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Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend May 28, 2017 ’’ Model of mercy, TTODAYODAYSS CCATHOLICATHOLIC model of humility Volume 91 No. 21 50¢ TODAYSCATHOLICNEWS.org Father Solanus Casey to be named ‘blessed’ Page 2 Five ordained to the diaconate

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Ordinations to the priesthood Joe Romie Holy orders to be conferred The bishop and deacons stand together with the newly ordained deacons on the cathedral plaza after a Mass of Ordination on Saturday, May 20. In the front on deacons Di Benedetto, row, from left, are Deacon Eric Burgener, newly ordained Deacon Patrick Hake, newly ordained Deacon David Huneck, newly ordained Deacon Nathan Maskal, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, newly ordained Deacon Thomas Zehr, newly ordained Deacon Jay Horning and Deacon Dennis Di Benedetto. In the back row are Burgener June 3 seminarian altar servers. Pages 8-9 BY DEB WAGNER were ordained to the diacon- religious communities, as well as After the homily, Hake, ate Saturday, May 20, at the parents, families and friends of Horning, Huneck, Maskal and Cathedral of the Immaculate the five candidates. Zehr individually declared their iocesan seminarians Conception in Fort Wayne. The Rite of Ordination during promises to assume the respon- Nathan Maskal, of St. A full cathedral included cel- the Mass began after the Gospel, sibility of the office of deacon. DCharles Borromeo Parish, ebrant Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, during which each man was These promises included celiba- Thomas Zehr, of Our Lady of concelebrating diocesan priests formally chosen for ordination. cy, and respect and obedience to Good Hope Parish, Jay Horning, and visiting priests, diocesan Father Andrew Budzinski, voca- Bishop Rhoades and his succes- of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, deacons and seminarians and tions director, publicly attested sors. A cantor from the Cathedral and Patrick Hake and David area Knights of Columbus. Also to the worthiness of each of the Choir sang the litany of saints Huneck, both from St. Vincent attending the joyful celebration elect and presented all the men to de Paul Parish in Fort Wayne, were members of several other Bishop Rhoades. DIACONATE, page 16 St. Therese School mourns passing of new principal

BY MOLLY GETTINGER 2016, Kimberly schools for the Diocese of Fort For over 30 years, Donovan Cragun-Reber, Wayne-South Bend, “Though the poured her passion for education a middle school loss of each of these individu- into the students and schools ducation is more than a pro- English teacher als has been difficult for staff of the Diocese of Fort Wayne- fession: It is a vocation. This at St. Therese, and students, there is comfort in South Bend. Her career in edu- Ereality is imbued through- also lost her knowing that they are now expe- cation began at Sacred Heart in out the faculty and staff of St. battle with can- riencing the joy of eternal happi- 1985. She then moved to Benoit Therese School, Fort Wayne, JEANETTE cer. Most recent- ness in heaven.” Academy, where she served as a where the staff’s mission is “to DONOVAN ly, on Sunday, Born in Indianapolis, Donovan teacher and, later, principal. In learn and share the Gospel and May 14, Jeanette was the daughter of the late 2008 she moved to St. Therese, serve all God’s children.” Part of Donovan, the John “Jack” Donovan and Mary where she began teaching fourth responding one’s vocation, how- new principal of St. Therese Donovan, who later transi- grade. ever, is following God’s sovereign School, suffered a heart attack, tioned their family to the Fort When Grimm passed away, will to wherever he may desire, going to her eternal home at the Wayne area. Jeanette Donovan Donovan assumed the role of even if that place is heaven. age of 53. attended and graduated from principal — at that point, an That devotion, during the cur- “Chuck, Jeanette and Kim had Bishop Dwenger High-School. interim position. rent school year, has been chal- been colleagues for quite a few She earned her bachelor’s degree For Donovan, education was lenging for the school. On Aug. years at St. Therese, and each from Purdue University and two a passion and her vocation, and 24, 2016, St. Therese lost its prin- brought their own unique gifts master’s degrees from Indiana cipal, Chuck Grimm, to a four-year that enriched the school,” stated University-Purdue University Fort battle with cancer. On Dec. 28, Marsha Jordan, superintendent of Wayne. ST. THERESE, page 4 2 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC May 28, 2017 TODAY’S CATHOLIC Father Solanus Casey recalled as Official newspaper of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 beloved friar who showed mercy

BY MIKE STECHSCHULTE PUBLISHER: Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades DETROIT (CNS) — Sixty years after his death, Capuchin Father Solanus Casey is on Editorial Department his way to sainthood. PUBLICATIONS MANAGER: Jodi Marlin Pope Francis announced May 4 that PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan Detroit’s beloved friar, who earlier had been BRAND SPECIALIST: Molly Gettinger named venerable, met the requirements for beatification and will be named “blessed” SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER: Emily Mae Schmid — the second U.S.-born man to achieve NEWS SPECIALIST: Mark Weber such a designation and the first person from Michigan. Business Department Although Father Casey was born in Oak BUSINESS MANAGER: Stephanie A. Patka Grove, Wis., in 1870, he spent most of his adult life and ministry in Detroit, caring for BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Geoff Frank sick, poor and downtrodden people and lend- [email protected] ing a listening ear and caring heart to the thousands who came to him for counsel, wis- Advertising Sales dom and aid. Jackie Parker Among the hundreds, if not thousands, [email protected] of healings attributed to Father Casey during (260) 399-1449 and after his lifetime, Pope Francis recog- nized the authenticity of a miracle necessary for the friar to be elevated from venerable Web site: www.todayscatholic.org to blessed after a review by the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes was com- pleted earlier this year. Published weekly except second “The beatification of Father Solanus Casey Sunday of January; and every other is an incomparable grace for the church in week from the third Sunday in June the Archdiocese of Detroit and for the whole through the second Sunday of community of Southeast Michigan,” Detroit September by the Diocese of Fort Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said in a state- Wayne-South Bend, 1103 S. Calhoun ment. “He is an inspiration to all us Catholics CNS St., P.O. Box 390, Fort Wayne, IN 46801. The likeness of Solanus Casey is seen on the book cover of “Thank God Ahead of Time: The Life and Periodicals postage paid at Fort Wayne, — and to all — of the power of grace to IN, and additional mailing office. transform one’s life.” Spirituality of Solanus Casey.” Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of the Wisconsin-born The miracle needed to raise Father Casey Capuchin priest. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: to blessed involved a woman with an incur- Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Fort able genetic skin disease. The woman was Wayne, IN 46856-1169 visiting friends in Detroit and stopped at demic limitations, he was advised to consider tion and canonization cause. “Thousands or email: [email protected] Father Casey’s tomb to pray for others’ inten- joining a religious order instead. of favors attributed to the intercession of tions. After her prayers, she felt the strong After reflecting before a statue of Mary, he Venerable Solanus have been reported to the MAIN OFFICE: 915 S. Clinton St., Fort urging to ask for the friar’s intercession for felt the urging to “go to Detroit” and heeded office of the cause for sainthood of Father Wayne, IN 46802. Telephone (260) herself, too, and received an instant and vis- this advice, joining the Capuchin order in Solanus.” 456-2824. Fax: (260) 744-1473. ible healing. 1897. He was given the religious name Officials began collecting and organizing BUREAU OFFICE: 1328 Dragoon Trail, The miraculous nature of her cure was veri- Solanus. material for Father Casey’s cause in 1976, Mishawaka, IN 46544. Telephone (260) fied by doctors in her home country, in Detroit Although he continued to struggle aca- and by 1983, an official archdiocesan inves- 456-2824. Fax (260) 744-1473. and in Rome, all of whom confirmed there was demically, Father Casey was at last ordained tigation was opened into the life and virtues no scientific explanation. in 1904 by Milwaukee Archbishop Sebastian of the priest. During this phase, 53 witnesses News deadline is 10 days prior to In a blessed coincidence — or perhaps G. Messmer as a “simplex priest,” meaning gave sworn testimony to his heroic virtues, publication date. Advertising deadline not — Father Casey himself died of a skin he could celebrate Mass but could not preach and the next year their testimonies were sent is nine days before publication date. disease in 1957. doctrinal sermons or hear confessions. to the Vatican. The beatification, which will take place After serving for two decades in friaries As part of the process, Father Casey’s Today’s Catholic may be reached at : during a Mass in Detroit later this year, is and churches in New York, Father Casey was tomb was opened July 8, 1987, and his Today’s Catholic, the final step before sainthood. A declaration transferred back to Detroit in 1924, where he remains were moved to their current rest- P.O. Box 11169, Fort Wayne, IN of sainthood requires a second miracle attrib- began working as the porter, or doorkeeper, ing place inside the north transept of St. 46856-1169; or email: uted to Father Casey’s intercession. of St. Bonaventure Monastery. Bonaventure’s Chapel. [email protected] Capuchin Father Michael Sullivan, pro- It was in this role — which eventually Led by Capuchin Brother Leo vincial minister of the Capuchin Franciscan became the title of a 1968 biography written Wollenwebber, a three-volume “positio” (ISSN 0891-1533) Province of St. Joseph in Detroit, said the fri- by James Patrick Derum, “The Porter of St. was presented to the Vatican congregation, (USPS 403630) ars were elated with the news. Bonaventure’s” — that Father Casey cement- which affirmed Father Casey’s heroic virtues “Long before we knew and loved Pope ed his reputation for holiness and compas- in 1995. On July 11, 1995, Father Casey was Francis, we had the example of Father sion. Charged with greeting those who came named “venerable” by St. John Paul II, allow- Solanus, who lived the Gospel of mercy,” to the monastery’s doors, Father Casey con- ing for public devotion and advancing the Father Sullivan said. “Known for his compas- ducted well-attended services for the sick and cause for beatification. sion and simplicity, he drew many thousands became known for his gentle, wise counsel Twenty-one years later, Sept. 22, 2016, a to God. Rather than call attention to him- and genuine concern for those who sought panel of medical experts approved a miracu- self, he taught people to thank God for his his aid. He helped establish the Capuchin lous healing attributed to Father Casey. A blessings. We are overjoyed at the news that Soup Kitchen in 1929 to feed hungry people panel of theological advisers concurred Jan. Father Solanus’ holiness is recognized by the during the Great Depression, a work that 19, paving the way for the Vatican congre- Holy Father.” continues in Detroit today. gation to recommend beatification to Pope Find us on Facebook Not only did Father Casey teach others to By the time of his death July 31, 1957, Francis. www.facebook.com/diocesefwsb thank God, but he often urged them to thank devotion to Father Casey had grown to the “This declaration means that the local God “ahead of time” for the blessings they point that more than 8,000 people attended church, here in Detroit and in Capuchin Follow us on Twitter were yet to receive — an admonition adopted his funeral, including those who traveled Franciscan fraternities around the world, @diocesefwsb often by Archbishop Vigneron and others from afar to hear his guidance and keep his may offer prayers and Masses invoking the invoking the friar’s memory. memory. intercession of Father Solanus,” Brother Born Bernard Francis Casey Nov. 25, “Over the years the fame of Father Merling said. Follow us on Instagram 1870, Father Casey was the sixth of 16 Solanus has extended around the world, @diocesefwsb children to Irish immigrants Bernard James and now has devotees in 27 countries,” Casey and Ellen Elizabeth Murphy. He said Capuchin Friar Larry Webber, who, Mike Stechschulte is managing editor of The enrolled at St. Francis High School Seminary with Capuchin Brother Richard Merling, is a Michigan Catholic, newspaper of the near Milwaukee in 1891, but because of aca- vice postulator for Father Casey’s beatifica- Archdiocese of Detroit. May 28, 2017 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC 3 The commencement of the Notre Public schedule Dame Class of 2017 of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades Sunday, May 28: 10:30 a.m. — Mass, St. Mary Church, BY JESSICA SIEFF Lebanon, Pennsylvania Wednesday, May 31: 2 p.m. — Blessing of the New Branch NOTRE DAME — The University Office of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union, South Bend of Notre Dame celebrated Wednesday, May 31: 6 p.m. — Mass, Women’s Care Center its 172nd Commencement Chapel, South Bend Ceremony Sunday, May 21, Thursday, June 1: 7 p.m. — Baccalaureate Mass for Marian inside the Notre Dame Stadium, High School, St. Matthew Cathedral, South Bend with an audience of approxi- Friday, June 2: 3 p.m. — Baccalaureate Mass for Northeast mately 24,000 family, friends, Indiana Catholic Educators, Cathedral of the Immaculate faculty and graduates. Conception, Fort Wayne The previous evening, on Saturday, June 3: 11 a.m. — Priesthood Ordination, Cathedral Saturday, May 20, the Most Rev. of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, addressed the graduates at a commence- ment Mass. On Sunday, the com- Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame mencement ceremony began an Vice President Mike Pence receives an honorary degree at the University of hour later than originally sched- Notre Dame commencement ceremony Sunday, May 21. uled, to keep the celebration in the stadium and avoid rain, for freedom of religion must be leaders in their communities, which fell even as guests arrived mean freedom for all religions, families and professional fields; to watch their graduates take to not just our own, otherwise none and to hold on to the Catholic the field. of us is free. We must commit faith and values instilled in Deacon assignments As all 2,081 degrees were con- ourselves to make certain that all them. ferred and President Rev. John I. of our friends and classmates at “If you hold fast to him, to Jenkins, CSC, issued his charge, Notre Dame receive equal rights the faith you’ve deepened in this The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne- thick, stubborn clouds that had and respect when they leave this place and to all you’ve learned South Bend, has made the following assignments of transitional been present for most of the stadium with us.” and the examples you’ve seen, deacons for the summer of 2017: morning finally parted, allowing In his introduction of Vice I know you will not only perse- Deacon Patrick Hake to diaconal ministry at Cathedral of the the sun to shine down on the President Mike Pence, Father vere, you will prevail, and you Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne. Class of 2017. Jenkins also recognized the real- will lead your families, your Deacon Jay Horning to diaconal ministry at Sacred Heart Parish, “I have great weather news,” ity of “a fractured nation, with professions and our country to Warsaw. said Thomas Burish, Charles deep divisions and raw political unimaginable heights. University Deacon David Huneck to diaconal ministry at Corpus Christi Parish, and Jill Fischer Provost of the feelings,” in the midst of difficult of Notre Dame Class of 2017, South Bend. University, as the ceremony times. this is your day. So go, Irish. The Deacon Nathan Maskal to diaconal ministry at St. Pius X Parish, began. “Father John has decreed “Because values some hold future is yours.” Granger. no more rain today.” deeply are often pitted against Approximately 100 graduates Deacon Thomas Zehr to diaconal ministry at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Salutatorian and Hesburgh- those others hold just as deeply, left the ceremony in protest dur- Parish, Fort Wayne. Yusko Scholar Jose Alberto and because the decisions before ing the vice president’s speech. Suarez offered the commence- us are so consequential, our Pence received an honor- ment invocation to the graduat- debates are passionate and polit- ary degree along with for- ing class, and valedictorian Caleb ical contests intense.” mer NASA administrator and “C.J.” Pine encouraged the Class Jenkins urged those listening astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles F. of 2017 to give of themselves to strive for something higher, Bolden Jr.; Cardinal Kevin Farrell; and be of service to others and of embracing ideas and listening to Alice Gast, president of Imperial service to justice during the vale- differing views. College — London; Rev. Martin dictory address. “We must speak the truth we Junge, general secretary of the “Our calling as we leave this know and challenge the injustice Lutheran World Federation stadium is to get these gowns we see,” he said. “But we must (LWF); Philip J. Purcell, Notre dirty together, as we wade into also listen to those who disagree, Dame graduate, member of the Priest appointment muddy waters, as our learn- care for the bonds that join us University’s Board of Trustees The Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne- ing becomes service to justice,” together and find ways to build a and founder and president South Bend, has made the following appointment: Pine said. “When we follow the society where all can flourish — of Continental Investors; and Reverend Vincent Coppola, CSC, from Administrator to Pastor of Holy deeper callings of justice and even the people who don’t look Martha Lampkin Welborne, Cross Parish, South Bend, effective July 1, 2017. proclaim the deeper magic of like us, think like us, or vote Notre Dame graduate and senior love and sacrifice that connect all with us.” vice president for corporate real of us — no matter which corner Pence was the first U.S. vice estate and global facilities with of the world we come from, then president to deliver the com- The Walt Disney Co. we will be true to what we have mencement address at Notre Rev. Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, learned at Notre Dame. Then we Dame. founder and executive director of will be true to our humanity, to “For this son of Indiana, it Homeboy Industries, received the the person that God has called is great to be back home again,” prestigious honor of the Laetare each of us to be.” he said. “But I have to tell Medal. Pine, a Truman Scholar and you, it’s deeply humbling for The ceremony concluded with Gilman Scholar, member of the me to participate in the 172nd a charge by Jenkins, who echoed Glynn Family Honors Program Commencement here at the the sentiments of previous and a Hesburgh-Yusko Scholar, University of Notre Dame in her speakers and implored the Class spoke about how his experi- 175th year.” of 2017 to continue the Notre ence as a student at Notre Dame He noted that the accomplish- Dame tradition. shaped his vision for life, as well ment of those graduates receiv- “Take what you have learned as the deeper magic and trans- ing their degrees was a feeling here at Notre Dame and let it formative power that comes with shared by their parents who enable you to go forth and do being a Notre Dame graduate. had supported, encouraged and good,” he said. “Always be gen- Pine also encouraged the Class of prayed for them as they pursued erous as you can with you time, 2017’s Fighting Irish to fight for their education. “My charge to talent and all you have. In your others. all of you is simply this,” he family life, your professional life “As you and I leave this sta- said, “be exceptional from this and your spiritual life, every day dium, we must fight for others, day forth.” of your life, never forget that for their unalienable rights, so The vice president urged grad- your charge as Notre Dame grad- that their future becomes their uates to carry the values and uates is to be a force for good.” own,” Pine said. “Our generation ideals students had learned dur- must stand against the scape- ing their time at Notre Dame into Reprinted with permission of goating of Muslims. Our concern their future lives and careers; to the University of Notre Dame. 4 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC May 28, 2017 Immigration, religious liberty and

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Jeanette Archbishop Noll Catholic Center Continued from Page 1 Gardens. agreed to do this, because of 915 S. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 Jordan remembered: “It was her friendship with Mr. Grimm easy for Jeanette’s students to and commitment to St. Therese, This valuable team member is responsible for providing she had a knack for making know that she cared deeply for but she also made me promise organizational administrative support, database learning fun. Kim Kiracofe, secre- them because she always lis- her that she would be able to go management, reporting for the annual Bishop’s Appeal, and tary of St. Therese School and a tened first, counseled them wise- back into the classroom to teach various stewardship and development efforts. long-time co-worker of Donovan, ly and helped them make a plan because that was her passion remembers working with to improve. It might be a quick and strength.” Specific Job Skills/Qualifications Donovan at Benoit Academy, check-in with her in the morn- A Feb. 19 Today’s Catholic • Commitment to the Catholic Church- Practicing Catholic watching the creative ways she ing, or special time with her in article stated that, according to Preferred helped her students learn. She the afternoon. It could be a treat Principal Donovan, “the ultimate • General knowledge of fundraising, development, and remembers, “hearing Jeanette for mastering a lesson, making goal at St. Therese School is to marketing across the hall playing spelling the honor roll, or showing ser- develop students that are faith- games: She wrote spelling words vice or kindness toward another ful, productive and responsible • Strong Data Entry Skills on the board, and they had to student. Every student, I’m sure, students.” She stated, “We want • Proficiency in MS Office smack the right word with a fly thought they were her favorite, them to be proud to say, ‘I am • Knowledge of accounting and finance principles swatter. She made learning fun.” because she went out of her way a St. Therese graduate,’ and we • Ability to take initiative, work independently, and must be Donovan’s passion for educa- to connect with them all.” want to be proud to say, ‘They able to meet deadlines for work projects tion carried into the summer, Jordan continued: “Jeanette are our St. Therese graduates.’” • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field is preferred when, for the past seven years, loved teaching math and used A Mass of Christian Burial for • 3-5 years in the development field is preferred she has involved in St. Henry’s different techniques and games Jeanette Donovan took place on Summer Clubhouse as a teacher to make math fun for her stu- Friday, May 19. She was laid to Interested candidates can email their resume to and as director, a position she dents. When Chuck Grimm rest in Catholic Cemetery. Jonathan Harber- Human Resources Director had been planning to assume became so ill at the beginning [email protected] May 28, 2017 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC 5 Archdiocese speaks of Netflix series on murdered nun BALTIMORE — (CNA/EWTN charged with a crime before his County police exhumed Father cial assistance through a volun- News) — No one knows who death in 2001. Maskell’s body to conduct DNA tary, pastoral mediation program killed Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik. Father Maskell has been a testing, ahead of the Netflix series established by the archdiocese. A young nun who was on a longtime suspect in Sister Cathy’s that closely links him to Sister To date, the archdiocese has pro- year’s leave of absence, Sister death. Former students of Sister Cathy’s murder. vided over $97,000 in counseling Cathy, as friends called her, was Cathy believed she knew about Lacking leads and new evi- assistance and over $472,000 murdered sometime while running the abuses of the priest, as many dence, the case went cold around in direct financial assistance to an errand on the evening of Nov. of the young women felt com- 1975, but was picked up again in those who may have been abused 7, 1969. She was 26 years old. fortable confiding in her. Many 1992, after a woman named Jean by the priest. Her body was found in a dump believe that Father Maskell, Wehner came forward and report- “It became a healing process two months later, though authori- who was also the chaplain of ed that she had been abused at for a number of them,” Sheldon ties have never been able to iden- the Baltimore police at the time, the hands of Father Maskell. Jacobs, an attorney for the vic- tify her killer. murdered Sister Cathy to keep her The archdiocese removed tims, said of the settlements This summer, a Netflix quiet and used his connections to Father Maskell from ministry and reached in 2016. documentary series called “The cover up his crimes. sent him away for counseling and “Quite a few of them thought Keepers” is reopening the case, The Archdiocese of Baltimore gestion that the archdiocese evaluation. Having no hard evi- it was a cathartic experience,” he talking to witnesses and examin- has always denied claims of a interfered in any way when the dence against him, he returned to told The Washington Post. ing the evidence before the case widespread conspiracy to cover subsequent investigations were ministry in 1994. The archdiocese said that it goes cold forever. up Sister Cathy’s death and to occurring in the 1990s. The arch- At that time, Wehner revealed was willing to provide comment The circumstances surround- hide the crimes of Father Maskell, diocese reported the initial sexual to police that Father Maskell and to answer questions for the ing the death of Sister Cathy are and it maintains that the arch- abuse allegation to the authori- had taken her to see Sister producers of the new Netflix precarious. diocese had no prior knowledge ties in 1993, removed Maskell Cathy’s body to “show her series about the case. A member of the School of the sexual abuse of Father from ministry and held a public what happened to people who “Unfortunately, the producers Sisters of Notre Dame since Maskell or his connection to meeting in 1994, and has been crossed him,” according to The asked very few questions of the the age of 18, Sister Cathy and Sister Cathy until the ‘90s, when transparent with an Independent Washington Post, and several archdiocese before releasing the her friend Sister Helen Russell several victims came forward. Review Board since that time.” other abuse victims came forward series and did not respond to the Phillips both took a leave of There is no hard evidence to sug- Baltimore City police began to accuse the priest. archdiocese’s request to receive absence in 1969 and moved out gest that the archdiocese was working the case, focusing on The Baltimore County police an advanced copy of the series. of the convent into an apartment involved in a cover-up of the case. suspects in the Catholic Church. then questioned Father Maskell Advanced copies were provided to together. “Suggestions of a cover-up by The Baltimore County police took about the case, but he denied media outlets,” the archdiocese A thoughtful and well-liked the archdiocese are speculative over the case when Sister Cathy’s both the allegations of murder notes on its website. teacher, Sister Cathy had taught and false,” the archdiocese said body was found two months after and of sexual abuse. He was per- Ahead of the series, the English at Archbishop Seton in a recent statement outlining her disappearance. manently removed from ministry Archdiocese of Baltimore has Keough Catholic High School for talking points before the release According to reports, she was by the archdiocese in 1994, and published answers to several fre- several years before transferring of the Netflix series. found with trauma to the head, he fled to Ireland in 1996 without quently asked questions regard- to Western Public High School in “The Baltimore Sun has possibly from a hammer. The dis- the knowledge of the archdiocese. ing the case of Sister Cathy, and 1969. retracted its ‘errors’ for reporting covery of her body barely made The archdiocese has offered has reiterated the importance of The chaplain of Keough at the that certain police supervisors the news — the local papers were to each victim an apology and its “zero tolerance policy” and time, Father A. 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wwwsaberealtco 6 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC May 28, 2017 lasting peace.” In his address Pope announces new Alito spoke of the freedom of cardinals from Mali, religion as enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution Spain, Sweden, Laos, and encroachments on that free- EWS RIEFS dom today. A southern New Salvador N B Jersey native, he is well versed in VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope the history of religious toleration Francis announced he will create as it developed in Philadelphia, five new cardinals June 28; the and the important role that reli- new cardinals-designate come World Youth Day logo shows symbols for Mary, Panama gion played in the development from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos of the Constitution, including the and El Salvador. Unusually, the visits by the Founding Fathers group of prelates announced by to the city’s various churches, the pope May 21 includes an among them Old St. Mary’s, trac- auxiliary bishop whose arch- ing back to the Revolution. Part bishop is not a cardinal; he is of freedom of religion is “no one Cardinal-designate Gregorio Rosa is forced to act in violation of his Chavez, 74, the current auxil- own beliefs,” Alito said. iary bishop of San Salvador. The other churchmen who will Trump’s reinstated receive red hats are: Archbishop Jean Zerbo of Bamako, Mali, 73; ‘Mexico City Policy’ Archbishop Juan Jose Omella of Barcelona, Spain, 71; Bishop implemented Anders Arborelius of Stockholm, WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sweden, 67; and Bishop Louis- Reinstatement of the “Mexico Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, City Policy,” as provided for in apostolic vicar of Pakse, Laos, President Donald Trump’s Jan. 73. After briefly talking about 23 executive memorandum, took the day’s Gospel reading, leading effect May 15. “(It) ensures that the crowd in St. Peter’s Square in U.S. taxpayers will no longer sub- reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer sidize foreign nongovernmental and greeting various groups pres- organizations that perform or pro- ent, instead of wishing every- mote abortion on demand,” said one a good Sunday and a good the co-chair of the Congressional lunch — the normal procedure at Pro-Life Caucus. Trump’s memo- the noon prayer — Pope Francis randum also expanded the poli- made his announcement. The five cy, now called “Protecting Life in new cardinals coming from “dif- Global Health Assistance,” accord- ferent parts of the world dem- ing to Rep. Chris Smith, R-New onstrates the catholicity of the Jersey, who is the caucus co-chair. church spread across the globe,” “This humane policy seeks to Pope Francis said. And the prac- respect and protect the precious tice of assigning to each of them CNS photo/courtesy World Youth Day USA lives of unborn girls and boys a church in Rome “expresses A logo depicting symbols for Mary, Panama and the Panama Canal was selected as the from the violence of abortion,” that the cardinals belong to the Smith, a Catholic, said in a state- Diocese of Rome,” which, as St. winning design to promote World Youth Day 2019. The design by Amber Calvo, 20, a ment. “The new policy doesn’t Ignatius of Antioch explained, Panamanian student studying architecture, was chosen for the event that will take place cut global health assistance by “presides in charity over all the so much as a penny.” The policy churches.” Jan. 22-27, 2019. Calvo’s design is in the shape of a stylized heart: The artwork includes a was first put in place by President silhouette of Mary, right, at the moment she says, “Thy will be done” to God. The Panama Ronald Reagan in 1984. It was Bishops tell lawmakers named for the city that hosted the Canal flows through Mary, symbolizing the pilgrim’s path through Mary to Jesus. At left is U.N. International Conference on to focus on poor in an image of the Pilgrim Cross. The Isthmus of Panama is represented at top, in the shape of Population that year and where Reagan, then in his first term as upcoming budget a stylized “M.” The image refers to the Panamanian theme, “Bridge of the World, Heart of president, unveiled it. WASHINGTON (CNS) — Decrease the Universe.” It also suggests the name of Mary and her motherly heart leads the pilgrim military spending and help the to Jesus, her son. Upcoming St. Louis poor, said the U.S. bishops in a May 19 letter addressed to Taize event ‘first step’ Congress, before lawmakers pre- Murry of Youngstown, Ohio; and percent of children under the pare to work on the federal bud- Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas. age of 5 “are suffering either Alito: Freedom of to heal racial divides get for the upcoming 2018 fiscal Decisions should be “guided by from moderate or severe acute religion, speech key WASHINGTON (CNS) — Although year. The budget requires difficult moral criteria that protect human malnutrition. We are extremely it has been three years since the decisions, but lawmakers must life and dignity,” they said, and worried, which is why we are to democracy but now riots broke out in Ferguson, Mo., “give central importance to ‘the making deep cuts to programs going public with this series of many of the wounds have still not least of these,’” said the letter that help the poor “would harm reports. We have been monitor- under threat healed. The racial divides — at sent to all members of the Senate people facing dire circumstanc- ing levels of malnutrition and WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (CNS) — The front and center during protests of and the House of Representatives es.” providing assistance to under-5s graduating class at St. Charles the fatal shooting of an unarmed on behalf of the U.S. Conference since October across four states: Borromeo Seminary in the black teenager by a white police of Catholic Bishops and signed Malnutrition in Distrito Capital, Vargas, Miranda Philadelphia Archdiocese received officer — still linger. As a way to by the chairmen of six USCCB and Zulia,” said Janeth Marquez, a special treat at the Concursus move the city toward healing, St. committees. The letter urged Venezuela at director of Caritas Venezuela. graduation ceremony held in the Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson lawmakers to “promote the wel- The number rises to 48 percent seminary chapel May 17. U.S. has called on outside help, inviting fare of workers and families humanitarian crisis when children under 5, who “are Supreme Court Associate Justice brothers from Taize, an ecumeni- who struggle to live in dignity.” level, Caritas says at risk or suffering lower levels Samuel A. Alito Jr. received an cal community in France, to come Increasing funding for defense of malnutrition, are included,” honorary doctorate of letters and to St. Louis. Many Catholics might and immigration enforcement VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With the report stated. “You see the delivered the formal address. The be familiar with Taize because of while cutting “many domes- soaring food prices and a free- wasting and in some cases the award to Alito was “in testimony its members’ songs, often based tic and international programs falling economy, child malnutri- edema — all the classic images to and recognition of his many on the Psalms and known for that assist the most vulnerable, tion in Venezuela has crossed of starving children. In the vil- outstanding contributions to their simplicity and repetition. The would be profoundly troubling,” the threshold of a humanitarian lages, it’s the children who are society,” Philadelphia Archbishop order’s charism is reconciliation. said the letter signed by Cardinal crisis, the local chapter of Caritas worst affected, but also the adults Charles J. Chaput said in his The brothers accepted the arch- Timothy M. Dolan of New York Internationalis said. The latest are very wasted,” said Susana introduction, “especially in pro- bishop’s invitation are preparing and Bishops Oscar Cantu of figures from a Caritas Venezuela Raffalli, a humanitarian special- tecting the sanctity and dignity for the May 26-29 Pilgrimage of Las Cruces, N.M.; Christopher J. report published May 16 show ist in food emergencies for Caritas of human life, the full respon- Trust — days of prayer and work- Coyne of Burlington, Vt.; Frank J. that in four states, including the Venezuela. sibilities of the human person shops and a walk through the city Dewane of Venice, Fla.; George V. country’s capital, Caracas, 11.4 and promoting true justice and May 28. May 28, 2017 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 7 Scheiber Family Luers student’s mission Endowment awards work project awarded 2017 scholarships and FORT WAYNE — Bishop Luers grants AROUND THE DIOCESE High School freshman Jessica Hartmus has taken her science HUNTINGTON — fair projects to the missionary The Huntington lands of Africa. At the encour- County agement of Father Sebastian Community Deacons, seminarians graduate Twinomugabi, known in Uganda Foundation as the “brick priest” and who was is pleased to the parochial vicar at Sts. Peter announced and Paul Church in Huntington, Melanie Jessica has been involved in a Lisinicchia, DONALD AND brick-building project that aids Shafer Garrett LOU RAYNE the people of the Diocese of Fort and Katie Hunt SCHEIBER Portal in Uganda in building as the 2017 stronger homes and structures. recipients of the Father Sebastian approached Donald E. and Lou Rayne Scheiber Jessica with the idea of assisting Catholic Education Scholarship. him with the engineering needs Lisinicchia will receive a scholar- of the Ugandan people when ship worth $1,500, while Garrett Jessica was in seventh grade at and Hunt will both receive $1,250 Huntington Catholic School. He scholarships. noticed her engineering mind and Lisinicchia will attend Indiana tapped into her creativity to help University, majoring in biology with the brick-building project. and molecular genetics with the For the last two years Jessica’s goal of one day becoming a genet- science fair projects have involved ic counselor. She is the daugh- designing a drying rack for the ter of Brandon and Tabatha bricks. The bricks must cure for a Lisinicchia of Huntington. certain amount of time to be uti- Garrett has been accepted to lized for building homes or other attend the University of Notre structures. Dame, majoring in chemisty and At the regional science fair business. He hopes to open his Jessica received the University of own medical practice, specializ- Notre Dame College of Engineering ing in neurology and neurosur- Top Engineering Award, which gery. He is the son of Robert and Provided by Susie Nield was selected from all the projects at the fair in grades 4-12. She Paula Garrett of Huntington. Several seminarians and deacons of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend graduated Hunt will attend Indiana received a $250 cash prize. University-Purdue University from Mount St. Mary’s University or Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., Jessica said she purchases Fort Wayne, majoring in elemen- scrap wood at local home build- tary education. She would like to with undergraduate and graduate degrees in May. In the front row, from left, are Msgr. ing stores to construct the models return to Huntington after receiv- Andrew Baker, rector and vice president of Mount St. Mary’s University; Deacon Dennis and uses her own funds to buy ing her degree and work as an the wood. Because of the size of elementary teacher within the Di Benedetto; seminarian Michael Ammer (not of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend); the projects, she assembles the Huntington County Community Mount St. Mary’s University Interim President Dr. Timothy Trainor; Most Reverend William models at the family’s business, Schools Corporation. She is the Economy Machine Products Inc., daughter of Christopher and Lisa E. Lori, STD, Archbishop of Baltimore and chancellor of the seminary; and Deacon Eric in Roanoke. Hunt of Huntington. Burgener. In the back row are seminarians Logan Parrish and Thomas Zehr. Her goal at the science fair Also awarded were the Donald was to spread the word about her E. and Lou Rayne Scheiber Charity project and needs of the people Grants to support Huntington in Uganda. Although she did not Catholic School and the Bishop advance to the international sci- Luers High School Luers Night leaders who are committed to leadership were running the crib and I wanted to give back to the ence fair this year, several judges, event. defending the inherent dignity of club store, creating ultrasound conservation club for allowing us even though she was not on their Created in 1997, the Donald E. all human beings. scrapbooks and designing and to use it as often as we do,” said schedules to judge, wanted to and Lou Rayne Scheiber Catholic St. Joseph County Right to Life executing a six-week ballet class Mead. hear more about her brick-mak- Education and Charity Fund honored several of these teens for children at the Women’s Care He got involved in Boy Scouts ing project. accomplishes dual purposes. First, and the fruits of their prayer Center, attending countless local in the first grade as a Tiger Cub, the fund promotes educational and service on April 27 at the and national demonstrations to joining because four of his friends St. Joseph-Hessen opportunities for Huntington 10th annual Respect Life Prayer speak out as a voice for the voice- had joined. One of his most mem- County students who are mem- Dinner. As part of its annual less unborn and taking an active orable moments was going to Cassel essay winner bers of one of three local Catholic essay contest, the organization role in the Belles for Life Club at summer camp with his troop. asked teens to respond to real- Saint Mary’s College. It allowed him to interact with FORT WAYNE Church parishes (St. Joseph in — St. Joseph- Roanoke, St. Mary and Sts. life situations with truth in char- the other troops from the district ity. Middle school students wrote and share different, yet similar, Hessen Cassel Peter and Paul in Huntington). SJHS student earns School has Second, the fund provides chari- responses to an editorial that experiences, as well as advance argued, “My body, my choice!” Eagle Scout Award through the scouting ranks. He announced table grants to Catholic organiza- fourth-grade stu- tions that promote the accepted High school students put them- has achieved 45 merit badges and selves in the place of the pastor SOUTH BEND several honors. Currently, he is dent Bridgette teachings of the Roman Catholic —Skyler Mead, Haynes as Church. as they crafted homilies imagin- in a Crew Troop and Order of the ing that a new abortion facility a student at Arrow, along with being an active the runner-up returned to the local area. Silas Saint Joseph member of his own troop. essay winner BRIDGETTE Right to Life Honors Greathouse, homeschool; Mary High School and “Scouting has influenced my in the Indy HAYNES Sgroi, Trinity Lutheran School, a member of life by allowing me to be able to 500 Education teens for pro-life Elkhart; Felicity Nolan, Corpus Boy Scout Troop go out of my comfort zone and try Program leadership Christi School, South Bend; and 750, has earned something new like rock climb- Contest. Bridgette wrote her Benjamin Britzke, St. Thomas the Eagle Scout SKYLER MEAD ing, hiking, canoeing and many essay on why physical education SOUTH BEND — Part of St. the Apostle School, Elkhart; were Award. more activities that I probably teacher Tony Johnston should Joseph County Right to Life’s awarded for their exceptional To earn scouting’s highest would not do very often if at all be the grand marshal of the mission is to change hearts and entries. honor, he refurbished a bridge if I wasn’t a Boy Scout,” noted 500 Parade, and honored his minds, cultivating pro-life virtue In addition, St. Joseph County at the Elkhart Conservation Club Mead. His plans for the future service as a veteran to our coun- in communities and encourag- Right to Life recognized Bonita and made a set of nature trail are to attend college, become a try. Bridgette competed against ing a lifestyle that recognizes the Murphy of Saint Mary’s College steps. mechanical engineer and remain fourth-graders from across the sanctity of the gift of life. Pro-life with the Brother John Lavelle, “I chose to do this project involved with scouting as an state and won a large Indy 500 teens take up a special role in CSC, Scholarship. Some of the because my troop camps at the adult leader. festival gift basket. living out this mission as future highlights of Bonita’s pro-life Elkhart Conservation Club often, 8 TODAY’S CATHOLIC May 28, 2017 ‘Blessed and prepared’: Deacon Dennis Di Benedetto

BY JENNIFER MILLER Deacon Di Benedetto was a phi- I felt part of that same frater- issues that they might encounter kind of surreal,” he reflected. losophy major with a history nity.” They also visited the exact in ministry, from both a theologi- “I know there are many peo- minor. Returning there years sites described and mentioned cal and pastoral lens. ple I haven’t even met who are is very later after discerning a vocation in the Bible, “names I might Deacon Di Benedetto also praying for me, and that really name to the priesthood, as a graduate have skipped over before,” such served as a deacon on the touches my heart. I am certain Hspeaks of student and seminarian with as the site of the multiplication weekend in two parishes in the I have never had more people God. Benedetto the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South of the loaves and fishes and Diocese of Harrisburg Pa.,: St. praying for me in my life than I meaning Bend was a treat, he said. Many of Caesarea Philippi. The latter Mary Parish in Fairfield and St. do right now, and I certainly feel “blessed” in of his courses utilized his previ- site was especially poignant for Rita in Blue Ridge Summit. that grace. It must be the reason Italian, and ous studies: One of his favorite Deacon Di Benedetto, as it is “There is a wisdom in the I’m not nervous.” Deacon Dennis courses on ecumenism. The close to the Syrian-Israeli border. church, a reason we have typi- Deacon Di Benedetto also Di Benedetto, of DENNIS DI BENEDETTO multicultural world of his early “We actually looked over the bor- cally a full year of the diaconate credits his investiture into the Italian-Sicilian upbringing offered him a unique der and could see Syria.” to be in the sanctuary, perform- Diocese of Fort Wayne-South heritage, feels lens with which to study this A final, important part of ing the sacraments,” he reflected. Bend to the Poor Sisters of just that. The past year, living area of theology. Deacon Di Benedetto’s preparation Although he found himself grad- St. Clare, a cloistered order of and serving as a deacon, study- Another highlight of the past for priestly ordination this year ually embracing his new role, women religious in Fort Wayne. ing as a graduate student and year was a 20-day pilgrimage to was a 2016 seminar at Mount he also came to appreciate that “Four years ago, when I was preparing for the priesthood, he the Holy Land with his fellow St. Mary’s with Msgr. Michael “perhaps it would be too much, wrestling with the decision to has known God’s great love and seminarian classmates. Simply Heintz of the Diocese of Fort all of a sudden, to one day be transfer from my former reli- mercy calling him to be one of being in Galilee and standing at Wayne- South Bend. The Pastoral ordained a priest!” gious community (the Pittsburgh his own shepherds. the shore of the Sea of Galilee Assessment Integration Seminar In a week, he will receive the Oratory of St. Philip Neri) to the Deacon Di Benedetto is origi- was an incredible experience, focused on priestly pastoral par- sacrament of holy orders, having Diocese of Fort Wayne-South nally from Medford, in southern he said. “I better understood ish preparations, where situations his hands anointed with holy Bend, the nuns were some of the New Jersey, the son of Michael the dynamic between Jesus and and responses could be discussed. oil; he will receive the new vest- only people who knew I was con- and Nancy Di Benedetto. Raised the apostles. Being in a group Deacon Di Benedetto said it was ments of the order and his soul sidering this. I always say they in a practicing Catholic fam- of guys together, walking the especially helpful to study, as a will be sealed forever with an ‘prayed me into the diocese.’” ily, he often accompanied his same area where Jesus walked, group, the very practical, real-life indelible mark. “I feel peaceful, mother, an English as a Second Language teacher, to immigrant The Father Solanus Casey homes in his community. There, Vocation Society The Serra Club of South Bend offers congratulations and prayerful best wishes to as his mother taught English, of Fort Wayne offers congratulations and he would play with the other children, who often did not know prayerful best wishes to English either. Through this Eric Burgener & first-hand experience he learned Eric Russell Burgener how to live the Catholic faith and Dennis Michael Di Benedetto Dennis Di Benedetto serve God’s people, and that car- ing and sharing God’s joy is an as they are ordained to as they are ordained to international language. The Priesthood of Jesus Christ Attending Mount St. Mary’s the priesthood of Jesus Christ. University in Emmitsburg, Md., Fr. Solanus Casey Glory and Praise Forever

With God's help, you will continue to succeed in your leadership and in your duties, because Our Lord's work is accomplished not so much by the multitude of workers as by the fidelity of the small number whom He calls. -St. Vincent de Paul Another parish son who has made us proud and for whom we wish a priesthood filled with much joy and peace. Father Daniel Scheidt Father Jonathan Norton Deacon Dennis Di Benedetto Father Polycarp Fernando will be ordained and the Entire to the holy priesthood June 3, 2017 St. Vincent de Paul Fort Wayne Parish Family May 28, 2017 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 9 Deacon Burgener anxious to ascend the ‘mountain’ of faith’ BY JEANNIE EWING vocation to the priesthood,” he Church in Bloomington, close Conception, Fort Wayne. “The Deacon Burgener recom- said. “I received a lot of flyers to where he attended college. “I beauty is that the source and mended asking for grace when a about discernment retreats for asked God, ‘What do you want summit — the Eucharist — gives person is discerning a vocation. ife often the priesthood when I was in me to do?’ and immediately I us an adrenaline shot in the “Then God makes our voca- resembles a high school, but I threw them saw myself in sixth grade again, heart to wake up and follow tion evidently clear. In the dark Lmountain, all away. My mom must have when I knew God wanted me to God’s call. The mountaintop is moments of our lives, when we insurmountable known that I was rejecting be a priest,” he shared. “It was heaven. The priesthood is the say ‘yes’ to God, it means more to climb and my call, because she secretly as if God replied to my heart, ‘Do active work, the active ministry than during the times of consola- yet beckoning retrieved them all, and I eventu- you want to follow me? Be my that heals others’ wounds by tion we experience. a person to try. ally attended one.” priest,’ and I said ‘yes.’” way of the Eucharist.” “What you fall in love with At least, that is ERIC BURGENER Vocational calls can be akin During his senior year of col- What about the struggles will dictate what you do in this how Deacon Eric to facing the reality that the life lege he became a daily commu- along that arduous climb up the world, the type of person you Burgener views God asks of his children far sur- nicant, attended confession regu- mountain? Deacon Burgener will be,” he said. “What you love his life and his passes the life that they imagine larly and received spiritual direc- responded: “As a priest, you determines who you are and call to the priesthood. Though will make them happy. Deacon tion from the Dominican priests have to be the priest and the vic- will bring you happiness if you his call began during the tumul- Burgener pursued much of what who ran the Indiana University tim. I have to realize that there love God. I lived and experienced tuous ‘tween years, his initial the world promises will fulfill a Newman Center. will be suffering, there will be what the world has to offer, and “yes” to God wasn’t fully real- person, but he discovered that “We’re all called to go up that doubts. To arm myself, I have to it’s nothing in comparison to ized until young adulthood. true happiness and deep, abid- mountain,” he continued, reflect- remember not to put too much what the church has to offer. The “I remember being at a ing peace result instead from a ing on his path to priesthood, stock in the enemy’s attacks, and climb is worth the view, when school Mass at St. Charles, and wholehearted “yes” to God. which culminates Saturday, that God is stronger. I also need you reach the top of your moun- I just realized the priesthood “It was like I was run- June 3, in his ordination at the to stay close to Our Lady. She’s tain.” was where I needed to be. After ning away from the mountain Cathedral of the Immaculate the enemy of the enemy.” receiving Communion, my eyes God wanted me to climb,” he filled with tears of joy, but I explained. “I started off making knew it wasn’t cool to be seen the ascent, but then I stumbled Once a Saint, Always a Saint! crying,” he said. and fell upon the rocks of earthly Shortly after that seed of pleasures. Eventually, I hit rock religious vocation was planted, bottom.” St. Charles’ beloved Monsignor During college, Deacon Hession passed away. Deacon Burgener’s journey hit a cross- God’s Blessings upon Eric Burgener, Burgener attended the funeral. roads. He chose to be faithful to “I thought again more seri- Mass attendance, but his college ously about the priesthood there, roommates and friends laughed Bishop Dwenger Alumnus ‘07, but I ran away from it.” The at him. In turn, he became world, and pressure from friends, ashamed and didn’t want to as you enter the Order of the Priesthood were enough to keep Deacon admit what he was doing. Burgener away from his vocation The turning point occurred through the Sacrament of Holy Orders! — for a time. when he chose to enter into soli- “My mom has always been tude with Jesus in front of the highly instrumental in my tabernacle at St. Paul’s Catholic l ratu ationErics Burgener! ong on your ordination to the C PRIESTHOOD and Nathan Maskal on your ordination to the DIACONATE

From Father Tom Shoemaker and your St. Charles Family

Loving God, you have made us in your image and likeness and for this we will praise you forever. 10 TODAY’S CATHOLIC May 28, 2017 Victory Noll assisted-living facility blessed Students build St. Mary Mother of God Church with cans BY PATRICK MURPHY

or more than 70 years, a scenic, 100-acre-plus site Fin Huntington has been the mother house for the Victory Noll Sisters, an order that serves the poor and disadvantaged. By this summer, a new build- ing on the pristine site, which is known as Victory Noll Center, will be completed and house the newest assisted-living facil- ity operated by Saint Anne Communities. “It will be a place of caring, faith and love. A place where the staff cares for residents and the residents care for the staff Provided by Kristin Spoltman — and each other,” said Bishop St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School and its “CANstruction” Kevin D. Rhoades, who blessed the new assisted-living facility team competed at Glenbrook Mall, Fort Wayne, April 21 in Thursday, May 18. Community Harvest Food Bank’s annual competition to While the public open house is scheduled for some time in construct themes from cans of food. Following the competi- July, about 100 visitors, nuns tion the cans are gathered and donated to the food bank. and staff were allowed to pre- view the 30-bed facility that is Patrick Murphy This year’s concept was “Fort Wayne’s Finest,” for which A Victory Noll sister greets Bishop Rhoades following the blessing of a new currently under construction. students chose to replicate St. Mary Church, both pre- and “This is an exciting day for assisted-living facility on the grounds of Victory Noll Center. The facility is us,” said Sister John Francis part of Saint Anne Communities. post-fire; all while tying in to the concept of Canstruction’s Radler, OLVM, during the event. cause to fight hunger and St. Mary’s being the home of the The building’s design and Joseph Sigstein, after seeing the and comfortable,” he noted. decor blend nicely with the needs of poor people in Texas, The assisted-living facility soup kitchen. Shoppers voted for their favorite structure other buildings, Bishop Rhoades New Mexico, Arizona and other is part of an ongoing coopera- by contributing even more canned goods, and the school’s noted, referring to the distinct states. The order and its mission tive effort between Saint Anne’s architecture of other structures of ministering to the poor were and the Victory Noll Sisters, entry was deemed the “Most Dynamic” in the competition. on campus. Those buildings promoted by Archbishop John said David Deffenbaugh, prior have a decided southwestern Francis Noll through Our Sunday to a meeting the same day of Board of Trustees from 2004 style, a reflection of the order’s Visitor. Father Sigstein and the Saint Anne Communities St. Jude takes first until her election to the board roots in the southwestern part of Archbishop Noll are buried in the Board of Directors. Deffenbaugh in 2017, and also as an adviser the United States. cemetery on campus. is administrator and chief in chess tournament for the physical therapy assistant The order — formally known In addition to the blessing, executive officer of Saint Anne’s SOUTH BEND — St. Jude School program from its inception until as the Our Lady of Victory Bishop Rhoades inspected the Communities, which operates took first place in the Michiana 2016. Missionary Sisters — was three facilities in the Fort Wayne facility, sprinkling holy water as Chess organization team event founded in 1922 by Father John area. he went. The rooms are “modern from among the six teams com- peting in the regional tournament Holy Cross announces Saturday, May 6. new leadership The team was put together from the school’s chess club, NOTRE DAME which has 10-14 members. This — Holy Cross was a special win because the College is proud team did not meet from February to announce that through April due a medical set- Justin Watson, back for coach Casey Major. Ph.D., previously Team members were Darwin vice president for academic Kariuki, second grade; Camila JUSTIN WATSON Wasoski, third grade; Devin affairs, has been Weber, fourth grade; Andrew appointed pro- Muno, fifth grade; and captain vost of the college, and Michael Zach Caldwell, eighth grade. Griffin, Ph.D., tenured professor Three of the students had not of theology, has been appointed played in a tournament before, senior vice president. much less five games over the As provost, Watson will main- ALPHA TRAINING HOSTED BY ALPHA USA course of six hours. tain his role as chief academic | According to Major, “this officer of the college and advise group has a special love for chess the interim president on major WHEN? and a deep tenacious attitude policy matters internal and exter- Alpha is a program, endorsed by Pope that helped them place first out nal to the college. Sat, June 10 | 8:00a-3:30p Francis, used by Catholic parishes around of the six teams.” Zach placed As senior vice the world as a primary tool of evangelization. fourth, with the rest finishing in president, Griffin WHERE? the top 22 out of 30 players, win- will oversee col- Alpha is intended as a beginning: it is an lege programs Sacred Heart Parish ning the overall tournament by invitation into friendship with Jesus. two points. and the teams 125 N. Harrison Warsaw, IN 46580 [ ] that work in stu- QUESTIONS? dent formation, COST Gerardot added to USF including admis- Contact Allison Sturm $30/Individual | $25/Group of 5+ Board of Trustees sions, as well as MICHAEL 260-399-1452 | [email protected] advise the inter- GRIFFIN Lunch included www.diocesefwsb.org/adult-faith-formation FORT WAYNE — Jane Gerardot im president has been elected to the University on major policy REGISTER of Saint Francis Board of Trustees. matters internal and external to www.alphausa.org/runalphawarsaw DIOCESE OF She has served as a director on the college. FORT WAYNE SOUTH BEND the Development Committee of SECRETARIAT FOR EVANGELIZATION the University of Saint Francis May 28, 2017 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 11 Mary’s Glen and prayer chapel blessed

BY MADELINE NUGENT, CFP

n Monday, May 8, the Feast of Our Lady of the ORosary of Pompeii, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades blessed Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii Prayer Chapel as well as Mary’s Glen, a spiritual oasis for prayer in Fort Wayne, developed by the Confraternity of Penitents. The grounds on which Mary’s Glen is located were donated to the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend by the Paul and Donna Schoenle family. Members of Photos by Joe Romie the family participated in the Members of the Confraternity of Penitents and visitors begin to assemble Bishop Rhoades sprinkles with holy water the exterior of the new prayer Procession of Blessing. before Mass around the new Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii prayer cha- chapel, above, and saints’ tiles affixed to sections of Mary’s Glen perimeter The blessing of Mary’s Glen pel, a prominent structure in Mary’s Glen. was preceded by a Mass offered fence, below. under a tent by Bishop Rhoades and concelebrated by Father voice.’ So I pray today also for their hearts that he is the Good Francis Chukwuma, pastor of St. those who will come here who Shepherd who laid down his life John Bosco Church, Churubusco, perhaps do not know the Lord for them.” and by Father Augustine or belong to the church, that In addition to Our Lady of the Mugarura, associate pastor of they might hear the loving voice Rosary of Pompeii Prayer Chapel St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, of the Good Shepherd here at and its icons, Mary’s Glen also Fort Wayne. Following the Mass Mary’s Glen. features a rosary walk, outdoor and blessing, the Confraternity of “This place is named in honor Stations of the Cross, fence Penitents hosted a potluck lun- of the Blessed Mother. Reflecting sections featuring 100 differ- cheon for the approximately 40 today on Jesus, her son, as the ent saints, a replica of the Holy attendees. Good Shepherd, I invite you Family’s house, and various In his Mass homily, Bishop to consider one of her many grottos including Our Lady of Rhoades said: “I pray that this titles: ‘Mary, Mother of the Good Guadalupe, the Sacred Heart of will be a place where people may Shepherd.’ The Good Shepherd, Jesus and St. Joseph, as well as encounter and experience the when he was laying down his a pet memorial grotto dedicated love of the Good Shepherd; that life for his sheep, when he was to St. Francis of Assisi. Prayer people who walk these grounds hanging on the cross, gave us benches, a large picnic table, a and pray here will be refreshed his mother to be our mother, swing glider, campfire area (used 739-6882, email copenitents@ lay men and women, both mar- in their souls. This outdoor place to look after us with maternal by advance arrangement only) yahoo.com or send a letter to ried and single, live in their own of prayer in the middle of a busy love and care. As she loved and and gazebo with cocktail tables Mary’s Glen, c/o Confraternity homes and follow a modern city is a place for people to grow cared for her beloved son, the and chairs complete the glen. of Penitents, 1702 Lumbard St., update to the Rule of 1221 that in their relationship with the Good Shepherd, so she also loves Mary’s Glen resides on dioc- Fort Wayne IN 46803. St. Francis of Assisi gave to the Lord, to be reminded that Christ and cares for us, the sheep for esan property at 2514 Reynolds The Confraternity of Penitents laity of his time. A local chap- came that we may have life and whom he laid down his life. She St. Visitors are welcome from 9 is an international, nonprofit, ter of the confraternity meets have it abundantly. It is a place wants us to receive the life he a.m. to 5 p.m. To inquire about canonically approved Roman monthly. For more information for not only Catholics and those came to give us and to have it hosting a special event or eve- Catholic private association of visit www.penitents.org. who are part of the sheepfold, abundantly. So we also ask our ning event at the glen, call 260- the faithful whose members, but also for others, those people Blessed Mother, the mother of about whom Jesus says: ‘I have the Good Shepherd, to intercede other sheep that do not belong to for all who come here to Mary’s this fold.’ He says: ‘These also I Glen. May she lead them to her OPENING JUNE 2017 must lead, and they will hear my son, to know and experience in St. John the Baptist students perform Your parents deserve five stars.

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12 COMMENTARY May 28, 2017 St. Joseph: our father? Part 1 Good examples of virtue atherlessness has become Joseph is our prototypical model. t’s that time of year again — an epidemic in our society: How is St. Joseph a spiritual time to fight over commence- INTELLECT F43 percent of our kids grow father? THE Iment speakers. It happens up without fathers (U.S. Census), St. Joseph took two roads to every May. Some Catholic college approaching a catastrophe spiritual fatherhood: 1) Through ULTIMATE will feature a speaker who has AND VIRTUE rivaling the 1918 flu pandemic the Incarnation, and 2) Through taken public positions at odds when an estimated 56 percent participation in a new order of with the church’s teaching. of the world was infected. family. CHALLENGE This year the University of Fatherlessness is devastating God the Father, our real pro- DAVE McCLOW San Francisco’s law school invit- JOHN GARVEY — legally, morally, psychologi- totype of spiritual fatherhood ed Xavier Becerra, California’s cally and spiritually. A shocking (Eph 3:14), asked St. Joseph to pro-abortion attorney general. ence. And who is more obedient completed their studies. “You are snapshot of our fatherless youth be Jesus’ father. St. John Paul (USF didn’t give him an hon- finished now,” we say. “Go and shows they comprise 63 percent II says that even though his than Mary? Jesus is preparing orary degree, an interesting her for the crowning event of her do as these people have done.” of youth suicides (U.S. Dept. fatherhood is not biological, wrinkle.) This was our practice long Of Health/U.S. Census) — five he is not just an “apparent” or new spiritual motherhood at the Universities shouldn’t cause foot of cross: “Son, behold your before I became president. The times the average; 90 percent of “substitute” father. Rather, he scandal by honoring or giving speakers and honorary degree all homeless and runaway chil- “fully shares in authentic human Mother” (Jn 19:26-27). In the public signals of agreement with new order, Jesus gives us and recipients we have held up for dren — 32 times the average; 85 fatherhood and the mission of people who promote grave injus- our students’ emulation over the percent of all children who show a father in the family” (RC 21). the church his own mother. tice. As the American bishops Similarly, St. Joseph, as Jesus’ years have included at least two behavior disorders — 20 times How is this so? As the incarna- have put it, Catholic institutions saints: Mother Teresa of Kolkata the average (Center for Disease tion, Jesus’ whole purpose is spiritual father, can also be our “should not honor those who act father. Spiritual fatherhood (or (1971) and St. Katharine Drexel Control); 80 percent of rapists to reveal the Father and true in defiance of our fundamental (1939). Venerable Archbishop with anger problems — 14 times fatherhood (Jn 14:9). St. John motherhood) includes any action moral principles. They should of care for others, i.e., the corpo- Fulton J. Sheen, a member of the average (Justice & Behavior, Paul II explains that the Holy not be given awards, honors or our faculty for 23 years, spoke Vol, 14, p. 403-26); and 71 Family is inserted directly into ral or spiritual works of mercy. platforms which would suggest “Joseph did.…” These two in 1975. percent of all high school drop- the mystery of the Incarnation. support for their actions.” In recent years, we have given outs — nine times the average And so, though St. Joseph is not words and their variants, “he It’s hard to argue with that. took the child … and went …” honorary degrees to the found- (National Principals Association Jesus’ biological father, when But I wish we would view our ers and leaders of influential Report). he reveals, relives and radiates define St. Joseph’s role in salva- annual commencement exer- tion history. He is not known for lay movements in the church: Fatherlessness is a Catholic the very fatherhood of God, he cises as something more than Communion and Liberation, problem in two ways: 1) Because becomes Jesus’ authentic human, what he said in the Gospels — an opportunity to avoid causing he said nothing. But he listens Focolare, the Neocatechumenal God is father, it creates a crisis of and I would add spiritual, scandal. I could accomplish that Way, Community of Sant’Egidio, faith and is partly responsible for father. His masculinity is fully to God in his inner life — his much by giving the commence- dreams — and then does the Instituto Fe y Vida. the rise of the religious “nones,” expressed in his spiritual father- ment address myself, though I We have honored great think- of whom 70 percent are millenni- hood, as it should be for all men, hard thing. He protects the Son suspect that after a few years, of God and his mother through ers Etienne Gilson, Jean Piaget, als, 23 percent are adults and 57 first and foremost, even if they parents and graduates would Jaroslav Pelikan, John Hope percent are men; and 2) It chal- are not biological fathers. many obstacles and threats. skip the exercise. Spiritual fatherhood is always an Franklin and Dana Gioia; ath- lenges how we evangelize the A new order of family Ideally, our graduation rituals letes Roger Staubach and Philip fatherless. “Who are my mother and adventure! He cares for and edu- should have a positive purpose. cates a child who is not his own Rivers; judges John T. Noonan The antidote is men fully liv- brothers? Whoever does the will I don’t just mean getting good Jr., Antonin Scalia and Samuel ing out their faith, as spiritual of God is my brother, and sister, in obedience to God’s word. And publicity by attaching ourselves as a just and generous man, he Alito; comedians Bob Newhart fathers, by informally adopting and mother” (Mt 12:46-50; cf., to somebody famous and mak- and Jim and Jeanne Gaffigan; our lost generation. Our faith Mk 3:31-35; Lk 27-28). Is Jesus is willing to sacrifice much. He is ing the evening news on a slow a good spiritual father to Jesus, and musicians Mstislav calls us to care for the “least” trying to escape a stereotypical, day. Rostropovich and Manfred and the vulnerable (Mt 25:40) overbearing Jewish mother? I and to us. At The Catholic University of Spiritual fatherhood, as the Honeck. and to “Go and make disciples don’t think so. Instead, St. John America, we try to invite people This year we invited Peggy of all nations” (Mt 28:19): That’s Paul II believes Jesus is establish- summit of masculinity, is open who offer our graduates exam- spiritual fatherhood: That’s the ing a whole new order of family ples of what they should aspire summit of being a man, and St. and parenthood based on obedi- McCLOW, page 13 to in life, now that they have GARVEY, page 13 ‘You will be my witnesses … to the ends of the earth’ Perhaps it was. Perhaps it was had performed miracles, and that is a clear and direct revelation of sacraments, now offered to us. not. “Theophilus” also is a title, they exercised the very power of the Holy Trinity. The church brings us to Jesus, THE meaning “friend of God.” Jesus in calling Matthias to be an and it brings Jesus to us. As In any case, this initial form apostle, equal to the others. Ephesians tells us, only Jesus is SUNDAY of address recalls that Luke’s Still, despite all these asser- Reflection the source of truth. Gospel and the Acts of the tions as to their dignity, they The church, having pro- We are not dragged kicking GOSPEL Apostles are inseparably linked. were only humans. They needed claimed the Resurrection, now and screaming to Jesus, however. Acts simply continues the story the inspiration of God. calls us to look at ourselves and We must turn to Jesus willingly MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION begun in the Gospel. At some As its second reading, the our times. Christ still is with us, and totally because we humbly point, editors divided these church presents a selection from the church declares emphatically. realize our need for Jesus. books and placed the Gospel the Epistle to the Ephesians. As the bond between Luke and Feast of the Ascension of John between them. This This reading is a prayer that Acts tells us, salvation, perfected arrangement remains today in all Christians might find true in the life, death and resurrec- of the Lord biblical translations. wisdom. True wisdom reposes tion of Jesus, still is on earth. Matthew 28:16-20 This is important. It shows only in the Lord. Earthly wisdom He did not just live 20 centuries that in the mind of the holy can be faulty, and indeed often it ago. He still lives. He still gives READINGS his weekend, many dio- author, the process of salva- is faulty. life, blessing us, forgiving us and ceses in the United States tion did not end with the Lord’s For the last reading, the taking us home to heaven. Jesus Sunday: Acts 1:1-11 Ps 47:2-3, 6-9 Tliturgically celebrate the ascension into heaven. After the church gives us a lesson from is with us, even after the ascen- Eph 1:17-23 MT 28:16-20 feast of the Ascension of the Lord went to heaven, salvation St. Matthew’s Gospel. Again, sion. Monday: Acts 19:1-8 Ps 68:2-7 Lord. Other dioceses observe this continued as the apostles pro- the status of the apostles is the He is with us now in the Jn 16:29-33 weekend as the seventh Sunday ceeded with the mission accom- point. The apostles are with church, because the church Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27 Ps 68:10-11, of Easter. These reflections will plished by Jesus, ordained long Jesus. They see and hear the stands on the foundation laid 20-21 Jn 17:1-11a refer to the biblical readings for ago by God. risen Lord. They literally experi- long ago by the apostles. From Wednesday: Zep 3:14-18a the Feast of the Ascension. A lesson to be learned is how ence the resurrection of Christ. them it has received the mes- (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Lk 1:39-56 The first reading, from the important the apostles were. Jesus tells them to go into the sage of Jesus. From them it has Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 Acts of the Apostles, is from In Acts, the text clearly reveals world. They should exclude or received the commission to reach Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11 Jn 17:20-26 the beginning of Acts. As that the first Christians greatly ignore no one. They should bring to everyone with the blessings Friday: Acts 25:13b-21 Ps 103:1-2, with the Gospel of Luke, the revered the 11 surviving apos- all humankind into God’s family of salvation. From them, it has author addresses Theophilus, tles, that Peter led these apostles by baptizing them in the name of received the power to forgive sin 11-12, 19-20b Jn 21:15-19 whose identity is unclear. Was and spoke for them, that they the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. and to bestow the new life of Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 Theophilus his actual name? performed miracles just as Jesus In this last instruction from Jesus grace. From them, it received the Ps 11:4-5, 7 Jn 21:20-25 May 28, 2017 COMMENTARY 13

Doping athletes SCRIPTURE SEARCH®

he use of performance- with at birth, and whatever they Gospel for May 28, 2017 enhancing drugs by profes- may have managed to become MAKING Matthew 28:16-29/ John 17: 1-11a Tsional athletes not only through practice, hard work and leads to serious challenges in discipline. Following is a word search based on the Gospel maintaining a level playing field Cheating through doping SENSE OF in competitive sports, but also involves an attempt to step reading for the feast of the Ascension and the Seventh raises broader ethical issues and outside these rules and supposi- BIOETHICS Sunday of Easter. The words can be found in all concerns. tions, and play a different game, directions in the puzzle. Some of these concerns were one that circumvents or removes FATHER TAD PACHOLCZYK highlighted in 2015 when the the “on a par” assumption with- ELEVEN GALILEE THEY SAW HIM former world No. 1 tennis star out revealing the fact. In this expressed concerns about cor- HEAVEN EARTH GIVEN Maria Sharapova was banned sense, cheating through doping porate sponsors and advertisers THEREFORE ALL NATIONS NAME from competitive play for two is wrong because it is a form of continuing to promote high pro- HOLY SPIRIT ALWAYS THE AGE years by the International Tennis lying, a form of presenting one’s file sports personalities after they HOUR GLORIFY ALL PEOPLE Federation after she tested initial endowment as if it were have been suspended for doping, ETERNAL LIFE GOD positive for the banned sub- “natural,” and the result of ath- individuals who may already be CHRIST THE WORK SENT ME stance meldonium. The Court of letic discipline, even though it among the wealthiest athletes Arbitration for Sport subsequent- really may not be so at all. in the world. It seems fair to ly reduced her sentence to 15 Several of Sharapova’s conclude that doping constitutes months. Meldonium, an over-the- opponents expressed frustra- a form of cheating not only of ALL PEOPLE counter Latvian drug known to tion at what they took to be a one’s competitors, but also one’s dilate blood vessels and increase further injustice, namely, that fans, oneself, and the integrity of ALLNAT I ONSET the flow of blood, may contribute in April 2017, she was given a the sporting activity itself. E L EVENAMEUMH to improving an athlete’s physi- wild card re-entry into World Through an honest pursuit of cal endurance. Tennis Association tournament the athletic crown, meanwhile, RGLORIFYRITE Her case was made more play in Germany. They insisted we encounter the possibility OOJPKTRTHANA complicated by her claim that that she should, at a minimum, of transcending who we are in she was taking the drug for have to work her way back up limited, but important ways. The FDKFEJSWONEG health reasons, a claim viewed from whatever her ranking had self-directed training and prepa- with skepticism among other declined to after more than a ration of the athlete helps devel- EDRSHOA I UDSE athletes and ultimately rejected year of tournament inactivity. op and hone a host of important RHOLYSP I R I TT by the Independent Tribunal Others, such as fellow player personal qualities: strength, appointed by the ITF to review Eugenie Bouchard, perceived the coordination, endurance, drive, EEWNYAJLKHJE the case. Former British Olympic doping transgression as even agility, discipline, quickness, HAEEEHWDEJCR sprinter and world championship more serious, and argued that vigilance, cleverness, vision, and bronze medalist Craig Pickering Sharapova should be banned daring. This draws us towards TRHJYV I LFFNN described the real pressure that from playing for life: an authentic perfecting of our OTTEELILAGIA top athletes can face: “She’s a cheater and so to bodies, our character and our- “I would bet my life savings me... I don’t think a cheater in selves — an inwardly-directed JHEAVENGHKWL that Sharapova was taking this any sport should be allowed order and discipline that arises medication because of its pur- to play that sport again. It’s so from deep within — and forms © 2017 Tri-C-A Publications www.tri-c-a-publications.com ported performance enhancing unfair to all the other players us in such a way that we reach effects… Athletes are always who do it the right way and are beyond where we ever thought fixed on the life-changing events going to push the boundaries in true. So, I think from the WTA we could reach, and through that of the weekend, and it’s hard to order to have a chance at suc- it sends the wrong message to personal stretching and growth, pay attention. cess. That is what happens when young kids — cheat and we’ll come to experience a true mea- GARVEY The second is that people you introduce competition.” welcome you back with open sure of human fulfillment. That’s Continued from Page 12 do remember who the speaker In competitive athletics, the arms.” something that doping athletes was. Commencement speakers supposition is that competitors Some commentators have sadly cheat themselves from do communicate an important are beginning on a par with noted how event organizers fully experiencing. Noonan of The Wall Street parting lesson. But the lesson is each other, which means that no typically like to include big name Journal — a public thinker, embodied in the life of the hon- one has an “unfair” or “unjust” draws like Sharapova in their author, historian and journal- oree. This should not be so sur- advantage over another going line ups, and former No. 1 player ist. Last month, she won a prising. Isn’t this how we always into the competition. At the start- Caroline Wozniacki opined that, Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. Pulitzer Prize in commentary for learn the practice of virtue? ing line, they arrive as equals in “obviously the rules are twisted serves as the director of educa- her far-sighted columns on the Virtue is a habit, not a bit the sense that they arrive with and turned in favor of who tion at The National Catholic rise of President Donald Trump, of information. We acquire it whatever they were endowed wants to do what.” Others have Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. an event that caught most by copying good examples. St. Americans by surprise. Bonaventure, in his little treatise line; they follow St. Joseph, our us. We must imitate our father The commencement addresses “Bringing Forth Christ,” advises, model, in revealing, reliving and St. Joseph in revealing, reliving we have heard from some of “Seek the company of good peo- McCLOW radiating God’s fatherhood to and radiating God’s fatherhood these people have been inspiring. ple. If you share their company, But having attended far more you will also share their virtue.” Continued from Page 12 others. In Part 2 I will explore to spiritual children who are not more of the practical side of St. our own. To whom can you be a graduations than the average If we keep that thought in mind, Joseph’s spiritual fatherhood as spiritual father in your neighbor- person, I think I have learned we are less likely to cause a stir to any age. For years, I watched priest, prophet and king. hood or parish today? two things that may help in the by inviting someone unworthy of the fifth- and sixth-grade boys The fatherlessness of this gen- selection process. the honor. at my local parish mentor or eration will spread like a cancer The first is that nobody shepherd the younger boys dur- if unopposed. Catholic men must remembers what the speaker ing Mass. When men or boys live be a witness, exercising their Dave McClow, M.Div. is a counselor says. This is not because the out who they are created to be God-given gender and mascu- with the Pastoral Solutions Institute talks are bad. Some are really as spiritual fathers, they become linity as spiritual fathers. Our Tele-Counseling Services. Read good. 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Saint of the Week Born into a distinguished Polish family in Austria, Julia Maria entered an Ursuline convent in Poland at age 21, taking the name Maria Ursula of Jesus. She taught in a girls’ school for 20 years, and in 1907 went to St. Ursula Petersburg to supervise a new school. Expelled from Russia at the beginning of World War I, she spent the war Ledochowska in Sweden and returned to Poland in 1920. In 1923, she founded the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, known as Grey Ursulines. As the order expanded, the Vatican asked her to live in Rome, where she died. Grey 1865-1939 Ursulines now minister in 12 countries. Ursula was canonized in 2003; her older sister, Blessed Maria Theresa Feast May 29 Ledochowska, is also a foundress. 14 TODAY’S CATHOLIC May 28, 2017 ‘Shrinking the Monster’ helps others, author heal from child abuse

BY NATALIE HOEFER Through tor, Father Michael O’Mara; and an accessible Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin. story-telling For readers who are victims style, several of child abuse, look for advice n the 1950s, Norbert Krapf was processes come throughout the book on how to sexually abused — along with to light in the shrink your own monster. Krapf Iscores of other boys — by a memoir. shares words of his counselor priest of the Evansville diocese, First are the that proved life-changing for him, who was loved and respected by NORBERT KRAPF actual steps such as, “If you remain angry the community. After five decades Krapf took in at your abuser, it means he still of silence, Krapf — a retired pro- making his controls you;” “If you keep the fessor, author and award-winning abuse known to the bishop of monster silent inside of you, it former Indiana Poet Laureate Evansville. Through several chap- could grow bigger and bigger — confronted the monster of his ters, interwoven with the strug- until it starts to eat you alive;” past, both by outing the then- gles abusers face in confronting and “Every time survivors tell deceased priest to the bishop and, their past, can be found the anyone we trust something about in 2014, publishing a book of wheels that were set in motion at our abuse, we heal just a little.” poems called “Catholic Boy Blues” the ecclesial level once the sexual He also shares what he has to help himself and other victims abuse by the priest was officially learned about forgiveness — a heal. confirmed. Krapf acknowledges step that takes a long time for This year, Krapf published gratitude for efforts made from victims of child abuse, he admits. “Shrinking the Monster: Healing the local level to Pope Francis in “In wondering if someone had the Wounds of Our Abuse.” In helping victims of priest abuse abused [my priest abuser], in Krapf’s own words, the book is a and addressing the crime of such considering whether he had been “prose memoir about the experi- “trusted shepherds,” while at the victimized and wondering if he ence of writing those poems, same time expressing concern therefore victimized me and many with an emphasis on the process that more concrete actions need others as a consequence,” says of my recovery from the abuse.” to be taken. Krapf, “I was making an effort That experience, as outlined in Second is the process of how to see him not simply as a moral the book, was a journey of pain, Krapf wrote “Catholic Boy Blues” monster, but as a human being struggles, victories and healing. as a means of his own healing, who had serious problems and Before reviewing the book, and to speak for the voices of all perhaps suffered from an uncon- I’d like to address an important children who have suffered abuse trollable illness.” question: Why? Why write on at the hands of an authority fig- Through 236 pages, “Shrinking such a dark, painful topic that ure. He shares how, once the vein the Monster” is one more effort by many would, as he admits, rather of pain was tapped, the poetry Krapf to contribute his “small part not read about? exploded in the surprising form in the larger collective effort to pre- The answer is two-fold. First, of various voices — the boy who vent child abuse.” as Krapf reiterates at several fully heal, wounds that can be he takes the reader through his was hurt, the man who carried Readers, prepare to hurt over points, the book is to help other reopened at any time. eight-year journey from the point the child within him, a helpful the truth, gain insight into ecclesi- victims of child abuse heal, and The book has a “‘round the of knowing his story must be mentor named Mr. Blues, and al and personal processes of deal- to further his own healing. But kitchen table” feel, like that of told, through the pain of fac- eventually the voice of the priest ing with the devastating effects that doesn’t mean the book is a friend sharing his heart with ing “the monster” of his past himself. of child abuse, and rejoice in each only for victims. the reader over coffee in cozy after 50 years of silence, to the The reader also learns of small victory in Krapf’s effort to Rather, it serves the additional quarters. That feel comes from struggles and healing process of the process of publishing the help others and himself in shrink- purpose of raising awareness the level of honesty and openness writing and publishing “Catholic poetry book — the struggles, ing the monsters of abuse. and prevention of the lifelong with which Krapf writes. Boy Blues” — which is helpful the re-opening of wounds and pain and damage caused by In the spirit of revealing the but not necessary to have read the friends who brought heal- Natalie Hoefer is a reporter for The child abuse, wounds that Krapf depth of the pain and the balm in order to follow the journey of ing to the journey, including his Criterion, the newspaper of the reveals can be managed but never of healing from sexual abuse, “Shrinking the Monster.” wife, Katherine; his former pas- Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

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REST IN PEACE Auburn Beth Firestine, 92, Our New Haven HAT S APPENING Robert Allen Rankin, Lady of Good Hope William James Platter, W ’ H ? 87, Immaculate 82, St. John the Baptist Karl J. Klinger, Jr. 98, Conception St. Therese Notre Dame WHAT’S HAPPENING carries announcements about upcoming events in the diocese. Send Decatur Sister Constance Mary Janet R. Hause, 63, announcements at least two weeks prior to the event. View more Catholic events and submit Theresa M. Richard, Ackerson, CSC, 92, Queen of Angels new ones at www.diocesefwsb.org/bulletin. Events that require an admission charge or pay- 85, St. Mary of the Our Lady of Loretto Assumption Fremont ment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please call South Bend Joyce Marlene Bellner, the Today’s Catholic advertising sales staff at 260-399-1449 to purchase space. Fort Wayne Jane R. Gaski, 98, 75, St. Paul Chapel Anthony Scatena III, St.Therese, Little 53, St. Elizabeth Ann Huntington Flower Germanfest opening Mass set Our Lord in the Most Blessed [email protected]. The Seton Kevin Drake, 91, FORT WAYNE — St. Peter Parish, Sacrament.” team will also sponsor a Nelson’s Rosemary Mochel, 85, Sts. Peter and Paul 518 E. DeWald St., will celebrate Port-A-Pit fundraiser on June 3, Jeanette Donovan, 53, Sacred Heart of Jesus a German Mass on Sunday, Pilgrimage to Blue Army Shrine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hire’s St. Therese June 4, at 11 a.m. with Father Join a pilgrimage Aug. 12-14 Automotive Center, 5809 Illinois Submit obituaries to [email protected] Charles Herman as the celebrant. to the National Blue Army Rd. The Fort Wayne Mannerchor- Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Christ Child Society plans garage sale Merton was a monk, is nestled Damenchor will provide the Washington, N.J., where Bishop Holy Name Society announces raffle FORT WAYNE — The Christ Child in the heart of the Bourbon music. A dinner of German Rhoades will celebrate Mass SOUTH BEND — The St. Hedwig Society of Fort Wayne will have Trail, the historical epicenter foods will be served in St. Peter’s Aug. 13 for the 100th anniver- Holy Name Society will have a a garage sale on Wednesday, of bourbon production. Young Pavilion following Mass. Adult sary of the Fatima apparitions. raffle on Sunday, Aug. 20, for June 7, from 5-8 p.m.; Thursday, adults, age 21-39, come on this tickets are $10, $5 for ages 6-12 Cost is $387 and includes bus 2 Notre Dame Football season June 8, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; pilgrimage which will explore the and free for ages younger than round trip, 2 nights with 5 tickets. Tickets are available and Friday, June 9, from 8 a.m. intersection of faith and culture, 6. German beer will be avail- meals included at the shrine. For for a donation of $1 each or 7 to noon at the Queen of Angels sacred and profane, spiritual and able for a donation. Erick Fricke details, contact Jan Scher at 260- for $5 or 15 for $10. Call Norb Gymnasium, 1500 W. State Blvd. physical refreshment. The pil- and George Seipel will entertain 450-3045 by June 9. Gapczynski for information. All proceeds will be used to fund grimage runs Friday-Sunday, July guests during the meal with local programs of the Christ Child 7-9. Registration fee includes German music. Both the church Play on God’s team Queen of Peace Parish to host retreat Society operating to improve the transportation from South Bend/ and pavilion are handicapped ELKHART — Join St. Thomas MISHAWAKA — Queen of lives of at risk infants and chil- Fort Wayne, lodging, prepara- accessible. Vacation Bible School, June Heaven Retreat at Queen of dren in the community. tion materials, all activities, and 19-22, from 9-11:30 a.m., in the Peace, 4508 Vistula Rd., will be some meals. Cost is $175 ($145 Funfest dates announced school gym, 1331 N. Main St. Friday, June 9 from 7-9 p.m., Holy Spirits Pilgrimage on the Bourbon Trail before June 1). For more informa- FORT WAYNE — Most Precious Children ages 5-10 years old will June 10 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. BARDSTOWN K.Y. — The Abbey tion visit www.diocesefwsb.org/ Blood Church, corner of Spring learn God’s rules for playing fair, and June 11 from 8:30 a.m. to of Gethsemani, the Cistercian yam-sb. and Barthold Streets, will have meet the saint of the day and 1 p.m. Mass and time for recon- monastery where Thomas Funfest on Friday, June 2, from fill the morning learning how to ciliation will be offered. Study 5-10 p.m. and on Saturday, June be a team player in the Catholic and grow closer to Our Mother 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Games Faith. Contact Tami DeLucenay through videos, discussion and food, bingo, raffle and more. 574-264-0491 for registration by prayer. Cost is $15 for Queen of McElhaney-Hart Dinner served from 4:30-7:30 June 12. Peace parishioners and $22 for FUNERAL HOME p.m. Live music from 8-11 p.m. non-parishioners. Visit www. Volleyball camp and fundraiser queenofpeace.cc or call 574-679- Community meal volunteers needed announced 4238 for information. 715 North Jefferson SOUTH BEND — Volunteers FORT WAYNE — The Bishop Huntington are needed to prepare evening Luers volleyball team will offer College Crew set to begin meals and dine with Dismas a summer camp, June 12-15, at MISHAWAKA — All college stu- House residents Monday through the high school from 12-3 p.m. dents are invited to College Crew (260) 356-3320 Thursday. 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Photos by Joe Romie Seminarian Patrick Hake gives the thumbs-up signal as he and the four The five candidates lay prostrate on the floor of the sanctuary while the congregation sings the Litany of other diaconate candidates begin processing to the front door of the cathe- Supplication to the saints. dral before the Mass of Ordination to the diaconate.

of chastity, saying: “Today you commit yourselves to observing DIACONATE celibacy for the rest of your lives. This is a witness to Christ, who Continued from Page 1 was celibate. You will live this state of life, which Jesus himself while the elect lay prostrate on the lived: celibacy for the sake of the sanctuary floor of the cathedral in kingdom, so that you can serve front of the altar. God and his people with an undi- After the litany and in silence, vided heart. Your chaste celibacy Bishop Rhoades laid his hands is to be a sign of pastoral charity on the head of each of the elect and an inspiration to it, as well as in accordance with the apostolic a source of spiritual fruitfulness in tradition, then solemnly recited the world. You will be freed more the Prayer of Ordination. Then completely for the service of God each newly ordained deacon was and his church. Your consecration vested with the diaconal stole and and commitment to celibacy is not a long, wide-sleeved tunic called a consecration to individualism or a dalmatic. Afterwards the bishop to a life of isolation. You are mak- handed each of the five deacons ing a promise to put yourselves In silence Bishop Rhoades lays his hands on the Jay Horning makes his promise of celibacy, as well as the book of the Gospels, symbol- completely and unreservedly obedience and respect, to Bishop Kevin Rhoades and head of candidate Nathan Maskal, in accordance izing their task to proclaim the at the service of Christ and his his successors. with apostolic tradition. Gospel in liturgical celebrations body, the church. You receive this and to preach the faith of the celibacy as a gift, a gift for others, church in word and deed. not unlike Bishop Rhoades then bestowed the gift a the traditional gesture known as Look for husband the fraternal kiss of peace, thereby more receives in welcoming the new deacons into photos at marriage to their ministry. Afterwards, all the www.todayscatholic.org give himself other deacons present also wel- to his wife comed the newly ordained in this and chil- fashion. dren. Through celibacy, you do not In his homily, Bishop Rhoades become aloof from interpersonal affirmed that Hake, Horning, relationships. On the contrary, Huneck, Maskal and Zehr “will be you enter into a deep relationship configured to Christ, who made with Christ and, through him, with himself the deacon or servant of those whom you will serve.” all. They will share in Christ’s mis- Bishop Rhoades then referenced sion and grace in a special way, as the second reading of the day, they are marked with the diaconal from St. Peter. “As each one has character. Before they are ordained received a gift, use it to serve one priests next year, God-willing, it another as good stewards of God’s Deacon James Kitchens assists Deacon David Huneck Bishop Rhoades hands the Book of the Gospels to is important that they first serve varied grace. Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; in vesting with the diaconal stole and dalmatic. Deacon Thomas Zehr. as deacons. And when they are ordained priests, they will still be whoever serves, let it be with the deacons, since the priestly char- strength that God provides.” He acter will not erase their diaconal said the deacons will be good Deacon Patrick character. stewards through preaching God’s Hake greets those “Jesus the priest was always word and serving God and his who attended the the servant,” he continued. “And church. The deacons were asked to ordination Mass. so it is with us. Underneath, this open themselves to the graces of chasuble I am wearing a deacon’s the sacrament of holy orders every dalmatic, the vestment of the dea- day, because “everything you do con, which reminds me that as a is to be done not for your own bishop, I am also still a deacon.” honor or popularity, but for the He also spoke to the five men glory of God.” about how they are examples