants issues on Capitol Hill, but instead during a recent debate on such of accomplished attorneys is committed uses reason. research to discuss when human to attaining the best solutions for its clients. REAL ESTATE The Catholic senator, speaking life begins from AND LAND USE at a two-day a biological, not forum titled a theological, “Roundtable on standpoint. CIVIL LITIGATION Religion in the “We could argue all day The senator Public Square” also noted that GOVERNMENTAL LAW and sponsored on theology.” he does not shy by the law away from SEN. SAM BROWNBACK school, stressed debate, even WEALTH PLANNING that although he though for many is not a person the “tendency is NONPROFIT LAW who “checks his to walk away beliefs at the door” he is con- from conflict.” vinced that people of faith should “We’re better off to have a TRANSPORTATION LAW not “seek to impose their faith wholesome debate,” he told the beliefs on anyone.” audience. FAMILY LAW “We could argue all day on the- The senator said he is often 1400 ONE SUMMIT SQUARE ology,” he said, noting that he accused on television talk shows FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 46802 prefers to debate based on facts of imposing his values on others 260 423-9411 CARSONBOXBERGER.COM MILITARY LAW and science, which may be and he finds that “people often try informed by theology, as a “way to move forward.” REASON, PAGE 14 14 RED MASS OCTOBER 15, 2006 importance of working together Agudath Israel of America, a with members of other religious group representing Orthodox Jews REASON groups to make more of an impact. in Washington, said his faith tradi- The Rev. Richard Cizik, vice pres- tion has followed a long custom of CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 ident for governmental affairs for approaching political leaders from the National Association of Pharaohs to prime ministers. His MARY ANN BOULAC to bait me,” saying “that’s your Evangelicals, said collaboration in organization currently examines belief,” despite his attempts to this line of work is key because public policy issues that directly Attorney At Law steer clear of such actions. “we’re not just helping ourselves.” affect the Jewish community — Brownback added that he has Melissa Rodgers, a professor at specifically religious freedom and had to stand firm on his principles Wake Forest University Divinity discrimination issues. even if it has meant risking that his School in Winston-Salem, N.C., Another panelist, Nancy Wisdo, P.O. Box 11654 constituents could vote him out of who worked for several years with an associate general secretary of 535 Parkovash Avenue office. 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EDITORIAL Providence brings us a local saint, faith model COMMENTARY

rayer before the Blessed Sacrament, placing our worries in the TODAY’S CATHOLIC welcomes letters from readers. All letters must be signed and include a phone number and address for verification. PLord’s hands — that was the key, besides a holy life, that brings Today’s Catholic reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. Address letters to: Today’s Catholic • P.O. Box 11169 • Fort Wayne, Mother Theodore Guérin to be recognized this weekend as a canon- IN • 46856-1169 or e-mail to: [email protected] ized saint. Like us, she bore her struggles. She had poor health. She dealt Sincerely and gratefully, widely lost in the modern rush in with prejudice. She dealt with difficult personalities, sometimes Commissary of the Brother Joe Rogenski, OFM our western culture of consumerism from the Bishop of Vincennes. Yet she remained strong as a Commissary of the Holy Land and high fashion, which has reached woman of grace. Notes tell us that Msgr. Julian Benoit recognized Holy Land thanks St. Louis Region the level of a world wide scan- her saintliness when he met her. dalous idolatry. We rejoice, with the rest of the state of Indiana, that one of our diocese Our Holy Father’s dialogue own has received this honor. The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Dear Bishop D’Arcy, God give Catholic-Amish overtures to Islam and to the sepa- Bend owes a debt to the work of Mother Theodore. She is the you peace. rated brethren in other Christian foundress of our Catholic schools. I am in receipt of your check in interfaith dialogue assemblies so much in the news Here is some background on Mother Theodore’s ties to the dio- the amount of $72,990.23, repre- today seems to offer an opportune senting the gifts of the people of the encouraged moment in history to reach out in a cese. unique display of solidarity with all The first Bishop of Vincennes, Bishop Bruté, whose own saint- Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend It seems to me that Providence to the Jerusalem Mother Church for peoples of faith, by putting forward hood cause has been opened, sent his vicar general, the Very has presented his church with a these two Amish children as models Reverend Celestin de la Hailandiere to France in 1839 to recruit the 2006 Good Friday collection. timely opportunity to promote an This gift will not only assist in the of Christian love. Imagine the sisters and brothers to establish schools in rapidly-growing interfaith dialogue with the world- effects upon our westernized preservation of the holy places but wide Amish Christian community. Indiana. Bishop Bruté died while de la Hailandiere was in France. will also help the people to whom Christianity that an ecclesiastical De la Hailandiere was consecrated as the bishop of Vincennes The tragic event of this past week investigation and canonization of a the Franciscan Friars of the Holy with the killing of the little Amish while in Paris. Land Custody minister. truly blessed non-Catholic would girls in the Pennsylvania school have on ecumenism. His mission gained even more fervor to bring religious to the In the name of the friars and house and specifically the heroic diocese. The Congregation of Holy Cross in LeMans gave him six those to whom they minister, I In my opinion, the heroic act of action of the 13-year-old child who these children in offering them- brothers with their superior, Father Sorin, the founder of Notre express our deepest gratitude to begged the killer to shoot her and you, Bishop D’Arcy, and to our sis- selves in martyrdom in place of Dame. Bishop de la Hailandiere also received a promise from spare the others and then her little their schoolmates ranks alongside Ruillé-sur-Loir that a colony of sisters would come to Indiana. ters and brothers in the Diocese of sister who asked to join her sister in Fort Wayne-South Bend, who con- that sacrifice recently honored by When Mother Theodore was presented with this request, she martyrdom, can be the means by the church when it canonized Father tinue to give most generously to which the cause for sainthood for didn’t outright volunteer to come to the wilderness of America to help those who are in need. May Maximilian Kolbe for giving his open a girls’ school. But she humbly accepted her role as superior these two children could be initiat- life in place of another in a WWII God bless and reward all of you. ed. of the motherhouse and superior general of the other houses that The Good Friday Collection is a German concentration camp. As a highway department “zone Let this Amish piece of the would be established. pontifical collection and is absolute- man,” I work in an area heavily In many ways, her life resembles that of many of our own ly vital. News reports are received Catholic puzzle of Christian unity, populated by Amish families and and family values, lost to us for so ancestors who came to Indiana. It took 40 days by ship to come to daily about the important challenges over the years have become well in the Middle East. The Christian many hundreds of years be illumi- America. Seasickness, stormy seas and unscrupulous fellow trav- acquainted with some of these fami- nated now, honored now, held up as elers accompanied the sisters on their journey. When they arrived, community is urgently in need of lies. We have entertained them in our help. As you know, we are a worthy and achievable discipline they were faced with the challenge of learning English. And then our home, and they have had us out now, and through the canonization they had to travel west to what was then the wilderness. charged also with the protection, to their homes as well. Some of physical and pastoral care of the process, spotlight those family The Sisters of Providence, at the request of Msgr. Julian Benoit, them have even attended our cathe- virtues so uniquely preserved by holy shrines, which we make acces- dral Christmas concerts and patriot- opened a mission in Fort Wayne. That school would become St. sible to pilgrims. this division of Christian faith pos- Augustine Academy and located on the Cathedral Square. The sis- ic concerts. They are widely known sibly just for this moment in history With deep appreciation, much to have retained a remarkable com- ters brought a strong faith and culture to their school and main- gratitude and a promise of prayer as we all yearn for that time when mitment to family, duty, work, mod- all may be one in Jesus Christ. tained their presence in Fort Wayne long after St. Augustine for you and the people of God in esty and a heroic detachment from Academy closed — serving at parish schools, Central Catholic the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Dan Federspiel modern day conveniences. These Fort Wayne High School and various other ministries. Bend, I am yours qualities sadly are to a great extent The foundation built by these pioneer sisters bolstered Catholic identity in the community. Today we celebrate the good mother for building the faith in our corner of Indiana, for showing us the path to saintliness and trusting in the providence of the Lord. Police presents Echoing one man’s appeal for peace The recent claim by the North Korean government that it has BY FATHER WILLIAM PEIL dark. And a bit foggy. So I had there I read “Four Our Fathers detonated a nuclear weapon brings back to the fore the words of my “pedal to the metal” a bit too and four Hail Marys. For me.” I Pope John XXIII in his 1963 encyclical, “Pacem in Terris” (on enthusiastically, arousing the guess it was his way of getting establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty). trange, indeed, would it be interest of a local officer of the revenge for all the penances he Writing in the midst of the Cold War and in the wake of the if over 57 years of priest- law who pursued and stopped had received in confession. Cuban Missile Crisis, Pope John noted, “Thus, in this age which Shood there would not be me. The final present the police boasts of its atomic power, it no longer makes sense to maintain some encounters with police. “I don’t think I was exceeding gave me was from a cop in that war is a fit instrument with which to repair the violation of In the line of duty. Mostly, in the speed limit,” I told him. Chicago who claimed he had justice.” — Pacem in Terris, 127 the line of their duty. “You weren’t,” he said, “but been chasing me for two miles. John’s words reverberate on numerous levels today. As I scan down the years, first you were driving too fast for con- When he saw the collar, he didn’t One, nuclear weapons are a threat to all life on earth, and there was Tommy. He drove the ditions.” He let me off with, look too happy and said, “Well, night-duty shift and invited me to aggressive steps should be taken to secure their reduction and “Well, we have a policy here to I’m not going to arrest a man of drive with him sometime. I did. go easy on public servants like God. Slow down.” And he eventual abolishment. These weapons, with the carnage they are More than once. It was an oppor- doctors, lawyers and priests. So, walked off. capable of creating, can never be used for the purposes of just war, tunity for him to get to confes- slow down.” I’ve been happy with the pres- the only warfare permitted in Catholic teaching. sion more easily and not have to Another time I was in the ence of police over the years of And if the world persists in keeping and threatening to use stand in line in the parish church. Chicago loop. My mother and my priesthood. nuclear weapons, then war itself can no longer be permissible. If And it was an opportunity for me father were in the back seat, I But I’ve been especially this becomes the case, John XXIII argues, relations between coun- to see the real world outside the remember, and I was stopped at a happy. tries “must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance rectory as he patrolled the neigh- red light, but the front end of the With their presents. with the principles of right reason ... truth, justice and vigorous borhoods of this small city in car was somewhat over the lines (That doesn’t include the tick- and sincere cooperation” (114). which I was stationed for my first on the pedestrian crossing lane. et I got two years ago here in With the United States refusing to dialogue with North Korea, assignment as a priest. Over walks a patrolman from Fort Wayne for driving without the chances for right reason winning out seem slim. But perhaps Then there was a Wednesday across the street. He sees my col- my seat belt on. Cost me $25.) the spirit of Pope John will continue to win over the hearts of indi- night in Lent. I was hurrying lar, then takes out a pad of paper viduals and remind them of the value of working toward peace. down Ridge Road on my way to and says, “Sorry, Father. I’m Munster to deliver a “sermon.” going to have to give you a ticket We had an “exchange of pulpits” for stopping in the crossing lane.” with several other parishes that He writes for a few minutes, tears Today’s Catholic editorial board consists of Bishop John M. D’Arcy, Lent, and I was due at St. off a sheet from the pad and Father William Peil is a retired Ann Carey, Don Clemmer, Father Mark Gurtner, Father Michael Heintz, Thomas More. But I was a tad hands it to me and walks away. I priest of the Diocese of Gary. He Tim Johnson, Vince LaBarbera and Msgr. J. William Lester. late. And it was raining. And look down at the “ticket,” and lives in Fort Wayne. 17 OCTOBER 15, 2006 COMMENTARY Is interreligious dialogue slowing? CATEQUIZ’EM By Dominic Camplisson Vatican emphatically says no With the recent tragic death of naturalist Steve Irwin, this quiz looks to Australia, the country that will host the next World Youth Day. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The every faith or no faith at all. president of the Pontifical Council The cardinal said in an earlier 1.Who were the first Christian clergy to reach Australia? for Interreligious Dialogue said the interview with CNS that these cul- a.Maori converts from New Zealand Vatican’s commitment to interreli- tural centers have the most impact VATICAN b.The Spanish Jesuits who were already active in nearby Japan gious dialogue not only continues, in countries that are predominantly c.Anglican clergy who worked in the penal colonies but “it is even stepping up.” Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist. LETTER For example, the council is pro- And in mid-October the coun- CAROL GLATZ 2.Why did the British rulers also pay the clergy of other denominations in the early moting a November meeting in cil’s secretary, Archbishop Pier days of their Australian colonies? Assisi, Italy, that will bring nearly Luigi Celata, was to meet with the a.Religion tended to encourage the population to behave. 100 young people from a variety head of Turkey’s directorate of b.It was impossible to distinguish between them in the chaos of of religious backgrounds together religious affairs in Istanbul and Cardinal Poupard said despite to talk about peace in education, address some 400 Muslim repre- their continued efforts, Vatican the new lands. said French Cardinal Paul sentatives. officials have had dialogue part- c.It helped isolate the colonists from Islamist influences. Poupard, who also heads the Cardinal Poupard told the ners from other faiths “come to us Pontifical Council for Culture, in Italian daily Corriere della Sera convinced that the council (for 3.Catholic convicts were at first tended by these an interview with Catholic News the occasion “will be a unique interreligious dialogue) doesn’t a.high church Anglicans (Anglo-Catholics) Service Oct. 5. opportunity to clear the air.” exist anymore or is about to be b.convict priests In November, he is scheduled The controversy sparked by dismantled.” c.Zen masters to travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, for Pope Benedict XVI’s September Those misconceptions grew an interreligious meeting. He is address in Regensberg, Germany, from events starting in mid- 4.This country was a prime source of Catholic convicts: also scheduled to go to India to triggered condemnation and vio- February when the presidency of talk with religious representatives lence in recent weeks against the Vatican’s interreligious dia- a.Indonesia b.France c.Ireland and to attend a gathering of people Christians and their places of wor- logue council was left vacant after involved in Catholic cultural cen- ship in several Muslim-majority the pope appointed its head, 5.Catholics were served as well,after 1833,by these men: ters there. countries. Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, as a.missionary priests b.deacons c.Orthodox bishops The centers, run by local Cardinal Poupard insisted that papal ambassador to Egypt and the parishes all over the world, regu- speculation that interreligious dia- Vatican’s representative to the 22- 6.The Anglican Church’s de facto role as an established church was larly hold cultural initiatives about logue had been put on the back member League of Arab States. a.accepted by all, as England was the mother country. a new book, film or social prob- burner under the new pope is mis- In mid-March, the pope merged b.unknown , so not an issue until 1943. lem. The events give the church guided. He denounced any the leadership of the interreligious c.resented and opposed by Irish Catholics and Scots Presbyterians. the opportunity to talk about val- assumption that the pope intends dialogue and culture councils. ues that are important to to weaken the interreligious coun- Christianity and draw people from cil as a “complete lie.” LETTER, PAGE 18 7.19th century Missions by Spanish Benedictines to these people in Western Australia were not very successful a.Jewish immigrants b.Aborigines c.Vicuna herders

Value of spiritual riches is wisdom 8.One of the Benedictines who had a big impact on Australia was William Ullathorpe. How did he get to Australia? that in the last analysis gold was of Armand Jean de Plessis, Duc de a.He took a wrong turn at London’s tower bridge and accidentally no greater value that sand. Yet peo- Richelieu, who served for many ended up there. THE ple spent their earthly lives, and years as chief minister to the b.He was a convict and was sent there as a punishment for dis- acted criminally, just to obtain French king, Louis XIII. sent. gold. Such a lust for gold is the As he was dying, Cardinal SUNDAY supreme idiocy. Understanding the Richelieu supposedly said, “If I c.He volunteered to go there as a missionary. eternal worthlessness of gold is had exchanged my cardinal’s red GOSPEL true wisdom. for the Carthusian white (habit), 9.He was appointed to this office in Australia For its second reading, the my palace for a (monastic) cell, I a.Vicar General b.Governor c.Primer minister MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION church presents a section from the would not be afraid to die.” Epistle to the Hebrews. Knowing Realizing the true value of spir- 10.Father Ullathorpe was hated in England,why? what God has revealed, and living itual riches, and living in accord a.He was a Catholic. accordingly, represent the greatest with this realization, is the greatest b.He attacked the penal system, bedrock of colonization in 28th Sunday in wisdom. wisdom. As with Cardinal Australia. St. Mark’s Gospel furnishes the Richelieu, the reality that eternal Ordinary Time last reading. Asked what is essen- life rests upon spiritual vitality, not c.His name was too hard to say. tial to possessing eternal life, Jesus earthly wealth, characterizes the Mk 10:17-30 answers that the person truly wish- genuinely wise. 11.When state schools were established in the 1850s,Australian Catholics he Book of Wisdom is the ing to have life must obey the Ten Even among persons professing a.joined in as the schools were pro-Catholic. source of this weekend’s Commandments, the great gift of Christianity, and indeed even b.retained their own separate school system. Tfirst reading. As the name God to the people of Israel through among those wishing to be devout c.sent their children abroad to Catholic missions in Macau for edu- implies, this ancient book was Moses. and good disciples, the lure of cation. designed to convey the sense that Asked further, Jesus replied that things, of personal adulation and believing in the one God of Israel, a person must disregard the thirst of the comfortable can be very 12.Most Australian Catholics rallied behind the British in WWI,with the notable excep- the God of Abraham, Isaac and for things so strong among alluring. Jacob, is not ridiculous but in fact humans, and in turn give to the In these readings, the church tion of a large portion of this Catholic group: the ultimate in wisdom and human poor. calls us to true wisdom. To con- a.Italian Australians logic. The man asking the questions firm its teachings as wisdom, we b.Spanish Australians In this weekend’s reading, an could not personally accept this simply must look at reality and c.Irish Australians interesting literary technique occurs. last admonition. Greatly disap- remember so many others who Wisdom is presented not as an pointed, he turned and walked have found true wealth, the wealth 13.By the 1990s the biggest single Christian group in Australia were the abstract virtue or reality of the mind, away from Jesus. He could not of the spirit in finding God. a.Catholics but as a person. Christians long ago remove himself from the belong- b.Anglicans (Episcopalian Church of Australia) came to identify the most profound ings he had acquired. c.Mormons wisdom with the Holy Spirit. Almost always, the story is Soon, Pope Benedict XVI will called the passage about the “rich READINGS visit Istanbul, in the modern state young man.” It is interesting to 28th week of ordinary time 14.Set in Australia,this fanciful novel and mini series includes an extremely lax of Turkey. Before 1453, the city note that the Gospel gives clear Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1 Catholic cleric: was the capital of the once great, indication that the questioner in Ps 113:1-7 Lk 11:29-32 a.Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and thoroughly Christian, this exchange was a man, and a Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6 Ps 119:41,43-45, b.The Thorn Birds Byzantine Empire. Then, it was man of means. c.Cardinal Dundee called Constantinople, and this However, nowhere does the 47-48 Lk 11:37-41 name endured until the early 20th Wednesday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b Ps Gospel imply that the man was 15.This actor portrays the wayward Australian prelate in number 14: century. young. What was his age? The 145:10-13ab,17-18 Lk 10:1-9 Istanbul’s architectural marvel Gospel gives no clue. Thursday: Eph 1:1-10 Ps 98:1-6 Lk a.Richard Chamberlain is the Hagia Sophia, now a muse- 11:47-54 b.Brian Brown um, at one time a mosque, but Reflection Friday: Eph 1:11-14 Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, c.Rock Ayers originally the chief church in the 12-13 Lk 12:1-7 Byzantine Empire. It was dedicat- In the long and eventful history Saturday: Eph 1:15-23 Ps 8:2-7 Lk ANSWERS: ed to “holy wisdom,” or to God, of France, few leaders exceeded in 12:8-12 1.c, 2.a, 3.b, 4.c, 5.a, 6.c, 7.b, 8.c, 9.a, 10.b, 11.b, 12.c, 13.a, 14.b, 15.a. the “Spirit of Wisdom”. power and influence upon the The Jewish scholars realized French culture than Cardinal 18 COMMENTARY OCTOBER 15, 2006 Non-Catholic protests NFP I am a practicing Catholic;my husband will harm our marriage.But on the These are serious violations of 3) Get their booklet “Recent is not currently affiliated with any reli- other hand,if he gets one,the guilt I the fifth commandment. Statements of Popes on gion.We have been married for 13 will have over it will harm me.I do THAT’S I think you would find it help- Sterilization.” years and have three children.Our know that we don’t want any more ful to read the stories of couples I can assure you that you and youngest child is six years old,and we children,and we have valid reasons for A GOOD who have been sterilized, realized your husband will be called upon the wrong they did, and then by other couples in the future to have used NFP successfully for those six making that decision. QUESTION decided to have a reversal. I sug- explain what you are now discov- years.Even though my husband is not I want to be a good Catholic and follow gest that you read “Sterilization ering for yourself. Catholic,he has supported my decision every teaching of my church.My faith Reversal — A Generous Act of to use NFP when we made the decision Love — 20 Couples Tell Their has never been an obstacle in our rela- Today’s Catholic welcomes ques- Story.” You can order it from One together to not have any more children tionship before.Our children are being tions from readers. Please e-mail and sterilization meant only for More Soul (www.OMSoul.com). — until now.My cycle is very irregular, your questions to [email protected] raised Catholic,and my husband is usu- Catholics. If you are a member of I am sending you an audio CD and sometimes we have to abstain for cesefwsb.org or mail them to ally so supportive of anything I do the human race, then they apply by the Mortons on this topic. Be a couple weeks,because of uncertainty Today’s Catholic, That’s A Good regarding my faith.Please help me.CF to you. sure to listen to it. They tell their Question, P.O. 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We are only 2398, and 2399. wants me to do it “my way,”which he is have a good marriage, and three stewards of the gifts of life and 2) Go to www.OMSoul.com, suggesting should be a vasectomy for beautiful children. And your hus- fertility, not masters. God wants which has a great selection of us to be open towards, and to him. band is a vital part of this. materials on contraception, sterili- Father Matthew Habiger, OSB, God has a plan for human life, treasure, the gift of life and never zation and NFP. Purchase their answered this week’s question. I have protested,but he says he is not spousal love, marriage and fami- turn against it as something evil. pamphlets on Tubal Ligations and He may be reached by e-mail at Catholic and doesn’t have to follow the ly. It is his plan, not yours, not Secondly, we are not to mutilate Sterilization. [email protected] same rules I have.I am at a loss as to mine, and not your husband’s. our bodies or interfere with the what I should do.I need someone to The Ten Commandments are not integrity of our bodies, especially just for Catholics, nor is the those sacred faculties that can help me.I can’t forbid him to get a procreate a new human person. SCRIPTURE SEARCH vasectomy,because I am so afraid it moral wrongness of contraception By Patricia Kasten Gospel for October 15, 2006 John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Islam Mark 10:17-30 Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading hroughout the recent con- not at all.” for the 28th Sunday, Cycle B: the story of the young troversy over Pope But do these expressions of man with much wealth. The words can be found in all TBenedict XVI’s remarks on respect suggest, as NPR’s Sylvia THE directions in the puzzle. faith and reason at Regensburg Poggioli did, that, unlike University, attempts have been Benedict XVI, John Paul II put CATHOLIC JOURNEY RAN UP KNELT made to drive a wedge between Islam “on the same plane” as Benedict and his papal predeces- Catholicism? Hardly. Here, again, TEACHER MUST I DO GOOD sor. is the authentic voice of John DIFFERENCE STEAL SHALL NOT MY YOUTH The Arabic satellite TV net- Paul II, from “Crossing the GEORGE WEIGEL ONE THING FOLLOW ME WENT AWAY work, Al-Jazeera, for example, Threshold of Hope”: EASIER CAMEL NEEDLE ran a series of cartoons featuring “Whoever knows the Old and RICH SAVED POSSIBLE a John Paul-figure releasing New Testaments, and then reads make a grave mistake. John Paul HUNDRED HOUSES AGE TO COME peaceful doves; the doves are the Koran, clearly sees the II would have completely agreed then shot down by Benedict from process by which it completely with Benedict XVI’s critique, at the roof of the Bernini colon- reduces divine revelation. It is Regensburg, of a theology that HOW DIFFICULT nades surrounding St. Peter’s. impossible not to note the move- reduces God to pure will, a The last images in the series have ment away from what God said remote dictator who can com- APAMYYOUTHXC John Paul weeping, head in about himself, first in the Old mand the irrational (like the mur- hands, while Benedict, holding a Testament through the prophets, der of innocents) if he chooses. HNOJOURNEYPA smoking shotgun, smirks. All of and then finally in the New And, like Benedict XVI, John which is silly and vulgar, of Testament through his Son. In Paul II knew that such miscon- UAOUNARDAEPM course. But it isn’t that far from Islam, all the richness of God’s ceptions can have lethal public NNFNKWLWCMOE the views expressed by some self-revelation, which constitutes consequences, because all the Catholics, lamenting what they the heritage of the Old and New great questions of the human con- DTODEVASHOSL allege to be the drastic difference Testaments, has definitely been dition, including political ques- ROLAETS J ECSM between Wojtyla’s and set aside. tions, are ultimately theological. Ratzinger’s views of Islam. “Some of the most beautiful Benedict XVI bears the bur- ENLPNJHHRO I U The 1994 international best- names in the human language are den of the papacy at a historical DLOEHOC I PTBS seller “Crossing the Threshold of given to the God of the Koran, moment in which religiously- Hope” was John Paul II’s most but he is ultimately a God outside warranted irrationality is a lethal OLWJU I AKNELT personal statement, a summary of of the world, a God who is only threat to the future of civilization. OAMSRANUPGE I his convictions about faith, Majesty, never Emmanuel, God He and his predecessor have the prayer, the papal mission, other with us. Islam is not a religion of same view of the sources of that GHEAS I ERFAOD world religions and the human redemption. There is no room for irrationality. PSNEEDLEBNCO future. As such, it has a special the cross and the Resurrection. claim on our attention as an Jesus is mentioned, but only as a © 2006 Tri-C-A Publications expression of Karol Wojtyla’s prophet who prepares for the last views, which were honed by an prophet, Muhammad. There is acute intelligence and a long also mention of Mary, his Virgin very grave” that speculation to the experience of the world. Mother, but the tragedy of contrary “continues to resurface in One section of “Threshold” is redemption is completely absent. LETTER spite of every correction.” At the Vatican, Cardinal devoted to Islam; in it, John Paul For this reason not only the theol- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 expressed his respect for “the ogy but also the anthropology of Poupard routinely receives ambas- religiosity of Muslims” and his Islam is very distant from sadors to discuss interreligious admiration for their “fidelity to Christianity.” Although the two councils have relations and he told CNS that he prayer.” As the late pope put it, In other words, there isn’t a one president, the councils recently met with Buddhist monks “The image of believers in Allah millimeter of difference between “remain intact and autonomous,” from China, Islamic representa- who, without caring about time John Paul II’s substantive evalua- with neither being subordinate to tives from Iraq and Sikhs from or place, fall to their knees and tion of Islam and Benedict XVI’s. the other, Cardinal Poupard said in India. immerse themselves in prayer John Paul II was a master of the an Oct. 5 interview with Corriere He said the representatives he remains a model for all those public gesture; but to read from della Sera. meets with are happy with the who invoke the true God, in par- his public gestures of respect for In no way does the pope wish Vatican’s efforts at dialogue and ticular for those Christians who, Islamic piety an agreement with George Weigel is a senior fellow of to diminish the importance of exchange, and they are all working having deserted their magnificent Islam’s understanding of God, the Ethics and Public Policy working with peoples of other reli- “in a harmonious climate.” cathedrals, pray only a little or man, and moral obligation is to Center in Washington, D.C. gious faiths, he said, “and it is OCTOBER 15, 2006 COMMENTARY 19

Starting off right: Meet The Priest Tackling the issue of student debt levels Father Matthew W. Jozefiak, CPPS his column has previously establish a realistic view of addressed the subject of the resources and obligations. Ordained to the priesthood: Tresponsible use of credit. • Avoid taking on additional DOLLAR$ Dec. 12, 1987 Young people today have greater debt. Do not borrow further for and more significant exposure to autos or consumer items until a Pastor, St. Gaspar del Bufalo, debt than any generation in our successful budget is in place. AND Rome City history. With the cost of college • Consolidate multiple loans $ENSE and vocational education rising at into one. Student loans are fre- What was the primary influence in a pace that far exceeds that of quently tied to academic periods. overall inflation, borrowing for It is probable that a graduate will BY KEITH E. DAVIS your decision to become a priest? college has become a necessity have as many a three or four dif- It was Jesus. I fell in love with have read most of his books. He for many students. ferent loans. Consolidation will obligation in a responsible man- the Holy Eucharist in my junior Two-thirds of all students in frequently result in extended year at St. Joseph’s College in made my Catholic faith so very ner, the borrower may find it eas- personal and uncomplicated, higher education now utilize stu- terms and lower payments with ier to reach favorable accommo- Rensselaer, Ind. and started dent loans to some degree. The due dates tailored the borrower’s attending daily Mass and spent something that modern theolo- dation if needed. gians and scholars have a hard typical graduate of a state subsi- need. Student loan defaults are a many hours on my knees before dized school will leave school • Investigate Income Sensitive the Blessed Sacrament. I dis- time doing. His love for the holy problem for the individuals, Eucharist and Mother Mary has with a diploma and $17,250 in Repayment Options. Not all lenders and taxpayers at large. cerned Jesus’ personal invitation debt. This is an increase of more graduates begin careers at the to be a priest. been an inspiration to me. Before Resources exist to help indi- my younger brother was ordained than 110 percent from just 10 same pay. Business and technical viduals fulfill their obligations years ago. grads often outearn social work- What is the most rewarding part of for the Diocese of Peoria, we and start off on the right foot. went to St. Pat’s Cathedral in The numbers are even more ers and educators. Income sensi- Sallie Mae, the student loan being a priest? dramatic for students attending tive repayment programs are New York City and prayed at his colossus, offers a Web site When Jesus uses me to bring tomb. private and religious schools. based upon a percentage of grad- www.CollegeAnswer.com that With higher education being the uate’s gross monthly income. people back to the practice of the provides tools for the graduate to faith. These are such powerful What do you think is the best part of key to the jobs of the future, pay- • Consider graduated repay- succeed. ing large sums for the requisite ment plans. These programs and humbling experiences. being Catholic? learning has become a simple begin with lower payments as the The fullness of grace that is so fact of life. Repaying these obli- student begins their working life What interests or hobbies do you readily available to us. gations promptly and correctly is and increase at a pre-determined have? every bit as important when it rate that should coincide with a I used to be very athletic, but What is your favorite prayer? comes to preparing a successful rising income. an old football knee injury has Keith E. Davis is president of STAR economic future. • Stay in contact with your left me less mobile. I enjoy play- After the Mass, the holy Wealth Management in Fort Graduates should consider the lender. Circumstances may arise, ing Scrabble and watching old rosary. Wayne and a member of St. following steps as they approach which put serious strain on the movies. I enjoy Mickey Rooney Vincent de Paul Parish, Fort repayment: borrower. By maintaining contact in the Andy Hardy series. What is your favorite Scripture pas- • Make a budget. Early on with the lender and handling the Wayne. sage? Do you have a pet? If so,what is it? What our Blessed Lady said What is its name? etc. to the waiters at the Wedding at “Butch” a.k.a. “Taurus” has Cana in John’s Gospel: “Do Idolatry, rebellion caused split of Israel been my pet cat for over five whatever he (Jesus) tells you.” years. I found him as a kitten What is your favorite food? What caused the kingdom of Israel to the Wadi Mujib valley. Here you when I left my Ohio rectory to split after Solomon? can see the town of Dibon (mod- watch a Ford Taurus aflame after I enjoy Chicago pizza. Real ern Dhiban) where the Mesha being towed from an accident. Chicago pizza. Imitations not olomon, the third king of stele was discovered describing Butch jumped on my foot and accepted! Israel, was famous for his the battles between the kings of has been my buddy ever since. Swisdom, wealth and fame. Moab and Israel. At Aro’er (mod- HIRE What is something interesting about The problem came when he mar- ern Ara’ir) you can see the ruins What do you do for relaxation? ried many foreign wives who yourself that most people might not of a Moabite village with a HISTORY I enjoy spending time with my know? worshipped foreign gods, and fortress of King Mesha. then he constructed temples to FATHER RICHARD HIRE family: my 84-year-old mom and I am afraid of spiders, bees, Besides this lapse into idola- my siblings. We still fight a lot, these gods where the burning of try, political rebellion also led to wasps and water that’s over my incense and sacrifices could take but were getting better as we age. head. the breakup of the kingdom. The I enjoy fishing. I caught my first place. These idols included people were not overjoyed by the Astarte of the Sidonians, Milcom temple in Jerusalem. So he set up walleye this spring. heavy taxes imposed upon them two shrines at Bethel and Dan, How do you prefer to be addressed by and Molech of the Ammonites for Solomon’s building projects. the laity? and Chemosh of the Moabites. the southern and northern bound- What is your favorite reading material? Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, aries of the new kingdom of Who are your favorite authors? Father Matt. No one can pro- Sidon (modern Saida) lies on went to Shechem in B.C. 931 to the Mediterranean Sea in Israel where sanctuaries had nounce my last name. be proclaimed king of Israel. existed in the past. Bethel (mod- I enjoy Bishop Fulton Sheen. I Phoenicia (modern Lebanon). Shechem (modern Balata) is 39 The word Sidon means fishing or ern Beitin) lies 14 miles north of miles north of Jerusalem. It had Jerusalem. Here Abraham pitched hunting. S. Jenkins says much of an important sanctuary and was Sidon’s wealth came from trading his tent and Jacob dreamed of a the chief city of the northern ladder stretching from earth to Marguerite d’Youville murex, a mollusk that produced a tribes. G. Grenville says excava- highly valued purple dye. At heaven. K. Prag says Dan tions at Shechem show city walls, (ancient Laish) lies at the largest 1701-1771 Sidon today you can see its gates, a temple, a palace, a grain feast – October 16 ancient garbage dump with the of the three sources of the Jordan store and houses. The 10 northern River fed from Mt. Hermon. crushed remains of hundreds of tribes, however, revolted because The fi rst native Canadian saint thousands of murex shells. Sidon Here you can see a casement Rehoboam would not lighten the enclosure with a great high place lived in poverty after her father was built on a promontory with yoke of Solomon. Instead they died. She married in 1722 but an offshore island that sheltered of cult and sacrifice built by made Jeroboam, the servant of Jeroboam where he dedicated the her husband, who illegally the harbor from storms and pro- Rehoboam who had rebelled vided a safe haven during war. statue of the golden calf. traded liquor with Indians, against him and sought refuge in During the reign of The people of Sidon became Egypt, the king over the 10 caused her more suffering. great shipbuilders, because of Rehoboam, Shishak (or Pharaoh northern tribes. That left Shoshenq I), the king of Egypt Pregnant with their sixth child their access to the cedars of Rehoboam to reign over the two Lebanon. and the protector and patron of when he became ill, she cared southern tribes of Judah and Jeroboam, attacked Jerusalem for him until his death in 1730. CNS Ammon is an area on the edge Benjamin. So there was now the of the Arabian desert (now in and carried off the treasures of She began to care for the poor kingdom of Israel headed by the temple and the royal palace, Jordan) with its capital Rabbath Jeroboam (B.C. 931-910) and the by taking in a blind woman, and was joined by three Ammon at present-day Amman. as well as the gold shields made kingdom of Judah headed by under Solomon. A bas-relief of women; they became the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, P. Greenway says objects dating Rehoboam (B.C. 931-913) that from the time of Solomon show the Temple of Amun at Karnak in or Grey Nuns. She endured fi res that destroyed her carried on the dynasty of king Egypt commemorates his con- this town was involved in trade David. home and the hospital she directed, and saw her two with Greece, Syria, Cyprus and quest of Palestinian towns. The The idolatry, however, contin- towns are portrayed by rows of surviving children become priests. Mesopotamia. ued. Jeroboam feared that his Moab is an area east of the oval frames each topped with a people would return to the one © 2006 CNS Dead Sea (now in Jordan) called bound prisoner. SSaintsaints forfor Todayoday © 2005 CNS 20 TODAY’S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006

ICCL SOCCER PREPARES FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY-IN In its last week of regular play, the Inter-City Catholic League (ICCL) reports the following scores: St Thomas beat Mishawaka Catholic, 7-2.; St Thomas beat St. Anthony, 10-2; St Joseph South Bend 8 beat St. Jude 7-3; and Christ the King beat St. Michael, 1-0. The tournament play-in will challenge Mishawaka Catholic and St. Anthony at Marian Sports High School’s fields on Oct. 14. EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS CHEER WITH BISHOP LUERS St. John’s football Eagles remain unbeaten outscoring them 194-28 during place will play sixth place in the BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN the seven weeks of CYO regular first game, first will face eighth season play. at 2 p.m., then second matches up FORT WAYNE — Like very few In other games, Cardinals run- with the seventh spot and finally, football teams at this point in ningback Andy Magsum scored the fourth-place finisher for the October, the Catholic Youth four times to lead St. Charles rout season will battle against the Organization’s (CYO) St. John over Queen of Angels-Precious fifth-place seed in the late game. Fort Wayne (7-0) remains Blood in the 26-0 opening game “unbeaten, untouched, and virtu- as the CYO league finished their ally untested.” In what could regular season last Sunday. Final regular season have caused a three-way tie for Sts. JAT quarterback Eric Sorg first place, the New Haven team found James Wyss in the second records wore down against the Fort quarter of a 6-0 victory over Holy TEAM RECORD PROVIDED BY BISHOP LUERS HIGH SCHOOL Wayne running attack in the bat- Cross. “Our line continues to St. John Fort Wayne 7-0 tle of the St. John’s team. The Bishop Luers High School cheerleaders invited all of improve each week and our St. Vincent 6-1 Marquel Cooper put the defense played an outstanding St. John New Haven 5-2 their feeder school eighth grade cheerleaders to partici- Eagles on the board first with a game. We are looking forward to St. JAT 4-3 7-yard scamper. McCarthy pate in cheering on the Knights at the Luers-Snider game the tournament and getting every- St. Charles 3-4 answered back for the Raiders to one healthy,” said an excited St. Jude 2-5 on Sept. 15. Fifteen girls came in and learned sidelines make it a 6-6 showdown at the Coach Jerry Niezer. The Knights Holy Cross 1-6 half. But it was all Eagles from and did some tumbling and stunting with the Luers improved to 4-3. Queen of Angels- there. Steven Kiermayer had a 1- Finally, the 2006 second-place Precious Blood 0-7 Varsity Squad two days before the game. It was a way for yard plunge after a huge drive in season finisher, the St. Vincent which the Eagles controlled the the Luers cheerleaders to give the eighth-grade girls a Panthers beat St. Jude, 32-16. Sunday, Oct. 15, at the ball and ate up over eight minutes Greg Kaiser caught four passes University of Saint Francis — look into high school cheerleading and to encourage them on the clock in the third quarter. for close to 100 yards for the first round of tournament play James Knapke scored the Eagles to participate in cheering at Luers. Bishop Luers cheer- Panthers. Scoring came from (unofficial) final TD on an 11-yard run. Alex Brian Bowers (1-yard run), tail- 12:30 p.m. — St. John New leaders are planning another such night during basketball Stronczek was 2-3 on PATs in the back Russell Coonan (two 5-yard Haven vs. St. Jude 22-6 victory. Alex Wharton led season and hope to have even more turn out for that runs), and Greg German (25-yard 2 p.m. — St. John Fort Wayne the Raider defense in the loss pass from Patrick Ryan). Conner vs. Queen of Angels-Precious night. To participate in this event call Anita Correll at with a fumble recovery (caused Friesner was flawless on his PATs Blood by Kevin Kohrman) and a (260) 456-1261 ext. 3117 or e-mail at cheerleading@bish- (4-4). 3:30 p.m. — St. Vincent vs. blocked PAT. The CYO tournament begins Holy Cross opluers.org. The Eagles have allowed their this Sunday, Oct. 15, at the 5 p.m. — Sts. JAT vs. St. opponents just four touchdowns, University of Saint Francis. Third Charles

CYO coaches are requested to e-mail fall sports scores to sports writer Michelle ICCL football thrust into playoffs Castleman at [email protected] SOUTH BEND — The Inter-City extra point. Frankie Karczewski scored on a Catholic League (ICCL) football In the final placement game, run of 13 yards and threw a 21- teams spent Oct. 8 vying for a spot top ranked Holy Cross-Christ the yard touchdown pass to Tommy in the tournament. King Crusaders defeated the sec- Favorite. ICCL coaches are requested to contact The fifth-place St. Matthew ond-place St. Anthony-St. Joseph • Mishawaka Catholic Saints Blazers took a loss to the Panthers, 14-8. defeated the Corpus Christi Elmer Danch at (574) 234-0687 or email sixth-place Holy Family Max Matthews threw Cougars 27-0. [email protected]. Trojans, 22-6, at the a 45-yard pass to Michael Whitfield scored on first placement Colton Pulaski and runs of 67, 35 and 40 yards to lead game. Pat Kowalewski the Saints. Anthony DeBroka also Dominick scored on a 20-yard scored, and Alex Schlemmer Saturday, Romans scored on a run to lead the kicked an extra point. Hawaiian Luau October 21, 2006 20-yard fumble recov- Crusaders. A.J. • The Holy Cross-Christ the 7-11PM ery, and kicked two extra Fitzpatrick kicked a 2- King Crusaders defeated the points. Tate Borlik threw a 22- point conversion. Matt Canter Granger Catholic Titans 28-0. Food - Music - Fun - Prizes - Buffet menu includes yard pass to Alex Kohler, and returned a punt 35 yards for the Pat O’Connor scored on runs of Slow Cooked Pork • Hawaiian Chicken in a tropical sauce Collin Skodinski scored on a 70- lone Panther score. Tyler Sorocco 20 and 15 yards to lead the yard interception return in the win. added the 2-point conversion. Crusaders. Henry Turner also Sauerkraut •Sweet Potatoes •Rice •Tropical Fruit Salad Chase Parker scored for the This weekend, the St. Matthew scored, and Mike Swift threw a Blazers. Blazers will play the Mishawaka score to Ryan Wobbe. Alex Brooks In the second placement game, Catholic Saints at 1 p.m. The Holy kicked two extra points. Dinner, Dancing, Prizes, Beer, Wine & Soft Drinks $25 Couple third-place Mishawaka Catholic Family Trojans will play the This weekend the Mishawaka (Special tropical drinks available at a nominal price) defeated number-four-ranked Corpus Christi Cougars at 2:30 Catholic Saints will take on the St. Corpus Christi Cougars, 24-14. p.m. The games will be played at Matthew Blazers. The Holy RSVP by October 18: 493-1914 Tim Wilson scored on runs of 3 Marian High School. Family Trojans will play the (Dress Island Style...Prizes for Best Dressed and Loudest Shirt) and 44. Coley Schultheis also The following results are from Granger Catholic Titans. The Holy scored on a 40-yard run in the win. the fifth and sixth, boys B-team Cross-Christ the King Crusaders Andrew Davidson kicked three football games: will play the Corpus Christi Knights of Columbus Hall extra points. Mario Aversa and • The St. Anthony-St. Joe Cougars. The games will be 601 Reed Road - Fort Wayne - Everyone Welcome! Jerry Alston scored for Corpus Panthers defeated the Holy Family played at Saint Joseph’s High Christi. Cody Weber kicked an Trojans 12-0. School. OCTOBER 15, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 21 Notre Dame makes first offer of football MARIAN JV SOCCER WINS season tickets in three decades; revenue to TRINITY TOURNEY fund repairs to stadium

BY DENNIS BROWN to purchase Notre Dame football lottery by revising policies that season tickets, we are develop- will reallocate tickets among ing revenue for this important several groups in order to NOTRE DAME — To fund project, giving fans a chance to increase opportunities in the repairs to historic Notre Dame invest in the future of ‘The general lottery. Stadium, the University of Notre House that Rockne Built,’ and “Notre Dame has the most Dame announced Sept. 28 the protecting current and future inclusive alumni ticketing sale of 5,000 football season resources necessary for our pri- process of any high-demand pro- tickets beginning in 2007 — the mary mission of teaching and gram in the nation, and we first such offering in more than research excellence.” remain committed to continuing three decades. The university Engineering studies have that access,” Affleck-Graves also announced that, in response indicated that the structural sup- said. to unprecedented demand, it is porting frame of the stadium He added that when Notre instituting changes to several remains in good condition. Dame adds an eighth off-site PROVIDED BY MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL policies that will increase ticket However, freeze/thaw damage home game in the near future, access for alumni in the general over three-quarters of a century ticket opportunities for alumni The Mishawaka Marian Junior Varsity (JV) Girl’s soccer football ticket lottery. has led to deterioration of the will improve even more. team, coached by Mike Flynn and Chuck Martin, won the The 5,000 season tickets will seating bowl concrete. Stadiums Affleck-Graves said that be sold first to people directly of the same vintage as Notre Notre Dame also is committed to annual Trinity High School Girl’s Soccer Tourney Sept. affiliated with Notre Dame and Dame’s facility at the University actively monitoring and enforc- 29. In the morning contests, Host Trinity Varsity lost to then to the general public. In of Michigan and Ohio State and ing its ticket resale policy in an addition to the face value of the Purdue Universities have faced effort to curb resale for profit Penn High School JV 4-2 in overtime. Mishawaka Marian tickets, the cost will include an similar maintenance issues in and ticket fraud. More than JV defeated Saint Joseph’s High School JV 2-1 in an over- annual ticket rights fee based on recent years. The repair project 3,400 tickets have been suspend- seat location: $2,000 per ticket was to begin last spring, but the ed or revoked in the past three time shootout. In the consolation game, Saint Joseph’s for sideline seats, $1,500 for cor- university put it on hold to con- years, including 1,700 this year. ner seats, and $1,250 for end duct further engineering analy- Suspected resale violation infor- defeated Trinity 2-0. In the championship game Marian zone seats. sis. mation can be sent to defeated Penn 2-1. Marian upped their record to 12 wins The revenue generated Fans interested in purchasing [email protected]. through the ticket plan will be season tickets can find informa- against one loss. used to assist in paying for tion on the process on the Web repairs and ongoing preservation at stadiumpreservation.nd.edu. A of the 76-year-old Notre Dame waiting list for the potential Stadium’s original seating bowl. future sale of season tickets will The exact cost of the project is be established after all of the yet to be finalized, but is expect- current allotment has been sold. ed to exceed $40 million. Affleck-Graves emphasized University officials studied that none of the new season tick- other revenue-generating options ets will be drawn from tickets — including the addition of lux- currently available in the general ury boxes — before deciding on alumni lottery. The 5,000 tickets the ticket rights fees. will come from season tickets “Notre Dame Stadium is a that have been returned over the legendary landmark in American past several years, as well as a athletics, and we are committed reduction in internal university to preserving and maintaining ticket allocations, he said. both its structural integrity and Though unrelated to the sea- its historic look and feel,” said son ticket offering, the university TheThe Place Place ToBe ToBe John Affleck-Graves, executive also has responded to the high vice president of the university. demand for Irish football tickets Saturday October 21 “By providing a rare opportunity in the 2006 general alumni ticket On Saturday, October 21, you can experience the real values of All-U-Can-Eat the University of Saint Francis first-hand. You’ll learn about: • Affordability—over 95% of our undergraduates receive some form of financial aid FISH FRY • High demand for our graduates—employers recognize the value of an education from USF Knights of Columbus • Wide choice of programs—we offer more than 30 undergraduate programs as well as Master’s degrees Council 1975 - Plymouth • Outstanding faculty—classes are taught by professors—never assistants K of C Hall - 604 Columbus Drive • Winning athletic programs—come talk with coaches FRIDAY - OCTOBER 27, 2006 To RSVP, call 260-434-3279 or 1-800-729-4732 4:30 - 7:00 PM A Complete Dinner with Dessert & Beverages ADULTS & CARRY-OUT $7.00 Children 10 and Under Dine-in $3.50 Campus Visit Day DRIVE-THRU CARRY-OUT AVAILABLE 9:00 – 11:30 A.M. Alaskan Pollock expertly • High school students and their parents, adult returning prepared by Tyner Odd Fellows students, and graduate students are invited • Free pass to home football game Director of Community Relations

The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph County, Inc. seeks a Director of Community Relations. This is a part-time position with flexible hours. Responsibilities are: Promote the work of the Society, network with schools, businesses and community groups, manage external communications, web page, advertising, etc. Send resume to: Executive Director, St. Vincent de Paul Society 2701 Spring Street • Fort Wayne, Indiana 46808 • www.sf.edu In its employment practices, selection of students and administration of all programs, the University of Saint 3408 Ardmore Trail • South Bend, IN 46628 Francis maintains a policy of non-discrimination regarding age, race, gender, disability, and national origin. 22 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006

crime ring run by a notorious mob films whose problematic content amusing, the general vulgarity cocky recruit (Ashton Kutcher). boss (over-the-top Jack Nicholson) many adults would find troubling. undermines the story’s sweet cen- Despite treading water for most of — with both young cops pushed to The Motion Picture Association of ter. Much crude and sexual humor, its first hour that plays like a com- MOVIE the mental breaking point in their America rating is R — restricted. gay innuendo, a racial joke, a use mercial for the Coast Guard, direc- double-dealing roles, and frantic to Under 17 requires accompanying of the f-word, as well as recurring tor Andrew Davis’ formulaic film is CAPSULES uncover the other’s identity. parent or adult guardian. crude language and profanity. The kept afloat by appealing perform- Director Martin Scorsese has lost USCCB Office for Film & ances, exciting rescue sequences NEW YORK (CNS) – Following are none of his flair for the genre, and “Employee of the Month” Broadcasting classification is L — and an admirable theme about sac- DiCaprio and Damon are extremely (Lionsgate) limited adult audience, films whose rificing one’s life for others. Intense recent capsule reviews issued good, but the setup seems far- Lightweight comedy about a problematic content many adults scenes of peril, including a harrow- by the U.S. Conference of fetched, and there’s predictably a slacker stock clerk (Dane Cook) at would find troubling. The Motion ing helicopter crash, implied sexual Catholic Bishops’ Office for high quotient of violence, with the a Costco-style superstore where he Picture Association of America rat- encounters and a tacit approval of nonstop barrage of expletives tries to dethrone a cocky rival co- ing is PG-13 — parents strongly casual sex, a brief bar fight, an Film and Broadcasting. excessive even for the underworld worker (Dax Shepard) — who’s cautioned. Some material may be instance of the f-word, as well as environment. Pervasive rough lan- nabbed “employee of the month” inappropriate for children under 13. some crude language and profanity. “The Departed” (Warner Bros.) guage, racial epithets, profanity, honors for 17 months straight — in The USCCB Office for Film & Hard-hitting if overlong tale of extremely crude expressions, heavy order to win the affections of a “The Guardian” (Touchstone) Broadcasting classification is A-III two rookie cops in South Boston violence, grisly images, nongraphic pretty new cashier (Jessica Action drama about a veteran — adults. The Motion Picture — one (Matt Damon) an informant sexual situations and encounters, Simpson), sparking a madcap com- Coast Guard rescue swimmer Association of America rating is for the mob, the other (Leonardo irreverent remarks about the petition. Director Greg Coolidge (Kevin Costner) who, after losing a PG-13 — parents strongly cau- DiCaprio) secretly assigned by church. The USCCB Office for blends slapstick, broad comedy and colleague, temporarily hangs up his tioned. Some material may be inap- senior officers (Martin Sheen and Film & Broadcasting classification satire to uneven effect, and while fins to teach at a Coast Guard acad- propriate for children under 13. Mark Wahlberg) to infiltrate the is L — limited adult audience, the gamesmanship is intermittently emy, where he locks horns with a

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Mail to: Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Barbara A.Guy, 70, Sacred Heart Basilica Fort Wayne 46856; or e-mail: [email protected]. Events that require an admission charge Dorotha W.Merren, Little Flower St.Therese Dorothy A.Kelly, 79, or payment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please Larry A.Morningstar, Sacred Heart Basilica call our advertising sales staff to purchase space. Helen Nance Haffner, 62, Little Flower 82, St.Charles South Bend Ann L.Carpenter, 91, Borromeo Anastazia D.Klawinski, St.Anthony de Padua Tailgate party planned from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the 80, St.Matthew FUNDRAISERS Francis Travers Fort Wayne — Bishop Luers Knights hall. Polka music pro- Cathedral Walkerton Vegas Night planned by Knights McDonald, 75, Granger — The Knights of High School will host a chili vided by Stan Nicholson. Tickets Robert L.Moore Sr., 77, and bratwurst dinner held Friday, St.John the Baptist Mary K.Airo, 69, Columbus Council 4263 will are $6. Children 10 and under St.Patrick have a Vegas Night on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 5 to 9 p.m. at are free. Christ the King Luers football field as part of the Eileen Jane Schaab, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at St. Pius X St.Jude Mary C.Lane, 95, Church. Admission is $10 and Bishop Luers vs. Bishop CRAFT SHOWS St.Jude you must be 21. Food, bever- Dwenger football game. Holiday Bazaar ages, silent auction and door Mishawaka — St. Joseph Parish prizes. Proceeds will go to the DEVOTIONS will have a holiday bazaar on Holiday craft bazaar the 40s and 60s: The GAP will College Scholarship Fund. Day of reflection Saturday, Oct. 28, from 8 a.m. South Bend — St. Anthony de host a chili and hotdog dinner on Mishawaka — A day of reflec- to 2 p.m. on the corner of Spring Padua will have a holiday craft Friday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. at St. Bake sale and flea market tion will be held at St. Francis and 3rd streets. Craft and house- bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 4, from Elizabeth Parish. Enjoy cards, South Bend — The St. John the Convent on Wednesday, Oct. 25, hold items, raffles and baked 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school pumpkin carving contest and Baptist Altar and Rosary Society, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The goods on 80 tables displaying auditorium, on the corner of E. more. No costumes. Admission 3616 St. Johns Way, will have a theme for the day is “Praying Christmas and holiday gifts. Jefferson and Ironwood Dr. $5. For information call (260) bake sale and flea market on with Miriam, Deborah and Lunch available. Sponsored by Lunch wil be available. 432-73466 or e-mail Saturday, Oct. 14, from 8:30 Judith.” The cost is $15 and the church adult choir. [email protected]. a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, includes lunch. Register by Oct. Vendors needed for craft bazaar Oct. 15, from 7 a.m. to noon. 20, to Sister Barbara Anne Holiday craft show planned Fort Wayne — The Bishop Hawaiian luau planned by Knights Homemade goodies, household Hallman at (574) 259-5427. Mishawaka — The St. Bavo Dwenger Music Boosters will Fort Wayne — A Hawaiian Luau items and miscellaneous treas- Home and School Association have a craft bazaar on Saturday, will be held Saturday, Oct. 21, ures will be available. Little Flower Holy Hour will have a holiday craft show on Nov. 11. Call Terry Luebke at from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Knights Fort Wayne — Father Mark Saturday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. to (260) 483-5750 for information. Hall, 601 Reed Rd. Dinner, Fish fry sponsored by Holy Name Weaver, OFM Conv., will cele- 2 p.m. There will be 40 booths, dancing, prizes and drinks pro- vided. Tickets $25 per couple. Society brate the holy hour at a raffle and concession stand. Queen of Angels seeking crafters Prize of $25 awarded to best South Bend — An all-you-can- MacDougal Chapel on Tuesday, For booth rental and information Fort Wayne — Queen of Angels dressed and loudest shirt. Call eat fish fry sponsored by the Our Oct. 17, at 7:15 p.m. Father call Julie Voor at (574) 255- Parish will have a holiday bazaar (260) 493-1914 by Oct. 18 for Lady of Hungary Holy Name Mark is pastor of St. Joseph 4360. on Saturday, Nov. 11. Call (260) reservations. Society will be held at the Parish in Lagrange. 484-2035 or (260) 436-5172 for school, 735 W. Calvert, on Fall craft show at St. Monica information. Friday, Oct. 13, from 4:30 to Women’s prayer breakfast planned Mishawaka — A fall craft show Travel to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 day of Fort Wayne — A Christian will be held Saturday, Oct. 14, MISC. HAPPENINGS Warsaw — A pilgrimage to the sale, $6.50 presale, $4.50 chil- Women’s Prayer Breakfast will from 8 to 3 p.m. in the school Knights of Columbus Smokers at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine be held, Thursday, Oct. 19, at the in Mexico City will be held from dren 6-12 and under 6 free. gym, corner of Grove and Sacred Heart Parish Center Marriott, 305 E. Washington Elizabeth streets. Donation of a Feb. 12-19, 2007 with Father Notre Dame — The Knights of Paul Bueter. Registration needed Drive through fish dinner Center Rd. Tickets are $15 and canned food item will enter you Columbus, Santa Maria Council by Dec. 2. Cost is $1,699 for Fort Wayne — St. Joseph- doors open at 7:30 a.m. with for a door prize. #553 will host a Notre Dame double occupancy. For informa- Hessen Cassel will have a drive- breakfast served at 8 a.m. Call Smoker each Friday night of tion or reservations call (574) through only fish dinner on Fran Dickenson at (260) 485- Fancy fair and cookie bar held home Notre Dame football 482-8299. Friday, Oct. 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. 2649 for information. Rome City — A fancy fair and game, after the campus pep rally Tickets are $6.50. cookie bar will be held at St. (approximately 8-10 p.m.), at the Haunted Castle announces opening Gaspar Church Saturday, Nov. 4, Sacred Heart Parish Center, St. Adult education series continues Fort Wayne — St. Jude Parish, Knights plan spaghetti dinner Fort Wayne — The Haunted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch Joseph Hall, to present several located at State and Randalia South Bend — The Knights of Castle sponsored by the St. available. guest speakers and provide foot- streets, will host Rabbi Jonathan Columbus Council 5521, 61533 Vincent Boy Scouts at 8965 ball camaraderie. At the Notre Katz of Achduth Vesholom S. Ironwood Dr., will have a Auburn Rd., is open every week- St. Charles plans craft fair Dame vs UCLA Smoker, Oct. Synagogue on Monday, Oct. 16, spaghetti dinner on Friday, Oct. end from now until Oct. 31. For Fort Wayne — A craft fair will 21, speakers will be Jay at 7 p.m. in the church hall. He 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. Adults $6, information visit www.haunted- be held at St. Charles Parish Caponigro of the Robinson will speak on the basic tenets of children (5-12) $3. Dinner castle.com Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to Center, Kevin Corrigan, coach of the Jewish faith. includes spaghetti, salad, garlic 3 p.m. Over 140 vendors will be ND LaCrosse team and Bill toast and coffee. Carry-out avail- Rummage sale this weekend on hand. St. Charles is located at Bilinski of the South Bend able. New Haven — St. Louis the corner of Trier and Reed Tribune. DONATE Besancon will have a rummage roads. St. Vincent de Paul Store always in Casino night celebrates Halloween sale on Friday, Oct. 13, from 9 Coat sale at St. Vincent de Paul store need of donations Monroeville — A Halloween a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Rosary Society sponsors craft show Fort Wayne — A coat sale will Fort Wayne — Donations are casino night will be held Oct. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon. Fill Fort Wayne — Most Precious be held Monday, Oct. 16, always accepted for cars, trucks Saturday, Oct. 28, at the a bag for $3 on Friday starting at Blood Parish, 1515 Barhold through Wednesday, Oct. 18. All and vans. Donations are tax Monroeville Park Pavillion, 421 3 p.m. and on Saturday for $1. Ave., will host a craft show on ladies coats 99 cents. Store hours deductible. Call (260) 456-3561 Monroe St. at 5 p.m. Food and Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8:30 a.m. are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for pick up or drop off at the refreshments available. Must be Bratfest assists St. Patrick organ to 3:30 p.m. in the school gym. store, 1600 S. Calhoun St. 21. Call (260) 623-6816 for Wabash — A Bratfest sponsored GAP singles meet Oct. 20 information. by Friends of St. Patrick, Lagro Fort Wayne — Singles between will be held Saturday, Oct. 14, Port-a-pit chicken dinner planned Roanoke — St. Joseph’s Church, 641 N. Main St., will have a port-a-pit chicken dinner Saturday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. Half chicken $7, quarter chicken $5. Carry-out available.

St. Aloysius scrapbook fundraiser Yoder — St. Aloysius will have a scrapbook fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 22, from 7-10 p.m. at the parish. $5 admission. 24 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 15, 2006 INDIANA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

three sisters. They took a stage to Covington, Ind., where they shifted to the Wabash and Erie Canal for the remainder of the journey to Fort Wayne. The history book says “The trip consumed the greater part of a week of slow and wearisome travel and long delays ...” From the canal, history records that the sisters arrived at their mis- sion on covered wagon down Piqua Road, now known as Calhoun St. The sisters arrived just in time to hear the bells of St. Augustine TIM JOHNSON Church ring out across the frontier The Cathedral Museum exhibits Msgr. Julian Benoit’s desk. Also dis- town of Fort Wayne for the played are Msgr. Benoit’s personal items such as the key to the cathe- evening Angelus. Traveling by dral, chalices, candle holders, a crucifix and photos of the French priest covered wagon from the canal, the who wrote to Mother Theodore Guérin and requested the establishment sisters passed an ensemble of log cabins, larger frame dwellings and of a mission in Fort Wayne. The Cathedral Museum, located in the lower an occasional brick house. level of the Archbishop Noll Catholic Center, is open Tuesday through The school enrolled 60 students Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. when it opened in 1846. Canal traffic brought many settlers to Augustine, Father Benoit also part of St. Patrick Parish and northeast Indiana. Soon additions secured the Brothers of Holy Central Catholic High School. to the school were necessary and Cross to operate a school on the The Cathedral Museum, locat- built in 1867 and 1885. Gradually Cathedral Square. ed in garden level of the 150 students were enrolled. These schools were vital to the Archbishop Noll Catholic Center Mother Theodore did not teach education and post-grammar holds a wealth of information on at the Fort Wayne mission. But her school education through 1939. At St. Augustine Academy and has visits to the mission were Vincennes at the time. At one time, culties,” that Father Benoit that time, Central Catholic High many personal belongings of described as “gala days for the sis- the bishop said that he would returned to Fort Wayne where he School was opened and the acade- Msgr. Julian Benoit. ters. Her all-pervading kindness replace the sisters at Saint Mary- remained until his death. mies and commercial schools were Joining Pope Benedict XVI at and motherly solicitude, and her of-the-Woods. Mother Theodore, Meanwhile St. Augustine consolidated into one coed high the canonization Mass on Sunday gentle gaiety when she presided at as she would do often, stayed up School prospered. “The school school. will be all Indiana bishops, including table and at recreation were a all night and prayed before the continued to develop in enrollment The Sisters of Providence lega- Bishop John M. D’Arcy and dioce- perennial source of joy.” Blessed Sacrament and “silently and in prestige,” the history book cy spread to other schools in the san pastors Father Robert Schulte, Mother Theodore and the sis- committed the issue to God.” The says. “St. Augustine’s is not only Fort Wayne area: St. Patrick, Msgr. J. William Lester, Father ters were very grateful to Father sisters remained at Saint Mary-of- the oldest sisters’ school in north- Cathedral School, St. Jude and St. Michael Heintz, Father David Benoit, a fellow Frenchman, who the-Woods. ern Indiana, the area afterwards John the Baptist. The sisters also Carkenard, Msgr. James Wolf and Mother Theodore described as And Father Benoit actually left cut off from Vincennes as the staffed St. Catherine Academy, a Father Thomas Shoemaker. “our benefactor, good Mr. Benoit.” Fort Wayne in 1852, after what Diocese of Fort Wayne, but was Until 1857, Fort Wayne was was termed “a painful misunder- all these years the only institution part of the Diocese of Vincennes. standing” in the history book. It offering to children of the gram- Both Mother Theodore and Father was the prayers of Mother mar grades the cultural advantages Benoit found themselves having Theodore, the history book says, of music and painting.” SSHHAARRAATTHHOONN difficulties with the bishop of “which smoothed away his diffi- Soon after the founding of St. BEGINS AALLLL SSAAIINNTTSS DDAAYY NNOOVVEEMMBBEERR 11--33!!

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