Faith-filled tradition Parishioner-built stone grotto is a staple of Assumption feast day in Franklin County, page 3. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com September 6, 2013 Vol. LIII, No. 47 75¢ Archdiocese to Faith Submitted photo pray and fast for conquers peace on Sept. 7 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Last Sunday, Pope Francis called the fear Catholic Church throughout the world to mark Saturday, Sept. 7, as a day of Young woman prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, strives to touch the Middle East and throughout the the hearts world. He also invited members of other religions, and all of youths in people of good will, to participate in this trouble around Archbishop initiative in whatever Joseph W. Tobin way they can. the world Through his heartfelt words during the Angelus in By John Shaughnessy St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father united himself clearly with the anguish of suffering Jenna Knapp never considered herself people across the globe but, especially, with in danger as she walked into prisons the victims of the bloody civil war in Syria. in El Salvador where she routinely He did not mince words in condemning met with male and female youths who the obscenity of that slaughter, particularly, were serving sentences for crimes that While Jenna Knapp, center of back row, visited gang members in jail and wrote down their stories the apparent use of chemical weapons included extortion and murder. during her three years in El Salvador, she also volunteered to help younger children avoid that that resulted in the massacre of hundreds, Instead, the 25-year-old Indianapolis future, teaching them life skills and vocational skills. Here, the 2010 graduate of the University of including many innocent children. resident always felt she was following Notre Dame is pictured on the front steps of the home in the Dolores Medina community where However, he will not allow that tragedy to Christ’s call and her Catholic faith she lived with a family of five headed by a single mother. The house is also where she met with the justify the additional violence that would as she spent the past three years youths she helped every week. result from the intervention of other nations, listening to and writing down the including the United States. life stories of gang members locked to provide a space for people to discover During her time in Indianapolis, Rather, Pope Francis uses the terrible behind bars—stories filled with their authentic selves—which I believe Knapp has visited Miracle Place, the images of war and the specter of an ever- horror, heartbreak, humanity and a are always good.” inner-city, multi-service center run by widening circle of violence to remind each glimmer of hope. A year later, Veronica’s story drew the Sisters of Providence. of us of our responsibilities, first, as human “There’s one girl, Veronica,” Knapp the attention of the BBC (British “I’ve known those kids since the beings and then, as disciples of Jesus Christ. says, beginning a story. “She just had a Broadcasting Corporation), which shared eighth grade when I started volunteering Pope Francis repeated the teaching very hard façade and never let anyone her story through an international podcast. there,” she says with a smile. “I just love of Blessed John XXIII who, 50 years in. She approached me about a year into “It was a chance to break the silence reconnecting with the families that I’ve ago, wrote that it is the responsibility of my time in the detention center, wishing for other women who were trapped in known for many years.” every individual to work for peace by to share something with me. similar situations,” Knapp says. She has also been working on the establishing new relationships in this world “In our second session, sitting under English translations of the two books “under the mastery of guidance of justice a tree, she shared with me the time she Listening with the heart of stories that have been produced and love” (“Pacem in Terris,” #30-32). was gang-raped by five of her fellow As Knapp shares that story, she sits at from visits with imprisoned youths in Peacemaking, then, is not simply the task gang members. That day, we just cried the kitchen table in her family’s north side El Salvador—Beneath the Mask of A of those in government or delegates at the together. As I left, she stopped me and Indianapolis home. Gang Member and Tough Lessons 2. United Nations. Rather, all of us have the told me she was grateful to me because A graduate of St. Pius X School and El Salvador is the country where she responsibility for ending conflict. As a song I was one of the people in her life who Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, she is has traveled seven times for service asks of God: Let there be peace on Earth … was trying to help her discover who she in the waning days of a summer at home work since she was 16, including a and let it begin with me. truly was. before she leaves for Uganda on Sept. 8 to college semester where she studied As disciples of Jesus, our peacemaking “That was crucial because that was work in a home where she will take care theology at a university there and includes constant prayer for the sake of the nature of our work. We were trying of street children for the next 10 months. See faith, page 8 this world. Noting the particularly grave See pray, page 2 Pope to lead Vatican prayer vigil for peace in Syria VATICAN CITY (CNS)—On the evening of Sept. 7, days before U.S. lawmakers vote on President Barack Obama’s proposal for a military attack on Syria, Pope Francis will lead thousands in St. Peter’s Square in a prayer vigil for peace. “We will gather in prayer and in a spirit of penance, invoking God’s great gift of peace upon the beloved CNS/Khaled al-Hariri/, Reuters nation of Syria and upon each situation of conflict and violence around the world,” the pope said on Sept. 1, before praying the noon Angelus with a crowd in the square. “Humanity needs to see these gestures of peace and to hear words of hope and peace.” The vigil will include a recital of the rosary, eucharistic adoration, Scripture readings, a papal Pope Francis blessing and remarks by Pope Francis, said the Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi. During the event, which will last from 7 p.m.-11 p.m., priests See related editorial, will be available to hear confessions. page 4. For all Catholics, the pope has proclaimed Sept. 7 a “day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East and throughout the world.” On fast days, adult Catholics in good health are A Syrian Muslim girl stands at the top of Mount Qassioun, expected to eat only one full meal. which overlooks Damascus on Aug. 22. During the Sept. 1 The pope said he was inviting everyone, “including our non-Catholic Christian Angelus, Pope Francis announced he would lead a worldwide See Syria, page 2 day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria on Sept. 7. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013

a special period of prayer on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 7, in solidarity with the Archdiocese assigns are also encouraged on Sept. 7 to pray prayer vigil that will be celebrated in visit perpetual adoration chapels, continued from page 1 places and time of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Deaneries located in eight of the archdiocese’s situation of the Middle East, Pope Francis may designate a parish or eucharistic prayer for peace 11 deaneries, to pray before the has called for special prayer and fasting on chapel where the Blessed Sacrament will Blessed Sacrament for peace. Sept. 7, the day before the Church celebrates be exposed next Saturday afternoon and on Sept. 7 Perpetual adoration chapels are the birth of Mary. I wonder whether an special prayer conducted. Criterion staff report located at the following parishes: incident from the ministry of Jesus may have Finally, at the vigil Mass this Saturday • Our Lady of the Greenwood motivated this request? afternoon or evening, parishes will be In response to the call that Parish, 225 S. Meridian St., in The Gospels recall the Apostles’ failure permitted to substitute the Mass for the Pope Francis made for Catholics around Greenwood. to expel a demon that was tormenting a Perseveration of Peace and Justice in the world to pray on Sept. 7 for peace in • St. Louis Parish, 13 St. Louis young boy. After Jesus frees the child, the place of the Mass for the 23rd Sunday in Syria, the Middle East and around the Place, in Batesville. Apostles ask him to explain why they could Ordinary Time. world, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis • St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, not do it. Jesus replies, “This kind can The Holy Father also encourages that is setting aside places and times across 7575 Holliday Drive, E., in only come out through prayer” (Mk 9:29). we fast on Saturday. According to our central and southern Indiana for prayer Indianapolis. Some versions add “and fasting.” In the tradition, on fast days a person is permitted for this intention. • St. Mary Parish, 302 E. McKee St., Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals In particular, Holy Family Church, in Greensburg. attributes the failure of the disciples to may also be taken, but not to equal a 129 Daisy Lane, in New Albany, • St. Michael the Archangel Parish, expel the demon to their lack of faith full meal. People unable to accept such and St. John the Evangelist Church, 2256 W. 30th St., in Indianapolis. (cf. Mt 17:14-20; Lk 9:37-43). a discipline because of age or health, 126 W. Georgia St., in Indianapolis, will • St. Nicholas Parish, I believe that Pope Francis is calling us might choose to fast from TV, radio or the be open starting at 1 p.m. on Sept. 7 for 6461 E. St. Nicholas Drive, in to a greater faith, a faith that “works.” Even Internet on Sept. 7. Catholics to pray for peace. Sunman. to the most generous of souls, the pursuit of As we heed the request of Pope Francis This time of prayer will conclude • St. Patrick Parish, 1807 Poplar St., world peace can appear elusive, frustrating to invoke God’s great gift of peace on at 5 p.m. at Holy Family Church in Terre Haute. and futile. It is, if it all depends on us. Syria and upon each situation of conflict and at 5:30 p.m. at St. John the • St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Our faith tells us that peace is finally and violence around the world, let us ask Evangelist Church. (Little Flower) Parish, 4720 E. God’s gift and God’s desire. We do not Mary to help us to respond to violence, At those times, the ordinary Saturday 13th St., in Indianapolis. have to bribe or cajole God into bestowing to conflict and war, with the power of evening Masses of those parishes will • St. Thomas More Parish, it. We are asking God to help us to forgive dialogue, reconciliation and love. be celebrated with the assigned readings 1200 N. Indiana Ave., in our violence, especially the unquestioning Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us! for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Mooresville. confidence that bloodshed will end still being proclaimed. However, • St. Vincent de Paul Parish, bloodshed. There are demons that will only Sincerely yours in Christ, the proper prayers for “Mass for the 1723 “I” St., in Bedford. be cast out by prayer and fasting. Preservation of Peace and Justice” may How does the archdiocese intend to be prayed during those liturgies. (To learn more about the call of respond to this request of Pope Francis? In addition, all parishes across Church leaders in the U.S. and from Although the Holy Father has given us less central and southern Indiana may pray around the world for peace in Syria, than a week to prepare, I believe that we these prayers during the vigil Mass for log on to www.usccb.org and click will be able to get the message out through the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. on “Pope, U.S. Bishops Call for Internet and e-mail. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R. Catholics across the archdiocese Peace in Syria.”) † So I am asking all parishes to schedule Archbishop of Indianapolis

the papal nuncio in Damascus, Syria, with than 1,400 people, including hundreds images from recent days are burned into a request to attend the Rome vigil. of children. my mind and heart. syria Even if that trip proves impossible Over the last two-and-a-half years, “A judgment of God and also a continued from page 1 to arrange, Fides reported, the mufti has according to the United Nations, a civil judgment of history upon our actions are brothers, followers of other religions and all called on his followers to pray for peace on war between Assad’s government and rebel inescapable,” he said. men of good will, to participate, in whatever Sept. 7, “in communion and simultaneously forces has killed more than 100,000 people, But the pope insisted that “never has the way they can, in this initiative.” with the pope.” driven 2 million refugees out of Syria use of violence brought peace in its wake. According to Fides, the news agency Obama has called for military strikes to and displaced another 4.5 million inside War begets war, violence begets violence.” of the Vatican’s Congregation for the punish the government of Syrian President the country. Instead, Pope Francis called on all Evangelization of Peoples, Syria’s Grand Bashar Assad, which the U.S. blames for Pope Francis said he condemned the parties to “follow the path of encounter Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, leader of an Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near use of chemical weapons “with utmost and negotiation and so overcome the country’s Sunni Muslims, has approached Damascus that reportedly killed more firmness,” adding that “those terrible blind conflict.” † Vatican denies petitions to keep Holy Rosary Parish in Seelyville open Criterion staff report Terre Haute Deanery that were closed in 2011 and 2012 as a those associated with the recourse to the Holy See. I pray result of the “Connected in the Spirit” planning process. that your faith in Jesus Christ and your love for the Church The Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy has denied Although Holy Rosary Parish has merged with may carry you through this latest development to a deeper petitions by four people in the Terre Haute Deanery who Annunciation Parish, Holy Rosary Church has remained trust in God’s providence and faithful love. I assure you of were seeking to have the merger of Holy Rosary Parish in open for limited sacred use, such as weddings and funerals. my continuing interest and pastoral care.” Seelyville with Annunciation Parish in Brazil rescinded. A Mass will be celebrated at Holy Rosary Church on the Archbishop Tobin also told the petitioners that under The petitioners were informed of the Congregation’s Feast of the Holy Rosary at 6 p.m. on Oct. 7. canon law, the law of the Church, they have one final decision last week. The Congregation denied the petitions In a letter informing the petitioners of the Congregation’s course of action and they can appeal the Congregation on both substantive and procedural grounds. decision, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin wrote: “I realize that for the Clergy’s decision to the Supreme Tribunal of the Holy Rosary Parish was one of four parishes in the this development is the latest disappointment for you and Apostolic Signatura in Rome. †

Official Appointments Rev. Guy R. Roberts appointed to a second three-year Effective September 4 term as dean of the Indianapolis North Deanery while Effective immediately continuing as pastor of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Rev. Francis Joseph Kalapurackal, Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Imphal, India, appointed associate pastor of Our Lady of Rev. John M. Hall appointed to a three-year term the Greenwood Parish in Greenwood. as dean of the Bloomington Deanery while continuing Rev. Wilfred E. Day appointed to an additional as pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish in Martinsville three-year term as dean of the New Albany Deanery while These appointments are from the office of the and administrator of Our Lady of the Springs Parish in continuing as pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of French Lick and Christ the King Parish in Paoli. Starlight. Indianapolis. †

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Ann Decker, left, proclaims the first reading as Deacon Robert Decker and Franciscan Father Humbert Moster listen in the grotto of St. Mary-of-the-Rock Parish in Franklin County Parishioner-built stone grotto on Aug. 15. For 90 years, the parish has celebrated a Feast of the Assumption tradition of Mass in the grotto followed by a rosary procession with the Eucharist and a statue of Mary. is site of 90-year Feast of the The procession ends in the church for adoration, songs and Benediction. Assumption tradition By Natalie Hoefer statue of Mary were processed through the parish grounds as the congregation FRANKLIN COUNTY—Under a clear followed, reciting the rosary. blue sky and slanting evening sunlight, The procession ended with adoration, people gathered around the grotto for songs, the Divine Praises and Benediction Mass as they had on this day for the prior in the church. 89 years. Cicadas chattered, birds chirped “Someone counted over 300 [people] and a cow lowed in a nearby pasture here,” said Franciscan Father Humbert during the Feast of the Assumption Mass Moster, sacramental minister for the and the following rosary procession at parish who celebrated the Mass. “Usually, St. Mary-of-the-Rock Parish. there’s only about 150. The church The tradition started in 1923, two years was never so full for Benediction as it after members of the country parish in was tonight. I don’t know what made Franklin County gathered stones from everyone come, if it was because it’s the their fields to build a grotto in honor of 90th [anniversary] or if it was because the Blessed Mother behind the church. they thought this would be the last one.” Among those present for the Numbers were not the only difference Deacon Robert Decker carries the Blessed Sacrament while Luke Weisenbach holds a 90th anniversary of the Assumption Mass between this event and those of statue of the Blessed Mother during the rosary procession for the Feast of the Assumption in the grotto and rosary procession on years past. at St. Mary-of-the-Rock Parish in Franklin County on Aug. 15. Aug. 15 was Rob Harmeyer. At 52, he “They did extra things with it being is a lifetime member of the parish and the 90th [anniversary],” said Theresa a descendent of generations of parish Boyce, 29, another lifelong member of members, including those living when the the parish. “The Knights of Columbus grotto was built. and the Knights of St. John being here, “I hope they keep the tradition going,” the girl who sang the ‘Ave Maria’—it was he said of the Assumption event. absolutely beautiful.” This is also the hope of many other But then again, she said, “The Mass members, as the parish prepares to close and procession have always been in December. beautiful. I don’t think it’s ever rained for Elaine Amberger, 66, is among those this in 90 years.” hopeful for the event’s continuation. She Other attendees echoed the lore is also a lifetime member of the parish, that, even if it rained before or after, with ancestors from both sides of her the skies have always been dry for the family filling the parish roster back to the outdoor event. parish’s founding in 1844. Just as parishioners say weather has “I remember in grade school when we never prevented the Assumption Mass had the [Franciscan] sisters here, they and rosary procession in 90 years, there Above, more than 300 people participate in made us wear white [for the Assumption is great hope that the closing of the the 90th anniversary of St. Mary-of-the-Rock Mass and rosary procession]. They had parish will not prevent the tradition from Parish’s traditional Feast of the Assumption white veils on every one of us girls. And continuing either. Mass in the grotto, rosary procession, the boys had to dress up like the olden Franciscan Father David Kobak, pastor adoration, songs and Benediction on Aug. 15. times,” she said. “It was a big ritual since of Holy Family Parish in Oldenburg, I was small.” which will serve as the new home parish Left, a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament The evening event begins with Mass in for St. Mary-of-the-Rock members, sits atop the temporary grotto altar before the grotto, with the congregation seated in said he sees no reason why the tradition being processed along with a statue of the the dip of land extending from the grotto cannot continue. Blessed Mother to celebrate the Feast of the behind the 107-year-old brick church. “It’s a precious tradition,” he said. “It’s Assumption at St. Mary-of-the-Rock Parish on After Mass, the Eucharist and a close to their hearts.” † Aug. 15. Page 4 The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013

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Be Our Guest/Daniel Elsener ‘The power of doing’ at Marian University Recent reports in The Indianapolis Star campus, it is Indiana’s first new school and other news media have underscored the of medicine in more than 100 years, one Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 declining student enrollment at colleges and of only five Catholic medical schools Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor universities nationally, and the seemingly nationally, and the country’s only Catholic Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus ever-present concern about the cost and osteopathic medical school. In close quality of our country’s higher education collaboration with Marian’s renowned offerings. Alan and Sue Leighton School of Nursing, Certainly, actions our new medical school will carry on the Editorial are being taken to healing ministry of Jesus in the traditions help address this established for us by Sts. Francis and Clare problematic reality, of Assisi. with perhaps the As impactful as it will be to place most aggressive hundreds of new doctors into our being that of the communities in the coming years, our

CNS photo/Jason Reed CNS photo/Jason Lumina Foundation new Academy for Teaching and Learning to ensure that Leadership may ultimately prove to have 60 percent of all an even far greater impact. The academy’s Americans have primary purpose is to develop and prepare a high quality two-or four-year degree, aspiring and practicing K-12 school leaders, but few would argue that a quick fix to providing them with tools necessary to our nation’s post-secondary education implement aggressive reforms within challenges is within reach. their schools. We designed the program in This discomforting news comes at a time partnership with world renowned scholars, when across the nation there is cause for researchers, and experts on effecting change great celebration. The beginning of summer and creating school cultures that lead to follows a joyous commencement season, a improved student learning. time filled with the excitement of diploma We’re working closely with conferral, the sharing of inspirational Gina Fleming, superintendent of truths, and the beaming optimism of recent archdiocesan schools, and Catholic school Protesters carry a banner during a rally outside the White House in Washington on Aug. 29. graduates and their families. Thus, it seems leaders throughout Indiana, to offer a As speculation mounted about Western air strikes on Syria, a U.S. bishops’ committee called appropriate to take a moment to reflect upon program of leadership education and for a political solution, and Catholic leaders in Europe warned military intervention could lead and celebrate the wonderful contributions formation that truly serves the needs of to an escalation of hostilities. of higher education to the cultural, social Catholic school leaders in our archdiocese and economic vitality of our city, our and beyond. As a former teacher, principal archdiocese and beyond. and superintendent, I firmly believe that the Pope Francis calls for fasting Great cities are home to many diverse resulting impact on student achievement colleges and universities that adeptly and spiritual growth will be immense. and prayer for peace in Syria educate women and men to best employ Adjusting our approach to help develop their skills and talents in service to their the next generation of business leaders s we report on page 1 in this issue, nerve gas attack on a Damascus suburb communities. Indianapolis is no exception. was one of our most difficult challenges. APope Francis has proclaimed this was a “moral obscenity.” And we We are fortunate to have several nationally Central Indiana is blessed with several great Saturday, Sept. 7, “a day of fasting and agree that the Assad government must renowned academic institutions serving our business schools, and we believed it was prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle somehow be held accountable for the city, state and nation. important to differentiate ourselves from East, and throughout the world.” estimated 100,000 Syrians who have In addition, great American cities them in a meaningful way. That’s why at He also invited “our fellow been killed and the 1.7 million who frequently are home to great Catholic the Clark H. Byrum School of Business, we Christians, followers of other religions have been made homeless by the war universities whose mission includes, “do” business rather than teach it. and all men of good will, to participate, that has lasted for 2½ years. Refugees but is much more than, helping students By that, I mean that our students are in whatever way they can, in from Syria are overwhelming Jordan develop skills and experience they can learning how to operate in the business this initiative.” and Lebanon. use in the workplace or in professional world by “doing” business in the classroom The pope and other Catholic leaders But we fail to see how dropping fields of expertise. beginning on Day 1. It’s a unique hands-on throughout the world have been urging bombs on Syria will correct that. What For more than 75 years, approach that engages our students with a diplomatic solution, rather than a would come next? Would we take more Marian University, Indianapolis’ only the local business community, allowing military strike that could easily escalate direct military action, such as giving Catholic university, has been blessed to be them to work on projects that present the into a wider war. As he said, “Never more support to the rebels who have among the academic institutions providing ethical dilemmas and require difficult has the use of violence brought peace been fighting against Assad? We know exceptional educational preparation to decision-making that business leaders face in its wake. War begets war, violence that many of those rebels are Islamic students in this wonderful city, boosting on a routine basis. By connecting values, begets violence.” extremists, similar to those who have the human capital that facilitates economic leadership and action, we firmly believe We applaud the fact that caused so much damage to Christian and cultural development, and transforming that our students will be better prepared President Barack Obama, after churches in Egypt. human lives in the Catholic, Franciscan and to launch and advance their careers while threatening a military strike against How would Syria and its allies, liberal arts traditions. making a difference in the world. Syria, decided to seek congressional including Iran and Russia, react to an A profound sense of excitement Finally, we’re helping prepare leaders approval. We hope that Congress escalation of the war? The people in surrounds our efforts here at for service to the Church. In collaboration will not consent, just as the British Israel have a good idea since television Marian University because we’ve made with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Parliament did not consent when has shown them getting gas masks at many dramatic changes that are paying and its Bishop Simon Bruté College Prime Minister David Cameron distribution centers. That’s surely what great dividends not only to the university Seminary, Marian University provides sought its approval for military action Patriarch Gregoire had in mind when but also to our city, our archdiocese and all academic formation for 40 students from against Syria. he said that intervention would be a the communities we serve throughout the 10 Catholic dioceses in the Midwest. We’re The proposal for military action tragedy for the whole Middle East and United States and beyond. also educating 35 outstanding women seems to be for cruise missiles to bomb spread like a world war. Since 2011, when national college and men in our San Damiano Scholars Syria. But what would that accomplish? Instead of urging Congress to enrollment numbers began declining, we’ve program. This exceptional undergraduate What would be our objective? approve a military strike, we believe actually seen an increase in enrollment. program has been strongly endorsed by We agree wholeheartedly with that Kerry should be leading a In fact, our success can be traced back Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin and the many Vienna, Austria’s Cardinal Christoph diplomatic push to get the Assad 10 years, when we first engaged local pastors throughout central and southern Schonborn, who asked, “Were previous government and leaders of the rebels to community leaders in an effort to identify Indiana, who have benefitted from Marian weapons programs successful in this a negotiating table. He would get a lot their needs for the coming decade. We students and alumni who are currently region, and did the wars in Iraq and more support from other governments learned then that those community leaders serving as lay leaders in parishes, schools Afghanistan bring peace? What good for that than he has been able to get for saw a need to identify and train the next and other faith-based institutions. can bombs do in a country already the military option. As of now, only generation of leaders. We’ve responded by At Marian University, we work bleeding from a thousand wounds?” France is supporting that. focusing our leadership development efforts diligently to identify the needs of our city, We have heard a desperate plea from Pope Francis has called for in four key areas—health care, education, our society and the world, and we take Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire diplomacy. “I exhort the international business and religion. action in the areas where we can be of III Laham, who was born in Syria. He community to make every effort to The health care community was greatest service. This is our mission. This is said that armed intervention “would promote clear proposals for peace in that especially concerned about the shortage of what we call “the power of doing.” be a tragedy, a tragedy, a tragedy— country without further delay, a peace doctors projected in central Indiana. It’s a Marian’s recent efforts have been for the whole country and the whole based on dialogue and negotiation, for problem that many communities are facing; dramatic—sometimes called the Middle East.” the good of the entire Syrian people.” nationally, the shortfall of family doctors, “Marian Miracle.” Guided and sustained He continued, “Enough with the As he noted when he named this pediatricians, and other generalists by an outstanding board of trustees, intervention. It is fueling hatred, fueling Saturday as a day of fasting and prayer is expected to reach 52,000 by 2025, administration, faculty, staff and more than criminality, fueling inhumanity, fueling for peace, it is the vigil of the birth of according to a study published last year in 10,000 alumni who live and work in this fundamentalism, terrorism—all these Mary, Queen of Peace. Let us respond the Annals of Family Medicine. area, Marian University will continue to things are the fruit of intervention. to his appeal and ask for Mary’s Marian University is doing its part grow this “Miracle” by educating students Enough! Surely, it will spread like a intercession in helping us to find peace to alleviate that shortage by opening the for spiritual growth, leadership and world war.” rather than an escalation of violence. Marian University College of Osteopathic personal/professional success. Of course, we agree with Secretary Medicine last month. Housed in the new Indiana is blessed with a highly valuable of State John Kerry that the apparent —John F. Fink Michael A. Evans Center for Health network of institutions of higher learning. Sciences building on the south end of our See marian, page 5 The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013 Page 5 At interfaith service, calls made to continue search for justice WASHINGTON (CNS)— reminded them that Pope Francis Recalling the words of the “told us that faith must guide Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., our lives.” Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Convened before the

Washington urged people to join 50th anniversary of the March on Barrick CNS photos/Matthew hands and walk together, and Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, not alone, for justice during an the prayer service included Scripture interfaith prayer service marking the readings, musical performances, 50th anniversary of the civil rights reflections and excerpts from leader’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Rev. King’s speeches. “We have been invited to form one Bernice King told the congregation great human family that walks hand that while her father is rightly in hand,” Cardinal Wuerl told those remembered as a “freedom fighter” gathered at Washington’s Shiloh and civil rights leader, he was first of Baptist Church on Aug. 28. all “a man of faith.” Cardinal Wuerl and representatives “It was the Spirit of God that of other faiths joined Bernice King, infused that [nonviolent civil rights] the slain civil rights leader’s youngest movement,” she said. child and CEO of the King Center The Rev. Otis Moss Jr., a retired Above, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, in Atlanta, for a reflection on Baptist minister and civil rights center, joins religious leaders during an interfaith service Dr. King’s legacy. leader, reiterated Rev. King’s marking the 50th anniversary of the Noting that schools in the nonviolent message. “Nonviolence March on Washington on Aug. 28 Archdiocese of Washington were may not keep you safe, but it is at Shiloh Baptist Church in the integrated “before the Supreme Court saving,” he said. nation’s capital. got around to it,” Cardinal Wuerl He called on the congregation said that an academically excellent to share Rev. King’s message with Bernice A. King addresses and morally based education will the next generation because “our an interfaith service marking help future generations realize children and our children’s children the 50th anniversary of the Dr. King’s dream. must go on. ... Each generation March on Washington on Aug. 28 “The Church in Washington must climb higher and higher.” at Shiloh Baptist Church in the nation’s capital. Bernice King is the strives to see every child gets a Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, vice president youngest child of the Rev. Martin chance for an excellent education,” of the Rabbinical Assembly in Luther King Jr., the civil rights Cardinal Wuerl said. New York, said the March in leader whose “I Have a Dream” The cardinal also called on the Washington 50 years ago “re-enacted speech has inspired generations participants to join together “in the walk taken by our biblical of people in the fight for equality, solidarity, faithful to God’s call,” and ancestors through the wilderness.” † justice and peace. What was in the news on Sept. 6, 1963? The possibility of a Russia Orthodox meeting with the pope, and an admonition to women religious marian continued from page 4 By Brandon A. Evans “CINCINNATI—Archbishop Karl J. Alter • No early freedom seen for Hungarian of Cincinnati has urged nuns to ‘review your primate Let us celebrate these This week, we continue to examine what was purposes and methods’ and to ‘set aside • Laud ND leadership in radiation graduates’ successes going on in the Church and the world 50 years traditions and customs that are out of touch research and affirm the value of ago as seen through the pages of The Criterion. with the world of which we are a part.’ … • Orders closing of bombed school the institutions that so Here are some of the items found in the ‘Undoubtedly you have found there are certain • Family’s mission role in society stressed adeptly and meaningfully Sept. 6, 1963, issue practices which need review,’ the archbishop • Be present in world or lose it, nuns told facilitated their intellectual of The Criterion: said. ‘If you find some that are obsolete and • Chicago cardinal given council post achievement. • Join the no longer being practiced, take them out of • Suggestion for youth: Urges ‘tithe’ of Yes, today’s colleges apostolate your rules. … We should be concerned with the time for volunteer service and universities face many now, Pope Paul building more than with the scaffolding.’ ” • Suggest expanded use of Scripture in challenges—economically, appeals to laity • Bares details of meeting of Pope John, Mass culturally and spiritually. • Negro prelates at Vatican II held sign of Adzhubei • Lag in vocations called challenge to Let’s face these challenges mission progress • Oldenburg novitiate construction begun Catholic laity head-on, but let’s also • Orthodox leaders seen willing to “OLDENBURG, Ind.—Construction has • Volume details Roman Rota cases be thankful for what is meet pope begun here on a new, $1 million Novitiate • ‘Sounds of Vatican’ preserved on being accomplished in our “FRIBOURG, Switzerland—Bishop Francois for the Sisters of St. Francis. The three-story records colleges and universities, Charriere of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg structure will accommodate 150 novices. • Prelate tells feelings during papal and be mindful of the great expressed his ‘firm belief’ here that a high … The 890-member Franciscan community conclave sacrifices made to advance representative of the Russian Orthodox Church has experienced more than a 50 percent • Pope sends peace plea to Vietnam the cultural, social, would agree to meet with Pope Paul VI at the gain in vocations in the past five years. • Calls mathematics ‘essential tool’ spiritual and intellectual Vatican if a suitable occasion arose. … ‘My Twenty-one candidates will enter the Postulate • Bill to substitute anthem is vetoed well-being of the women impression,’ he told newsmen, ‘is that the this month, while an additional 18 are expected • ‘Pseudo-conservatives’ seen counter to and men who are our Russian Orthodox hierarchy frankly desires to enter in February.” Church community’s present and an improvement in relations with the Catholic • Calls ‘universal love’ fruit of living • Church played vital role in World future leaders. Church, and that, contrary to what has liturgy Council session occurred in the past, it is ardently supported in • Lay leader advocates updated Church • Sees serious threat in ‘right-to-work’ (Daniel Elsener this wish by the Russian Christian people.’ ” view is president of • See greater U.S. voice at council • Cardinal blesses Byzantine chapel at (Read all of these stories from our Sept. 6, 1963, Marian University in • Meet needs of world, archbishop Fatima shrine issue by logging on to our archives at Indianapolis.) † urges nuns • Closed TV to cover council for pope www.CriterionOnline.com.) †

Cƒã«Ê½®‘ L®¥› The Parishioners of Sacred Heart invite you to parƟcipate in Catholic Life; a series of talks and discussions on relevant topics of interest in the pracƟce of the Catholic Faith. Catholic Life is for pracƟcing Catholics, non –pracƟcing Catholics and those who are interested in Catholic pracƟce. September 10 ... Lumen GenƟum – the DogmaƟc ConsƟtuƟon on the Church and an IntroducƟon to this year’s topics of Catholic Life Fr. Larry Janezic, OFM Pastor, Sacred Heart Church September 17 ... The General InstrucƟon on the Roman Missal Br. Gary Jeriha, OFM, Pastoral Associate, Sacred Heart Church September 24 ... The Papacy Fr. Art Anderson, OFM, Catholic Theological Union, Canon Law October 1 ... St Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt Fr. Mike Cusato, OFM, St. Bonaventure University in Washington, DC. October 8 ... The Development of Conscience Fr. Tom Nairn, OFM, Catholic Health AssociaƟon, Senior Director of Ethics October 15 ... Texts of the ResurrecƟon Appearances of Jesus the Christ Fr. Frank Bryan, Marian University, ReƟred All sessions will be held in the parish hall, 1125 S. Meridian at 7 p.m. For more informaƟon call Fr. Larry Janezic 317-638-5551 Page 6 The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013

Events Calendar September 6 145 St. Michael Blvd., due Sept. 9. Information: Knights of Columbus Council, www.sacredtown.com. Information: 812-275-6539. St. Luke the Evangelist Brookville. “Fall Fest,” www.catholicbusiness annual pork chop supper, Church, 7575 Holliday Drive, pulled pork Sat. 4-8 p.m., exchange.org. 3:30-6:30 p.m., $10 per person. September 18 St. Teresa Benedicta of Calvary Cemetery, Mausoleum E., Indianapolis. Young family style fried chicken Information: 317-364-2827 or the Cross, 23670 Salt Fork Chapel, 435 W. Troy Ave., Adult and College Campus dinner Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., September 13-15 [email protected]. Road, Lawrenceburg. Parish St. Lawrence Parish, 4650 N. Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m. Ministry, First Friday yard sale, food, silent auction. festival, 5-11 p.m., Fri. fish fry, Shadeland Ave., Indianapolis. Information: 317-784-4439 or Adoration, 6 p.m., program Information: 765-647-5462. September 15 Sat. “Hog Wild” meal, rides. Fall festival, Fri. 5-11 p.m.; St. Michael Parish, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. following adoration, Information: 812-656-8700. Sat. 3-11 p.m.; 101 St. Michael Drive, Matt Faley, presenter. September 8 St. Mary (Immaculate Sun. 1-6 p.m., food, games, Charlestown. Septemberfest, Information: 317-592-4067 or Columbus Bar, 322 Fourth St., St. Thomas More, 1200 N. Conception) Parish, rides. Information: fried chicken dinner, quilts, [email protected]. Columbus, Theology on Tap, Indiana St., Mooresville. 512 N. Perkins St., Rushville. 317-258-1761. games, silent auction, “Understanding the Church’s Applefest, Fri. 5-10 p.m., Fall Festival, music, dance, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: teaching on same-sex September 6-8 Sat. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., chicken Marriott Hotel, 7202 E. 812-256-3200. attraction,” 6:30 p.m. socialize St. Bernadette Retreat hog roast, rides, crafts. dinner 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 21st St., Indianapolis. 7:30 p.m. presentation. Center, 4838 E. Information: 317-831-4142 or Information: 765-932-2588. Scecina class of 1963, St. Louis Parish, Information: Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis. [email protected]. National Association of 50-year class reunion. 13 E. St. Louis Place, 812-379-9353, ext. 241 or African Catholics in the St. Augustine Parish, 315 E. Information: 317-888-9080 or Batesville. Fall Festival, [email protected]. September 21 Chestnut St., Jeffersonville. [email protected]. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., food, raffle. United States (NAACUS) September 19 St. Rita Parish, National Conference. Harvest Celebration, September 14 Information: 812-934-3204. 1733 Dr. Andrew J. Brown ges18+, $20. Ages 9-17, chicken dinner, baked goods, Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, A St. Gabriel Parish, 6000 W. Ave., Indianapolis. “St. Rita $10. Ages under 9, free. quilt raffle, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Meinrad Park and Rec Field, Mausoleum Chapel, 34th St., Indianapolis. Youth Funfest: A Blast From Questions or information: Information: 812-282-2677. St. Meinrad. Fall festival, 9001 N. Haverstick Road, Ministry craft fair and garage the Past,” 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sally Stovall, 317-727-5736 10 a.m.-4 p.m., food, music. Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m. sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: games, food. Information: or [email protected]. St. Pius V Parish, Information: 812-357-7317 or Information: 317-574-8898 or 317-291-7014. 317-632-9349. Reservations: Christine 330 Franklin St., Troy. [email protected]. www.catholiccemeteries.cc. Fall Festival, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Kateregga, 317-357-4783, St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, famous soup, music, yard sale, St. Roch Parish, Family Life St. Maurice Parish, September 20 [email protected], or online Center, 3603 S. Meridian Northside Knights of 7575 Holliday Drive East, at www.naacus.org/events.html dinners, games. Information: 1963 N. St. John St., St., Indianapolis. Single Columbus Hall, 2100 E. Indianapolis. Fall Festival, 812-547-7994. Greensburg. Country Seniors meeting, 1 p.m., age 71st St., Indianapolis. Catholic games, food, 3-11 p.m. St. Mary Parish, breakfast, benefits 50 and over. Information: Business Exchange, Mass, Information: 317-259-4373. 212 Washington St., September 8-12 Father Dennis Moorman’s 317-784-4207. breakfast and program, North Vernon. Parish festival, St. Charles Borromeo Church, mission work with “Using Faith to Keep Sports St. Bridget Parish, 404 E. rides, music, silent auction, 2224 E. 3rd St., Bloomington. Maryknoll Missions, Marian Inc., 1011 E. in Perspective,” Bill Benner, Vine St., Liberty. dinners, Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight, Fathers of Mercy Eucharistic 8 a.m.-noon, free-will donation. Oktoberfest, St. Clair, Indianapolis. Feast sports columnist, IBJ and Sat. 9 a.m.-midnight, Mission, Mercy Father Louis Information: 812-663-4754. 3-9 p.m., food, games, Guardiola, presenter, 7 p.m. of the Holy Cross, parish host of Inside Indiana Sports, entertainment. Information: Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. social, dinner, dancing, presentation, International Catholic Community presenter, 6:30-8:30 a.m., $15 765-458-5412. Information: 812-346-3604. 6 p.m., $50 per person. Vatican display, confessions of Richmond, 701 N. members, $21 non-members. Information: 317-578-4581 or September 22 September 7 and adoration available. “A” St., Richmond. Reservations and information: St. Joan of Arc Parish, Information: 812-336-6846 or 317-695-6323. www.catholicbusiness St. Michael Parish, Charismatic prayer 11400 Farmers Lane, 4217 N. Central Ave., [email protected] group, 7 p.m. Information: exchange.org. St. Anne Parish, 102 N. N.E., Bradford. Parish Indianapolis. “French [email protected]. Market,” noon-10 p.m., September 10 19th St., New Castle. Fall September 20-21 picnic, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., French food, booths, children’s St. Paul Hermitage, Bazaar, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., crafts, September 15-17 St. Malachy Parish, ham and chicken dinner, activity area, entertainment. 501 N. 17th Ave., bookstore, rummage sale. Holy Angels Church, 9833 E. County Road 750 N., 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., booths, Information: 317-283-5508. Beech Grove. Ave Maria Information: 765-529-0933. 740 W. 28th St., Indianapolis. Brownsburg. Country Fair games, silent auction. Guild, meeting, 12:30 p.m. Annual revival, Sun. 6 p.m., and Hog Roast, Fri. and Sat. Information: 812-364-6646. Holy Guardian Angels Information: 317-865-0910 or St. Louis Parish, Mon. and Tues. 7 p.m. 4-11 p.m., food, booths, games. Church, 405 U.S. Highway 52, [email protected]. 13 St. Louis Place, Batesville. Information: 317-926-3324. Information: 317-852-3195. September 23 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Cedar Grove. First Saturday Festival 2013, food, music, Devotional Prayer George’s Neighborhood games, 6-10:30 p.m. September 16 St. Vincent de Paul Parish, House, 5353 E. 56th St., Group, 8 a.m. Information: Grill, 6935 Lake Plaza Drive, Information: 812-934-3204. St. Joseph Church, 312 E. 1723 I St., Bedford. Indianapolis. Recovery 765-647-6981. Indianapolis. Catholic High St., Corydon. Concert, Oktoberfest, Fri. 5-10 p.m., Mass, 7 p.m. Reception Business Exchange, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Michael Russell O’Brien, Sat. 10 a.m.-midnight, German and refreshments following September 7-8 “Business After Hours” 4218 E. Michigan Road, presenter, 7 p.m., no charge. dinner, games, pie contest. Mass. Information: St. Michael Parish, meeting, 5-7 p.m., registration Shelbyville. Father Seger Information: 812-738-2742 or Sat. 5K run/walk 7 a.m. [email protected]. † Second annual Eucharistic Rosary Rally VIPs Roderick and Judy (Regan) MacDonald, members of St. Joan for Faith and Freedom is Sept. 29 of Arc Parish in Indianapolis, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 7. The second annual Eucharistic Rosary The rosary and sung Divine Mercy The couple was married on Sept. 7, 1963, at St. Catherine of Rally for Faith and Freedom will be Chaplet will be part of the event. Genoa Church in Chicago, Ill. held at Marian University’s St. Vincent Please be in the bleachers by 2 p.m. as They are the parents of five children, Katherine, Margaret, Mary, Athletic Field, 3200 Cold Spring Road in an act of respect to allow the procession Sarah and the late Roddy MacDonald. Indianapolis, from 2-4 p.m. on Sept. 29. with the Blessed Sacrament to enter the They also have three grandchildren. † The main speaker will be athletic field. Father James Kelleher of the Society of Free parking is available and Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity from transportation of handicapped persons CORRECTION the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas. from the parking lot will be provided. In Father is the promoter of eucharistic case of inclement weather, the event will ‘Bishop’s Bash’ for young adults to rosary rallies, children’s holy hours and be held in the Marian Theater. family rosaries in the United States and For more information, call Kathy at be held in Indianapolis on Sept. 15 internationally. 317-888-0873. † Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin is inviting young adults ages 18-35 to his residence for a free party at 5 p.m. on Sept. 15. The event begins with “Mass on the grass,” followed by a cookout, live music, corn hole, volleyball and more. Details can be found at www.indycatholic.org, or contact Katie Sahm at

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Benedict Inn in Beech Grove offers series of sessions on ‘Lumen Gentium’ In recognition of the Year of Faith, • Nov . 19—Mass (with explanation) the Benedict Inn, 1402 Southern Ave., and reception with Benedictine in Beech Grove is offering a series Father Matthias Neuman to close the of three talks on “Lumen Gentium” Year of Faith (“Dogmatic Constitution on the Each talk is $20. A good will offering Church”), plus a celebration of the Mass will be accepted on the evening of the with explanations. The second and explanatory Mass. third sessions will be from 7-9 p.m. on This series qualifies for Vacation Bible school Sept. 24 and Oct. 22, and the Mass with reimbursement for archdiocesan explanations will be on Nov. 19. employees through the Faith@Work Vacation Bible school participants from St. Meinrad Parish in St. Meinrad and St. Boniface The session topics are as follows: program during the Year of Faith. Parish in Fulda perform a Christian-themed song and dance routine for Scenic Hill Care • Sept. 24—A Theology of the Laity For reservations or more residents in Ferdinand on Aug.1. After a half-hour performance, children visited with the (Chapter 4); information, contact the residents. The vacation Bible school was held on July 28-31, with the Scenic Hill Care visit on • Oct. 22—Everyone is Called to Benedict Inn at 317-788-7581 or Aug. 1 and a closing Mass celebrated on Aug. 3. Holiness (Chapter 5); [email protected]. † The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013 Page 7 Faith helps build societies that can journey toward a future of hope CNS file photo/Mike Crupi, Catholic CourierCNS file photo/Mike

(The following is the last in a series of five articles looking at Pope Francis’ recently released encyclical, “Lumen Fidei” “The Light of Faith.”)

By John F. Fink

Chapter 4 of Pope Francis’s encyclical “Lumen Fidei” (“The Light of Faith”) concerns the ways the light of faith can be placed at the service of justice, law and peace. Titled “God Prepares a City for Them,” taken from the Letter to the Hebrews, it says that the firmness of faith marks the city that God is preparing for humankind. Faith, the pope says, doesn’t serve only to build an eternal city in the hereafter; it is a common good that helps us build our societies in such a way that they can journey toward a future of hope. Our societies begin with the family, the basic unit of society. Therefore, Pope Francis says that the family is the first setting in which faith enlightens the human city. The stable union of man and woman in marriage, he says, is born of their love and as a sign of God’s love, “and of the “The first setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family,” says the encyclical “Lumen Fidei” (“The Light of Faith”) from acknowledgment and acceptance of the goodness of sexual Pope Francis. Pictured is Jennifer Lozy-Lester at dinner with her family in Greece, N.Y. differentiation, whereby spouses can become one flesh and are enabled to give birth to a new life, a manifestation of it possible for us to overcome weakness and suffering. Sarah, Abraham’s wife, and the other wives of the the Creator’s goodness, wisdom and loving plan” (#52). Christians know that suffering can’t be eliminated, he patriarchs in whom God’s promise was fulfilled and new Within the family, the pope says, faith accompanies says, but “it can have meaning and become an act of love life flowered. every age, beginning with childhood. Since children learn and entrustment into the hands of The pope writes, “In the Mother of Jesus, faith to trust in the love of their parents, the parents should help God who does not abandon us” demonstrated its fruitfulness; when our own spiritual lives their children gradually to mature in their faith. Youths, (#56). bear fruit, we become filled with joy, which is the clearest too, who are going through a complex period in their lives, Faith is present, too, in the sign of faith’s grandeur” (#58). need the support of their families and the Church in their sufferings of this world, he says. Mary’s true motherhood, he says, ensures an authentic journey of faith, he says. We cannot eliminate all pain or human history for the Son of God, the full humanity in Our faith also teaches the unique dignity of each explain every evil, he says. For which he would die on the cross and rise from the dead. person, Pope Francis says, something that wasn’t clearly those who suffer, he says, God Mary was with Jesus when he died on the cross. She was seen in the ancient world prior to Christianity. Christianity doesn’t provide arguments that present in the upper room after Jesus’ Resurrection and taught us about God’s love, his concern for every person, explain everything, but he provides Ascension. And she joined the Apostles in imploring the and his plan of salvation for all humanity, he says. an accompanying presence. gift of the Spirit. Faith also teaches us to respect nature, the pope says, Like his recent predecessors, In his prayer, he implores Mary to help our faith, open as a dwelling place entrusted to our protection and care. Pope Francis Pope Francis has a great devotion our ears to hear God’s word, awaken in us a desire to It teaches us to devise models of development that are not to the Blessed Virgin Mary. follow in his footsteps, help us to be touched by his love based only on utility and profit; teaches us to create just Therefore, he concludes his encyclical with several and entrust ourselves to him, and to teach us to see all forms of government that serve the common good; and paragraphs about her faith and ends with a prayer to things with the eyes of Jesus. offers forgiveness, which often demands time and effort. “Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother of our faith.” However, faith also often involves painful testing, Pope He says that the long history of faith in the Old (John F. Fink is editor emeritus of The Criterion, Francis says. We can discover God’s power that makes Testament is fulfilled in Mary. This history began with newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.) †

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Tough Lessons 2

Above, Jenna Knapp, far right in the second row, poses for a photo with the youth group she led on a camping trip in 2011 in El Salvador. While the 25-year-old Indianapolis Catholic visited jails to meet with gang members during her three years in the country, Knapp also volunteered to help younger children avoid that fate. Beneath the Mask of a Gang Member Left, under the direction of Jenna Knapp and another Poems and stories of volunteer, Jose Amilcar, youths in a detention center in El Salvador imprisoned youths designed and painted a mural From her three years in that depicts “the past, present El Salvador, Jenna Knapp helped to and ideal future” of many of the edit and publish Tough Lessons 2 and incarcerated gang members. The Beneath the Mask of a Gang Member, mural project was coupled with a two books that share the poems and writing project in an effort to use stories of imprisoned youths. † artistic expression as a form of therapy and storytelling.

members’ stories will serve as a deterrent “He had this change of heart because perpetrator’s life and the involvement of faith to future youth violence in the country. his girlfriend was pregnant with his the community. continued from page 1 “When youth on the outside of prison first daughter, and she was behind bars Yet for the next 10 months, she will see that this life has only brought them because of her affiliation with him,” live in Uganda, a country where she taught English to children in a poor suffering, it will discourage them from Knapp says. “In his change of heart, he volunteered for six months in 2008. mountain village. joining the gangs.” said he wanted to be the best person he Her return to Uganda represents a “I feel I’m more alive when I’m living Knapp also took an active role toward could be. different “cycle”—a cycle of goodness. in service and not removed from it,” she that goal during her time in El Salvador. “It shows the way cycles of poverty “I was teaching a class at a public said after that experience. “With what She volunteered with an organization and violence lead generations of people to high school in South Bend while I was I’ve been given in life, I feel I owe so associated with Catholic Relief Services begin their lives from a place of violence a student at Notre Dame,” she recalls. much back. I want to listen and love in a that worked with youth groups in and desperation.” “I mentioned to the Spanish teacher that way that I hope I can sustain all through communities controlled by gangs. Being immersed in such stories for I had spent time in Uganda. When she my life.” “We led six-month programs for three years hasn’t hardened Knapp’s heart. expressed interest, I put her in touch with Listening became the heart of her life vulnerable youths, doing workshops on “I feel privileged to have an insight the people I worked with there. in the past three years in El Salvador. life skills and vocational skills.” into their world that so few try to “She soon quit her job and moved In 2010, she was named a Fulbright encounter and so few try to understand,” to Uganda to start this group called Scholar, a prestigious award that includes A response to Christ’s call she says. “The books are filled with ‘LOT 2545.’ LOT stands for ‘Least a yearlong grant for international study Knapp views her work with the youths hundreds of stories of the suffering and of These,’ and the numbers are for and research that increases mutual in jail as a response to Christ’s words in the incredible resilience and strong faith Matthew 25:45. It’s a home that focuses understanding between the United States Matthew 25 to care for “the least of these of these youths. on the holistic rehabilitation of boys and other countries. my brethren”—a call that includes visiting “It’s necessary for people to have an who have lived on the streets for a Knapp joined two other people in prison. outlet for their stories, but at the end of number of years.” Fulbright Scholars—Maria Hoisington The effort became so important to her, the day, it’s just a Band-Aid for the cycle Knapp is interested in the model of and Olivia Holdsworth—for the project Hoisington and Holdsworth that they of poverty that leads to so many of these LOT 2545 because she sees its potential with imprisoned gang members that they extended their initial year on the project to incidents of violence. If I was able to for the youths of El Salvador. called “Tell Me.” another two years—a commitment made make some youths who were deemed “It’s something lacking in “The majority of the youth were possible by a stipend from the group, unlovable to feel they were worthy of love El Salvador,” she says. “Youths coming actively involved in the two gangs in Christians for Peace in El Salvador. or to better understand themselves, then I out of the justice system have no support El Salvador,” says Knapp, who visited That commitment also led her into was making a difference.” to change their lives around if they want the jails four to five times a week. “The the tragic and terrifying world of a youth to do so.” project used creative writing as a process named Daniel. A different cycle—of goodness Changing lives is Knapp’s mission. in which they could tell their stories in a In their meetings, Daniel told Knapp That desire to make a difference fits She sees a kindred spirit in the teacher safe space. As they would speak, I would that he was conceived in a prison while Knapp’s plan to attend graduate school who moved to Uganda to start LOT 2545. write down what they said. Later, I would his father served a jail sentence for a in the fall of 2014 to pursue a master’s “She invited me to move into the bring it back to them and start the process killing. When his father was released, he degree in peace studies with an emphasis home she started in Uganda. It was really of digging deeper. beat Daniel every day, a cycle of violence on restorative justice. the Holy Spirit at work. Both of us said “They were able to speak outside the that continued when Daniel joined a gang. “Rather than looking at a wrongdoing yes to invitations that can lead us to system—where they wouldn’t be judged. “He said he was the best gang member as a crime that you have to serve time for, remarkable things.” Beneath the layers of violence and years they could ever have because he didn’t you look at it as something that damaged The opportunity to change a life of abuse and attention-seeking crimes are care if he lived or died,” Knapp says. “He a human relationship, and that relationship in some way is open to everyone, good people that have much to teach the said he wanted to be the worst bad person has to be repaired,” says Knapp about Knapp believes. rest of us.” he could be.” an approach that considers the needs “We just have to let go of the One of Knapp’s hopes is that the gang Yet Daniel had a change of heart in jail. of the victims, the complexity of the limitations holding us back.” † The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013 Page 9 Reverting to tradition, pope names veteran diplomat as Vatican’s No. 2

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Although Christians face poverty, discrimination or Pope Francis has not hesitated to other hardships. break with convention during his brief The Vatican’s presence around the pontificate, in appointing a seasoned world through its nuncios shows people member of the diplomatic corps as that the Church and the pope are always Haring CNS photo/Paul the top Vatican official, he resumed a near, that Christians—no matter how long-standing tradition. small their numbers—are not alone in the The pope appointed Archbishop Pietro world, he said. Parolin, 58, a longtime official in the In the current Vatican organizational Vatican secretariat of state and nuncio to framework, the secretary of state is Venezuela since 2009, to be his secretary responsible for ensuring that the pope’s of state. policies and priorities take concrete On Oct. 15, Archbishop Parolin will form in the work of Vatican offices. The succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, 78, secretary typically has been very close to who came to the post in 2006 after serving the pope and meets with him often. as archbishop of Genoa, Italy. Many observers have suggested that The secretary of state is the pope’s the secretary’s role could change as part of highest-ranking collaborator, coordinating a wider reform and reorganization of the the work of the entire Roman Curia, curia. Because the office’s responsibilities overseeing the operation of the Vatican are so broad—covering the internal press office and newspaper, coordinating workings of the Vatican, international the preparation and publication of papal Church affairs and foreign relations— documents, and supervising the work Cardinal Bertone was often blamed by of Vatican nuncios, in their relations critics when things went wrong during with Catholic communities in individual Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate. countries and with national governments. When Pope Benedict appointed the For years, Archbishop Parolin led cardinal secretary of state in 2006, it was a Vatican delegations to Vietnam each reunion of sorts. Then-archbishop Bertone Pope Francis has appointed Italian Archbishop Pietro Parolin, 58, as Vatican secretary of state. On year to discuss Church-state issues with had been secretary of the Congregation Oct. 15, Archbishop Parolin will succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, 78. Archbishop Parolin is pictured the country’s communist government, a for the Doctrine of the Faith for in a 2009 photo at the Vatican. process that eventually led Vietnam to seven years when its prefect was accept a nonresident papal representative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Lucia dos Santos, when he coordinated “VatiLeaks” of confidential documents to the country. The move was widely The appointment raised eyebrows the publication of the third secret of that pointed to corruption and seen as a step toward establishing full because the secretary of state is usually Fatima in 2000, another delicate task. mismanagement inside the Holy See, diplomatic relations. a former member of the Vatican In a series of interviews before taking Cardinal Bertone blamed a “tangle While at the Vatican, diplomatic corps. Cardinal Bertone had over the helm at the Secretariat of State, of crows and vipers” for “throwing Archbishop Parolin also represented been a Salesian pastor, an archbishop Cardinal Bertone made it clear he was not accusations at me.” the Vatican at a variety of international and a Vatican official dealing with coming to the job with his own agenda. Archbishop Parolin was born on conferences on climate change, on human doctrinal matters. As he put it in one interview, the secretary Jan. 17, 1955, in Schiavon, Italy, and was trafficking and on the Israeli-Palestinian Yet, Cardinal Bertone did have of state should above all be “a man loyal ordained to the priesthood in 1980. He conflict. He led the Vatican delegation to experience as a sort of roving to the pope,” someone who executes the studied at the Vatican diplomatic academy the 2007 Middle East peace conference in international troubleshooter: He flew pope’s projects and not his own. while earning a degree in canon law Annapolis, Md. to Havana in 2005 for talks with A day after the announcement of his from the Pontifical Gregorian University. At a news conference in 2006, Cuban President Fidel Castro; in 2002, replacement, the cardinal defended his In 1986, he began working at Vatican Archbishop Parolin said Vatican nuncios he was charged with trying to convince record, telling journalists that “I see these embassies, serving in Nigeria and in and papal representatives play an then-Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo seven years as positive on balance,” but Mexico before moving to the offices of important role “in defending the human to give up the idea of marriage and also acknowledging “many problems, the Vatican Secretariat of State. He was being,” and in strengthening local reconcile with the pope; and he met with especially in the last two years.” named undersecretary for foreign relations churches, especially in regions where a Fatima visionary, Carmelite Sister In an apparent reference to the in 2002. † The summer of immigration groundwork: Working toward passing a new law WASHINGTON (CNS)—Members of Congress may agricultural valleys. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee be out of town and immigration reform legislation may After talking to the public and trying to meet with on Migration, likewise welcomed the letter. be stuck until at least this fall, but the summer recess has members of Congress as they travel, the pilgrims ended their His statement said the presidents “are a welcome voice been time for Catholic activists to trek on Sept. 2. in this debate, as they see the potential and talent in newly rally their forces and pressure elected On the other side of the country, the Washington-based arriving immigrants. Immigrants, especially youth, are representatives. organization Faith in Public Life has spent the summer important for our nation’s future and competitiveness. During the first weekend after building coalitions at Catholic colleges and universities to Educators understand the importance of investing in Labor Day in some dioceses, priests work for immigration reform through letters, postcards and immigrant youth so they can become tomorrow’s leaders.” have been asked to preach, celebrate texts to members of Congress. The university letter in turn became special Masses or hold other events to In July, more than 100 presidents of a part of the package of materials educate about the Church’s position Catholic higher education institutions, available through the USCCB’s on comprehensive immigration joined by dozens more faculty Justice for Immigrants web page reform. Catholic colleges and universities are being asked members, wrote to Catholic members for use by parishes and dioceses to do the same the last weekend in September. of Congress about the Church’s in organizing their own efforts in In addition, a conference hosted by the Catholic Legal teaching on immigration in an effort support of immigration reform. The Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, was scheduled organized by Faith in Public Life in materials include sample bulletin and just outside of Washington for late September. It will focus collaboration with the Association of pulpit announcements, information on the next step, offering help in planning for the process Catholic Colleges and Universities on an ongoing postcard-to-Congress of mass legalization, a component of the Senate-passed and the Association of Jesuit Colleges campaign, and backgrounders on the immigration reform bill. Bishop and Universities. Archbishop Church’s immigration teachings and The House could take up that bill this fall, but more Jaime Soto “Our broken immigration system, Jose H. Gomez public policies. likely, the Republican-majority will attempt to pass a series which tears parents from children, Some dioceses are focusing on of piecemeal bills dealing with immigration rather than traps aspiring Americans in the shadows and undermines the the weekend of Sept. 7 and 8, just before Congress returns consider the Democratic-majority Senate’s measure. best values of this nation, is morally indefensible,” the letter from its recess on Sept. 9, calling for special Masses or other Throughout the summer, a series of local, regional said. events about immigration. Various bishops have approached and national efforts to pass the Senate bill have targeted “Catholic teaching values the human dignity and worth of the subject in different ways. Catholic members of the House, in particular, and laid the all immigrants, regardless of legal status,” it continued. “We Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of Yakima, Wash., convened a groundwork for increased activity in the fall. remind you that no human being made in the image of God group representing farmers, farm workers, law enforcement, The “Nuns on the Bus” tour revved up again in is illegal. The Vatican’s Compendium of the Social Doctrine academia, politics, lawyers and churches “to determine how May and June, taking religious women on a 6,500-mile of the Church warns against the exploitation of immigrant best to promote understanding among the people of eastern trip through 15 states. Over the course of 53 events in workers and says ‘immigrants are to be received as persons Washington on immigration issues.” 40 cities, stretching from the Northeast across the South and helped, together with their families, to become a part A statement from the diocese said the group came up and to California, the sisters and others who joined them of societal life.’ We are part of an immigrant church in an with five guiding principles, “which they hope all those who along the way talked about the need for a comprehensive immigrant nation.” engage in conversation on immigration will use to frame approach to immigration reform. Gatherings of as many John Gehring, Catholic program director at Faith in their discussions.” as several hundred people were held in church halls, Public Life, told Catholic News Service that the effort to Bishop Tyson said in the statement that the process was congressional offices, social service agencies and at a target Catholics in Congress—including House Speaker an outgrowth of conversations between U.S. and Mexican Mexican border crossing. John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Catholic bishops. In a more localized pilgrimage for immigration D-Calif., and about 135 others—is “a work in progress.” “Given the importance and complexity of immigration reform, Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto on Aug. 12 Pelosi sent a reply—the only one received so far, Gehring issues to the Yakima Valley, it made sense to gather a group blessed 11 pilgrims who were walking the 285 miles said—saying the Church’s call for immigration reform is not of community leaders to determine how best to engage the from Sacramento to Bakersfield, holding events along the only rooted in Catholic teaching but in the nation’s history. community on thoughtful dialogue on the subject,” he said. way to talk about immigration. The 21-day Pilgrimage She said such fundamental beliefs shared by the And in what may be an optimistic bit of planning, CLINIC for a Pathway to Citizenship, planned by PICO National university presidents and many Catholics “reflect the began inviting people from key organizations to its National Network, a faith-based community organizing group, character of the American people and the message of so Catholic Legalization Planning Conference in Silver Spring, started at Sacramento’s National Shrine of our Lady of many faiths; to cherish the dignity of all human beings and to Md., on Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Guadalupe and has been making its way from one—mostly treat neighbors and strangers alike with respect.” The preliminary program agenda includes sessions on Catholic—church to another across central California’s Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, who chairs the how a new immigration reform law might be implemented. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013 Priest chaplain nurtures soldiers’ faith in Afghanistan deployment

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CNS)— the Army’s Aviation Center of squadron without hindrance,” After more than a year of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Ala., he explained. preparation, Father Christopher where he was the warrant officer In his role, Father Butera Butera has made his way to career college chaplain and also is a key resource for the Afghanistan, serving as chaplain to senior priest. Army personnel with whom he an Army unit helping train Afghan It took Father Butera 14 months works, serving as an expert on soldiers as the U.S. presence in the to prepare for duty in Afghanistan. religion, morality, ethics and Butera CNS photo/courtesy of Father mountainous country winds down. “Our overall strategic mission religion-related issues. A priest of the Diocese of is to advise and assist the “This is very important in Allentown, Father Butera began Afghanistan military in assuming our current operations and has his deployment in mid-August. It is the regular and day-to-day military been for the past decade as our his first assignment to Afghanistan. operations,” Father Butera said. operations in the Middle East “As an Army chaplain, my “Although we are transitioning involve interaction, cooperation core mission is three-fold: in this way, the region is becoming with our allies and understanding nurture the living, care for slightly more dangerous as our enemies, who both are very the wounded and honor the attacks on U.S. forces have much religious, primarily Islamic,” dead,” said Father Butera, spiked,” he said. “Within this Father Butera said. son of Kathleen (Lynch) and mission, my mission as a chaplain “A chaplain in the Army also Army chaplain Father Christopher Butera administers ashes to soldiers training retired Lt. Col. Ralph Butera of never changes but adapts to the has absolute confidentiality, which in the field on Ash Wednesday earlier this year. Father Butera, who was deployed Pottsville, Pa. operation, terrain and logistics of for all intents and purposes is to Afghanistan in mid-August, is a priest of the Diocese of Allentown, Pa. Ordained in 2007, Father the situation we are involved in. So equivalent to the sacramental seal Butera is in the Army Chaplain I basically always provide religious of confession.” job, especially since Christian why I am a priest who serves in Corps, holding the rank of support and advise the commander. His work has earned him the chaplains in Afghanistan have the military, and that is simply to captain and senior priest “As a squadron chaplain— Meritorious Service Medal. monetary prizes on our heads from try to bridge that gap between man for the U.S. Army Garrison my squadron call sign is ‘Holy Because of his position, our enemies,” Father Butera said. and God where one’s mortality and Grafenwoehr, headquartered in Smoke’—I belong to the personal Father Butera is not allowed under As a unit chaplain, thus one’s judgment before God is what is known as Rose Barracks in staff of the squadron commander. the Geneva Conventions to carry a Father Butera responds to all an aspect of daily life,” he said. Vilseck, Germany. This means that I have direct weapon. Instead, he is assigned an emergencies or critical incidents “I want to be able to provide He has been on active duty access to the squadron commander, assistant whose primary job is to to provide care for the soldiers the sacraments, especially the for three years since leaving and that no officer exercises protect and guard him. and their families and to the unit Eucharist and confession, to those his diocesan assignment at authority over me except for the “As we will be travelling as a whole as needed. He must be who literally put their lives on the St. Thomas More Parish in squadron commander himself, a lot in Afghanistan, this will available around the clock seven line to protect our freedoms, it’s Allentown. He also served at and I have free access to the entire be a very important part of his days a week, answering calls for the least I can do. official or private needs. “It is a great privilege to serve As the senior Catholic priest those who serve our country. ‘With all the different aspects of being a chaplain in the U.S. military, from providing for the garrison, Father Butera’s Prayers for me and my soldiers religious support to being a staff officer, I always remind myself why I am a priest responsibilities are like those of a are most welcome, as God’s parish priest—administering the grace provides all the success not who serves in the military, and that is simply to try to bridge that gap between man sacraments, leading prayer and only with what I do, but with my and God where one’s mortality and thus one’s judgment before God is an aspect of Bible study, celebrating Mass and soldiers as well.” daily life.’ conducting retreats. Father Butera remains a member “With all the different aspects of the clergy of the Diocese of —Father Christopher Butera, of being a chaplain in the Allentown. However, while on U.S. military, from providing active duty, he also falls under the an Army chaplain currently stationed in Afghanistan religious support to being a staff auspices of the Archdiocese for the officer, I always remind myself Military Services. †

Praying with One Voice A Marriage Retreat with Deacon Rick and Carol Wagner Invites you to the 31st Annual Celebrate Life Dinner

Tuesday, September 17 ~ Indiana Convention Center

Featuring Founder of the pro-life organization Keynote Speaker Abby “And Then There Were None.” As a volunteer and later a clinic manager at a large Planned Parent- hood in Texas, Abby Johnson used to escort women from their cars into the abortion facility. But after realizing the truth of what she was Johnson advocating, she resigned her job and never looked back. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House Johnson has become a voice for workers in the abortion industry, sharing the story of her dramatic transformation from a fiercely 5353 E. 56th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46226 • (317) 545-7681 • Fax (317) 545-0095 • www.archindy.org/fatima pro-choice operator of an abortion clinic, to one of the nation’s most prominent pro-life advocates. She is the author of the pro-life book Unplanned and founder of the pro-life organization “And Then There September 28, 2013 Were None.” 4:00-10:00 pm Don’t miss your We all know the benefits of prayer, but we struggle with chance to meet how to fit it into our daily routine. Pray with our spouse? Abby Johnson! Nice idea but now we are trying to juggle two busy schedules not to mention what may be two very different Abby will be available prayer styles. after the dinner for a Where book signing. Unplanned Join Deacon Rick Wagner and his wife Carol for an afternoon and evening retreat Indiana Convention Center which will focus on the value of incorporating prayer into marriage along with in the Sagamore Ballroom will be for available for practical ways to get it done. When purchase or feel to bring your copy from home. Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Deacon Rick and Carol are members of St. Pius X Parish, Indianapolis. Both minister Reception: 6 p.m. at St. Pius X as well as at Bishop Chatard High School where Carol is the Director of Dinner and awards: 7 p.m. TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION Campus Ministry and Deacon Rick is the Vice-President of Mission and Ministry. Abby Johnson at 8 p.m. Go to www.rtlindy.org or call (317) 582-1526

Mass and dinner are included in the registration fee of $60 per couple. There will also be an opportunity to stay for an hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at the end of the evening.

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By David Gibson moments when big decisions were made, when they suffered pain or when they There is an important story of faith to reached important goals. be told. It is your story. But just to be clear, the reason for “We all have—and are—stories knowing and telling one’s story of faith of faith,” the U.S. Catholic bishops is not to live in the past. Rather, knowing said in “Go and Make Disciples,” how my story of faith took shape in the Wiechec CNS photo/Nancy Phelan a 1992 message on evangelization. past should help me know myself better as “Whether you were baptized as a child a person of faith now. or joined the Church as an adult, you have Interestingly, however, reflection on a story of faith,” and “whether you have a this story should make me better able to grade-school knowledge of the catechism share my faith with others. So not only or have a theological degree, you have a do I need to get to know my own story, story of faith,” the bishops declared. but my wife, children and grandchildren What stories were they talking about? ought to hear much of it too, along with Stories about how “our lives as believers some others. are part of the story of salvation” today What is a faith story? were mentioned. The bishops suggested I’ve heard countless stories of faith that in light of such stories, the realization in a retreat group that for years has been dawns that “we have an essential role” part of life for my wife and me. I vividly to play in sharing faith “through our recall one participant telling about once daily lives.” feeling desperately anxious during a That sounds great! But how great could family member’s profound illness, then of my story of faith or yours be? Am I to sensing, with supreme confidence, God’s imagine that these faith stories are really reassuring presence. quite good stories? Another story told in our group Almost certainly they are good stories, involved a member’s conviction that God and that is of the essence here. For good had a hand in the welcome but utterly stories tend to get told. Few people keep unplanned path his life took. the best stories to themselves. Few parents A pretty good story of faith might be keep their finest stories secret from their told about our retreat group itself. We’ve children, which in this case seems all to become strong sources of support to each the best. Teenagers, who are said to doubt other. Faith, apparently, is more than able the words of many authority figures, are to create bonds of friendship. likely at least to recognize a parent’s story Hope could be a faith story’s theme. of faith as truthful. Dolores Leckey, a former director of Stories of faith can be personal. the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Laity, Notably, however, when parents can Marriage, Family Life and Youth, once tell these stories to their children, when said that to live in settings that involve parents speak openly about faith in this “many unchosen, uncontrollable factors,” way, they fulfill a role as good stewards and yet to remain hopeful, is “a story of faith. worth telling.” “Good stewards understand that Sometimes people forget their stories they are to share with others what of faith. Others never have acknowledged they have received” from God, and having a personal story of faith to forget. A father watches his daughter light a candle at a church. When parents speak openly about faith, they are called to fulfill this role as well as Naturally, forgotten or overlooked stories fulfill a role as good stewards of faith. possible, according to another 1992 are not told to others. pastoral letter of the U.S. bishops, this The outlines of our stories simply await faith. It is a story worth telling. the world’s violence and the bad things one on stewardship. They described our discovery or rediscovery, however. Questions we ask also may become done to people, that life has meaning and good stewards as no less than God’s That may occur when we recall our life’s part of the process of discovering our God is good? co-workers, with their “particular turning points. Possibly we will gain a stories of faith. Perhaps you have asked: Others who learn of our questions—our share in his creative, redemptive and sense that during these defining moments • How can I account for the surprising children, perhaps—may realize they have sanctifying work.” God quietly spoke to us and moved way in which I long ago gained the questions, too, and begin to wonder what I should note that believers also serve us to act. acquaintance of someone who inspired story of faith might one day be theirs. as good stewards of their memories when What happened at that time, how it me far into the future in hugely positive they recall stories rooted in the past that happened and its impact on us in the ways? (David Gibson served on Catholic News show what faith meant for them at key ensuing months and years is a story of • What explains my confidence, despite Service’s editorial staff for 37 years.) † Stewardship should encompass the entirety of a Catholic’s life By Fr. Lawrence E. Mick This is a good reminder that we are called to be environmental destruction that we must confront, but the responsible stewards of the gifts that God has given us. effect of greed on the lives of the poor has been with us Many dioceses and parishes designate a Sunday, often But we should also recognize that every Sunday is really for ages. The prophets frequently challenged the wealthy in autumn, as Stewardship Sunday. Most parishioners, a stewardship Sunday and every Monday is stewardship about the way their excesses deprived the poor of their when they hear it announced, know that they will be Monday and every Tuesday is stewardship Tuesday. Every basic needs. asked to pledge their level of financial support for the day of our lives God calls us to be good stewards. In our time, Pope Francis has repeatedly linked care year and perhaps also to commit their time and talent to Most people know that the story of Adam and Eve is an of the environment with care for the poor because they Church activities. important way that the Bible teaches us basic truths about suffer most from abuse of the environment. creation and what God expects of humanity. The garden and In his homily at his inauguration, he said, “I would all of creation were entrusted to Adam and Eve. They were like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility not the owners of creation but its stewards. As the psalmist in economic, political and social life, and all men and reminds us, “The Earth is the Lord’s and all it holds, the women of good will: Let us be ‘protectors’ of creation,

CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey CNS photo/Paul world and those who dwell in it” (Ps 24:1). protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors Accepting our role as stewards means recognizing that of one another and of the environment.” we are not the owners of creation, but those to whom it Some portray environmentalists as “tree huggers” has been entrusted for a time. We are to use whatever more concerned with plants than with people, but true we have been given in such a way as to preserve it for care for the Earth is essential to caring for people. future generations. We all depend on a healthy environment, and care for Genesis describes God creating the universe and seeing our planet is an important pro-life and anti-poverty issue that it was very good. Creation was designed to exist in at this time. We are all called to be good stewards of the harmony, but sin disrupted that harmony and continues to do world God has entrusted to our care, and to hand it on to so to this very day. It is greed and selfishness, for the most coming generations in good condition. A child wades through floodwaters following a typhoon in the part, that causes disharmony and leads to the degradation of southern Philippines. It is often the poor that suffer most from the Earth and the destruction of the environment. (Father Lawrence E. Mick is a priest of the Archdiocese environmental degradation. Global climate change may be a new form of of Cincinnati.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Consider This/Stephen Kent Year of Faith: Both spiritual and religious Achieving You have probably heard someone spirituality, but one can be both spiritual spiritual and religious. Then we should carry quality jobs and comment that he or she is “spiritual but and religious. It’s “both/and,” not it a bit further and accept Jesus Christ’s call not religious.” It seems to be an excuse “either/or.” A good Catholic uses the gifts to unite with others in communion with fair compensation for seeking spiritual that religion provides to make him or his mystical body, the Church. Through Today’s economy is paying the price of experiences while her more spiritual. the graces we receive in baptism and the peak of the popularity of productivity two steadfastly avoiding Too much of what passes for spirituality the other sacraments, we are connected decades ago. any type of organized today is narcissistic. It smacks of a self- deeply to Christ and to all others whom he It was difficult religion. improvement system. It’s geared toward has redeemed. then to pass by a Americans seem making one feel better, either physically or Spirituality is a deeply personal thing, Borders, B. Dalton or always to be seeking mentally. That’s fine as far as it goes, but it different for every individual. Within Waldenbooks without the spiritual. Bookstores doesn’t go far enough. Catholicism, however, we are offered all seeing windows and are full of books that Religion reaches out to others—or kinds of help to develop our spirituality. shelves full of books tell how to harness our spiritual energy at least it should. It teaches love of God Catholicism has a vast body of writings touting the blessings of or “find our true selves.” Experts lead us and love of neighbor because of our love about spirituality. productivity. away from harmful addictions and help for God. It’s possible to have spiritual Meditation and contemplative prayer Productivity emphasized doing more— us to find inner peace through meditation. experiences that have no relationship with have always been staples of Christian or at least the same—with fewer people. New Age spirituality has become popular God, but they are incomplete. prayer. Today “centering prayer” (a form It was an idea whose time had come, and as people search for spiritual values in our St. Thomas Aquinas said that religion of contemplation) is being taught in is reflected in today’s unemployment and secular society. is that part of the virtue of justice in which many places. It is no longer confined to underemployment figures: Why have three But many of these people reject religion we human beings publicly and privately monasteries of men and women religious, but workers on the payroll when two will do? like a plague. They see spirituality as give God the worship due to him. It is regularly being practiced by lay people as Productivity measures output per hour freedom but religion as confining. They want means observing what Jesus called the an important part of their spiritual life. of work. Weak productivity suggests to experience the magnificence of a sunrise greatest commandment: “You shall love Within the Catholic Church, there is some that companies may have to hire because rather than sit in a dreary church listening to the Lord your God with all your heart, form of spirituality to satisfy anyone. they can’t squeeze more work from their a boring preacher. and with all your soul and with all your The point is, the Catholic Church provides existing employees. These people don’t seem to realize that strength” (Deut 6:5). the opportunity for everyone to be both Labor Day is an opportunity to take stock spirituality without religion is incomplete. When we do that, we combine spiritual and religious. One does not have to of the ways in which workers are honored Obviously, there is nothing wrong with spirituality with religion. We become both choose one or the other. † and respected, the U.S. bishops noted in this year’s Labor Day statement. It’s All Good/Patti Lamb Millions of workers, the bishops say, are victims of unemployment, underemployment, In the long run, God knows what’s best for us unjust wages, wage theft, abuse and exploitation. There are laws on the books “Your prayer didn’t work,” he snapped, and make us appreciate the good times— him, who are called according to his to prevent or control the latter four, but as I peeled him out of bed in the morning. and even the ordinary times we once purpose” (Rom 8:28). unemployment and underemployment remain “I had the worst nightmare ever!” took for granted. I told him that he’d I reflect on Mary saying “yes” and a problem. bellowed my 8-year-old son, Henry. deeply appreciate the next good night’s becoming the mother of Jesus even “The only way to reduce the widening gap The night before, I sleep he gets. though her journey would be difficult. She between the affluent and the poorest people said a prayer to ward Henry furrowed his brows. He submitted to God’s will instead of clinging in our nation is by creating quality jobs that off scary thoughts wasn’t convinced. to her own. provide a just compensation,” the bishops say and dreams so that he Next I suggested that, down the road, I recently read a book by an author who in a statement. could sleep well and someone else might talk about nightmares, recognized that people in dire straits ask How? Who pays the price, the taxes and awake refreshed. He and Henry would be able to relate and God, “Why me?” Instead, he suggested that the disincentives for outsourcing? had seen a movie about empathize. He would be able to understand they should be saying, “Use me.” We are The current federal minimum wage is wizards that troubled their dismay and say, “I’ve been there.” called to be witnesses for Christ, especially $7.25 an hour. If the minimum wage kept him. He gave a blank stare. We were when things don’t seem to be going pace with inflation, it would be at $10.74 per “You told me that God hears our getting nowhere. according to plan. hour. Many fast-food workers have organized prayers!” he said, glaring at me in disbelief. “Maybe bad dreams—and bad stuff, in Whatever burden we carry, we must walkouts in major cities to increase their I assured my son that God does hear our general—are just part of being human,” keep talking to God and be confident in his wages to $15 an hour. prayers, and he absorbs them in his heart. I suggested. guidance. In discomfort and distress, we If this happens, are consumers’ feelings Henry looked at me, puzzled and In my parental wisdom, I tried to quell can offer up our crosses to glorify God. for justice so strong as to say, “Yes I will pay sleep-deprived. his disbelief and ease his mind. But the What I had hoped to convey to my son more for my burger to support the increase”? I tried to explain that the answers we truth is that I have the same questions about is that when nightmares surface—whether Or do employers keep their prices the receive aren’t always the ones we want. whether or not my prayers are effectively we’re asleep or wide awake and life same but reduce the number of employees? Actually, the solutions we ask for might reaching God’s ears. I’m human, and I suddenly takes a wrong turn—God is still Would there be federal wage support along ultimately be a disservice to us. God knows struggle to combat doubt. I see bad things there. The challenge lies in believing this the same line as federal price supports for what’s best for us in the long run, I told happening to good people and I, like my son, even when bad things happen. many agricultural products? And how many him. This is where faith comes in. don’t understand. The hard part is refusing to be legislators would dare to support such action Then I launched into an explanation of I know a lot of holy people who pray fair-weather Christians and trusting that in the midst of an anti-tax environment? how bad times make us grateful for good earnestly. And even though they are God can bring joy out of sorrow and light One way to create the quality jobs the ones. I reminded Henry that after he had close to God, they are not spared from out of darkness. bishops envision would be through a major a nasty stomach bug last winter and was disappointment. national infrastructure repair similar to finally able to eat chicken soup, he said, But I take comfort in St. Paul’s words. (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna the space program. It set a specific goal “This is the best food I’ve ever tasted.” “We know that in everything, God Parish in Plainfield, is a regular columnist and a deadline. This could be done with Bad times put things in perspective works for the good with those who love for The Criterion.) † no new taxes if there were to be a massive reallocation of taxes from foreign wars and Coming of Age/Karen Osborne military misadventures. “Ethical and moral business leaders know As people of faith, the meaning of World Youth Day is clear to us that it is wrong to chase profits and success at the expense of workers’ dignity,” the bishops’ World Youth Day has come and gone, Day, I’ve been to a Mass celebrated by a the celebs are wearing or doing. They’re statement said. but I’m still glued to the pictures of Brazil pope in New York City twice—once with campaigning against apathy, they are For those who continue to chase profits, and Pope Francis’ Pope John Paul II in 1995 and again with building houses for the homeless, helping what about an excess profits tax to lessen the messages of love and Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Both were the poor and generally working to make appeal of the chase? tolerance. amazing experiences for the same reason: the world a better place. The excess profits tax was designed to I’m blown away In an audience of thousands, I didn’t It’s hard to be a teen and a Catholic raise revenue in wartime by taxing increases by the helicopter feel alone. today. The world is full of distractions in income over normal peacetime profits. images taken above That’s why, if possible, I recommend and temptations that urge people to be Another version, the high-profits principle, is Copacabana beach attending one of these large events, selfish, to pursue success at the cost of based on income in excess of some statutory during the last Mass of whether it’s World Youth Day, the others’ happiness, to ignore what’s right rate of return on invested capital. the pope’s visit. They National Catholic Youth Conference, or an for what’s expedient and to look down The rate of increase of profits could show 3 million people standing on the event at a local conference with other teens at or be afraid of others who have a be related to rate of employment and to beach, shoulder-to-shoulder, turning the from your diocese. different culture, different race or different jobs creation. white-sand beach paradise into a colorful I realized that the barriers that economic status. Few disagree with economic justice and mosaic of people representing a hundred seemed so important before—culture, The words of Pope Francis and World its principles, but few are ready to implement different nations and cultures. That day, the language, clique—no longer applied. I Youth Day are reminders that, as Catholic necessary steps to accomplish them. It beach became a sea of color, with people had conversations with people who didn’t young people, we can’t let the world certainly seems beyond the deadlocked from all nations raising their hands, waving speak English, got to know people I’d down by meekly disappearing into the legislative machinery now languishing in the flags, praying the rosary and singing. never talk to at home, and made friends woodwork. As young Catholics, we have United States. The mainstream media would have for life. In the world Church, it doesn’t to be out there, raising our flags and It is not beyond repair. Complexity can’t us think that everyone was there to get matter how the syllables come out: The becoming light for the world. It’s hard to be an excuse. The economy is a system a glimpse of the new pope. But the rest Mass is exactly the same, so there’s always do that alone. created by humans and can be managed of us know better. Young people go to something to build on. Looking at those pictures of and modified by humans, given their World Youth Day primarily because On top of that, nobody at these events is Copacabana beach, you know that you will to change. they have something to tell the rest of the going to tease you or make you feel bad for have 3 million people behind you. world: The Church matters, young people believing in God or going to youth group, What are you going to say? (Stephen Kent is the retired editor of matter and standing up for the poor and and you get a welcome break from the archdiocesan newspapers in Omaha underserved matters. pressures of pop culture. People at these (Karen Osborne writes for Catholic News and Seattle. He can be contacted at: While I’ve never been to World Youth mass events aren’t worried about what Service.) † [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013 Page 13

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Friday, September 13 Daily Readings St. John Chrysostom, bishop, Sunday Readings Monday, September 9 doctor of the Church St. Peter Claver, priest 1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14 Sunday, September 8, 2013 Colossians 1:24-2:3 Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11 Psalm 62:6-7, 9 Luke 6:39-42 • Wisdom 9:13-18b Beyond the particulars, several lessons Luke 6:6-11 • Philemon 9-10, 12-17 strongly appear. Urging Philemon to treat Saturday, September 14 • Luke 14:25-33 Onesimus as a brother, Paul insists, that Tuesday, September 10 The Exaltation of the regardless of human conventions and laws, Holy Cross The Book of Wisdom provides this all humans are equal in dignity, having Colossians 2:6-15 weekend’s liturgy with its first scriptural been created by God, and having been Psalm 145:1-2, 8-11 Numbers 21:4b-9 reading. redeemed by Christ. Luke 6:12-19 Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38 According to As a consequence, every disciple must Philippians 2:6-11 scholars, this book was live according to this principle of loving Wednesday, September 11 John 3:13-17 written in Alexandria, all others. Egypt, by a Jew who St. Luke’s Gospel supplies the last Colossians 3:1-11 had emigrated from the reading. The Gospel already has made Psalm 145:2-3, 10-13 Sunday, September 15 Holy Land, or whose clear that true discipleship builds upon Luke 6:20-26 Twenty-fourth Sunday in ancestors had come a deeply personal wish to follow the Ordinary Time from the Holy Land. Lord. But enabling a disciple to express Thursday, September 12 Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 Originally, it was this wish and to abide by it requires The Most Holy Name of Mary Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19 composed in Greek. not just determination but God’s 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Since it was written outside the Holy Land strength and insight. Colossians 3:12-17 and not in Hebrew, orthodox Jews have Furthermore, the Gospel bluntly says Psalm 150:1-6 Luke 15:1-32 never accepted it as genuine Scripture. The that many obstacles can stand between a Luke 6:27-38 or Luke 15:1-10 Church, however, long has revered it as disciple’s initial intention to follow Christ inspired by the Holy Spirit. and actually living as a disciple. As is so much of the Wisdom Literature, It is important to remember that Luke and indeed so much of the Book of was written when Christianity, albeit an Wisdom, this weekend’s reading is a series infant religion in the Roman Empire, of admonitions and comments. It insists very much was sailing into the hot, strong Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle that the deepest and best human logic, or winds of cultural opposition to Gospel wisdom, reflects what God spoke through values and even harsh persecution under Moses and the prophets. the law. A Church annulment does not The reading simply states the obvious. A tradition, and hardly farfetched when Much of life cannot be predicted considering the situation, is that Christians make children of a previous beforehand nor fully understood. Humans had to face much pressure from their loved are limited. God is all-wise. The wonder is ones to forsake the Gospel. Thus, the marriage illegitimate that God has guided us by speaking to us Evangelist here recalls that Jesus said a through representatives, such as Moses and true disciple should turn away even from Would you please clarify the Church’s their wrists? (Glen Allen, Va.) the prophets. father and mother, brother or sister, if these Qposition regarding a marriage For its second reading, the Church close relatives urged abandoning Christ. annulment’s effect on In the 1930s, a French physician gives us a passage from St. Paul’s Epistle Hard advice, but good Christians children? Anamed Pierre Barbet conducted a to Philemon. Only rarely is this epistle the should anticipate a struggle and prepare I have some friends number of medical experiments regarding source of a reading in the liturgy. A possible themselves for it. who are in a second the crucifixion of Christ. One of his reason for this is that Philemon is so short, marriage. They would observations was that nails driven through in fact the shortest volume in the New Reflection love to have their first the palms of Jesus would not have supported Testament, with only one chapter, and in The Gospel sets the stage. Living the marriages annulled and the weight of his body on the cross. this chapter are only 25 verses. Christian life is difficult. Christians must their present marriage Barbet theorized that, instead, the nails The story is dramatic. Paul writes to withstand much if they are committed. blessed so that they were driven into a hollow spot (biologists Philemon, whose slave, Onesimus, escaped While pressures may come from the can receive holy call it “Destot’s space”) among the bones in from Philemon’s custody and went to outside, a strong pressure often overlooked Communion at Mass. the heel of the hand at the top of the wrist. be with Paul. Now, in this letter, Paul is to supplant God’s teaching with But they have refrained from doing so Some commentators challenged that announces that he is sending Onesimus human judgments. because the children of their first marriages conclusion. They pointed out that Roman back to Philemon, but Paul counsels By standing firmly against all pressures, say that an annulment would render these execution techniques also included tying Philemon to receive this runaway slave as a a disciple stays the course. It requires children illegitimate or “nonexistent.” It the wrists to the crossbar by ropes and that brother in Christ. determination. A disciple first must admit is a tender situation, and I believe that the nails through the palms were meant Paul tells Philemon that surely no personal inadequacy and humbly ask for your reply would bring comfort and not to support the weight but simply to punishment should await Onesimus. strength and wisdom from God. Blessedly, enlightenment. (Schenectady, N.Y.) increase the pain. (Running away from slavery was a very if earnestly sought, this gift of strength and In the 1990s, research by Dr. Frederick serious crime in Roman law at the time.) wisdom will come. † Although believed by a surprising Zugibe of Columbia University came to Anumber of people, it is a myth that a a different conclusion. He theorized that Church annulment renders the children the nails could have been driven into the My Journey to God of that marriage illegitimate. It does not. palms at an angle, exiting at the wrists. Legitimacy is a legal term. It means that This, he said, would have supported the the father of a child is known, and that the body’s weight and would be consistent with parents were legally married to each other the location where most of the stigmatics at the time of the child’s birth. had displayed their wounds and with The Rosary A Church annulment does nothing how artists had depicted the Crucifixion retroactively to change that. Canon 1137 of throughout the centuries. the Church’s Code of Canon Law speaks The Shroud of Turin, considered by many Left Behind directly to this: “The children conceived to be the actual burial shroud of Christ, or born of a valid or putative marriage shows a blood print in the location of the By Thomas J. Rillo are legitimate.” “Putative” means that the bones of the wrist. But it should be noted CNS photo/Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo marriage was considered valid by both that the imprint on the shroud is from the The rosary beads left behind by her passing parties at the time they were wed. back of the hand and could depict only the A testimony to her faith over the decades A Church annulment has no effect in exit area of the nail and not its entrance. A faith that was deep and unwavering civil law—neither on legitimacy nor on Most of the stigmatics throughout history, They lie in repose on a son’s dresser. other arrangements such as custody or child though not all, have shown the wounds of The rosary left behind support. Nor does it alter the responsibility Jesus on their hands. Padre Pio, for example, of parents toward their children. In fact, had large sores in the center of his palms. The glass beads are worn and smooth during the annulment proceedings, the However, St. Francis of Assisi, the earliest The countless times when they were used Thomas J. Rillo is a member of Church reminds petitioners of their stigmatic whom Christian history records, Her fingers moved on the beads continually St. Charles Borromeo Parish in continuing moral obligation to provide for was described by his first biographer, Each decade devoted to those in need. Bloomington and a Benedictine the proper upbringing of their children. Thomas of Celano, as having his wrists and The rosary left behind oblate of Saint Meinrad A Church annulment simply means that feet pierced by nails. Archabbey in St. Meinrad. certain circumstances at the time of the Obviously then, the precise position of The corpus is worn and without definition Rillo wrote this poem in profession of marriage vows prevented the nails in Christ’s body is not a matter of Endless hours spent at home or church memory of Marsha Kane, a the marriage from being a sacramental faith, and theories vary. As to why most of Rosaries said at funerals and weddings fellow parishioner, who died marriage forever binding. the stigmatics have received the wounds on Prayers said for the newborn at baptism. at 65 of cancer on July 16. A their palms, some have observed that since The rosary left behind poem by her about her struggle In a book about the Shroud of centuries of history had displayed the nail with cancer was published QTurin, I read that when Jesus was marks in that location, stigmatics would Her rosary was always with her in readiness in The Criterion in 2010. A crucified, the nails were driven through have most clearly understood that they were It was like an appendage to her hands woman holding a rosary prays his wrists. The photos of the shroud being asked to bear the wounds of Jesus. The rosary left behind a living epitaph during a liturgy in St. Peter’s seem to confirm this. But if that were so, She prays for us from the heavenly realm. Square at the Vatican. then why did saints such as St. Francis (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth The rosary left behind and Padre Pio have stigmata wounds Doyle at [email protected] and on the palms of their hands rather than 40 Hopewell St., Albany, NY 12208.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013

CNS photo The Rest in peace Please submit in writing to our office John Teagardin. Brother of Paul Muncie. Church by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week Grandfather of 13. Great-grandfather of 12. of publication; be sure to state date OBERTING, Nicholas Anthony, infant, of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan in China St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests Aug. 15. Son of Michelle Oberting. Children gather with parish and religious sisters and brothers are Grandson of Ken and B. Kyle Oberting. priests for a photo on the included here, unless they are natives of Great-grandson of Ken Oberting. steps of Sacred Heart of the archdiocese or have other connec- PEETZ, Thomas, 65, St. Maurice, Jesus Church in the village of tions to it; those are separate obituaries Napoleon, Aug. 10. Husband of Patricia Fufengxian, in China’s Shaanxi on this page. Peetz. Father of Claire, Richard and Steve province, in late July. The ANGELES, Mary (Corsaro), 73, St. Peetz. Brother of Charlotte Vanover, Susan Catholic parish was marking Gabriel, Connersville, Aug. 18. Wife of White, James and John Peetz. Grandfather its 17th anniversary in a region Dr. Armando Angeles. Mother of David, of two. known for its apple groves. Eric and Armand Angeles. Grandmother of ROSS, Steven, 61, SS. Francis and Clare, five. Great-grandmother of one. Greenwood, Aug. 5. Husband of Deb Ross. BARNES, Helen, 87, Sacred Heart, Father of Jill Pierle. Stepfather of Anne Wanda M. Richardt was the mother of Father Lawrence Richardt Clinton, Aug. 7. Mother of David, George Simulia and Matthew Simmons. Brother of Wanda M. Richardt, the mother of retired Father DMI Furniture in Huntingburg and at Jasper Desk in and John Barnes. Sister of Marjorie Berta. Michael Ross. Grandfather of six. Grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother Lawrence Richardt, died on Aug. 14 at Memorial Jasper. Her interests included knitting, crocheting, of seven. SHANK, Loretta Ann, 78, St. Malachy, Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, Ind. She embroidering, reading, gardening and baking. Brownsburg, Aug. 15. Mother of Catherine was 95. In addition to Father Richardt, she is survived BECHER, Mary Katherine, 92, Brack, Cheryl Gingry, David and Doug Holy Family, New Albany, Aug. 18. Mother The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on by two other sons, Joe and Steve Richardt; Benefiel. Stepmother of Edward and Aug. 17 at St. Mary Church in Huntingburg, Ind., in of Jean Geswein. Grandmother of two. two daughters, Marilyn Evans and Susan LeMond; William Shank. Grandmother of 10. the Evansville Diocese. Burial followed at Calvary Great-grandmother of three. three grandchildren, three step grandchildren, four Great-grandmother of seven. Cemetery in Troy. FEDERSPIEL, Kenneth T., 84, St. Mary, STRITTMATTER, Neal, 76, Holy Family, A native of Cherokee, Iowa, she was the wife of great-grandchildren and four step great-grandchildren. Lanesville, Aug. 23. Husband of Brenda Memorial gifts may be sent to St. Mary Parish, Federspiel. Father of Janna Schickel. Richmond, Aug. 21. Husband of Patricia John J. Richardt and the mother of five children. 313 N. Washington St., Huntingburg, IN 47542 Stepfather of Darren and Stephen Rappa. Strittmatter. Father of Vicki Elstro and Before her marriage, she worked as a nanny and Matt Strittmatter. Stepfather of Robin housekeeper in Chicago. Afterward, she worked as or the Evansville Association for the Blind, FINNEY, 66, St. Paul the Apostle, Barker. Brother of Marjorie Creason a homemaker and at General Electric in Tell City, 500 North 2nd Ave., Evansville, IN 47710. † Greencastle, Aug. 14. Husband of Melanie and Ann Sanford. Grandfather of six. Finney. Father of Daniel, John, Michael and Great-grandfather of four. Stephen Finney. Grandfather of two. Pope to youths: Go against the current, ward off TRACKWELL, Dennis Ray, 70, FISCHER, Clarence F., 85, St. Gabriel, Most Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, harmful culture with truth, beauty, goodness Connersville, Aug. 26. Father of Nancy Aug. 1. Husband of Dorothy (Caudill) VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Fight off a great and bet on big, great ideals for the future.” Rentfrow, Kenneth and Robert Fischer. drug- and alcohol-pushing culture and other “You are the makers, the craftsmen of the Brother of Clara Bedel and Della Lawrence. Trackwell. Father of Dawn Matheson, Dione hazardous trends sweeping across today’s world, future,” he said. Grandfather of nine. Great-grandfather of 12. Taylor, Devon Scott and Derek Trackwell. Brother of Peggy Kidwell. Grandfather Pope Francis told young people. Young people need to follow and build on the HARDEN, Max Albert, 77, of nine. “In life, there will always be people who desire they carry in their hearts: their love of and St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Aug. 4. WEAVER, Mary A., 60, St. Malachy, will make you offers to slow or impede you on quest for beauty, goodness and truth, he said. HARMON, Lois Marie, 73, SS. Francis Brownsburg, Aug. 20. Wife of Robert your way. Please, go against the current. Be Pope Francis cautioned them against being too and Clare, Greenwood, Aug. 12. Mother Weaver. Mother of Brian Weaver. Sister of courageous,” he said. lazy or sad and melancholy. of Bryan and Darrell Harmon Jr. Sister Margie Baldwin and Irene Marcotte. He also asked for prayers for his ministry “This is the challenge, your challenge,” of Maureen Golden and Jack Sullivan. “because this work is unhealthy, it’s not good for because a sad or lazy young person “is an awful Grandmother of two. WILES, Rhonda Ardel, 63, St. Therese of you,” he said with a laugh. thing,” he said, and it will distort or take away HENTRUP, Jerome F., 84, St. Mary-of- the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, The pope made his comments during a the beauty, goodness and truth that person should the-Knobs, Floyd County, Aug. 24. Father Aug. 20. Wife of Joseph Wiles. Mother meeting in St. Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 28 with be looking for. of Rita Burns, Peggy Grangier, Janet Horn, of Andrea Sandlin. Stepmother of Julie some 500 young people from the northern Italian If people say they already know the truth and Lisa and Jerome Hentrup. Grandfather of 13. Markowitz. Sister of Garnet Fisher, DeVona diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio. They were in don’t need to go looking for it, the pope said he Great-grandfather of 14. Rothrock and John Burley. Grandmother Rome as part of a Year of Faith pilgrimage with tells them they are mistaken “because the truth of four. MILLER, Carl, 45, Christ the King, their bishop. cannot be had, we don’t carry it, it’s encountered. Indianapolis, Aug. 18. Husband of Caroline WRIGHT, Carolyn J., 78, St. Gabriel, In unscripted remarks, the pope said he loved It’s an encounter with the truth, who is God, but Miller. Father of Sylvia, Addison and Jack Connersville, Aug. 21. Wife of John Wright. being with young people because they always it’s necessary to go looking for it.” Miller. Son of Maria Worth. Brother of Mother of Lisa Brown and Kevin Wright. carry and share the joy and hope in their hearts. He urged his audience to go out and “make Sheena, Jake, Kirk, Shane, Shannon, Shawn Sister of Sonya Gruell and Sue Walker. If older adults complain about how miserable noise” because “where there are young people and Shiloh Miller. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother things are in life and that nothing can be done there must be noise.” MOORE, Marylynn B., 90, St. Gabriel, of three. about it, the pope said he just reminds them that Be courageous, he said, and when people say Connersville, Aug. 20. Wife of Hollis YORN, Marjorie Frances, 76, St. Louis, something can be done and an individual can “‘have a little alcohol, take a bit of drugs.’ No. Moore. Mother of Dennis Moore. Batesville, Aug. 25. Mother of Kathy actually do a lot. Go against this civilization that is causing us so MUNCIE, Donald M., 92, Most Holy Fullenkamp, Kendall, Kerry and Kirk Yorn. However, if a young person shows similar much harm.” Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Aug. 9. Father Sister of Rita Giesting and Irene Schutte. pessimism, “I send him to a psychiatrist” because Going against the current, he said, means of Jane Burgess, Ann Decker, Barbara Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother it’s incomprehensible when a young person making noise with the virtues of beauty, Helt, Therese Koers, Rita Muncie and of two. † doesn’t want to conquer the world, “do something goodness and truth. †

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul 3001 E. 30th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46218 317-246-3315 701 Holt Road, Indianapolis The Criterion Friday, September 6, 2013 Page 15 Vatican invites extended families to join pilgrimage VATICAN CITY (CNS)—As part of the Year of Faith, the Vatican wants to celebrate bonds that last a lifetime. The international pilgrimage of families on Oct. 26-27 is being planned as a celebration and not a protest against any policy or trend, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, Haring CNS photo/Paul president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. “The time has come to set aside conflicts,” he said, and “hit the streets” simply with the joy and happiness of being part of a loving family. Obviously, the archbishop said, building a family and keeping it strong requires sacrifices, “but it’s still beautiful to say, ‘I love you,’ to say, ‘I’m not afraid of tomorrow because I know you are there,’ and to say, ‘I’m not afraid of the years passing because I know you’ll be with me.’ ” The Vatican is not pretending that the institution of marriage and the family aren’t under attack in many societies, he said, but “it’s time not for condemnation, but to extend a hand. It’s time for a warm friendship to help the sad, raise up the weak and console those who are hurting.” The archbishop and his staff are hoping the pilgrimage will be “a beautiful celebration of parents and children, grandchildren and grandparents and families with other families,” he said. The central message will be that “happiness does not lie in going it alone,” the archbishop said. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, greets a couple before a special Mass for engaged couples In the run-up to the event, the Pontifical Council for the in early February at the Basilica of St. Valentine in Terni, Italy. The international pilgrimage of families on Oct. 26-27 is being planned as a Family is seeking help from the younger generation: It is celebration and not a protest against any policy or trend, said Archbishop Paglia. collecting children’s drawings of their families as a gift to the pope; encouraging teenagers to post photographs of bonds that last from one generation to the next,” the but societal life as well,” he said. illustrating “living life to the fullest” on the council’s archbishop said. “It’s not an accident that Pope Francis For Archbishop Paglia, long involved in the Facebook page; and accepting audition tapes or videos continues to emphasize the importance of keeping intact Sant’Egidio Community’s efforts to promote peace and from young adults 18-32 who want to sing or dance at the the bonds between the beginning of life and the end of life. solidarity, the lack of love and of commitment to the good pilgrimage gathering spot in Rome on Oct. 26. After all, a tree without roots is a tree without leaves and of others is at the root of wars, abortion, infanticide and The rules and instructions for submissions from all without fruit; it’s just a trunk and that’s sad to see.” the abandonment of the elderly and the weak. three age groups are found on the council’s website at Highlighting the central role of the family in the life of At a time when there seems to be a “mad dash toward www.family.va. an individual and of society by promoting a lifelong bond individualism and satisfying oneself,” he said, “it is For the 68-year-old Archbishop Paglia, the presence between one man and one woman and insisting on the necessary to demonstrate that the ‘we’ of a family is not of grandparents at the pilgrimage will be particularly importance of strengthening relations among generations only possible, but beautiful.” important because, as Pope Francis has emphasized on are, he said, responses to “a deep wound” many people Archbishop Paglia said he hopes tens of thousands of several occasions recently, modern culture seems to see carry, the wound of “a lack of love.” families show up—grandparents and parents with kids. All some human lives—particularly the lives of the elderly “Despite the fact that one sees a growing desire to love of them are equally welcome and show “the extraordinary and the unborn—as “disposable.” and be loved, in reality it is increasingly rare. This is a ordinariness of Catholic family life.” “I want to help people rediscover the positive force wound that cuts deep and marks not just individual lives, Holding the pilgrimage as part of the Year of Faith is not an attempt by the Vatican to claim that only Catholics have real families, Archbishop Paglia said, “but I see a special responsibility on the part of Christians to live ‘I don’t want to be one of those who stands on the sidelines mourning the destruction of the well the grace of marriage and family life in order to help family and the fracturing of society. As a Christian, I will continue to stand up and proclaim everyone in the world recognize how beautiful it is.” the beauty of being a community, starting with the family.’ The archbishop hopes many families feel like he does and come to Rome to show it. “I don’t want to be one of —Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, those who stands on the sidelines mourning the destruction president of the Pontifical Council for the Family of the family and the fracturing of society,” he said. “As a Christian, I will continue to stand up and proclaim the beauty of being a community, starting with the family.” †

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LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Peter J. Coulchinsky arrived in the United States from Argentina in 1986 as a young man seeking to earn a law degree. As his time in the Vida Nueva U.S. lengthened, the more he decided he wanted to stay. There was just one problem: He had only a student visa. After graduation, however, he eventually obtained

a green card, then his naturalization and an American CNS photos/Victor Aleman, passport, a goal for immigrants of many nationalities. Today, 27 years later, the Argentine global wealth adviser owns his own financial services firm, Texas Legacy Wealth Management in San Antonio. Along the way, Coulchinsky—who was raised with strong Catholic values—met Archbishop Jose H. Gomez when he headed the Archdiocese of San Antonio. When he was invited to join the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders (CALL), Coulchinsky was elated. He said he was drawn by the organization’s interest in immigrants who, like him, could become productive members of American society based on solid Catholic values. Coulchinsky told The Tidings, newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, that he especially valued Archbishop Gomez’s “passion and commitment to Hispanics, to the undocumented,” which he said reflected a “tangible perspective” of the Church on that issue and Members of the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders gather for Mass at the start of their annual meeting in Los Angeles on Aug. 22. others of interest to the Latino community. The San Antonio businessman was one of nearly “Now is the time,” he stated, “to learn who we are, to 200 people, including clergy, who attended CALL’s decide to stay united and where we want to go.” eighth annual conference hosted by its Los Angeles chapter He said the base of the new evangelization, is to have on Aug. 23-25. Coulchinsky said CALL is committed to a “holy pride, to be the best witnesses, leaders of our faith “put the Gospel in action at the workplace, and in the at the workplace, in the public square and at all the places political and social arenas.” we go.” Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George told attendees the Archbishop Gomez noted that CALL helped sponsor need for constant dialogue to accomplish its goals in life the Denver-based San Juan Diego Center, which offers was imperative. He noted the need to counter the current support to Latinos who want to establish small businesses. “endemic anti-Catholicism” in the country. But to be successful, he said, Latino leaders must “We cannot be passive,” he added. “The Church calls be knowledgeable about the Catholic faith, pray and us to be in the forefront of the Church in America.” He attend, at the very least, Sunday Mass, “where we have suggested that “religion has to be a personal encounter with Christ at the moment of the carried by intentional religiosity,” not Eucharist. What happens in Mass is very important for so much by “popular religiosity.” marriages, for families.” Archbishop Gomez echoed He also acknowledged the important role of younger Cardinal George in calling the generations in the Church, saying “they are the present Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles addresses members leaders to become ever more active and the future of the Church, the hope of the Church.” of the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders during their annual in bringing the values of their faith Also addressing the conference was Philadelphia meeting on Aug. 24 in Los Angeles. into public life. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who discussed the “The future of the U.S. depends importance of faith in everyday life. almost 70 percent of foreign-born Hispanics are Catholic, on what we [Latinos] do, influenced “Faith matters because it reminds us that there’s only 40 percent of third-generation Hispanics in the U.S. by our faith and by our sanctity,” good in the world, and meaning to every life, and that identify as Catholic. In addition, the abortion rate among Cardinal said Archbishop Gomez during a the things that make us human are worth fighting for,” Latinas is currently higher than the national average, Francis E. George friendly conversation with a group Archbishop Chaput said. “Faith matters because it drives and Hispanic support for redefining marriage rose from of local Catholic Spanish-language us to do what’s right.” 31 percent in 2006 to 52 percent in 2012. media covering the event. “We have to participate in the It was under that perspective that Archbishop Chaput The archbishop reassured conference goers, an commercial life of the country, and it is important that joined Archbishop Gomez in launching CALL in 2007. “immense reservoir of goodness and hope still resides in the we form our conscience and participate in the public Their goal was to create a professional organization that world. We need to remember that and act on it.” square as well.” would support American Hispanic Catholic leaders, “[We launched CALL] to help Latino leaders renew As he has expressed in homilies, speeches and in a book, particularly in light of increasingly bleak statistics the heart of an America that has become more and more Archbishop Gomez said Americans constantly must be concerning Catholic Latinos in the U.S. confused, and more and more remote from its founding reminded that this country has its roots in the Catholic faith For example, American Latinos are leaving the Church ideals,” he continued. “All of you here today are a originally brought by Hispanics. “at a sobering rate,” said Archbishop Chaput. While testimony to what we hoped to accomplish. If CALL helps you strengthen each other in your Catholic faith and in your vocation as Christian leaders, then God will use it, and use you, to bring new life to our nation.” ‘If CALL helps you strengthen each other in your Catholic For CALL member Ana Becerra, a physician’s assistant faith and in your vocation as Christian leaders, then God in private practice in Burbank, Calif., the conference reiterated the importance of her own role in “spreading the will use it, and use you, to bring new life to our nation.’ word of our Catholic faith to the Latino population.” “It’s not just about what the Church can do, it’s about what we as individuals can do to pass on our faith, touch —Archbishop Charles J. Chaput just one person and get them to come back to the Church,” Becerra said. “How I behave is also going to pass on the faith because if I act in a Christian manner and people see me this way, they can learn by my example,” she added. † Here comes the cavalry! Nashville Dominicans serve in Scottish diocese ABERDEEN, Scotland (CNS)—A bishop has likened in keeping with the charism of their order. The new with their prioress general, Mother Anne Marie Karlovic, the arrival of American nuns in his Scottish diocese to community, based in a former convent in Elgin left finally “our U.S. cavalry galloped over the hill, or more a Western, with the cavalry coming over the hill at the vacant by the departure of the Sisters of Mercy in 2010, precisely descended from airplanes” on the Aug. 20 feast moment Catholics thought they were in danger. will be the second European convent of the 300-strong of St. Bernard. In a homily during an Aug. 24 Mass to welcome Tennessee-based order known as the Nashville Writing in Light of the North, the magazine of the the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia into the Diocese Dominicans. Diocese of Aberdeen, the Nashville Dominicans sent a of Aberdeen, Bishop Hugh Gilbert said the nuns were In his homily at the convent, Bishop Gilbert paid message to local Catholics announcing their arrival. rescuing the local Church in the same way that the tribute to Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Rice of St. “We are very mindful of the fact that our four U.S. Cavalry saved cowboys from Indians in the movies. Louis, who helped to pay for the community to be sisters join other wonderful religious women already “I’m old enough to remember established. serving in the Diocese of Aberdeen, as well as Westerns,” said Bishop Gilbert. He said he met Bishop Rice in Rome last September countless religious communities who have worked and “And here we are, wagons drawn and told him he had asked the Nashville Dominicans to sacrificed in centuries past for the Church in Scotland,” close, feeling our last days have found a community in his diocese. the sisters wrote. come … when—lo and behold— Bishop Gilbert said: “Then he astonished me, ‘Do “This is truly moving for us to realize, and we thank the U.S. 7th Cavalry appears over you know, ever since I heard that convent was empty, Bishop Hugh for allowing us this opportunity to serve,” the hill. I’ve been praying the Nashville Dominicans would fill they added. “Here they are, armed not with it’ [said Bishop Rice]. And he went on, ‘If you want to The Nashville Dominicans were founded in 1860. It is carbines but rosaries,” the bishop re-evangelize Scotland, they’re the people who’ll do one of the youngest and fastest-growing communities of said. “And we can breathe again.” it. I’ll write to the prioress general, tell her she must religious sisters in the U.S. The four nuns were sent to the accept your invitation, and I’ll pay the fare over for The sisters operate more than 30 schools in Bishop diocese to help improve Catholic one of the sisters.’ All of which he did.” 19 U.S. dioceses and archdioceses, and have Hugh Gilbert education and faith formation, Bishop Gilbert said that after two visits by the nuns communities in Italy, Canada and Australia. †