'A Bridge to Bring People to Christ'
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Emmaus Walk Columnist Debra Tomaselli encourages listening to that small voice, page 12. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com May 22, 2015 Vol. LV, No. 32 75¢ Church needs ‘A bridge to bring people to Christ’ women’s ‘genius’, input, experiences, pope tells religious VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Women can be appointed heads of some offices of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis said, but that will not be enough to “recover the role” women should have in the Catholic Church. “Women should be promoted,” he said on May 16 during an audience with an international group of men and women religious working Pope Francis in the Diocese of Rome. But assigning a certain number of women to leadership positions is “simply functionalism,” he said. What is important is to ensure that women have a voice and are listened to, he said, because the Church needs their specific contributions. “When we men are dealing with a problem, we arrive at a conclusion, but if Deacon Andrew Syberg smiles after being ordained a transitional deacon at the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln in St. Meinrad on we deal with the same problem along with April 26, 2014. Deacon Syberg will be ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin on June 6 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in women, the conclusion could be different. Indianapolis. (Submitted photo courtesy of Saint Meinrad Archabbey) It could lead along the same path, but would be richer, stronger, more intuitive,” he said. “Women in the Church must have Deacon Andrew Syberg awaits ordination this role” because the Church needs “the feminine genius.” During the pope’s long meeting with knowing he and God ‘are on the same page’ the religious, he responded off the cuff to questions posed by two women and two (Editor’s note: At 10 a.m. on June 6, had decided to pursue the priesthood, the ‘Is this what God really wants?’ men. But he also highlighted the stories three men are scheduled to be ordained younger brother wasn’t sure what to think. According to his father, Keith Syberg, and ministries of religious he has met priests at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral “At first I thought he was joking,” Deacon Syberg “always had a good faith. during his two years as bishop of Rome and in Indianapolis: transitional deacons said Father Benjamin Syberg, now “He was one of those guys in college experiences he had previously as archbishop Michael Keucher, Adam Ahern and associate pastor of St. Barnabas Parish who always went to Mass on Sunday, of Buenos Aires. Andrew Syberg. This week, The Criterion in Indianapolis. “And then I got kind reminded others to go, and drug guys to Amigonian Father Gaetano Greco asked features a profile of Deacon Syberg. Next of mad at him. I said, ‘This is my life! church once in a while.” the pope how the diocese and religious orders week, we will feature Deacon Ahern. Don’t mock it!’ ” But becoming a priest? of men could help religious women find good Deacon Michael Keucher was featured in After all, the brothers had talked in the “That was not part of what we saw,” spiritual directors and confessors. the May 15 issue.) past about Andy becoming a priest, but had Keith admitted. Pope Francis responded that for both decided that was not God’s plan for him. Deacon Syberg’s mother, women and men religious finding a good By Natalie Hoefer Instead, Deacon Syberg earned a degree Kathleen “Kathy” Syberg, noted that spiritual director can be a problem either from Purdue University and went on to a “there was a period late in high school because a priest “does not understand what When Deacon Andrew “Andy” supervising job with good prospects for when it might have crossed his mind, and consecrated life is, or because he wants to Syberg first told his younger brother moving up the ladder. it crossed my mind. But I kind of thought involve himself in the charism and give it his Benjamin, who was then a seminarian So what was it that led Deacon Syberg it was a phase.” own interpretation.” at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School from a career track in management to his Deacon Syberg agreed he did consider Looking for a good confessor also can be of Theology in St. Meinrad, that he upcoming priestly ordination on June 6? See SYBERG, page 10 difficult, he said. When going to confession, See WOMEN, page 3 Archbishop speaks of source of ‘freedom and joy’ during Mother’s Day Mass at Indiana Women’s Prison By Natalie Hoefer Alicia Brown was grateful for two things this past Mother’s Day: that she got to spend time with her 2-year-old son, and that Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin celebrated her Catholic community’s Mother’s Day Mass. “That was the first I got to see my son in a long time,” she said. And the Mass “was very peaceful and uplifting. We don’t get a lot of love brought through the fence.” The fence Brown referred to is the one topped by barbed wire that encompasses her See PRISON, page 3 Inmates at the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis line up to meet Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin as he greets Alicia Brown after a Mother’s Day Mass he celebrated at the prison on May 10. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) Page 2 The Criterion Friday, May 22, 2015 College seminary to host Bishop Bruté Days on June 16-19 By Sean Gallagher Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis will host its 10th Bishop Bruté Days on June 16-19 for boys ages 13-17 who are open to the possibility of a call to the priesthood. The four-day retreat and camping experience, which is operated by priests, seminarians and other adults, will take place on the campus of the seminary at 2500 Cold Spring Road in Indianapolis. Bishop Bruté Days is a combination of outdoor games and sports activities and times for worship and spiritual enrichment, such as daily Mass, eucharistic adoration, confession and presentations on the faith given by seminarians and priests serving in central and southern Indiana. Father Robert Robeson, rector of Bishop Bruté, said Bishop Bruté Days has helped young Catholic men across the archdiocese for many years. “It is very encouraging for the young men who attend the Fr. Robert Robeson retreat to know that there are other young people in junior high and high school who are thinking about the possibility of priesthood,” he said. “In meeting the seminarians, they can see young men several years older who are normal, healthy Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin speaks on June 18, 2014, at Bishop Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis to Bishop Bruté Days and similar to themselves who have made the commitment participants. (Criterion file photo by Sean Gallagher) to enter the seminary.” Hosting Bishop Bruté Days at the seminary is fairly new. Carmelite Monastery of the Resurrection. “Our retreatants always have fun, and they learn a This will be the third year it takes place there. Father Robeson noted that the teenage boys who might great deal by praying with the seminarians, living with the “It is great to have it at our own home base because the be good candidates for Bishop Bruté Days can be at various seminarians and a few priests for a short period of time, retreat gives the retreatants some familiarity with where points along the way of considering the priesthood. and listening to the various talks on our Catholic faith and and how our seminarians live,” Father Robeson said. “We “The priesthood is a beautiful way to give your life vocation that are part of the program.” have a beautiful, sacred home here that was passed on to for God,” Father Robeson said. “I thank God every day us by the Carmelite Sisters, and it gives the young men an for calling me to the priesthood. If a young man is in any (Participation in Bishop Bruté Days costs $75. appreciation for being in a sacred space that is dedicated to way open to the possibility that they may be called to the Registration forms and more information can be found at God’s work here on Earth.” priesthood … Bishop Bruté Days is a wonderful way to www.archindy.org/bsb/events.html, by calling 317-924-4100 Bishop Bruté Seminary was previously the begin considering this possibility. or sending an e-mail to [email protected].) † Pro-lifers hail passage of Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act WASHINGTON (CNS)—U.S. House young woman and countless newborns in his are “Gosnells all over America, dismembering Pope Francis’ prayer passage on May 13 of a measure that would ban clinic,” Yoest added. and decapitating pain-capable babies most abortions after 20 weeks is “long overdue On May 13, 2013, a Philadelphia jury found for profit.” intentions for June and one of the most Gosnell guilty of murder in the deaths of three He gave a number of examples, including common sense laws babies born alive during abortions and acquitted Dr. LeRoy Carhart, who runs a late-term under consideration,” him of a fourth similar charge. He also was abortion clinic in Germantown, Maryland. said the president and convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the “Some euphemistically call this choice, CEO of Americans death by a drug overdose of a patient who had but a growing number of Americans United for Life. an abortion. rightly regard it as violence against “There is a war on Gosnell, now 74, was charged with snipping children,” said Smith, who is head of the women in abortion the spines of babies born alive during illegal Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.