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By Sean Gallagher tomb of Jesus

College campuses on Saturday JERUSALEM (CNS)—Catholic biblical mornings are ordinarily quiet places. Photo by Katie Berger scholars and an Israeli archaeologist Students might not stir from their dorm rejected rooms until close to lunchtime at best. filmmakers’ claim But by 7 a.m. every third Saturday of that a tomb the month, Aaron Thomas, a third-year uncovered nearly seminarian at Bishop Bruté College 30 years ago in Seminary at Marian College in Jerusalem is the Indianapolis, is already at nearby burial site of Jesus St. Michael the Archangel Church and his family. preparing for the monthly Helpers of Dominican God’s Precious Infants pro-life Mass. Father Jerome Assisting with the eucharistic liturgy, Murphy-O’Connor, sponsored by the archdiocesan Office for a biblical archae- Amos Kloner Pro-Life Ministry, is part of Thomas’ ologist and expert supervised ministry. in the New Testament at the French “He meets me at seven o’clock to set Biblical and Archaeological School of up [and] unlock the church,” said Servant Jerusalem who was interviewed for the film of the Gospel of Life Sister Diane two years ago, said he did not believe there Carollo, director of the pro-life office and was any truth to the claim. Thomas’ ministry supervisor. “It is a commercial ploy that all the “He learns that service means much media is playing into,” he told Catholic more than just appearing [at] the altar. News Service on Feb. 27. We both do grunt work [together].” Amos Kloner, an Israeli archaeologist This is the first academic year that the who wrote the original excavation report on college seminary, now in its third year, the site for the predecessor of the Israel has had an organized supervised ministry Antiquities Authority, called the claim program. “nonsense.” The program is a component of the “In their movie, they are billing it as college seminary’s pastoral formation of ‘never before reported information,’ but it its seminarians, which is integrated with is not new. I published all the details in the three other spheres of priestly Antiqot journal in 1996, and I didn’t say it formation—intellectual, human and was the tomb of Jesus’ family,” said spiritual. Kloner, now a professor of archaeology at “It’s really [supposed] to give them Israel’s Bar-Ilan University. an experience of ministry,” said Father “I think it is very unserious work. I do Robert Robeson, rector of the scholarly work ... based on other studies,” seminary. he said. “They’re sort of in the formative Toronto filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici stages of developing skills for ministry. Aaron Thomas, a third-year seminarian at Bishop Bruté College Seminary at Marian College in and Oscar-winning Canadian director So it’s supposed to help them gain an Indianapolis, participates in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22. As part of James Cameron announced at a press experience of ministry and to get some his supervised ministry, Thomas served as a co-bus captain on the archdiocesan pilgrimage. conference in New York City on Feb. 26 feedback on how they’re doing, on what that by using new technology and DNA their strengths are, but also on some of Program for Priestly Formation calls for only extend beyond waking up early on studies they have determined that among the things that they need to work on.” third-and fourth-year college seminarians to Saturday mornings. the 10 ossuaries—burial boxes used in Father Robeson said that Bishop Bruté be involved in such formal ministry Earlier this semester, Thomas helped biblical times to house the bones of the College Seminary has not had a programs. Bishop Bruté College Seminary lead the archdiocesan pilgrimage to the dead—found in the cave by Kloner in 1980 supervised ministry program until now only now has its first third-year class. annual March for Life in Washington. are those of Jesus, his brothers, Mary, for a couple reasons. “This year’s supervised ministry for me During the fall semester, Thomas had another Mary whom they believe is Mary First, establishing all the various has been a great example of what the to balance taking 21 credit hours of Magdalene, and “Judah, son of Jesus.” programs needed for a seminary has taken priesthood is all about, namely sacrifice,” said classes and carry out his obligations to The documentary film by Jacobovici a lot of time. Thomas, who is also a member of St. Andrew the seminary community as well as being and Cameron is to be aired on the And second, the Holy See-approved Parish in Richmond. responsible for the other tasks of his Discovery Channel on March 4 and in U.S. bishops’ fifth edition of the But the sacrificial aspects of his ministry See SEMINARIANS, page 2 See TOMB, page 10 New Bishop Chatard leader says values, faith will guide him By John Shaughnessy to Notre Dame, Sahm still faced the loss of his father, the loneliness of being away from Bill Sahm knows what it’s like to be a home and the challenge of being a walk-on teenager struggling to make sense of the football player at a school known for its great unsettling changes in life. football tradition. That’s when he met Photo by John Shaughnessy He also knows the difference that one Ara Parseghian, who was already a legendary person and a Catholic community can make head coach. to give a young person a sense of belonging. “I showed up at Notre Dame as one of The details of Sahm’s story surface when 120 football players,” Sahm recalls. “Ara he’s asked about the heroes and role models knew that my dad had just died. He knew my in his life. mother’s name, and he knew I had eight Pausing for a moment, he recalls the brothers and sisters. He was the ultimate summer after he graduated from Cathedral players’ coach. He pushed you to excel, but he High School in 1973, the summer when his cared about you, too. That meant everything to Bill Sahm discusses the future of Bishop father died. As the oldest of nine children, me. It made it bearable to be away from my Chatard High School in an office at the Sahm struggled with whether he should family at the time. Just the whole experience Indianapolis North Deanery school. continue his plan to attend the University of helped me to understand I still had a future, Notre Dame. Maybe it would be better for and if I worked hard and did the right things, celebrated as Notre Dame won the national him to stay home, to be there for his mother God would honor that.” championship. Yet he doesn’t mention that and his siblings, he thought. That football season ended at the detail as he talks about Parseghian. Instead, After his mother encouraged him to head Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, where Sahm See SAHM, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007

greater than I ever had in business.” The friendship of Bill Sahm, left, and His interest in pursuing the position took Holy Cross Brother Joseph Umile

SAHM Submitted photo continued from page 1 shape shortly after Holy Cross Brother Joseph has developed during the 14 years Umile announced in February 2006 that he that Brother Joseph has served as would be ending his 14-year tenure as Bishop the president of Bishop Chatard he focuses on a scared teenager and the Chatard’s president at the end of the 2006-07 High School in Indianapolis. Starting difference a coach made. school year. on July 1, Sahm will succeed That story is an important one to “Brother Joseph actually planted the seed Brother Joseph as the remember now that Sahm was recently many years ago,” Sahm says. “I was president Indiananapolis North Deanery chosen as the next president of Bishop of the Board of Regents for the first three school’s president. Chatard High School in Indianapolis, years. Every year, Brother Joseph would starting July 1. threaten to quit. He’d point at me and say, So is the story about Sahm that’s shared ‘Just hire him!’ He did it enough through the to our young students’ development.” the Christian faith,” he says. “The friends by Joseph Hollowell, the president of years that I knew he was planting a seed. All sports teams and extracurricular groups they made were from families who had Roncalli High School in Indianapolis, who “When it was announced that Brother Joe will be required to do a service project during similar values and a passion for their children was a member of the search committee for was stepping down, I began a course of their seasons, Sahm says. They will also have to have a Catholic faith experience in high Bishop Chatard’s new president. Sahm and prayer and discussion with Debbie [his to create a shared experience that develops school. And they all came out of this Hollowell both taught and coached football wife]—long hours of discussion about their spiritual life. experience with a heart for God and service.” at Roncalli in 1979. whether I should apply. I spent so much time “The student leaders will be responsible for Brother Joseph sees Sahm as the right “I told the search committee that Bill praying about it that I really felt God was determining what that is from a list provided choice at the right time for the school. was a religion teacher when I was a math calling me to do this.” by the school,” says Sahm, a 1977 Notre “Here’s a person who is highly sensitive teacher,” Hollowell recalls. “Our He felt his interest growing when he found Dame graduate who also played as a walk-on to seeing what is going on and, at the same classrooms were right next to each other. himself spending many late-night hours on the college’s basketball team. time, is willing to step up to make it better,” When I occasionally shut up and let the writing down his ideas about what he’d like The connection of school, faith, sports and Brother Joseph says. “If we talk about what’s students work on problems, it was very to do as the school’s president. He has since service leads back to his youth when he needed from where Bishop Chatard is to easy to hear Bill teaching next door. I typed those ideas, which cover five pages of followed his father, the late William Sahm Sr., where it can go, he fits the profile of the next learned as much religion just from single-space copy. around the city as his dad served as the step. He’s collaborative, he’s congenial and I hearing Bill teach that year as I had The ideas range from improving alumni director of the Catholic Youth Organization in just see him as the kind of person who will learned in all my previous years of high connections to having Bishop Chatard Indianapolis. engage people. He’s committed to the school. He was an outstanding teacher, students keep deep ties to the ministries of “My dad was bigger than life,” Sahm diversity and the values we create here.” loved and respected by the students.” their parishes, from different ways of getting recalls. “He was the head of CYO, but he was An emphasis on values and faith will As Bishop Chatard’s next president, senior students involved in leadership roles in involved in so many other organizations. I guide him, Sahm says. Sahm will be called upon to guide the the school to inviting freshman parents to grew up following him around to CYO events, “When I was a teacher, I would school’s strategic planning, building small breakfast meetings to talk about their going to Communion breakfasts. I had all sometimes hear teachers in the faculty lounge projects, and fundraising and development hopes for the education of their children. those wonderful Catholic experiences. talk disparagingly about a student,” he says. efforts—emphases that will play strongly He also is committed to a focus on Everything in my life has prepared me to do “That bothered me so much that I made a into his 23 years of experience as a athletics that will make positive experiences this.” point that those were the students I needed to businessman, including being a senior vice for student-athletes the priority. In leading Bishop Chatard, he will come reach out to. That’s how I’ll approach president with Precedent Commercial “Athletics has been an important part of to the school where his mother, Reva, Chatard. I’ll assume the best of everyone Development in Indianapolis. my life and my children’s lives,” he says. taught for seven years as she continued to here. Yet what’s led Sahm to return to “I’ve had a lot of experiences—both positive raise her family following the death of her ‘We want to make the school a place education is the difference he hopes to make and negative—as a participant and a parent. husband. He will also come to the school where the students want to be, not just for the with a strong emphasis on faith, the memory My goal is to make sure that every student where he and his wife, Debbie, decided to classroom experience but to support each of a struggling youth, and the knowledge who participates in an extracurricular activity, send their four children—all graduates of other, to have fun and take care of one that one person and a Catholic community including athletics, has a positive experience. Bishop Chatard. another. We want to cement the family can change lives. Positive experiences will be our priority. “The strength of their experience was relationship and be an extension of the family “People keep saying how I’m giving up a Championships will have to take care of definitely the people—students they became for them in any way we can. We want them lucrative career in business,” Sahm says. themselves because that will not be the focus. lifelong friends with and teachers who took a to develop lifelong friendships and a “But the rewards I’m going to reap are so far Preparing to be the very best is still essential special interest in them and modeled for them relationship with God.” †

the joy of living.” “One of the first times that I met interact with the young men in priestly Dusty Brahlek was struck by Thomas’ Aaron, we ended up talking about formation. SEMINARIANS joy as she has ministered alongside him as vocations,” Brahlek said. “It was “As a priest, since we are so busy, we continued from page 1 a member of the pro-life youth council. encouraging to see somebody my age who don’t often get a lot of opportunities to “He’s so upbeat and willing to do is ready to devote himself.” connect with seminarians,” said Father ministry assignment, which included anything,” said Brahlek, a member of Another third-year seminarian in John McCaslin, Proctor’s ministry leading the archdiocesan Pro-Life Youth Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish supervised ministry is Andrew Proctor, a supervisor and pastor of St. Anthony Council’s activities. in Indianapolis. member of Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish and administrator of Holy Trinity One of those events was a social activity “He’s very eager, and there’s always a Parish in Greenwood. Parish, both in Indianapolis. where Thomas and the council members twinkle in his eye.” He is ministering to many of the “And so I think it’s good just … to visited elderly residents of the St. Paul As a former “conservative Baptist” Hispanic members of St. Anthony and answer their questions and listen to their Hermitage retirement facility and nursing who came into the full communion of the Holy Trinity parishes in Indianapolis in experiences.” home in Beech Grove. Church last Easter, Brahlek said her their confirmation and Rite of Christian The opportunity to have seminarians in The event was billed as a 1940s-style previous views of the priesthood were Initiation of Adults (RCIA) programs. formation in Indianapolis, within an movie premiere. The youths and the focused on men who “weren’t very Although he has been studying Spanish hour’s drive to dozens of parishes and residents shared a meal and watched a friendly or approachable people. for a while, Proctor said the ministry archdiocesan agencies, was an important movie together. “And then here I meet Aaron, and he’s experience has helped him become factor in establishing the Bishop Bruté For Thomas, who helped organize the easily one of the most approachable accustomed to Hispanic culture. College Seminary at Marian College three event and dressed in a tuxedo, it showed people I’ve ever met.” It has also helped him grow in years ago. him a broad view of the Church. The primary goal of the seminary’s ministering in a public setting. The hope that was there at the start is “The Church is not just the youth. And supervised ministry program is to help its “It’s been a really good experience for beginning to bear fruit. it’s not just the elderly,” he said. “But for seminarians move forward in their me because I’ve had to give several talks, “I think the growth that we’ve all the Church to really stay together, we vocational discernment and priestly and I’ve had to learn different ways to experienced, being here in Indianapolis, is need both parts to connect to one another. formation. share my faith with the various people amazing,” said Thomas. “I think we have ‘We need both the young people to But one of its hoped for secondary that I’m ministering to,” Proctor said. the hands-on contact with the people that keep the Church vigorous and alive, but effects has been to raise awareness about Another secondary effect of the we will be serving. It gives us a great we [also] need the wisdom of the elders to vocations in the communities in which seminarians’ ministry is that it has given chance to begin now to serve them in bring us back to the essentials of life and they minister. archdiocesan priests opportunities to whatever capacity we can.” †

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By Mary Ann Wyand Dr. Alveda King, the niece of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tirelessly preached about campaigns for an end to abortion as a civil rights and respect for all people regardless of race or staff member of Priests for Life. She nationality during the turbulent ’60s. Photo by Mary Ann Wyand spoke at an Indiana Right to Life Forty years later, his niece, Dr. Alveda King, campaigns fundraiser on Feb. 22 in Indianapolis. for the right to life and respect for all unborn babies Her late uncle dedicated his life to the regardless of the circumstances. civil rights movement, and she is Like her late uncle, Alveda King said during a Feb. 22 committed to promoting the pro-life speech in Indianapolis, she relies on prayer and Scripture to movement. sustain her as she tries to change minds, convert hearts and save souls in the spiritual war against the culture of death in contemporary society. And, like her late uncle, she dreams of the day when every person—born or unborn—is loved and respected. The mother of six children and grandmother said she feels called to ministry in the ongoing Christian battle against abortion, which has decimated a generation of Americans. National statistics indicate that more than 47 million unborn babies have been killed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions in 1973 that legalized abortion during all nine months of pregnancy. King said the African-American community has been and Naomi Barber King, she is a member of Believers’ Bible called to direct African-American outreach as a pastoral especially hard hit by abortion. Christian Church in Atlanta and is the founder of King for associate for Priests for Life. She is a spokeswoman for Priests for Life, which was America Inc., which assists people in enriching their lives As part of her two-day Indiana trip, King shared her pro- founded by Father Frank Pavone to publicize the truth about spiritually, mentally, personally and economically. life testimony with legislators at the Indiana Statehouse. abortion, save the lives of unborn babies, and spare expectant “I’m post-abortive,” she said. “I’ve had two abortions [in “We cannot pull back,” she said. “We cannot stop. We mothers in crisis pregnancies the heartache of living the rest 1970 and 1973]. Looking back on it, they said it was a blob of have to pray. We have to be honest. … We have to tell the of their lives with the knowledge that they chose to kill their tissue and won’t hurt. … [But] abortion hurts a lot. They also truth [about abortion]. … There’s so much that we can do, so children. didn’t tell me there was going to be a connection to breast much we must do, and we’ve got to do it together. … We can Before opening her Bible, King took a deep breath and cancer, cervical cancer, depression, … broken relationships cry out to God on our knees and say how sorry we are. We smiled at pro-life supporters attending the Indiana Right to [and] not bonding with my other children. So everybody should, we must, do that. America is going to have to do Life fundraiser. suffered as a result, but that cycle [of pain] was broken … by that.” She began her keynote speech by singing an old the Spirit of God.” Sally Williams, director of urban outreach for Indiana African-American spiritual and walking slowly around the Ironically, King said, her birthday is Jan. 22, the date that Right to Life, introduced Alveda King. room to envelope the assembly in prayer. the Supreme Court justices approved legalized abortion. “Thirty-five percent of abortions [in the U.S.] are “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,” she sang as people “After I had my second abortion, I was Miss Pro-Choice performed on African-American women,” Williams said, “and joined in. “Nobody knows but Jesus. Nobody knows the Queen for years,” she said, in spite of the King family’s belief we only make up 12 percent of the population. In trouble I’ve seen. Glory hallelujah. ...” in the civil rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Indianapolis, out of every 10 African-American pregnant In the midst of trouble, King said, the Lord reaches out to “In 1983, I was born again and I had a confrontation with women, seven of us will abort our children. … Why? help us and gives us strength for our journey. the living God,” she said. “I repented and said, ‘God, this was “… Proverbs 24, [verses] 11-12, says, ‘Rescue those being “Dr. [Martin Luther] King said that the Negro cannot wrong and I’m so sorry.’ … [I realized then that] God had led away to death,’ ” Williams said. “That means spiritual and win if he is willing to sacrifice the futures of his children forgiven me and so I became—over those years from 1983 to physical death. … Abortion hurts women. The Church and the for immediate personal comfort and safety,” she said. today—increasingly a pro-life speaker. community need to be educated. … Our job in this urban “He was really, truly a servant of the Most High God “I met Father Frank Pavone on the road,” she said, “and he outreach initiative is to go out and … educate [people] on the who loved and served Jesus Christ and depended on the was quoting Martin Luther King’s Christmas speech and his value of life before abortion and after abortion. It’s not over. I wisdom of the Holy Spirit.” letter from the Birmingham jail about infanticide.” heard a lady say, ‘As long as we’re on this side of heaven, we The daughter of slain civil rights leader Dr. A. D. King When the Holy Spirit “found her,” King said, she felt will always be hurting from our abortion experience.’ ” †

human,” but “certainly did not prove” any familial Broadcasting Corp. documentary film and a book called connection, he said. The Jesus Dynasty by James D. Tabor, have been published TOMB Father Jerome noted that Kloner had written about and produced on the topic in the years since the tomb’s continued from page 1 the findings a decade ago, and though it was all out in discovery. the public domain nobody had been interested. At the New York press conference, Jacobovici said he Canada on March 6 on Vision TV. A book on the topic, According to press reports, the filmmakers said they had thought the so-called “James ossuary,” purported by its written by Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino and published worked on the project with world-renowned scientists, owner, Oded Golan, to have belonged to James, the brother by HarperCollins, was to go on sale on Feb. 27. including DNA specialists, archaeologists and statisticians. of Jesus, was also from the tomb, and he cited a forensic Father Jerome said the names found on the ossuaries They said the ossuaries were not identified as belonging to technique used to determine this. “are a combination of very common names. Jesus’ family when they were first discovered because the He did not mention that in 2003 the Israel Antiquities “Fifty percent of all Jewish women in the first archaeologists at the time did not have the knowledge and Authority declared the inscription on the James ossuary a century were called either Mary or Salome. It doesn’t scientific tools that now exist. forgery or that Golan is currently on trial for forging part of mean much at all,” he said. “You can prove anything But Kloner noted that Jesus’ family was from Galilee and the inscription. with statistics.” had no ties to Jerusalem, casting serious doubt that they Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, a biblical scholar and The DNA tests could “only prove that they are would have had a burial cave in Jerusalem. He added that head of Toronto’s Salt and Light Catholic Media the names on the ossuaries were common during that time Foundation, said this latest film shows that “self-proclaimed and their discovery in the same cave is purely coincidental. experts” have learned nothing from the James ossuary He said the tomb belonged to a middle- or upper-middle- incident. ILLINOIS class Jewish family during the first century and the cave was “One would think that we learned some powerful lessons in use for 70 to 100 years by the family. from the media hype surrounding the James ossuary several Other books, films and articles about the tomb, including years ago, and how important public institutions like the a full-page feature in London’s The Sunday Times, a British ROM [Royal Ontario Museum of Toronto] were duped in their hosting such fraudulent works,” he said. Father Rosica said: “Why did the so-called archaeologists of this latest scoop wait 27 years before doing anything Sell nearly anything about the discovery? James Cameron is far better off making movies about the Titanic rather than dabbling in areas of with a Criterion religious history of which he knows nothing.” † Celebrating Its 84th Anniversary in 2007 classified ad 2007 Performance Dates: Saturday, March 10 Saturday, March 31 Saturday, March 17 Sunday, April 1 Make $$$ off Sunday, March 18 Saturday, April 14 of all that Saturday, March 24 (all performances start at 2 p.m.) stuff that is Visa/Mastercard cluttering up Making your will? Call for details your closet, Request a free Wills Kit from 800-354-9640 Catholic Relief Services. 309-829-3903 • Fax 309-828-5557 garage or It will help you practice good stewardship American Passion Play attic. and create a lasting legacy to help 110 E. Mulberry Street • P.O. Box 3354 the poor overseas. Bloomington, IL 61702-3354 Call or e-mail Dana 236-1575 www.americanpassionplay.org or [email protected] 1-800-235-2772 ext. 7318 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007

greater than I ever had in business.” The friendship of Bill Sahm, left, and His interest in pursuing the position took Holy Cross Brother Joseph Umile

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Philanthropic Foundation, additional need- The schools that make up the Catholic Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann based tuition assistance will be available for Urban School Consortium, all in Indian- students at the six schools that make up the apolis, are Central Catholic School, Catholic Urban School Consortium. Holy Angels School, Holy Cross Central Half of the grant will be put into the School, St. Andrew and St. Rita Catholic archdiocese’s Making a Difference Fund, Academy, St. Anthony School and St. which distributes need-based scholarship Philip Neri School. grants in perpetuity in the consortium Connie Zittnan, director of the schools. consortium, said that more than 90 percent “I am sincerely grateful to the Ruth Lilly of its schools’ students receive tuition Philanthropic Foundation for recognizing assistance. and investing in the future of the Catholic “So the impact is huge for the children Urban School Consortium students,” said in our schools,” she said. “It’s a big stretch Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein. financially most of the time for the families “This extraordinary gift will give who send their children to our schools.” Holy Angels School first-graders Kumba Songor, left, and Karrington Abstone of Indianapolis shake students attending consortium schools In an interview with The Criterion, hands during the Sign of Peace on Jan. 12 at Holy Angels Church as part of a memorial Mass honoring renewed hope for a brighter future by Zittnan recalled the impact that such the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. Anthony School students also participated in the giving them the educational opportunity assistance made in the life of one student march and Mass as part of their classroom lessons about the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. needed to break the cycle of poverty,” he and his family. said. “Our students will continue to thrive The student had been enrolled in a “I think for a lot of our children, it’s not community are a key support for the in an academically challenging consortium school, but his parents just school,” Zittnan said. “They consider it consortium schools. environment while they receive a values- withdrew him and sent him to a public family. They’re a support system for “We are running very good schools,” based, faith-filled education.” school after they felt they could no longer growing up.” Lentz said. “And as long as we have high Another $375,000 from the grant will afford the Catholic school’s tuition. Lentz said the support that the expectations and set standards for those fund current tuition assistance needs in the After the student asked “to come home” consortium schools receive from the schools, then we feel that … the business consortium schools. to the consortium school, his parents sought Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation and community is going to continue to have According to Annette “Mickey” Lentz, and received additional financial aid. other groups tied to the business faith in them and support them.” † Holy Father denounces high-tech trend toward ‘designer embryos’ VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope biotechnological engineering aims to formation of a true and correct conscience is background on which the mass-media Benedict XVI denounced the high-tech trend establish “subtle and extensive methods of such an essential task for parents, educators society projects contradictory images and that encourages eugenics in the obsessive search for the and pastors, he added. impulses,” he said. parents to seek the ‘perfect child,’ through artificial procreation But, he said, conscience formation today In order to reawaken the conscience as an “perfect child” and various forms of diagnosis that allow is hindered in many ways, particularly by eloquent and clear voice, the pope said, the through genetic selection.” popular attitudes of tolerance that mistrust Church needs to work at the family and selection. He said this kind of genetic selection is the very capacity of reason to perceive the parish level so that young people are In a speech on part of “a new wave of discrimination” truth. educated in basic values and Church Feb. 24 to more aimed at the unborn. “Thus, the conscience, which is an act of teachings. Lay Catholics should know that, than 350 Catholic The pope did not name specific countries, reason that aims at the truth of things, ceases particularly on human life issues, they need medical profes- but on the same day it was reported that the to be a light and instead becomes a simple to welcome the Church’s teaching, he said. † sionals, the pope British government would allow scientists to said so-called genetically modify embryos for research “designer embryos” purposes—which many see as a step closer Pope Benedict XVI represent one of to the genetic breeding of babies. many contemporary attacks on human life. The pope also warned against increasing The attacks have increased to the point pressure to legalize euthanasia. In addition that the Christian conscience has been to such direct attacks on life, he said, efforts lulled, and even good people sometimes are multiplying to legalize “alternative” seem paralyzed in the face of collective forms of cohabitation that are closed to Got Questions? social pressure against the right to life, procreation. he said. “In these situations, the conscience, at The pope listed a number of ways in times overcome by the means of collective which human life is threatened in poorer pressure, does not demonstrate sufficient nations today, including pressure to legalize vigilance about the seriousness of what is at abortion, new forms of chemical abortion stake,” he said. introduced under the pretext of caling it The Christian is called to mobilize Find the answers “reproductive health,” and the continuing continually against attacks on human life in the new, 2007 politics of demographic control. because it is the most fundamental of all In richer countries, he said, human rights, he said. 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OPINION

Faith & Precedent/Douglas W. Kmiec What the pope got right about Islam

President Bush proclaims that Iraq is a observed: “It has been said that we must not Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 central front in the war on terror. Not speak of God in the European Constitution Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher everyone agrees, because we must not offend Muslims and Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus however, that Sept. 11 the faithful of other religions. The opposite and Iraq should be is true. What offends Muslims and the conflated. But let us faithful of other religions is not talking take the president at his about God or our Christian roots, but rather Editorial word. If he is right, we the disdain for God and the sacred. [This are now in the sixth year disdain] ... expresses the arrogance of of war. Do we—even at diminished, reduced reason, which provokes this late date—have a fundamentalist reactions.” grasp of what provokes The pope admires Islam’s certainty of Long Island Catholic the enemy? faith, which disavows the kind of cultural America has a pervasive influence on relativism depicted over and over again in world culture. It is not always an influence American media. Such relativism is a denial for the good. In a new book, The Enemy at of the truth of the human person as a Home, Dinesh D’Souza makes the case that transcendent being with significant duties as

CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, we show our worst side to the world through well as rights. In this regard, Hollywood is motion pictures and television programs. not the only villain. Millions of abortions With Oscars and Golden Globes, we and astronomical rates of divorce are tragic lionize and export portrayals of America that realities, not merely celluloid fictions. are saturated with violence, lust and hate. At the same time, as the pope’s lecture There is little regard for the welfare of others last September in Regensburg, Germany, or the stewardship of the natural demonstrated, he is uncompromising in environment. Most of us want to believe, of identifying Islam’s weakness: an unwill- course, that this is not the real America, but ingness to unambiguously renounce D’Souza argues that the self-distortion is violence. In this, the pope might well agree enough to set off the trip wire of radical with President Bush that the violence A cloudy evening sky provides the backdrop for a cross outside St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Islam. occurring in Iraq is indeed part and parcel Church in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., during Lent last April. The penitential season, which D’Souza’s point is an interesting one, but of the same cause that lay beneath begins with Ash Wednesday, calls Christians to prayer, fasting, repentance and charity. his thesis is marred by partisan finger- Sept. 11—namely, from the Muslim pointing. In reality, there is enough blame to perspective, a desire to suppress the morally go around for abortion, no-fault divorce and repugnant depictions (or unfortunate Let’s pray for a happy Lent support for gay marriage. D’Souza also realities) of America through a coerced understates more proximate irritants, such as Islamization of society. e don’t usually think of Lent as a destructive. U.S. military bases in Saudi Arabia, the President Bush has chosen to meet force Whappy time. But most of us are not in danger of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and past or with force. The way forward charted by the Lent is a penitential season, a time of praying too much, fasting too much or present American support for Muslim pope is different. Benedict XVI proposes preparation for the joy of Easter that sharing too much. Most of us would fanatics, including at one time Osama Bin that America and the West engage Islam not usually takes place in the dead of winter. benefit from more Lenten observance Laden himself. in military battle or even as a theological Spring is not yet with us, and the year-round. Nevertheless, D’Souza is definitely on to “clash of civilizations,” but on the common mood of this liturgical season is That’s why the Church offers us this something when he points out that the ground of created humanity. For America, somewhat somber. We might say that, season of grace—to remind us that we authentic Christian or Jew in America has this includes both disavowing R-rated psychologically, Lent is a time for are called to follow Jesus, without more in common with a traditional Islamist portrayals of Western culture as more introverts who are recovering from the counting the cost, in good times and bad, than meets the eye. The real credit for this interested in vice than virtue and then acting merriment of Christmas and not yet through the sorrows of pain and death to insight goes to Pope Benedict XVI, who in a in a way that genuinely reaffirms certain ready for the exuberance of Easter. the joy of resurrection. series of dialogues has been proposing a way truths held self-evident. During this season of the year, we Pope John Paul II once described for Islam to coexist in peace with America don’t normally wish others a what he called “the personal style of and the rest of the world. (Douglas W. Kmiec, a professor at the Happy Lent. In fact, we deliberately Jesus Christ” in terms that are In 2004, well before his election to the Pepperdine University School of Law, writes restrain ourselves: no alleluias. No profoundly countercultural. He said that papacy, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger for Catholic News Service.) † festivals. Abstinence. A muted approach the life of Christ (or life in Christ) can be to the music we use at Mass. characterized by these fundamental During the 40 days of Lent, we attributes: simplicity, poverty, responsi- dedicate ourselves to ascetical practices bility for others and the renunciation of Letters to the Editor and to the threefold observance of personal advantage. We must take a stand for against the intentional taking of innocent prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We don’t Clearly these are Lenten values, but human life. ordinarily associate these activities with the witness of Christians throughout the sanctity of all human life At the same time our nation is engaged the pursuit of happiness, but perhaps it’s ages is that these are also Easter values. I have had Catholics, who know I am in this struggle, there are 4,000 innocent time we looked at Lent differently. They are spiritual principles, or ways of pro-life, tell me that although they believe human beings being intentionally killed In fact, it’s quite possible that living the Gospel, that when put into abortion is wrong, they don’t think it is any every day in this country by abortion. increased communication with God, self- practice in the concrete circumstances of of their business to tell others they can’t In the last election, many people voted denial and generous sharing with others life bring joy and happiness to all who have one. to stop the war in Iraq. I can understand are the keys to happiness and the surefire are fortunate enough to experience them. They say they wouldn’t do it themselves that sentiment. War is awful. Where would secret recipe for experiencing Easter joy. Lent is not a happy time—if our nor would they want their children or we be now if that sentiment had prevailed Prayer, fasting and almsgiving should understanding of happiness is superficial grandchildren to have an abortion, but it during World War II? How many more not be restricted to Lent, of course. They or self-centered. But Lent can, and isn’t their place to tell others it is wrong. Jews would have died? What would the are practices that Christians should should, be a time of peace, contentment They say forcing your values on others is world look like? observe at all times and seasons during and the anticipation of Easter joy. being judgmental, and Jesus told us not to The terrorists didn’t vote. They won’t the total course of a lifetime of Let’s pray for a Happy Lent. For a be judgmental. stop killing innocent people to promote discipleship. If we are to follow Jesus time of fruitful prayer. For the ability of If that is what it is to be judgmental, their views. Pulling out of Iraq will only successfully, we must be in dialogue saying no to ourselves more successfully why is it it illegal to kill a baby after it is increase their ability to hit us again by with the Father as he was. and more often. For an experience of born? Isn’t it just as much forcing your increasing their power and influence in the We must renounce personal generosity that comes straight from the values on others to make it illegal to do Middle East. Pro-abortion politicians are advantage in favor of the mission we heart and that doesn’t stop when we’ve that? It is still the same baby before it is the same ones who don’t think the war have been given to live and proclaim reached the normal, acceptable limits of born with the same little hands and feet, against terrorists is worth fighting. the Good News of salvation in Christ. charitable giving. and the same sweet, little face. Abortion and terrorism have at least one And we must be grateful and generous As Pope Benedict XVI continually It is a grave injustice to intentionally kill thing in common—the intentional taking of stewards of all the gifts (spiritual and reminds us, being Christian should not an innocent human being. It isn’t an innocent human life. One is justified by material) we have received from God be a depressing, negative experience of judgmental to do all in your power to stop denying that human life is there; the other through the power of the Holy Spirit. prohibitive rules and regulations (which an injustice of any kind. Not only is it not claims the ends justifies the means. Will spending more time in prayer are necessary sometimes but never ends being judgmental, it is our calling, our In the Bible, I read a verse where God make us happier—less lonely, resentful in themselves). obligation, as Catholics to fight against all offers humankind a choice. He said we or dissatisfied? Will fasting and Christian discipleship should lead us injustices. could choose life or death. abstinence help us become less to the fulfillment of our deepest hopes Since Sept. 11, 2001, our nation has As our Declaration of Independence preoccupied with our own wants and and desires. It should lead us to peace been engaged in a battle to stop terrorists states, human life is a God-given, desires? Will generous sharing involve us and love. And finally, to the joy which is from the unjust, intentional killing of inalienable right that should be protected more fully in the lives of others and help Christ himself. innocent human lives in the name of God. and defended. Or we can choose the free us from the slavery of our own Let’s pray that a Happy Lent, and the Thus far, more than 3,000 of our military intentional killing of human beings at our sinfulness? faithful observance of prayer, fasting and men and women have bravely fought and discretion. The experience of countless almsgiving, will lead us, slowly but died in this battle. Either we hold human life sacred or we Christians throughout the ages affirms surely, to an abundance of Easter joy. When the last pages of history are don’t. The next election is that choice. this. Ascetical practices can be taken to written, their heroism should never be Win or lose, it is our opportunity to take extremes, of course, and become —Daniel Conway forgotten. Their sacrifice stands for the a stand for the sanctity of human life. noble cause of protecting and defending Sandra Dudley, Sunman The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B.

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR

Let’s make the face of Jesus visible to those ar ound us this Lent

eronica came from nowhere and Pope Benedict XVI emphasized in his generous and largely anonymous acts of the world, which are daily portrayed by returned there, leaving to us a encyclical “God is Love” that there is an charity to suffering people are also people the media, we all feel our inability to Vveil with the imprint of the face essential connection between love of who are faithful to Jesus in prayer. I don’t cope, like the disciples who, before a of Jesus. neighbor and love of God. Can we not mean to imply that there are not people great multitude to feed, wondered ‘what This is the substance of the sixth say that in a certain sense seeking the who are generous and altruistic in giving five loaves and two fish are for so many.’ station on the Way of the Cross. Actually, face of Jesus is seeking love? It is a way themselves to social service who are not We can always pray to the Lord who has Veronica is not mentioned in the Bible. of seeking and receiving authentic love. intentional Christians. the power to work the miracle of the Where did the longstanding tradition I keep returning to a theme Pope John We know many socially conscious multiplication of the loaves and fish, and of the compassionate and courageous Paul II introduced in his apostolic letter at admirable people around us. The alleviate the sufferings of so many. Veronica come from? Perhaps she was the beginning of this third Christian connection with the quest for the face of Veronica’s linen cloth, bearing the among the women who are mentioned as millennium. He referred to the Gospel the Lord enriches our social outreach and features of Jesus, is a sign and a promise being present along the way to Calvary. text where some Greeks came to Philip is significant for us Christians. to all believers that he will help them I think the legend of Veronica took and said, “We want to see Jesus.” Christ exhorted us to serve the least of who call upon him. root and abides because courageous The pope said people in our day also our sisters and brothers, and he made it “Lord God, imprint in my spirit the compassion is an ideal that is dear to the want to see Jesus. They don’t only want to clear that in doing so we would be sufferings of your Son Jesus” human heart. The legend of Veronica hear talk about Jesus, they want to see him. serving him. In other words, charity (Ibid. p.29-30). may have taken root because most of us And so the Holy Father went on to remind “to Jesus, for Jesus and with Jesus,” as know of a woman or women like her us that it is our task to show Jesus to folks Blessed Teresa of Calcutta would say, is whose anonymous compassion for people around us. And if we are to do that, we an essential part of our call to holiness. Do you have an intention for in pain is moving. Veronica is familiar in must contemplate the face of Jesus in the Yet, we should not be surprised if we Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? our experience. Gospel. feel a certain sense of helplessness in the You may mail it to him at: It is also likely that the legend of In his reflection on the sixth Station of face of so much human suffering. Veronica has come to us through the ages the Cross, theologian Hans-Urs Von Balthasar writes: “Everyone can Archbishop Buechlein’s because we inherit from the Psalms and von Balthasar said, “In so far as the Church offer help to the suffering, be it only a Prayer List other Scripture texts a fascination with professes her faith and fidelity in loving glass of water or, in the impossibility of Archdiocese of Indianapolis the face of the Lord. This theme is humility to the Lord, as Veronica did in a giving material help, an open heart ready 1400 N. Meridian St. epitomized in Psalm 27. In verses 8-9, gesture of love, Jesus leaves the imprint of to sustain them in moments of loneliness P.O. Box 1410 we read: “Of you my heart has spoken: his features on all those who are ready to and despair. Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 Seek his face. I seek your face O Lord.” accept it as a peace-token of his love. The “Faced with the inevitable sufferings in Lenten time spent with Veronica at the Christian who bears the image of Christ in sixth Station of the Cross promises rich his heart will recognize the same features Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for March and varying avenues for meditation. We of Christ in his suffering brothers and may not advert to it, but compassionate sisters” (The Way of the Cross. St. Paul Youth: that they may be open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit so that they can truly charity and seeking the face of the Lord Publications, 1990, p. 28). discern their role in the Church, especially God’s call to priesthood and religious life. are necessarily complementary themes. People I know who consistently extend

Que el rostro de Jesús se haga visible para aquellos que nos r odean durante la Cuaresma

erónica apareció de la nada y allí en que existe una conexión esencial también gente fiel a Jesús en la oración. nuestra incapacidad para hacerle frente, regresó, dejándonos un lienzo entre el amor al prójimo y el amor a No pretendo sugerir que no haya gente al igual que los discípulos quienes Vimpreso con el rostro de Jesús. Dios. ¿Acaso no podemos aseverar que, generosa y altruista que se entrega al delante de una gran multitud hambrienta Esta es la esencia de la sexta estación de cierto modo, buscar el rostro de Jesús servicio social y que no son cristianos pensaban ‘qué son cinco hogazas de pan del Vía Crucis. En realidad a Verónica es buscar amor? Es una forma de buscar intencionales. y dos peces para tantos’. Siempre no se le menciona en la Biblia. y recibir auténtico amor. Conocemos a muchas personas podemos rezar al Señor que tiene el ¿De dónde proviene la leyenda de la Siempre vuelvo a hacer mención a un admirables y con conciencia social que poder para obrar el milagro de la compasiva y valiente Verónica? Quizás tema que introdujo el Papa Juan Pablo II nos rodean. La conexión con la multiplicación de los panes y los peces ella estaba entre las mujeres que se dice en su carta apostólica al comienzo de búsqueda del rostro del Señor enriquece y aliviar el sufrimiento de tantos. El se encontraban presente a lo largo del este tercer milenio cristiano. Se refirió al nuestro alcance social y es importante lienzo de Verónica con las facciones de camino al Calvario. texto del Evangelio en el que algunos para nosotros como cristianos. Jesús es un símbolo y una promesa para Pienso que la leyenda de Verónica se griegos se acercaron a Felipe y le Cristo nos exhortó a servir al menos a todos los creyentes de que Él ayudará a arraigó y continuó debido a que la dijeron: “Queremos ver a Jesús.” nuestros hermanos y hermanas, y dejó todos los que acuden a Él. compasión valiente es uno de los ideales El papa dijo que la gente en nuestra claro que al hacerlo estaríamos “Señor Dios, imprime en mi espíritu favoritos del corazón humano. Quizás la época también desea ver a Jesús. No sirviéndolo a él. En otras palabras, el sufrimiento de tu Hijo Jesús” (Ibid. P. leyenda de Verónica se arraigó porque la desean únicamente oír hablar de Jesús, caridad “para Jesús, por Jesús y con 29-30). mayoría de nosotros conoce a una mujer, desean verlo. Y así, el Santo Padre Jesús” como diría la Beata Teresa de o mujeres como ella cuya compasión prosiguió a recordarnos que es nuestro Calcuta, es una parte esencial de nuestro ¿Tiene una intención que desee anónima por la gente que sufre resulta deber mostrarle a Jesús a la gente que llamado a la santidad. incluir en la lista de oración del conmovedora. Verónica nos es familiar nos rodea. Y para hacer esto debemos Sin embargo, no debería sorpren- Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar por nuestras experiencias. contemplar el rostro de Jesús en el dernos si sentimos una cierta sensación su correspondencia a: Asimismo, es muy probable que la Evangelio. de impotencia ante tanto sufrimiento leyenda de Verónica haya llegado hasta En su reflexión sobre la sexta estación humano. Von Balthasar escribe: Lista de oración del Arzobispo nosotros porque heredamos de los del Vía Crucis, el teólogo Hans-Urs von “Cualquiera puede ofrecer ayuda a los Buechlein Salmos y otros textos de las escrituras la Balthasar dijo: “Así como la Iglesia que sufren, aunque sea un vaso con agua Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis fascinación con el rostro del Señor. Este profesa su fe y su lealtad en amorosa o, ante la imposibilidad de ofrecer 1400 N. Meridian St. tema se refleja en el Salmo 27. En los humildad al Señor, al igual que lo hizo ayuda material, un corazón abierto, P.O. Box 1410 versos 8-9, se lee: “El corazón me dice: Verónica en un gesto de amor, Jesús deja dispuesto a socorrerlos en momentos de Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 «¡Busca su rostro! Y yo, Señor, tu rostro la impresión de su rostro en todos soledad y desesperación. busco.” aquellos que están listos para recibirlo “Ante el inevitable sufrimiento del El tiempo cuaresmal que pasamos con como muestra de su amor. El cristiano mundo que vemos reflejado a diario en Traducido por: Language Training Center, Verónica en la sexta estación del Vía que lleva la imagen de Cristo en su los medios de comunicación, sentimos Indianapolis Crucis promete recursos diversos y ricos corazón reconocerá las mismas facciones para la meditación. Tal vez no nos de Cristo en sus hermanos y hermanas demos cuenta, pero la caridad compasiva que sufren” (El Vía Crucis. St. Paul Las intenciones vocationales del Arzobispo Buechlein para marzo y la búsqueda del rostro del Señor son Publications, 1990, p. 28). Los jóvenes: que ellos acepten el ánimo del Espíritu Santo, para que puedan discernir temas necesariamente complementarios. La gente que conozco que ofrece de su papel en la Iglesia, especialmente la llamada de Dios a hacerse sacerdote y entrar en El Papa Benedicto XVI en su manera consistente generosos y extensos una vida religiosa. encíclica “Dios es Amor” hace énfasis actos de caridad a la gente que sufre, es Page 6 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 Events Calendar March 2 St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, Radisson Hotel City Center, Father Elmer Burwinkel, $5. Information and reservations: March 10 Our Lady of the Most Holy 6000 W. 34th St., Indianapolis. 31 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis. celebrant. Information: 812-689- 317-636-4478. St. Pius X Church, 7200 Sarto Rosary Church, 520 Stevens St., Marian College Department of Catholic Pro-Life Dinner, 3551. Drive, Indianapolis. Office of Indianapolis. 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Infor- Catholic Charismatic Renewal on the Holy Spirit, “Let the touring company, “Othello,” Singles, Catholic singles 50 and Information: 317-636-4828. mation: 812-357-6403 or e-mail of Central Indiana, praise, Fire Fall,” Father Gregory 7 p.m., free, dinner available over, single, widowed or [email protected]. worship and healing prayers, Bramlage, presenter, 8 a.m., before performance, $7 per per- divorced, new members wel- St. Therese of the Infant Jesus $50 per person includes lunch son, reservations required. Infor- March 4 come, 6:30 p.m. Information: 7:15-8:45 p.m. Information: 317- (Little Flower) Parish, 1401 N. and dinner, pre-registration by mation: 812-357-6403 or e-mail St. Matthew Parish, 4100 E. 56th 317-897-1128. 592-1992, www.inholyspirit.org Bosart Ave., Indianapolis. March 6. Information: 812-623- [email protected]. St., Indianapolis. Lenten Series, or e-mail [email protected]. Lenten fish fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., 8007 or e-mail St.Nicholas “The Ascending View–New Our Lady of the Most Holy March 9 $6.50 adults, $5.75 seniors, March 3 Light on the Gospels,” three- Rosary Church, 520 Stevens St., [email protected]. St. Francis Hospital and Health $3.50 children under 10. St. Christopher Parish, 5301 W. part series, Jim Welter, presenter, Indianapolis. “Spaghetti and Information: 317-357-8352. 16th St., Indianapolis, Fifth 4:30 p.m. Information: 317-257- Spirituality” series, Mass, Center, 1201 Hadley Road, March 11 annual Catholic Women’s 4297, ext. 1004. 5:45 p.m., meatless pasta dinner, Mooresville. Seminar, “Cancer Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, Convocation, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 6:30 p.m., “Dear Brave Soldier: 101,” for patients and families, 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. 6000 W. 34th St., Indianapolis. $50 per person. Registration: MKVS and DM Center, Rexville A Pictorial Account of a Chap- noon-2 p.m., lunch provided, no Music program featuring bari- Lenten fish fry, 5-7:30 p.m., 317-241-6314, ext. 122, or (located on 925 South, .8 mile lain’s Experience in Iraq,” Father charge. Reservations: 317-784- tone solo and piano, 3 p.m. carryout available. Information: nmeyer@saintchristopher east of 421 South, 12 miles south Eric Albertson, presenter, 4422 or www.StFrancis Information: 800-682-0988 or 317-291-7014. parish.org. of Versailles). Mass, 1 p.m., 7:15 p.m., suggested donation Hospitals.org/cancer. e-mail [email protected]. †

of Life,” Franciscan Father Carl Hawver, pre- Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Spring Retreat 2007, “Come Holy Spirit,” Retreats and Programs senter, 10:45 a.m. Information: 812-933-6437 or St. Meinrad. “God Filling Our Heart and open to all Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, 8 a.m.- e-mail [email protected]. Mind: Prayer and Holy Reading,” Benedic- 1:30 p.m. Information: 317-236-1451 or March 2-4 tine Brother Paul Nord, presenter. Information: [email protected]. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, March 15-18 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, 812-357-6611 or e-mail mzoeller@saint St. Meinrad. “Radical Christianity,” Benedic- meinrad.edu. March 25 tine Father Denis Robinson, presenter. Informa- St. Meinrad. Parish secretaries retreat, “The Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. tion: 812-357-6611 or e-mail Heart of Parish Life,” Benedictine Father March 24 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pre Cana Conference” [email protected]. Denis Robinson, presenter. Information: 812- Marian College, Allen Whitehill Clowes for engaged couples, 1:45-6 p.m. Information: 357-6611 or e-mail [email protected]. Amphitheater, 3200 Spring Mill Road, Indian- 317-545-7681, 317-236-1596 or 800-382-9836, Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. March 16-18 apolis. Catholic Committee on Scouting, ext. 1596. † “Down to the Potter’s House,” Franciscan Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Sister Ann Vonder Meulen, presenter, 9 a.m.- 56th St., Indianapolis. “To Turn, To Turn, noon for ages 7-11, 1-4 p.m. for ages 12-16, T’will Be Our Delight,” Benedictine Father $20 first child, $15 each additional child. Infor- Noel Mueller, presenter, $150 per person. Infor- mation: 812-933-6437 or e-mail center@olden Mardi Gras mation: 317-545-7681 or burgosf.com. www.archindy.org/fatima. Submitted photo Kindergartner Gianna Garcia, from left, and eighth-graders Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Mount St. Francis Center for Spirituality, Caitlin Schmoll and Audrey “Gaining Inner Wisdom through Mandalas,” 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount St. Francis. Myers, students at St. Roch Franciscan Sister Patty Campbell, 9 a.m.- “Praying with Mary through Icons.” Informa- School in Indianapolis, pose 2:30 p.m., $40 per person includes lunch and tion: 812-923-8817. materials. Information: 812-933-6437 or e-mail with crowns they made during [email protected]. March 17 the Indianapolis South Deanery Kordes Retreat Center, 841 E. 14th St., Ferdi- school’s Mardi Gras celebration March 3-4 nand, Ind. “Praying Without Words: An on Feb. 20. The following day, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Introduction to Centering Prayer,” Benedic- Ash Wednesday, the students 56th St., Indianapolis. “Unrealized Potential,” tine Sister Maria Tasto, presenter. Information: wrote down their Lenten bonae Rick Wagner, presenter, $90 per person for 812-367-2777, 800-880-2777 or operae (“good works”) and overnight stay, $75 per person for commuter. [email protected]. Information: 317-545-7681 or placed them in a basket that will www.archindy.org/fatima. March 23-25 stay near the altar of St. Roch Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Church throughout Lent. March 4 56th St., Indianapolis. “Lenten Retreat Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Weekend,” Richard Smith, presenter, $150 per 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pre Cana Conference” person. Information: 317-545-7681 or for engaged couples, 1:45-6 p.m. Information: www.archindy.org/fatima. 317-545-7681, 317-236-1596 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1596. Rehearsals set for

Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Photo by Charles Schisla “Evensong: Scripture/Taizé Music and Chrism Mass Choir Silence and Interfaith Prayer Service,” 4-5 p.m. Information: 812-933-6437 or e-mail Singers throughout the archdiocese [email protected]. are invited to participate in a special choir to sing at the annual Chrism Mass March 8-March 22 at 7 p.m. on April 3 at SS. Peter and Oldenburg Franciscan Center, convent, Olden- Paul Cathedral in burg. “Lenten Lecture Series,” four sessions, session two, Franciscan Sister Barbara Leon- Indianapolis. hard, presenter, 2-3:30 p.m. or 7-8:30 p.m., The Chrism Mass is $40 series, $10 per session. Information: 812- the annual liturgy that 933-6437 or e-mail [email protected]. takes place during holy week at which March 9-11 Archbishop Daniel M. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Buechlein blesses the holy oils to be St. Meinrad. “Understanding the Parables of the Gospel of Luke,” Benedictine Father Bren- used in the coming year in all arch- dan Moss, presenter. Information: 812-357-6611 diocesan parishes. Priests of the arch- or e-mail [email protected]. diocese and religious priests serving in it also renew their ordination promises Mount St. Francis Center for Spirituality, during the Mass. 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount St. Francis. Rehearsals will begin at 6:30 p.m. Mass for legislators “Vocation Retreat,” single men 16-40. Infor- on March 19 and March 26 at the mation: 812-923-8817. Bishop Dale Melczek of the Gary Diocese was the primary celebrant for the Indiana Catholic Con- cathedral. To register for the choir, call ference Mass for legislators at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis on Feb. 6. Greeting March 15 the archdiocesan Office of Worship by Bishop Melczek are, from left, Speaker of the Indiana House, Rep. B. Patrick Bauer (D-South Bend), Oldenburg Franciscan Center, convent, Olden- March 8 at 317-236-1483 or 800-382- Rep. Scott Pelath (D-Michigan City) and Speaker Bauer’s Legislative Assistant, Justin Moed. burg. Day of Reflection, “In the Spirit, Signs 9836, ext. 1483. † The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 Page 7 Affordable housing bill passes in Indiana House

By Brigid Curtis Ayer relief shelters,” Bickel said, fund would pay the the rental income,” Bickel not benefit directly in the with ample affordable “but, unfortunately, due to difference of $500. said. “It’s a win-win sense of getting a check housing, emergency shelters “Providing affordable the enormous lack of “What’s situation. handed to them, but noted are “unequivocally housing is the single most affordable housing, these great about Indianapolis is there will be a tremendous necessary.” effective way to solve shelters have become how this also in a good benefit for those that they “There will always be homelessness in our state and permanent housing. This is fund works,” situation to serve because they will have people and families for some nation,” said Bill Bickel, completely unacceptable. Bickel said, handle a much better reason who will director of Holy “Our faith calls “is that poor increased chance to find need emergency Family Shelter us to uphold the people are rental tenants permanent housing, just like and Holy Family dignity of each not singled out by putting because there is ample stock housing, which there will always Transitional and every them in projects or of rental properties. In some he said is be a need in a Housing in person—including subsidized housing. Lower- states, they have to build, but equally or even community to have Indianapolis, the poor. Those income families could quite that would not be the case in more rewarding. an emergency which is part who are at or feasibly live side by side with Indianapolis since we have Bickel room at the of Catholic below the poverty other middle-class families. ample housing.” explained that hospital,” he said. Charities. “And level can receive a That’s the beauty about the Indiana is actually behind there are some Rep. Bardon is House Bill 1351 subsidy to pay for way this fund is set up the curve on this issue since concerns among hopeful that the will do just their housing because no one knows who is neighboring states already those who work bill will only Rep. Jeb Bardon that—help Bill Bickel under this bill. receiving the subsidy except have permanent funding with housing and improve as it provide affordable “For example, the owner or property sources for their affordable homelessness issues. Some makes its way through the housing in Indiana.” let’s say the rent of an manager who receives the housing funds, he noted. feel that with ample Senate. Rep. Jeb Bardon apartment is $750,” he said. check. Bickel, who also is an affordable housing some (D-Indianapolis), author of “A poor family could live in “The family maintains Indiana Catholic Conference lawmakers might think that (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a House Bill 1351, said, that apartment and pay $250, their dignity, and the board member, said his temporary shelters won’t be correspondent for The “There are two sides to this and the affordable housing property owner is guaranteed shelter and others like it will needed. But Bickel said, even Criterion.) † issue—a moral issue for society and a fiscal issue for government. This bill will help a segment of society that is struggling for survival.” The bill passed in the House by a 62-36 vote on Feb. 27. The groups expected to be helped by the bill include the homeless, many of whom are single moms with children; victims of domestic violence; former convicts and seniors in transition. “It will also help reunite families since one-third of all kids in foster care could go home if their family had a more stable housing situation,” Rep. Bardon said. He said that the only opposition to the bill is from the real estate and building industry because of the additional fees that they may have to pay when they get documents from the recorder’s office. “Some think that poverty and homelessness is only an urban issue, but it’s an issue that affects those living in rural counties as well,” he said. “We will get a better output on schools when poor children have a stable home environment,” Rep. Bardon said, “and also save on health care because there will be less of a need to use the emergency room on cold nights as a means to survive.” Rep. Bardon, who is a member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Indian- apolis, said “providing affordable housing for the poor is an issue everyone agrees is the ethical thing to do from a moral perspective and the right thing to do fiscally for the state, but there is a difference on how to achieve that.” Under House Bill 1351, affordable housing funds will be paid for by a mix of permanent funding sources, including new fees from the county recorder’s office, a portion of the interest from other state funds and an adjustment in big box retailers’ sales tax collection discount. Current law does not provide a permanent funding source for affordable housing. “Holy Family Shelter and crisis shelters in general were created to be temporary crisis Page 8 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 Parishes schedule annual Lenten penance ser vices

Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduled March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle, Fortville March 22, 7 p.m. at St. Bernard, Frenchtown communal penance services for Lent. The following is a list March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Simon the Apostle March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Lanesville of penance services that have been reported to The Criterion. March 26, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Bradford Due to space constraints, penance services scheduled later Indianapolis North Deanery March 29, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua, Clarksville during Lent may be omitted from the list in this week’s March 18, 3 p.m. deanery service at St. Pius X March 29, 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Sellersburg newspaper. However, the entire schedule is posted on March 19, 7 p.m. deanery service at St. Pius X April 1, 4 p.m. at Holy Family, New Albany The Criterion Online at www.CriterionOnline.com. March 20, 7 p.m. deanery service at St. Pius X March 21, 7 p.m. deanery service at St. Pius X Seymour Deanery Batesville Deanery March 7, 6 p.m. at St. Patrick, Salem March 4, 1 p.m. at St. Maurice, Napoleon Indianapolis South Deanery March 13, 6 p.m. at American Martyrs, Scottsburg March 4, 3 p.m. at Immaculate Conception, Millhousen March 6, 7 p.m. at SS. Francis and Clare, Greenwood March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Bartholomew, Columbus March 5, 7 p.m. at St. Louis, Batesville March 12, 7 p.m. at Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ March 21, 7 p.m. for Most Sorrowful Mother of God, Vevay, March 7, 7 p.m. at St. Martin, Yorkville March 13, 7 p.m. at Holy Name of Jesus, Beech Grove and Prince of Peace, Madison, at Prince of Peace, March 14, 7 p.m. at St. John the Baptist, Osgood March 19, 7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Madison March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg March 20, 7 p.m. for Good Shepherd and St. Roch at St. Roch March 20, 7:30 p.m. at St. Anne, Jennings County March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Bright March 21, 7 p.m. at St. Ann March 22, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Jennings County March 21, 7 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Rock, Franklin County March 21, 7 p.m. at St. Jude March 22, 7 p.m. at St. Peter, Franklin County April 2, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Greenwood, Greenwood Tell City Deanery March 27, 7 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist, Enochsburg March 18, 3 p.m. deanery service at St. Paul, Tell City March 28, 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County Indianapolis West Deanery March 21, 7 p.m. deanery service at St. Meinrad, St. March 30, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Greensburg March 7, 7 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace, Danville Meinrad March 10, 9 a.m. for St. Anthony and Holy Trinity at Bloomington Deanery St. Anthony Terre Haute Deanery March 1, 7 p.m. at St. Paul Catholic Center, Bloomington March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel the Archangel March 8, 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart, Clinton March 7, 7 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo, Bloomington March 13, 6:30 p.m. at St. Monica March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Rockville March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Agnes, Nashville March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More, Mooresville March 15, 7 p.m. deanery service at St. Paul the Apostle, March 22, 7 p.m. at St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Christopher Greencastle March 15, 7 p.m. at St. Malachy, Brownsburg March 22, 7 p.m. at Holy Rosary, Seelyville Connersville Deanery March 21, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph March 22, 7 p.m. deanery service at St. Patrick, Terre Haute March 6, 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth, Cambridge City March 27, 6:30 p.m. at St. Susanna, Plainfield March 29, 1:30 p.m. deanery service at Sacred Heart of March 7, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel, Connersville March 29, 7 p.m. at Holy Angels Jesus, Terre Haute March 8, 7 p.m. at St. Anne, New Castle March 29, 7 p.m. deanery service at St. Benedict, March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew, Richmond New Albany Deanery Terre Haute † March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Brookville March 7, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Charlestown March 21, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Rushville March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Navilleton March 29, 7 p.m. at St. Bridget, Liberty March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Corydon Lenten activities available online March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds Knobs Be sure to visit The Criterion’s Lenten Web page Indianapolis East Deanery March 18, 4:30 p.m. for Our Lady of Perpetual Help, at www.archindy.org/lent. March 7, 1:30 p.m. at St. Philip Neri New Albany, and St. Mary, New Albany, at St. Mary, The page consists of links to daily readings, a March 8, 7 p.m. for SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Mary New Albany Lenten column by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, and Holy Cross at Holy Cross March 20, 7 p.m. for St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, and a full list of communal penance services taking place March 12, 7 p.m. for St. Bernadette, St. Therese of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Jeffersonville, at Most Sacred at parishes and other features. † Infant Jesus (Little Flower) and Our Lady of Lourdes at Heart of Jesus, Jeffersonville Our Lady of Lourdes March 21, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Clark County

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—During a the fact that Rome’s pastors come from 90-minute question-and-answer session several nations, and include both young with pastors from the Diocese of Rome, and old priests. Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the priests Responding to a question about L'Osservatore Romano to face challenges with trust that God’s incidents in which the Eucharist had been love will have the last word. desecrated, Pope Benedict said that, when The pope’s remarks were punctuated faced with any sign of evil, “we must by applause and laughter, including his look deeper, to the Lord who offered CNS photo/Reuters, own, as he responded on Feb. 22 to reparation for the sins of the world.” questions about youth ministry, prayer, While it may appear to many people eucharistic adoration, religious art, that the balance between good and evil in Scripture, theology and the activities of the world is tipped toward evil, “the Lord new ecclesial put the immensely movements. greater weight of good The laughter and ‘The sign that we truly on the scale” with his applause came not only have prayed, that we death and resurrection, when the pope pointed have had an encounter the pope said. out that several of the “God himself questions were really with Christ, is that we entered history,” he mini-speeches, but also are there for others.’ said, and believers are when he confessed that called to imitate his he, too, found it difficult — Pope Benedict XVI love and mercy, adding to fulfill the biblical call further to the side of Pope Benedict XVI greets pastors from the Diocese of Rome during a meeting with them at the Vatican to work during the day good. on Feb. 22. In a meeting punctuated by applause and laughter, the pope responded to questions on a and pray at night. Asked how to be effective in youth variety of topics and encouraged priests to set aside time for prayer. Knowing that the priests were aware of ministry, the pope said, “unfortunately, I his packed daily schedule, the pope said, live fairly far [from this reality] and The process is a source of good for Christ is its arrival point,” the pope said. “I must confess here that I cannot pray at cannot give many concrete suggestions.” others as well, he said, because when Pope Benedict also cautioned against night; I want to sleep.” But, he said, the key thing is to be someone experiences his own short- anyone thinking they understand However, he said, the only way to give close to young people, giving them proof comings and forgiveness of his faults, he everything the Bible has to say. a spiritual component to every activity that “living a Christian life is possible finds it easier to accept the shortcomings “It is beautiful having understood a bit, that makes up a modern pastor’s day is to today.” of others and offer them pardon. but knowing at the same time that it is an set aside time for prayer. Most young people today “live in a A Rome pastor, lamenting the fact that unfathomable treasure waiting to be “It is easier to say than to do,” he said, world far from God and in this cultural many Catholics are ignorant of the Bible, discovered,” he said. “but we must try. context find Christ and the Christian life, asked the pope how priests should “The word of God is always greater “The sign that we truly have prayed, the life of faith, difficult,” he said. approach educating the faithful to read the than we are,” the pope said in response to that we have had an encounter with Pope Benedict said no one, young Scriptures. a question about multiple schools of Christ, is that we are there for others,” the people included, should be led to think The pope said he hoped that the theology and interpretation. “Different pope said. that “it is possible all at once to live a October 2008 world Synod of Bishops approaches are always needed. At the beginning of the gathering, an 100 percent Christian life, without doubts would provide concrete suggestions, but “The theologian, in his professional annual papal tradition, Pope Benedict told and sins.” in the meantime he wanted to emphasize responsibility and capacity, must try to find the priests, “I am particularly pleased to The Christian life, he said, is a the importance of seeing each passage as paths that respond to the challenges of our hear from my clergy, to feel like a continuing process of conversion, of a tiny part of one large story, the story of time,” he said, “while at the same time, bishop.” stumbling, asking forgiveness and starting God’s saving actions. being aware that all of this must take place He also told them he took comfort in over. “It is a journey that has a direction, and within the faith of the Church.” †

Legacy for Our Mission: For Our Children and the Future Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House Meets Changing Needs

ent is not only the busiest season at Our Lady of our facilities accessible to all, we need to upgrade the Please visit the new online home of the Legacy for Our LFatima Retreat House in Indianapolis, but this year building’s infrastructure, and we need to renovate our Mission campaign at www.archindy.org/legacy. It can also it also provides the occasion to introduce two new activi- guest rooms,” Wagner explained. be accessed at www.LegacyforOurMission.org. ties to make its programs even more attractive to participants. An internationally known author spoke during a “Our goal is to provide a physical environment condu- retreat on the first weekend of Lent, and the first of two cive to spiritual renewal and, quite frankly, surveys of one-night retreats was held this past weekend. past guests reveal that we need to get this work done. Marriage Preparation Program Funding from the Legacy for Our Mission campaign will An Investment in the Future “We are continually searching for ways to better meet allow us to make these improvements more quickly so When Molly Palmatier and Scott Tittle became the enrichment needs of our participants,” said Rick we can provide a comfortable and welcoming environ- engaged, they knew it would be a big step and they Wagner, director of Our Lady of Fatima. For the first time ment for our participants,” Wagner added. wanted to make sure their marriage would be based in several years, the retreat house offered a program by on a solid Catholic foundation. So, they decided a world-renowned speaker, Matthew Kelly. Guest rooms Since moving to its present location on the northeast side to pull themselves away from the many details of for Kelly’s sessions on “What is God’s Dream for You?” of Indianapolis in 1963, Our Lady of Fatima has served wedding planning and day-to-day responsibilities were sold out weeks beforehand, although registration more than 250,000 retreatants. This number includes to make an investment in their relationship. They was available for day-attendees. “We were delighted with participants in the archdiocesan marriage preparation enrolled in the Tobit Marriage Preparation Program the response, which we took as a strong indication of program offered eight times throughout the year on the at Our Lady of Fatima. interest in such programs,” Wagner said. 13-acre wooded campus. “Our time together was wonderful,” Our Lady of Fatima’s one-night retreats were introduced Palmatier recalled. in response to declining registrations for the traditional “We provide the time and place. God provides the hope.” “We had known other full-weekend sessions, a trend being seen across the coun- couples who had try. “Parish Life Center programs have increased over the taken the program years, partially meeting a need for renewal and spiritual “This is both an exciting and a challenging time for us. and our priest had reflection. We want to supplement those programs, so we We want our programs and our facilities to be flexible, recommended it.” Was she glad they com- decided to offer a shorter retreat period for those who also inviting and hospitable so that everyone feels welcome. pleted the program? participate in their parish enrichment programs. We try We want to provide a spiritual place where participants can build a relationship with God. We provide the time “Absolutely! We got to do what we can to offer people choices,” Wagner ex- to spend some special and place. God provides the hope,” Wagner said. plained. He added that Our Lady of Fatima will continue time together and talk to offer the traditional two-night retreats. about our relationship Legacy for Our Mission, the archdiocesan capital campaign, is guided by the principles of Christian stewardship and addresses the and how God will Offering the new single-night retreats will mean even needs of archdiocesan ministries such as Our Lady of Fatima Retreat be a part of it.” The more wear and tear on the residence building, now more House. By contributing to the Legacy for Our Mission campaign couple’s life together will begin Sept. 1 when they are than four decades old. “The realities of maintaining a through your local parish, a portion of your gift will be allocated to married at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. building of this age are now upon us. We need to make ministries such as Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House. Page 10 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 Niece of late civil rights leader committed to pro-life movement

Batesville Mass honors St. Theodora By Sean Gallagher

BATESVILLE—Catholics from the Batesville Deanery gathered with Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein on the evening of Feb. 26 at St. Louis Church in Batesville for a Mass in the continuing series of liturgies throughout the archdiocese in honor of St. Theodora Guérin, Indiana’s first saint. Regina Gerstbauer sits on the lap of her mother, Cindy, during the Feb. 26 Mass in honor of St. Theodora Guérin at St. Louis Although the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Church in Batesville. Regina’s sister, Rachel, sits to the right of their mother. All are members of St. Louis Parish. the religious order founded by St. Theodora, have only a brief record of ministry in the deanery when compared to their historical The Sisters of St. Francis, based in Oldenburg, have a example for our younger children that saints aren’t presence in other parts of the archdiocese, those at the Mass were long history of ministry in the Batesville Deanery. somebody way out there, but they’re somebody eager to honor the woman that the archbishop described as Franciscan Sister Christine Ernstes, parish life who lived in Indiana.” “the virtual founder of much of Catholic education in our part of coordinator at Immaculate Conception Parish in Millhousen The next deanery Mass in honor of the world.” and St. Denis Parish in Jennings County, was pleased to St. Theodora will start at 10 a.m. on March 12 at “It’s very special,” said Denny Lents, a member of St. Louis honor St. Theodora. St. Anthony Church in the Indianapolis West Parish in Batesville. “It’s like the icing on the cake when the “I think it’s a privilege to be able to celebrate [her] and to Deanery. That Mass will include students from archbishop comes here and dedicates her here to the deanery.” have a saint in our own midst,” she said. “I think [she’s] an Catholic schools. †

Retired Father Frank Eckstein, who offers sacramental assistance to

St. Charles Sean Gallagher Photos by Borromeo Parish in Milan, distributes Communion during a Feb. 26 Mass in honor of St. Theodora Guérin at St. Louis Church in Batesville.

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein receives an offertory gift from Audrey Wilson, a member of St. Louis Parish in Batesville, during the Feb. 26 Mass. Altar server Ryan Brebberman, a member of St. Louis Parish, stands to the archbishop’s right.

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They headed for the dance floor, smiling and laughing, Submitted photo and for making knowing this was the way that Barbara and Joseph Krier the lives of others would have wanted them to be. better, the late After all, if there were ever two Joseph and people who knew how to have a good Barbara Krier will time—and wanted to share that also be feeling with others—the Kriers were remembered by that couple. their friends In fact, the Kriers were part of a through a remarkable group of friends that first scholarship that formed in their high school days in helps students at Indianapolis during the early 1970s. Bishop Chatard The group included seven couples High School in who started dating in their junior Indianapolis. year—seven couples who defied the Emily Schafer odds of teen romance and stayed together, seven couples who would later marry and stay close friends with the others, seven couples who went on vacations together, became godparents to each others’ children and continued to celebrate their annual Christmas dinner together. So when the news came on Jan. 1, 2006, that Barb and Joe Krier had been killed in a small plane crash, it devastated same couples at this Christmas dinner party. We were always Her mood brightens when she talks about the tribute to her the other six couples: Ron and Celeste Thompson, Tom and drawn together by Barb and Joe. That gift of friendship is one parents. Cindy Mattingly, Patty and Tom O’Connor, Jim and Sherry of the most treasured gifts we have.” “Last year’s dance was pretty amazing. I was excited to see Pappas, John and Celeste Kennedy, and Dave and Cathy “It was very difficult to lose two very good friends like the support. It was like a big party. My parents would have Dunwiddie. that,” Ron Thompson says. “We always did everything loved it. My dad was always the life of the party, and my They shook their heads in disbelief. They shared their tears, together. Everything that Joe and Barb did was to make your mom was a good planner of them so they wouldn’t have their memories and their concern for their friends’ three life and my life better. Barb volunteered two or three days a wanted it any other way.” children, who had been injured in the crash. And in the weeks week at nursing homes, taking Communion to people. Joe flew The fundraiser meant even more when the Krier children that followed, as their heartbreak continued, they tried to find plane trips for Angel Flight,” a national network that arranges and the six other couples met the student who benefited from a way to honor two of their best friends. free air transportation in small private the event—Emily Schafer of St. Lawrence Parish in The plan evolved into a good-time, ‘It was very difficult to lose planes for patients and their families to Indianapolis. tropical-themed dance party that would two very good friends like specialized medical facilities during times “I met her when we presented the award to her,” Theresa raise money for a scholarship to help a that. We always did of family, community and national crisis. says. “She’s amazing. She’s done a really good job of student attend Bishop Chatard High “Joe put himself through Chatard. representing the award and my parents—being a good friend, School in Indianapolis. It’s the school everything together. When he was in school, he started a doing volunteer work, having good values, working in the where the Kriers began to date and where Everything that Joe and janitorial service and cleaned restaurants Church. She’s helping with the Tropical Tribute this year. their friendships with the other Barb did was to make at night. It meant a lot to Joe and Barb She’s already held a bake sale for it, and she’s going to help us six couples started to grow. your life and my life that they went to Chatard and their kids set up and decorate the room before everyone arrives. She’s The second annual Tropical Tribute to better.’ went there.” also going to bring some of the desserts.” the Kriers will be on March 9 at the The Krier children have had to make At Chatard, Emily is a manager for the volleyball team Northside Knights of Columbus Hall in — Ron Thompson their own recoveries, both physically and and a member of the Student Council, the pro-life group Indianapolis. emotionally. and the executive council of the school’s dance marathon “Last year’s tribute was fun, and we made sure it was,” At 23, Drew is a senior at Ball State University, scheduled that helps raise funds for Riley Hospital for Children in says Ron Thompson, one-half of one of the seven couples to graduate in May with a degree in business administration. At Indianapolis. who all have ties to Bishop Chatard’s graduating class of 21, Matt is also at Ball State, majoring in marketing. At 25, Emily just wants to live up to the example of the Kriers, 1974. “Barb and Joe wouldn’t have liked it if we didn’t have a Theresa is a researcher for a biotechnology company in Indian- who were members of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis. fun time. We made it a tropical tribute because Joe had a band apolis. This year, she is also on the planning committee for the “The scholarship definitely helped a lot,” Emily says. “I that played ‘island’ type of music, like Jimmy Buffet. We Tropical Tribute to her parents. don’t think I would have been able to go to Chatard without it. decided to do it like Barb and Joe were there.” Theresa pauses when she considers a question about her life From what I’ve been told, they really seemed like amazing That night—and especially the purpose of the event— since the tragic crash. people. They helped their community a lot. They’re really helped to ease some of the heartbreak for their closest friends. “It’s been very hard,” she says. “It’s also brought out good role models to live up to.” “We were crushed by what happened,” Patty O’Connor qualities I never thought I had—strength and courage. It’s been Theresa Krier feels the same way. Helping with the tribute says. “Every year, since we started dating, Barb hosted the very sad.” is one more way to connect her with her parents. It reminds her of the deep friendship her parents had with the six other couples. It reminds her of the deep love her parents had for her and her brothers. Lay master’s degree “I feel like I’m making a difference,” Theresa says. “This is Don’t you students at Saint something close to me. It really means a lot to me. I think it’s really nice that my parents’ friends have set this up. 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(Editor’s note: This is the first in a think about the place of food in my life, Ash Wednesday three-part Lenten series reflecting on the and about the Lenten rules for Catholics on and Good Friday spiritual practices of fasting, almsgiving fasting and abstinences. are penitential and prayer.) Why do we fast? Why do we abstain days of fast in the from meat? What is the spiritual meaning Latin Church. By Julie McCarty behind these customs? Those age 18 to Special to The Criterion My questions began one Lenten day Wiechec CNS photo illustration/Nancy 59 ordinarily are several years ago when my husband, Terry, obliged to observe I’m probably the last person who should and I, exhausted after a busy work week, these fast days by write about fasting. Just mention the word went to a popular seafood restaurant. We not eating and my mind fills with delectable images had never been to this place, and we went between meals of chocolate-frosted early, hoping to avoid the crowd of and by having no donuts, candy bars, Catholics seeking fish on Friday. more than one and potato chips When we arrived, the lobby was already main meal and draped luxuriously jammed with people waiting for tables. two smaller meals. around a bowl of Some were sitting at the bar, sipping wine onion dip. and looking over menus of lobster, When it comes crab legs and other elegant seafood body can’t tolerate water, then you might as If we give up rude, crude or mean- to performance creations. well drink wine. That would be more spirited comments, we can focus our ratings in fasting, As we stood in the long wait for a table, appropriate than drinking exquisite liquors communication on listening to others and I’m in the lowest Terry and I began to feel very uncomfort- during Lent. saying words that build bridges between percentile. able. Something was tugging our Augustine reminded people that the people. In the classic consciences: Is this the true spirit of Lenten point of fasting or abstinence from certain All that we do during Lent must be Julie McCarty work Confessions, penance, enjoying cocktails and refined foods is not only to grow in self-control, done for a good purpose. In this spiritual St. Augustine writes about his struggles to dining? but also to become more aware of the season, we reflect more deeply on control various appetites in his life. Sixteen centuries ago, Augustine plight of the poor, who face an empty Christ, who was willing to die on the Although many of us know of observed a similar phenomenon. stomach every day. He taught that what we cross out of love for us. Augustine’s struggle with sexual desires, In a homily, he wrote about some people save by not eating certain foods should be We seek to become more like Jesus, probably few realize he also wrestled with of his day who were giving up their given to the hungry. the Son of God, who cared immensely his appetite for food. ordinary table wine as a Lenten penance. In Augustine’s words still ring true today. for the poor, the lonely, the lost and the Augustine noticed that while one might place of wine, these people were drinking The spirit of Lent involves replacing what broken-hearted. give up sexual encounters altogether, it more costly, exotic liquors, ones so rare we “give up” with something better. In doing so, we prepare for the would be impossible to live without food even the wine dealers had never seen them. What good is giving up television if one celebration of Easter joy with genuine love and drink. Augustine pointed out the ridiculousness becomes addicted instead to computer of God and each other. The problem, he found, was that when of this practice, noticing that instead of games or surfing the Web? If we give up This is the true spirit of Lent. he ate what he needed to stay healthy, he rejoicing at Easter, such people would television, we can use the time saved for soon wanted to eat still more just for surely be downcast because of having to many other good things: reading to our Next week: Almsgiving pleasure, and then he found himself give up exquisite liquors to return to children, praying, visiting lonely people, gradually skipping down the path of over- ordinary wine. romancing one’s spouse, getting more sleep (Julie McCarty, M.A.T., is a freelance indulgence. To eat moderately is more Augustine preached that those who gave or exercise, or volunteering at a homeless writer and author of The Pearl of Great difficult than going to one extreme (trying up wine for Lent ought to replace it with shelter. Price: Gospel Wisdom for Christian to starve yourself) or the other (gluttony). water, the drink of the poor. If we give up candy, we can eat apples Marriage, Liturgical Press, forthcoming Augustine’s thoughts on food make me He even went so far as to say if your instead. July 2007.) †

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Page 14 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 12 Sisters of Providence celebrate 70 years of ser vice Twelve Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Women’s External Degree (WED) program adviser at Aug. 15, 1944. recently celebrated the 70th anniversary of their entrance into Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College from 1969-87. She also Sister Maureen Clare graduated from Saint Mary-of-the- the congregation. ministered in community service at Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in Latin then earned a They are Sisters Catherine Ellen Joy, Beth Kelso, Mary Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from master’s degree in Latin at Marquette Michael Lager, Maureen Clare Lehmann, Agnes Pauline 2002-03. University and a master’s degree in Meinert, Dorothy McLaughlin, Edwardine McNulty, Sister Beth also taught at the former theology at Boston College. Ann Denise Reger, Joseph Miriam Sheehan, Charles Ellen Ladywood High School in Indianapolis In the archdiocese, Sister Maureen Turk, Mary Isabelle Welsh and Serena Ziolkowski. from 1956-58 and the former St. Agnes Clare served on the general adminis- A native of Chicago, Providence Sister Catherine Ellen Joy Academy in Indianapolis from 1959-68 tration staff at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods currently ministers as a member of the residential services as well as at Catholic high schools in from 1993-2002. staff at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Vincennes, Ind., and Fort Wayne, Ind. She taught at Catholic high schools She entered the congregation on She also ministered in Illinois, in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Vincennes, Jan. 11, 1936, from Maternity Massachusetts, California and Ind., and also ministered in Maryland, Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Sr. Beth Kelso, S.P. Washington, D.C. Massachusetts, Illinois and Chicago and professed perpetual A native of New Orleans, Sr. Maureen Clare Washington, D.C. vows on Aug. 15, 1944. Sister Mary Michael Lager currently ministers in prayer at Lehmann, S.P. A native of Cicero, Ill., Sister Agnes Sister Catherine Ellen graduated Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Pauline Meinert currently ministers as a from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College She entered the congregation on July 16, 1936, from member of the residential services staff at Saint Mary-of-the- with a bachelor’s degree in education. St. Boniface Parish in Germantown, Ill., and professed Woods. In the archdiocese, Sister perpetual vows on Jan. 23, 1945. She entered the congregation on Feb. 10, 1936, from St. Catherine Ellen taught at St. Patrick Sister Mary Michael graduated from Mel Parish in Chicago and professed perpetual vows on Aug. Sr. Catherine School in Terre Haute from Purdue University with a degree in 15, 1944. Ellen Joy, S.P. 1952-55, served as a pastoral care pharmacy. Sister Agnes Pauline graduated from assistant at Saint Mary-of-the- In the archdiocese, Sister Mary Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with Woods from 1986-91 and ministered on the Resource Michael served as a pharmacist, a bachelor’s degree in education then Center staff there from 1991-99. laboratory technician, radiology earned a master’s degree in education at She also taught at Catholic schools in Evansville, Ind.; technician and nurse’s aide at St. Louis University. Loogootee, Ind.; Jasper, Ind.; and Illinois. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from In the archdiocese, Sister Agnes A native of Chicago, Sister Beth Kelso, formerly 1953-90. Pauline served on the Gift Shop staff at Sister Thomas Aquinas, currently ministers as a member of She also ministered on the Office of the Providence Center at the mother- the residential services staff at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sr. Mary Michael Congregational Advancement staff house from 1996-2001. She entered the congregation on Feb. 12, 1936, from Lager, S.P. from 1991-97 and residential services She taught at the former Ladywood St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Chicago and professed perpetual staff from 1997-2004 as well as serving Sr. Agnes Pauline School in Indianapolis from 1938-39 vows on Aug. 15, 1944. as an instructor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College from Meinert, S.P. and the former Holy Trinity School in Sister Beth graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 1953-60 and ministering in Illinois. New Albany from 1939-42, and served College with a bachelor’s degree in English then earned a A native of Chelsea, Mass., Sister Maureen Clare Lehmann as principal of St. Joan of Arc School in Indianapolis from master’s degree in Latin at Loyola University and a master’s currently ministers in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. 1961-67. degree in Spanish at Indiana University. She entered the congregation on Feb. 10, 1936, from Sister Agnes Pauline also taught at Catholic schools in In the archdiocese, Sister Beth served as an instructor St. Rose Parish in Chelsea, and professed perpetual vows on Vincennes, Ind., and Fort Wayne, Ind., and ministered in Massachusetts, Illinois and Washington, D.C. A native of Butte, Mont., Sister Dorothy McLaughlin, formerly Sister Dorothy Clare, currently ministers in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Pilgrimage trips conducted by She entered the congregation on Jan. 11, 1936, from St. Andrew Parish in Chicago and professed perpetual vows GOLDEN FRONTIER on Jan. 23, 1944. Golden Frontier is sponsored by Catholic Shrine Pilgrimage, Sister Dorothy graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a Catholic Non-Profit Organization a bachelor’s degree in education then 1-888-284-6725 — w ww.goldenfrontier.org —Fax: 618-234-9861 earned a master’s degree in education at Indiana State University. 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By Fr. Thomas A. Thompson, S.M.

Mountains traditionally are known as places of prayer and revelation. During Lent, we go up with Jesus to Wittman CNS photo/Bill the “mountain apart.” The ascent can mean that during Lent we take some time to rise above our immediate daily concerns to survey our lives and examine the type of person we are becoming in life. In this light, the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults poses such questions as these: • What are you looking for in life? • What are your goals and ideals? • As a Catholic, how are you searching for God? • Why does seeking God keep your relationship with him dynamic? Every second Sunday of Lent, the liturgy presents the Gospel of the Lord’s Transfiguration, which occurred on the “mountain apart,” traditionally identified as Mount Tabor. Jesus was accompanied by Peter, James and John, his three closest disciples, the same ones who later will be with him in the Garden of Gethsemane. Reaching the mountaintop, Jesus was transfigured or transformed The sun rises over the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Two events of Jesus’ life, his baptism and transfiguration, manifest not only his identity as “God’s beloved before them. “The appearance of his Son,” but also his mission to reveal God’s love to the world on the cross. During Lent, we go up with Jesus to the “mountain apart.”The ascent can mean face changed, and his clothes became that during Lent we take some time to rise above our immediate daily concerns to survey our lives and examine the type of person we are becoming in life. dazzling white” (Lk 9:29). Two events of Jesus’ life, his baptism In the face of Christ, we visualize our mountain. Come down. ... Work, spend wise Jesuit director said he did not want and transfiguration, manifest not only family and community members, the yourself, accept even sufferings and us to make resolutions. Instead, he his identity as “God’s beloved Son,” but needy of the world, and those who have torments in order that, through the wanted us to make a total dedication of also his mission to reveal God’s love to preceded us and will follow us. We brightness and beauty of good works, our lives to Christ and his kingdom. the world on the cross. haven’t seen God, but Christ comes to you may possess in charity what is We contemplate the face of Jesus on In Luke’s account of the Transfigu- be the narrator, the spokesman, the symbolized in the Lord’s white the mountain and then set forward ration, Jesus speaks with Moses and image of God. garments.” steadfastly toward Jerusalem. The Elijah about his “exodus,” a reference to St. Thomas Aquinas tells us that as After our descent, we ask whether journey to Jerusalem consists in the his death and resurrection, which will the baptism of the Lord was a sign of the encounter on the mountain has community virtues, such as humility, occur in Jerusalem (Lk 9:30). The our rebirth, so the Transfiguration is the changed us. patience and self-denial—all necessary exodus was ancient Israel’s passage sacrament of “our second rebirth, our We may have past experiences with for living with others. from slavery to freedom. It prefigured own resurrection.” Lenten programs that required a certain But the journey also means living the paschal mystery and our own The Resurrection is the completion of number of practices. Reports on honestly, truthfully and with integrity as passage from death to life. the new creation inaugurated by Christ. New Year’s Day resolutions frequently well as treating others with respect and At the Transfiguration, Jesus accepts What the Apostles witnessed on the deal with fitness, diet, time management cultivating the life of faith, joy and this mission and speaks of it to the mountain anticipated the Resurrection. or programs about positive thinking. gratitude. Growth in those virtues Apostles. He “sets his face” steadfastly We also occasionally have glimpses of These are all matters to be dealt with in usually is not quantified easily, but is for the journey to Jerusalem. the Resurrection when we experience life, but resolutions alone are usually acquired through loving contemplation As we entered Christianity’s third love, acceptance and beauty. short-lived. of the face of Christ. millennium, Pope John Paul II Prayer is meant to strengthen our Transformation into Christ usually is When adding the Transfiguration to frequently exhorted us “to contemplate anticipation of that new creation. Peter’s not attained by resolutions alone. the rosary’s Mysteries of Light, Pope the face of Christ.” sentiments are our own when he says, More than 40 years ago, I had the John Paul II commented that this Similarly, the Compendium of the “Lord, it is good for us to be here” experience of making the 30-day “Spiritual biblical event was the foremost mystery Catechism of the Catholic Church (Mt 17:4). Exercises” of St. Ignatius. From past of light, illuminating both the identity begins not with words but with an The Transfiguration also involves the training, I thought that the resolutions a and the mission of Christ as well as our illustration of “the icon of Christ.” We descent from the mountain and the person makes at the end of a retreat should own. gaze steadily at “the face of Christ”— return to the challenges of the day. be proportional to the length of the the true icon through which we see the In a homily on the Transfiguration, program. It would seem that 30 days (Marianist Father Thomas A. Thompson is face of a loving God and in which we St. Augustine calls out, “Come down, requires some hefty resolves. director of the Marian Library at the see ourselves and all humanity. Peter! You wanted to rest up on the But on the program’s last day, the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.) † Discussion Point Culture influences people’s values This Week’s Question “Yes. It’s frustrating choosing movies [to watch]. I don’t think most new movies reflect my values. Too Do you ever feel frustrated in your efforts to live by many of the wrong messages [are] coming through your true priorities? Why? in the new ones so I watch old ones.” (Barbara Klundt, Security, Colo.) “Yes, because society and the media keep projecting the opposite of my true Christian values.” (Annette Lend Us Your Voice Williams, Middlebury, Conn.)

“No, because I know what I believe and feel so An upcoming edition asks: Do you think you have strongly about it that I don’t think anything could grown as a result of suffering? How? sway me. There are frustrations in life, but I look to the Church, where my priorities are, and my answers To respond for possible publication, send an are there. When I have to face something difficult, e-mail to [email protected] or write to my favorite saying is ‘Nothing is impossible with Faith Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, God.’ ” (Loretta Fragnito, Philadelphia, Pa.) D.C. 20017-1100. † Wittman CNS photo/Bill Page 16 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith, Hope and Charity/David Siler The Psalms were the prayers Jesus prayed Poverty is

(Nineteenth in a series) For night prayer with his family, he chose each day. Psalms 51, 25, 67 and 130. Praise of God is the most common an unnatural Many Catholics have never been taught Toward the end of his life, he wrote an theme of the Psalms. Indeed, the Psalms to appreciate the Psalms. extended commentary on Psalm 91, and were collected into five books of the disaster That’s too bad while in prison he collected verses from Psalter, which means “Praises.” But there because these ancient 31 Psalms to form one powerful prayer he are many other forms of prayer, too— Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese Jewish prayers remain could pray in his cell. His final prayer was lament, contrition, petition, thanksgiving. of Indianapolis is joining with Catholic essential to the life of Psalm 51. Some, too, reflect Jewish history and Charities USA in the Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church theology. their Campaign to Part of a Psalm is calls the Psalms “the masterwork of prayer They usually are simple prayers and they Reduce Poverty in included in almost in the Old Testament” (#2596). They were sound spontaneous, but some are literary America, which every Mass. But, too composed from the time of David until after masterpieces, especially Psalm 119. By far outlines the aggres- often, those at Mass the exile to Babylon, but not as late as the the longest psalm in the Psalter, it has sive goal of reducing don’t pray those Psalms Maccabean period, about 165 B.C. 176 verses. It is an acrostic: Its 22 stanzas poverty in our with any great devotion. Most of the Psalms were composed for (of eight verses each) are in the order of the country by 50 percent The Psalms were the prayers that Jesus liturgical worship, although they are both Hebrew alphabet and each verse within a by 2020. prayed. As any good Jewish boy of his time, personal and communal. Today, someone stanza starts with the same letter. Through local and he probably knew most of the 150 Psalms who prays the entire Liturgy of the Hours Everyone can have his or her favorite national efforts, we by heart. Even on the cross, he prayed over a four-week period will pray at least psalms. Mine are Psalms 8, 15, 23, 25, 27, hope to educate you and call you to Psalm 22, which begins, “My God, my parts of 146 Psalms. They will not pray 42, 51, 84, 90, 100, 103, 130, 139, 145 action to help our brothers and sisters in God, why have you abandoned me?” And Palms 54, 58, 83 and 109. They either and 150. need in our neighborhoods and nation. his final words, “Lord, into your hands I contain accusations against God himself or St. Ambrose wrote, “A Psalm is a Poverty is a problem that demands commend my spirit,” is from Psalm 31. curse antagonists. blessing on the lips of the people, praise of everyone’s attention. St. Thomas More loved the Psalms. Some Psalms are prayed more often than God, the assembly’s homage, a general In our own local programs to provide Some of them were part of his daily others are. The one prayed most frequently acclamation, a word that speaks for all, the crisis relief, such as food, clothing and prayers, particularly the seven penitential is Psalm 95, since it is the Invitatory Psalm, voice of the Church, a confession of faith in emergency shelter, we continue to see an Psalms—6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130 and 143. a call to praise God, the first prayer of song.” † increased demand for the most basic necessities of life. Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes An especially alarming trend is in the demand for the basics by families who are working one or more full-time jobs, but In today’s world, women are hard to keep in check cannot make ends meet. At our homeless shelters in Indian- Women are a tough bunch to control, by said until he could point out a section of the And how about the woman who, apolis (Holy Family Shelter) and Terre and large. Or should I say, small and large? Israeli constitution requiring women to sit according to Jesus’ friends, wasted Haute (Bethany House),we are privileged Anyway, according to in the back of public vehicles, she would expensive oils anointing his feet and then to care for homeless families, which now some people, they not move. He backed down, but the woman drying them with her hair? She was make up more than 40 percent of the really need to be kept reported that other women have actually determined to show her affection and homeless population. (The other in line. been physically assaulted in such incidents. respect no matter what the men thought. 60 percent is homeless, single men.) This morning, I Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women are well- The men’s attitude, sometimes verified Seven out of 10 people we serve in heard a Jewish woman covered, the speaker said, and she fears that by the Church, considered all women to be our homeless shelters are children— on National Public wearing veils may be next for everyone. occasions of sin because of Eve’s innocent victims of poverty. Radio speaking about Not only that, some conservative men have successful temptation of Adam. Never mind Who are the poor in our own state of the “Talibanization,” as called for an end to education for all Israeli that he was as guilty as she. Indiana? I will answer this question first she called it, of Israeli women after they finish high school. Maybe this streak of independence is as a social worker: They are children. society. Well, we may say, these people are all what gets women in trouble. Men were in Eighteen percent of Hoosier children She said that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men Middle Easterners, still tribal in their charge early on because the times required are living in poor families (defined as a are trying to put Israeli women in inferior customs and attitudes. They fear giving it. They got used to their role as hunters and family of four earning less than $20,000 positions in public and private life. They’re equal power to women who are, after all, warriors, and needed to protect and provide per year), and 37 percent live in low- copying what the Taliban did to women in smaller and weaker, and even described for their families. Women and children income families (family of four earning Afghanistan and other places in the Middle as less important in the Old Testament understood that and went along with the less than $38,000 per year). East before the American invasion. and the Koran. They need to be kept in arrangement. They are mentally ill war veterans, These ultra-Orthodox believers do not their place. Today, when hunting and warring are not the elderly, the uninsured and the confine their efforts to women of their own Remember the Blessed Virgin? She, too, usually necessary, women are getting uneducated. The poor are often charac- sect either. The speaker said she was was a Middle Easterner with similar feistier and even harder to control. terized as lazy and content to depend on threatened by several men to move to a customs in her society. And look how Nowadays, they not only talk a lot and government programs to meet their back seat on a public bus because they felt uppity she was! At the wedding in Cana, argue back, but also write grant applications financial needs. she was dressed “immodestly.” She said she she ignored her son’s warning that he and law briefs and medical diagnoses. They We meet very, very few of these was dressed in ordinary women’s clothing wasn’t ready to be revealed as God yet and behave like men’s equals. people in our 36 Catholic Charities like that worn in Europe and the U.S. confidently told the waiters, “Just do what But then, that’s the way God made them. programs because there are very few One of the men who threatened her was he says.” She knew there would be wine who fit this description. a 300-pound bully who stuck his long beard forthcoming, and the best wine at that. (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the Second, I answer the question about in her face and barked orders to move. Women, especially mothers, can be like Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular the poor as a Catholic. The poor are our Unfazed, she looked him in the eyes and that with their sons, son of God or not. columnist for The Criterion.) † brothers and our sisters. The poor are Christ in our midst. As outlined in Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister 1 Corinthians 12, when one member of the body suffers, we all suffer. Many parts of the body in our city, A few words for youth from Pope John Paul II state, country and world are suffering and, therefore, we are suffering. Every morning, along with more than have been so rampant that conscientious out of love for our neighbor. The Asian tsunamis and the Gulf 240,000 other subscribers, I receive an parents worry about what their children “Where the particular area of sexuality Coast hurricanes were natural disasters. e-mail containing a are exposed to and what they experience is concerned, we know the firm position Poverty is an unnatural disaster—a Scripture passage and when out and about with friends. Even he took in defending the indissolubility of disaster of our own making. However, related reading when parents teach Church and biblical marriage and his condemnation even as the hope lies right here. We can solve provided by the guidelines through their words and regards the simple adultery committed in this problem. U.S. Confraternity of actions, youths often rebel. This goes with the heart. …” We will reach and exceed the goals of Christian Doctrine. the territory. Pope John Paul II then stressed the the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in This e-mail arrives So, I was thrilled to find that the dignity of our being created “in the image America when we muster the individual free from the Daily Daily Gospel Organization included in a and likeness of God” (Gn 1:27), adding and collective will to do so. Gospel Organization, daily reading the following words from that licentiousness and the consumer You can begin first by educating which is maintained Pope John Paul II’s discourse to youth in society do not bring happiness or joy to yourself. through tax-deductible the Netherlands: the heart. Yet the Gospel message is one Excellent information can be found at donations (www.dailygospel.org). “Dear Youth, you tell me that you often of joy! How is this possible? www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/poverty/ and Last month, shortly after talking with a think the Church is an institution that does The Holy Father said: “The answer can www.povertyusa.org. friend about the negative impact that nothing but promulgate rules and laws. … be found in one word, one single word, You can give to causes that serve the modern culture is having on our youth, You conclude that there is a deep one short word, but its contents are as vast poor and those that seek to bring people I coincidentally received related advice discrepancy between the joy that issues as the sea. And that word is love. It is out of poverty for good. You can lobby through the Daily Gospel Organization from the word of Christ and the feeling of perfectly possible to reconcile the your local, state and federal legislators to written by Pope John Paul II—advice he oppression that the Church’s rigidity gives stringency of the precept and joy of the enact policies that help eliminate poverty. gave young people in the Netherlands you. heart. The person who loves does not fear And when we all open our eyes to the 11 years ago. “… But the Gospel shows us a very sacrifice. … He even seeks in sacrifice the poor among us and respond as loving Even then, our youth were bombarded demanding Christ who invites us to a most convincing proof of the authenticity brothers or sisters, poverty will cease to by obscenity and promiscuity in all areas radical conversion of the heart, to of his love.” exist. of contemporary culture, including books, detachment from the goods of the earth, to TV and radio, films, music and the forgiveness of offenses, to love of the (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of (David Siler is executive director of the Internet. enemy, to patient acceptance of persecutions Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is Secretariat for Catholic Charities and Since then, inappropriate examples and even to the sacrifice of one’s own life a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † Family Ministries.) † The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007 Page 17

Second Sunday in Lent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, March 5 Friday, March 9 Daniel 9:4b-10 Frances of Rome, religious Sunday, March 4, 2007 ful sinning. Human bodies are “lowly,” the Psalm 79:8-9, 11, 13 Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, epistle declares. Christ elevates and restores Luke 6:36-38 17b-28 • Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 humans. In Jesus, by the grace of God, Psalm 105:16-21 human beings never die if they earnestly fol- • Philippians 3:17-4:1 Tuesday, March 6 Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 • Luke 9:28b-36 low the Lord. St. Luke’s Gospel provides the last Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 reading. Psalm 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23 Saturday, March 10 The Book of Genesis is the source of the It is Luke’s story of the Transfiguration, a Matthew 23:1-12 Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 first reading. story also found in Matthew and Mark. Psalm 103:1-4, 9-12 It is a story about Abraham, whom the The story is brilliant and powerful. As is Jews regard as the father of their race. In so often the case in New Testament Wednesday, March 7 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 addition, Abraham is accounts, the Apostles are with Jesus at a Perpetua, martyr seen as the spiritual very important moment. In this case, Peter, Felicity, martyr Sunday, March 11 father of all who know James and John were with Jesus. They knew Jeremiah 18:18-20 Third Sunday of Lent and honor the one God, Jesus. They interacted with Jesus. They cer- Psalm 31:5-6, 14-16 Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 hence he is a special tainly saw the human characteristics of Matthew 20:17-28 Psalm 103:1-4, 6-8, 11 figure in the religious Jesus. traditions of Christians Yet, in this situation, they saw the divinity 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 and Muslims. of Jesus. The Lord showed them his divinity. Thursday, March 8 Luke 13:1-9 Scholars believe that On their own, they were unable to see it. John of God, religious Abraham was an actual Strong symbols from Hebrew tradition Jeremiah 17:5-10 person, not a figment of conveyed the reality of this divine identity. Psalm 1:1-4, 6 someone’s imagination or a figure con- God spoke from a cloud. Gleaming light structed in some literary effort. He actually surrounded Jesus. Luke 16:19-31 lived. Jesus was fully in the tradition of God’s Several points are important in hearing or relating to, and with, people. On either side reading this passage. The first is that God of Jesus were the prophets Moses and communicates with Abraham, and God is in Elijah. Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen Abraham’s world. However, God is above and beyond Abraham’s world. Abraham Reflection does not relate to God as if God were an As we progress in Lent, the Church offers Incardination enables a priest equal. us several important lessons. These lessons God has command over nature and the are intended to strengthen us in our Lenten living beings of nature. God can order resolve and ultimately in our Christian to minister in different diocese Abraham to capture animals and then to sac- commitment. The new assistant priest in our parish ask God to give that individual the grace of rifice them. First, we are limited. We are humans. Qis from an African country and we are a holy and peaceful death. Since the animals that Abraham captured Second, in our human limitation we are told he has been “incardinated” in our Another reason is that, as long Christian were sacred, as they were intended for sacri- shortsighted, even blind very often, and we diocese. tradition teaches, our prayers and other fice to praise God, Abraham protected them shall all die. What does that mean? Can priests move good works can help those who have died from being taken by birds of prey. Third, God loves us with a love shown to from place to place or country to country in any satisfaction for sin that may still be It is not as if birds of prey were inher- Abraham and the prophets. He loves us in like that? (New York) due. Exactly how this works out in God’s ently evil, although Jewish tradition later Jesus, the Son of God. Providence we obviously do not know, but would proscribe eating the flesh of any bird Jesus is our only hope. He is our only Under ordinary circumstances, all it is still solid Catholic belief. of prey or any other predator. Rather, they access to true and eternal life. Using Lent to Amembers of the clergy—deacons, Finally, and this is, I believe, far more simply were victims of their own instincts relate to Jesus more closely is worth every priests and bishops— common in people’s intentions than we and unaware of the most important of all effort. † are incardinated might think, our Masses and prayers can realities—that God is and that God lives. (affiliated) with a simply express thanks and praise to God Abraham himself is vulnerable. Darkness particular diocese to for the life of the person we loved and overtakes him. The sun sets. He is terrified. Readers may submit prose minister under the still love. Without God, he is at risk, powerless before bishop of the diocese. I know many men and women who the elements, helpless before whatever might or poetry for faith column Usually, that dio- firmly believe their loved ones are in come. The Criterion invites readers to sub- cese is the one in heaven. They may even pray to them as The second reading is from the Epistle to mit original prose or poetry relating to which the individual among the saints of God, but they still pray the Philippians. faith or experiences of prayer for pos- lives. Sometimes for them and have Masses offered for them. Philippi was one of those cities, Greek by sible publication in the “My Journey to health, family or These Masses are wonderful expressions of background, its name honoring the father of God” column. other reasons make it appropriate for a faith and thanks, a part of their remember- Alexander the Great, in which a Christian Seasonal reflections also are appre- priest to move to another area. This is ing and their joy over the happiness of community had formed. ciated. Please include name, address, arranged through the two bishops someone close to them. Paul wrote to these early Christians to parish and telephone number with sub- involved and in consultation with the give them direction and encouragement. He missions. priest himself. This may occur not only I have just finished reading the novel expanded their knowledge of Jesus. He chal- Send material for consideration to after ordination, but also while the QPope Joan by Donna Cross, a work of lenged them to be more loyal and fervent “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, student is preparing for the priesthood. historical fiction. The author says the truth disciples. Such occurs in this reading. P.O. Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206 The African priest in your parish would of what happened in A.D. 855 may never St. Paul says in this reading that human or e-mail to [email protected]. † have been incardinated into your diocese be fully known. beings are imperfect, even without their will- and excardinated, or officially released, What is the Church’s opinion on the from his diocese of origin. existence of Pope Joan? (New York) My Journey to God My mother, who was long in poor As we’ve experienced often recently, Qhealth and 90 years old, died recently. Afor example, in The Da Vinci Code, She was a strong Catholic all her life, authors often feel they can say anything received the sacrament of anointing of the they wish in a book of fiction and get away sick just before her death and received with alleged “facts” that may hype the book Memo Communion a few days before that. but have no basis in reality. Since I know Mom is with our heavenly The book you mention is one of them. Though our songs of praise be sung Father, I’m curious how a funeral Mass or The legend of Popess Joan has surfaced With a less-than-silver tongue, other Mass for the dead benefits such a regularly for centuries. Each time, an God delights in every note departed soul. author professes to have discovered some- Bursting from a grateful throat. The Mass at her burial was beautiful and thing shocking that will shake the founda- I’m happy we could be there to celebrate tions of the Church. Though our garments may be frayed, the beginning of her eternal life, but I The story of Popess Joan is a weird tale God notes only how we prayed. wonder about this. (New Jersey) which first appeared in the 13th century, Did we keep our thoughts in line nearly 300 or 400 years after she was sup- As the priest prayed over wine? Masses may be offered for a deceased posed to have lived. She disguised herself, Aperson for many reasons. First, as all so the story goes, so effectively that she Did we walk, eyes straight ahead, prayer, the intention may be to ask God’s became a priest, a cardinal in the Roman To receive the sacred bread? The Dialog blessing and grace on that person during Curia and finally pope. And, returning to the pew, his or her entire life, from birth to death. She reportedly reigned for two and one- Did we show the homage due? That may sound strange at first, but we half years as Pope John Angelicus, some- know God’s actions are not bound by limits time between the years 800 and 1100. Her

By Dorothy M. Colgan CNS photo/Don Blake, of time. Past, present and future are all one sex was supposedly discovered when she eternal moment to him. By our prayers, we gave birth to a child during a papal proces- (Dorothy M. Colgan is a member of St. Meinrad Parish in St. Meinrad. Incense burns place ourselves in that sphere of reference sion near the Colosseum. as Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli of Wilmington, Del., sits at the altar during the World of eternity. Given what we know of the papacies Day for Consecrated Life prayer service on Feb. 4 at the Church of the Holy Child in The Church does this all the time. In and history of the Church during that Wilmington.) funeral liturgies as well as some anniver- period, the fable is given no credibility sary liturgies years after death, the prayers whatsoever by historians. † Page 18 The Criterion Friday, March 2, 2007

CARHART, George, 81, EVERHART, William J., 74, Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Duane and Robert Palmer. Sister St. Luke, Indianapolis, Feb. 2. Our Lady of Lourdes, Christ, Indianapolis, Feb. 12. of Elaine Kimball. Husband of Imogene L. Carhart. Indianapolis, Feb. 18. Husband of Estelle (Taylor) PEPPER, Martha, 81, Father of Suzanne Bird, FOWLER, Timothy F., 36, Kemmerer. Father of David and SS. Francis and Clare, Rest in peace Georgiann Linnemeier, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Feb. 13. Hal Kemmerer. Grandfather of Greenwood, Jan. 25. Mother of Marianne, Luke and Mark Husband of Autumn Fowler. six. Great-grandfather of two. Karen Jackson and Kimberly Carhart. Please submit in writing to our Jacobi, Gloria Jones and Michael Father of Matthew and Timmy KHOSROWBADI, Rachel, 83, Stecher. Sister of Ida Harmon office by 10 a.m. Thursday Barksdale. Grandfather of eight. DeBORD, Frances Irene, 87, Fowler. Stepfather of Forust, St. Luke, Indianapolis, Feb. 7. and Fay Lee. Grandmother of before the week of publication; Great-grandfather of two. St. Joseph, Universal, Feb. 2. Honey, Tuesday and Ethan Wife of Yohanna Khosrowbadi. five. Great-grandmother of one. Wife of Alva DeBord. Mother of France. Son of Ellis Fowler and Mother of Albert and Robert be sure to state date of death. BECHERER, Frances W., 91, PRICKEL, Jerome J., 83, Obituaries of archdiocesan Carol Reynolds and Bob Jane Fowler. Stepson of Barbara Khosrowbadi. St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, St. Louis, Batesville, Feb. 16. priests serving our archdiocese DeBord. Sister of Thelma Fowler. Grandson of Edith J. Feb. 14. Mother of Anne MEUNIER, Lois, 74, Father of Debbie Cox, are listed elsewhere in The Neimeyer. Grandmother of four. Sommer. Brother of Julie Hambly, Jeanne Lewan, Joseph, St. Isidore, Bristow, Feb. 13. Mary Beth Knueven, Amy Criterion. Order priests and Great-grandmother of 10. Sanders. Michael and Patrick Becherer. Wife of Curt Meunier. Mother of Mehlon, Audrey Miller, Susan religious sisters and brothers Sister of Joanne Bundy. DECK, Herman L., 81, GROTH, Donald E., 77, Joanie Tapley, Nancy Wendholt, Schutte, Nicholas and Tim are included here, unless they Grandmother of 14. Great-grand- St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, Holy Cross, Indianapolis, Feb. 2. David, Gordon, Joseph and Paul Prickel. Brother of Marcia are natives of the archdiocese mother of five. Feb. 11. Father of Kathy Clair, Husband of Marilyn (Eastes) Meunier. Sister of Shirley Werner and Mark Prickel. or have other connections to it; Mary Chapman, Jacob, John and Groth. Father of Amy Hensley, Schnell, Jerome, Victor and Grandfather of 18. Great-grand- those are separate obituaries BENEFIEL, Mary Agnes, 96, Joseph Deck. Grandfather of Debra Kemp, Alex, John, Patrick Vincent Beckman. Grandmother father of 18. on this page. St. Paul the Apostle, Greencastle, eight. Great-grandfather of six. and Timothy Groth. Grandfather of 14. Step-grandmother of two. RAIA, John J., Jr., 59, ABRIANI, Clarence, 92, Feb. 18. Mother of Ruth Ann DREW, Peggy G., 89, St. Luke, of 10. Great-grandfather of three. Great-grandmother of 13. St. Bernadette, Indianapolis, Sacred Heart, Clinton, Feb. 10. Benefiel. Indianapolis, Jan. 31. Mother of HIERLMEIER, Marvin F., 84, MIDDENDORF, John Albert, Jan. 26. Husband of Yolanda Father of Roseanne, Richard, BISCHOFF, Rita C., 87, (Abersoil) Raia. Father of Kia Robert and Roy Abriani. Brother St. Nicholas, Sunman, Feb. 12. St. Joseph Sister Jeanne Marie Prince of Peace, Madison, 85, St. Mary, Greensburg, Greenen. Feb. 9. Father of Mary Caudill Feb. 16. Husband of Betty Head, Nyki McNeal and Angie of Helen Cadamagnani. Grand- Mother of Elaine Cornett, Shattuck. Son of Leona Raia. father of seven. Great-grandfa- Rosalyn Walke, Arnold, Arthur, ERTEL, Rita M., 82, St. Mary- and Dale Hierlmeier. Grand- Middendorf. Father of Steve father of five. Middendorf. Brother of Brother of Frankie MacKenzie, ther of three. Eugene, Irvin and Victor of-the-Rock, Franklin County, Nancy Monkman, Lucy Patton Bischoff. Sister of Anna Mae Feb. 16. Mother of Catherine JANSING, Richard A., 72, Raymond and Robert ALHORN, John R., 46, Middendorf. and Mike Raia. St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Schneider, John and Louis Kaiser, Marianne Lambert, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Bedel. Grandmother of 16. Donna McDonald, Rebecca Feb. 17. Husband of Wilma OBERGFELL, Charlotte L., REYES, Etelyina, 60, Feb. 19. Husband of Pamela St. Anthony, Indianapolis, Alhorn. Father of Ashley Alhorn. Great-grandmother of 22. Simon, Bill, Jerry, Kenneth, Jansing. Father of Karen 95, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Michael and Ron Ertel. Grand- Hattabaugh and Kathie Rhorer. Feb. 14. Mother of Stephen D. Jan. 28. Mother of Cecilia, Son of John Alhorn. Brother of BOWER, Mark J., 49, Gloria and Leticia Reyes. Sister Katherine Crane. St. Luke, Indianapolis, Feb. 7. mother of 17. Great-grandmother Brother of Clarissa Rennier, Obergfell. Grandmother of eight. of three. Marilyn Smith, Clarence, Elmer, Great-grandmother of eight. of Magdalena, Ernesto and BARKSDALE, Louis F., 79, Husband of Karen Bower. Father Vincente Torres. of Bridget, Shannon, Suzy, ETZEL, Eileen Patricia, 90, Irvin and Mark Rhorer. Grand- PALMER, Marilynn I., 80, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, father of two. RIEDLINGER, James J., 45, Floyds Knobs, Feb. 18. Father of Blaze, Bradley and Nicholas St. Luke, Indianapolis, Feb. 11. Our Lady of the Greenwood, Bower. Brother of Ed Bower. Grandmother of one. KEMMERER, Harold F., 83, Greenwood, Feb. 20. Mother of Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Theresa Applegate, Elaine Jan. 29. Son of Robert and Sherry Riedlinger. Brother of Suzanne Allesee, Cathy Foreman, Michelle Linn, Lisa, Michael and Robert Riedlinger. RIPBERGER, Patricia Ann (Brunsman), 74, St. Gabriel,

I NDIANAPOLIS Connersville, Feb. 13. Wife of P B EECH GROVE aul T. Ripberger. Mother of Henry and Patrick Riberger. M OORESVILLE Sister of Henrietta Ripberger. With the foresight to Grandmother of two. Great- grandmother of two. advance cardiology RONNEBAUM, Leo F., 66, St. Mary-of-the-Rock, 5-star rated by HealthGrades® in treating heart attacks in 2005. Franklin County, Jan. 28. Father of Brenda Hatton, Victoria Nobbe, Don Speckman, Bill and Greg Ronnebaum. Brother of Frances Batta, Agnes Fuchs, Delores Kanfold and Clara The heart to Schaefer. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of five. achieve ROSS, Christena E., 86, Holy Trinity, Indianapolis, Jan. 4. Mother of Sharon Reese, excellence Lasondra Ross-Reese, Karen Awarded the 2004 and 2005 HealthGrades Distinguished Strong and Sjon Ross. Grandmother of 26. Great-grand- ™ Hospital Awards for Clinical Excellence. mother of 50. ROYCE, Michael J., 92, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Feb. 9. Father of Charles, Michael, The courage to listen and anticipate Patrick and Tim Royce. Grand- Consistently improving our services and facilities, including a father of 19. Great-grandfather of 47. Great-great-grandfather $40 million expansion currently under way in Mooresville. of four. SABOTIN, Frank, Jr., 92, Holy Trinity, Indianapolis, Feb. 3. Father of Mary Louise Rebuild and restore Swails and Frank Sabotin. Grandfather of 11. Great-grand- Top 5% in the nation for overall orthopaedic care. father of 26. Great-great-grandfather of three. SCHAUB, Dorthea, 88, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, With machines, medicine and faith Feb. 14. Mother of Sylvia Issacs, A philosophy of healing that incorporates our Franciscan values of Mary Marinaccio, Virginia McIntosh, Jacqueline Reeves, compassionate concern, joyful service and respect for life. Therese Suesz and Robert Schaub. Grandmother of 15. Great-grandmother of 37. Great- great-grandmother of 11. We are leading the way SCHROEDER, George, 95, St. Andrew, Richmond, Jan. 23. With three convenient hospital campuses, a medical staff of more Brother of Anna Brinker, Pauline than 700 doctors and 4,000 employees to serve your needs. Brown, Elizabeth Heaton and Charles Schroeder. SCOTT, James Allen, 71, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Feb. 13. Husband of Katsuko Scott. Father of Rick Scott. Brother of Sandy and Fred Scott. Grandfather of two. SCOTT, Thomas J., 55, Holy Cross, Indianapolis, Feb. 12. Father of Eric and Michael Scott. Son of Roy Scott. Brother of Alice, Cathy, Mary, StFrancisHospitals.org Billy, Bobby and Joe Scott. Grandfather of two. †

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currently ministers as a member of the residential services staff substitute teacher and bookstore manager at Our Lady of SISTERS at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Providence High School in Clarksville from 1973-79. continued from page 14 She entered the congregation on She also ministered at the former Catholic Central Jan. 11, 1936, from St. Mary Parish in Retirement Home from 1972-73, served as house mother at In the archdiocese, Sister Ann Denise taught at the former Washington and professed perpetual the former St. Elizabeth Home in Indianapolis and as a parish St. Margaret Mary School in Terre Haute in 1964 and at vows on Aug. 15, 1944. visitor at St. Philip Neri Parish in Indianapolis from 1979-81, Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Sister Charles Ellen graduated from and was a secretary at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House in Indianapolis from 1956-57. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with Indianapolis from 1981-87. At Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a bachelor’s degree in education then At Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Sister Mary Isabelle she served on the residential earned a master’s degree in mathematics ministered as a switchboard operator at Providence Hall from services staff from 1998-2002 and education at Indiana State University. 1987-89, on the mailroom staff from 1987-91, on the was a Wellness Ministry assistant In the archdiocese, Sister Charles transportation staff from 1989-95, as sacristan and in the from 2002-04. Ellen served as a teacher or principal phone room at Owens Hall from 1991-95, on the community Sister Ann Denise also taught at Sr. Charles Ellen at the former St. Ann School in service staff from 1995-96, and on the residential services Catholic schools in Washington, Turk, S.P. Indianapolis from 1950-55 and staff from 1996-2001. Ind.; Loogootee, Ind.; Jasper, Ind.; St. Matthew School in Indianapolis She also taught at Catholic schools in Whiting, Ind.; and Fort Wayne, Ind., as well as in from 1958-61 and 1973-75. Jasper, Ind.; and Vincennes, Ind., and ministered in Illinois, Sr. Ann Denise California, Illinois and She ministered as guidance director at the former California and Washington, D.C. Reger, S.P. Washington, D.C. Ladywood-St. Agnes School in Indianapolis from 1975-76, A native of Saskatchewan, Canada, Sister Serena A native of Brighton, Mass., guidance director at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis from Ziolkowski currently ministers as a member of the residential Sister Joseph Miriam Sheehan currently ministers in 1976-85 and assistant principal at Roncalli High School from services staff at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. 1978-85. She entered the congregation on She entered the congregation on Sister Charles Ellen served as treasurer of the congregation’s July 16, 1936, from St. Mark Parish in Aug. 10, 1936, from St. Rose St. Gabriel Province from 1985-89, convent administrator and Chicago and professed perpetual vows Parish in Chelsea, Mass, and Providence Health assistant at St. Jude Convent in Indianapolis on Jan. 23, 1945. professed perpetual vows on Jan. from 1989-92 and on the congregation’s holistic health care Sister Serena graduated from 23, 1945. staff at the motherhouse from 1992-97. She also ministered in Immaculate Heart College with a Sister Joseph Miriam graduated Illinois and Missouri. bachelor’s degree in English history from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods A native of Johnstone Renfrewshire, Scotland, Sister Mary then earned a master’s degree in College with a bachelor’s degree in Isabelle Welsh currently ministers as a member of the education at Xavier University. education then earned a master’s Providence Printery staff and in prayer In the archdiocese, Sister Serena degree in education at Rivier College. at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. taught at St. Anthony School in In the archdiocese, Sister Joseph She entered the congregation on Jan. Sr. Serena Indianapolis from 1940-44, the Sr. Joseph Miriam Miriam taught at St. Joan of Arc 11, 1936, from St. Charles Borromeo Ziolkowski, S.P. former St. Margaret Mary School in Sheehan, S.P. School in Indianapolis from 1946-48 Parish in Peru, Ind., and professed Terre Haute from 1951-56, St. Paul and St. Charles Borromeo School in perpetual vows on Jan. 23, 1944. School in Sellersburg from 1957-63, and St. Joan of Arc Bloomington from 1948-50. Sister Mary Isabelle graduated from School in Indianapolis from 1970-73. She served as a At Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Sister Joseph Miriam served Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a teacher and principal at the former St. Leonard School in on the Infirmary staff from 1975-76, as an aide from 1976- bachelor’s degree in education then West Terre Haute from 1963-65 and the former 77, as a convent aide from 1978-80, as a nursing assistant earned a master’s degree in education at St. Catherine School in Indianapolis from 1967-70. from 1980-82, as local treasurer in the mission stamp Indiana State University. At Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Sister Serena served as department from 1982-83, as local treasurer from 1983-84, Sr. Mary Isabelle In the archdiocese, Sister Mary an assistant to the communications coordinator from on the payroll accounts and plant business office staff from Welsh, S.P. Isabelle taught at the former St. Ann 1980-81, as switchboard operator at Providence Hall from 1984-88, on the mailroom staff from 1988-91 and on the School in Terre Haute from 1951-54, 1987-88, on the St. Anne Chapel staff from 1988-96, and health care services staff from 1988-99. St. Charles Borromeo School in Bloomington in 1951, the as a tutor from 1988-93. She also taught at Catholic schools in Lafayette, Ind., former St. James School in Indianapolis from 1960-63, the She taught and served as principal or curriculum and ministered in Maryland, Illinois, Massachusetts, former Holy Trinity School in New Albany from 1963-66, coordinator at Catholic schools in Evansville, Ind.; Gary, Ind.; North Carolina, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C. St. Andrew School in Indianapolis from 1966-68, the former and Whiting, Ind.; and also ministered in Illinois, California A native of Washington, Ind., Sister Charles Ellen Turk St. Mary School in Indianapolis from 1972-73, and as a and New Hampshire. †

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