Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 5 Editorial . 4 Question Corner . 11 The Sunday and Daily Readings . 11 Serving the CChurchCriterion in Centralr andi Southert n Indianae Since 1960rion www.archindy.org January 30, 2004 Vol. XXXXIII, No. 16 75¢ March for Life Indianapolis Catholic radio Photo by Katie Berger Photo by station to go on the air soon By Brandon A. Evans The sounds of evangelization will soon be ringing out over the radio waves in Indianapolis. Catholic Radio 89.1, operated by Indianapolis-based Inter Mirifica, Inc., is set to hit the air around March 1 on 89.1 FM. Having recently completed negotiating the terms for the station, the corporation will lease the frequency for two years, with an option to purchase at a later date. Robert Teipen, chief executive officer of Inter Mirifica, Inc., and a member of St. Lawrence Parish in Indianapolis, said that Catholic Radio will broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the beginning, the programming will mostly come through the Catholic cable station EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network). The programs will include “Catholic Answers Live,” “Life on the Rock” and Young people from around the Archdiocese of Indianapolis gather behind a banner during the 31st annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22. the “Best of Mother Angelica Live.” Daily The youth and adult chaperones gathered with thousands of other people from around the nation to voice their opposition to abortion. Mass, the rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet will also be broadcast. Eventually, Teipen hopes to have local broadcasts and shows, but that will depend Defending life and loving Jesus on money. “Our first objective is to get on the air,” By Katie Berger youth that the trip was a pilgrimage, not a pilgrims attended Mass at SS. Peter and he said. vacation. Paul Cathedral, where Msgr. Joseph F. Right now, he has enough donations to WASHINGTON, D.C.—A pilgrimage “A pilgrimage is a spiritual journey Schaedel, vicar general, urged them to do just that, but said that it will still cost of faith took nearly 400 youth from the which often requires sacrifice,” Father “light one candle” because that would about $25,000 to operate the station each Archdiocese of Indianapolis to Washing- Meyer said. “We need to remember we spread to others. month. ton D.C., for the 31st annual March for can unite our sacrifices to the sacrifices of “You, in a sense tonight, are lighting Without any advertising, the only Life on Jan. 20-23. They continued a tra- Christ and make it a prayer; thus things one candle,” he said. “Who knows what source of income for the station, like most dition of Catholic youth sharing their we would normally complain about can a difference you can make in the life of Church ministries, will be the generosity faith, expressing their love for Christ bear fruit. one person?” of listeners and sponsorships. and speaking out on this controversial “So, on this pilgrimage when we are In Washington, youth from the arch- “We’re not going about it in the tradi- issue. suffering or finding the days challenging, diocese joined other youth at The tional way,” Teipen said. “People [usually] The annual march to the U.S. Capitol instead of complaining, we need to love Catholic University of America, which get in the radio business to make money.” building began after the Roe vs. Wade Jesus,” he said. provided accommodations on its cam- Still, he thinks that donations will be decision legalized abortion on Jan. 22, Throughout the trip, instead of com- pus. easier to get once people have had the 1973. plaining about the long bus trip, being There they attended the Pro-Life chance to hear the radio station for them- Father Jonathan Meyer, associate cold or sleeping on a gym floor, the Vigil at the Basilica of the National selves. Hoosiers are tire kickers, he said. director of youth ministry for the arch- youths and their adult leaders often Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. They want to test everything first. diocese, addressed the group before repeated the phrase, “I’m lovin’ Jesus.” The basilica was filled more than three George Maley, a member of St. Joan of departing Indianapolis and reminded the Before leaving Indianapolis, the See MARCH, page 8 Arc Parish in Indianapolis who has worked with Teipen to launch the new station, said that having a strong financial base is a Pro-lifers gather in Washington on Roe anniversary See RADIO, page 2 WASHINGTON (CNS)—At rallies, in this great struggle. prayer services and marches held in “You who are our wonderful young Washington on the 31st anniversary of people—young in fact, young in heart— the legalization of abortion in the United you have taken to heart the words of the Long Island Catholic States, participants were encouraged to Holy Father, ‘Be not afraid.’ ” continue their fight against abortion. The cardinal then read a message sent During a Jan. 21 Mass celebrated as by President Bush thanking them for their part of the National Prayer Vigil for Life, participation in the National Prayer Vigil Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, for Life and for their “ongoing dedication chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee to building a culture of life in America.” GregoryCNS photo by A. Shemitz, on Pro-Life Activities, urged participants President Bush also addressed March to take to heart Pope John Paul II’s for Life participants at a Jan. 22 rally at words uttered shortly after his elevation the Ellipse between the White House and to the papacy: “Be not afraid!” the Washington Monument, telling them In his homily at the Basilica of the by phone from Roswell, N.M., that they National Shrine of the Immaculate must continue “to remind our fellow citi- Conception, the cardinal prompted zens that all life is sacred and worthy of applause from the assembly when he protection.” said, “Roe supporters have become the He spoke of the abortion-limiting legis- Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick forces of reaction, the forces of lation passed during his administration, presides at a youth Mass preceding the entrenched interests; as we see here again including the Born-Alive Infants Jan. 22 March for Life. More than 20,000 tonight, the pro-life movement has Protection Act; the ban on partial-birth youths attended the Mass and rally at the become the younger, more vibrant force See LIFE, page 8 MCI Center arena. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, January 30 2004 radio stations, Pottratz is glad to see a station—and still feels it. RADIO Catholic one—there is a tremendous need “I feel it’s the call of the Holy Spirit,” Solving the continued from page 1 for that kind of evangelization, he said. he said. Maley said he believes the Church So, with evangelization as a goal, he must. needs to do more to evangelize and to pressed ahead, naming his new corpora- mystery of “We are highly limited because we are a counter the bad press that the Church has tion after the Latin name for the Decree on charitable institution,” he said. “We are received the past two years over the clergy the Media of Social Communications of taking a tremendous risk.” sex abuse scandal. the Second Vatican Council. poverty in the “I believe that we will receive those “The Church is bigger than that, and “Effective support should be given to donations,” he added. we’ve got to get that message out,” he good radio and television programs, United States The station’s range should allow listen- said. above all those that are suitable for fami- ers to tune in from Indianapolis almost to Evangelization was exactly what lies,” the Council Fathers wrote in Inter WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Greenfield, to east of Terre Haute, north of Teipen had in mind when he first got the Mirifica. U.S. poverty level is a mystery to many Bloomington and south of Lafayette. idea to start the radio station. “Catholic programs should be pro- of us. Maley said that he believes we are liv- It was December 1998 when Teipen moted, in which listeners and views can In a recent poll, most Americans said ing in a time of growing uncertainty, and attended a retreat at Fatima Retreat House. be brought to share in the life of the they thought that the poor would still be that “people are looking for roots.” When he left, his ears were ringing Church and learn religious truths,” it poor if they had an income that was “Catholic radio will be an answer to a with the continual message of evangeliza- reads. “An effort should also be made, twice as much as the official need,” he said. “There’s got to be a voice tion. A week later, he read an article in the where it may be necessary, to set up U.S. poverty level income of $18,400 for to cry out, so to speak, in the wilderness, National Catholic Register about Catholic Catholic stations.” a family of four. that there is a God,” and that we are not radio stations. The document also says that all media, Others think that if noncash benefits to him. He said that among the 15,000 radio “if properly utilized, can be of great ser- the poor were included in the govern- “I think there’s just been a crying need stations around the country, 1,500 are vice to mankind, since they greatly con- ment’s measurements of the poverty here [for this],” said Thomas Pottratz, a Christian.