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www.archindy.org November 26, 1999 Vol. XXXVIII, No. 9 50¢ This issue of The Criterion contains a many as 40,000 people. guide to the Great Jubilee 2000 Archbishop Daniel M. and archdiocesan jubilee Buechlein, at least 20 other events for the next year that and several arch- readers can pull out and diocesan will con- keep. firm more than 2,500 The section, which youth and adults at the begins on page 13, . gives information about The jubilee guide also a special Mass that will contains schedules for be held Sept. 16, 2000, special senior citizen and at the RCA Dome in young adult Masses for the Indianapolis. The Mass is next year as well as infor- being called Celebration in mation about the jubilee indul- Photo by Margaret Nelson the Spirit of Hope: The Great gence and a list of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein sealed one of the doors of SS. Peter and Paul in Jubilee and is expected to draw as churches throughout the archdiocese. † Indianapolis last Sunday. The will be opened Dec. 24 to start the Great Jubilee. Friends forever Bishops address many issues at annual meeting WASHINGTON (CNS)—The U.S. Catholic bishops ended their last general meeting of the millennium Nov. 18 with the approval of a flurry of documents on topics as narrow as bishops’ pension ben- efits and as broad as the new millennium itself. Also endorsed on the final day of the See related Nov. 15–18 meeting stories on were a 10,000-word pages 7 pastoral message on charity and a state- and 8. ment extolling the “blessings of age” that asks parishes to make ministry to the elderly a priority. The bishops also discussed but did not vote on a proposed new document on Church art and architecture in the United States. But the most contentious issue facing the bishops at their 1999 meeting was resolved Nov. 17 with approval of U.S. norms implementing John Paul II’s 1990 on Catholic higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae. The vote was 223–31 to adopt one of the most widely debated and most often Photo by Mary Ann Wyand Photo by Mary Cathedral High School Class of 1946 members John McHugh (left) and Jim McLinn, both of St. Patrick in Indianapolis, look at a scrapbook of rewritten documents the bishops have photographs and clippings about their alma mater. About 30 classmates have been meeting monthly since 1977. handled since their pastoral letters on the economy and on war and peace in the Cathedral Class of ’46 remains true See BISHOPS, page 7 By Mary Ann Wyand (14–0) will compete in the Indiana others are still recalled with amusement High School Athletic Association and some exaggeration.” “Friends forever” could be the motto state football tournament this week- It seems McLinn and McHugh once for Cathedral High School’s Class of end. pushed Coach Dezelan’s car onto a 1946. Members of the Class of 1946 used car lot and placed a “For Sale” It’s been 53 years since these class- excelled on the gridiron, too. sign on the hood. The two friends also mates received their diplomas from the In those days, St. Patrick parishioner reportedly tied up Coach Reynolds and former all-boys’ Catholic high school at Jim McLinn of Indianapolis said, team placed him upside down in a trash bar- its original location in downtown members played both offense and rel at the school, which formerly was Indianapolis, but many of the men still defense and didn’t know the meaning operated by the Brothers of Holy Cross meet regularly at McQ’s, a south-side of “quit.” at 14th and Meridian streets. restaurant near Roncalli High School. She’s Still Dear Old Cathedral, pub- “Oh, those are just stories,” Jim During monthly luncheon meet- lished in 1993 to commemorate the McLinn said, grinning at the memories. ings, classmates enjoy thick slices of school’s 75th anniversary, notes that, “Yeah, true stories,” St. Patrick parish- pizza, play pool, share old stories, “Perhaps the greatest passing and receiv- ioner John McHugh, who owns McQ’s discuss current news and rehash ing team in Cathedral’s rich history were with relatives, added with a laugh. sports competitions. 1945 All-Staters halfback Jimmy Their boyish pranks didn’t go unno- In November, football has been a McLinn and end John Joseph ‘Jekie’ ticed, and after one exploit McLinn was favorite topic for the loyal alumni McHugh. But beyond their athletic paddled by the Holy Cross brother who because the Class 4A Cathedral Irish skills, the tricks they inflicted on coaches served as principal. McLinn claims the (12–2) and Class 3A Roncalli Rebels [Cleon] Reynolds, [Joe] Dezelan and See CLASS, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, November 26, 1999

and the Indiana SIDS organization, CLASS which helps parents who have lost continued from page 1 babies to sudden infant death syndrome. Last year, they also gave money to Riley paddle broke in the process. Hospital for Children. After all these years, McLinn and Throughout the year, classmates McHugh are still best buddies who can remember birthdays and anniversaries, finish each other’s sentences when they help their friends’ families in times of retell high school stories. They met in the illness or death, and maintain their first grade at the former St. Patrick bonds of friendship in lots of other School in the Fountain Square neighbor- ways. hood on the south side. “They have been friends since they McLinn’s son, also named Jim, has started as freshmen in high school,” said served the now-coeducational Cathedral Father Patrick Kelly, Cathedral’s principal High School on East 56th Street as a since 1984. “Some of their families have teacher and administrative staff member been associated with Cathedral High for 25 years. And McLinn’s grandson, School for four generations.” Michael, is a Cathedral freshman. About 30 members of the Class of There’s a lot of Cathedral High School 1946 have been meeting for lunch on history in the McLinn and McHugh fami- the third Tuesday of every month since lies, as well as in the families of their 1977, McHugh said. “Everybody pays classmates. $10 a month, then after we cover our Members of the Class of ’46 have kept lunch costs the rest goes into the general scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about fund.” Cathedral High School students, sports Meetings are designated “men only,” Photo by Mary Ann Wyand Photo by Mary events and other Irish news through the McLinn said. “The reason we don’t have Cathedral High School alumnus Jim McLinn of Indianapolis still wears his 1946 class ring. years. ladies at our meetings is because some- Classmates also compete in a monthly times we get a little out of hand. We sit grown from 30 copies to 80 copies. I send high school,” McHugh said. “It was all pool tournament at McQ’s to raise money around and tell stories. We do have din- the Memo to people as far away as boys when we went there, and it was run for annual charitable donations. ners with our wives sometimes.” California and Florida.” by the Holy Cross brothers and they made During their luncheon meeting on Classmates keep in touch, even if they Times have certainly changed, allowances for us.” Dec. 21, members of the class will pre- can’t attend meetings, with McLinn’s McHugh said, reflecting on their jokes Those years were “the good old sent $400 checks to Cathedral High informative monthly mailing. and pranks at Cathedral so many years days,” McLinn said, “and we still like to School, the archdiocesan Catholic Youth “I started the class Memo on June 10, ago. talk about them. We’ve been friends all Organization, retired priests and broth- 1977,” McLinn said. “I’m enjoying doing “I really believe if we were going to our lives. We’ve all got a lot to be ers of the Congregation of Holy Cross, it. Over the years, our circulation has Cathedral now, we would never finish thankful for.” † Faith 2000 will test students’ religious knowledge It will be like an ISTEP on faith. terms. assessed by Faith 2000 beginning in is the category with questions on Church The archdiocesan Faith 2000 program The Catechism of the February. history, hierarchy and life of the faith will test how well students are learning is used as a structural guide of the pro- Though the program will not start until community. about their religion in much the same way gram, but is not a source of text to be February, 21 schools and 22 parish pro- Administrators will use the Faith 2000 as the state uses ISTEP to test academic memorized. grams participated in a pilot assessment reports to strengthen religious instruction subjects. Individual students will be assessed on earlier this year. for all grade levels with a goal of increas- Faith 2000 will assess Catholic and knowledge of their faith. Group reports The results of the pilot assessment ing the effectiveness of the standards- non-Catholic students—in faith formation will be given on faith knowledge, affirmed the use of the archdiocesan cate- based curriculum for preschool through programs and in Catholic school religion Catholic values and Catholic practices. chism-based religion curriculum. In most grade 12. programs—on their knowledge in seven Students in grades three, six, eight and areas, 75 percent of the students were The development of Faith 2000 was a categories: faith, God, Church, sacra- 11 in all archdiocesan schools and parish proficient and, from that group, 25 per- project of a committee formed by the ments, Life in Christ, prayer and religious programs of religious education will be cent were advanced in faith knowledge Assessment Task Force of the for their grade levels. Archdiocesan Council for Educational An area that is open for improvement Excellence. †

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By Margaret Nelson Archdiocesan Multicultural Commission and coordinator of Encuentro 2000,was The second archdiocesan Encuentro the keynote speaker. 2000 gathering drew 75 participants to The day began and ended with prayer. the Assembly Hall at the Archbishop The opening prayer ended with a reading O’Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis. of , the Constitution on the Their suggestions will be used by the Church: “ … the Church fosters and takes 25 archdiocesan delegates to the national to itself, insofar as they are good, the abil- Encuentro 2000 gathering in Los Angeles ity, riches and customs in which the genius July 6–9, 2000. The theme is “Many of each people expresses itself. …” Faces in God’s House: A Vision for the People with a variety of back- Third Millennium.” grounds—African, Latin American, The 1997 National Conference of Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Slovenian, Catholic Bishops called for the national Italian, Irish, French and German—con- “encounter” to celebrate the rich cultural tributed to the discussions. Table deco- diversity of the Church in the U.S. rations displayed symbols of their cul- Olga Villa-Parra, vice-chair of the tures. Parish groups and other groups of about eight people discussed questions about their experiences and reflections on their faith and cultural traditions.

Specific questions covered topics such Photos by Margaret Nelson as, “Many Peoples, One Catholic Faithful from the archdiocese, representing various cultural backgrounds, attend the Encuentro 2000 Church,” “Living in Solidarity and gathering at the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center Nov. 20 to discuss issues that will be raised at Justice,” Many Faces in God’s House,” the national meeting in Los Angeles next July. “Sharing Our Histories in Christ,” “Christ, the Path to Forgiviness and humor. whole sense of our oneness will stay Reconciliation” and “Bridging the Gap Those who reported from several with us. Between Faith and Life.” tables stressed the importance of priests “If we could imagine together, this is At the end of the four sessions, repre- who understand their people and their New Year’s Eve,” said Villa-Parra. “We’re sentatives gave highlights of the small cultures. opening that door. … This bell signifies group discussions to the whole assembly. One woman said she knows of only we’re going as one into the new millen- One representative observed that mem- two priests ministering to Hispanic nium. bers of minorities “can see issues that the Catholics in the archdiocese. She said, “The celebration is not a new millen- majority takes for granted.” “We have seen others who speak Spanish nium. Our celebration is us,” she said. Another said that small conflicts can fluently, yet they do not share their gifts “Let’s go back to our parishes and ring split a small parish, but that people will with us.” our bells.” come together out of crises. Villa-Parra summed it up: “When peo- The first Encuentro 2000 gathering in One said that those at her table ple gather for deep conversation, we are the Batesville drew 32 people to stressed the importance of being non- always challenged at many different lev- the Oldenburg Academy on Nov. 13. Eva Morales, religious educator at St. Patrick judgmental. “The only person we can els.” Regional meetings will also be held at Parish in Indianapolis, volunteered to attend change is ourselves.” Another said to She said that the people who lived St. Joseph Parish in Terre Haute on Feb. the July national Encuentro 2000 meeting in “make it a habit never to demean others two millennia ago “couldn’t have possi- 19 and at the Aquinas Center in the New Los Angeles. in our conversation,” especially in bly imagined this [gathering]. The Albany Deanery on March 11. †

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Seeking the Face of the Lord Weekly Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler TheCriterion 1915 - 1994 Criterion Founding Editor Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher William R. Bruns, Executive Editor Greg A. Otolski, Managing Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Young adults, Editorials you are on my mind

his week, I address myself to drama about the historical ? From the heart of the Church you, the young adults of our Does Christ truly act in the archdiocese. and in the sacrament of reconcilia- ast week, the U.S. Catholic bishops “When someone purchases a franchise, T For a variety of reasons, you tion? Do you understand that Christ overwhelmingly approved norms such as a fast food operation, the restau- are the most mobile members of our established the Church as the way to Lfor applying Pope John Paul II’s rant owner agrees to certain standards society, and so I ask your parents, participate in his redemption? 1990 , Ex Corde and procedures that are set by the fran- grandparents and friends to help me Ecclesiae (“From the Heart of the chise owner (e.g. Wendy’s, McDonald’s During the Great Jubilee 2000, Church”) to the approximately 230 or Burger King). Even though the indi- get this message to you. Would you our Church celebrates what God’s Catholic colleges and universities in the vidual restaurant may be independently share it with your friends and peers? love has done and is doing and will United States. owned and operated, certain standards Who is a young adult? Ages 18 to continue to do for the human family. Although the process that led to last must be maintained in order to preserve 39. Whether single or married, you In a culture that values freedom, week’s decision has been in the works for the name and the corporate identity of are our young adult Church. Whether but treats human persons as objects 20 years and has involved extensive con- the franchise owner. It’s true that the active in the faith now or whether to be used rather than persons to be sultation with the leaders of Catholic principles that govern colleges and uni- you have drifted from the faith, you valued, the most basic question is higher education, bishops and Vatican versities (such as the whole concept of are on my mind. , it’s fair to say that reaction to academic freedom) are much more com- Some say that your age group is this: What is a human being? the bishops’ action was “mixed.” plex than fast food operations, but the the most neglected in our society and Pope John Paul II once told young Some Catholic educators fear interfer- basic principle is the same: If you want adults that this raises a deeper ques- ence from the bishops, and they have to be known as a Catholic institution, also in our Church. This alone would voiced their concerns. Some conservative you must uphold certain standards. The augur for special attention to you as tion: What is the measurement for Catholics rejoice at what they hope will bishops are responsible for safeguarding we prepare to celebrate the Great measuring the human person? Is it be tighter controls on what they see as the Catholic teaching and identity, and the Jubilee 2000 and entry into the third good looks? Is it talent? Is it good increasing secularization of Catholic col- norms they just approved for implement- Christian millennium. A more posi- health? Is it technical know-how? Is leges and universities. We think the truth ing Ex Corde Ecclesiae are meant to tive reason impresses me. You have it financial success? lies somewhere in between. help them strengthen and support (not gifts to offer to our Church. And the According to the pope, “The true We hope the real import of the bish- tightly control) Catholic higher educa- ops’ action will be in strengthened rela- tion.” Catholic Church, bearing its heritage measure of the human heart and tionships between the bishops of the We applaud the leaders of Catholic from Christ, has gifts for you. We spirit is the measurement of con- United States, who are responsible for the higher education here in Indiana. They need your leadership and participa- science, the measurement of the Church’s teaching ministry, and the have participated in this debate in active tion in the rejuvenation of our faith, spirit open to God.” women and men who carry out this and constructive ways during the past 20 which this special time of grace With a mandate from Christ him- vitally important ministry day-in and day- years, and they have not hesitated to affords us. And through the Church, self, the Church wants to journey out on Catholic college and university “speak their minds” on issues of vital Christ offers you a special opportu- campuses all across the country. The importance to the Church and to the col- with you in the quest for meaning nity to be strengthened and anchored and authentic freedom. The journey bishops have said repeatedly that they do legium of Catholic higher education here in the truth of our faith. Whether sin- not seek “control” over the day-to-day in Indiana and throughout the United must lead to God, for without God, operations of Catholic colleges and uni- States. We also applaud the positive gle or married, whether parents or life is superficial and lonesome. The versities. They simply want to exercise an statements issued by Marian College and not, whether closer to 20 or to 40, true measure of the human heart and whether poor or financially success- appropriate form of oversight when it Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in spirit is an openness to God. Christ comes to the authentic teaching and prac- response to the bishops’ action last week. ful, the Great Jubilee offers you a showed us the way and through the tice of the Church. Now, it’s up to the With this kind of active commitment on fresh chance to experience the free- bishops to implement these new norms in all sides to the teaching mission of the dom of the truth and authentic Church, Christ and his Spirit accom- ways that affirm their commitment to Church and the distinctive charisms of human dignity. pany us in opening our hearts in true support (and not interfere with) Catholic our Catholic colleges and universities, Many of you have told me that love. higher education. To succeed, they will we can be sure that Catholic higher edu- you feel ill-prepared to understand Through the Church, the Spirit of need the active cooperation and support cation will continue to make a difference Christ calls every one of us to a of board members, presidents, adminis- in the next millennium. the Catholic faith. You find this trators and at our nations’ embarrassing among your peers and deeper experience of life and free- Catholic colleges and universities. — Daniel Conway friends in college or the workplace dom. The Jubilee 2000 offers a spe- Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar gen- or the marketplace. You tell me that cial opportunity for our Church to be eral of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, (Daniel Conway is a member of the edi- your religious education left you with you young adults more con- uses a very practical analogy to describe torial committee of the board of directors with little knowledge of the content sciously on your journey in life. the implications of Ex Corde Ecclesiae. of Criterion Press, Inc.) of the Catholic faith. Some of you As announced in last week’s issue say that you are not so sure our faith of The Criterion, to launch this ini- is relevant to the life you lead. Some tiative, we will offer—throughout End embargo of Iraq of you say that it seems like there is the year 2000—six special Masses no place for you in the life of the and gatherings for young adults in t their meeting last week, the U.S. which continues to deteriorate in the Church or at least you are not aware six different places in the archdio- Catholic bishops overwhelmingly eyes of the world’s nations. that your participation is welcomed. cese (Batesville, Bloomington, endorsed a statement by their con- “The comprehensive sanctions A Your parents and grandparents tell Indianapolis, New Albany, ference president, Joseph A. against Iraq,” Bishop Fiorenza’s state- me the same. Richmond and Terre Haute). Watch Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, that calls ment says, “have long since ceased to be Is the Catholic faith decisively for the end of the nearly decade-long U.S. a morally acceptable tool of diplomacy, for more information. The first cele- important? Is the message of Christ economic embargo of Iraq. The Criterion because they have inflicted indiscrimi- bration will be at the SS. Peter and simply one to be imitated? Is the life issued a similar plea in this space earlier nate and unacceptable suffering on the Paul Cathedral on Dec. 31, 1999. of the Church just one among many this year (“Time to end the embargo,” Iraqi people.” Beginning with a musical program John F. Fink, June 25, 1999). The statement notes that the grounds programs of imitating Christ and his The embargo of Iraq, like the embargo for action against Iraq are justifiable teachings? Are the sacraments for at 10 p.m., priests will be available against Cuba, is intended to encourage the because of Iraq’s aggression toward real? Is the Mass just a symbolic in the cathedral for confession or people to rise up and overthrow their other countries in the region, its persecu- remembrance of the Last Supper or counseling or simply to listen. Mass oppressive dictators. Well, Fidel Castro is tion of minorities and its continued is it something more? Is our union to launch the year 2000 will begin at still running Cuba, and Saddam Hussein development of weapons of mass with Christ in Communion merely 11:30 p.m. The whole world is wel- remains in control in Iraq. It doesn’t take destruction. However, Bishop Fiorenza’s come, but this event is especially for a political scientist or a military strategist statement points out that “even honor- symbolic or is it real? Are the sacra- to conclude that, at least in these two able causes may not be defended with ments of the Church simply religious you! † cases, comprehensive economic embar- immoral means.” goes just don’t work. As we said last June, it’s time—well Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for December And all the while the United States is past time—to end this embargo. The Catholic Grade Schools: that they may teach our children the Catholic faith and enforcing the embargo against Iraq, it is harm it has indiscriminately inflicted on assist them in hearing and answering God’s call to service in the Church, espe- paying a high price in its moral authority, civilians is unacceptable. † cially as priests or religious. — William R. Bruns The Criterion Friday, November 26, 1999 Page 5

Buscando la Cara del Señor Letters to the Editor Arzobispo Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Evangelization and the Jews issued in French by the Secretariat for the Promotion of the Unity of Christians and I just read the editorial in the Nov. 5 the Committee for Religious Relations issue of The Criterion. with the Jews, two Vatican departments. Would you kindly clarify a point for Adultos jóvenes, These guidelines flowed from the me? Vatican II declaration Nostra Aetate (“On The title of the editorial was “Evangelization not optional.” But I seem the Relationship of the Church to Non- estoy pensando to remember that Pope Paul VI said that Christian Religions”) promulgated by the Jews were not to be evangelized. Pope Paul in 1965. Could you clear up this point for me The guidelines call for “real dialogue” (and others, I’m sure)? between Jews and Christians and state en Uds. Joseph L. Hanley, Indianapolis that such dialogue “demands respect for the other as he is; above all, respect for Response: his faith and his religious convictions.” sta semana, me dirijo a los adul- histórico? ¿Actúa Cristo realmente en We can find no reference to any state- The guidelines point out that care and tos jóvenes de nuestra la Eucaristía y en el sacramento de ment by Pope Paul VI that the Jews should sensitivity must characterize the archidiócesis. reconciliación? ¿Entienden Uds. que not be evangelized. exchange. “Lest the witness of Catholics E Por diversas razones, ustedes Cristo fundó la Iglesia como medio de to Jesus Christ should give offense to In 1974, when Paul VI was pope, a doc- son los miembros más activos de participar en su redención? ument called “Guidelines on Religious Jews, they must take care to live and nuestra sociedad, y por lo tanto les Durante el Gran Jubileo 2000, Relations with the Jews” was jointly pido a sus padres, abuelos y amigos nuestra Iglesia celebra lo que el amor See LETTERS, page 12 que me ayuden a hacer llegar este de Dios hace, ha hecho y hará por la mensaje a ustedes. ¿Tendrían la bon- familia humana. Journey of Faith/Fr. John Buckel dad de compartirlo con sus amigos? La pregunta fundamental en una ¿Quién es un adulto joven? Los que cultura que estima la libertad, pero tienen edades entre 18 a 39 años. Sea trata a los seres humanos como obje- Will we be ready? soltero o casado, ustedes son los tos a ser usados en vez de personas a jóvenes de nuestra Iglesia. No importa ser estimadas es: ¿Qué es un ser Will the world come to an end in restore the kingdom. Instead of such a si están actualmente activos en la fe o humano? exactly the same way that John described leader, a Messiah came who was born in han dejado la fe, estoy pensando en Una vez el papa Juan Pablo II dijo the final days of tribu- a stable and later taught that earthly lation in the Book of power and violence were not the answer. Uds. a los adultos jóvenes que esto plantea Algunos dicen que tanto nuestra Revelation? On the More than likely, there will also be a cer- una pregunta más profunda: ¿Cuál es one hand, it is certain- tain amount of misunderstanding about sociedad como nuestra Iglesia han la medida para medir al ser humano? ly possible. On the the second coming of the Messiah, Jesus. descuidado a los de su edad más que a ¿Es la buena apariencia? ¿Es el talen- other hand, the end of As we make our way toward the New los demás. Esto es suficiente para to? ¿Es la buena salud? ¿Son los the world may take on our journey of faith, we abogar por atención especial hacia ust- conocimientos técnicos? ¿Es el éxito place in a completely have in our possession the book of edes cuando nos disponemos a cele- financiero? different way. Revelation. By means of this sacred book, brar el Gran Jubileo 2000 y entrar al Según el papa, “La verdadera medi- The author of God has provided us with a “road map” tercer milenio cristiano. Una razón da del corazón y del espíritu humano Revelation was not the only biblical of sorts. In the last book of the , más positiva me impresiona. Uds. es la medida de la consciencia, la author who wrote about the end times and God reveals what is expected of the fol- tienen dones para ofrecer a nuestra medida del espíritu abierto a Dios”. the second coming of Christ. For exam- lowers of Jesus. In doing so, God pre- Iglesia. Y la Iglesia católica, llevando Con un mandato de Chisto mismo, ple, Mark spoke of the end of the world pares us for the apocalypse so that when su patrimonio de Cristo, tiene regalos la Iglesia desea viajar con Uds. en la in his Gospel (Mk 13), as did Paul in his it comes, one can proclaim: “I am ready.” para ustedes. Necesitamos su lideraz- búsqueda del significado y de la liber- epistles (1 Thes 4:13–17 and 1 Cor 15). go y participación en el rejuvenec- tad verdadera. El viaje debe llevarnos When one compares their comments imiento de nuestra fe, que este tiempo a Dios, porque sin Dios, la vida es about the end of the world, one finds Questions for especial de gracia nos da. Y por la superficial y solitaria. La verdadera some fundamental differences. This along Iglesia, Cristo les ofrece una oportu- medida del corazón y del espíritu es with some other considerations reinforces consideration: nidad especial para fortalecerse y suje- una franqueza a Dios. Cristo nos the notion that not all of Revelation was tarse en la verdad de nuestra fe. No enseñó el camino y por medio de la meant to be taken literally. 1. Does great adversity in life increase or decrease faith? Explain. importa si sean solteros o casados, Iglesia, Cristo y su Espíritu nos acom- Although biblical authors disagree padres o no, o de 20 años o 40 años, pañan a abrir nuestros corazones por with one another about some details per- 2. What do human beings expect of taining to the end times, they nevertheless pobres o ricos, el Gran Jubileo les el amor verdadero. God and what does God expect of ofrece una nueva oportunidad de agree on some fundamental issues. human beings? Por la Iglesia, el Espíritu de Cristo The world as we know it will not last experimentar la libertad de la verdad y llama a cada uno a una experiencia forever. God will take an active role and 3. Is God fair in his dealings with la auténtica dignidad humana. más profunda de la vida y de la liber- bring it to an end, at which time good will people? Muchas personas me han men- tad. El Jubileo 2000 ofrece una opor- completely triumph over evil. The old cionado que se sienten mal preparadas tunidad especial para nuestra Iglesia a 4. In regard to spirituality, do you con- passing world will come crashing down sider the U.S.A. to be “First para entender la fe católica. Esto les estar con ustedes los adultos jóvenes and be replaced by a new eternal one. da vergüenza entre sus amigos en la World,” (developed), “Second más conscientemente en su viaje por Will the world soon come to an end? World” (developing) or “Third universidad, en el trabajo o en el mer- la vida. Maybe yes, maybe no. The fact is that World” (underdeveloped). Explain. cado comercial. Uds. me dicen que su Como se anunció la semana pasada one cannot say with any degree of cer- educación religiosa les dejó con poco en The Criterion, para lanzar esta ini- tainty. It could happen in 15 minutes or in 5. Can you think of an example of an conocimiento de lo que es la fe católi- ciativa ofreceremos, durante todo el 15 million years. No one knows the exact individual standing up for the rights ca. Algunos dicen que no están año 2000, seis Misas y reuniones moment when the world will come to an of others who could not stand up seguros que nuestra fe sea relevante a especiales para los adultos jóvenes en end, and that includes the angels in heav- for themselves? What gives people la vida que llevan. Algunos dicen que seis diferentes lugares en la en and Jesus, himself (Mt 25:13). the courage, strength and enthu- parece que no hay lugar para Uds. en archidiócesis (Bátesville, Even though there are different view- siasm to do so? la vida de la Iglesia o por lo menos no Bloomington, Indianápolis, New points as to what the signs will be, there 6. Can you think of an example of a saben que es bienvenida su partici- Álbany, Ríchmond and Terre Haute). is agreement that there will be signs of false expectation you had of a per- pación. Sus padres y abuelos me dicen Próximamente habrá más informa- the end of the world. When these finally son, place or thing? appear, there will be no doubt that these lo mismo. ción. La primera celebración será en 7. Are you ready for the apocalypse? ¿Es la fe católica decisivamente la catedral de SS. Peter and Paul el 31 signs are authentic. importante? ¿Es el mensaje de Cristo de diciembre de 1999. A partir del At least some of the New Testament For further study: authors were under the impression that uno que meramente se imita? ¿Es la programa a las 10 p.m., los sacerdotes 1. Read the following passages that vida de la iglesia sólo uno entre they would still be alive when the second describe Jesus at prayer: Jn 17 and estarán disponibles en la catedral para coming of Christ took place muchos programas que imita a Cristo Mk 14:32–42; Jesus’ advice on how oír confesión, aconsejar o simple- (1 Thes 4:13). They all agree that when- y sus enseñanzas? ¿Son reales los mente para escuchar. La misa para to pray: Mt 6:5–18; biblical figures ever he returns, it will be a lot sooner at prayer: Lk 1:46–55, 68–79, 2 sacramentos? ¿Es la Misa sólo un lanzar el año 2000 comenzará a las than they thought it would be. Cor 1:2–14, Revelation 19:1–4. recordatorio simbólico de la Última 11:30 p.m. Todo el mundo está invita- Although John dedicated most of his Cena o algo más? ¿Es real nuestra do, ¡pero este evento es especialmente book to describing future events, the 2. Read #2558–2597 of the Catechism unión con Cristo en la Comunión o para Uds.! † future was not his primary concern. His of the Catholic Church. † meramente simbólica? ¿Son los sacra- fundamental concern was the present mentos de la Iglesia simplemente un Traducido por: Language Training behavior of Christians. John intended to drama religioso acerca del Jesús Center, Indianapolis encourage these people to remain faithful (A more detailed investigation of the to the vows they made at baptism when Book of Revelation appears in the book- they pledged lifelong allegiance to Jesus let “The Apocalypse: Are You Ready?” La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en diciembre Christ. by Father John Buckel. It is available Escuelas primarias católicas: que ellos puedan enseñar la fe católica a nue- There was a great deal of misunder- for $15 at Krieg Bros. and at Village stros niños y puedan ayudarles a oír y contestar la llamada de Dios para servir standing about the first coming of the Dove stores in Indianapolis or directly en la Iglesia, sobre todo como sacerdotes o religiosos. Messiah. 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The fourth annual Catholic High Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ School Choral Festival is scheduled at Parish in Indianapolis will sponsor a 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, in the “Christmas Concert for the Poor” Marian College , 3200 Cold from 7–8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, at Spring Road, in Indianapolis. The con- the church, located at 7225 Southeastern cert is free and open to the public. The Ave. Free-will offerings will benefit program includes vocal ensembles from parishioner Lucious Newsom’s min- several area Catholic high schools, istries to the poor. For information, call including Oldenburg Academy, and per- Nativity at 317-357-1200. formances by the Marian College Chamber Singers and Chorale. The John F. Fink, editor emeritus of The finale of the program features 180 stu- Criterion, will present a program that dents singing an original composition by will depict the life and time of Jesus Philip Kern, a Marian College music Christ at Mary, Queen of Peace Parish professor, titled “Issay, Issay!” (Aramaic in Danville. For more information, call for “Hear ye, hear ye!”) Kern’s composi- 317-745-4221. tion is based on a traditional Ethiopian Christmas song. For information on the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in choral festival, call the Marian College Indianapolis will host an evening of prayer music department at 317-955-6108. and reflection at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5. † Submitted photos VIPs . . .

Terrance, Kenny, John, Donald, William Ordained and Andy Mappes. They also have 22 grandchildren. They are members of Holy deacons Name Parish in Beech Grove. Lawrence Borders (above, left) and Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School hon- Russell Zint (at right), fifth-year ored the Mother’s Association for distin- students for the priesthood from guished service during the annual the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, President’s Dinner on Nov. 20 in are ordained as deacons by Bishop Indianapolis. Presentation of the President’s Robert W. Donnelly, auxiliary bishop Medal to the volunteer organization recog- of the of Toledo, Ohio, on nized “the importance and value of Oct. 30 at Saint Meinrad’s Archabbey women’s involvement in the school.” Church in St. Meinrad. Deacons Borders and Zint are students at Norbert and Therese Mappes of Beech Scecina Memorial High School senior Saint Meinrad School of Theology Grove will mark their 50th wedding Lauren Hansberry of Indianapolis was in St. Meinrad and are studying for anniversary on Nov. 27. The couple will recently honored by the ESPN cable televi- their Master of Divinity degree. celebrate with a Mass and dinner reception. sion network for academic, athletic and vol- They were married at St. Roch Parish in unteer achievements. She also helped coor- Indianapolis. The couple has eight children: dinate Scecina Memorial’s annual school Mary Sue Kraft, Connie Shelbourne, blood drive in November. †

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Bishops. Blessings of Age is “going to be very Catholics to pledge to pray for justice and BISHOPS By large margins, the bishops gave helpful to a lot of folks,” said Bishop peace, to learn more about social teach- continued from page 1 their OK for a revised mission statement Joseph P. Delaney of Fort Worth, Texas. ing, to reach across race, religion and and new statutes, as well as new regula- It complements Pope John Paul II’s other types of boundaries, and to live a 1980s. tions on conference statements and recent Letter to the Elderly, he said Nov. more generous life of justice, service to Though the college norms remain con- changes in the composition of the 18, after the lightly amended document the poor and advocacy for human life and troversial in the Catholic academic com- Administrative Committee. was approved in a voice vote. dignity. munity, supporters of the norms argued In other internal matters, the bishops “We really hope that more and more For the jubilee year, the bishops agreed that they are needed and have been suffi- approved a $52.7 million budget for 2000 parishes will see ministry to the elderly as on a brief message intended for use as a ciently refined to deal with the most seri- and a diocesan assessment increase of a very important part of parish life,” he newspaper ad and a longer version aimed ous objections raised against earlier ver- 1.6 percent in 2001. said, and “will use the wonderful pool of at Catholic clergy and lay people. sions. On the last day of their fall general talent and experience and time that older They overwhelmingly approved a pas- Another major discussion at the meet- meeting, the bishops also approved a folks have to provide ministry ... to them- toral plan on adult faith formation that ing was on the continuing project to document that would allow for portabil- selves and to others.” stresses the importance of lifelong educa- restructure the National Conference of ity of retired bishops’ pensions, along Without debate, the bishops also tion to help adult Catholics make their faith Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic with statements on the elderly and on approved In All Things Charity: A stronger, but deferred until June a decision Conference into one conference that will charity. Pastoral Challenge for the New on whether to initiate a project leading to a be called the U.S. Conference of Catholic The new pastoral message titled Millennium, a document that asks new national adult catechism. † What new U.S. Catholic higher education norms do WASHINGTON (CNS)—The new text apostolic constitution on Catholic univer- fruitful dialogue between the Gospel and the United States (1999). on Catholic university norms adopted by sities, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (From the culture.” The final draft adopted by the bish- the U.S. bishops Nov. 17 describes its Heart of the Church). Its section on norms spelled out gen- ops—available on the Internet at goal as drawing all U.S. Catholic higher The papal text also had two main sec- eral rules, on a worldwide basis, on the www.nccbuscc.org/bishops/excorde.htm education institutions “to continuous tions, Identity and Mission and General nature and establishment of a Catholic —must still be approved by the renewal, both as ‘universities’ and as Norms. university, the university community and before it can take effect. ‘Catholic.’ ” The apostolic constitution laid out a its relation to the Church and role in the In its first part, it spells out “the eccle- The document is divided into two main vision of a Catholic university as a com- Church. It called on the bishops’ confer- siological concept of communion” as “the sections: Theological and Pastoral munity of learning, teaching and research, ences to establish concrete national or basis for the collaborative relationships Principles and Particular Norms. dedicated to truth and to service to soci- regional applications to implement the between the hierarchy and Catholic uni- In this structure it parallels the more ety, Church and culture. constitution and its general norms. versities” found in the papal document. important document that it is intended to It spoke of the Catholic university as The title of the new U.S. document is It speaks of a “twofold relationship” implement, Pope John Paul II’s 1990 “a primary and privileged place for a Ex Corde Ecclesiae: An Application to See EDUCATION, page 8

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It cites “four distinctive ate to an academic institu- In the final draft ing office. Bishops discuss EDUCATION characteristics that are tion, its governance is and adopted by the bishops, • All professors are to be continued from page 7 essential for Catholic remains internal to the key points of this article “aware of and commit- plan for national identity”: institution itself.” include: ted to” the institution’s adult catechism which defines Catholic It goes on to call acade- Catholic identity and • Christian inspiration in • Men and women of non- universities as “partici- mic freedom “an essential mission. Within the WASHINGTON (CNS) individuals and the uni- Catholic religious faiths pants in both the life of component of a Catholic framework of relevant —The U.S. bishops heard versity community. “can make a valuable the Church and the higher university” and says a civil laws and proce- a report Nov. 15 on the contribution to the uni- education community of • Reflection and research bishop must recognize and dures, “the university possibility of developing a versity” as trustees, the United States.” on human knowledge in promote that rightful free- should strive to recruit national adult catechism. administrators, staff, Drawing directly from the light of the Catholic dom “with due regard for and appoint Catholics as Although such a spe- faculty and students. the language of Ex Corde faith. the common good and the professors so that, to the cific catechism is “feasi- Ecclesiae, it notes that the • Fidelity to the Christian need to safeguard and pro- • Each member of the extent possible, those ble, it remains to be relationships between uni- message in conformity mote the integrity and board of trustees must be committed to the wit- determined whether such versity and Church author- with the magisterium unity of the faith.” committed to the implica- ness of the faith will a text is advisable,” ities are to be “character- (teaching authority) of The third article says tions of the university’s constitute a majority of Archbishop Daniel M. ized by mutual trust, close the Church. what is required for a uni- Catholic identity, and “to the faculty.” Buechlein of Indianapolis and consistent cooperation versity to be established the extent possible, the • Catholic theologians on told the bishops in his and continuing dialogue.” • Institutional commitment or approved as Catholic. majority of the board report on the opening day to the service of others. the faculty are to receive It devotes several pages to Article 4, on the univer- should be Catholics com- a “mandatum,” or man- of the bishops’ four-day breaking out the implica- The particular norms sity community, includes mitted to the Church.” date to teach, “from the general meeting in tions of each of those char- of the application docu- separate treatment of the • “The university presi- bishop of the diocese in Washington. acteristics. ment are broken into board of trustees, adminis- dent should be Cath- which the Catholic uni- The archbishop, who is The final element of the seven articles. These par- tration and staff, faculty olic.” A footnote notes versity is located.” chairman of the bishops’ Theological and Pastoral allel the seven articles of and students. the possibility of a non- Ad Hoc Committee to Principles section outlines general norms in the That article, which Catholic president, pro- • “Without prejudice to Oversee the Use of the the meaning of Catholic apostolic constitution. addresses the Catholic vided he or she is com- the rights of the local Catechism, said his com- identity in Catholic higher The first describes the character of university mitted to the university’s bishop, a ‘mandatum,’ mittee hopes to conduct a education, drawing on the nature and purpose of the officials and faculty and Catholic identity and once granted, remains in survey of the U.S. bishops apostolic constitution and norms and how they are the relation of theologians mission, and refers to effect wherever and as on the very question of an other Church documents to to be implemented. to Church teaching Church legislation under long as the professor adult national catechism spell out the characteristics The second says that authority, has been one of which a Catholic presi- teaches unless and until and report the results to and commitments entailed since a Catholic univer- the main sources of con- dent should take a pro- withdrawn by a compe- their Administrative in establishing and main- sity “enjoys the institu- troversy over the years of fession of faith and oath tent ecclesiastical Committee next taining that identity. tional autonomy appropri- debate on the U.S. norms. of fidelity upon assum- authority.” † September. He said the survey would include a sense of what a national adult cate- chism specifically for the United States might look like. Along with developing possibilities for an adult catechism, Archbishop Buechlein said, his com- mittee is drafting a devel- opment plan for adolescent and elementary school-age catechisms. He said the committee plans to report on these projects by next year’s fall bishops’ meet- ing. When its members are not addressing future cate- chetical concerns, the ad hoc committee has been reviewing current publica- tions for their conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Last year, the commit- tee notified publishers of basic guidelines for con- This Ad Is forming with the cate- chism, including the need to use personal pronouns Camera Ready! for God, to avoid the term “Hebrew Scriptures” St. Francis when referring to the Old Testament, and to use the terms B.C. and A.D. 1844 when citing dates. It also notified publish- 5x10 ers that texts dealing with preparation for the sacra- Neg ments of reconciliation and first Communion should “clearly teach” that one’s first confession “is to be received before first Eucharist.” Within the past year, Archbishop Buechlein said, his ad hoc committee also has been asked to review materials on human sexuality. But because the materi- als included a “significant amount of physiology, psychology and sociol- ogy”—subjects which do not fall within the commit- tee’s charge in reviewing doctrinal matter—his com- mittee asked the bishops’ Committee on Education to consider revising its 1991 document on Human Sexuality: a Catholic Perspective for Education and Lifelong Learning.† A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 1999 by Catholic News FaithAlive! Service. Prayer is a way of knocking on God’s door

By Kathy Beirnes me, telling me not to worry because all was well. Our friend, Jay, was very sick. His That night we learned the boy had lungs caused him terrible pain, but the come out of the coma that afternoon. doctors could not find anything wrong Prayer, we have been told since child- when they did scans. Finally they located hood, is a way of knocking on God’s the cause of his pain. He had cancerous door. tumors on the outside of his lungs. I think now of the knocks on my door. We began praying for him to recover. More often than not, the knocking was a All his friends stormed heaven. He was neighborhood child asking if one of my such a good and giving man, and he children was at home and could come should still have had many years to live, outdoors. but it was not to be. I think that is why we knock on God’s The first operation revealed that there door, too—not to request anything in par- was widespread damage. He decided ticular, but to feel connected with the very against intensive chemotherapy, and the presence of the divine. nature of our prayers changed. C. S. Lewis wrote a book called The Now we prayed for the grace of a Great Divorce. It talks about people in happy life in this world while it lasted, hell who get to take a bus ride to heaven and for the presence of the Lord by his and then decide whether they want to stay side as he passed from this world to the there. It describes many different kinds of fullness of life with God. people and the reasons they choose to We lived at a distance from Jay and hold on to their own ideas, even when made the trip to see him one last time. those ideas separate them from God; the The rest of the time our prayers kept us reasons they don’t embrace the love and connected with him and his family. mercy heaven represents. The friends who lived near Jay spent One character who lives in heaven

the last weeks taking turns at his side, says, “There are only two kinds of people CNS photos/CNS photo of pope from Reuters praying with him, singing the Bible in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy Prayer unfolds as events unfold in our lives. And as prayer does so, it reveals more of God to us, songs he loved so much, and generally will be done,’ and those to whom God allowing the voice and will of God to take over from our human wisdom and desires. praying with their voices, hearts and says, ‘Thy will be done.’ All that are in presence. hell choose it.... No soul that seriously God was good to give us the privilege and constantly desires joy will ever miss True happiness is found in life of knowing Jay and being a part, with it. Those that seek, find.” him, of the mystical body of Christ. God loves our loved ones better and Prayer unfolds as events unfold in our more perfectly than we do. What ulti- through intimacy with God lives. It becomes less particular and more mately is best for them is what God has humble. And as prayer does so, it reveals in mind for them and for us. By Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. are called to pray for healing for our- more of God to us, allowing the voice and In the last few days of Jay’s life, a selves and for others. will of God to take over from our human friend of ours sat with him as he slept a The first word Jesus speaks as he To change where we look for happi- wisdom and desires. drug-induced sleep. She was dozing her- enters upon his ministry is “repent,” ness, we might start by following the pre- We had moved 1,500 miles away from self when she realized he was awake and which means to change the direction in cept of Jesus, who said: “When you pray a number of families we were very close smiling. which you are looking for happiness. retire into your private room and bolt the to in our hometown, but we kept in touch “What is it, Jay?” she asked. The basic thrust of Jesus’ message is to door, and then pray to your Father (Abba) by telephone and by visiting them at least “I can’t wait to meet the Lord,” he told invite us into intimacy with God, where in secret; and your Father, who sees in once a year. her. true happiness is found. That is God’s secret will reward you” (Mt 6:6). Then one day we got scary news: The When I heard that story, I knew our remedy for the human predicament. Prayer in secret brings us gradually 16-year-old son of one family was in a prayers for Jay were heard. The Lord who Lacking the experience of divine inti- through daily practice into the divine coma after being hit by a car. loved him had so filled him with desire macy, we feel alienated from ourselves, presence where true happiness resides. We began to pray; prayer took over our for his journey that it conquered the pain. from God, from other people and from The divine plan, according to lives. And I began to clean house. That’s Prayer connected us to him, it made us the cosmos. St. Paul, is to share with us the Son’s my response to crisis. (The founder of the feel useful, it softened the pain of losing Happiness—the habitual experience knowledge of the Father. Jesus’ personal Shaker religion used to tell her followers, him and it moved us toward saying—and of a pervasive sense of well-being and experience of God as Abba is the heart “Turn your hands to work, and your mind meaning it—“Thy will be done.” deep interior peace—cannot be found in of the mystery transmitted through the to God,” and that’s my belief when trou- the pursuit of instinctual needs for sur- Church’s liturgy. ble hits.) (Kathy and Steve Beirnes, who have been vival and security, affection and esteem, One day, I was scrubbing the kitchen married 32 years, are the publishers of and power and control over as much of (Trappist Father Thomas Keating, a floor, praying without words by just keep- Foundations, a newsletter for newly mar- life as possible. member of St. Benedict Monastery in ing the image of that sleeping boy in my ried couples, done in partnership with the The misguided search for happiness is Snowmass, Colo., is a founder of the mind, when I was flooded with a sense of National Association of Catholic Family the human predicament the Gospel Centering Prayer Movement and of well-being. I felt God was speaking to Life Ministers.) † addresses every Advent season, when we Contemplative Outreach.) † Discussion Point Prayer time can be any time

This Week’s Question of my recovery, I pray the Liturgy of the Hours and am fortunate to be able to do this in a nearby Do you have a special time of prayer during the day church. When I pray the Psalms, coupled with ther- or week? During that time, what exactly do you do? apy and spiritual direction, prayer is an important “My prayer time is first thing in the morning for component in my efforts toward healing.” (D.M., 45 minutes to an hour. It consists of personal Albany, N.Y.) prayer and Scripture readings from One Bread, One Body, a daily devotional. I close with the rosary or Lend Us Your Voice more private prayer.” (Sharon Schnetter, Sioux An upcoming edition asks: What “strategy” Falls, S.D.) would you recommend that ethnically diverse “Actually, I pray whenever I can. Sometimes it’s in parishes adopt in order to build a more inclusive the morning when I’m out jogging. Sometimes it’s community? in the evening during a crisis. For me, it’s a daily, To respond for possible publication, write to Faith all-day thing.” (Melinda Anderson, Burlington, Vt.) Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. CNS photo “I’ve suffered with depression and anxiety. As part 20017-1100. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, November 26, 1999 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Research for the Church/ James D. Davidson Vatican II: Bishops vote on liturgy and media Catholics (Sixth in a series) The Constitution on the Liturgy was a including John Courtney Murray and Although most of the debate during 40-page document giving general princi- Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, the founding generally agree the second session of the Second Vatican ples for the restoration and reform of the editor of The Criterion, who was the peri- Council was on liturgy, emphasizing its communal nature tus for Indianapolis Archbishop Paul C. with Church’s Lumen Gentium, the and adapting it to the culture and tradi- Schulte. (There were, by the way, 359 per- Dogmatic Constitu- tions of nations. It concerned the iti, all supposedly on the same level, but tion on the Church, Eucharist, the other sacraments and sacra- some were world-famous theologians.) social teachings which was to define mentals, the Divine Office, the liturgical About the only good thing that came the roles of people in year, sacred music and sacred art and from the on the Mass Media was The Catholic Church has a long tradition the Church, it wasn’t sacred furnishings. the establishment of the Pontifical of caring about the poor. The search for jus- passed until the third Between 1963 and 1974, the Vatican Commission for the Means of Social tice and concern for the session. issued 24 other documents on the Communications, known today as the poor are expressed over However, two doc- liturgy—instructions, declarations and Council for Social Communications. That and over again in papal uments were passed at the second ses- following up and implementing commission published an excellent docu- such as sion, held from Sept. 29–Dec. 4, 1963. the council’s Constitution on the Liturgy. ment in 1971 called Communio et Rerum Novarum The first was , These gave us the Mass as we know it Progressio, the Pastoral Instruction on the (1891), Quadragesimo the Constitution on the Divine Liturgy, today, much different from the pre-Vatican Means of Social Communications. Over Anno (1931) and Pacem and the second was Inter Mirifica, the II Mass. the years, I’ve quoted quite extensively in Terris (1963). Decree on the Mass Media. If the Constitution on the Liturgy was from that document, especially what it had These “social teach- It was no surprise that the Constitution so far-reaching, the council’s second doc- to say about the role of the Catholic press ings” also are found in on the Liturgy would be the first document ument, the Decree on Mass Media, was by in reporting and forming opinion within pastoral letters, such as approved because liturgical renewal far the council’s weakest. It was so feeble the Church. the American bishops’ 1986 letter Economic seemed to be everyone’s top priority. The that a group of journalists produced a one- It was expected that two other docu- Justice for All. vote on this document was an impressive page memo that declared that this docu- ments would be voted on during the sec- The Church’s commitment to justice and 2,147 in favor and only four votes against. ment would be forever cited as “a classic ond session—one on and the its concern for the poor also are evident in The bishops recognized that renewal of example of the way Vatican II proved other on religious liberty. The American the self-help programs funded by the the liturgy would make the most differ- incapable of facing the world around it.” bishops and periti were particularly inter- Catholic Campaign for Human ence in the lives of most ordinary Four of the advisers to the bishops, called ested in them. Neither, though, made it Development. Catholics. periti, or experts, signed the memo, before time ran out. † But to what extent do American Catholics agree with these social teachings? Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes Several colleagues and I have examined these issues in three national studies of American Catholics. The results indicate It’s Thanksgiving: Do you know what you’re thankful for? that, while most Catholics have not read the papal encyclicals or the bishops’ 1986 pas- Thanksgiving is Those of us who’ve had heart attacks or ful for lunch, recess and dismissal. toral letter on economic justice, a majority one of those Norman other near-death experiences are probably Some of us may be thankful for hav- believe that Catholics should be concerned Rockwell kinds of thankful we’re still here. Others may be ing discerned and embraced our voca- about the poor and should do their best to days. It’s patriotic thankful for faith in God, or finding a tion, being happy and fulfilled in living build a more just and equal world. At the and God-fearing and decent boyfriend, or even discovering a out a religious, married or single life. same time, they are not convinced that the family-oriented, and great place to buy doughnuts. It’s what Some may be thankful for the work or institutional Church should be involved in it appeals to some of strikes us as important at the time, or all profession they chose, or which they fell economic and political issues. our primal interests: the time. into by happy chance. Some may be Here are the results from five items in our eating, time off from Some of us are thankful that our kids grateful for pleasant colleagues, reason- 1995 national study (for more details, see work and (in more are healthy, reasonably bright and glad to able clients or a cheerful workplace. The Search for Common Ground, Our recent times) watch- see us when we come in the door. Some We can be thankful for something as Sunday Visitor, 1997). ing football on TV. may be thankful that their child is presi- seemingly insignificant as having no cav- The vast majority of Catholics say that Of course, it’s also the official time to dent of the bank or chairman of the board ities when we visit the dentist, or as helping the needy is an important part of give thanks. But, while you’d think it or, simply, gainfully employed. Some may wrenching as finding an hour without their personal religious beliefs. Seventy-six should be a cinch to come up with at just be grateful that they have a child at all cancer pain. Many of us have much to be percent strongly agree with this idea; 20 per- least one or two things that make us or, as an additional bonus, grandchildren. thankful for, and others must try hard to cent agree somewhat; only 3 percent dis- grateful, sometimes it’s not easy. Likewise, some kids may be thankful find those few people or things or events agree. We once experienced a Thanksgiving for their wonderful parent(s) or other car- for which we can be grateful. Still, every A second item asks Catholics which of that occurred 10 days after one of our ing relatives who served them as good Thanksgiving, we manage to come up the following comes closer to explaining sons died in an accident. We were hard role models and affirmed them through with something. why there is poverty in the U.S.: poor peo- put to feel thankful about much of any- thick and thin, etc., etc. Others may just It may be enough just to be thankful ple’s own behavior, such as not managing thing at that point, but we numbly be glad they survived bumpy childhoods. that we live in a country that makes a their money well and lack of effort on their attended the celebration we always shared Kids may be thankful for their current national holiday out of thanking God. part, or social conditions, such as lack of jobs with several friends. Their kindness and teacher, scout leader, coach. Some may be and low wages? Seventy-one percent of lay quiet support not only got us through the glad they passed the last semester and oth- (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul people say social conditions, thereby day, but also made us thankful once again ers may be thankful for being on the the Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a expressing agreement with Church teach- for their presence in our lives. honor roll. Probably all of them are thank- regular columnist for The Criterion.) † ings. Twenty-one percent express the dissent- ing view that poverty is mainly the result of Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister poor people’s own behavior. There also is considerable agreement with the American bishops’ claim that economic Recalling friends and the Holocaust Museum decisions increasing poverty are morally wrong. Fifty percent of lay people strongly Last year at this time, my husband, most other members of their family per- had dwelled on the negative aspects of agree; 26 percent agree somewhat; 18 per- Paul, and I delivered a suitcase filled with ished. We have photocopies of the last Catholic influence during those difficult cent disagree; 6 percent are unsure. A major- historical documents correspondence from Mr. Weiss’s mother years. Mr. Weiss records how Catholics, ity of lay people also agree that Catholics to the U.S. Holocaust from Theresienstadt, one of the largest even clergy, were often anti-Semitic. have a duty to try to close the gap between Memorial Museum in camps in Europe; and we have photo- However, he chose to befriend us, the rich and the poor, though there is more Washington, D.C. This copies of other autobiographical and his- adding a blessed dimension to our lives. variation on this issue. Thirty percent material came into our torical information. Childless themselves, they treated us as strongly agree; 24 percent agree somewhat; safekeeping after the If it had not been for family, and their hon- 19 percent disagree somewhat; 21 percent deaths of friends and that Catholic landlady esty, compassion, disagree; and 7 percent are unsure former neighbors, who put herself in dan- ‘the Weisses nar- integrity and humility The fifth item (“The Church should stick Joseph and Margaret ger, the Weisses would rowly escaped the enriched us. to religion and not be involved in economic Weiss, in the 1980s. have died, too. Then our Is it any wonder that or political issues”) expresses a view that is Fifty years before, family would never World War II Holo- Paul and I felt strongly contrary to Church teachings. Sixty-two per- the Weisses narrowly escaped the World have known this fine caust that brought about getting the Weiss cent of Catholics agree with this statement, War II Holocaust that brought about the couple. After Mrs. documents to the U.S. thereby disagreeing with Church teachings. deaths of millions of people, most of them Weiss died, we arranged about the deaths of Holocaust Memorial Thirty-two percent of Catholics disagree Jews, but also anyone considered unfit dur- for a Mass to be said in millions of people, Museum? Working with with this statement, indicating agreement ing the rise of Germany’s Third Reich. our Indianapolis church, most of them Jews’ Archivist Sara Sirman, with Church teachings. Five percent of On a bench in a busy railroad station in Christ the King. Mr. we now know that his- Catholics are unsure. Vienna, Austria, the Weisses’ Catholic Weiss was educated in torians and Jews look- Catholics are not fully informed about the landlady warned them that Nazis were Austrian Catholic ing for family have Church’s social teachings and question some ready to confiscate their apartment, which schools; he understood that this is the access to this material. specific social teachings, especially the meant deportation to a concentration camp highest form of prayer for Catholics. A Of course, Paul and I also toured the Church’s role in economic and political for them. Losing most of their possessions, member of the Indianapolis Hebrew museum—a powerful experience that made issues. Yet, they understand that being the couple escaped, finally emigrating to Congregation, he attended the Mass with us hope that we also would have had the Catholic includes a special concern for the the United States and settling in Paul and me. courage of that Catholic landlady in Vienna. poor and a desire for social justice. Indianapolis. Reading through documents after his Before the Weisses could send for death, I then realized that the respect the (Shirley Vogler Meister, a noted author (James D. Davidson is professor of sociology their mothers, Hitler’s anti-Semitic clamp Weisses showed to us was a choice they and poet, is a regular columnist for The at Purdue University in West Lafayette, of death intervened. Both mothers and made that might’ve been different if they Criterion.) † Indiana.) †

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First Sunday of Advent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, Nov. 29 Friday, Dec. 3 Sunday, Nov. 28, 1999 Isaiah 2:1–5 Francis Xavier, Psalm 122:1–9 Isaiah 29:17–24 • Isaiah 63:16b–17, 19b; 64:2b–7 did the congregation in Corinth. Perhaps Matthew 8:5–11 Psalm 27:1, 4, 13–14 this community was larger than some of • 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 Matthew 9:27–31 • Mark 13:33–37 the other Christian communities. After all, Corinth was one of the major cities of the Tuesday, Nov. 30 Roman Empire. Certainly the greed and Andrew, apostle Saturday, Dec. 4 The Book of Isaiah provides the first lust associated with Corinth at the time Romans 10:9–18 John of Damascus, priest and reading for this first Sunday of Advent, significantly affected the lives of Psalm 19:2–5 doctor and as such it is the Christians in the city. Temptations were first Scriptural reading many and strong. Matthew 4:18–22 Isaiah 30:19–21, 23–26 offered us in the holy Although Paul bluntly challenged and Psalm 147:1–6 setting of the Mass for even confronted the Christian Corinthians, Wednesday, Dec. 1 Matthew 9:35–10:1, 6–8 this new year of the he always reassured them of their great Isaiah 25:6–10a Church’s life of wor- dignity as the redeemed, the brothers and Psalm 23:1–6 Sunday, Dec. 5 ship and instruction. sisters of Jesus, and as such the heirs of Matthew 15:29–37 Second Sunday of Advent Important to under- God. standing this reading They possessed a great treasure in their Isaiah 40:1–5, 9–11 is knowledge of the faith and in the oneness with Christ cre- Thursday, Dec. 2 Psalm 85:9–14 context in which it ated by their faith and baptism. God Isaiah 26:1–6 2 Peter 3:8–14 was written. It was composed and became would protect them and give them eternal Psalm 118:1, 8–9, 19–21, Mark 1:1–8 the third section of the Book of Isaiah, life. To assist them in reaching this des- 25–27a written many years after the death of the tiny of everlasting life, God would send great prophet. Nevertheless, the very use them guides and leaders such as Paul him- Matthew 7:21, 24–27 of the prophet’s name as identification self. They would not be alone. reveals that memories of Isaiah were St. Mark’s Gospel furnishes the last strong, as was reverence for his teachings. reading. In this passage, the Lord speaks extreme opposite, it is a call to us to will be the time when we will overcome In the decades between the life of the directly, frankly and clearly to the disciples. achieve our potential as God’s special the difficulties and temptations of earthly prophet Isaiah and the times in which No one knows the day or the hour children, as brothers and sisters of the life. These difficulties and problems can these verses were prepared, much had when this earthly life will come to an end. Lord Jesus, the Son of God. be quite vexing. We may cry out to God, transpired for God’s people. Their long, For those asleep in sin or indifference to In working to realize this potential, we as described in the reading from Isaiah wearying exile in Babylon had come and God, the arrival of God to bring earthly are not left to our own limited resources. this weekend, and our cries will be heard. gone. life to a close will be a rude awakening. God sends us guidance and leadership in God will redeem us finally and forever—if Yet all was not good for the children of the Church, still led by the apostles. we are true to what we say we are as fol- . Severe want haunted their lives. Reflection Our final union with God in eternity lowers of Christ Jesus. † The old systems of authority and ethnic The ecclesiastical season of Advent cohesiveness in many instances had anticipates Christmas, the great feast of Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen passed away. Holding the people together the Lord’s birth. were their ethnic and familial ties, their However, merely to regard this season common heritage and recent experiences, as a time of preparation for one day, how- and their unity in belief in the One God. ever glorious the event it commemorates, Advent liturgies should However, the great One God of Moses is to lose sight of the majesty of Advent, seemed very far away. These verses con- which is a great spiritual opportunity. vey the longing that the people of the Advent always colorfully and emphati- focus on joyful waiting Covenant felt for redemption. They cally reminds us of life in general. On wanted God to intervene in the times to Christmas we remember the coming of In our parish, a recent trend has before Easter. As the introduction to the bring some measure of prosperity and Christ into human history. For each of us, Q made Advent almost indistinguish- Sacramentary (Roman Missal) says, these security to life. They pleaded for deliver- however, Christ will come with finality able from . Only weeks before Christmas are a “season of ance from all their woes, and their fervent into our personal lives at the moment of penitential songs are devout and joyful expectation.” pleas testify to their faith. our earthly demise. sung, the Alleluia is Throughout the centuries, even before The second reading for this first Realistically, the Gospel reminds us recited, not sung, and , the acclamation “Alleluia” Sunday of Advent is from one of the that this day of earthly death will come no decorations are (“praise to the Lord”) has been by nature a greatest of the New Testament epistles, someday. However, we cannot predict the allowed until sung prayer. Speaking instead of singing it the First Epistle of Paul to the date or the hour. . is like reciting instead of singing “Happy Corinthians. The Church begins the year by remind- Homilies are on sin- birthday to you.” Few other early Christian communities ing us of this fact. It is not, however, a fulness and repen- The Church’s liturgical documents gen- presented St. Paul with as much worry as message of terror or of despair. To the tance. Advent Masses erally simply assume Alleluia is always are almost like Good sung. (See, for example, the 1972 decree of Friday. It is very discouraging and con- the Congregation for Divine Worship gov- My Journey to God fusing. Isn’t the idea of Advent to be a erning chants at Mass, #7). The “Instruction preparation for Christmas, with some on Sacred Music” of the U.S. Bishops’ anticipation and festivity? (Illinois) Committee on the Liturgy says, “If not sung, the Alleluia should be omitted” (55). Assuming you reflect the circum- Joseph Speaks A stances accurately, the observance of Two years ago, I became friends with Advent in your liturgies is, to say the Q a man with whom I work. We have I am Joseph the carpenter— For my roof is the of God’s heaven, least, unusual. Whoever is responsible for developed a close relationship and are I am a dweller in tranquil silence. And my home, the throne of his grace. your liturgical planning seems out of beginning to talk of marriage. The steady pounding of the hammer touch with, or perhaps has never learned, Is there anything in the Bible that In the dust-strewn shop is as still to me My days are a canticle of thanksgiving, the Church’s tradition and teaching about speaks of interracial relationships? I am As is the call of bird song My movements but shadows of his. this beautiful season. Caucasian, and he is black, but with each In the cloud-flecked sky. My labor is the temple-service of praise, Certainly there is a penitential aspect to other we don’t see color. I’m interested in All sounds fall upon my ears as a My weariness, the incense of love. these weeks, but their framework, spirit what God tells us. (North Carolina) concert My heart is the of sacrifice, and focus differ significantly from that And upon my heart as a hushed melody My body, the victim consumed; which characterizes the time of Lent. There is nothing in the Bible specifi- For my soul is an instrument of the And each moment trembles silently At least since the time of St. Bernard, A cally about interracial marriage. To Eternal, With the sabbath of eternal adoration. nearly 1,000 years ago, the time of Advent begin with, you would want to examine And my heart but an echo of the has focused on the three comings of our carefully all those concerns faced by any Divine. I build trellises supporting the vineyards; Lord: his birth in the incarnation, the final other couple preparing for marriage. I shelter, in love, the True Vine. coming at the completion of his work of In addition, of course, you need to ask He has made me king of his household, I make ploughs to lighten men’s burden, redemption and, between these two, his yourselves very specifically how you Lord-ruler of all his possessions; I carry the yoke of his sweetness. presence and saving power at work in the would deal together with the social and And for him, my doubt is faith’s community of faith through the ages. perhaps economic implications for your triumph, I am Joseph the carpenter— Advent, in other words, is primarily a biracial family if you marry. Another My response, the serenity of hope, My Child is the Son of the Father; time of joyous waiting, anticipating the major factor is how supportive and accept- And my silent surrender is a flame in My spouse is the Mother of God. commemoration of his birth and celebrat- ing your families will be for you and your the darkness, I am of all men the most humble, ing his continued presence and saving children, and what the “climate” is for Burning forever in the still shadow of Yet from all people I will have praise. grace among us. All this happens under interracial families where you live. love. I am a dweller in tranquil silence, our awareness that, by living the mystery You will, I’m sure, be asked by your In the castle of holiness, my life is And peaceful are all my ways. of Christ, we await with him his final vic- parish priest to participate in the usual hidden tory over sin and death. marriage preparation programs for your In the beautiful vision of light, By Sister Joseph McKenzie, O.C.D. The Church repeatedly emphasizes that diocese, which should be quite helpful. all Advent liturgies should reflect this Books and other writings by couples in (Carmelite Sister Joseph McKenzie is a member of the Monastery of St. Joseph at watchful joy. In music, visual environ- interracial marriages are available in Terre Haute.) ment and the overall tone of the liturgy, it libraries and on the Internet. Those might is quite distinct from the penitential time suggest some insights to think about. † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, November 26, 1999

him and his good news to readers to study Pope Paul’s seem to want to decide for with crisis pregnancies” by since I haven’t had that everyone. He also says that exhortation Evangelii - themselves if the teachings Susan M. Bierman. chance, it was a sweet thing LETTERS this must be done “with an tiandi, Pope John Paul’s of Christ through the pope It was as if I had been to hear from the hearts of continued from page 5 ever increasing love” for Redemptoris and the magisterium are given the key to unlock a these other mothers. spread their Christian faith those being evangelized. Missio, and the U.S. correct of not. This line of forbidden treasure that I had I am now 31 years old. I while maintaining the The first sign of this love, Catholic bishops’ document thinking brings along all desired for so long. You see, am very happily married, but strictest respect for reli- the pope said, “is respect on evangelization “Go and variations of thought and my birth mother was one something is missing that’s gious liberty in line with for the religious and spiritu- Make Disciples.” confusion since one person who was helped by been hidden for a long the teaching of the Second al situation of those being — WRB can think some article of St. Elizabeth’s Home in time—a very, very long Vatican Council. ... They evangelized” (#79). faith is wrong while another Beech Grove. She “chose time: a “Thank you!” to the will likewise strive to In his 1990 encyclical person thinks it is right. life,” and on May 6, 1968, at woman who chose life for understand the difficulties (“The Appreciates When the Church has the 11:31 a.m., she gave birth to me. She could have aborted which arise for the Jewish Mission of the Redeemer”), Davidson’s responsibility given by me. Shortly thereafter, I was me, but she gave up so much soul—rightly imbued with Pope John Paul II said, “On Christ to teach all nations, it adopted into a fine Catholic of herself so that I would an extremely high, pure her part, the Church column becomes a mass of confu- family. have life. And by God’s notion of the divine tran- addresses people with full I would like to comment sion when there are differ- I have never met my birth grace, it’s a wonderful life! scendence—when faced respect for their freedom. on the articles by Professor ent beliefs to various groups mother, but not a day goes Sure, life has had its ups with the mystery of the Her mission does not James D. Davidson in of people. This is a problem by that I don’t think about and down. Breast cancer incarnate Word.” restrict freedom but rather The Criterion Nov. 5 publi- of our times and we must the mother who gave up so claimed the life of my adop- Perhaps you are confus- promotes it. The Church cation on the review of remedy this situation. much. She unselfishly gave tive mother, leaving my ing evangelization with proposes; she imposes noth- Eugene Kennedy’s book I would like to thank up her precious child. I adoptive father to raise me proselytism, which is a ing. She respects individu- Tomorrow’s Catholics, Professor Davidson for this imagine that it was the hard- and two brothers. Life’s manner of behaving that als and cultures, and she Yesterday’s Church. informative article. est thing she’s ever done. I challenges are all part of uses deception or force in honors the sanctuary of This article was very Paul V. Fuller, Economy can understand the difficulty learning and growing. Still, an attempt to attract some- conscience. To those who interesting and should pre- of this, as I have given up 13 the experiences of my life one to a community. for various reasons oppose sent today’s problems rela- babies to God, having mis- have led me to a priceless Proselytism is contrary to missionary activity, the tive to Catholic thinking. Thank you for carried 13 times. (Still, I relationship with Jesus the spirit of the Gospel. Church repeats: Open the When we talk about choosing life have peace in this, accepting Christ. I now teach chil- Pope Paul taught in his doors to Christ!”(#39.2). Catholics being in good that God’s wisdom and plan dren’s beginner church every apostolic exhortation In light of the fact that standing with the Church A beautiful thing hap- is beyond my limited wis- Sunday, I weekly teach Bible Evangelii nuntiandi our archdiocese will be and the teachings of Christ, pened as I read the article in dom.) Reading the article club to girls ages 7–9 at (“Evangelization in the launching a major evange- I believe that the Culture I the Oct. 22 issue of The unlocked the feelings that Wheeler Mission and I am Modern World”) that lization effort next year as Catholic more closely con- Criterion titled “Choosing my birth mother may have daily involved in Christian Christians are mandated by part of Journey of Hope forms to these teachings. Life—St. Elizabeth’s in New had toward me. I’d love to ministry. All possible the Lord Jesus to proclaim 2001, we encourage our The Culture II Catholics Albany helps women cope meet my birth mother, but because God provided St. Elizabeth’s Home to help my birth mother choose life for me. Here is my letter of thanks to my loving mother, who gave birth to me:

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Catholic bishops for the blind a person to the existence of God’s timeless car- forgiveness to make relationships right. His grace can ing and affection. heal you. As you step across the threshold into the new mil- Because God loves you, you can care for the weak, jubilee year 2000 lennium, think about what God’s love means for you. remove injustices, alleviate poverty, annihilate oppres- Because God loves you, you never stand alone. sion and restore righteousness to our world. You are There is someone with you in anxious moments, united with love itself, tapped into a love that gives who knows your deepest desires and wants what’s you the strength to defend the unborn, support the he start of the year 2000 launches a great jubilee best for you. Think of the one who’s loved you elderly and lift the hearts of those without hope. Tyear. most. Multiply that love a million times over and God’s grace in you helps you to see that in every per- Every quarter century Catholics celebrate a “holy you still haven’t reached the extent of God’s per- son beats a heart yearning to be loved. year,” in which we turn to Jesus, ask for the grace to sonal love for you. Because God loves you, you have the power to convert our hearts and minds, and look forward in Because God loves you, you can go beyond your- touch hearts with compassion, heal wounds in those hope. As we celebrate the 2,000 years of Christianity, self. You can forgive those who have hurt you, how- around you and act selflessly. we wish to witness our faith in Jesus and how the ever deeply. Even when you feel intense pain, the pos- New possibilities lie before you, before all of us, at Gospel empowers and challenges us. sibility of forgiveness lies within you. You can forgive the start of the third millennium. This is a jubilee year As we think about home, work and school, we see others because God is always ready to forgive your of celebration. This is a time to look at the world and a need for Christ’s message of love to ring throughout sins. You can overlook wrongs because God empow- decide how to better serve your neighbor. You can do the land. This is vital as violence threatens to shatter ers you to go beyond your own heartache. it too, because thanks to God who sent Jesus into the peace and the lure of instant gratification keeps peo- Because God loves you, you can ask forgiveness of world 2,000 years ago, the power of God’s love lies ple from looking beyond themselves. Such threats can those you have hurt. You can admit wrongs and ask within you. † Celebration in the Spirit of Hope: The Great Jubilee By Greg Otolski have been on a journey of conversion archdiocese’s jubilee celebration, but practices of the jubilee which unite us during the jubilee to join together and there will be several other special in prayer and in action,” the archbishop It’s likely to be the largest event in celebrate 2,000 years of Christ and the events during the next year. said. “The Holy Father encourages all the history of the Archdiocese of carrying forward of the faith into the The jubilee year officially begins of us to participate in a spirit of Indianapolis and one of the largest third millennium. Christmas Eve this year with the opening penance and reconciliation for the sins jubilee celebrations in the United States It’s a time for Catholics to deepen of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s experienced through the humanity of next year. their celebration of all the sacraments. in by Pope John Paul II. our Church and its leadership. As many as 40,000 people are “The jubilee is important for On Dec. 24 in Indianapolis, “At the same time, he calls us to a expected to gather Sept. 16, 2000, at the Catholics because it provides a graced Archbishop Buechlein will usher in the , a conversion among RCA Dome in Indianapolis for Celebra- opportunity to offer special thanks to jubilee year with the opening of the ourselves,” Archbishop Buechlein said. tion in the Spirit of Hope: The Great God for sending his Son to become one Holy Door at midnight Mass in “He calls all Catholics to invite back Jubilee. The event will be the culmina- of us and to save us from sin and from SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. This spe- home those who have left our Church for tion of the archdiocese’s jubilee year cel- death,” said Archbishop Buechlein. cial liturgy will be celebrated by any reason. He calls us to open our ebration. “This is also an opportunity to renew Catholics in and churches hearts and minds to welcome into our Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, at and deepen our faith. It is a sanctified throughout the world. Church those who have no Church least 20 other bishops and several arch- time during which we can become more The opening of the Holy Door at home.” diocesan priests will concelebrate Mass deeply aware of our need for penance St. Peter’s by the pope is a symbol of The archdiocese has several special and confirm more than 2,500 people and reconciliation as well.” the universality of the Church and helps Masses and events planned for the jubi- from the archdiocese. The Mass is (More details about the Sept. 16 to unite all Catholics around the world, lee year to carry out this “new evange- scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. Mass and celebration will appear in said Archbishop Buechlein. lization” and to unite the faithful In addition to Catholic school stu- future issues of The Criterion.) “Thereafter, all of us Catholics will throughout the archdiocese in prayer and dents and students in parish religious Sept. 16 will be the highlight of the participate in the special prayers and action. education programs A series of Masses who normally would with a special focus on be receiving the sacra- young adults ages ment of confirmation 18–39 and on senior next year, baptized citizens will be held Catholic adults who throughout the arch- have not been con- diocese. firmed are also being The first of six invited to be confirmed young adult Masses at the Sept. 16 Mass. will be held New Year’s Although confirma- Eve at SS. Peter and tion will be a focal Paul Cathedral in point of the celebra- Indianapolis. Arch- tion, the special Mass bishop Buechlein and is a call for all who From the to Rome to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis the Great Jubilee 2000 will unite Catholics in prayer and action. several other priests See MASSES, page 16 14 Questions and answers about the Catholic How to receive the Church’s celebration jubilee indulgence of the year 2000 n indulgence is the Church’s act of confirming make a during the jubilee year. These Athat individuals have changed their hearts after are prescribed in the Holy Land and they have received forgiveness in the sacrament of Rome. However, in the Archdiocese of What does the millennium celebrate? reconciliation. It is a special grace granted in the Indianapolis, a pilgrimage can be made by visiting jubilee year to encourage all Christians, not simply one of the designated indulgence churches and by The millennium marks the passage of a 1,000-year period to confess their sins but to truly change their hearts. saying the prescribed prayers. as noted by the calendar of our common era. For Receiving the jubilee indulgence gives one a full It is recommended that a sacramental confession Christians, the millennium celebrates the birth of Jesus amnesty or complete remission of any temporal pun- and Eucharist be administered at the pilgrimage site in Christ 2,000 years ago and the history of that 2,000 years. ishment they may have accrued because of their order to receive the indulgence. If that is not possible, The birth of Christ is important because Christ’s coming turning away from God in past sins. Temporal pun- the jubilee indulgence can still be received if the indi- into the world ushered in a new era for humanity. Thus, ishment is the time that must be spent in the state vidual receives the Eucharist or makes a confession at the millennium celebrates 2,000 years of Christ’s presence called purgatory during which the individual’s love another site such as their home parish within a reason- in human history, and as such, it celebrates God’s love for for God is purified. Only after that purification can able amount of time of the pilgrimage. humankind. one enter into the pure happiness of heaven. The prescribed prayers for receiving the jubilee An indulgence, which can only be received once a indulgence are the Profession of Faith (either the What is the religious dimension to the day, can be gained for ourselves or a “soul in purga- Nicene or Apostle’s Creed), Our Father, Hail Mary or millennium? tory.” some other prayer to the Blessed Mother and the To receive the jubilee indulgence, individuals must: Gloria. The prayers are to be said for intentions of the For generations, the Church has used jubilee years as pope. opportunities to pause and reflect on all that the Lord has • Receive the sacrament of reconciliation. • Receive the Eucharist (preferably at Mass). In addition to making a pilgrimage to one of the done for us. The Church invites people to open up to designated churches in the archdiocese, the Holy Christ and reconcile those areas in their lives that need to • Pray for the intentions of Pope John Paul II. • Perform an act of charity and penance. Land or Rome, the jubilee indulgence may also be be addressed. gained if one makes a visit to those in need or in It is recommended that the Eucharist be received on difficulty (e.g., the sick, the imprisoned, the elderly What is a jubilee? the day that the act of charity or penance is performed. living alone, the disabled) as if making a pilgrimage The ordinary act of charity and penance is to to Christ present in them. † Jubilees celebrate and commemorate the passage of a fixed number of years. People are most familiar with wed- ding and work jubilees of 25 and 50 years. The unique Archdiocesan jubilee Masses for senior citizens and young adults character of the jubilee points to a celebration of life, but jubilees also provide an opportunity to look forward in Young Adult Masses Nov. 1 May 31 life. A jubilee is a time of celebration and an opportunity (Ages 18–39) St. Paul Catholic Center, St. Andrew Church, to begin anew, but it is also a time to seek reconciliation Dec. 31 Bloomington, 7 p.m. Richmond, 2 p.m. and to acknowledge past failings. SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Nov. 4 Aug. 13 Indianapolis, 11:30 p.m. St. Louis Church, St. Ann Church, Batesville, 7:30 p.m. Why is this jubilee significant? March 26 Terre Haute, 2 p.m. St. Margaret Mary Church, Oct. 22 This jubilee not only will mark the passing from one cen- Terre Haute, 2 p.m. Senior Citizen Masses St. Charles Borromeo Church, tury to the next, it also will leave behind an entire millen- March 22 May 10 Bloomington, 3 p.m. nium. St. Mary Church, SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Richmond, 7 p.m. Indianapolis, 2 p.m. Nov. 19 Why should the person in the pew care about Aug. 15 April 9 St. Joseph Church, the millennium? Our Lady of Perpetual Help St. Anthony of Padua Church, St. Leon, 2 p.m. Church, New Albany, 7 p.m. Clarksville, 2 p.m. People in the pews should care about this jubilee year because it offers a unique opportunity to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the Messiah, and to focus on one’s relationship with him. It also offers an opportunity to make some changes for the good in our lives—to begin the new millennium as a renewed person. It is a moment to make a new start with self, God and others. Open wide How can people prepare spiritually for the the doors millennium? to Christ Pope John Paul II is calling on Catholics and inviting all On Christmas Eve, Christians, and people of good will, to reflect on their Pope John Paul II will lives. Christians should ask themselves if they are willing open the Holy Door at to change their lives to become better disciples. The Holy St. Peter’s Basilica in Father is also calling people to recognize areas in their Rome. The Holy Door lives which need reconciliation and to seek that reconcilia- (left) symbolizes one’s tion, whether it be with God or with other people. passage from sin to a new life in Christ. Does the millennium have significance to It is also a symbol of people of other faiths? the universality of the Because of the use of differing calendars, the year 2000 Catholic Church as does not have the same religious significance for people of Holy Doors in cathedrals other religions that it does for Christians. Nevertheless, and churches through- there appears to be a growing interest in the year 2000 out the world will be because of its significance and because of use of the com- opened Dec. 24. mon calendar. For example, there are a number of Archbishop Daniel M. Christian-Jewish events being planned with millennial Buechlein will open the themes that are the result of collaboration. Holy Door at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis at the To what has Pope John Paul II called the Christmas Eve Mass. Church for the new millennium? The pope has called the Church to celebrate the gift of sal- vation and “to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Specifically, the Holy Father is calling the Church to seek unity among all Christians, to more fully apply the teach- ings of the and to use this time as a unique moment for reconciliation and healing. In look- ing toward the future, the Church is not to forget its past. As such, the Church is called to cross into the new millen- nium with an awareness of its history and mindful to repent of past errors and infidelities. All members of the Church are called to examine their consciences to avoid the same mistakes in the next millennium. †

Source: National Conference of Catholic Bishops 15 St. Andrew Richmond SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Indianapolis HENRY WAYNE Jubilee Pledge PARKE HANCOCK VERMILLION Indianapolis MARION PUTNAM Terre Haute The jubilee of our Lord’s birth calls us “to bring HENDRICKS Connorsville Deanery Immaculate Conception Deanery Indianapolis glad tidings to the poor ... to proclaim liberty to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods FAYETTE UNION SHELBY RUSH captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let

JOHNSON the oppressed go free.” (Lk 4:18) MORGAN Holy Trinity FRANKLIN Edinburgh OWEN VIGO As disciples of Jesus in the new millennium, I St. Charles Borromeo CLAY Bloomington St. Anthony Bloomington Deanery BROWN BARTHOLOMEW of Padua pledge to: DECATUR Morris Pray regularly for greater justice and peace. BatesvilleDEARBORN MONROE Indulgence churches for JACKSON Deanery Learn more about Catholic social teaching JENNINGS RIPLEY OHIO the Great Jubilee 2000 LAWRENCE and its call to protect human life, stand with Seymour Deanery JEFFERSON SWITZERLAND the poor and care for creation. • Indianapolis Deaneries, SS. Peter & Paul Cathedral Reach across boundaries of religion, race, SCOTT • Terre Haute Deanery, Immaculate Monte Cassino WASHINGTON ethnicity, gender and disabling conditions. Conception Church, Saint Mary-of-the- Chapel ORANGE CLARK St. Meinrad Live justly in family life, school, work, the Woods marketplace and the political arena. • Richmond Deanery, St. Andrew Church, HARRISON FLOYD CRAWFORD Richmond Serve those who are poor and vulnerable, • Bloomington Deanery, St. Charles St. Mary New Albany sharing more time and talent. Borromeo Church, Bloomington Tell City Deanery New Albany Deanery • New Albany Deanery, St. Mary Church, Give more generously to those in need at New Albany PERRY home and abroad. • Batesville Deanery, St. Anthony of Advocate for public policies that protect Padua Church, Morris human life, promote human dignity, preserve • Tell City Deanery, Monte Cassino God’s creation and build peace. Chapel, St. Meinrad • Seymour Deanery, Holy Trinity Church, Encourage others to work for greater charity, Edinburgh justice and peace.

How to carry out the jubilee pledge: Batesville Deanery planning Prayerfully reflect on the pledge and keep it where it will remind you of your commitment to act. Consider how you are already serving the poor and special Jubilee 2000 celebration working for justice and peace in each of the areas noted on the pledge. Identify one or more areas that are weak By Margaret Nelson links for you and then work to strengthen them. • Pray—When you pray, reflect on how you have suc- The Batesville Deanery has its own extensive ceeded and failed to serve the poor and work for justice plans to celebrate Jubilee 2000. and peace in your daily life. Include people who are poor The deanery pastoral council began planning for it and vulnerable in daily prayers. Make a commitment to six months ago, said Nancy Fahringer, resource and choose each day a specific group, a region of the world, program administrator for the deanery center. or those adversely affected by a recent event to include Each member of the council became part of a in personal prayer and during family prayer. “think tank.” They watched videos about the millen- • Learn—Catholic social teaching is a rich resource for nium and read the Holy Father’s apostolic letter, building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst Tertio Millennio Adveniente. Then each group the challenges of modern society. Periodically read about decided on a project and prepared plans for it. some aspect of Catholic social teaching. Jubilee 2000 packets were sent to each pastor and director of religious education. Sample Advent and • Reach—Build bridges across boundaries of religion, Lent penance services were included that incorporate race, ethnicity, gender and disabling condition. In your the jubilee themes of conversion, reconciliation, jus- parish, neighborhood, school, civic group and work- tice and stewardship. place, make a special effort to respect and to include “All the parishes jumped right in,” said Fahringer. those who are different from you. If you are in a deci- “One parish has planned one event every month.” sion-making position affecting others, examine whether Each church in the deanery was encouraged to you treat those who are different fairly and equally. have a Blessing of the Jubilee Door on the feast of • Live—The most important opportunities to work for jus- Christ the King. Most parishes will have millennium tice and peace do not come through special programs, banners displayed inside or outside their churches. but in the choices we make and the way we treat others Families will take home jubilee logo stickers to every day. Seize opportunities to promote justice and bless the main door of their homes. peace at home, through your financial decisions, in your “It will remind us throughout the year to open parish, at school, at work and in community activities. wide the door of our hearts and our homes to Christ,” • Serve—Volunteer regularly in your parish, with Catholic said Fahringer. Charities, or with other organizations that serve the poor The deanery ordered Jubilee 2000 supplies from and vulnerable, defend life, care for the earth and work for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. A deanery-wide pilgrimage is planned on the feast of peace. For example, help at a local shelter, join the A millennium cross will be located in each parish St. Anthony—June 13, 2000—to visit St. Anthony of Padua St. Vincent de Paul Society or Ladies of Charity, help clean for two weeks of the millennial year, beginning at Church in Morris. up a river, or collect food at work for those in need. St. Joseph Parish in Shelbyville. Designed and made by a craftsman from a deanery parish who wishes to Holy Family Parish in Oldenburg on Sept. 15. The • Give—The Church’s collections for the poor are excel- remain anonymous, it is meant to be a sign of unity Knights of Columbus are expected to participate. lent opportunities to share what we have. You can work with other parishes in the deanery and with the Parishes are planning to study social justice issues for greater justice and peace at home and around the worldwide Catholic community. and encourage parishioners to take a Jubilee Pledge world by supporting the Catholic Campaign for Human The council planners suggest that each parish for Charity, Justice and Peace during the jubilee year. Development, Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief choose an appropriate celebration during the two In most parishes, the pledge will be part of a special Services, Propagation of the Faith, efforts to aid the weeks it displays the cross. Noting that Pope John event during Advent, Lent or the two weeks they dis- Church in Latin America and in Eastern Europe and the Paul II called for an “intensely eucharistic year,” they play the millenium cross. work of other organizations promoting justice and peace. suggest making eucharistic adoration with penance Franciscan Father William Farris, pastor of • Advocate—Join a diocesan legislative network, pro-life available to parishioners during this time. St. Louis Parish in Batesville and of the group, or another peace and advocacy group. Join a com- Because pilgrimages are traditionally part of a Batesville Deanery, said that one of the reasons the munity organizing effort. Register and vote in light of a jubilee year, a deanery-wide pilgrimage is planned council wanted to work on the jubilee plans was that conscience formed by Catholic social teaching. Write or on the feast of St. Anthony—June 13, 2000—to visit the parishes in the deanery are so spread out geo- call your elected representatives on issues of life, justice St. Anthony of Padua Church in Morris. With its graphically. and peace. Contact your parish or diocesan social ministry St. Anthony and Blessed Mother shrines, it has been “That body works for unity and a sense of leaders for information. designated as the indulgence church for the deanery. regional awareness,” said Father Bill, “through lay- Caravans will go from each parish to St. Anthony. sponsored initiative and lay-sponsored activities.” • Encourage—The great jubilee and the new millennium A special concelebrated Mass is planned, together He said that almost all of the ideas for the jubilee are a time to strengthen our participation in building God’s with a talk about the history of the Catholic Church year plans came from the council and were approved kingdom. We can do this not only by renewing our com- in the area. The Batesville Deanery community will by the pastors and parish life coordinators. mitment to charity, justice and peace but by encouraging gather for a pitch-in supper after the Mass. Father Bill said that the whole process of planning others to do so. Make a copy of this pledge and sign it as a Other deanery pilgrimages will include St. Mary- for Jubilee 2000 helped give the deanery council a family or share it with a friend. As you act on this pledge, of-the-Rock on Aug. 15 and Our Lady of Sorrows at sense of the importance of their ministry. † ask a friend or family member to join you, or share with them information on what you are learning or doing. † The Criterion’s Guide to the Great JUBILEE Celebrating 2,000 years of Christ

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Catholic bishops for the blind a person to the existence of God’s timeless car- forgiveness to make relationships right. His grace can ing and affection. heal you. As you step across the threshold into the new mil- Because God loves you, you can care for the weak, jubilee year 2000 lennium, think about what God’s love means for you. remove injustices, alleviate poverty, annihilate oppres- Because God loves you, you never stand alone. sion and restore righteousness to our world. You are There is someone with you in anxious moments, united with love itself, tapped into a love that gives who knows your deepest desires and wants what’s you the strength to defend the unborn, support the he start of the year 2000 launches a great jubilee best for you. Think of the one who’s loved you elderly and lift the hearts of those without hope. Tyear. most. Multiply that love a million times over and God’s grace in you helps you to see that in every per- Every quarter century Catholics celebrate a “holy you still haven’t reached the extent of God’s per- son beats a heart yearning to be loved. year,” in which we turn to Jesus, ask for the grace to sonal love for you. Because God loves you, you have the power to convert our hearts and minds, and look forward in Because God loves you, you can go beyond your- touch hearts with compassion, heal wounds in those hope. As we celebrate the 2,000 years of Christianity, self. You can forgive those who have hurt you, how- around you and act selflessly. we wish to witness our faith in Jesus and how the ever deeply. Even when you feel intense pain, the pos- New possibilities lie before you, before all of us, at Gospel empowers and challenges us. sibility of forgiveness lies within you. You can forgive the start of the third millennium. This is a jubilee year As we think about home, work and school, we see others because God is always ready to forgive your of celebration. This is a time to look at the world and a need for Christ’s message of love to ring throughout sins. You can overlook wrongs because God empow- decide how to better serve your neighbor. You can do the land. This is vital as violence threatens to shatter ers you to go beyond your own heartache. it too, because thanks to God who sent Jesus into the peace and the lure of instant gratification keeps peo- Because God loves you, you can ask forgiveness of world 2,000 years ago, the power of God’s love lies ple from looking beyond themselves. Such threats can those you have hurt. You can admit wrongs and ask within you. † Celebration in the Spirit of Hope: The Great Jubilee By Greg Otolski have been on a journey of conversion archdiocese’s jubilee celebration, but practices of the jubilee which unite us during the jubilee to join together and there will be several other special in prayer and in action,” the archbishop It’s likely to be the largest event in celebrate 2,000 years of Christ and the events during the next year. said. “The Holy Father encourages all the history of the Archdiocese of carrying forward of the faith into the The jubilee year officially begins of us to participate in a spirit of Indianapolis and one of the largest third millennium. Christmas Eve this year with the opening penance and reconciliation for the sins jubilee celebrations in the United States It’s a time for Catholics to deepen of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica experienced through the humanity of next year. their celebration of all the sacraments. in Rome by Pope John Paul II. our Church and its leadership. As many as 40,000 people are “The jubilee is important for On Dec. 24 in Indianapolis, “At the same time, he calls us to a expected to gather Sept. 16, 2000, at the Catholics because it provides a graced Archbishop Buechlein will usher in the new evangelization, a conversion among RCA Dome in Indianapolis for Celebra- opportunity to offer special thanks to jubilee year with the opening of the ourselves,” Archbishop Buechlein said. tion in the Spirit of Hope: The Great God for sending his Son to become one Holy Door at midnight Mass in “He calls all Catholics to invite back Jubilee. The event will be the culmina- of us and to save us from sin and from SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. This spe- home those who have left our Church for tion of the archdiocese’s jubilee year cel- death,” said Archbishop Buechlein. cial liturgy will be celebrated by any reason. He calls us to open our ebration. “This is also an opportunity to renew Catholics in cathedrals and churches hearts and minds to welcome into our Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, at and deepen our faith. It is a sanctified throughout the world. Church those who have no Church least 20 other bishops and several arch- time during which we can become more The opening of the Holy Door at home.” diocesan priests will concelebrate Mass deeply aware of our need for penance St. Peter’s by the pope is a symbol of The archdiocese has several special and confirm more than 2,500 people and reconciliation as well.” the universality of the Church and helps Masses and events planned for the jubi- from the archdiocese. The Mass is (More details about the Sept. 16 to unite all Catholics around the world, lee year to carry out this “new evange- scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. Mass and celebration will appear in said Archbishop Buechlein. lization” and to unite the faithful In addition to Catholic school stu- future issues of The Criterion.) “Thereafter, all of us Catholics will throughout the archdiocese in prayer and dents and students in parish religious Sept. 16 will be the highlight of the participate in the special prayers and action. education programs A series of Masses who normally would with a special focus on be receiving the sacra- young adults ages ment of confirmation 18–39 and on senior next year, baptized citizens will be held Catholic adults who throughout the arch- have not been con- diocese. firmed are also being The first of six invited to be confirmed young adult Masses at the Sept. 16 Mass. will be held New Year’s Although confirma- Eve at SS. Peter and tion will be a focal Paul Cathedral in point of the celebra- Indianapolis. Arch- tion, the special Mass bishop Buechlein and is a call for all who From the Holy Land to Rome to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis the Great Jubilee 2000 will unite Catholics in prayer and action. several other priests See MASSES, page 16 16 Great Jubilee 2000 is a time for reconciliation By Peter Feuerherd Christian to move towards forgiveness,” she said. Still stewing because your brother-in- Moving towards forgiveness involves law borrowed that snowblower last year both personal decisions—such as letting and hasn’t returned it? go of that snowblower—and larger inter- Let go of it, and you’ll be honoring a national concerns. long religious tradition dating to the Poorer countries frequently are saddled ancient Hebrews and endorsed by Pope with debt, and because of it are unable to John Paul II, according to Maria Harris, a progress. It is a concern frequently articu- national religious education consultant lated by Pope John Paul, who has asked and expert on the practice of jubilee. A international agencies to relieve the debt visiting professor at New York University, burden of developing countries, she said. Harris is the author of Proclaim Jubilee On the homefront, U.S. can and Jubilee Time. work to balance resources among richer Jubilee was an occasion when the and poorer parishes. ancient Hebrews “set aside time to allow The concept of forgiveness of debts is the land to lie fallow and forgive all something “very hard and very practical,” debts,” said Harris in a recent interview. she added. In ancient Israel, the jubilee was held Spiritual debts also need to be consid- every 50 years and was a time of fasting ered. For example, Harris spoke of a and repentance followed by a festival. Detroit parish in which priests asked Pope John Paul II, in his exhortations parishioners to forgive anything they might on the upcoming millennium celebration, have done to estrange them from the faith. has urged Catholics to follow that tradi- Parishioners then asked their priests to for- tion. To prepare for the jubilee, he has give the times they weren’t supportive. CNS photo urged reconciliation and asked that the In the Diocese of Saginaw, Mich., Andrea Kitten receives the sacrament of reconciliation from Father Don Willette during a Catholic crushing debt burden on developing coun- Bishop Kenneth Untener has urged youth gathering at the University of Denver in early August. More than 2,000 participants, some from tries be relieved. parishioners and priests to reflect on how as far away as France and Canada, attended the Steubenville of the Rockies Youth Conference. Harris said that the pope is referring to the local Church should forgive its spiri- a tradition cited in Leviticus (Lv 25:8–12). tual and financial debts. That reflection addictions and weaknesses. their jubilee on a 50-year cycle, the The concept of jubilee also is part of the should take place before every parish On a social level, it can suggest that approaching millennium celebration rec- fourth chapter of Luke, which includes the meeting, he said. Catholics focus on liberating people from ognizes a 1,000-year cycle in the account of Jesus preaching in his home- Such ceremonies and discussions are a the social imprisonment of illiteracy by Christian world, making its impact felt town . In that chapter, Jesus pro- way of “getting rid of all grudges” to pre- tutoring children and adults who need help. even more. As part of the jubilee prepara- claims that he has been sent “to bring glad pare to celebrate the jubilee, Harris said. The concept of jubilee justice means tion, the pope is considering a gathering tidings to the poor” and free captives from A similar mixture of personal and “finding out what belongs to whom and of religious leaders from all over the bondage. social concerns permeates the jubilee con- giving it back.” For modern U.S. world, including Christians, Jews and Harris summed up the concept of cept of freedom. Catholics, fulfilling this jubilee command Muslims, for a festival in the Holy Land. jubilee in five words—fallowness, for- Scripture’s call to proclaim liberty is means recognizing the gifts that many Harris, along with the pope, hopes giveness, freedom, justice and festival. engraved on the Liberty Bell in middle-class people possess, Harris said. that Catholics will spend the year lead- For modern U.S. Christians, the spiri- Philadelphia, famous for its crack. Americans who have the skills to ing up to the big festival in reflection on tual benefits of jubilee are readily appar- “It’s quintessentially American. It’s obtain decent jobs can focus on sharing the spiritual and practical aspects of ent, she said. While most don’t live on the there on the Liberty Bell. Even though we their resources, perhaps by training others jubilee. Only then, she said, will land, they still are called to let the land lie are flawed and cracked ourselves, we who lack education and training, she said. Catholics be prepared for the biggest fallow, which, in a spiritual sense, “means have to work for liberty,” Harris said. Only when the jubilee requirements worldwide party in history. to stop and take a Sabbath.” On a personal level, she said, that can are fulfilled can the jubilee party begin, In a culture which honors activity, “let- mean reflection on “What is keeping me said Harris. (Peter Feuerherd is a writer for the Na- ting the spirit lie fallow” allows “a bound?”—a question which can address While the ancient Hebrews modeled tional Conference of Catholic Bishops.) † Bringing inactive Catholics back to the Church By Robert Delaney place them outside the Christian family. bors, friends and acquaintances. That’s not said. Inactive Catholics—estimated at 17 something most Catholics are used to He said they should ask themselves, “Do Getting inactive Catholics back to million—have sometimes been called the doing, and bad experiences of aggressive I have a desire in my heart for the Lord? Church is a top priority for people second largest denomination in the United proselytizing by evangelicals may make Where is spiritual life at this involved in evangelization in the jubilee States, according to Paulist Father John them disinclined to do it. point?” year. For one thing, there are so many of Hurley, associate director of the Secretariat “The offer should be gentle and invita- Doing so might point a person toward them out there; for another, people who for Evangelization and Missions of the tional, not pushy or demanding,” said additional adult faith formation or a deep- were raised Catholic make the likeliest National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin, rector of the ening of his or her personal prayer life, candidates for successful evangelization. There is a tendency to think they proba- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Father Havron said. Those things better An estimated two-thirds of U.S. bly have some agenda of disagreements in Syracuse, N.Y. prepare the person to reach out to others. Catholics who make it through confirma- with the Church, but most do not, Father “People should exhibit more an attitude “You have to be discerning and listen- tion drop out of regular Church participa- Hurley said. of love, warmth and caring—that they have ing when somebody’s talking to hear tion for at least a portion of their lives, “Many drop away with the hope that found a good spiritual home and want to when they’re hurting,” he said. according to Dean Hoge, professor of someone will notice, and with large con- share that with others,” he said. Al Mockus is a layman in the Archdio- sociology at The Catholic University of gregations in many parishes, often no one Although there are times in people’s cese of Chicago who got involved with the America in Washington, D.C. They may does. Would you want to join a Church lives when they are more likely to be issue of drawing back inactive Catholics not stop calling themselves Catholics, but that doesn’t care when you fall away?” he receptive to an invitation—a time of crisis because, as he said, “I got tired of climbing for at least a while they stop going to said. or sorrow, or a time of joy as when a over 10 pews to shake hands (at the sign of Church or go only sporadically, generally Whatever the reason for estrangement, child is born—issuing the invitation is peace).” fewer than 12 times a year. there is a need for reconciliation, and Pope more important than catching just the Mockus started out at his own parish, Many will return pretty much on their John Paul II has challenged Catholics to right time, noted Msgr. Champlin. St. John Fisher, and now gives talks all own as they get married, have children open up their hearts and minds to people “The invitation should be always there over the archdiocese. and begin to develop roots in a commu- in preparation for the coming of the third and frequently extended,” he said. He shares the parish’s experience with nity. For those who drifted away from millennium of Christianity. Franciscan Father Daniel Havron, advertising and holding a parish “home- regular participation because they got Parishes need to be welcoming places for coordinator of evangelism for the coming,” but said success is only possible caught up in all the busyness of a youth- returning Catholics if such reconciliation is Archdiocese of Detroit, warned against if the target of evangelization has an inner ful life away from home, coming back to to take place, according to Father Hurley. thinking that evangelism is only for need. the Church can be part of the maturing “Evangelization and reconciliation are declining parishes. “There’s no amount of time and effort process. Over half will be back by age 35, not programs, they’re a way of life for our- “A lot of suburban parishes are packed you or I could expend that would bring according to Hoge. selves as individuals and for our communi- on weekends, but there are still scads and them back if they don’t want to [come],” The harder cases are those estranged ties of faith,” Father Hurley said. scads of Catholics out there who aren’t Mockus said. † from the Church because of specific inci- It’s not just parishes, but individuals who coming to Church,” he said. dents or issues, who feel hurt by the have to invite back inactive Catholics; that Those who would like to further the (Robert Delaney is a writer for the Church or abandoned by it, or maybe feel means people must have a willingness to work of evangelization should engage in National Conference of Catholic they have committed sins that forever bring up the subject with co-workers, neigh- some self-examination first, Father Havron Bishops.) †

offered at midnight. Following the Mass, a Buechlein said the Masses are meant to indulgence churches and a story on the MASSES reception will be held in the Assembly Hall celebrate the contributions of those who requirements for receiving the jubilee of the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic have shouldered the faith through this cen- indulgence appear in this section.) Continued from page 13 Center. tury and the younger generation that is now “The jubilee is a time of amnesty, if you from the archdiocese will concelebrate. The first of six Masses for senior citi- being asked to carry it forward. will, during which we can call on the mer- The celebration will begin at 10 p.m. at zens will be held March 22 at 2 p.m. at One of the focuses of the jubilee year is its of Christ to forgive the time of temporal the cathedral with an opening prayer ser- SS. Peter and Cathedral. a call to conversion through the forgiveness punishment for those members of our vice and music program until 11 p.m. (A complete listing of dates, times and of sins. One aspect of the jubilee year is the Church who find themselves in purgatory During this time, several priests will be locations for the young adult and senior acquisition of the jubilee indulgence. and need the intercession of our prayers,” available for confession or conversation. A Masses can be found in this section.) The archdiocese is putting a special Archbishop Buechlein said. “Visits to the musical prelude will begin at 11 p.m. and Although these Masses will have a spe- emphasis on reconciliation by designating designated jubilee churches in the archdio- the eucharistic liturgy will start at cial focus on senior citizens and on young eight churches throughout the archdiocese cese are the way in which we can pray for 11:30 p.m. with the sign of peace being adults, they are open to all. Archbishop as “indulgence churches.” (A list of the the poor souls.” † The Criterion Friday, November 26, 1999 Page 17

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By Dan Conway uine commitment to selfless service—after the model of Benedictine community at Saint Meinrad has been firmly Jesus Christ, the shepherd who lays down his life for his committed to sanctitate et scientia (holiness and learning). Reporting to nearly two dozen bishops who send students flock. “The priesthood is a beautiful life,” he said, “but it is Since the community was founded in the 1850s, the to Saint Meinrad School of Theology in southern Indiana, also a life of sacrifice—a unique sharing in the mission of Eucharist and the Divine Office (the Liturgy of the Hours) Benedictine Father Mark O’Keefe told the bishops, “The Christ who was both priest and victim.” have been faithfully celebrated by the , day-in and Church doesn’t just need priests; it needs holy priests—and, In addition to the priest’s personal and pastoral skills as a day-out, without exception. Even the great fire of 1887, in this day and age, the Church needs more priests to carry teacher, minister of the sacraments and community leader, which totally destroyed the entire complex, did not stop the on its evangelizing mission.” Father Mark believes that “preparing seminarians to carry monks from carrying out their ministry of prayer and wor- The occasion was a dinner sponsored by Saint Meinrad out the work of the new evangelization demands a quality ship. Father Mark said that this commitment to prayer is during the National Conference of Catholic Bishops’ intellectual formation.” According to Father Mark, Saint absolutely essential to the work of priestly formation. November meeting in Washington, D.C. At this annual gath- Meinrad’s commitment to a strong academic formation is “The priest must be an evangelizer,” Father Mark said, ering, it’s customary for Saint Meinrad’s president to present “second to none.” In fact, he said, “Being an effective through his own daily effort to grow in virtue, to be faithful a formal report to the bishops on “the state of the seminary.” teacher of the Word, minister of the sacraments and leader of in prayer, to be generous, hospitable and kind to the people Father Mark also offered some personal reflections on the the community in today’s complex world, with its varied he encounters in the multiple contexts in which he lives and state of priestly life and ministry from his unique perspective questions, demands more than piety; it demands a solid for- ministers.” That’s why Father Mark believes that the Church as a moral theologian, teacher, and pastor of the seminary mation in the breadth and depth of the Catholic tradition and doesn’t just need priests to carry out the new evangelization. community. theology.” The Church needs holy priests, Father Mark said, “priests This year, Father Mark’s reflections on priestly ministry A solid academic formation is essential, Father Mark who themselves are being daily evangelized through their were drawn from the writings of Pope John Paul II on “the said, but it is not enough. “A strong intellectual formation own prayer and meditation on the Scriptures and participa- new evangelization” (proclaiming in new ways the good must be intimately linked with a solid spiritual formation.” tion in the sacraments.” news of Jesus Christ), which the pope sees as the Church’s According to Father Mark, this emphasis on spiritual forma- top priority in the new millennium. Father Mark also called tion has been one of Saint Meinrad’s distinctive characteris- (Dan Conway is a member of the editorial committee of the attention to a letter recently published by the Vatican’s tics from the very beginning. For more than 140 years, the board of directors of Criterion Press, Inc.) † Congregation for the Clergy titled, “The Priest and the Third Christian Millennium: Teacher of the Word, Minister of the Sacraments and Leader of the Community.” This Vatican let- Pope canonizes 12 new saints Nov. 22 ter suggests that priests are “agents of the new evangeliza- tion” through their fidelity to the threefold ministry that they (CNS)—Pope John Paul II canonized 12 but witnesses of the faith, who with their deaths gave “the last receive from Christ—as teachers, as ministers of the sacra- new saints, including 10 victims of the Spanish Civil War, and lesson of their lives.” ments and as community leaders. said they offered spiritual lessons for all modern Christians. The pope also canonized St. Tommaso da Cori, an Italian Reflecting on these concepts, Father Mark said, “I was The pope appeared tired as he presided over the two-hour Franciscan well-known as a preacher and confessor until his struck by the urgency of the pope’s challenge and by the liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 22, the last death in 1729, and St. Benedetto Menni, an Italian member of cogency of the congregation’s analysis. I asked myself: Is ceremony of the 20th century. the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, who in the late Saint Meinrad Seminary a school of the new evangelization? With the latest group, the pope has named 296 saints in his 1800s founded an order of who worked in hospitals. How is Saint Meinrad preparing priests who will be dedi- 21-year pontificate, almost as many as were named by his pre- Among the 11,000 people attending the Mass was cated and effective agents of the new evangelization in the decessors combined since modern saint-making rules were Argentine President Carlos Menem, who traveled to Rome new millennium?” established in the 16th century. for the canonization of the country’s first native-born saint. In response to these questions, Father Mark outlined sev- The 10 were all priests or brothers working in St. Hector Valdivielso Saez, one of the Christian Brothers eral key aspects of Saint Meinrad’s priestly formation pro- Spanish schools during the 1930s when extremist members of martyred in Spain, was born in Buenos Aires to Spanish gram. These include new initiatives in homiletics, a Marxist rebel movement led attacks against priests and reli- immigrants who later returned to Spain. multicultural ministry, liturgical formation and pastoral skills gious. St. Cirilo Bertran and eight fellow members of the The pope, who has walked with increasing difficulty in development. But Father Mark emphasized that effective Christian Brothers, and St. Inocencio de La Inmaculada, a recent weeks, proceeded slowly up the aisle of the basilica at priestly formation requires more than technical training. Passionist priest, were all shot to death. the beginning of the Mass. He looked fatigued and coughed First of all, he said, the ministry of priests requires a gen- In a sermon, the pope said the martyrs were not war heroes several times during the liturgy. †

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The Criterion welcomes announcements of archdiocesan Spring Road, Indianapolis. Mondays church and parish open-to-the-public activities for “The Performing Arts Department, Our Lady of the Greenwood “Pinocchio,” 2 p.m. Active List” Please be brief—listing date, location, event, Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., Information: 317-955-6387. sponsor, cost and time. Include a phone number for verifi- Greenwood. Prayer group, ◆ ◆ ◆ 7:30 p.m. cation. No announcements will be taken by telephone. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Notices must be in our office by 10 a.m. Monday the week 5333 E. Washington St., Tuesdays of (Friday) publication: The Criterion; The Active List; Indianapolis. Evening of St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe 1400 N. Meridian St. (hand deliver); P.O. Box 1717; prayer and reflection, Taize Rd. W., Sellersburg. Shepherds Indianapolis, IN 46206 (mail); 317-236-1593 (fax); musical service, 7 p.m. of Christ rosary, prayers after [email protected] (e-mail). ◆ ◆ ◆ 7 p.m. Mass. 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Music ensem- “You counted your blessings instead of your calories 4 p.m. Information: 317-271- on Thanksgiving, didn’t you, Mrs. Blair?” St. Margaret Mary Church, 2405 sented by Benedictine Sister bles, choir holiday concert, 7 8016. p.m. Information: 317-872- S. Seventh St., Terre Haute. Mary Margaret Funk, 7 p.m. ◆ ◆ ◆ 7050. © 1999 CNS Graphics Parenting session: How to raise Friday–4 p.m. Sunday. Our Lady of the Greenwood Information: 317-788-7581. happy, loving, emotionally intel- Recurring Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., ligent kids, 7–9 p.m. Greenwood. Rosary and of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacrament, 7:30 p.m. Information: 812-232-3512. December 4 Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 7 p.m. 8 a.m.–6:30 p.m. ◆ ◆ ◆ Union Station, 123 W. Louisiana Daily ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe St., Indianapolis. Catholic Our Lady of the Greenwood St. Matthew Parish, Lawless Archbishop O’Meara Catholic St. Lawrence Chapel, Rd. W., Sellersburg. 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Parishes throughout the archdiocese Dec. 19, 2 p.m. for Sacred Heart, Good Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Rock, Dec. 14, 7 p.m. St. Michael, Charlestown have scheduled communal penance ser- Shepherd, Holy Rosary and Holy Cross St. Mary-of-the-Rock Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the- vices for Advent. The following is a list of at Holy Rosary Knobs, Floyds Knobs services that have been reported to The Dec. 21, 7 p.m. at Holy Name, Beech Bloomington Deanery Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary, New Criterion. Grove Dec. 1, 7 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Albany Dec. 2, 7 p.m. at St. Paul Catholic Center Dec. 16, 7 p.m. at St. Paul, Sellersburg Indianapolis North Deanery Indianapolis West Deanery Dec. 6, 7 p.m. at St. John the Apostle Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Nov. 30, 7 p.m. at St. Matthew Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. at St. Christopher Dec. 14, 7:30 at St. Agnes, Nashville Perpetual Help, New Albany Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. at St. Pius X Dec. 1, 7 p.m. at St. Michael the Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at St. Jude, Spencer Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at Holy Family, Dec. 2, 7 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Archangel Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at St. Martin, Martinsville New Albany Mary Dec. 3, 9:30 a.m. for Cardinal Ritter High Dec. 16, 7 p.m. for St. Mary, Mitchell, and Dec. 19, 1 p.m. at St. Joseph, Corydon Dec. 12, 1:30 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc School at St. Michael the Archangel St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, at Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony, Clarksville Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at Christ the King Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at Holy Angels St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford Dec. 15, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at St. Malachy, Brownsburg Seymour Deanery Dec. 15, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Dec. 12, 2 p.m. at Holy Trinity Connersville Deanery Dec. 5, 7 p.m. for Our Lady of Providence, Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Nov. 29, 7 p.m. at St. Bridget, Liberty Brownstown, and Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m. at St. Lawrence Dec. 13, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Dec. 2, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel, Connersville St. Ambrose, Seymour, at St. Ambrose, Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at St. Monica Dec. 4, noon at St. Mary, Richmond Seymour Indianapolis East Deanery Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at St. Susanna, Plainfield Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Rushville Dec. 5, 2 p.m. for St. Rose of Lima, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. at Dec. 16, noon at St. Malachy School, Dec. 12, 1:30 p.m. at St. Anne, New Castle Franklin, and Holy Trinity, Edinburgh, at Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas, Fortville Brownsburg Dec. 13, 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth, Holy Trinity, Edinburgh Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. at St. Simon Dec. 19, 2 p.m. at St. Anthony Cambridge City Dec. 14, 7 p.m. for Most Sorrowful Mother Dec. 7, 7 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace, Dec. 13, 7 p.m. at Holy Guardian Angel, of God, Vevay, and Prince of Peace, Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at Little Flower Danville Cedar Grove Madison, at Prince of Peace, Madison Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Dec. 16, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Brookville Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, North Vernon Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Greenfield Batesville Deanery Dec. 21, 7 p.m. at Holy Family, Richmond Dec. 15, 7 p.m. for Church of the American Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. at Holy Cross Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. at Immaculate Martyrs, Scottsburg, and Dec. 16, 7 p.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Conception, Aurora New Albany Deanery St. Patrick, Salem, at St. Patrick, Salem Cathedral Dec. 2, 7 p.m. at St. Lawrence, Nov. 30, 8:30/9 a.m.–noon and 12:30 Dec. 16, 7 p.m. at St. Bartholomew, Dec. 16, 7 p.m. at St. Mary Lawrenceburg p.m.–2:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Columbus Dec. 19, 4 p.m. at St. Bernadette Dec. 9, 7 p.m. for St. Paul, New Alsace Providence High School, Clarksville Dec. 21, 7 p.m. for St. Ann, Jennings Co., and St. Martin, Yorkville, at St. Paul, Dec. 1, 8:30/9 a.m.–noon and 12:30 and St. Joseph, Jennings Co., at Indianapolis South Deanery New Alsace p.m.–2:30 p.m. at Providence High St. Joseph, Jennings Co. Dec. 1, 7 p.m. for Sacred Heart, Good Dec. 13, 7 p.m. at St. Louis, Batesville School, Clarksville Shepherd, Holy Rosary and Holy Cross Dec. 14, 7 p.m. at St. Peter, Franklin Co. Dec. 5, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Lanesville Terre Haute Deanery at Good Shepherd Dec. 15, 7 p.m. at Bright Parish held in Dec. 9, 7 p.m. St. Joseph Hill, Sellersburg Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart, Clinton Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Presbyterian Church, Bright Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Navilleton Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at St. Paul, Greencastle Greenwood, Greenwood Dec. 15, 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, Dec. 11, 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary-of-the- Dec. 12, 6 p.m. at St. Patrick,Terre Haute Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Shelby Co. Knobs, Floyds Knobs Dec. 16, 1:30 p.m. at St. Ann, Terre Haute Dec. 9, 7 p.m. at SS. 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Position requires a St. Michael, St. Peregrine for WEST NEWTON, Camby areas. “handyperson’s” knowledge of carpentry, plumb- blessings received. – Tonia H. RESTORED HOMES for sale in Miscellaneous Buddy Lane. 317-834-2217. ing, electrical and some janitorial work. High historic Sacred Heart Church BLESSED MOTHER, Sacred community. For listings, contact Positions Available school diploma or equivalent and experience are Heart, St. Jude, St. Theresa of Dori Sparks at 317-637-4376. CATHOLIC CHOIR required. A full-time position offering competi- Little Flower: Thank you for $60,000 range. OF INDIANAPOLIS Mildred Gehl. – C. D. G. Traditional music CEMETERY PLOT, section E, in Needed: tive salary and benefits. Interested applicants for your next celebration send résumé to St. Malachy, Lynda K. Bell, 326 THANK YOU St. Jude, Jesus St. Joseph Cemetery. $500.00 Assistant Director for Child 317-882-2871. CALL 317-216-5588 and Blessed Mother for Care Ministry in suburban N. Green Street, Brownsburg, Indiana 46112. prayers answered. – P. J. 1995 BUICK LeSabre. Power Protestant church. Admini- THANK YOU Sacred Heart, St. windows and locks. Excellent Village Gifts strative and some classroom Full-Time Director Jude, Blessed Mother for condition. $5,950. 317-542- “Exclusives” responsibilities. BA in early prayers answered. – C. G. 0344. childhood development For your religious preferred, but let’s talk. of Religious Education gifts, see our Competitive salary and The Catholic community of St. Christopher, a suburban parish Real Estate Use this space! 317-236-1572! website: www.vgi1983.com benefits. Fax résumé to of 2,500 families, is seeking a full-time director of religious 317-549-4319, attn: Sarah, education. Responsibilities include: administration and imple- Buying or Selling? Gifts Madonnas, or call 317-542-5285. mentation of preschool through grade 6 religious education; I can help! 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