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Sharing the Gospel Missionary to Ireland has ‘love for helping youth know Christ,’ page 9. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com February 10, 2017 Vol. LVII, No. 17 75¢ Pastoral needs Building a bridge assessment will help introduce archdiocese to new shepherd By Sean Gallagher Catholics across central and southern Indiana are waiting for Pope Francis to appoint a new shepherd. To prepare for his arrival, archdiocesan Catholics are being given the opportunity to give him a clear and detailed portrait of the archdiocese and to express their hopes for its future. This will happen through See story the creation of a pastoral in Spanish, needs assessment of the page 2. Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The assessment was commissioned by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Indianapolis from 2012-16 in the days before he was installed on Jan. 6 as archbishop of Newark, N.J. It will involve interviews of 25-30 people from across the archdiocese, several listening sessions attended by dozens of clergy, religious and lay Catholics, and an online survey that all archdiocesan Catholics can fill out. St. Philip Neri first-grader Suzet Cruz, left, and St. Jude first-grader Grace Denney proudly show the cut-out hearts they decorated with their hand prints Washington-based consulting firm GP on Feb. 1, the day when students from both Indianapolis schools came together to share their faith and learn from each other. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) Catholic Services will conduct the assessment. Daniel Conway, senior vice president for the firm and a member of the editorial board of Schools cross boundaries and comfort zones The Criterion, will oversee the process. “Cardinal Tobin himself said that this to come together to learn from each other kind of information would have been very helpful to him when he became archbishop By John Shaughnessy students of St. Philip Neri School in “This day gives students an opportunity four years ago,” Conway said, “so he Indianapolis to their school for the day. to get to know someone outside their was eager to see us provide that for his What Michelle Tuttle set in motion on In Tuttle’s plan, it would be a day to boundaries and their comfort zones. We successor.” Feb. 1 is rare and possibly unique in the build bridges, a day when a mostly-white have a tremendous amount of similarities, As a whole, the assessment will seek archdiocese. school community (St. Jude) and a but we also have these differences that are to answer two questions: where the It also may offer a lesson for a country mostly-Hispanic school community unique. We have an opportunity to learn archdiocese is at present, and where God is that seems to be ever more divisive, (St. Philip Neri) from different economic from each other.” calling it to go. focusing on the differences between realities would come together to share To discern the answers to these people instead of the hopes, dreams and classes, lunch, recess and their Catholic Building a bridge questions, five aspects of the life of the similarities that connect them. faith. The possible fulfillment of that Church in central and southern Indiana will And so on the morning of Feb. 1, “St. Philip Neri School is seven opportunity to build bridges started be examined in the interviews, listening a nervous and hopeful Tuttle—and miles away, but it’s a world apart,” slowly—a reality that was evident in sessions and survey: prayer and worship; the 492 students at St. Jude School said Tuttle, a social worker at St. Jude a kindergarten class where a St. Jude evangelization and education in the faith; in Indianapolis—waited for the who previously served in the same teacher put on a fun dance video, in family and community; service to the school buses that would bring the position at St. Philip Neri School for an attempt to bring the two groups of poor and marginalized; and stewardship of 270 kindergarten-through eighth-grade eight years. See UNITY, page 8 resources. See ASSESSMENT, page 2 Refugee advocates outline arguments for legal action on presidential ban WASHINGTON (CNS)—The breadth Abdul Hakim Kiwan, of President Donald Trump’s authority to a Syrian refugee limit refugees entering the United States from Daraa, and his will be fought in federal court, and some son, Ibrahim, are of the legal challenges ultimately may end seen working at a up before the U.S. Supreme Court. computer on Jan. 30 at their temporary Several lawsuits have been filed home in Amman, challenging Trump’s Jan. 27 executive Jordan. Kiwan and memorandum that suspended the entire his family are part U.S. refugee resettlement program for of a U.S. refugee 120 days and banned entry of all citizens resettlement program from seven majority-Muslim countries— that President Donald Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Trump has suspended Somalia—for 90 days. for 120 days. (CNS Another clause in the memorandum photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPA) established religious criteria for refugees, proposing to give priority to religious minorities over others who may have equally compelling refugee claims. In five of the earliest lawsuits, federal judges blocked the government from Feb. 3 by U.S. District Court Judge James countries. The Trump administration has denying entry to anyone from the affected Robart of Seattle, who put a national appealed this decision to the U.S. Court countries with a valid visa. temporary hold on the ban on travel to of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, based in The most sweeping order was issued on the U.S. of the seven majority-Muslim See BAN, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, February 10, 2017 him by prayerfully expanding ASSESSMENT their knowledge of the Church in continued from page 1 central and southern Indiana, and helping them prayerfully consider Father Joseph Feltz, executive director their hopes and concerns for it. of the archdiocesan office for clergy, “It can give ownership to the religious and parish life coordinators, is people who are in our communities working closely with in central and southern Indiana,” Conway and others at she said. “I think it can be equally GP Catholic Services as beneficial to those in the pews in coordinating the and those leading the people in listening sessions the pews as it can be for the new and interviews that archbishop.” will take place across The assessment was central and southern commissioned in part because Indiana from February Cardinal Tobin and other through May. archdiocesan leaders were Daniel Conway “It’s going to be preparing to begin a pastoral a huge benefit to the planning process for the entire next archbishop,” Father Feltz said. “To Church in central and southern be working on an initiative that we know Indiana late Then-Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin processes into SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral amid clergy, religious and lay is going to be beneficial to him when he last year. Catholics from across central and southern Indiana on March 22, 2016, at the start of the annual archdiocesan is named and arrives here is gratifying. Cardinal chrism Mass. An assessment of the current pastoral needs of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will involve I’m looking forward to it.” Tobin’s Catholics from across central and southern Indiana, and is intended to help introduce the archdiocese to its next A report on the information and data appointment shepherd. (File photo by Sean Gallagher) gathered is expected to lead the to be completed by Archdiocese of The compilation of the pastoral needs “It’s an attempt to reach out to GP Catholic Services Newark put those assessment would have been the first part everybody,” Conway said. “Not everybody by the end of June. plans on hold. of the pastoral planning process. will participate. But everybody will have Archdiocesan “One of the regrets Although the decision to go forward the opportunity to participate.” chancellor Annette Fr. Joseph Feltz he had in leaving us with the archdiocesan planning Lentz noted that the assessment “is an “Mickey” Lentz was that he felt that we had some good process will be at the discretion of the opportunity to shape what happens in this said that the momentum,” Father Feltz said. “He next archbishop, Cardinal Tobin felt archdiocese over the years to come, to give assessment can also was excited about the pastoral planning completing the assessment would be a direction and input to our new archbishop, help archdiocesan process, thinking that it was going to be good introduction of the archdiocese to to stand on the shoulders of what has Annette “Mickey” Catholics spiritually a good way for us to start seeing what we his successor, and wanted it to engage as been, but also to look at the landscape Lentz prepare to receive need to be striving toward.” many archdiocesan Catholics as possible. differently. It’s an exciting time.” † Evaluación de las necesidades pastorales contribuirá a formular una imagen de la arquidiócesis para el nuevo pastor Por Sean Gallagher de que le brindáramos esa oportunidad a evaluación también contribuirá a que los de planificación pastoral puesto que veía su successor.” católicos de la Arquidiócesis se preparen en él una buena forma para comenzar Los católicos del centro y el sur de En conjunto, la evaluación procurará espiritualmente para recibirlo al ampliar a identificar los aspectos en los que Indiana esperan a que el papa Francisco responder dos interrogantes: Dónde se piadosamente sus conocimientos sobre la debíamos enfocarnos.” designe a un nuevo pastor. encuentra la Arquidiócesis en este momento Iglesia en el centro y el sur de Indiana, y La compilación de la evaluación de En previsión de su llegada, los y qué rumbo desea Dios que siga.