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Basilica of the Sacred Heart MISHAWAKA — “Put out into the See pages 13-14 deep!” announced Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades to the Marian High School community during their golden anni- versary Mass on Sept. 4. This joyous occasion commemorated the com- Tribute pletion of the endeavor undertaken by the sixth bishop of the Diocese Father Chrobot dies of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Bishop Leo A. Pursley, to construct a sec- Page 3 ond Catholic high school to serve the needs of the South Bend and Mishawaka area in 1964. Present for this special Mass Congregation were Benedictine Father Jonathan Fassero, a member of the first gradu- of Holy Cross ating class of 1968 from Marian, and Msgr. Michael Heintz, rector of Six make final vows, St. Matthew Cathedral and a 1985 graduate. Also in attendance were ordained deacons priests from St. Jude, St. Anthony de KEVIN HAGGENJOS Page 5 Padua, St. Bavo, St. Matthew and St. th Thomas Parishes, as well as priests Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades celebrates Mass on Thursday, Sept. 4, in honor of the 50 anniversary of Marian High and brothers of the Conventual School in Mishawaka. Shown with Bishop Rhoades are Benedictine Father Jonathan Fassero, a graduate of the Franciscans, based in Mishawaka. Class of 1968, the first graduating class from the school, and Father Christopher Lapp, right, chaplain at Marian Faith is about trusting Jesus. The High School. New central bishop noted, “Jesus comes to the shores of our life, Pope Francis says, With Jesus, everything changes in “To put out into the deep is to go open our hearts to friendship and to city school ‘He makes Himself close to our fail- our life. He fills our nets. He satisfies out of ourselves and our own small solidarity,” he said. “We too become ures, our frailty and our sins in order our deepest desires.” world, and open ourselves to God fishers of men. We witness joyfully St. Joseph School, to transform them.’” “We let Him into our boats, into and what He can do,” the bishop to the Gospel. When we journey Fort Wayne, dedicated “Put out into the deep,” Bishop our lives, and we put out into the added. Rhoades said, “means to be docile deep with Him,” Bishop Rhoades “When we go out of ourselves Page 20 and obedient to the words of Jesus. said. toward God and toward others, we MARIAN, PAGE 10 Jubilee priests honored, remembered at Mass

BY TIM JOHNSON year, two were particularly cele- prayer,” Bishop Rhoades said of tinue Christ’s work of salvation, brated as historical. Father Robert Father Pasche. His ministry of reconciliation, of Traub is celebrating 75 years Msgr. Bill Schooler is cel- shepherding the flock of God, and FORT WAYNE — While the joy of Priesthood. He turned 101 in ebrating his 40th anniversary of teaching the Gospel. Priests of honoring priests’ jubilarians August. And Father Paul Miller and Holy Cross Fathers Michael are consecrated and sent to lead who serve in the Diocese of Fort is celebrating 70 years of ordina- Belinsky and Martin Nguyen are God’s holy people in love, to Wayne-South Bend was preva- tion. “Truly amazing,” Bishop celebrating their 25th anniversa- nourish them by His Word, and lent in a jubilee Mass celebrated Rhoades noted in his homily at ries. to strengthen them through the by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades on the Mass that was concelebrated “To all our jubilarians, we say sacraments. Sept. 11 at the Cathedral of the by over 30 diocesan priests and thank you,” Bishop Rhoades said. “This is what our jubilarians Immaculate Conception, a sense assisted by several deacons. “We thank you for your priestly have done for 75, 70, 50, 40 and of sadness also filled the church as Golden jubilees included life and ministry. We thank you 25 years,” Bishop Rhoades said. one jubilarian — Father Leonard Father Walter Bly along with for giving your lives to God and “They have strived to do so with Chrobot — was remembered for Conventual Franciscan Fathers, His Church. We thank you for the help of God’s grace, the grace his life of service. Father Chrobot, Bernie Zajdel, Joseph Kiene and making present the pastoral char- they received at their ordinations. who celebrated 50 years of ordi- Fred Pasche. Father Pasche was ity of Jesus, the love of the Good When they were ordained, they nation to the Priesthood this year, recently transferred from St. Shepherd who laid down His life were united in a special way to lost his life from injuries sustained Anthony of Padua, Angola, to for His sheep.” in an auto accident last Tuesday. a parish in Terre Haute. “We’ll Bishop Rhoades said all priests Of the nine jubilarians this miss him and remember him in are called and empowered to con- JUBILEE, PAGE 3 2 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC September 21, 2014 TODAY’S CATHOLIC

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EDITOR: Tim Johnson NEWS EDITOR and STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad IN TRUTH Editorial Department AND PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, Michelle CHARITY Castleman, Karen Clifford, Bonnie BY BISHOP KEVIN C. RHOADES Elberson, Denise Fedorow, Diane Freeby, Sister Margie Lavonis, CSC, Jodi Magallanes, Joe Kozinski, Vince he apostle and evangelist, Saint Matthew, LaBarbera and Deb Wagner is the secondary patron of our diocese. His Tfeast day is September 21st. Though his feast Business Department is not celebrated this year since it falls on a BUSINESS MANAGER: Sean McBride Sunday, it will be celebrated at Saint Matthew AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber Cathedral since, as titular patron of our co- BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Bethany cathedral, it is observed as a Solemnity there Belleville [email protected] according to liturgical law. I will be celebrating Confirmations at Saint Matthew’s on Sunday, confirming the young people on their patronal Advertising Sales feast day. 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Thanks to Saint Matthew, of September; and last Sunday in we have the account of the visit of the Magi, as the pope hearkens back to the calling of apostle. Pope Francis experienced this gaze of December by the Diocese of Fort showing the child Jesus adored even by Matthew, the tax collector. His motto is mise- Jesus at the age of 17 and discovered his own Wayne-South Bend, 1103 S. Calhoun Gentiles (chapter 2). Thanks to Saint Matthew, rando atque eligendo (having mercy and vocation. God filled the young Jorge Bergoglio St., P.O. Box 390, Fort Wayne, IN 46801. we have the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon choosing). These words comes from a homily with His love on that day back in 1953, Periodicals postage paid at Fort Wayne, of Saint Bede on the calling of Matthew where September 21, the feast of Saint Matthew. God IN, and additional mailing office. on the Mount (chapters 5 to 7). And thanks to Saint Matthew, we have an abundance of he wrote that Jesus saw a publican, looking touched his life and the future Pope found his POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: teaching on “the Kingdom of heaven.” Saint upon him with mercy and choosing him, said to vocation. Pope Francis says that on that day, he Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Fort Matthew’s Gospel is even called the “Gospel him: “Follow me.” The Vatican issued a state- felt in a very special way “the loving presence Wayne, IN 46856-1169 or email: of the Kingdom.” Saint Matthew shows how ment after Pope Francis’ election explaining of God in his life” and that God was gazing [email protected]. the Kingdom of God, predicted in the Old his choice of this motto. It said: upon him “with a look of tender love.” He Testament, is now present in the life of Jesus “The Holy Father, Francis’ motto comes sensed the “descent of the mercy of God.” He MAIN OFFICE: 915 S. 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Following a rather than the other; for every one who exalts choice of a tax collector to be an apostle dem- confession, he felt his heart touched and sensed himself will be humbled, but he who humbles ISSN 0891-1533 the descent of the mercy of God, who with a USPS 403630 onstrates that Our Lord excludes no one from himself will be exalted.” His friendship. Many were shocked that Jesus look of tender love, called him to the religious Matthew got up from his station as a tax called Matthew to follow Him. They were life, following the example of Saint Ignatius of collector to follow Jesus. He became a great further shocked when Jesus attended a large Loyola. apostle and an evangelist. He teaches us God’s dinner that Matthew hosted in his house, a When chosen as a Bishop, Bishop saving mercy. He gives us all hope. I invite gathering that included other tax collectors and Bergoglio recalled this moment of the begin- you to pray the following prayer, the Collect sinners in attendance. On that occasion, Jesus ning of his special consecration in the Church from the Mass of the Feast of Saint Matthew, explained His rationale and mission: Those and decided to choose Saint Bede’s expres- the secondary patron of our diocese: Find us on Facebook! who are well have no need of a physician, but sion as his motto and programme for life: O God, who with untold mercy were www.facebook.com/diocesefwsb those who are sick; I came not to call the righ- Miserando atque eligendo (He showed mercy pleased to choose as an Apostle Saint Matthew, teous, but sinners (Mark 2: 17). and called him), which is now in the Papal the tax collector, grant that, sustained by his The choice of Matthew reminds us of an Coat of Arms.” example and intercession, we may merit to important and fundamental truth of our faith. It When we think of our diocese’s second- hold firm in following you. Through our Lord Follow us on is the good news of the Gospel: God offers His ary patron, we can be reminded of the Divine Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns grace to sinners! He is rich in mercy! Mercy. Jesus looked upon Matthew the tax col- with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one Twitter! Pope Francis’ motto as a bishop and now lector with great mercy and chose him to be an God, for ever and ever. Amen. @diocesef- wsb September 21, 2014 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC 3 Father Traub observes 75 years as a priest Public Schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades he was named to the teaching staff BY VINCE LABARBERA of Catholic Central High School, Hammond, instructing courses in • Sunday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m. — Confirmation Mass, Saint FORT WAYNE — Father Robert Latin, religion, civics, economics Matthew Cathedral, South Bend L. Traub, who on Aug. 23 turned and American history. • Monday, Sept. 22, 9 a.m. — Mass at Catholic School Mission 101 years old, also is observing his In July 1955, Father Traub was Day, Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne 75th anniversary of ordination to the appointed pastor of St. Joseph • Tuesday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m. — Mass at Catholic School Mission Priesthood this year. Church, Bluffton. Thirteen years Day, Marian High School He was ordained on June 3, later he was transferred to Besancon • Wednesday, Sept. 24, 10:30 a.m. — Presbyterate Meeting, 1939, by Bishop John F. Noll, in to serve as pastor of St. Louis Sacred Heart Parish, Warsaw the Cathedral of the Immaculate Church for two years. Following • Wednesday, Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m. — Red Mass, Cathedral of Conception, Fort Wayne. that assignment, he was named pas- the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne Born in Muncie to Adam and tor of St. Mary Church, Huntington. • Thursday, Sept. 25, 4 p.m. — Meeting of Board of Directors Anna Traub, Father Traub is the In July 1978, he was assigned as of Catholic Charities, Archbishop Noll Center, Fort Wayne oldest of nine, with five brothers and pastor of St. John Bosco Church, • Friday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m. — Mass and Pastoral Visit, Saint three sisters. And it appears longev- Churubusco, and Immaculate Aloysius Gonzaga School, Yoder ity runs in the family. His father Conception Parish, Ege. • Friday, Sept. 26, through Saturday, Sept. 27 — International and mother lived to be 82 and 86, Father Traub retired on Sept. Conference on Archbishop Oscar Romero, Center for Arts and respectively. 11, 1978, and was in residence at Culture, University of Notre Dame After his ordination, Father St. Jude Church, Fort Wayne, for Traub earned a teaching degree nearly 20 years. He assumed the KAY COZAD from the University of Notre duties of temporary administrator Dame, and initially was appointed Father Robert Traub, who turned there in 1988 for about three weeks. Father Leonard Chrobot dies as an assistant at St. Joan of Arc 101 in August, celebrates the 75 Currently, he lives at Saint Anne Church, Kokomo, in September anniversary of priestly ordination Home and Retirement Community, Fort Wayne. 1940 with residence at St. Joseph at the Priest Jubilee Mass on Sept. BY KAY COZAD Memorial Hospital. In July 1943, 11 with fellow jubilarians.

from prayer, from that loving con- from the grace of the sacrament of SOUTH BEND — Father templation of the face of Christ, the Ordination, the love that is the great- Leonard F. Chrobot, retired priest JUBILEE Good Shepherd?” Bishop Rhoades est gift of the Holy Spirit.” of the Diocese of Fort Wayne- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 asked. “Priests must be in love with Bishop Rhoades said, “The South Bend has died following a Christ, so that our words and actions Eucharist is, of course, the basis of car accident. He was 76. will mirror His charity. We must be our priests’ identity and the high Born one of three children to Christ, the Good Shepherd. They shepherds with big hearts, like Pope point of their mission. Here is made Henry and Marie Chrobot in South have served not as hired hands, Francis.” present the very words of today’s Bend in April of 1938, Father but as shepherds, in imitation of Bishop Rhoades said the read- Gospel: ‘the good shepherd lays Chrobot’s early education began at Christ, the Good Shepherd.” ings of the day expressed the mean- down his life for his sheep,’ for St. Adalbert School. He attended St. Augustine taught that charity ing of the ministerial Priesthood. here the sacrifice of the Cross is St. Mary’s Preparatory School in FATHER LEONARD F. CHROBOT is the first duty of a good shepherd. Bishop Rhoades thanked the made present, the sacrifice that was Orchard Lake, Michigan, during Priests need inner strength to be laity for their support of priests, the definitive act of Christ’s priest- his high school years. His seminary including founding the National men of charity, that charity that is “your helping them to live their hood.” studies took him to Ss. Cyril and Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs in strong enough to lay down one’s vocation with fidelity. Our love A special luncheon for the priests Methodius Seminary in Orchard Washington, D.C., and received life for the sheep. for Christ and His Church unites was held at the Archbishop Noll Lake, Michigan, after which he a number of honors and awards, “What other source could there us, a love that springs from the Center following the jubilee Mass. was ordained to the Priesthood including the Fidelitas Medal, be of such inner strength, if not grace of our Baptism as well as by Bishop Leo A. Pursley at the presented to him by Ss. Cyril and Cathedral of the Immaculate Methodius Seminary in 2005. Conception in Fort Wayne on Father Chrobot retired in August May 30, 1964. He later earned 2013 and was currently residing at a master’s degree from Purdue Holy Cross Village at Notre Dame. University and a doctorate from Father Chrobot recently cel- Wayne State University. ebrated his 50th anniversary of Father Chrobot’s priestly ser- ordination to the Priesthood and in vice included teaching at Bishop an interview recalled for Today’s Dwenger High School from Catholic a very special moment 1964-1967, then as assistant to the when he and his mother greeted pastor at St. Hyacinth Parish. He Pope John Paul II at St. Peter’s also taught at the University of Square at the Vatican, “John Paul Notre Dame. He was released from II to me is one of the greatest fig- the diocese by Bishop Pursley to ures of the 20th century. When I serve at Orchard Lake Seminary met him at St. Peter’s Square he in Michigan where he taught and gave me his full attention even with served as academic dean from 10,000 people around. That was a 1968-1976 and president from remarkable gift that he had.” 1977- 1987. It was there that he Father Chrobot enjoyed his time had the privilege of the first of sev- at his cottage at Lake Tyrone in eral meetings with then Archbishop Michigan, where he was known to Karol Wojtyla of Krakow who later entertain both family and friends. became Pope John Paul II. Tracy Hoff, Father Chrobot’s niece, In 1989, Father Chrobot was recalls her beloved uncle as “very appointed pastor of St. Mary of family oriented” and having his the Lake Parish in Culver until large extended family up to the his reassignment in 1991 to St. lake for holiday celebrations. Adalbert Parish where he shep- She considered him an “intellec- herded the people there for four tualizer,” as well. “He loved to talk years. In 1995 Father Chrobot was about philosophy, politics, spiritual appointed pastor of St. Hedwig issues and world issues,” she says, KAY COZAD Parish in South Bend and in 2001 noting that he would speak with Five of the nine priests who are celebrating jubilees this year pose with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades in the he was appointed pastor of both St. anyone who would challenge him. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne following the Priest Jubilee Mass celebrated on Sept Hedwig and St. Patrick Parishes. Some of Hoff’s fondest memo- He was noted for his great inter- 11. From left are Conventual Franciscan Father Bernard Zajdel, 50 years, Father Robert Traub, 75 years, Bishop ries stem from the holidays when est in Polish-American Culture and Father Chrobot would celebrate Rhoades, Father Paul Miller, 70 years, Father Walter Bly, 50 years, and Msgr. William Schooler, 40 years. was proud of his Polish heritage. Jubilarians unable to attend were Conventual Franciscan Father Joseph Kiene and Frederick Pasche, both cel- He was involved in many ethnic ebrating 50 years and Holy Cross Fathers Michael Belinsky and Martin Nguyen, both celebrating 25 years. Father heritage events and appointments, CHROBOT, PAGE 5 Leonard Chrobot who celebrated 50 years of ordination to the Priesthood died in an auto accident Tuesday. 4 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC September 21, 2014 All Saints ‘It pierced my heart like a knife,’ nun Religious Goods says after visit to Iraqis 8808 Coldwater Road - Fort Wayne In Coldwater Centre at Wallen Road, 1.5 miles north of I-69 260-490-7506 BY DOREEN ABI RAAD

•Crucifixes BEIRUT (CNS) — Sister Marie •Rosaries Claude Naddaf, provincial leader of the Sisters of the Good •Medals Shepherd for Lebanon and Syria, •Statues is still shaken by what she wit- nessed visiting Irbil, Iraq. Representing the Union of the Superior Generals of women •Books •Bibles religious in Lebanon, Sister Marie Claude accompanied Catholic Near East Welfare Association on •Baptismal Gowns its Sept. 2-5 mission to the capital of the Kurdish region in Iraq. •Church Supplies More than 100,000 Christians and other minorities sought refuge in the region following Support your school. Use All Saints SCRIP! attacks by Islamic State militants. Many were given less than half an hour to flee their houses. “I saw with my eyes, listened with my ears, met them (refu- gees) and received them in my heart,” Sister Marie Claude told CNS PHOTO/MOHAMED MESSARA, EPA Catholic News Service. “I was Iraqi Christians from Qaraqosh, who were forced to flee from advancing not at all expecting to see that Islamic State militants in Mosul, take a rest at a makeshift shelter at St. much misery, poverty and sad- Joseph Shrine near Irbil, Iraq, Sept. 10. Sister Marie Claude Naddaf, pro- ness in the eyes of the refugees.” vincial leader of Lebanon and Syria for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, “For me, it’s very difficult is still shaken by what she witnessed visiting Irbil. to find the words to describe this tragedy, people who were uprooted from their civilization, and all kinds of dangers. with her baby to the dispensary their culture, their land. They A recipient of the tent. Because there was a team of were pulled out like weeds — “International Woman of about 15 doctors, all exiles from expulsed, exiled and taken away. Courage” award from the U.S Qaraqosh volunteering their time, Will the world even try to under- State Department in 2010 for her the baby’s life was saved. But the stand and feel what these people work with abused, neglected and baby’s face was severely burned are feeling?” trafficked women, Sister Marie from exposure to the sun during Sister Marie Claude lived Claude has continued to be one the walk. through Lebanon’s 1975-90 war, of the Middle East region’s most “I want to send a plea to the the current war in Syria, and has effective champions for at-risk world. This is enough. It cannot served Iraqi refugees who fled women. continue,” Sister Marie Claude to Syria after the 2003 U.S.-led “There are all these political said. invasion of Iraq. strategies and policies concern- She questioned a policy of “But never before have I wit- ing women’s rights and violence ordering airstrikes against the nessed anything like this, people against women, yet women are Islamic State. living on the streets, when before left exposed on roads and side- “The U.S. minister of defense they were living comfortably with walks of Irbil, exposed to all is saying that each airstrike would dignity in their homes,” she said. kinds of violence and dangers, cost $8 million,” she said. “It pierced my heart like a knife.” and nobody is doing anything to Instead, she said, the interna- Most of the displaced adults raise a voice for them,” Sister tional community should work are educated professionals — Marie Claude said. “The world is toward liberating the villages that doctors, engineers, architects, able to see, but it seems it doesn’t were taken over by Islamic State government workers, teachers want to look at them.” militants and, through the United and university professors — who During her visit, she heard Nations, create a protected zone. were providing services to the about a pregnant woman who The objective of such raids, Iraqi people. was living in a tent with about 20 Sister Marie Claude said, is “just Now their future is uncertain. other people when she went into to protect their own interests, Get world news, subscribe to the TCN podcast and Sister Marie Claude likened labor. The woman delivered her especially the areas rich in oil.” their plight to that of the first baby without any medical assis- Yet the Church, she said, is a more at TodaysCatholicNews.org Christians living in the cata- tance. shining witness amid the misery. combs, exposed to the elements “There was not even anything Among the displaced are two to cover the newborn baby with, bishops, priests and more than except a shirt off of somebody’s 100 sisters who are living among back.” the people, helping them and The next day the baby was sharing in their sorrows, she said. very sick, so the mother walked •Fontanini •Joseph’s Studio •Willow Tree •Memorial Tear •McVan Jewelry •Creed Rosary

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During his formation, Fase assistant rector and rector of Fisher During his first year of temporary Partners in served in religious education at Hall at the university (2013-2014). vows, Ponisciak served in home- Christ the King Parish, South Being a Holy Cross priest could less ministry at HOPE Ministries, Bend (2007-2008); as a tutor be in Tim Mouton’s blood. He has South Bend. During his second Inspiration in the South Bend juvenile cor- two uncles, Father Jeffrey Allison year in temporary vows, Ponisciak rectional facility (2009); RCIA and Father Daniel Panchot, who worked in marriage preparation team member at Christ the King are both Holy Cross priests. ministry at Christ the King Parish. (2009-2010); at Our Lady of the During his formation, Mouton In his final year as a seminarian, Road Drop-in Center, South Bend served in Bible study at Holy Ponisciak coordinated preparation (2011-2012); marriage prepara- Cross Parish, South Bend (2009- for the sacrament of Confirmation Nick Gray tion, St. Pius X Catholic Church, 2010); as a youth mentor at Rise at Notre Dame. 800•888•7968 | SYM.com Granger, (2012-2013); and as a Up Academy in South Bend Christopher Rehagen is a native Wealth Management | Portfolio Management | Retirement Plan Services grief counselor for Notre Dame (2011-2012); in marriage prepara- of Jefferson City, Missouri, a twin Campus ministry (2013-2014). tion at St. Joseph Parish, South and the oldest of the four sons of David Halm is the only son Bend (2012-2013); and as a stu- Mark and Susan Rehagen. of the four children of Deborah dent teacher at Saint Joseph High He will serve as a deacon at Kuns and John Halm of Clyde, School, South Bend (2013-2014). Christ the King Parish, South Ohio. He entered Holy Cross in Stephen Chase Pepper is the Bend. Put Your MoneY to Work August 2000 in the Old College oldest of two sons of Barry K. and During his formation, Rehagen Undergraduate Seminary. Lorrie S. Pepper of Huntsville, served as a team member for NATIONAL 1 During his formation in Old Alabama. the Notre Dame Confirmation CATHOLIC College, Halm was a fifth-grade Pepper served his postulant program (2009-2010); at Stone SOCIETY OF Annuities religious education teacher at year in adult faith formation/Bible Soup Community in South Bend IRA AND ROTH Sacred Heart Church in Lakeville study at Christ the King Parish. (2011-2012); RCIA team member FORESTERS (2000-2001); he participated in During the following summer, he at Christ the King Parish (2012- Home Office: NoN-QUALIFIEd ANd QUALIFIEd, the Notre Dame study abroad pro- served at St. Joseph Parish, South 2013); and as assistant director in Mt. 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ROCCA “It is impossible to quantify the strength and depth of humanity con- tained in a family: mutual help, edu- VATICAN CITY (CNS) — cational support, relationships devel- Presiding over the wedding of 20 oping as family members mature, couples in St. Peter’s Basilica, the sharing of joys and difficulties,” Pope Francis celebrated marriage he said. “Families are the first place as the union of a man and woman in which we are formed as persons playing complementary roles and, at the same time, the bricks for during their common journey the building up of society.” through life. The newlyweds ranged in age “This is what marriage is all from 25 to 56 and represented a about: man and woman walking variety of situations, with some together, wherein the husband helps already having children or having his wife to become ever more a lived together before marriage. woman, and wherein the woman has Cohabitation, though not a the task of helping her husband to canonical impediment to marriage, become ever more a man,” the pope violates the Catholic Church’s said Sept. 14. “Here we see the reci- teaching on marriage and sexual procity of differences.” love. Pastoral ministers helping The pope spoke during a wed- Catholic couples prepare for the sac- ding Mass for couples from the dio- rament are urged to encourage them cese of Rome. to regularize such situations prior to In typically frank style, Pope marrying. Francis admitted married life can be At the start of the papal wedding tiring, “burdensome, and often, even Mass, the brides, wearing traditional nauseating.” white gowns, were accompanied CNS PHOTO/DEBBIE HILL But the pope assured the brides up the aisle of the basilica by their U.S. Bishops John O. Barres of Allentown, Pa., and Dale J. Melczek of Gary, Ind., listen as Israeli attorney Daniel and grooms that Christ’s redemptive fathers or other male relatives. The Seidemann gives an explanation of land use at an overlook on Mt. Scopus in East Jerusalem Sept. 12. Eighteen sacrifice would enable them to resist grooms entered with their mothers. bishops are on a nine-day prayer pilgrimage for peace in the Holy Land. the “dangerous temptation of dis- One at a time, each couple read the couragement, infidelity, weakness, wedding vows and exchanged rings abandonment.” before the congregation and the tele- Archbishop Sheen’s “closest surviving family members” coming from Asia, Africa, Oceania “The love of Christ, which has vision audience. asked that the archbishop’s wishes be and the Americas, as well as Europe. blessed and sanctified the union of As a thank-you present to the sainthood cause respected and that he had “expressly husband and wife, is able to sustain pope, the couples jointly contributed suspended indefinitely stated his desire that his remains be their love and to renew it when, to an educational and recreational buried in New York.” Christian leaders meet humanly speaking, it becomes lost, center for disadvantaged youth in a WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Obama, discuss concerns wounded or worn out,” he said. suburban neighborhood of Rome, to canonization cause of Archbishop Pope Francis also offered practi- be established by the local branch of Fulton Sheen has been suspended Pope appoints 14 couples for Mideast minorities cal advice for dealing with marital Caritas. indefinitely, according to a state- to attend Synod of WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eight discord. The ceremony was the first pub- ment issued Sept. 3 by the Diocese Eastern Christian leaders spent 40 “It is normal for a husband and lic papal celebration of a wedding of Peoria, Illinois, where the arch- Bishops on family minutes talking to President Barack wife to argue,” he said. “It always since 2000, when St. John Paul II bishop was born. The suspension VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More Obama about the situation of happens. But my advice is this: joined in marriage eight couples was announced “with immense sad- than 250 participants, including 14 Christians and other minorities in the never let the day end without having from different parts of the world as ness,” the diocese said. “The process married couples from around the Middle East. “We felt how deeply first made peace. Never. A small part of the Jubilee for Families. He to verify a possible miracle attributed world, were expected to attend moved he was by what was happen- gesture is sufficient. Thus the jour- also publicly presided over another to Sheen had been going extremely October’s extraordinary Synod of ing to the Christians there,” Lebanese ney may continue.” joint wedding for a group of couples well, and only awaited a vote of Bishops on the family. In addition to Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Speaking three weeks before in 1994 as part of his celebration of the cardinals and the approval of 114 presidents of national bishops’ patriarch, said at a Mass later the the start of an extraordinary Synod the International Year of the Family. the Holy Father. There was every conferences, 13 heads of Eastern same day at Our Lady of Lebanon of Bishops on the family, the pope indication that a possible date for Catholic churches and 25 heads of Maronite Catholic Church. The emphasized the importance of the beatification in Peoria would have Vatican congregations and councils, Sept. 11 Mass closed the three-day been scheduled for as early as the the pope appointed 26 synod fathers inaugural In Defense of Christians coming year.” Archbishop Sheen, to take part in the Oct. 5-19 synod. A summit. A conference organizer told who gained fame in the 1950s with list of the appointments was released Catholic News Service an American a prime-time television series called Sept. 9 by the Vatican. Almost all businessman from the Middle East “Life Is Worth Living,” died in New of the 26 papally appointed voting sent his private jet to transport the York in 1979. The diocesan state- members are from Europe. Of these, Christian leaders to the summit. The ment said the Archdiocese of New none of the 14 cardinals, eight bish- cardinal said each of the leaders from York denied a request from Bishop ops and four priests appointed by the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox rites Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria, president pope is from North America or other had a chance to speak individually of the Archbishop Sheen Foundation, English-speaking countries. Some of to Obama, who the White House to move the archbishop’s body to the papal appointees include German said “dropped by National Security Peoria. Deacon Greg Kendra, in a Cardinal Walter Kasper, Belgian Advisor Susan Rice’s meeting at the Sept. 3 posting on his blog The Cardinal Godfried Danneels, and White House.” Although the White Deacon’s Bench, said the reason for Italian Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, as well House did not release details of the the request was for “official inspec- as Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, discussion, throughout the summit the tion and to take first-class relics from director of La Civilta Cattolica jour- Christian leaders spoke of the threat to the remains.” A Sept. 4 statement nal, and Msgr. Pio Pinto, dean of Christians and other minorities posed from Joseph Zwilling, communi- the Roman Rota, a Vatican-based by Islamic State militants, particu- cations director for the New York tribunal that deals mainly with mar- larly in Iraq and Syria. Several said Archdiocese, said Cardinal Timothy riage cases. However, among the they were advocating religious free- CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING M. Dolan of New York “did express nonvoting members of 38 observ- dom, an inherent right. They spoke Newly married couples Marco Purcaro and Laura Capurso, center, and a hesitance in exhuming the body” ers and 16 experts appointed by of the need for local leaders and the Fiorenzo Genito and Lidia Tortora, right, react after exchanging vows as absent a directive from the Vatican the pope, the majority are laymen international community to become Pope Francis celebrates the marriage rite for 20 couples during a Mass in St. Congregation for Saints’ Causes and laywomen, including 14 mar- involved in a solution because, as one and family approval. The statement Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Sept . 14. At left is Flaviano Picchi and Giulia ried couples, and they are more Orthodox bishop said, “no one can Capozi, who are preparing to exchange vows. added that Archbishop Sheen’s geographically diverse, with several possibly agree to a beheading.” September 21, 2014 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 7 White Mass for medical To sign up for the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil contact coordina- workers set Oct. 8 tors, John and Karla DiFilippo at 260-341-7839. FORT WAYNE — Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades will celebrate the Around the Diocese Terry Barber to present Second Annual White Mass for all medical workers and their families talks on New at 6 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Oct. 8. Evangelization In the South Bend area, a White SJHS STUDENTS EXPLORE ARTIST’S LIFE AND ARTWORK BLUFFTON — St. Joseph Church, Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. Bluffton, and the Knights of on Thursday, Oct. 16, at St. Pius X, Columbus Council 7555 are cospon- Granger. soring several talks on the New A banquet at St Mary’s Evangelization by Terry Barber, Oechtering Hall will follow the Fort an internationally known speaker Wayne Mass. Cost for the banquet on Catholic topics and founder of is $15 per person. Saint Joseph Communications, Inc., The Catholic Medical Guild is Lighthouse Catholic Media. Barber sponsoring the event. To register is a cohost with Jesse Romero of the for the banquet, visit www.fort- EWTN Radio Network’s “Reasons waynecma.com. for Faith — Live.” The banquet speaker will be Barber will talk briefly at the 5 Matthew Hanley, a senior fellow p.m. Mass on Saturday, Sept. 27, at the National Catholic Bioethics and the 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Center. Hanley holds a medical Sept. 28. On Sunday, Sept. 28, degree in public health and will at 3 p.m., Barber will speak on speak on the topic, “Ideological “The Ten Commandments of Medicine: Serving Aims, Not Evangelization.” On Monday, Sept. Humanity.” 29, at 7 p.m., Barber will speak Hanley’s writing on matters of on “Confidence in God.” The pro- public health, ethics, religion and grams will last about 90 minutes. culture has appeared in a range Childcare will be available, and of national and international pub- refreshments will follow the pro- lications and venues. His book grams. “Affirming Love, Avoiding AIDS; For information, contact St. What Africa Can Teach the West” Joseph Church at 260-824-1380, was awarded a best book prize by PROVIDED BY SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL Larry Leitz at 260-824-4607 or the Catholic Press Association. Students at Saint Joseph High School in South Bend recently teamed with the email [email protected]. He worked for Catholic Relief Services from 2001-2008 as a University of Notre Dame to participate in a multi-discipline program, Guayasamin’s Victory Noll Center technical advisor. He has traveled Art in Motion Project, that allowed them to explore the life and artwork of Oswaldo extensively in Africa, supporting to celebrate fall festival the Catholic Church’s responses to Guayasamín, one of the most prominent Latin American artists of the 20th century. The the AIDS epidemic. He holds a HUNTINGTON — Victory Noll master’s degree in public health students created the mural, shown above, in response to their studies. Center will host a Fall Festival from from Emory University in Atlanta. 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21, in Hanley has offered the commen- conjunction with the United Nations tary in this week’s feature of The Chapel at noon followed by lunch all member knights and their fami- gazebo, 2004 Ironwood Circle, celebration of World Day of Peace. Catholic Doctor is In, located on and a meeting in the lower level lies that have volunteered 50 years from 1-3:30 p.m. on Oct. 5. An A hayride, peace walk, learning page 15. of the medical center. On the third of time, treasure and talent to sup- opening will be followed by Mass station, treats and information to Wednesday of the month, a 5:30 port the Catholic parishes of St. at 1:15 p.m. celebrated by Holy help everyone become peace mak- Respect Life month p.m. dinner is followed by a 6 p.m. Matthew, St. Jude-Sacred Heart Cross Father Bill Miscamble. At ers and live the beatitude: “Blessed meeting. The Wednesday meeting and Our Lady of Hungary. 2:30 p.m. a Life Chain along State are the Peace Makers, for they shall kicked off with rosary usually includes a guest speaker. For more information on the Road 23 and N. Ironwood Rd. will be called Children of God!” (Mt 5:9) will be available. SOUTH BEND — Bishop Kevin To learn more about the Serra 50th anniversary celebration, be followed by closing remarks Club contact Ray and Susan Vales contact Chuck Bergman at 574- and social time at the gazebo at More information is available at C. Rhoades will kick-off Respect www.olvm.org/vncenter. Life Month by leading a Rosary at 574-204-2084. 303-7020 or chuckbergman@sbc- 3:30 p.m. Signs are available at For Life on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at global.net. the Women’s Care Center at 1635 USF Jesters accepting 7 p.m. in the parking lot adjacent Knights of Columbus N. Ironwood. Parking is available to the abortion clinic on Ironwood Council 5521 celebrates 40 Days for Life fall at CE Lee Paint store, Women’s registrations for season Circle. Young people and families campaign announced Care Center and the Right to Life are especially encouraged to attend, 50 years of service Office at 2004 Ironwood Circle. FORT WAYNE — The Jesters of and the Office of Family Life will SOUTH BEND —The 40 Days- the University of Saint Francis is be giving away pro-life balloons, SOUTH BEND — A new council for-Life campaign will run from ‘40 Days for Life’ campaign accepting registrations for 2014- bumper stickers, brochures and of the Knights of Columbus was Wednesday, Sept. 24, through unites community 2015 from people ages 6 and older other promotional materials on site. formed to serve Catholic families Sunday, Nov. 2. with developmental disabilities. on the south side of South Bend The Life Center, 2018 Ironwood FORT WAYNE — The 40 Days The program began Saturday, Serra Club of South Bend in 1964. On March 1, the coun- Circle, will offer a daily vigil at the for Life campaign, a prayer vigil Sept. 6 and will meet each Saturday cil was chartered and chose Ave Prayer Peninsula from 7:30 a.m. to for an end to abortion will be from 10 a.m. to noon in the dance donation serves seminarians Maria in honor of South Bend’s 7:30 p.m. held Sept. 24 through Nov. 2. studio at the USF North Campus, strong ties to the Blessed Mother Mass is offered each Tuesday at The vigil will be held at First 2702 Spring St. The cost is $60. SOUTH BEND — The Serra Club with 118 Knights who became Scholarships are available. of South Bend recently presented 7:30 a.m. in the Chapel of Divine Pilgrim Holiness, located at 1508 charter members, led by their first Mercy. Mass each Saturday during Ardmore Ave. in Fort Wayne. For more information, contact Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades with a elected Grand Knight, Frank D. director Allison Ballard at allis2b@ check for $1,800, proceeds from the the 40 Days-for-Life is celebrated A kickoff event will be held on Pritchett. at 8 a.m. in the back of The Life Sunday, Sept. 21, from 2-4 p.m. at yahoo.com or 260-745-3107. sale of Father’s Day cards at three Ave Maria Council 5521 will Registrations will be accepted local parishes. The cards, which Center. Broadway Christian Church, 910 be hosting a 50th Anniversary For more information visit Broadway in Fort Wayne, with through Saturday, Sept. 27. had a theme of St. Joseph as the Celebration Dinner for its member pillar of families, were sold to raise www.40DaysforLife.com/ guest speaker and pro-life advo- knights on Saturday, Sept. 20. The SouthBend. cate Ruth Yorston. Correction funds for the education of diocesan evening will start with a special seminarians. Churches, organizations, fami- blessing of the council located on lies and individuals may sign The story about the Mass at the Serra Club is an organization that South Ironwood Drive, followed Life Chain celebrates University of Saint Francis pub- promotes, supports and prays for up to stand in prayer at First by a dinner and special presen- Respect Life Month Pilgrim Holiness Church during lished in the Sept. 7, 2014 issue of vocations to the Priesthood and reli- tation to the council from the Today’s Catholic, should have list- gious life. Meetings are held twice SOUTH BEND — The Knights the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Each state office. Jim Murphy, a popu- Wednesday will conclude with a ed Sister Gayle Rusbasan, campus a month at St. Joseph’s Regional lar nationally renowned Catholic of Columbus and St. Joseph minister at the University of Saint Medical Center in Mishawaka. On County Right to Life will cel- prayer gathering from 7-8 p.m. evangelist, is the guest speaker for led by a guest speaker to pray for Francis, as a Franciscan Sister of the first Friday of each month, Mass the celebration. ebrate Respect Life Month at the Sacred Heart. is celebrated in Our Lady of Fatima the Right to Life parking lot and pregnant women contemplating This event is designed to honor abortion and their babies. 8 TODAY’S CATHOLIC September 21, 2014 Franciscan Center facility commemorates 25 years Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades dedicates new building

genesis of its beginnings was a BY VINCE LABARBERA single homeless woman living in Johnny Appleseed Park in need FORT WAYNE — Bishop Kevin of food,” he continued. “Sally C. Rhoades blessed the newly started by helping her with food, remodeled Franciscan Center then shelter.” operations building at 1015 East By preparing a few small Maple Grove Ave., in Fort Wayne, lunches out of her own home named in honor of Jean Kelly, one kitchen and delivering them of the center’s founders. to the homeless population in “The Father of mercies and Fort Wayne, Sally soon had God of all consolation, who Kelly’s assistance along with strengthens through His Son in Paul Savage. “This simple mis- the Holy Spirit, bestows His love sion grew from there,” added the and blessing in a particular way executive director, who with his on those who are in need, and mother also was involved with on those who minister to them,” the center from its beginning. Bishop Rhoades prayed, at the “They later opened two homeless center on Sept. 2. shelters, one for men and one for “Today, we ask for God’s women,” he added. blessing on this new home of After a few years, it was The Franciscan Center, which is decided the shelters should be celebrating 25 years of service turned over to Vincent House, to the local community,” Bishop now Vincent Village, a transi- Rhoades continued. “It is a place tional shelter with affordable where you will continue to help housing for homeless families feed the hungry, aid the poor and in Fort Wayne, he explained. needy and tend to the sick. By The mission’s focus to the poor PHOTOS BY JERRY KESSENS this great work, you will further would be on providing food Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades speaks during the blessing of the The Franciscan Center building at 1015 East Maple the mission of Jesus Christ, and and other basic essentials. After Grove Ave. in Fort Wayne on Sept. 2. Named in honor of one of the cofounders, Jean Kelly, the new structure bring His people closer to Him.” several years of operating a sack- lunch program out of St. Peter’s was remodeled to fit the various needs of The Franciscan Center. The center provides sack lunches that are An open house with tours delivered to 1,100 people on Saturday mornings. The ministry also provides a food pantry and Medicine Cabinet of the operations building and Catholic Church, the operations were moved to the former school and serves 1,400 to 1,700 people every week. refreshments followed the bless- ing ceremony. building of Sacred Heart Parish at “Derived from the Secular 4643 Gaywood Dr. “By 2011, a mission that teers, providing its services over Franciscan Order, The Franciscan 80,000 times a year to many Center was founded in 1989 by began with a single sandwich, had evolved into an organiza- repeat clients,” said Tony Ley, Kelly and Sally Ley,” said Tony who was named executive direc- Ley, executive director. “The tion with a support staff of five employees and over 60 volun- tor in 2011. Even though the use of the High Quality • Not High Cost Sacred Heart School building was a definite blessing, Ley continued, it had disadvantages, mostly due to Villa of the Woods its lack of accessibility. “Because Senior Residential Living of the building’s design, reaching Our affordable rates include: any of our services required trek- •Furnished Room •Home Cooked Meals •24 Hour staff king up and down a long flight of •Weekly Housekeeping Services •Laundry Service •Activities stairs,” said Ley. An adjacent building, which •Free Cable TV •Medication Reminders •Free Medication Set had served as Sacred Heart’s con- Financial Assistance for housing costs currently available through RCAP program. vent until 1975, was purchased A program of Visit us at www.villaofthewoods.com 260-745-7039 in April 2013 from The Church, a local ministry operating out of the facility. The structure subse- quently was remodeled to fit the various needs of The Franciscan NEW DVD – JUST RELEASED! Center to include a room addi- The exterior of The Franciscan Center is shown above. Bishop Kevin C. tion. SIGNS FROM GOD Rhoades blessed the center on Sept. 2. “This acquisition has allowed us to provide all of our services on the ground floor making us MIRACLES AND accessible to those with mobil- ity issues. As an added bonus, THEIR MEANING this new building at its payoff Bleeding Statue Eucharistic Miracle will account for $20,000 in hat science discovers will confront the mind and heart of every person. annual savings,” Ley explained. The DVD presents the findings from the investigations of a bleeding “Because of her silent strength W and her devotion to the poor, we statue of Christ in Cochabamba, Bolivia and of a Eucharistic miracle in honored the late Jean Kelly by Buenos Aires, Argentina, the later commissioned by Cardinal Bergoglio in naming this new building after 1999. This Cardinal is now known to the world as Pope Francis! her,” he concluded. This DVD is great for strengthening the faith of our family and friends. The Franciscan Center volun- This powerful witness, given by Tim Francis, has touched and transformed teers deliver 1,100 sack lunches every Saturday morning begin- lives, setting souls on fire worldwide. This is truly a New Evangelization ning at 8 a.m. The ministry call for all as we awaken our faith. also provides a Food Pantry on To order DVD, visit our Web Site at: www.loveandmercy.org Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. and offers a Medicine or send $20 plus $4 (shipping & handling) to: Cabinet on Tuesdays from 10-11 Love and Mercy Publications, a.m. The center serves approxi- P O Box 1160, Hampstead, NC 28443 Stocked shelves of The Franciscan Center serve 1,400 to 1,700 clients every mately 1,400 to 1,700 people week. every week. September 21, 2014 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 9 Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Online Food Safety Training children learning faith through senses Program available for BY KAREN CLIFFORD volunteer food handlers according to Gilliam. “If we want to help the child BY BRIGID CURTIS AYER draw nearer to God, we should In addition to the online pro- with patience and courage seek gram, the department developed to go always closer to the vital INDIANAPOLIS — Parish volun- several handouts. For example, nucleus of things. This requires teers that handle food have a free handouts can be downloaded, print- study and prayer. The children online resource they can access to ed and hung in areas where food will be our teachers if we know ensure food safety at parish events, is prepared. Voluntary safety stan- how to observe them.” or Church-sponsored venues dard handouts include proper hand — Sofia Cavaletti involving food. washing and drying procedures; The program called IN-TRAIN proper food cooling; a self-inspec- SOUTH BEND — Sixty years is an online, electronic food safety tion check list; ideal refrigeration ago, Dr. Sofia Cavaletti and Gianna and handling training program that temperatures for various types of Gobbi developed a new approach volunteers can access anytime, meat, poultry and casseroles; and to catechesis by the careful observa- anywhere, 24 hours a day, seven proper manual washing of equip- tion of children using manipulative days a week. ment, dishes and utensils. materials to internalize and pon- “Whether it is food served at a Nonprofits are exempt from a der the mysteries of the Catholic funeral reception, a parish retreat, variety of food safety and handling faith. This type of faith instruction picnic or festival, parish volunteers regulations. According to Gilliam, was named the Catechesis of the and those who supervise them have because nonprofits have voluntarily Good Shepherd and is a hands-on access to a new online training complied with best practices for approach to faith instruction cen- food safety program,” said Glenn safety and handling the program tered on liturgy and Scripture. Tebbe, who serves as the executive is seen more as an effort to make After reading some of Dr. director of the Indiana Catholic “modest improvements” to safety Cavaletti’s books, Msgr. Michael Conference, the public policy arm and handling. The program’s goal Heintz introduced this program to of the Catholic Church in Indiana. is to provide a uniform training St. Matthew Cathedral in the fall of Prompted by a study panel of program that anyone can access to 2000 under the leadership of parish- the Indiana General Assembly, the ensure basic food safety and han- ioner Marie Harrer. Indiana State Department of Health dling is followed. According to Harrer, there are (ISDH) sought to provide resources How it works: After complet- three levels in which children are for a food safety-training program. ing a short online registration, the grouped by developmental planes. “We wanted to develop some- training video takes roughly 35 Level 1 includes children ages 3-6, thing that was hassle-free, and minutes to complete. Gilliam said level 2 ages 6-9, and level 3 ages easily accessible for volunteers the department sought feedback KAREN CLIFFORD from nonprofit organizations dur- 9-12. Level 1 was introduced to St. Catechist Marie Harrer works with a student in St. Matthew Cathedral’s of nonprofit organizations,” said Matthew in 2000, level 2 in 2008 Scott Gilliam, director of the Food ing the development of the pro- and level 3 in 2010. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program. This year, the Church will Protection Program for Indiana gram on how to best develop and “The lessons are developmen- celebrate Catechetical Sunday on September 21, and will focus on the State Department of Health deliver a program that would be tally appropriate for children and theme “Teaching About God’s Gift of Forgiveness.” Catechetical Sunday (ISDH). applicable to their organizations’ capture sensitive periods for learn- is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, “The goal of IN-TRAIN is to volunteers. ing. For example, language is most by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the ensure food safety for the public,” Tebbe, on behalf of the Catholic Church, participated in a panel easily acquired by the younger child Gospel. Gilliam said. “If someone were and so, lessons on nomenclature are to get sick due to improper food that provided practical feedback on how a program might be best initially presented to our youngest of the Word made Flesh in Jesus son. “He fell deeply in love with handling, not only could a person implemented in a parish or Church children in the program (three to six Christ, the Sacrament of the Father. the Good Shepherd from that first be harmed, but the incident could ministry setting. In addition to years old),” says Harrer. “Formation Second, its pedagogical structure. presentation and has been enjoying also harm an organization’s brand, the Indiana Catholic Conference, of a personal moral code begins The young child takes in his or her the lessons and the time he has to mission and the good work the Gleaners Food Bank and the around age 7 and so, moral parables reality and makes meaning through spend in the atrium ever since. He is particular nonprofit is trying to United Way of Central Indiana also are initially presented to children the senses,” Keating emphasizes. now in fourth grade and looks for- accomplish.” provided feedback to ISDH on how ages 6-9.” Keating adds, “Think of how a ward every week to his time in the Gilliam calls the IN-TRAIN a to develop a voluntary program to The material used in Catechesis child learns her mother tongue. It atrium,” Becker says. “refresher course” for those hand- ensure food safety and handling. of the Good Shepherd is placed at is not through long hours of study, A memory from last year ling food. The program developed “Parish volunteers across the the disposal of the child to work pouring over grammar rules and involving a five year old in the by the ISDH’s Food Protection state of Indiana will be able to with each week. The catechist and vocabulary; rather, she learns it atrium emphasizes the effect of the Program is based on a national access this tool to ensure food parish members make the materials immediately and vitally — language Catechesis of the Good Shepherd on program called TRAIN. TRAIN safety and handling,” said Tebbe. available to the children; there are becomes part of the child.” young minds. was developed by the Public “Parishes have not had any inci- no textbooks. Eucharist is central Special memories of the chil- “‘Ms. Keating, I have a great Health Foundation. Indiana has dences or problems of food poison- to every level in Catechesis of the dren’s insights from Catechesis of idea. I’m going to make a card for purchased its own affiliate site, ing or persons being harmed by Good Shepherd, even to the young- the Good Shepherd have been abun- God and His Son,’ he said. About IN-TRAIN, to provide similar food improper food handling and we est child. The catechist remembers dant since the program’s inaugura- 10 minutes later, this child was safety training, but both can be want to keep it that way.” that Christ is the teacher and their tion at St. Matthew. Nancy Becker, kneeling with his eyes closed hold- accessed because TRAIN sites are Tebbe added, “Given the many responsibility is to prepare an envi- co-director of religious education at ing his card up in the air, in the ges- connected. Learners on IN-TRAIN venues our parishes serve others ronment called the atrium, which the parish, recalls a presentation to ture of the offering, which he had can access information about state, in providing or handling food, our aids in the development of the reli- level 1 atrium during her first year learned the previous week,” says local, national and even interna- participation in the IN-TRAIN pro- gious life of the child. as director. Keating. tional training opportunities avail- gram, it is another way the Church “A small part of the weekly “I had brought the materials Msgr. Heintz finds Sofia able to them, online and in person. can make a good faith effort to gatherings are dedicated to the home to prepare to give the presen- Cavaletti’s vision for catechesis a IN-TRAIN operates through promote the public good and safety catechist’s presentations, while the tation to the children in my class. good fit as one of the children’s reli- a collaborative partnership with by voluntarily enhancing standards. bulk of the time is reserved for the As I used the materials to practice, gious education programs offered at state and federal agencies, local I am hopeful members of our faith personal work of the child,” notes my then three-year-old son, who St. Matthew. and national organizations, and community take advantage of this Harrer. “The attitude of the catechist has Down syndrome, became com- “What I find most moving educational institutions. TRAIN is resource.” is marked by humility before the pletely mesmerized by the words about her work and the approach funded by its network affiliates and capacities of the child.” from Scripture and the image of the of her catechesis is that it is fully the Centers for Disease Control and Jessica Keating, a catechist for Good Shepherd and the sheep. He sacramental, biblical and liturgical Prevention. level 1 of Catechesis of the Good kept asking me over and over again all at the same time. Much like the A subcommittee of the Finance Shepherd, finds the program incar- to repeat the lesson. When I had preaching of the Fathers (Cyril of Committee examined ways for national in two ways. finished he spent a long time quietly Jerusalem, for example), her work improving food safety and hand- “First it is explicitly working with the material, very con- and her methods capture the spirit ing procedures for nonprofit Christocentric, introducing children tent and satisfied,” says Becker. which animates the very life of the organizations, including Catholic For more information from the outset to the most essential The impact of the presentation Church,” Msgr. Heintz concludes. parishes. The IN-TRAIN program on IN-TRAIN mystery of the faith: the mystery had a lasting impact on Becker’s took about 11 months to develop, or to register for the online train- ing go to https://in.train.org. 10 TODAY’S CATHOLIC September 21, 2014 Marian High School celebrates 50 Year Anniversary

PHOTOS BY KEVIN HAGGENJOS The Marian High School community gathered Sept. 4 to cel- ebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mishawaka high school. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades was the Mass celebrant. Marian High School Principal Mark Kirzeder speaks to the assembly following the 50th anniversary Mass.

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades assembles with members of the Class of 1968, the first graduating class of Marian High School in Mishawaka.

and gratitude for the heartfelt gen- history. I encourage you, students, Those in attendance from the Vatican II. But by having as our erosity of the sisters. faculty, staff and friends, to put out original class were offered a tour primary goals to remain optimistic, MARIAN Although the school was ini- into the deep, to trust in the word through the school to explore new to uphold fiscal responsibility and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tially set to open in 1963, weather- of Jesus like Peter did, and you additions, old favorite places, to promote orthodoxy theology, the related delays pushed the opening will have a great catch.” and to meet current faculty and school began to thrive and eventu- to the fall of 1964. Bishop Pursley Bishop Rhoades also prayed for students. The celebration was a ally grew into the flourishing com- with Jesus, we put out into the blessed the cornerstone of the the school community to become warmly received tribute by all in munity we have today.” deep. We do good things, help school on Aug. 9, and then, on further entrusted to Our Lady of attendance and it called to mind Current Principal Mark others and build a better world.” Sept. 4, the school opened with its Lourdes, the recently declared past memories of happiness and Kirzeder remarked, “It’s great to The founders of Marian High first class of 230 freshmen, some Marian patron of the school, “so hospitality. have the bishop’s support. It’s a School shared this vision to lead of whom were present at the 50th that she who was never afraid to John Ferrettie, who graduated confirmation that he understands students to Christ, even though ini- anniversary Mass. put out into the deep, as the most with the original class in 1968 and appreciates that Marian High tially they faced challenges and set- At its origins, Marian was perfect disciple of her Son, may and served as a teacher, coach School continues to contribute backs, Bishop Rhoades related in a almost completely staffed by continue to intercede for you in and assistant principal during his within diocese. This school is only historical account of the school. Salvatorian priests and brothers your holy mission here at Marian tenure, shared the joy of his experi- successful if we remain true to the Bishop Pursley sought to build from Wisconsin, and the Sisters of High School,” the bishop said. ences and gratitude at having been teachings of Jesus Christ, and I new Catholic high schools in St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. Before the conclusion of the at Marian. “I have so many memo- think that we really are trying to Fort Wayne and Mishawaka and Since then, the school has cast Mass, school officials presented ries as a student and staff member do that on a daily basis with our launched the Bishop’s School its net to help cultivate the minds Bishop Rhoades with a unique here. This has been such a wonder- students. We are always trying to Building Foundation to raise funds and hearts of thousands of students. painting of St. Mother Theodore ful community,” he said. “I really live by example, to refocus our for construction. “For 50 years, Marian has Guérin, Indiana’s lone canonized look back to the people here and energies and all of our programs to The bishop was able to move provided excellent Catholic educa- saint, as a gift to the diocese. The relationships I have had with them. constantly reevaluate whether we forward with Marian High School tion to students from throughout portrait was a combined effort by Some of the best years of my adult really are fulfilling our proclaimed because of a very generous gift — Mishawaka, South Bend, Elkhart Marian art teacher Kitty Gunty and life were spent at Marian.” mission to spread the Gospel to a donation of over 36 acres of land and the surrounding area.” Bishop former student Sara Holderbaum, Cyril Devliegher, principal from make Christ known, loved and for the construction of the facil- Rhoades said. “Marian High who have consistently strived to 1972-82, remarked that he “took served. I feel as long as we are ity from the Sisters of St. Francis School has a proud half-century of use their artistic talents to give over during a period of uncertainty doing that, then the Lord will con- of Perpetual Adoration. Those in history, but I think of the history back to both Marian High School and transition, which was also the tinue to bless us here for the next attendance offered their support yet to be made. You are part of that and the diocesan community. state of the Church as a whole after 50 years.” September 21, 2014 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 11 Marian High School celebrates 50 Year Anniversary Marian High School celebrates 50 years of learning, service and leadership

BY TRISH LINNER feel sorry for us. We were so than knowledge of a specific con- new. But we had the last laugh tent, are what students tend to be as much to their surprise we most grateful for.” MISHAWAKA — In 1962, the won that first game, 7-6. Marian Referring to the Marian com- Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual began its winning tradition with munity, Principal Kirzeder called Adoration, donated a 36-acre that first team of young men from it an ever-growing family. site located directly south of every possible type of family.” “We pride ourselves on the their convent, Mount Alverno, “I have very strong ties to close personal relationships that to establish a new Catholic Marian,” Otolski said. “It is a all members of our community high school in the South Bend- time I will never forget, and I experience,” he said. “It is with Mishawaka-Elkhart area. am proud to have been there at the support, prayers and help of After two years of planning the beginning. That first pioneer the entire Marian family, that and construction, and with a cost group had a tremendous sense of we endeavor to provide an educa- of $1.9 million, the class of 1968 spirit. Marian has never lost that tion that is not only rigorous, but entered the doors on Tuesday, spirit.” rooted in the rich tradition of our Sept. 8, 1964 to start their fresh- That first year the football Catholic faith.” men year. The first freshmen team consisted of a 33-man squad “All members of the Marian class consisted of 131 boys and led by Dave Dhoore. The defeat faculty are passionate about 108 girls. Each year another class of South Bend Central was wit- the subjects they teach, dedi- was added until there were four nessed by 3,000 fans, a testament cated to the mission of providing grades and the school was full. to the support the Marian com- Catholic education to all students That first class celebrated the first munity had. The team would go that walk through our doors, Marian graduation in 1968. on to an 8-1-1 record — quite a and committed to making God The Marian Knights donned remarkable feat for a first-year known, loved and served in this school colors of blue and silver, program. In addition to football, life, so that we can all be with which were voted on by the Marian had a successful basket- Him in the next,” he said. student body the first week of ball season with a 14-7 record. school. The students started their Though there was no baseball, day at 8:40 a.m. Each class was wrestling, golf or crosscountry, 50 minutes long and their day the school did have a track team in the spring. ended at 3:56 p.m. Mass was Marian High School held in the The pride and determina- and Wendy cafeteria. tion that was shown by those Bognar provided this historical first teams have been a motiva- information. Tim Johnson con- The boys Marian High School is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. More took up tion for subsequent teams. An tributed to this story. photos are three class- unknown 1968 graduate gave available at rooms on this quote, “As you can see, we todayscatholicnews.org one side of are proud, very proud. Proud of the build- what we are, and what we will ing, the be. What records we set this year girls in three classrooms on the we are proud of. We will even other side. They did not have any be prouder of the athletes who JAY ASDELL, D.D.S. mixed classes until the first class will follow us, breaking the tape became seniors. a second or so quicker, because Michiana Oral and Bishop Leo A. Pursley chose they will have inherited the desire priests and brothers of the to play, win and claim the victory Salvatorian Order and Sisters of with honor and undying spirit MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, LLC St. Francis to administer and staff — a tradition which we, the first the classrooms. Father Donald graduating class of Marian High 707 N. Michigan Street - Suite 300 Verhagen served as the first School have begun.” principal. One lay teacher, Bob Today, Marian High School South Bend, IN 46601 Otolski, also served as the foot- continues the 50-year tradition of ball coach. Catholic education to learn, serve Phone (574) 289-0080 Otolski recalled that first and lead — the school’s motto. season fondly, “I remember When asked what the students August 1964 very well. It was would consider the strength of michianaomfs.com very hot and the school was not Marian High School Principal done. There was dust and dirt Mark Kirzeder, who became everywhere. I brought the bor- the school’s new principal in rowed football equipment we got July, told Today’s Catholic, from Indiana University back to “Primarily, I believe our students Marian on a trailer.” would view Marian as a place “We not only had to use bor- where people, faculty and staff rowed equipment, but we did not alike, will care about and love Congratulations have practice facilities,” Otolski them as individuals created by said. “Our first team practice was God.” Marian High School held in a cornfield across from He noted, “Often I see stu- the school. Our first game was dents return to see a favorite against South Bend Central.” teacher or staff member to say on your “Our opponents came with thank you for the gifts of faith, a cross between ridicule and love, understanding or compas- pity,” he said. “They didn’t sion that were given many years 50 year Anniversary! know whether to laugh at us or earlier. These gifts, more often 12 TODAY’S CATHOLIC September 21, 2014 Sisters of St. Francis Program and Practicum,” in which participants will engage in a two- BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR THE BLESSED MOTHER of Perpetual Adoration year formation to prepare them to profess vows become spiritual directors. For more information about these MISHAWAKA — The Sisters of programs, or an application pack- St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration et, call 260-356-0628, ext. 174, or celebrated the days surrounding the visit www.olvm.org/vncenter. feast of St. Clare with great solem- nity as they witnessed several young ‘Celebrate. Living. women taking their next step in reli- gious life. Discipleship.’ ministry On Aug. 9, Sister M. Petra event planned at Our Nielsen, Sister M. Benedicta Duna, and Sister M. Cecelia Clare Stoffel Lady of Good Hope renewed their temporary vows of FORT WAYNE — Our Lady of poverty, chastity and obedience. Good Hope Parish, Fort Wayne, is On Aug. 10, Sister Mary Anthony hosting a ministry awareness event Winger professed temporary vows at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, for a period of three years. On Aug. and at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on 10, six young women, Sisters Mary Sunday, Sept. 28. The event is open John, Mary Bosco, Mary Augustine, to everyone and is meant as a cel- Cora Marie, Michael Marie and M ebration of all the wonderful things Karol Ann were admitted to the happening in the parish and diocese, novitiate after completing a year of and serves to educate the public on postulancy. ministries and services available Three originally from the Diocese from both a service and volunteer of Fort Wayne-South Bend include perspective. Sister Mary Bosco (formerly Kim The parish is focusing on dis- Davis) from Ossian, and a parishio- cipleship in the month of September, PROVIDED BY SACRED HEART SCHOOL ner of St. Therese Parish, who met and in particular, the role of the laity the sisters at Bishop Luers High in bringing Christ’s presence to oth- Sacred Heart School, Warsaw, students and staff honored the Blessed Virgin Mary’s birth- School during a vocation event, Sister ers in everyday lives. day on Sept. 8 by praying the rosary together in front of a specially-designed rosary con- Mary Augustine (formerly Celeste Father Mark Gurtner, pastor Warrell) from St. John the Baptist of Our Lady of Good Hope, said, sisting of cupcakes aligned on a golden ribbon. A beautiful image of Mary and a crucifix Parish, South Bend, who met the sis- “Although we certainly need the col- completed the special rosary. To conclude the celebration, students and staff were treat- ters through their high school retreats laboration of the laity for the internal and Sister Michael Marie (formerly needs of the Church, we must make ed to a cupcake. The cupcake rosary was provided by Sacred Heart’s Home and School Janet Hilger) from Fort Wayne, and sure that people understand their role Association. Pictured are the fourth-grade students with teacher Rose Smith and Principal a parishioner of Queen of Angels goes beyond volunteering for some- Parish, who became acquainted with thing at church or attending Mass James L. Faroh, Sr. the sisters when they came to Bishop one hour a week.” Dwenger High School for Vocation More information about Days. Our Lady’s Celebrate. Living. And on Aug. 11, the feast of Discipleship event is available on the BISHOP ACCEPTS SUPPORT FOR FRANCISCAN EDUCATION St. Clare, Sister M. Madeleine parish website at http://olghfw.com/. Schumacker, Sister M. Anna Joseph Nelling and Sister Maria Gemma Saint Joseph High School Salyer professed perpetual vows as Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual named to Catholic Adoration during a Mass celebrated Education Honor Roll by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades. MANASSAS, VA. – The Cardinal Extended study Newman Society has recognized of Christian spirituality Saint Joseph High School in South Bend on the Catholic Education HUNTINGTON — Victory Noll Honor Roll: 2014 Schools of Center, 1900 W. Park Dr., is offer- Excellence. Since 2004 the Honor ing an extended program that will Roll has celebrated quality Catholic delve deep into the study of Christian education throughout the United spirituality. States. “Foundations of Christian Honor Roll schools receiv- Spirituality,” is a yearlong reflective ing this designation are marked by study of the Wisdom Tradition over the integration of Catholic identity the centuries. Participants will meet throughout all aspects of their pro- on 10 Thursdays from September grams and excellence in academics. of 2014 to May of 2015 for daylong This year 71 schools received the sessions from 9:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m. honor of being named as a School Lunch will be provided each session. of Excellence, and an additional nine The program will explore the clas- received the distinction of Honorable sic elements of monastic and con- Mention. This is less than 5 percent templative life. The program offers of the Catholic high schools in the a reflective personal and transforma- United States. tive process for all who desire deeper “Since competition began in KAY COZAD 2004, the Honor Roll has been a life in Spirit and more intentional liv- Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades accepted a donation of $10,000 for Franciscan seminarian edu- ing of the Christian life. The rich and helpful tool for administrators, fami- inspiring teaching is centered on the lies and benefactors in recognizing cation support from Worldwide Seminarian Support (WSS) representative Ben Becker on saints, mystics and spiritual teachers the quality of a Catholic high school of the Christian centuries, personal education,” said Patrick J. Reilly, Sept. 10. The funds were raised at the third annual 5K “Race for Faith” run and auction contemplative prayer practice and president of The Cardinal Newman on the University of Saint Francis campus on July 26. The Franciscan Brothers and Sisters the writing and living of a personal Society. “The Honor Roll schools are rule of life. a reminder that Catholic education is ran the 5K in donated Adidas shoes that were then auctioned off following the race. WSS Each session will be a separate getting better every day — not only has been of support to seminarian education in Tanzania and India and now in the U.S. In topic and have required readings. academically, but in the renewal Participants will be introduced to the of Catholic identity — and we are the picture from left are Joe Garcia, senior run committee member, John Becker, founder practice of contemplative prayer and delighted to see the increased level and president of WSS, Ben Becker, chairman of the fundraiser event and president of spiritual discernment. of competition among the schools Those completing this initial pro- that participated in the program WSS Future Board, Bishop Rhoades, Franciscan Father David Mary Engo and Andy gram may apply for Phase II of this year.” Passino, event auctioneer. the program, “Spiritual Direction September 21, 2014 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 13

Red Mass The tradition of the Red Mass he Red Mass is an ancient The tradition is celebrated annu- custom dating back to the ally in Washington, D.C., at the start 13th century, when the of the Supreme Court term, where Tsolemn votive Mass began being the justices are joined by members celebrated annually at the open- of the bar, president, members of ing of the judicial year. From the Congress, law faculty, diplomats PROUD to SUPPORT the RED MASS earliest of times, the Mass has been and other such officials. The Red attended by the judiciary, attorneys Mass has further spread throughout Serving the Needs of the Business Community since 1876 at law, law professors, high-ranking the United States, to venues such government officials, distinguished as Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Firm attorneys and their home parishes guests and others who work in the Indianapolis and New Orleans, to legal arena. The Mass was intended name a few. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to gather those from the legal pro- The venerable custom derives its St. John the Baptist fession for the purpose of seeking name from the red vestments of the New Haven Thomas M. Fink divine guidance and strength for the celebrant, representing the tongues Ronald J. Ehinger Robert T. Keen coming terms of court. of fire of the Holy Spirit, and from Henry P. Najdeski The Red Mass is celebrated the brilliant scarlet robes worn by St. John the Baptist in honor of the Holy Spirit, from the Lord High Justices of the middle Fort Wayne Thomas M. Niezer whom flows the wisdom, under- ages. The Mass is attended by those Michael P. O’Hara standing, counsel, patience, energy of Protestant, Jewish, Catholic and Richard E. Fox and courage necessary for the all religious beliefs who work in the Robert G. Westfall J. Michael O’Hara administration of justice. Those who legal arena, as they come together work in the legal profession prayer- for this annual public celebration of St. Jude St. Charles Borromeo fully seek these virtues, which are faith and the law. John P. Martin Renee L. Riecke essential to the courtroom, law prac- Invoking the ancient tradition, Samuel J. Talarico, Jr. tice and public post. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades has St. Vincent de Paul Jeffrey M. Woenker Originating in the great cities invited those who strive for the Patrick G. Michaels of Europe, the Red Mass tradition cause of justice to the Fort Wayne continues in Westminster Cathedral area Red Mass at the Cathedral Joshua C. Neal St. John the Baptist in London, and in other preeminent of the Immaculate Conception on Trisha J. Paul Defiance, Ohio cathedrals of Paris, Rome and other Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5:30 p.m., European capitals. The Red Mass and for those in the South Bend area Emily s. Szaferski Anthony M. Stites came to America in October of at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at 1928, where it was first celebrated Notre Dame on Monday, Oct. 6, at in New York’s Old St. Andrew’s 5:15 p.m. 215 East Berry Street Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 Church, located in the shadow of The invitation to the celebra- Phone: 260-423-9551 www.barrettlaw.com Fax: 260-423-8920 the towering state and federal court- tion of the Red Masses is extended houses. to all. 14 TODAY’S CATHOLIC September 21, 2014 HALLER & COLVIN, P.C. Judge, deacon to speak at Red Attorneys at Law Sherrill Wm. Colvin Melanie L. Farr Mass dinner in Fort Wayne Vincent J. Heiny Holly A. Brady

John O. Feighner Donald C. Swanson, Jr. BY TIM JOHNSON Mark E. GiaQuinta Frank J. Gray FORT WAYNE — When the Travis S. Friend Honorable Marc R. Kellams Mark C. Chambers speaks at the dinner following Jeffrey B. Harding the Red Mass in Fort Wayne on Robert W. Eherenman Wednesday, Sept. 24, he will bring J. Spencer Feighner the perspective of a Catholic dea- Suzanne M. Wagner con and a circuit judge in southern Lindsey C. Swanson Indiana’s Monroe County. Charles J. Heiny The Red Mass — an ancient Andrew L. Teel custom dating back to the 13th Martin E. Seifert century when the solemn votive Sarah L. Mason Mass began being celebrated annually at the opening of the 444 East Main Street • Fort Wayne, IN judicial year — will be held in Fort (260) 426-0444 www.hallercolvin.com Wayne at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Lawyers, judges and civil government officials are invit- ed. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades will The Red Mass be the celebrant and extends an invitation to all to attend the Red m Mass. The Mass, dinner and speak- er are hosted by the St. Thomas More Society of Fort Wayne. A time for Bishop Rhoades will celebrate the Red Mass in the South Bend prayer and reflection area on Monday, Oct. 6, at 5:15 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred on the meaning Heart at the University of Notre Dame. of responsible Judge Kellams has served as a Circuit Court Judge in Monroe PROVIDED BY JUDGE MARC R. KELLAMS leadership and justice. County, Indiana, for 34 years. Deacon Marc R. Kellams, a Circuit Court Judge in Monroe County, Since 1983, he has taught trial Hall & Gooden LLP Indiana, will be the speaker following the Red Mass in Fort Wayne on advocacy at the Indiana University Sept. 24. Maurer School of Law, his alma Attorneys At Law mater. He served as a longtime member of the Judicial Ethics parishioners whom I visit, I fill by hard work of that sort we must 810 South Calhoun Street, Suite 100 Committee of the Indiana Judicial in for the volunteers when they help the weak, and keep in mind Fort Wayne Conference, chaired the committee are unavailable and I spend time the words of the Lord Jesus who when it reviewed the ABA Code with those who are dying and their Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to 260-422-2035 of Judicial Conduct and made families, especially during the last give than to receive.’” recommendations to the Indiana days. I also serve at Mass, witness As a judge and law professor, Supreme Court for revisions to the weddings, baptize infants, teach he said, “My faith is a guide for Indiana Code of Judicial Conduct baptismal preparation and RCIA how I live my life and my hope is to provide clearer direction and classes, lead rosaries and assist that it serves as an inspiration to BEWLEY & KODAY, LLP comments to help guide the ethical with funerals and committal ser- others.” decision making of judges. vices.” Deacon Kellams offers encour- Attorneys Judge Kellams has given a He said his calling to the dia- agement to those in the legal and number of lectures and moderated conate is a difficult concept to civil service to allow their faith to George N. Bewley, Jr. panel discussions for judges on the describe “and always sounded a shape their decisions. Code of Judicial Conduct. little pretentious for me to state; as “People of faith in all traditions & The topic of Judge Kellams’ though God chose me as especially are taught to love God above all talk after the Red Mass, which will worthy,” Deacon Kellams noted. things and to love one’s neighbor,” James Koday follow the dinner, is “The Balance “Those of us in the ministry know he said. “Basic concepts of hon- of Faith and Profession.” His talk only too well how unworthy we esty, fairness, equity, kindness and Board Certified will explore his approach to his truly are, even though when called mercy are applicable in any profes- two vocations while keeping clear we respond. Nonetheless, a calling sional setting.” Indiana Trust and Estate Lawyers lines between Church and state is a feeling, a longing, a tugging The deacon and judge enjoys by consistent with ethical guidelines at the heartstrings to serve God. It reading and is a devoted father and applicable to judges and attorneys. is the confidence after much con- grandfather. Trust and Estate Specialty Board Deacon Kellams, an ordained templation and prayer that we must Those interested in learn- 110 West Berry Street deacon of the Archdiocese of surrender to it.” ing more about the St. Thomas Suite 2006 Indianapolis, serves St. Charles Deacon Kellams said his par- More Society of Fort Wayne can Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Borromeo Parish in Bloomington. ents instilled in him the obligation visit www.stthomasmorefw.org. The deacon said of his duties: to help others “and thus I volunteer Father Mark Gurtner, the diocesan Phone: 260-424-0566 “My primary ministry is one of for various civic, legal and reli- judicial vicar and chaplain of the Fax: 260-423-1325 service to the sick and elderly; gious organizations,” he noted. society, celebrates Mass at 12:05 E-Mail: [email protected] coordinating and training volun- Deacon Kellams adheres to p.m. on the third Tuesday of every teers to visit the hospital, elder- Paul’s words in his farewell speech month at the Archbishop Noll Website: www.bewleykoday.com care facilities and the homebound. at Miletus from Acts 20:35: “In Catholic Center, 915 S. Clinton St., I also always have a number of every way I have shown you that Fort Wayne.

Coverage of the Red Masses in Fort Wayne and South Bend will be featured in upcoming issues. September 21, 2014 COMMENTARY 15 When ideology supplants public health The 20-something decorator:

he Centers for Disease dangerous threat to public health. Control (CDC) recently Might the critical gaze actually be Creating beauty at home announced a new recom- better fixed upon our public health THE CATHOLIC Tmendation for AIDS prevention: officials? hen my cousin Emily uninfected people at risk of HIV After all, imagine if they had DOCTOR moved into a one-bedroom transmission should take a pill — a had the courage to heed what apartment in Chicago’s TWENTY particular antiretroviral drug — on Cardinal Ratzinger expressed with IS IN WGold Coast neighborhood this June, a daily basis. The technical term characteristic clarity back in 1988: it marked her 10th home in five SOMETHING for this strategy is “pre-exposure” “whoever dares to say that mankind MATTHEW HANLEY years, a residential whiplash involv- prophylaxis. ought to refrain from that inordinate ing sweat, tears and 11 roommates. But it was also a notable first: Its wisdom aside, this shift sexual license which gives AIDS CHRISTINA CAPECCHI in emphasis comes with a little its effective power is put on the that condoms do not work as an Emily’s first time living alone. Six- noticed admission: according to sidelines as a hopeless obscurantist intervention intended to reduce HIV hundred square feet, all hers. the New York Times, CDC officials because of his public attitude. infection rates in Africa.” Green has Where to begin, what to do with that exclusive space? The pros- where. Taking a second to appreci- “have long been frustrated that the Such an idea can only be deplored not shied away from pointing to the ate that goes a long way in valuing number of HIV infections in the and passed over in silence by the association between greater condom pect was overwhelming, so Emily mapped out the apartment, breaking your own daily life and appreciating United States has barely changed enlightened of today.” use and higher infection rates, and what you have.” in a decade, stubbornly holding at Some have had the intellectual has subsequently written that in it down foot by foot, complete with three-foot, one-inch windows and For Emily that means arrang- 50,000 a year, despite 30 years of honesty to critique the prevailing making his comments, the pope “had ing souvenirs that make a small advice to rely on condoms to block “risk reduction” approach. As one of summarized the best current research markers for the kitchen sink. At 23, Emily is one year out of space feel as vast as her passport: transmission.” these foremost critics, Edward Green on AIDS prevention in Africa.” masks from Venice, a starfish from Translation: Pope Benedict XVI (formerly at Harvard), wrote in the These are fighting words. college, working in marketing and development at a Catholic primary China, a five-inch Eiffel Tower and was right when he had the temerity Washington Post: “I am a liberal Advancing even this limited and a wooden necklace from Brazil. to observe that condoms were not on social issues and it’s difficult to pragmatic argument for behavior school. Her future, like her apart- ment, remains a work in progress. They’re piled on her dresser-turned- the solution to AIDS. For this, admit, but the pope is indeed right. hutch right now, awaiting proper you recall, he was castigated as a The best evidence we have shows She gave me a Skype tour DOCTOR, PAGE 16 Monday night, wearing a white display. tank top, a messy bun and a broad It means buying herself flowers smile. She was sunburned and hot, just because. perched between a box fan and her It means posting the occasional Discipleship requires faith MacBook, planning to lug the patio Instagram picture, like the bustling table she had inherited from the pre- street scene she recently snapped For this weekend’s second Reflection vious owners into the kitchen later while walking home from work, THE reading, the Church offers us a that night. a way to pause and soak in the passage from the Epistle to the For some weeks, the Church, Settling in has been a slow pro- moment. SUNDAY Philippians. through these weekend readings, cess, she said. “I think I might still I have far to go in my spiritual The Apostle Paul, in this has been calling us to follow be searching for that feeling of being journey, but my ability to recognize GOSPEL epistle’s soaring language, Christ. Wisely, in this process, home.” the beauty around me feels like a proclaims the divinity of Christ, the Church recognizes that some I spotted familiar elements amid sacred one. I can’t help but marvel MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION the Savior, the Son of God. Paul of us hesitate not because we do the cherry hardwood floor: the big over the nearby Aspens, fluttering continues to explain the intimate, not want to be with the Lord, but blue reading chair Emily purchased in the late-summer sun. They look inseparable link between the Lord because we bear the burden of with babysitting money back in just like the impressionistic leaves th and true disciples. guilt or doubt. We think that our sixth-grade, the Ikea curtains splat- painted by the late children’s-book 25 Sunday in Come what may on earth, self-created distance from God is tered with pink rosebuds, the quilted illustrator Gyo Fujikawa, sage and a disciple will never die, if the too great to bridge. headboard she scored through a lime-green circles filling the page, Ordinary Time disciple is constant in loving God Emphatically, in these One Kings Lane mega-sale. But spiraling toward the heavens. Mt 20:1-16a and following Christ in obedience readings, the Church reassures us most of all, Emily’s new apartment “You were born to make art,” to God. of the unlimited mercy of God. is becoming familiar through the writes Emily Freeman in her lat- he last section of the Book St. Matthew’s Gospel provides God is the source of life. He estrogen-laced act of decorating by est book, “A Million Little Ways: of Isaiah provides this the last reading, a parable. This lavishly offers it to us. tip toe — breathlessly, experimen- Uncover the Art You Were Made weekend with its first read- parable is set within the context Whatever our sin, if we repent, tally, Pinterest-ly, the kind that is to Live.” “You were also made to Ting. Virtually none of the proph- of everyday life in Palestine at the even at a late hour, God’s loving live art.” done with a tilted head and a search- ets of ancient Israel wrote when time of Jesus. Agriculture was the forgiveness awaits us. It is our ing soul. Is this who I am? Who I Indeed, we were fashioned in the times were good, or at least when pursuit of most. Life was difficult. choice, however, to be with want to be? image and likeness of the Creator, the prophets perceived the times Many did not know where to God, to be disciples. No one is Among the young women I and so we are called to create — to be good. find their next meal. Gainful dragged, kicking and screaming, know — both the renters and the with our sunburns and our one-year Certainly, the author of the employment was at a premium. A into heaven. Discipleship requires mortgage-bound — decorating is leases, with the borrowed and the section of the Book of Isaiah from dinarius was a typical day’s wage. our faith. Paul’s words call us not just an exercise in aesthetics broken, the reupholstered, the rear- which this weekend’s reading Men looking for work, and to faith with the reminder that but in awareness and gratitude, an ranged and the reimagined, with our comes hardly regarded the times income, came to village centers without God all is folly, all is attempt to create a little beauty in feet planted in the here and now and to be good. each morning, making themselves impermanent, and all is death. the place where you hang your key, our eyes looking up. It was bad from another available for work. Persons with God alone offers life. lay your head and stack your dishes. perspective. Hard times were not projects came to these places and It’s not just an HGTV habit, but a the only distressing story. God’s hired the men. worldview. Christina Capecchi is a freelance people had returned from Babylon, It was a buyer’s market. No “I think it has to do with Catholic writer from Inver Grove Heights, where they and their ancestors had labor statutes or requirements for social teaching,” Emily said, “that Minnesota, and editor of been in exile for four generations. any minimum wage restrained we believe there’s value and dignity SisterStory.org, the official website They had greeted the news that employers in their pursuit of in everything, there’s beauty every- of National Catholic Sisters Week. their exile was over with great profit. Still, at least for Jews, rejoicing, convinced that God had certain expectations of fairness provided for them and had rescued prevailed. READINGS Saint of the week: them. Eagerly, and with great Jesus used the term “vineyard.” Sunday: Is 55:6-9 Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 Therese Couderc expectation, they had returned to It immediately brought to mind Phil 1:20c-24, 27a Mt 20:1-16a 1805 - 1885 Feast – Sept. 26 their homeland. Old Testament references to Israel Monday: Prv 3:27-34 Ps 15:2-4b, 5 At last back home, they found as God’s vineyard. So, the story Lk 8:16-18 only want and despair. It is easy from the beginning had a theologi- Born to a French farm family, Marie-Victoire Couderc to imagine their anger. They were cal and ethnic quality. God owned Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13 Ps 119:1, joined a new religious teaching order, but was sent furious with God, and this prophet and cared for the vineyard. He set 27, 30, 34-35, 44 Lk 8:19-21 to manage a mountain hostel for women pilgrims at had to call them back to trusting the rules. Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9 Ps 119:29, the shrine of St. John Francis Regis. It became a suc- God. The message is that God is 72, 89, 101, 104, 163 Lk 9:1-6 cessful retreat house under her guidance, and the In this reading, Third Isaiah enormously generous. On our Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11 Ps 90:3-6, order split into a teaching ministry, the Sisters of St. Regis, and a retreat ministry, the Congregation of Our warns the people not to put their own, we actually deserve nothing. 12-14, 17bc Lk 9:7-9 Lady of the Cenacle. Mother Therese was superior of the Cenacle sisters until trust in scoundrels. Instead, the Our salvation is from Jesus. Friday: Eccl 3:1-11 Ps 144:1b, 2abc, prophet tells the people to call The second lesson is that God’s 1838, when Jesuit advisers began replacing her with a succession of wealthy 3-4 Lk 9:18-22 women. She lived out her days as an ordinary nun, suffering deafness and upon God. In God alone is true ways are not necessarily our ways. Saturday: Eccl 11:9 - 12:8 Ps 90:3- strength, regardless of fleeting painful arthritis at the end. She wrote that “the surrendered soul has found 6, 12-14, 17 Lk 9:43b-45 appearances to the contrary. paradise on earth,” and was canonized in 1970. 16 COMMENTARY September 21, 2014 Love is our Mission: the family fully alive t. John Paul II often under- Pontifical Council for the Family, SCRIPTURE SEARCH scored the irreplaceable mis- have developed a 10-part catechesis sion of the family in saying that takes its name from the theme LOVE IS Gospel for September 21, 2014 Sthat “the future of humanity passes of the 2015 WMF — Love is our Matthew 20:1-16a by way of the family.” Pope Francis Mission: the family fully alive. Over OUR has also spoken frequently about the the next 10 months, the Office of Following is a word search based on the Gospel centrality of the family in passing Family Life will provide updates and MISSION reading for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle on the faith and the cultural values excerpts from this catechesis which FRED AND LISA EVERETT A: who gets paid first for working in the vineyard. of a people. In fact, much of the is published by Our Sunday Visitor. beginning of his papacy has been The office will also be assisting The words can be found in all directions in the puzzle. focused not only in talking about parishes in purchasing bulk orders these issues, but also galvanizing the that can be used in various settings established by God and Israel, Christ LANDOWNER TO HIRE LABORERS Church to focus on them as well. by parents, married couples or even and the Church. We believe that VINEYARD USUAL DAILY WAGE For American families, in individual families. marriage is the seedbed of a family, NINE OʼCLOCK IDLE ALL DAY particular, these are exciting times. In the meantime, you can visit the nucleus of the domestic church, NO ONE HIRED US THE LAST Families from around the world the website for the 2015 WMF to which is itself an essential member of FIRST RECEIVED GRUMBLED will be meeting in Philadelphia in find the latest information: www. the wider universal Church. ONE HOUR EQUAL BURDEN September of next year to reflect worldmeeting2015.org. Below is an We acknowledge that we are HEAT ENVIOUS GENEROUS upon the critically important mission excerpt from the Introduction to the fallen, and that all manner of suffering, of the family. This Eighth World Catechesis. By next month, we will temptations and sins can burden us Meeting of Families is being called have a diocesan page with preliminary and prevent us from becoming who NOW HIRING by Pope Francis — who is expected information on what is being planned we were created to be. But we trust to attend this gathering in what would at the diocesan level. Also, check out that no matter what trials we face or HJ ENOONEHOUR wounds we inflict upon ourselves and be his first visit to the United States. the Facebook page: Office of Family GSREROBALTKE You and your family are invited to and ProLife — Diocese of Fort others, God is faithful. His passion, join Bishop Rhoades, ourselves and Wayne-South Bend. Stay tuned! crucifixion and resurrection are the ENV I OUSTSCAN other pastoral ministers and families decisive evidence that He will not NAN I RUSAOHUW for this historic event. Catechesis: Introduction depart from His covenant. The Lord As part of the process of preparing has shown that He is stronger than all EDADNRLLWOSO for the 2015 World Meeting of The Church believes that God our sins and that He conquers sin. In RDEV I ECERKUD Families (WMF), the diocesan exists and that He loves us. We our life together, through the presence Office of Family Life is coordinating make this claim because we have of Jesus and the Holy Spirit in our ONT FHOY JOWAN efforts not only to assist families encountered and trust Jesus Christ. midst, we believe that God will bring UPOTEQYADLLA in making a pilgrimage, but also This trust enables a relationship in to fruition the work, which He has to assist all families in the diocese which God’s plan for all creation is begun in us. … SFHNSUDER I HL in their spiritual preparation for the revealed and disclosed. Confident We believe that love is our DA I L YWAGE D E L fruits of this international encounter. in this plan, we are able to proclaim mission, and that this mission is What is particularly significant here that each and every human being the only way we can be fully alive FNR I AEQUALAE is that this world gathering will be is created in the image of God. We and be who we were created to be. DDELBMURGETX taking place in between two Synods believe that God creates us with a We believe that this love should be of Bishops that will be gathering purpose and for a mission. … taught, shared and communicated © 2014 Tri-C-A Publications www.tri-c-a-publications.com in Rome this October and next to We believe that all aspects of in and through the family, the refocus the Church’s attention on our lives — including our sexuality, domestic church. We believe that the the irreplaceable role of the family fertility and family life — are part family shares in the mission of the for both the good of the Church of this mission to live and love as whole Church, and we devote this  53 ___ of Life and of society. Surely, this process Jesus taught. We believe that in the catechesis to explaining this vision he 54 Adolescent represents a beautiful movement of sacrament of Marriage, God has of love.  55 Sin the Holy Spirit! given us the gift of experiencing His ross ord  As part of the process of spiritual covenant. In the marriage covenant,  123 4567 891011 1 Excess flesh Fred and Lisa Everett are co-direc-  husband and wife live together preparation, the Archdiocese 2 Plunge into water 12 13 14 of Philadelphia, along with the in light of the covenant already tors of the Office of Family Life. 3 Cain’s brother 15 16 17 4 Ashy 5 Servant This is but one instance of reintroduction of DDT in many 18 19 20 6 Tender what the Italian bishop and noted places, the World Health Organization 21 22 DOCTOR bioethicist Elio Sgreccia refers to and other entities still aim to totally 7 North by east 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 8 “No one has ___ us” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 as “ideological medicine,” which phase-out DDT — as if DDT did 9 East 30 31 32 33 stands in contrast to the traditional harm, and as if there were other 10 Coin machine Hippocratic brand of medicine. It equally effective means of fighting 34 35 36 11 Hebrew 8th letter

change instead of risk reduction is concerned with power — with malaria — within the next decade. 37 38 39 19 Intelligence has been regarded by the AIDS advancing an agenda that “ignores or Meanwhile, the National Cancer 20 Pamper 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Establishment as dissent, and proved circumvents the question of truth.” Institute, and leading medical 22 Chinese seasoning to be too much for them to tolerate. Ideological medicine, in his apt journals such as the Lancet, work 47 48 49 23 “To the right!” 24 Picnic pest Green learned that the hard way; diagnosis, amounts precisely “to the overtime to deny credible evidence 50 51 52 25 Farm credit adm. (abbr.) instead of being applauded for his exploitation of the medical profession of a link between induced abortion 53 54 55 objective and constructive insights, as it is forced to carry out ideological and breast cancer. Crediting the 26 Son of God, Son of ___ 27 Moses did he was ostracized and treated with aims, whether legalized or not, that preponderance of evidence would © 2014 www.tri-c-a-publications.com are present in the society.” simply be “too political.” In other Based on these readings: Is 55: 6-9; Phil 1: 20c-24, 28 How many hours the disdain. 27a; Mt 20: 1-16a and Ex 18: 25-28; Phil 2: 1-11; Mt last hired worked Nonetheless, the fact of the matter Many of today’s ideological words, the science on this matter 21: 28-32 29 School group is that each of Africa’s declines in aims revolve around issues of must also be ignored; isn’t that 31 U.S. Department of 26 Mountain Standard AIDS rates are most attributable sexuality. But not all of them one way we tend to describe  Agriculture Time do. The severely botched response to fundamentalists? 32 Border to changes in sexual behavior — 1 Makes food laws (abbr.) 27 Snip malaria — one of the great human In this era of ideological 33 Second son changed his specifically fidelity or what the 4 Association (abbr.) 30 “__ & solace in Christ” 37 “___ on a daily wage” public health community sometimes tragedies of the 20th century — medicine, which threatens man 8 Talk about, with “over” 34 Estimated arrival time 38 Mary went in, to calls “partner reduction.” On the easily qualifies as an instance of by its agenda-driven disregard for 12 Liberal (abbr.) 35 Iniquity Elizabeth other hand, the range of “technical ideology supplanting public health. the truth, the role of the Catholic 13 Pig 36 Notion 39 Remove pins from fixes” heavily promoted by the AIDS Environmentalists’ insistence upon health professional takes on added 14 Island 37 Admiral (abbr.) 40 Tangy Establishment has quite simply failed taking the wildly successful pesticide urgency; bravery is needed as much 15 Hail Mary 38 Attila was one 41 Incense has DDT — simply the best anti-malarial as expertise. 16 Rabbit 40 Island nation to reverse these epidemics. 42 The ___ above every weapon available — off the table 17 Revel 43 Make children sleep, These failures must be passed 18 They did not ___ John other ___ over in silence because Benedict has resulted in tens of millions of mythical 43 Reasonable Matthew Hanley, MPH 20 ___ on a cross XVI’s larger point — that a vulnerable people dying overseas. is a Senior 21 North northeast 47 Jewish calendar month 44 Allot humanization of sexuality is needed The residual effects of Rachel Fellow at the National Catholic 22 Modern 48 Grating sound 45 Church water vessel — is regarded as anathema. It is not Carlson’s alleged but unsubstantiated Bioethics Center. He will speak 23 Fish lifting hood 49 Female sheep 46 Call while God is ___ even deemed worthy of emphasis claims about the dangers of DDT in at the dinner following the White 50 Church center 48 Lab animal by the authorities when serious her 1962 book “Silent Spring” linger Mass in Fort Wayne on Oct. 8. morbidity looms large. to this day. Despite the successful Visit www.fortwaynecma com. Answer Key can be found on page 19 September 21, 2014 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 17

POPE BLESSES INTERNATIONAL, INTERFAITH SOCCER MATCH FOR PEACE Taking up a suggestion from Pope Francis, Argentine Diego Maradona and other soccer stars past and present played an “Interreligious Match for Peace” and tolerance Sept. 1, drawing some 20,000 spectators to Rome’s Olympic Stadium. “The match is an occasion for raising funds for solidarity projects, but above all (for promoting) values that

draw people together, no matter what their culture or religious creed,” the pope told the participants Sports and organizers earlier in the day, during a private audience at the Vatican. St. Elizabeth volleyball off to a good season start

BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN mentals like passing and serving Rose/St. Louis, 2-0; and split and we have good leaders,” she with Wyneken, 1-1. Then on added. Sunday, Sept. 7, as CYO league FORT WAYNE — Sporting a The talented Pioneers have a action kicked off, St. Elizabeth new name and new uniforms, main goal of a three-peat in 2014 saw St. Rose/St. Louis for the the St. Elizabeth girls’ volleyball after winning the Catholic Youth second time in a classic large team is off to a good start this Organization (CYO) champion- school vs. small school, non- season. The eighth-grade squad ship as sixth and seventh graders conference battle. recently tied for first place in a for the large school league. The two teams, who are both preseason tournament and won On Saturday, Sept. 6, the the reigning champs in their their season opener. girls competed in the first annual league, went neck and neck for Formerly joined with St. Barney Schultz Commodore most of the matchup, but it was Joseph School on Brooklyn Classic hosted by St. Joseph, once again St. Elizabeth pulling Avenue, St. Elizabeth Ann Decatur. The preseason tourna- out the win 25-20, 25-18. Seton’s team is on their own now ment for the eighth graders fea- Leading the way for the and has been coined the Pioneers. tured seven teams, including six Pioneers were Maria Denning “The girls are loving their CYO teams, and was named in with five kills and four aces and new colors,” Coach Martha Ellis honor of the late athletic director Madi Ross with 12 assists, while reported. and “go-to guy” who served at St. Gina Speer and Abby Leja added Ellis lists nine on her roster, Joseph for 19 years and lost his four digs each. eight of whom return from a battle to cancer this past summer. championship team a year ago. In the round robin format, “Most of our team has been play- the Pioneers finished in first The St. Elizabeth Pioneers pose ing together since fifth grade and place with the exact same tally wearing their championship as Wyneken Lutheran. On Sept. many play volleyball in the off T-shirts from the Barney Schultz season,” Ellis explained of her 6, St. Elizabeth beat St. Joseph- team’s cohesiveness. Hessen Cassel, 2-0; St. John Commordore Classic in their home gym and donning their new name. “The girls have solid funda- the Baptist, New Haven 2-0; St. PROVIDED BY ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON SCHOOL ICCL Game of the Week: As CYO halfway mark nears, Panthers square off with St. Charles leads with three strong wins

three Irish passes. Patrick O’Keefe, yards for a score. Crusaders BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN Finley and Peyton Davis all had Finally, the Cardinals sealed the interceptions for the Cardinals. victory when Scheer threw another The linen was left in the pock- FORT WAYNE — Catholic St. Charles also had an outstand- 22-yard strike to Howe in the back BY JOE KOZINSKI ets of the stripe-shirted men as Youth Organization (CYO) ing performance by its offensive of the end zone. TJ Tippmann and with 3.7 seconds left, Crusader football action is nearing the line led by big Joe Tippmann, Mike Bunt did their part to set up the quarterback Patrick Farrisse MISHAWAKA — A buzz was in halfway mark of the 2014 season Fabini, Davis, Jacob Ford and Cardinals’ scores with sev- faked a handoff and then burst the gentle breeze as two jugger- and teams are looking tough. St. Sean O’Sullivan. eral long rushes behind 70 yards untouched into the end nauts of the Inter-City Catholic Charles remains the only unbeat- Coach Sam Talarico great blocking from zone opening up the scoring. The League (ICCL) squared off at en squad after downing their first summarized, “I was Ford, Davis, Fabini, points after try was no good as Marian High School’s Otolski three opponents. very proud of our team O’Sullivan and Joe the Crusaders claimed an early Field in what may have been a After a bye in Week 1, the for a first game. Our Tippmann. Finally, 6-0 lead. prelude to the coveted champion- Cardinals went on to beat Central kids played with a lot Michael Garrett put The Panthers would be ship. Catholic, 20-0, St. John the Baptist, of effort and intensity. the exclamation undaunted as they would start While only in Week 2 Fort Wayne/St. Joseph-Hessen The Central Catholic point on the scores their next drive across of the season, both Cassel (SJFW), 24-8, and St. Irish team is going to by booting all three midfield thanks the Holy Cross Joseph/St. Elizabeth/St. Therese/St. get better and better. extra points through to a 20-yard Crusaders Aloysius (JAT) by a score of 30-0. They have an outstanding the uprights. return by (Christ the In their first outing, St. Charles was coaching staff and when we The Cardinals kept their Kenzel King) and able to pull off the victory against play them next time, I expect it to be record perfect on Sunday, Sept. Kelly. the St. an up-and-coming Central Catholic another tough battle.” 14, with their victory over a tough The Anthony program. St. Charles moved to 2-0 with JAT team. With the score knotted recipe Panthers The Cardinals’ signal caller, their next victory over an out- at 0-0, St. Charles was sparked by the (St. Blake Scheer, threw for 132 yards standing squad from SJFW. The a spectacular one-handed intercep- Panthers Joseph/St. including two touchdowns — a Cardinals’ defense made stand after tion by O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan’s were Pius X) had 70-yard strike to Charlie Howe and stand, once again led by their defen- return set up a five-yard touchdown counting dispatched a 28-yard pass to TJ Tippmann. St. sive field captain, Lee. run by TJ Tippmann. Scheer then on was quar- their previous Charles also had a touchdown on an O’Sullivan and Joe Tippmann hit O’Keefe on a 55-yard strike to terback Conor foes by double 18-yard scamper by Patrick Finley, wreaked havoc in the Eagles’ extend the lead. Ratigan placing the digits. who had 68 yards rushing on the backfield all day long. The Eagles The Cards also had touchdowns ball in the belly of their big Other than a web-gem sack by day. struck first on a 60-yard run from from Travis Tippmann and Bunt. back Brady Gumpf and letting the Crusader Vincent Gutermuth, the The Cardinals’ defense was stout Lashon Brite. The Cardinals struck Davis sealed the game with an talented runner go to work. first quarter was more about yellow and led by a trio of outstanding back quickly on a Finley eight-yard interception. The plan was working until a flags being thrown than football as eighth-grade linebackers — Jared run set up by a 40-yard pass from St. Charles will face their both teams measured their gains Lee, Tippmann and Alec Bunt — Scheer to O’Keefe. Finley then north-side rivals from St. Vincent and losses by the referee’s whistle. ICCL, PAGE 18 and a secondary that picked off returned the Eagles’ next punt 30 in Week 5 action.

18 TODAY’S CATHOLIC September 21, 2014 onds left in the third. The Cardinals of West Side The biggest play of the game Catholic drove past the Blazers ICCL would follow as Paxon Campbell of St. Matthew, 20-7, as quarter- SAINTS HOMECOMING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 lined up and drilled the points- back Ashton Ruszkowski rushed after attempt giving the Panthers for 15-yard score and connected their first lead, 8-6. on two others as receivers Jon bobbled ball resulted in Crusader The Crusaders had a couple Underly and Austin Lee found the Tuffy invites you to join us for Bishop Dwenger’s John Driscoll recovering a fumble more opportunities but on fourth end zone. The Blazers were lead and then back Jeremy Klima had and five with 1.20 left in the con- by the touchdown and extra point Homecoming Tailgate Party a huge run down to the Panther test Panther Mitchell Floran came of Christian Tate. 33. up with a big stop to essentially The Mishawaka Catholic Friday, September 19, 2014, Zollner Stadium end the contest. upended Elkhart Christian in It looked as though the black- 5:00-7:00 pm Tailgate | 7:30 pm Kickoff and-blue clad squad would add to “Both teams played a hard- an exhibition matchup, 14-0, their point total, but the Panther fought game, we had expected as Thadeous Horvath and Noah defense stiffened and on a fourth- this type of contest during our Espiritu logged TDs. Food, Fun, & Live Music performed down-pass play, the pressure week of practice,” commented Week 3 starts a day earlier next by BDHS students! Local food trucks Panther skipper James DeBoe. week as the Saints will play the from Casey Conery and his class- (Spicer’s, Rig-A-Tony’s, and Rajin’ Cajun) mates were too much for Farrisee “I had confidence in our string Blazers at Marian High School in as his throw fell helplessly to the of backs; we give them plenty of a non-traditional Saturday contest. will be at the tailgate- a perfect ground. reps so that when we need them All scores, highlights and updated pre-game meal for your entire The only remaining highlight they will be ready.” schedules can be found at www. family! Prices vary by vendor. of the half was when Ratigan “Right now I’m just so proud icclsports.org. threw a 35-yard bomb that just of our team. They pulled together grazed the outstretched hand of on both sides of the ball,” added his intended receiver. DeBoe. “We still have some big Donor name corrected The Crusaders started the sec- games ahead of us, but we will WE ARE, BD! ond stanza with little fanfare and enjoy this one.” The story about the Central had to resort to punting the ball “The season is still young and Catholic football team pub- away. we seem to be missing the little lished in the Sept. 7, 2014 issue The Panthers went immediate- things that can turn us into a very of Today’s Catholic, should ly to their ground game, but after good team,” stressed long time have named Sue Hiatt as the a jaunt of 14 yards Gumpf would Crusader Coach, John Krzyzewski. generous donor. Mrs. Hiatt made be nicked up and sidelined. “I believe we have the talent as the donation in honor of her late Then it happened, a handoff to we transition some of our younger husband, Ed Hiatt, who served as Ryan Schmitt for five, a handoff players from fifth- and sixth-grade CYO treasurer during the 1960s to Brennan Horvath for 12, one football to varsity.” and ‘70s. Ed Hiatt died suddenly to John Paul Lewis for another “We are still looking for lead- at the age of 57 from lung can- five, Horvath for five, Lewis for a ership and more importantly a cer and Mrs. Hiatt felt supporting couple of carries of nine and one, consistent fire, drive and desire,” the Central Catholic team with methodically working down the embellished Krzyzewski. “The her gift would be a fitting way to field until the shadow of the goal Panthers played well between the commemorate the 10th anniversa- Welcome Home line was just two yards away. tackles today and if we can take ry of Ed’s death as he had special Schmitt had the honor of com- care of the small stuff, I believe ties to the schools represented on To your Family of Faith pleting the march by plunging we can come together and be one the combined team and loved his into the endzone with 23.8 sec- of the better teams in the league.” volunteer work with the CYO.

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Knipscheer, WHAT’S HAPPENING carries announcements about upcoming events in the diocese. Send in your Barbara J. Momper, 82, 96, Cathedral of South Bend St. Patrick the Immaculate Harold Dean Hough, announcement at least two weeks prior to the event. Mail to: Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Conception 84, St. Patrick Fort Wayne 46856; or email: [email protected]. Events that require an admission charge or Avilla Sister M. Leonore Frederick Bud Wilkens Andrew N. Kramer, 88, payment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please call Cousino, OSF, 96, Jr., 90, St. Jude St. Jude our advertising sales staff at (260) 456-2824 to purchase space. Presence Sacred Heart David Ebbs, 45, Helen Schott Iams, 92, Home St. Henry Sanctuary of St. Paul Summerfest at St. Rose 19, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and include beverages, heavy hors Bluffton Monroeville — St. Rose Parish Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. d’oeuvres and dancing. Tickets Darlene J. O’Grady, 83, Daniel R. Kocsis Jr., 86, Fred H. Carroll, 81, will have Summer Fest Saturday, to noon. Fill a bag for $4 all day are $20 in advance at the St. Jude Most Precious Blood Corpus Christi Sept. 20, at Monroeville Park, Saturday. School office or $25 at the door. St. Joseph beginning at 8 a.m. with a 5K Contact Christine Nix at 260-493- Catherine Didier, 82, Theresa M. Nyers, 76, Stanley G. Makowski, run. Tournaments, games, food Tailgate planned for new families 4798 or [email protected] for St. Jude St. Jude 84, St. Joseph and beverages till 10:30 p.m. South Bend — Prospective fam- information. Anthony J. Herber, 78, Helen Furney Lippold, Music athe 6:30 p.m. by Renegade. ily tailgate planned for Friday, he Bremen Call 260-602-4492 for informa- he Let Love Shine Dinner and Auction St. Joseph-Hessen 92, St. Anthony de Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. Saint Joe vs. Wayne C. Eberhart, 75, tion and registration forms. Marian game starts at 7 p.m. The South Bend — The Christ Child Cassel Padua ross ord ross ord ross ord St. Dominic   tailgate will take place at the Society of South Bend will have     Granger   Eugene L. Lizzi, 88, Raffle at St. Bernard North Notre Dame Ave. parking a dinner and auction Thursday, Bristol ASK SACS DAM ALAS TA I ERA MAP M I ME CAP James Alexander Carr, St. Stanislaus Wabash — St. Bernard School lot. For information contact Lisa Oct. 16, in the Grand Ballroom at Lewis Michael Arnold, NNE ALOE FACE REPE L ERN DOC ACE ALAR COST 88, St. Pius X is having a raffle with prizes of Kochanowski at lkochanowski@ the Morris Inn on the Notre Dame 74, St. Mary of the $3,500,TON $2,000 TAME and $500. Tickets LUT Esaintjoehigh.com.MERCY NET GUN campus.INT Tickets NICE are $100 AVIS per per- Angela E. 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Cocktails at 6 Elkhart Julia Milliken, 95, Friday, Sept. 19, from 4:30-7 4:45–5:30 p.m., with Memorial p.m. with cash bar, 7 p.m. dinner Frank R. Linner Sr., 79, St. Monica Alfredo Rodriguez, 57, p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance or Mass following at 6 p.m. A free- and mystery theatre begins at 8 St. Vincent de Paul St. Adalbert $8 at the door. Children 6-12 $4. will offering will be accepted. p.m. Tickets are $35 per person. Stephanie L. Morris, 82, Call 260-563-1008 for informa- Register by Tuesday, Sept. Checks payable to St. Vincent K. Fort Wayne St. Joseph Virginia E. Waggoner, tion. A silent auction has been 23 to 765-348-4008, or email of C. 11353 should be mailed to Phyllis A. DeKoninck, 84, Christ the King added this year. Proceeds will [email protected]. Bruce Cadwell, 1536 Tulip Tree 87, St. Joseph-Hessen New Carlisle Rd., Fort Wayne, IN 46825 or Joan M. Niedbalski, 84, benefit the historic St. Patrick Cassel Anna Jean Bladecki, 89, Church in Lagro. 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BY KAY COZAD construction within its walls, said, “As we are closer to the end of con- struction, we continue the construc- FORT WAYNE — St. Joseph tion of Catholic students to be good School formally opened its 2014- Catholic people. Our goal is to help 2015 school year as a stand-alone the children love the liturgy and love central city Catholic elementary the Catholic Church.” school with a special all-school Loesch concluded, “It’s a joy to Mass and blessing by Bishop see some (of the former St. Joseph Kevin C. Rhoades on Sept 2. staff) at Mass. We’re grateful to Father Tim Wrozek, pastor of St. stand on their shoulders — honor- Joseph Church, concelebrated the ing the veterans and welcoming the Mass. new. We’re thrilled to start making In its 90-year history, including new traditions here.” the past 16 years as a joint school with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School, during which it educated grades 5-8, St. Joseph School has been an aca- For more information on St. Joseph demic beacon for the surrounding School call 260-432-4000 or visit community. Now 90-plus preschool PHOTOS BY KAY COZAD www.saintjosephfw.com. through fifth-grade multi-ethnic stu- Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades blesses dents call the halls of the newly students, staff and friends of renovated building at 2211 Brooklyn the new central city school of St. Ave., their educational home. Joseph on Brooklyn Ave. in Fort Opening the bilingual Mass, Wayne, on Sept. 2. Bishop Rhoades told the attentive congregation made up of St. Joseph students, their teachers and staff, and visitors, some of whom served at At the close of Mass, Father St. Joseph School in years past, of Wrozek thanked the bishop for his his gratitude for the “teachers and visit, after which Principal Jordan, staff who work so hard to make this along with staff members, were on school a success.” hand to present Bishop Rhoades In his homily, Bishop Rhoades with a St. Joseph School sweater. began by praising the students for Jordan said of this special day, their enthusiastic responses during “It’s a day of carpentry where we’re Mass. “I could feel your happiness all building this new opportunity. and joy while you were singing the We consider the bishop a carpenter ‘Alleluia.’ That’s why we’re here just like the rest of us.” today — to sing alleluia and praise Following the Mass, Secretariat God,” he said. for Catholic Education Carl Loesch The bishop appeared amazed joined Bishop Rhoades and Father at the number of hands that went Wrozek who led the congrega- up when he asked how many were tion into the courtyard adjacent new to St. Joseph School. Principal to the newly renovated building Cristy Jordan reports that two thirds space where the new main office is of the students are new this aca- located. There the bishop blessed demic year. the building and its occupants with Bishop Rhoades reminded the prayer and holy water. During students that they are celebrating the course of the blessing, Bishop Students, staff and friends attend the first all-school Mass at St. Joseph School on Brooklyn Ave. in Fort Wayne the opening of St. Joseph as its own Rhoades also blessed special St. on Sept. 2. The school offers kindergarten through grade 5 with plans to increase an additional grade each Joseph prayer cards to be distributed school where not only academic year until all eight grades are filled. subjects are taught, but the Catholic to the dedicated teachers and staff faith as well. “You get to learn from of the new school and received a Jesus, the Great Teacher. You get to donation box decorated by the Diaz study your faith,” he said. family that read: “To give a little Encouraging the students to pray happiness to those who need it more to Jesus individually and together, than us.” the bishop taught them a prayer Before the students returned to method that he himself learned from their classrooms, Father Wrozek led Pope Francis’ teachings. Using the them in three cheers for their bishop, hand as a teaching tool, Bishop who then met with each student, Rhoades instructed the students to answering questions, shaking hands look at their thumbs, the closest digit and receiving heartfelt hugs. to the body, and pray for those clos- St. Joseph School offers an est to the heart. The index finger, the exemplary academic curriculum that pointer, reminds the faithful to pray includes religion studies to its rich for teachers and those who educate, ethnic student body, the majority he said. The tallest middle finger of whom are of Hispanic descent. represents leaders for whom to pray, The currently enrolled fifth-grade while the ring finger, considered the students will become the first gradu- weakest digit, brings the weak and ating class of St. Joseph School suffering to mind. The little finger in 2018. The dedicated staff of 11 is the furthest from the body and teachers includes a substantially represents one’s self. “It’s okay to staffed resource room for those stu- pray for ourselves,” said the bishop. dents who require additional assis- “Say, Lord, help me to be good. tance. Interestingly, the plaid for the Lord, show me Your love.” fresh new school uniforms remains To conclude his homily, Bishop unique to St. Joseph as no other Rhoades assured the students and school in the United States uses it. staff that he would continue to pray Father Wrozek, noting the street “that God will bless you and your construction that currently surrounds From left, Carl Loesh, Secretariat for Catholic Education, Cristy Jordan, principal of the new school, Bishop Kevin school.” the school as well as the renovation C. Rhoades and Father Timothy Wrozek, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, pose at St. Joseph School on Sept 2.