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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II offered the city and the world his solemn Easter blessing in silence. Although the 84-year-old pope had a microphone on March 27 and mouthed the words of the blessing, the only sound heard was his deep, rasping breathing. Holy Week and Easter 2005 marked the first time since his 1978 election that Pope John Paul did not personally preside over the liturgies commemorating Jesus’ last sup- per with his disciples, his suffering, death and resurrection. In his annual Easter message, read by the Vatican secretary of state, Pope John Paul focused on how the risen Lord has remained among his disciples in the Eucharist and in the Scriptures. The disciples on the road to Emmaus said to Jesus, “Stay with us, Lord,” a request renewed each day by Christians around the world, the pope wrote. Sitting in the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul turned the pages of his text as it was read by Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The pope underwent a tracheotomy on Feb. 24 to ease breathing difficulties. The Benedictine Father Carl Deitchman, pastor of St. Paul Parish in Tell City, baptizes Rebecca Daum during the Easter Vigil celebrated on March 26 at last time he spoke in public was March 13, St. Paul Church. Benedictine Father Kurt Stasiak, associate professor of sacramental and liturgical theology at Saint Meinrad School of Theology in a few hours before being released from St. Meinrad, said that the close connection between baptism and the Eucharist is suggested in the water and blood that flowed from the pierced side Rome’s Gemelli hospital. of Jesus after he died on the cross. In the text of the pope’s Easter message, he prayed to Christ, “Stay with us, faithful friend and sure support for humanity on its The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults journey through history. “Living word of the Father, give hope and trust to all who are searching for the brings families closer through the Eucharist true meaning of their lives,” he said. “Bread of eternal life, nourish those who By Sean Gallagher her first Communion. Indianapolis, where he is now a parish- hunger for truth, freedom, justice and As her knowledge about the sacrament ioner. peace,” the pope prayed. (Editor’s note: The Catholic Church is grew and the day on which she would Last fall, Kuhn entered into the Pope John Paul’s message asked for spe- observing the Year of the Eucharist. receive it for the first time approached, process of the Rite of Christian cial prayers for peace, especially in the This article is Kuhn’s appreciation of it expanded as Initiation of Adults (RCIA) at the parish. Middle East and in Africa, “where so much part of a well. His wife, Mary Anne, who had been blood continues to be shed.” Criterion However, on her first Communion day, raised as a Catholic, served as his Among the crowd in St. Peter’s Square, series explor- his admiration could only take him so far. sponsor. Angela Dinan of Shannon, Ireland, said that ing the Kuhn was a Presbyterian and could not Although he had considered for for her 70th birthday present her daughter importance of join his daughter in the eucharistic feast. many years participating in RCIA over gave her the gift of a trip to Rome to cele- the Eucharist in all facets of the life of Nearly a year later, he can be one in the the course of the 15 years of his mar- brate Easter with the pope. the archdiocese.) Lord with his daughter and the rest of his riage, Kuhn said in an interview before See POPE, page 7 family. Kuhn was received into the full the Easter Vigil that his daughter’s first A year ago, Andrew Kuhn was help- communion of the Church at the Easter Communion was a turning point for ing his daughter, Maggie, prepare for Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in See RCIA, page 7 Archdiocese’s chrism Mass highlights unity while connecting the local Church to its past

By Brandon A. Evans Daniel M. Buechlein blesses oils for sacra- Many boxes con- mental use throughout the archdiocese in the taining the oil of The annual archdiocesan chrism Mass, coming year. the sick, the oil of held this year on March 22 at SS. Peter and Representatives from each parish receive catechumens and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis, is a sign of the holy oils to take back to their parishes, A. Brandon Photo by Evans the sacred chrism unity and communion within the local where they will eventually grace the heads of sit below a larger Church. the newly baptized and will be used to container of oil It is one of the few times during the year impart a final grace to those leaving this during the arch- when the Church in central and southern world. diocesan chrism Indiana is most fully manifested—the arch- But more than a sign of the unity we share Mass on March 22 bishop, his priests, ministers and laity from now, Archbishop Buechlein chose to stress at SS. Peter and every corner of the archdiocese are gathered another form of communion during the Paul Cathedral in in the cathedral. chrism Mass—communion with the Church Indianapolis. It is also the evening that Archbishop See CHRISM, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005 Schiavo given Communion; hopes dim for r einserting feeding tube

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (CNS)—As Her brain was deprived of oxygen for sev- March drew to a close, death seemed eral minutes. imminent for severely brain-damaged Michael Schiavo said his wife would Terri Schindler Schiavo as recourse to have wanted the tube removed. Her par- courts and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush evapo- Jr. Ed Foster CNS photo by ents said Terri Schiavo would have rated in efforts to get her feeding tube wanted to live based on her Catholic reinserted. beliefs. On Easter, nine days after the tube was Several doctors have testified in court removed, Schiavo was given Communion that Terri Schiavo is in an irreversible in the form of a drop of wine on her vegetative state. The Schindlers say that tongue at a hospice in Pinellas Park. other doctors disagree. Prior to that, state and federal courts, The March 18 state court decision including the Supreme Court, refused to allowing the tube to be removed sparked order the feeding tube reinserted and Bush rapid activity by Congress and President said he could no longer intervene given the Bush to enact a law allowing the parents numerous state and federal court rulings. to present their case through the federal Supporters of reinserting the tube, court system. But two lower federal courts meanwhile, held a news conference on refused the parent’s request prior to the March 28 in Washington to urge President Supreme Court action. George W. Bush and Congress to take An opinion piece in the March 24 action to get the tube reinserted. Newsday, a daily newspaper published in The legislative and legal battles involve the New York area, by Cathy Cleaver her estranged husband—who says his wife Ruse, spokeswoman for the bishops’ pro- would not have wanted the feeding tube life secretariat, said there are many mis- given her condition—and her parents, who Msgr. Thaddeus Malanowski offers a blessing for the crowd and for Terri Schiavo during the Good conceptions about the case. want the tube reinserted. Friday service he conducted outside Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., on March 25. Schiavo, Schiavo is not brain-dead or terminally Throughout, Catholic leaders have sup- who resides at Woodside, was going into her eighth day without nutrition and hydration as her parents ill, said Ruse. “Her heart beats on its own ported providing Schiavo with food and continued legal appeals to have her feeding tube reinserted. and her lungs work without assistance,” nutrition. she said. Schiavo should not be allowed to die “She needs only basic care and assistance The Pennsylvania bishops in a In recent weeks, Vatican and through denial of food and water, said in obtaining food and water.” March 23 statement said withholding food U.S. Church officials have repeatedly Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler, The cardinal reiterated a statement by and water from “a patient in the persistent emphasized that it is obligatory to provide chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee the Florida bishops that Schiavo is a vegetative state, who is not imminently Schiavo with food and water. on Pro-Life Activities. defenseless human being who deserves terminal” amounts to euthanasia. A similar case occurred in the late “God will call Terri Schiavo to himself care and respect. Quoting from a 1991 statement by the 1990s. Hugh Finn, a newscaster in when it is her time to die. It is not for us Bishop Samuel J. Aquila of Fargo, Pennsylvania bishops, they said that “this Louisville, Ky., was diagnosed as in a per- to determine when that time is,” he said in N.D., said in a Good Friday homily on is euthanasia by omission rather than by sistent vegetative state after a car accident. a March 24 statement released at the March 25 that Schiavo “is totally innocent positive lethal action, but it is just as His wife wanted the feeding tube Washington headquarters of the and yet who would have imagined, even really euthanasia in its intent.” removed, but some of Finn’s relatives did U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. 25 years ago, that some judge would per- Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George not. In the ensuing legal battle, the wife, It was issued shortly before the mit a person to be starved and to be dehy- said “this case is not about letting a termi- Michele Finn, won. U.S. Supreme Court declined a request by drated to death.” nally ill woman die a natural death. It is At that time, Louisville Archbishop Schiavo’s parents, Mary and Bob Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl about ending the life of a person with a Thomas C. Kelly said he supported the Schindler, to intervene so that the feeding wrote in the March 25 issue of his dioce- significant disability prematurely.” wife’s decision, but that the case involves tube could be reinserted. san newspaper, The Pittsburgh Catholic, The cardinal’s comment was released a “gray area” in Catholic ethical teaching. The tube had been removed on that Schiavo is entitled to basic human on March 23 by the National Catholic “Her decision is within the Church’s March 18 after a decision by a Florida care which includes water and food. Partnership on Disability. He is the mod- realm of acceptable moral decisions” for state judge allowed the husband, Michael “We are not dealing with extraordinary erator of the organization. such cases, said the archbishop in 1998 Schiavo, to order doctors to take out the treatment such as a ventilator or dialysis,” The 41-year-old Schiavo suffered brain after the tube had been removed. tube. he said. No one is obliged to undergo damage 15 year ago after collapsing in her Other Catholic officials, however, said Terri Schiavo “is not in a coma, she is extraordinary treatment if it would add to home in St. Petersburg due to what doc- Finn’s feeding tube should not have been not on ‘life support,’ ” the cardinal said. suffering and prolong death, he added. tors believe was a potassium imbalance. removed. † Pro-life supporters gather in Indianapolis to pray for Terri Schiavo

By Mary Ann Wyand praying the rosary for [Schiavo] every Holy Rosary night at home.” parishioner Amy People with disabilities shouldn’t be Robert Rust, who is a member of Rheinhardt of deprived of nutrition and hydration just St. John Parish in Enochsburg, drove from Indianapolis, left, because their minds or bodies don’t func- Greensburg to Indianapolis to pray the Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann and Germaine tion perfectly, said two pro-life supporters rosary for Schiavo. Catton, a member of who prayed for Terri Schiavo during a Rust said his faith, his belief in the Our Lady of Mount March 23 prayer service outside the sanctity and dignity of every person from Carmel Parish in Federal Court Building in Indianapolis. conception until natural death, and his Carmel, Ind., in the Bishop Chatard High School junior concern about the denial of Schiavo’s con- Lafayette Diocese, Karolyn Curran, a member of Our Lady of stitutional right to “her day in court” pray for Terri Mount Carmel Parish in Carmel, Ind., in under the 14th Amendment motivated him Schiavo during a the Lafayette Diocese, said every person to participate in the prayer service. March 23 pro-life deserves to have food and water daily. “One of the reasons I was there, in prayer service out- “I believe that even if people’s minds addition to praying for her,” he said, “was side the Federal don’t function as well as everyone else’s to have the outpouring as a witness that Court Building in that God still loves them,” Karolyn said she wasn’t treated right constitutionally. Indianapolis. after the prayer service, “and he still has a She is an innocent and helpless human plan for them in his will.” being who has been unjustly sentenced to Karolyn said her family has “been death.” †

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By Mary Ann Wyand Mass of President John F. Kennedy in Msgr. Francis R. Tuohy

November 1963. He is pictured in a photo- File photo retired as pastor of Msgr. Francis R. Tuohy, a retired priest graph taken during the president’s funeral Christ the King Parish in and former vicar general and chancellor of that was included in a videotaped program Indianapolis on July 7, the archdiocese, died at about 8:30 p.m. on celebrating his 40th anniversary of ordina- 2004, due to an Holy Thursday, March 24, in the health tion held in 2001 at Christ the King Parish extended battle with care center at Marquette Manor in in Indianapolis. liver cancer. While pas- Indianapolis of complications from liver During 43 years of priestly service to tor of the Indianapolis cancer. He was 69. God and the Church in central and south- North Deanery parish, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein was ern Indiana, Msgr. Tuohy served at several Msgr. Tuohy led a parish the principal celebrant for the Mass of Indianapolis-area parishes while providing building campaign to Christian Burial at 10 a.m. on March 31 at many years of administrative work for the construct a gymnasium Christ the King Church in Indianapolis. archdiocesan chancery and Metropolitan and multipurpose center Burial followed in the Priests’ Circle at Tribunal. that was later named in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery in Indian- Msgr. Tuohy served Archbishop George his honor. apolis. J. Biskup as both chancellor and vicar gen- Father William F. Stumpf, vicar of the eral. He was appointed interim administra- archdiocesan Vicariate of Clergy and tor by the archdiocesan Board of Parish Life Coordinators: Formation and Consultors after Archbishop Biskup’s Personnel, was the homilist. death on Oct. 17, 1979, and served in that “He was an extraordinary man,” Father capacity until Archbishop Edward T. Stumpf said of Msgr. Tuohy in an inter- O’Meara was installed on Jan. 10, 1980. view on March 28. “He served the Church His first assignment was as associate in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis pastor of Our Lady of the Greenwood extremely well in a lot of ways, not only Parish in Greenwood and as a notary and in his leadership in administration, but assistant to the Archdiocesan Curia in 1961. also as a parish priest. He was a priest’s After completing canon law studies, he priest, a great man.” was named assistant pastor of St. John the Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar general, Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis and vice praised Msgr. Tuohy’s years of distin- chancellor of the archdiocese on June 1, guished administrative and pastoral service 1965. The following year, on May 16, to the archdiocesan Church during a retire- 1966, he was appointed chancellor of the ment party held on July 7, 2004, at Christ archdiocese. the King Parish. On July 7, 1969, he was first named to “Many of us know him as someone the Board of Consultors. who has been, for a number of years and While continuing as chancellor of the On July 10, 1985, Msgr. Tuohy was very low.” continues to be, a remarkable leader … an archdiocese, he was named pastor of named pastor of St. Luke Parish in Msgr. Tuohy also noted that, “Upon the archdiocesan leader,” Msgr. Schaedel said. St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Fortville Indianapolis, while retaining his assign- retirement of Msgr. Kenny Sweeney in “Frank, you have served us well as chan- on July 14, 1971. ment as vicar general until July 1, 1988. February 1995, the opening at Christ the cellor, as vicar general, as a confidant, as a From 1972-76, 1979-84 and 1989-99, He was appointed to the Council of King [Parish] afforded me a lovely assign- friend and, most of all, I think, as a mentor Father Tuohy was reappointed to the Board Priests on Jan. 1, 1989, and served on the ment and a chance to remain geographi- and a model for so many of us priests in of Consultors. Also in 1973, he was council until Dec. 31, 1990, and again cally close to many of my relatives after the archdiocese.” appointed to the archdiocesan Ecumenical from 1996-97 and 2002-04. being at St. Luke for 10 years. Francis Richard Tuohy was born on Commission for a three-year term. On Aug. 8, 1994, Msgr. Tuohy was ele- “It has been a ‘great and grand run’ at Aug. 15, 1935, in Indianapolis. His par- Beginning on July 9, 1974, while con- vated to the rank of protonotary apostolic, Christ the King,” he wrote, “and I have ents, Joseph K. and Anna Helen (McNelis) tinuing as chancellor, he resided at Our the highest honor bestowed on a mon- enjoyed every bit of it. … You parishioners Tuohy, were members of St. Therese of the Lady of Lourdes Parish in Indianapolis. signor, by Pope John Paul. have been welcoming, supportive, respon- Infant Jesus (Little Flower) Parish in He was appointed vicar general of the He was named pastor of Christ the King sive, constructive and cooperative. You Indianapolis, where he received the sacra- archdiocese on Sept. 29, 1975. Parish in Indianapolis on Feb. 15, 1995, even sometimes told me what you really ments of baptism and confirmation. On March 26, 1979, Father Tuohy was and reappointed to a second and final six- thought! That makes a pastor’s job easy After graduating from Little Flower elected archdiocesan administrator by the year term there on Feb. 22, 2001, while and enjoyable, and I thank you. After School, he studied for the priesthood at Board of Consultors and also assumed the continuing as an archdiocesan judge for 43 years, I do look forward to retirement.” Saint Meinrad Seminary and was ordained office of econome as the financial adminis- the Metropolitan Tribunal until 2004. A new gymnasium and multipurpose by Archbishop Paul C. Schulte on May 7, trator during the months of transition after On July 7, 2004, Msgr. Tuohy was center built adjacent to the school during 1961, at the Archabbey Church there. Archbishop Biskup’s death. granted permission to retire as he contin- Msgr. Tuohy’s pastorate was later named Father Tuohy celebrated his first Mass He was named a prelate of honor by ued his struggle with cancer. in his honor. on May 14, 1961, at St. Therese of the Pope John Paul II on April 24, 1979. In a letter to Christ the King parish- After retiring, Msgr. Tuohy resided at Infant Jesus (Little Flower) Church. On Jan. 9, 1980, Msgr. Tuohy was reap- ioners dated May 5, 2004, Msgr. Tuohy the St. Luke Parish rectory until he moved Following his ordination, he continued pointed vicar general and chancellor. wrote, “After much deliberation, consulta- to Marquette Manor for hospice care in his studies at the Theological Union of The He accepted additional responsibilities tion and prayerful consideration, I have recent months. Catholic University of America in as pastor of St. Mark the Evangelist Parish made the decision that the time has come He is survived by a sister, Bernadette Washington, D.C., in 1961 and earned a in Indianapolis on July 8, 1981. for me to resign from the pastorate of Cunningham; two brothers, J. Joseph canon law degree there on June 6, 1965. On May 14, 1984, he was appointed a Christ the King Parish and to take retire- Tuohy and James L. Tuohy; and many While studying at Catholic University, judge for the archdiocesan Metropolitan ment. … My health has not been good for nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great- Father Tuohy participated in the funeral Tribunal for a five-year term. several months now. … My energy level is nephews. †

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OPINION

Faith and Society/Douglas W. Kmiec The Supreme Court and Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher William R. Bruns, Associate Publisher the juvenile death penalty Greg A. Otolski, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus The U.S. Supreme Court recently as necessary to the “social and eco- declared the juvenile death penalty nomic” well-being of women, so it came unconstitutional. to be. Likewise, when five justices per- Editorial Since on the surface sonally concluded that the modern this 5-4 decision 17-year-old is too immature to take moral moved one step closer responsibility, a constitutionally autho- to the pope’s thought- rized punishment became unlawful. ful teaching in the Just as it found abortion permissible encyclical based on the evolving attitude of the Northwest Indiana Catholic Evangelium Vitae that American Medical Association and its sur- the death penalty vey of the laws of England, in invalidating should rarely, if ever, the juvenile death penalty the Supreme be employed, it was Court relied on two similar sources to dis- not surprising to see statements of praise place constitutional text: social science and

CNS photo by Karen Callaway, Karen Callaway, CNS photo by from Catholic sources. world opinion. Neither is law, and both are There is only one problem: As a mat- questionable on their own terms. ter of law, the court’s action is illegiti- After all, no study holds that all juve- mate—arguably even hurtful to the sanc- niles under 18 are unable to appreciate tity of human life. Why? Because the the gravity of their crimes. Christopher Father Tom Mischler, pastor of St. Mary of the Lake Parish in court’s method of reasoning mirrors the Simmons brutally tied up his pre-medi- Gary, Ind., speaks to death penalty foes outside the Indiana same disregard of constitutional text that tated burglary and murder victim, and State Prison in Michigan City on March 9. The vigil was held it exhibited in its discovery of an abor- pushed her from a bridge to drown, all before Donald Ray Wallace Jr., 47, was executed for killing a tion right in Roe vs. Wade. the while smugly bragging he could “get couple and their two children, ages 4 and 5, during a 1982 rob- In Roe, a majority of justices found away with it” because he was a minor. bery. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops began a national the word “liberty” to include the right of Relying on international standard is campaign against capital punishment during Holy Week. a woman to take the life of her unborn fashionable, and there is good reason to child, though nothing associated with that make international reference when con- word’s historical usage suggested any- struing treaties, but in this instance it is thing of the kind. When the 14th Amend- simply a constitutional non sequitur. ment’s guarantee of liberty was added to As a matter of faith, it is appropriate Abolish the death penalty the Constitution in 1868, the vast major- for us—as a people—to heed Pope John ity of states dealt severely with abortion. Paul II’s instruction that “nonlethal he United States Conference of being cleared of their charges.” Even when the case was decided in 1973, means [of punishment] are more in keep- TCatholic Bishops have launched a We welcome these recent survey 31 states prohibited abortion except to ing with ... the common good and ... the new initiative to end the use of the results with a sense of hope. This save the mother’s life. dignity of the human person.” What’s death penalty in the U.S. newspaper has been vocal and forth- In Roper vs. Simmons, striking down more, the framers never intended the As reported in the March 18 issue of right in its support of the Church’s the juvenile death penalty, it was likewise Constitution to be frozen in the 18th cen- The Criterion, the bishops’ new cam- teaching on the death penalty—that the clear that such punishment was not cate- tury. They left it up to us—we the people paign is given significant impetus by a direct killing of anyone is only justifi- gorically “cruel and unusual” in 1789 in legislative assembly and by amend- recent poll by the Zogby International able in a case of self-defense when when the Eighth Amendment was added ment—to keep our basic charter up to Polling organization that shows a pre- there is absolutely no other way to pro- to the Constitution. Based upon contem- date and anchored to objective morality. cipitous “plunge” of support for capital tect oneself, another innocent person or poraneous practice as well as the concur- If we surrender these lawful means of punishment among U.S. Catholics. society in general from violence or rent commentary of influential legal change to an unelected body, we may The Zogby poll, which surveyed death. We believe that in this day and authorities, no one over 14 was exempt occasionally be pleased, but we also will nearly 1,800 Catholic adults, found age, life imprisonment without the pos- from capital sentence in an appropriately be ratifying an illicit means of reasoning that less than half (48.5 percent) of the sibility of parole is an action sufficient heinous case. that just as easily can purport to authorize Catholic adults surveyed support the to protect society from murderers. The The original meaning of the Constitu- the sacrifice of innocent human life and death penalty, while 48.4 percent Catechism of the Catholic Church, tion matters—that is, its meaning at time with it truly universal and international oppose it. In the past, Catholic support quoting Pope John Paul II, says that of enactment—because only the text is precepts worth preserving—our inalien- for the death penalty has been as high “cases in which the execution of the law. Whether the justices happen to think able rights. as 68 percent. offender is an absolute necessity ‘are the law of the Constitution represents good The poll also indicated that the very rare, if not practically non-exis- or bad policy should be of no consequence. (Douglas W. Kmiec is a columnist for intensity of support for the death tent’” (#2267). But like abortion, so capital punish- Catholic News Service and is a professor penalty has fallen by half, from a high Any number of solid reasons exist for ment. Though the original meaning of of constitutional law at Pepperdine of 40 percent to 20 percent in the doing away with the death penalty—the “liberty” was not a license to kill the University School of Law in Maliku recent survey. innate dignity of human life, the chance unborn, once a majority of justices saw it Calif.) † At a press conference called at the of repentance and reform of the guilty, National Press Club to introduce the the possibility of executing the innocent, new campaign, Cardinal Theodore the paradox of defending life by taking McCarrick, archbishop of Washington life, our own call to forgiveness and rec- Letters to the Editor and a former supporter of the death onciliation, the need to control our own the war trials in Nuremberg, Germany. penalty, said, “We cannot teach that urge for revenge and retribution. The Have we become like When one is guilty of crimes against killing is wrong by killing. We cannot abolition of the death penalty is above Nazi Germany? humanity, it is not an adequate defense to defend life by taking life.” all entirely consistent with the Church’s Cardinal McCarrick also pointed out stand in support of all human life—from The dual atrocities committed in Nazi claim that there was a constitutional right that while the present campaign is a the very moment of conception until Germany are being repeated in “The Good for taking the lives of innocent persons. new initiative, the cause itself is not natural death. Old U.S.A.” In Nazi Germany, the first Not all of those people who were hanged new. The conference of bishops has As Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein groups annihilated were the lame and men- at Nuremberg were in the military. opposed the death penalty for 25 years. has often pointed out, capital punish- tally ill. Germany’s war with Poland The U.S. Supreme Court committed Opposition to the death penalty is ment does not honor the victims them- necessitated a need for hospital beds, and fraud in Roe vs. Wade when they defined higher among Catholics who attend selves, and it does not bring about true the lame and mentally ill patients were the word “person” in the 14th Mass often and among younger closure or freedom to the victims’ fam- moved to vacant castles. There, they were Amendment. No persons, not even jus- Catholics. One-third of the Catholics ilies and loved ones. Only forgiveness left to starve to death. As the killing of the tices of the Supreme Court, are above the surveyed who once supported the death can do that. handicapped went unchallenged, Hitler law, and when Americans finally wake up penalty—like Cardinal McCarrick— The U.S. bishops’ renewed effort to next targeted a second “unwanted” group and learn that they have been had, some- now oppose it. abolish the use of the death penalty in and murdered more than 6 million Jews. one will have to pay the piper. The cardinal pointed out that the our country deserves the prayerful and Here, in the Unites States, the Paul S. Collignon, Indianapolis application of the death penalty in the thoughtful consideration of Catholics sequence has been flip-flopped. Our ini- U.S. is “deeply flawed.” Present at the and all persons of goodwill. tial atrocity was the sanction of the killing The Church needs to press conference was Kirk Bloodsworth, The United States, China, Iran and of the unborn. This has resulted in the who spent nearly nine years on Death Saudi Arabia account for more than killing of more than 45 million little per- return to the basics sons who have been denied their right of Row in Maryland. He was released after 80 percent of the executions recorded I can’t help but respond to the column equal protection guaranteed by the 14th DNA testing proved that he was inno- by Amnesty International. It is time written by Father Eugene Henrick in the Amendment. cent of the crime for which he was con- that our beloved country joins the rest March 11 edition of The Criterion (Young victed and condemned to death. of the civilized world, where the Our country has now reverted to Catholic adults and Vatican II.) Although I “Since 1973,” Bloodsworth said, majority of countries have eliminated Germany’s first atrocities, and has tar- read it several times, I was quite puzzled “more than 100 people have been the death penalty in law or in practice. geted the lame and the mentally ill. by the message he was trying to convey. exonerated from Death Row after Now is the time. † Florida state courts now claim jurisdiction to decide which innocent persons shall My wife and I are both young adults — William R. Bruns live and which shall die. with five young children and have studied There is a caveat to be learned from See LETTERS, page 16 The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005 Page 5

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

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR

We all share in the mission of spreading the Good News aster is the ultimate celebration of If we did not believe in the fullness of shared according to our particular roles and spiritual virtues. life and a timely gift. The message life after death, and if we did not believe in life. Not long ago, a faithful Catholic Eof the Easter season has always that this gift has been won decisively for Not only are our priests responsible for woman completed her baptismal mission been timely, but it can be treasured even us by Jesus Christ, life would not be carrying on the Church’s mission to our and passed over to the Kingdom, where more in our day. worth living. As one pastor once society, parents are responsible for the surely Jesus, Mary and Joseph received Recently, Pope John Paul II wrote a remarked bluntly in a funeral homily, “If Catholic upbringing of their children. her. Alma Worthington, an African- letter to the bishops of France in which we did not believe in life after death, we Grandparents and Godparents assist them. American, lived a long and not very easy he spoke of an identity crisis that is would be no different than running dogs Catechists and teachers also share the life. She was a stalwart and faithful affecting our modern society. It is a crisis in the street.” Yet a secular culture leaves responsibility with parents who entrust parishioner at St. Andrew the Apostle of values and the lack of hope that can be society degraded because there is nothing their children to them for religious Parish on the near north side of observed particularly in Europe and in to hope for beyond death. instruction and formation. Priests, with Indianapolis. She was what I would call a our own country as well. Pope John Paul II quotes the Second the help of pastoral leaders, share the natural evangelist of the faith. She was Society is more and more dominated Vatican Council: “One is entitled to responsibility for spiritual direction, espe- who she was and that meant, among other by secularism, a culture that intentionally think that the future of humanity is in cially making the sacraments of the things, that she was a Roman Catholic seeks to isolate faith and religious values the hands of those men who are capable Church available. The sacraments of the woman. She was, intent on doing her part from “the real world.” As this happens, of providing the generations to come Church empower and strengthen us for to make sure her Church and her parish societies tend to propose only one sort of with reasons for life and optimism” our shared mission. lived up to the tenets of our faith. In a life, a life founded on material well- Gaudium et Spes, #31). Generations of Workers and professional people have respectful, straight forward way, she being, which is unable to foster an under- people have fostered religious, spiritual a particular opportunity to infuse made sure her archbishop did the same. standing of the true meaning of life. and moral values since the early cen- Christian spiritual and moral values in the Alma was a good cook and that was a Absent are the fundamental values that turies of Christianity. workplace. Most often, this happens sim- gifted part of her identity. The table she are needed to make the free and responsi- On Easter Sunday, we Catholics ply through the example of honestly liv- set became a place of evangelization, ble choices that are a source of true joy renewed our Profession of Faith and ing the Christian life according to the whether in her home or elsewhere. There, and happiness. recalled once more the decisive gift of teaching of Christ and the Catholic as elsewhere, her faith and her natural If we have our eyes set on the mean- our life—our baptism. At that decisive Church. This requires a personal commit- gifts coalesced in an unpretentious win- ing of life then we know that the goal is moment of baptism, we set out on the ment to one’s faith because it implies wit- ning way. I believe that is a good para- literally out of sight. Life as we know it pathway which will lead us to the even- nessing with words and deeds while digm for our shared mission. † is a pathway to the unseen Kingdom tual passage to the Kingdom and immor- intentionally living the Christian moral where every tear will be wiped away. We tality. Christians walk this path by faith. We With baptism comes the responsibil- walk confidently with hope to our final ity to hand on the Good News of Jesus Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for April goal because Jesus Christ has become the Christ and the teachings of the Church Priests: that they may joyfully and faithfully live out their priestly promises and encour- bridge from this earthly life to the that offer hope to our world. This is our age other men to embrace God’s call to the priesthood. Kingdom. Christian mission. This responsibility is Todos compartimos la misión de difundir la Buena Nueva a Pascua es la máxima celebración Reino. desempeñemos en la vida. retiró al Reino donde seguramente Jesús, de la vida y constituye un obsequio Si no creyéramos en la totalidad de la No sólo los sacerdotes son María y José la recibieron. Alma Loportuno. El mensaje de la época vida después de la muerte y si no responsables por transmitir la misión de Worthington, una afro-americana, vivió de Pascua siempre ha sido oportuno, pero creyéramos que Jesucristo claramente la Iglesia a nuestra sociedad. Los padres una vida larga y no muy sencilla. Era en nuestros días podemos valorarlo aun ganó este obsequio para nosotros, no son responsables por la crianza católica una parroquiana incondicional y creyente más. valdría la pena vivir la vida. Tal y como de sus hijos. Los abuelos y padrinos les de la parroquia Saint Andrew the El Papa Juan Pablo II escribió señaló contundentemente un pastor una ayudan. Los catequistas y maestros Apostole (San Andrés Apóstol), cerca del recientemente una carta a los obispos de vez en una homilía funeraria: “Si no también comparten la responsabilidad con norte de Indianápolis. Ella era lo que yo Francia en la que les hablaba de una crisis creyéramos en la vida después de la los padres quienes les confían a sus hijos llamaría una evangelista natural de la fe. de identidad que está afectando a nuestra muerte, no seríamos diferentes de los para recibir instrucción y formación Ella era quien era, y eso quería decir, sociedad moderna. Es una crisis de perros que corren por las calles.” Sin religiosa. Los sacerdotes, con la ayuda de entre otras cosas, que era una mujer valores y de falta de esperanza que puede embargo, una cultura laica es degradante los líderes pastorales, comparten la católica romana. Se empeñaba en observarse particularmente en Europa y para la sociedad porque en ella, después responsabilidad de ser guías espirituales, colaborar para cerciorarse de que su también en nuestro país. de la muerte no hay esperanza. especialmente poniendo a su disposición iglesia y su parroquia vivieran de acuerdo La sociedad está cada vez más El Papa Juan Pablo II cita al Concilio los sacramentos de la Iglesia. Los a la doctrina de nuestra fe. De una forma dominada por el laicismo, una cultura que Vaticano II: “Se puede pensar con toda sacramentos de la Iglesia nos habilitan y respetuosa y muy directa, se aseguraba de intencionalmente procura aislar la fe y los razón que el porvenir de la humanidad fortalecen para cumplir con nuestra que su arzobispo hiciera lo mismo. valores religiosos del “mundo real”. A está en manos de quienes sepan dar a las misión compartida. Alma era una buena cocinera y ese era medida que esto sucede, las sociedades generaciones venideras razones para vivir Los trabajadores y los profesionales un aspecto privilegiado de su identidad. tienden a proponer únicamente un tipo de y razones para esperar.” Gaudium et Spes, cuentan con una oportunidad particular La mesa que ella sirviera se convertía en vida, una vida basada en el bienestar n. 31). Desde los inicios de los siglos del para infundir los valores cristianos un lugar de evangelización, ya fuera en material, incapaz de fomentar el cristianismo numerosas generaciones han espirituales y morales en sus lugares de su casa o en cualquier otro lugar. Allí, entendimiento del verdadero significado difundido los valores religiosos, trabajo. Por lo general esto sucede como en todos los demás lugares, su fe y de la vida. Los valores fundamentales espirituales y morales. simplemente a través del ejemplo de vivir sus dones naturales se combinaban de necesarios para tomar decisiones libres y El domingo de la Pascua de honestamente una vida cristiana de manera humilde. Creo que este es un responsables que son la fuente de la Resurrección los católicos renovamos acuerdo a las enseñanzas de Cristo y de la buen paradigma para nuestra misión verdadera alegría y felicidad, se nuestra profesión de fe y se nos recuerda Iglesia Católica. Esto exige un compartida. † encuentran ausentes. una vez más el obsequio definitivo de compromiso personal con la propia fe ya Si tenemos la vista puesta en el nuestra vida: nuestro bautismo. En ese que implica dar testimonio con palabras y significado de la vida, sabemos entonces momento crucial del bautismo se nos acciones, viviendo intencionalmente las que el objetivo se encuentra literalmente coloca en la senda que nos conducirá virtudes cristianas espirituales y morales. apartado de nuestra mira. La vida tal y finalmente al Reino y a la inmortalidad. No hace mucho una mujer católica Traducido por: Language Training Center, como la conocemos es un camino hacia el Junto con el bautismo viene la devota completó su misión bautismal y se Indianapolis Reino donde toda lágrima será enjugada. responsabilidad de transmitir la Buena Los cristianos caminamos este sendero Nueva de Jesucristo y las enseñanzas de La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en abril por la fe. Caminamos confiados con la la Iglesia que brindan esperanza a nuestro esperanza de llegar a nuestro objetivo mundo. Esta es nuestra misión cristiana. Sacerdotes: ¡Que ellos realicen sus promesas como sacerdotes con júbilo y fe y den final ya que Jesucristo se ha convertido en Compartimos esta responsabilidad ánimo a otros hombres para que contesten la llamada de Dios al sacerdocio! el puente entre esta vida mundana y el dependiendo del papel particular que Page 6 The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005

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The Marian Center of Indianapolis and the archdiocesan Registration is due by April 25. “Contemplative Praying 1402 E. Southern Ave., in Beech Grove. The event will fea- Office of Pro-Life Ministry invite women of all ages to the Rosary” will be offered from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on ture an ala carte luncheon. All proceeds will benefit St. Paul attend the second annual Catholic Women’s Conference, May 3, 10, 17 and 24 (the first four Tuesdays in May). Fran- Hermitage. For more information, call 317-881-5818. “Treasuring Womanhood,” from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on ciscan Sister Janet Born will lead the sessions. The cost is April 30 in the Sagamore Ballroom at the Indiana Conven- $30 per person, and includes a book on praying the rosary. The Pro Arte Singers of Indiana University will give a tion Center in downtown Indianapolis. The keynote speaker Registration is due by April 27. For more information or to free concert at 2:30 p.m. on April 3 in the Archabbey will be internationally known Irish singer Dana. The day register for any of these events, call the Oldenburg Francis- Church of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad. The will also include a presentation by well-known author and can Center at 812-933-6437 or e-mail center@oldenburg chamber choir performs Medieval, Renaissance and speaker Mary Beth Bonacci titled “Outstanding Women of osf.com. Baroque choral repertory. The concert is open to the public. America,” a Mass celebrated by Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, Diane Rivera, a pianist from Bloomington, will present a vicar general, and more. The cost is $35 per person, which The Knights of Columbus Mater Dei Council #437, 1301 recital at 7 p.m. on April 4 in St. Bede Theater. Rivera will includes lunch. The registration deadline is April 1. N. Delaware St., in Indianapolis, is having an all-you-can- play pieces by composers Maurice Ravel, Josef Hadyn and Registrations received after April 15 or walk-ins may not be eat chili supper at 6 p.m. on April 1. The event will benefit Frederic Chopin. The recital is also open to the public. For able to receive a lunch. For more information, call the the Gibault School for Children in Terre Haute. The cost is more information about these events, call Mary Jeanne Marian Center at 317-924-3982 or 317-888-0873. $6 per adult or $3 per child. Schumacher at 812-357-6501.

The seventh annual archdiocesan SPRED Liturgy will be The Catholic Business Exchange is having its monthly The Ministry of Consolation Spring Gathering for held at 3 p.m. on April 17 at St. Monica Church, 6131 N. meeting on April 15 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2100 Bereavement Ministers will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Michigan Road, in Indianapolis. The Special Religious E. 71st St., in Indianapolis. The meeting will begin with a on April 20 in the Benedictine Room of the Archbishop Education program of the archdiocese invites all partici- 6:30 a.m. Mass, followed by networking, a buffet breakfast O’Meara Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., in Indiana- pants, their families and their catechists to come to the and a speaker. The program will conclude by 8:30 a.m. polis. The topic will be “How to Talk to People Who are event, as well as all those with special needs or anyone Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter will speak on Seriously Ill or Dying.” There is no cost for the event. whose life has been touched by someone with a disability or “Religious Influences in the Performance of a Public Registration is required by April 18. For more information, special need. A reception will be held after the Mass. For Official’s Duties.” The cost is $10. The Catholic Business call the archdiocesan Office for Family Ministries at 317- more information, call the SPRED office at 317-236-1448. Exchange is an opportunity for Catholic businessmen and 236-1596 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1596, or e-mail women to meet monthly to share their faith and common [email protected]. A Charismatic Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. on interests in business. Registration is required. For more April 4 at Mount Saint Francis Retreat Center, 101 St. An- information, call Jim Liston at 317-469-1244 or e-mail St. Francis Hospitals and Health Centers will host a can- thony Drive, in Mount St. Francis. The Mass will be cele- [email protected]. cer workshop titled “Look Good … Feel Better” for brated by Conventual Franciscan Father John Elmer. Music women undergoing radiation and/or chemotherapy from will be led by Testify of Lanesville. All are welcome. For Several members of the archdiocese will be featured on noon to 2 p.m. on April 18 at the hospital’s Mooresville more information, call 502-239-0208. the radio program Shout It From the Rooftops from 1 p.m. campus, 1201 Hadley Road. The workshop is designed to to 2 p.m. on April 8 on WLCR 1040 AM Radio. Those fea- help women in cancer treatment to cope with appearance- “Letting God in through Nature and Art: A Spring tured on the call-in program will be Father Paul Etienne, related side effects, including hair loss and changes in com- Retreat” will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 23 at pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany; plexion. The event is free. For more information or to regis- the Oldenburg Franciscan Center in Oldenburg. Franciscan Judy McNulty, coordinator of the parish’s Catholics ter, call 317-782-6704. † Sister Ann Vonder Muelen, artist and spiritual director, will Returning Home program; and Crit Fisher, a recent partici- lead the retreat. The cost is $50 per person, which includes pant in the program. lunch and art supplies. Registration is due by April 18. “Let U.S. Conference of Your Light Shine,” a retreat day for adults with develop- The Ave Maria Guild is sponsoring a rummage sale from mental disabilities, will be offered on May 1, beginning with 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 1 at St. Paul Hermitage, 501 Catholic Bishops’ Office a 9:30 a.m. Mass in the Convent Chapel of the Sisters of N. 17th St., in Beech Grove. The sale is open to the public. St. Francis of Oldenburg, and ending at 3 p.m. Sister Ann All proceeds will benefit the hermitage. The guild is also for Film and Broadcasting and Virginia Gilbert will lead the retreat. The cost is $30 per sponsoring a card party from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on person and includes lunch. Scholarships are available. April 14 at the Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, movie ratings

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happen,” Father Kurt said. “We’re incor- During the Easter Vigil cel- porated into Christ’s world of grace and ebrated on March 26 at RCIA we’re incorporated into the community of Our Lady of Lourdes continued from page 1 Church in Indianapolis,

the Church. Once we get into the Church, Sean Gallagher Photo by him. once we get into that world of grace, then Benedictine Father Bede “I finally just said, ‘I really need to we take the next full step of celebrating Cisco, archdiocesan direc- make the commitment,’ ” he said. “I was the Eucharist.” tor of the Office of Deacon very active in a lot of the things she did Although Andrew Kuhn and many oth- Formation, gives for [her first Communion]. And it just was ers like him received into the Church at Communion to Andrew a great experience.” the Easter Vigil had been baptized long Kuhn, who received the In an interview before the Easter Vigil, ago in another Christian ecclesial commu- sacrament for the first time at the liturgy after Mary Anne Kuhn noted the greater unity nity, RCIA is ordinarily intended for those in her family that she saw would be an who have not been baptized. being accepted into the outcome of her husband joining the Therefore, there is a natural tendency full communion of the Catholic Church. Church. for those participating in RCIA and those “Before, I really did hate it, going up to who are leaders in it to focus on baptism. Communion [without him],” she said. “He That does not mean, however, that there didn’t partake of the Eucharist. And my is not a close tie between baptism and the daughter said, ‘Daddy, why can’t you Eucharist, according the Father Kurt. come up here with us?’ He’s looking for- “I think the Scriptures show us a very could look at the bread as it passed before much more comfortable. ward to all of us going up there together, intimate connection between baptism and her year after year. “It weighed on my mind. And I just and all of us receiving it and being more Eucharist,” he said. “When in John 19:34, Now that she is fully initiated into the thought, ‘Well, this is what I want to do of a one-body family.” as Jesus’ side is pierced with a lance, it’s Church, Daum can receive Communion because I do want to have a relationship After the conclusion of the Easter Vigil blood and water that flows out. The alongside those who have been Catholic with God.’ ” at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kuhn fathers of the Church have always kind of their entire lives. In a telephone interview following her was aglow in the delight of the moment. seen that as the symbol of baptism and of In a telephone interview before the reception into the Church at the Easter “It was beautiful,” he said. “It was kind Jesus’ sacrifice in the Eucharist. So that’s Easter Vigil, Daum spoke about her antici- Vigil, Daum spoke about her experience of a culmination of everything. It’s been a there from the very beginning.” pation of receiving Communion in the of receiving Communion for the first time. very rewarding experience.” Years before she was fully initiated into Catholic Church for the first time. “It just made you feel so much closer,” After receiving Communion for the the Church at St. Paul Church in Tell City, “I think it’s going to be awesome,” she she said. “It was so much more person- first time, Kuhn reflected on what impact Rebecca Daum had been baptized as a said. “I’m really excited about it. It makes able. You actually felt like you were a part his being able to join his family in the member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. But me happy to know that I’m going to be of it. It wasn’t something that you just sacrament will have on their life together. because that religious tradition does not involved in something that is so uplifting.” passed by and then you didn’t really think “I think that it will make a big differ- profess belief in the Trinity, her baptism The enriching impact that the Catholic about. It’s like when you consume it, it ence,” he said. “It just kind of makes it was invalid in the Catholic Church. faith had on her husband, Ryan, and his goes into your body.” whole. It kind of brings everything While a Jehovah’s Witness, Daum also family was one of the main factors that Her relationship with God now made together.” on a yearly basis celebrated what that eventually led Daum to participate in closer through the Eucharist, Daum said Although the Eucharist in a very real group describes as “The Passover.” In it, a RCIA. that she is looking forward to instilling a way is the culmination of RCIA for those plate of bread is passed among the mem- This attraction to the Church was a love of God in her young daughter. who are received into the Church, a great bers, but few partake of it, according to change for her. When as a member of the Father Kurt said RCIA and its culmina- amount of attention is also given to the Daum. Jehovah’s Witnesses, she began to date tion in the Eucharist can bring families, sacrament of baptism. This is because among the Witnesses, her future husband, she was shunned by like the Kuhns and the Daums, closer And rightly so, for it is “the gateway to only those who consider themselves part her fellow Witnesses. Daum’s family soon together. all the other sacraments,” according to of the 144,000 they believe will be the ended their membership as well. “I think that’s what we mean by a com- Benedictine Father Kurt Stasiak, associate only ones to go to heaven actually fully “When I came out of the Jehovah’s munity of grace,” he said. “That’s an professor of sacramental and liturgical participate in the ritual. Witnesses, I didn’t feel comfortable even example of the communion of saints here theology at Saint Meinrad School of Since Daum at the time of her member- praying to God,” Daum said. “And then on earth, where the good that we do does Theology in St. Meinrad. ship in the Jehovah’s Witnesses did not when I went and saw their relationship influence each other and does build upon “It’s through baptism that two things consider herself in that number, she only [with the Church], it just made me feel so God’s grace.” †

people who gathered in the night on March 25 at Rome’s Colosseum for the POPE Stations of the Cross, the pope wrote, “I, continued from page 1 too, offer my sufferings so that God’s plan She was not disappointed that he did not would be fulfilled and his word would celebrate the Mass or proclaim the blessing. spread among the nations. Got “His presence was enough,” Dinan said. “I, in turn, am close to those who are “We are praying for him. He shows all peo- tried by suffering at this moment. I pray for ple that in weakness they are still valuable.” each of them,” the pope wrote. Questions? The Booth family from Chicago—Kevin Those gathered at the Colosseum and and Kim and their children, Brittany, those watching on television knew the pope Katherine and William—is not Catholic, but was watching as well. Find the answers in the wanted to see Pope John Paul. Big screens set up at the Colosseum “You don’t have to be Catholic to be showed the pope, dressed in his white new, 2005 edition of the moved by this,” Kim said. “Everyone was soutane and wearing the red stole he would holding their breath to see if he would make have worn at the service, watching the Directory and Yearbook an appearance. We did not expect to hear Stations of the Cross on television in his him.” private chapel. for the Archdiocese of Ryan Rooney, a 19-year-old student at The television cameras showed the pope Indianapolis. the Franciscan University of Steubenville, only from behind and slightly to the side. Ohio, attended the Mass with a group of his His face was never shown in any of the peers. repeated shots broadcast over the course of ust off the presses, the new direc- Rooney said Easter was the first time he 90 minutes. Jtory contains up-to-date informa- had ever seen Pope John Paul in person and As he would have done had he been at tion about parishes, pastors, parish “it was wonderful. the Colosseum, Pope John Paul held a cru- staff, schools, school staff, religious “My prayer is not so much for him, but cifix during the proclamation, reading, med- education staff, archdiocesan adminis- for the world to see who he is: the vicar of itation and prayer recited for the last station. tration, offices and agencies, telephone numbers, Christ on earth,” Rooney said. “His being at Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the Mass times, addresses, e-mail addresses, photos of and biographical the window, being present, says so much. 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During the Mass, the oil of the That was the year that Bishop Simon Bruté sick and the oil of the catechumens became the first bishop of the new Diocese of are blessed and the sacred chrism is Vincennes, which covered all of Indiana and consecrated. The various oils are eastern Illinois. used in the sacraments of baptism, The local Church at that time was made up holy orders, anointing of the sick of one bishop, two priests and a few Catholic and confirmation. households over more than 52,000 square After the oils are blessed by miles. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, “We come from humble beginnings,” they are distributed to representa- Archbishop Buechlein said. “Our first tives of all the parishes in central Cathedral—in Vincennes—was only 100 feet and southern Indiana. in length. The walls were without plaster. The Mass is also a chance for the Burlap was used to cover the windows. There priests of the archdiocese to renew was no heat.” together the promise of their ordina- In that sparse place, Bishop Bruté hung a tion to serve the people of God. single, eight-inch picture of St. Francis The roots of the chrism Mass date Xavier—the patron of the archdiocese—for back to the eighth century, said the people who visited the Cathedral. Father Rick Ginther, director of Still, the poverty of the time made little dif- liturgy for the archdiocese. It used to ference, the archbishop said. be part of three Holy Thursday litur- “Our one, holy, catholic and apostolic Deacon William Williams, an archdiocesan seminarian to be ordained to the priesthood this year, pro- gies (the Reconciling of Penitents is Church took root there in all simplicity,” he claims the Gospel at the center of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis during the annual no longer a liturgy in use on Holy said. “In the humble beginning on the banks chrism Mass on March 22. Thursday). of the Wabash [River] here in Indiana, we The use of oils in the sacramental inherited our Catholic faith.” life of the Church comes out of the It is good for us, he said, to remember that Middle East and Mediterranean. the unity that Catholics share today is not just “It’s the natural ingredient which with each other, but with their ancestors as easily symbolizes not only the sanc- well. tifying grace of the sacrament, but “The unity of our faith reaches back to our also signifies … the natural needs of past—indeed back to Christ and the apostolic the person, [such as healing],” age,” he said. “From there, our Catholic her- Father Ginther said. itage came by way of Europe to Indiana and “The chrism [oil] comes out of was especially gifted by courageous pioneers.” the ancient tradition of the anointing The archbishop offered special words of of priest, prophet and king—one praise for Bishop Bruté and Blessed Mother who was anointed with that oil was Theodore Gúerin, the foundress of the Sisters set aside, dedicated,” Father Ginther of Providence. said. He also turned special attention to the The very same happens with nearly 100 priests of the archdiocese who had Catholics in the sacraments of bap- gathered at the Mass to publicly renew their tism and confirmation. † promises of the priesthood. “Brother priests,” the archbishop said, “as we renew our ordination promises tonight, we do so as a communio—a presbyteral college. And it’s fruitful for us to remember also that at ordination we were not only united to the priests of our archdiocese in our day. We can trace our communion back to the apostolic era, and we are in privileged communion with our first bishop and the 1834 small presbyter- ate of two priests.” The tradition of using holy oils is also something that marks us to our past. “This chrism Mass and Holy Week point us to the roots of our Church and to the treasure of the sacraments,” Archbishop Buechlein said. “The blessing of the holy oils calls us to deeper faith in the reality they sign and seal: in baptism, in confirmation, in Holy Orders, in Deacon Shaun Whittington, an archdiocesan the anointing of the sick. seminarian to be ordained to the priesthood “Let us pray for our unity with sincere and later this year, presents oil to Archbishop Daniel very grateful and joyful hearts,” he said. M. Buechlein during the annual chrism Mass at “Let’s pray with the humble spirit of Bishop SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. The Bruté. Let’s pray with the holy determination oil of the sick, the oil of catechumens and the of Blessed Mother Theodore. Surely, they join Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein leads about 100 priests of the archdiocese and all present at SS. Peter sacred chrism were all blessed by the arch- us in our mission still.” † and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis in the Penitential Rite during the chrism Mass on March 22. bishop during the Mass.

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By Fr. Herbert Weber life and hope. This means relating to the lives of those who are assembled and reflecting a life-giving message Recently, I led a group of 11 high school students and that goes beyond this earth. several adults on a mission trip to Jamaica. On a Sunday Both the celebration of Mass and the observance of morning, we visited a poor section of Kingston, spend- Sunday have to reflect the vitality that flows from Northwest Indiana Catholic ing time with families who lived in small houses in a appreciating the Resurrection. Perhaps in the past, call- cramped neighborhood. From there, we went to the ing Sunday a day of rest failed to illustrate the joyful re- Catholic church for Sunday Mass with some of the folks creation of this day. For young people, a day of rest is that we met there. equated with boredom.

The Mass lasted more than two hours. All the people Would considering Sunday a day of renewal better Karen Callaway, CNS photo by were dressed in their best. They joyfully sang each song, articulate the vision? and participated throughout. They even hung onto every A parish’s approach to reclaiming Sunday has to word of the 45-minute homily. begin with the way Sundays are observed at that That evening, as our group met to process the day’s church. Each Sunday Mass, regardless of how many experiences, student after student spoke of the Mass as there are, has to be treated by everyone as if it were the the day’s highlight. That was impressive and even extra- only one, with the homily well-prepared and the music ordinary, especially considering that the afternoon was the best it can be. Any semblance of rushing the Mass spent at a fishing village on the beach, where they in order to quickly clear the parking lot starts to defeat enjoyed sunshine, while it was snowing at home in the purpose. Ohio. And coming to church early enough to be ready to All these high school students are serious about their celebrate—even having looked over the day’s Scripture faith, but they don’t always have the same enthusiasm readings at home beforehand—is a real value. about Sunday Mass at home. So I asked them to explain. As for respecting Sunday itself, I recall listening to The best they could answer was that the liturgy they my sister-in-law complain that her parish divided the experienced with the Jamaicans was truly a celebration, family by scheduling activities on Sunday that might a focus for their day and week. The Mass was energiz- have been scheduled for other times. ing for them, full of vitality and somehow life-giving. Parishes do people a favor by encouraging them to One student said it helped her recommit to her own avoid doing their household chores on Sunday. There Catholic faith. are instances, however, where doing a household chore, Sadly, Sunday Mass for many Catholics has lost some especially for others, is in keeping with acts of charity of its luster as the week’s center. Often, individuals get that are appropriately done on Sunday too. trapped in the mentality of “fitting Mass in” their I don’t want people to think that the only way to be schedule. restorative is to be self-centered. Perhaps the question Our parish’s Pastoral Council decided to spend 2005 we should ask ourselves is what we might do on the focusing on Sunday as the Lord’s Day, trying to exam- Lord’s Day that would reflect a life-renewal experience. ine how our parish could better highlight Sunday Mass The experience of the Mass that our group had in and the whole day of Sunday. We began by studying Jamaica came right after visiting the squalors of the Pope John Paul II’s 1998 apostolic letter “Dies Domini” ghetto. In a sense, my students received a taste of (“The Day of the Lord”). Easter resurrection after being in the suffering of Good In his letter, the pope called attention to Sunday as Friday. the day of the risen Lord. Our council first saw this sim- Perhaps that, too, is why the Mass meant so much ply as a reference to Jesus’ resurrection taking place on both to the Jamaicans and to us as visitors from the a Sunday. Eventually, we realized that having a day for United States. Even in the hardness of life’s misery, the the risen Lord meant much more. power of the risen Lord comes through with a message Resurrection is the epitome of celebrating life. In of hope. Jesus’ resurrection, death and sin have been overcome. It’s a message needed every week regardless of where This is a message of hope and encouragement. It chal- one lives. The risen Christ is depicted in this stained-glass window at lenges all that is deadly or infected by sin. St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Michigan City, Ind., in the Diocese Consequently, to accept Sunday as a day of the risen (Father Herbert Weber is pastor of St. Peter Parish in of Gary. In Jesus’ resurrection, death and sin have been over- Lord, a parish has to believe that the celebration is about Mansfield, Ohio.) † come. This is a message of hope and encouragement. Pope encourages people to serve others on Sundays By David Gibson the poor, the lonely and the sick to have happier and Sundays feel more keenly their isolation, needs and healthier lives. suffering. A “tide of charity” flows from the Sunday Mass, inspir- The pope said Sunday gives people “an opportunity to “It is true that commitment to these people cannot be ing how people live the rest of the day, Pope John Paul II devote themselves to works of mercy, charity and aposto- restricted to occasional Sunday gestures,” the pope said in a 1998 apostolic letter titled “The Day of the Lord” late.” explained. “But presuming a wider sense of commitment, (“Dies Domini”). Pope John Paul suggested that on Sunday people “look why not make the Lord’s Day a more intense time of shar- There are many ways for Christians to bring “the love around to find people who may need their help. ing, encouraging all the inventiveness of which Christian of Christ received at the eucharistic table” into other peo- “It may be that in their neighborhood or among those charity is capable?” ple’s lives, he said, to improve “family life, social rela- they know,” he noted, “there are sick people, elderly tionships [and] moments of relaxation” as well as to help people, children or immigrants who precisely on (David Gibson edits Faith Alive!) † Discussion Point Sunday is day for faith, family This Week’s Question “I’ve always believed that Sunday is that day of oblig- ation, time to pray and give your time to the Lord. I What does “Sunday” mean to you? What do you do miss that [society doesn’t] give the day to the Lord by that makes it the day of the risen Lord? not working. It’s a day to reflect on our soul.” (Frank “I go to Mass and don’t work. I generally hate to Waite, Burien, Wash.) cook, but I make a big family dinner with in-laws and Lend Us Your Voice my sons and their girlfriends. We keep it as a family day. I don’t shop on Sundays and wish stores weren’t An upcoming edition asks: How do couples today open.” (Mary Kay Barrick, Catonsville, Md.) “make it work” when both spouses work outside the home? “To me, it’s a day to regroup. We always go to Mass. ... We relax and center on the Eucharist because it’s To respond for possible publication, send an e-mail to what brings last week together, [and] what centers our [email protected] or write to Faith Alive! at life.” (Linda Kelley, Ketchikan, Alaska) 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. † Wiechec Nancy CNS photo by Page 10 The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Making a Difference/Tony Magliano Jesus in the Gospels: He cast out demons War is too

If modern Christians are embarrassed in which demons are expelled from per- that belief as serious and normative.” about Jesus’ miracles (see last week’s sons or things. But this rite is used very It’s interesting that there are no exor- easy for us column), it’s nothing carefully, and rarely, today. Every effort cisms in John’s Gospel; they are con- War is too easy for most Americans. compared to what is made to be sure that demons are actu- fined to the other three Gospels. I’m not Of course, I don’t mean active they feel about the ally present. sure, though, what to make of that. U.S. combat forces or stories of Jesus cast- But what about the Gospel stories? Not all of Jesus’ healings involved their families. Nor ing out demons. Do Most of the symptoms of those from casting out demons. Sometimes he do I mean the we really have to whom Jesus cast out demons indicate ordered demons out before he cured 3,000 Americans who believe that all those mental illness epilepsy, or some physical blindness, deafness or dumbness, while perished on 9-11, and people were possessed ailment. The fact that Mary Magdalene at other times he simply healed the ill- the many New by demons? had had seven demons cast out (Lk 8:2) ness through a command. Yorkers and The quick answer probably indicates that she suffered from When he did expel demons, though, Washingtonians who to that question is no, a mental illness of some kind, not that he was demonstrating the power of personally experi- but that needs qualification. The Catholic she was an immoral woman. The symp- God’s kingdom over Satan and his enced that frightful Church teaches that there indeed are toms of the boy with a demon (Mt 17:14- demons. As powerful as demons are, day. demons. They were created as angels, but 18) strongly suggest epilepsy. they are no match for God. More than What I do mean is that for the vast became evil after they rejected God. As Jesus was working within the world- that, Jesus was demonstrating his own majority of Americans, war is quite pure spirits, they are powerful and they view of his time. As Scripture scholar power. He didn’t ask his Father to expel comfortable. Think about it. Nearly all can possess humans. They can work on Father Raymond Brown wrote, “Jesus, by the demons; he did it himself. He of us go about our days as though we the brain to stimulate unworthy desires, driving out demons in his process of ordered them to leave and, although they were at peace. We go to work as normal. they can move a person’s arms or legs, healing, is indicating that sickness is not might protest, they left. Our children safely go to school. We and they can use a person’s tongue to say simply a bodily ailment but is a manifes- One more quote from Father Brown: kick off our shoes at the end of the day things the person would not normally tation of the power of evil in the world.” “If you are among those who do not and watch television or read. say. They can cause both physical and He also wrote, “Clearly the New think that [Jesus’ exorcisms] are histori- With the exception of poor Americans, mental illness. Testament writers shared the view of the cal, you are not free to dismiss the reli- whose benefits are being cut to help fund The Catholic Church has a rite of Judaism of their time on the reality of the gious import of the narratives. Such dis- the wars, we are living quite well. exorcism, and bishops grant certain demonic; and subsequent Christian theol- missal of significance is not a mark of War is too easy for us. We don’t feel priests the power to perform exorcisms ogy, until our own time, has regarded sophistication but of superficiality.” † any pain. In fact, we are not even incon- venienced. We are at war and, yes, we Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes are comfortable. What if our cities had experienced the “shock and awe” of endless bombard- It’s time to play, in every way ment, as in Iraq? What if 100,000 of our children, mothers, fathers, wives and One of the things we have more time we feel like changing for the better. We ation, with a hint of the Garden of Eden husbands [according to a Johns Hopkins to reflect on when we’re older is the clean the house or garage, and clean up everywhere. University study] had been killed? What delight offered by our physical act with diet and workouts. Now, the trick is to sustain this great if our clean water and sanitation facilities each season of the This is also a time for celebrating feeling of renewed purpose. As the were destroyed, and food was in short year. The change of accomplishments or marking increments spring days meld into summer and the supply? And what if we had to live con- seasons in most parts of achievement. Kids graduate from high graduations, weddings and whatever stantly in fear? of the country is school or college, and in these extrava- other special events marking significant If we were experiencing what the impressive and ener- gant days, even kindergarten. They’re moments fade into memory, we may Iraqis are experiencing, I am certain gizing. And often this promoted to the next grade, flown up lapse in our noble efforts. We may fall most Americans would have a far differ- pleasure is interwo- from Brownie to Girl Scout, or presented into the mental and spiritual ruts that ent view of war. We would put aside ven with religious at recitals that display their improvement humans are so good at digging for them- primitive means of dealing with each significance. in playing piano. selves. What to do? other. We would learn to stretch our cre- Thus, Christina People take a critical look at their Maryknoll Father Joseph Veneroso ative imaginations to find peaceful ways Rossetti could rightly observe in her homes and gardens, marking their has written, “Among God’s many gifts to resolve our differences. poem, Easter Carol, that “Spring bursts favorite choices in seed catalogs and cir- to us, the most awesome—and scary—is It is foolish, insensitive and immoral today for Christ is risen and all the cling bargains in paint store ads. free will.” It seems to me that the spiri- to kill innocent people, destroy a nation, earth’s at play.” Because of Easter, we Teenagers jump the gun on summer tual impetus of Easter can carry us arouse immense resentment and waste enjoy a playful springtime of the soul clothes, wearing shorts and tank tops through the inevitable doldrums of billions of dollars in order to capture one just as our physical selves enjoy renewed whenever the temperature reaches human existence and help us make the brutal dictator. It defies logic and runs warmth and the rebirth of nature. It’s 50 degrees. The voice of the turtle is best use of our free will, if only we counter to the Catholic Church’s social time to play, in every way! heard in our land once more. allow it. doctrine. The RCIA candidates who’ve been Speaking of which, spring brings the With the habits of constant prayer, In the words of Pope John Paul II, working toward this day all year may sound of all birds singing away, dis- spiritual reading and frequent reception “War is a defeat for humanity.” now claim joyous full communion with pelling the silence of winter. In fact, all of Christ in the Eucharist that we forged Japan’s Catholic bishops, reflecting the Church. Lenten observers can relax our senses remind us of refreshment and during Lent, we can make choices that the feelings of a people who alone expe- whatever penances they’ve been practic- renewal. We feel the touch of warm follow God’s will more closely. Our rienced the horror of nuclear war, wrote, ing in favor of renewed spiritual purpose, breezes and smell that distinctive “green” souls will continue to play forever in “We ... declare that our fundamental and all can bask in the knowledge of fragrance of budding plants. We see the springtime. position is opposition to all war. ... God’s mercy and love. cheerful daffodils, tulips and hyacinths, Violence is answered with violence. ... The coming of spring is also a bit which bring color to the gray, end-of- (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul We must grope for a policy ... that will like Jan. 1, without the obligatory exer- winter landscape. We almost feel as the Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a avoid the danger of war and seek peace- cise club membership. It’s a time when though we’re sensing God’s initial cre- regular columnist for The Criterion.) † ful solutions through diplomacy and cooperation.” Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister Similarly, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said that “the choice is no longer between violence and nonviolence, but To clip or not to clip: Is that the question? nonviolence and nonexistence.” In the words of an African proverb, During the years I attended college as a As I matured, my interests matured—well, Beatles, but is not for youthful readers.) “The flames of a bush cannot be extin- non-traditional student, my husband began some of them did—but they still remained Anyway, the fictional teen, Edna, was guished with fire.” calling me “the mad eclectic. often “sequestered in her bedroom, which Reflecting on the collapse of repres- clipper.” That’s I am glad I disposed of most of that resembled a clipping service run by a pol- sive regimes in Eastern Europe in 1989, because I regularly material, because I’ve accumulated even tergeist. The floor was a brittle strudel of Pope John Paul II wrote: “It seemed that clipped course-related more during my adult years. I fight daily back issues and loose paper. Narrow paths the European order resulting from World items from publica- to whittle down the stacks of paper that had been cleared between the door, bed War II ... could only be overturned by tions. However, scis- keep growing despite good intentions and and stereo.” Compared to that, I am truly another war. Instead it has been over- sors and I had a seri- diligent efforts. (Let this be a lesson to tidy. My clipping “madness” has never come by the nonviolent commitment of ous relationship long readers, especially the young: Keep order produced that kind of chaos. people. ... I pray that this example will before that. I began from the get-go and let go of what is Curious, I contacted the Catholic Press prevail in other places and other circum- saving clippings since superfluous.) Association to see if the CPA has a clip- stances. May people learn to fight for grade school. However, there have been times that I ping service. Mary Iapalucci with The justice without violence.” Recently, I mentioned to Paul that he think I missed my true calling. Did you Catholic Journalist assured me there is, And may those of us who have been doesn’t refer to me as “the mad clipper” know there are professional clipping ser- and “customers are sent actual newspaper spared the horrors of war empathize with much anymore. He claims I don’t butcher vices, where clippers like me do what I do clippings of whatever it is they asked us those who have not. Just as we would not papers and magazines as much either, but for pay? I’m afraid if I followed in their to look for.” A monthly fee provides 50 invite the destructiveness of war to be I really do. Just ask relatives or friends footsteps, I would end up like a Catholic clips, but more can be purchased. (the unleashed on us, may we never again— with whom I share them. girl in a short story by award-winning CPA’s website is www.catholicpress.org.) for whatever reasons—unleash such hor- If I had saved the clips and scrapbooks author Alice Fulton. I read Fulton’s story, Readers tell me they regularly clip and rors on others. of my youth, what a history lesson they “The Real Eleanor Rigby,” in the winter share items from The Criterion. To them, May we rise from the death of war to a would present today! My taste ranged 2003 issue of The Gettysburg Review. I sincerely say “Thank you!” new life in Christ, rooted in nonviolent then from movie stars to science to news- (Readers not knowing The Beatles’ music courage, social justice and love for all! paper “paper dolls” to missionary/voca- won’t recognize the name in the short (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of tions/travel essay contests to word chal- story’s title is a character in one of their Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is (Tony Magliano is a columnist for lenges, especially advertising “jingles.” songs. The short story features The a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † Catholic News Service.) † The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005 Page 11

Second Sunday of Easter/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, April 4 Psalm 34:2, 9, 17-20 Sunday, April 3, 2005 The Annunciation of the Lord John 3:31-36 Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 • Acts 2:42-47 It is one of the beloved, and most familiar, Psalm 40:7-11 Friday, April 8 of the Resurrection Narratives. • 1 Peter 1:3-9 Hebrews 10:4-10 Acts 5:34-42 • John 20:19-31 In this reading is the story of the reluc- tance of the Apostle Thomas to accept that Luke 1:26-38 Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 Jesus indeed had risen from the tomb. John 6:1-15 With deep faith and faith-filled excite- Then, as all recall, Jesus dramatically Tuesday, April 5 ment, the Church continues the celebration appears on the scene. He invites Thomas to Vincent Ferrer, priest Saturday, April 9 that it began a week believe. In awe, and the uttermost faith, and a day ago of Thomas declares that Jesus not only is Acts 4:32-37 Acts 6:1-7 Easter, the Lord’s res- teacher and Redeemer, but indeed that Psalm 93:1-2, 5 Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 urrection and final vic- Jesus is God. John 3:7b-15 John 6:16-21 tory over death and The Lord confers upon the Apostles that sin. most divine of powers, the power to judge Wednesday, April 6 Sunday, April 10 As is the case in what is sinful and to forgive sin. Acts 5:17-26 Third Sunday of Easter almost every Mass of this season, the first Reflection Psalm 34:2-9 Acts 2:14, 22-33 reading this weekend This weekend is observed as Divine John 3:16-21 Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11 comes from the Acts Mercy Sunday. It is the occasion to focus 1 Peter 1:17-21 of the Apostles. upon God’s loving mercy for each of us, Thursday, April 7 Luke 24:13-35 Originally, Acts was seen to be a contin- given in the coming of the Lord Jesus, and John Baptist de la Salle, priest uation of St. Luke’s Gospel. Obscuring this sealed in the Lord’s humanity, life, death fact for centuries has been the insertion of and triumph over death. Acts 5:27-33 St. John’s Gospel in all the translations and With Easter only a week ago, the renditions of the New Testament between Church this weekend hurries to tell us that, Luke’s Gospel and Acts. despite the intervening years, Jesus still is Nevertheless, the Gospel of Luke and with us. So the mercy of God, offered to us Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen Acts should be seen as unified. Together, in Jesus, still is available. they tell an uninterrupted story of salvation This mercy reaches us in very visible in Jesus, from Mary’s conception to a time ways. It is through the Apostles. The years after the Ascension. Apostles and their successors bring us this St. Paul preached about This weekend’s reading reveals to us mercy, this contact with Jesus, with God, what life actually was like in the time and the hope of being forgiven. shortly following the Ascension. It pro- Christianity did not depart the earth at the the revelations of Jesus vides information about the Church, geo- Ascension. It remains in the Church, lov- graphically in the place where it first ingly gathered around the Apostles. Recently, there have been some inter- Key to Paul’s conversion and theologi- formed, and where Jesus lived, died, rose We become part of the Church when we Qesting questions, both at home and in cal formation, of course, was his mysteri- and ascended. create within ourselves the faith of the first our Catholic educa- ous personal confrontation with Christ as The reading describes the first Christians and of Thomas. Through this tion classes, about Paul was on his way to Damascus to Christians, most of whom likely knew faith, in the Church, with the Apostles, we St. Paul. attack the followers of Jesus. Jesus, as reverently following the Apostles, are saved from our own death and sin. We The first question Paul asked, “Who are you, sir?” The of being together in a most realistic sense receive the gift of eternal life. We experi- is about his self- Lord answered, “I am Jesus whom you of community, of eagerly caring for the ence the mercy of God. † described “thorn in are persecuting.” needy, of praying and of “breaking the the flesh” (2 Cor For the rest of his life, those words bread,” a term referring to the Eucharist. 12:7). I’ve heard that remained alive in Paul as a fountain of Acts notes that each day new believers Readers may submit prose he was the first theological learning. Practically all the entered this community. recorded stigmatic. dominant themes of his teaching flowed For its second reading this weekend, the or poetry for faith column Second, where did significantly from his reflection on what Church offers us a passage from the First The Criterion invites readers to sub- he get his Christian training and authority? Jesus said at that moment, particularly his Epistle of Peter. mit original prose or poetry relating to He had a dramatic encounter with majestic image of the Church as the body Clear and inspiring in this reading is the faith or experiences of prayer for pos- Christ, but never met him in person. He of Christ. early Church’s obvious and intense love sible publication in the “My Journey to did not know the other Apostles until On that day, Christ did not say: I am for, and faith in, the Lord. It was a faith God” column. later. Jesus whose friends or followers you are that hardly went unchallenged. The culture Seasonal reflections also are appre- Where did he acquire the background persecuting. He literally identified him- in which Christianity was born and grew in ciated. Please include name, address, that he needed to teach Christian doc- self with those who believe in him. almost every respect either rejected the parish and telephone number with sub- trine? (Indiana) Over the years, Paul drew the conclu- ideals of the Gospel or held them in out- missions. sion that he expands on, for example, in right contempt. So the mere presentation of Send material for consideration to That’s a very good question because 1 Corinthians 12 and 13. You have a vari- these beliefs in this epistle show how “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, APaul’s history as a Christian authority ety of talents and gifts, he told them, steadfastly the first Christians held to what P.O. Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206 is special. There’s no one else like him bestowed by the one Spirit. But that Jesus had taught. or e-mail to [email protected]. † mentioned in the New Testament. Spirit of Jesus makes all of you one with John’s Gospel provides the last reading. The simplest answer to your question him—you are together “Christ’s body, is that he received his “Christian educa- and individually parts of it.” tion” and authority to preach the Gospel Another large element in Paul’s for- My Journey to God directly from Jesus—no one else. mation, together with his mystical expe- Paul himself insists on this point. In riences (see for instance 2 Cor 12:1), is his letter to the Christians in Galatia, he the conflict with the other Apostles, refutes attacks on his teaching with the referred to above, over the requirement My Dance with the Holy Spirit claim, “I did not receive it from a that Christian converts be held to tradi- human being, nor was I taught it, but it tional Jewish laws. The resolution of So I am saved sorrow, pain, hunger came through a revelation of Jesus that struggle contributed much to the by revelation, by redemption the cold biting winds of darkness Christ” (Gal 1:12). development of the major themes of saved by compassion and grace rip through the walls of my soul Other information in his letters and the Paul’s theology. the warmth escapes Acts of the Apostles supports that claim. There’s no question that Paul’s total And I say —but I have hope. Born in Tarsus in Asia Minor of and immediate transformation by Jesus God Jewish parents, Paul eventually went to Christ has no parallel in Christian history, I rejoice in your creation The seed will take root Jerusalem, where he became a disciple of perhaps in all the history of religion. I have seen you in the wood and blade upon blade, fruit upon fruit the illustrious rabbi Gamaliel. Speculation never stops about the meadow dependent upon fertile ground Paul was a fervent rabbi himself and a “thorn in the flesh.” Was it sickness? my forgiving God, Lord of the —the harvest awaits. rigid Pharisee. But neither this nor any Disability? Temptation? Pain? universe other previous experience could prepare Interestingly, Hebrew Scripture some- Father of power manifested in cloud You shape my earthly life, light him for that kind of conversion. times uses that expression as we use and rain. a warmth from your sun After his famous encounter with the “thorn in the side,” referring to a person. an object of passionate gold Lord on the road to Damascus, it seems The context of those words certainly is From day to day and let me dance with the Holy Spirit that he went to “Arabia” for three years open to that possible meaning. But create my life my forgiving and compassionate then preached the Gospel in Damascus there’s no way to know. Lord of seas and mountains God before returning to Jerusalem, where he create my life and leap for joy in the Trinity met the Apostles for the first time (A free brochure describing basic my dance with you! (Gal 1 and Acts 9). Catholic prayers, beliefs and moral pre- Assemble all creatures of the world Clearly, he did not vacillate about his cepts is available by sending a stamped, let them dance shielded by your By Thomas J. Rillo authority as an Apostle, even to the point self-addressed envelope to Father John eternal love of challenging (and convincing) Peter Dietzen, Box 3315, Peoria, IL 61612. and the Christians “reputed to be impor- Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen (Thomas J. Rillo is a member of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bloomington.) tant” in Jerusalem about the need to be at the same address or by e-mail in care circumcised before baptism. of [email protected].) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005

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The Criterion welcomes announcements of archdiocesan April 8 First annual Catholic Pro-Life 8:30 a.m. Mass-9 a.m. Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: 812- Church and parish open-to-the-public activities for “The Holy Rosary Church, 520 Ste- dinner and concert featuring inter- 8-9 a.m., “Children of Hope” 346-3604. Active List.” Please be brief—listing date, location, event, vens St., Indianapolis. Lumen nationally known Catholic musi- program, holy hour for children. Dei meeting, Mass, 6:30 a.m., cian Tatiana in concert, 6:30 p.m., Information: 812-275-6539. St. Joseph Church, 113 S. 5th St., sponsor, cost and time. Include a phone number for verifi- followed by dinner, 7 p.m., and Terre Haute. Eucharistic adora- cation. No announcements will be taken by telephone. breakfast in Priori Hall, Father Frank Pavone, founder and program by Father Frank Pavone, Holy Name Church, 89 N. 17th tion, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Rosary, noon, Notices must be in our office by 5 p.m. Thursday one week director of Priests for Life in founder and director of Priests for Ave., Beech Grove. Mass, holy hour for vocations and in advance of (Friday) publication: The Criterion, The Staten Island, N.Y., presenter, Life in Staten Island, N.Y., $25 8:15 a.m., eucharistic adoration Benediction, 4-5 p.m., Mass, Active List, 1400 N. Meridian St. (hand deliver), P.O. Box $15 members, $20 guests. Infor- adults, $20 students. Information: following Mass until 5 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Information: 812-235- 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (mail); 317-236-1593 (fax), mation: 317-919-5316. Archdiocesan Office of Pro-Life Benediction. Information: 317- 4996. [email protected] (e-mail). Activities, 317-236-1521. 784-5454. St. Francis Hospital, 8111 S. First Saturdays April 1 (located on 925 South, .8 mile Emerson Ave., Indianapolis. April 11 St. Peter Church, 1207 East Our Lady of the Greenwood Our Lady of Perpetual Help Road, Brookville. Exposition of Church, 335 S. Meridian St., Our Lady of Grace Monastery, east of 421 South, 12 miles south Natural Family Planning class, Church, 1752 Scheller Lane, the Blessed Sacrament after Greenwood. Devotions, Mass, Chapel, 1402 Southern Ave., of Versailles). Divine Mercy 7-9 p.m. Information: 317-865- New Albany. Catholics 8 a.m. until Communion service, 7:30 a.m., sacrament of reconcil- Beech Grove. Catholic Charis- Sunday, Mass, 3:30 p.m., with 5554. Returning Home, 7-9 p.m. Infor- 1 p.m. iation, rosary, meditations fol- matic Renewal, Mass, prayer Father Elmer Burwinkel. Infor- mation: 812-689-3551 or e-mail April 8-10 mation: 812-945-2374. lowing Mass. meeting, 7 p.m. Information: Holy Guardian Angels Church, [email protected] or log Our Lady of Fatima Retreat 317-797-2460. Monthly 405 U.S. 52, Cedar Grove. on to Schoenstatt website at House, 5353 E. 56th St., Indian- Holy Angels Church, 740 W. Eucharistic adoration after 8 a.m. April 2 www.seidata.com/~frburwink. apolis. Tobit marriage prepara- First Sundays 28th St., Indianapolis. Expo- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Provi- tion, weekend retreat. Informa- Marian College, Ruth Lilly Mass-5 p.m. sition of the Blessed Sacrament, dence Center, St. Mary-of-the- tion: 317-545-7681. Student Center, 3200 Cold 11 a.m.-noon. St. Nicholas Church, 6461 E. SS. Francis and Clare Church, Woods. “Poetry Reflection Day,” Spring Road, Indianapolis. St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. Divine 5901 Olive Branch Road, Providence Sisters Marie Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 People of Peace secular St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Mercy Sunday, 2 p.m., Father Greenwood. Mass, 8 a.m., ado- McCarthy and Rosemary Nudd Hill Dr., St. Meinrad. Weekend Franciscan order, noon-2 p.m. (Little Flower) Church, Chapel, Simon Stefanowicz, presenter. ration, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sacred and Congregation of Christian retreat, “Heaven–Let’s Go!” Information: 317-955-6775. 4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis. Information: 812-623-2964. Heart Chaplet, 8:30 a.m., Divine Brother Barry Donaghue, presen- Benedictine Father Joseph Cox, Apostolate of Fatima holy hour, Mercy Chaplet, 3 p.m. Informa- ters. Information: 812-535-4531. April 4 presenter. Information: Fatima Knights of Columbus, 2 p.m. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat www.saintmeinrad.edu or 1040 N. Post Road, Indiana- tion: 317-859-4673. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, House, 5353 E. 56th St., Indian- [email protected]. polis. Euchre, 1 p.m. Informa- St. Anthony Church, 379 N. Christ the King Church, 1827 Oldenburg. “Taste the Good- apolis. Prayer service for contin- tion: 317-638-8416. Warman Ave., Indianapolis. April 9 Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana- ued renewal of Our Lady of Reconciliation, 7:45 a.m., Mass, ness of Super Foods,” 9:30 a.m.- Christ the King Parish, Msgr. polis. Exposition of the Blessed Fatima Retreat House and its St. Paul Church, 218 Scheller 8:15 a.m. followed by rosary. 1 p.m., $20 per person. Informa- Tuohy Hall, 1827 Kessler Blvd., Sacrament after 7:15 a.m. Mass- ministry, 5:30-6 p.m. Informa- Ave., Sellersburg. Prayer group, tion: 812-933-6437 or e-mail E. Dr., Indianapolis. First annual 5:30 p.m. Benediction and 7-8:15 p.m. Information: 812- St. Thomas More Church, 1200 [email protected]. tion: 317-545-7681. Catholic Pro-Life dinner and service. 246-4555. N. Indiana St., Mooresville. concert featuring internationally April 3 St. Francis Hospital and Health Mass, 8:35 a.m. Information: known Catholic musician Tatiana First Mondays Holy Rosary Church, 520 Ste- Holy Family Council, Knights of Centers, 8111 S. Emerson Ave., 317-831-4142. in concert, 6:30 p.m., followed Archbishop O’Meara Catholic vens St., Indianapolis. Adora- Columbus Hall, 200 N. Lynhurst Indianapolis. Free workshop for by dinner, 7 p.m., and program Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., tion of the Blessed Sacrament Dr., Indianapolis. Breakfast, women with cancer, noon-2 p.m. St. Nicholas Church, 6461 E. by Father Frank Pavone, founder Indianapolis. Guardian Angel after 5:45 p.m. Mass-9 a.m. Sat- 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Information: 317- Information: 317-782-7986. St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. Mass, and director of Priests for Life in Guild, board meeting, 9:30 a.m. urday. Information: 317-636- 240-3782. praise and worship, 8 a.m., then Staten Island, N.Y., $25 adults, 4478. Borders Bookstore, 7565 U.S. 31 SACRED gathering in the Christ the King Church, 1827 $20 students. Information: Arch- First Tuesdays South, Indianapolis. St. Francis Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, school. Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indiana- diocesan Office of Pro-Life Hospital and Health Centers, 30th St., Indianapolis. Confes- 5333 E. Washington St., Indian- polis. Divine Mercy Sunday, Activities, 317-236-1521. Second Mondays Spirit of Women’s Wellness sion, 6:45 p.m., Benediction of apolis. Exposition of the Blessed silent adoration, 2-3 p.m., Church at Mount St. Francis. Book Club, The Amateur Mar- the Blessed Sacrament for voca- Sacrament, prayer service, chaplet, 3-4 p.m. Information: St. Vincent Hospital, 2001 W. Holy hour for vocations to riage, 7 p.m. Information: 317- tions, 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 317-255-3666. 86th St., Indianapolis. Natural priesthood and religious life, 865-5864. Family Planning class, 9-11 a.m. Benedict Inn Retreat and St. Anthony Church, 379 N. 7 p.m. St. Bartholomew Church, 1306 Information: 317-865-5554. St. Bridget Church, 404 E. Vine Conference Center, 1402 Warman Ave., Indianapolis. 27th St., Columbus. Feast of Second Tuesdays St., Liberty. Healing Mass, Southern Ave., Beech Grove. Exposition of the Blessed Sacra- Divine Mercy, 3-4 p.m. Informa- Holy Name Parish, 89 N. 17th St. Pius X Parish, 7200 Sarto 7:30 p.m. Information: 765-825- “Women: No Longer Second ment after 5:30 p.m. Mass, hour tion: 812-379-9353. Ave., Beech Grove. Annual Dr., Indianapolis. Support 7087. spring rummage sale, 8 a.m.- Class,” program, 7-8:30 p.m. of silent prayer and reflection Group for Separated and followed by Benediction of the St. Gabriel Church, 232 W. 9th 3 p.m. Information: 317-784- Information: 317-788-7581. Divorced Catholics, 7 p.m. Infor- Mount St. Francis Retreat Cen- Blessed Sacrament. St., Connersville. Divine Mercy 5454. mation: Archdiocesan Office of ter, 101 St. Anthony Dr., Mount St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe Family Ministries, 317-236-1596 Sunday Celebration, 1-3 p.m. St. Joseph Church, 1375 S. Mick- St. Francis. Charismatic Mass, St. Malachy Parish, Noll Hall, Road W., Sellersburg. Holy or 800-382-9836, ext. 1596. ley Ave., Indianapolis. Adora- Our Lady of the Greenwood 7 p.m. Information: 812-923- 326 N. Green St., Brownsburg. hour for religious vocations, tion of the Blessed Sacrament, Church, 335 S. Meridian St., 8817. Arts and Crafts Fair, food, crafts, Benediction and Exposition of Marian Center of Indianapolis, 4 p.m., rosary, 5 p.m., Benedic- Greenwood. Feast of Divine quilts, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Information: the Blessed Sacrament after 3356 W. 30th St., Indianapolis. April 5 tion, 5:30 p.m., Mass, 5:45 p.m. Mercy, 2-4 p.m. Information: 317-852-3195. 7 p.m. Mass. “12-Step Spirituality” tapes, St. Gabriel Church, 6000 W. Information: 317-244-9002. 317-888-2861. Dominican Father Emmerich 34th St., Indianapolis. “Catho- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory Vogt, narrator, 7:30 p.m. Infor- lics Returning Home,” six-week Parish, 1752 Scheller Lane, New School, 2801 W. 86th St., St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. St. Mary Church, 720 N. “A” mation: 317-924-3984. series, session 1, 7:30-9 p.m. Albany. Spring Prayer Breakfast Indianapolis. Indiana Autism Andrew J. Brown Ave., Indiana- St., Richmond. Divine Mercy Information: 317-291-5376. polis. Sacred Heart devotion, Sunday, reconciliation, for those who have lost a loved and Sertoma Club meeting, Second Thursdays one, Father Terry Tatro, speaker, 7-9 p.m., child care provided. 11 a.m., holy hour, 6-7 p.m. St. Luke Church, 7575 Holliday 12:30 p.m., service, 2:30 p.m. April 6 Information: 317-632-9349. Information: 765-962-3902. Bourbon Street Distillery, 361 9-11 a.m. Information: 812-945- Information: 317-885-7295. Dr. E., Indianapolis. Holy hour 2374. for priestly and religious voca- Indiana Ave., Indianapolis. First Fridays Our Lady of Perpetual Help tions, 7 p.m. MKVS and DM Center, Rexville Theology on Tap, 7 p.m. April 10 St. Charles Borromeo Church, Church, 1752 Scheller Lane, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat chapel, 2222 E. Third St., New Albany. Adoration con- Second Saturdays House, 5353 E. 56th St., Indian- Bloomington. Adoration of the cluding with confessions at St. Agnes Parish, Brown County apolis. Spring Fling, $6 per per- Blessed Sacrament, noon-6 p.m. 6 p.m. Benediction, 6:45 p.m. Public Library, Nashville. son. Information: 317-545-7681. Brown County Widowed St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1723 St. Mary Church, 212 Washing- Support Group, 3 p.m. Holiday Inn, Conference Center, “I” St., Bedford. Exposition of ton St., North Vernon. 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Mon–Fri NORA PLAZA 10-6 1300 E. 86th St. • Indianapolis, IN Saturday (bet. College Ave. & Westfield Blvd.) 10-5 317-846-9449 The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005 Page 13 Archdiocese to host fiscal management conference for parish leaders By Brandon A. Evans 100 participants. encourages good stewardship and fiscal Shewmaker said, “we have to be cognizant “The conference is designed to meet accountability.” of relevant accounting techniques and new Parish leaders from around the archdio- financial and stewardship training and The conference will provide good infor- financial developments that affect cese will have a chance to learn more information needs of administrators, mation, she said, and also give participants parishes.” about good financial stewardship this finance council members, stewardship networking opportunities. month. council members, business managers, The event can also be an important way (For more information, call Bonnie The 2005 Fiscal Management and bookkeepers and volunteers handling for parishioners to be reassured that their Vollmer in the archdiocesan Office of Discipleship Conference will be held from bookkeeping or stewardship functions,” parish is spending money wisely. Accounting Services at 317-236-1410 or 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 23 at the Shewmaker said. “We hope to provide a “In order to be good stewards of the 800-382-9836, ext. 1410, or e-mail Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference forum for our participants that resources provided by parishioners,” [email protected].) † Center, 1402 Southern Ave., in Beech Grove. The cost of the event is $30 per person, Walkathons will benefit homeless shelters which includes lunch. The registration deadline is April 20. By Brandon A. Evans which takes in families so parents do not agency, such as Holy Family Shelter or The conference, which was first pre- need to live apart from their children. Habitat for Humanity. Money given to the sented in 1996, has become a biannual A fund-raising walk titled “Homeward “One, we desperately need the financial general fund is split among the agencies. event. Bound” will take place in several cities assistance,” Bickel said. “… Secondly, if it Representatives of the homeless agen- Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein will around the state on April 10 and April 17. pulls in folks that otherwise would not have cies work on the event’s steering commit- present a keynote address on the financial Each event begins with registration at any connection with the homeless issue, it’s tee, a role that has been filled this year by challenges facing parish ministry and noon and greetings from dignitaries at a wonderful educational piece. Valerie Sperka, development specialist and Denny Faurote, president of the Faurote 1:30 p.m. The walk starts at 2 p.m. “It’s really, really important to us” to get administrative assistant for Catholic Social Group, will give a keynote presentation on Walks in the archdiocese are scheduled more people to support the shelter, he said. Services of Central Indiana. “Leadership in Today’s Environment.” on April 10 at the Veteran’s Memorial Spring is one of the busiest times for the Sperka helped organize a team of walk- The day will also feature 13 workshops, Plaza in Indianapolis, April 10 at the Third facility because landlords are more likely to ers from the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic and participants may choose to attend three Street Park in Bloomington and April 17 at evict families in warmer weather than dur- Center in Indianapolis who want to help sessions. The topics vary from “Best Warder Park in Jeffersonville. ing colder months. Holy Family Shelter. She encourages Practices for Growing Stewards” to The walks will benefit dozens of agen- Bickel said that the shelter has been parishes and schools to organize teams. “Making Quality Health Care Affordable” cies that work to serve the needs of the involved with the Homeward Bound walk There is no registration deadline, and to “Hot Topics in Charity Gaming.” homeless, including the archdiocese’s Holy since it started three years ago, and each participants can sign up at the walks. Julie Shewmaker, controller of the Family Shelter in Indianapolis. year has received more than $1,000 in aid. Office of Accounting Services for the arch- The event helps in a couple of ways, Participants can give money pledged to (For more information about these events, diocese, said she is expecting more than said Bill Bickel, director of the shelter, them to the general fund or to a specific log on to www.homelesswalks.org.) † The Active List, continued from page 12

Information and directions: 812- 988-2778 or 812-988-4429. Third Sundays Christ the King Church, 1827 Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana- polis. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 2 p.m.-7 a.m. Mon- Don’t take chances day, rosary, 8 p.m. Open until midnight.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Church of the Immaculate Conception, St. Mary-of-the- with chest pain. Woods. Mass, 11 a.m., sign- interpreted. Third Mondays St. Matthew Parish, 4100 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. Young Or where you treat it. Widowed Group, sponsored by archdiocesan Office of Family Ministries, 7:30 p.m. Informa- tion: 317-236-1596 or 800-382- 9836, ext. 1596. Third Tuesdays St. Francis Medical Clinic, 110 N. 17th Ave., Suite 300, Beech Grove. Chronic pain support group, 7-8 p.m. Information: 317-831-1177. Third Wednesdays The St. Francis Cardiac & Vascular Holy Name Church, 89 N. 17th Ave., Beech Grove. Holy hour Care Center is the only full-service STOP 11 ROAD and rosary, 6 p.m. Information: heart facility on Indy’s south side. ST. FRANCIS SOCCER FIELDS 317-784-5454. If you are experiencing chest pain seek immediate I St. Jude Church, 5353 McFar- – 65 land Road, Indianapolis. help. A false alarm is much better than waiting too Rosary, 6:15 p.m. Information: long to seek treatment. But it’s also important to 317-783-1445. get help from the right hospital. The St. Francis Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Cardiac & Vascular Care Center is the only heart Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Catholic Widowed hospital on the south side that offers comprehensive SOUTH EMERSON AVENUE Organization, 7-9:30 p.m. Infor- 20 mation: 317-784-1102. surgical and medical care. Continuing a -year tradition of making every second count with complete, Calvary Mausoleum Chapel, 435 Troy Ave., Indianapolis. compassionate care. heart.StFrancisHospitals.org Mass, 2 p.m. Third Thursdays Our Lady of Peace Mausoleum Chapel, 9001 Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m.

St. Elizabeth’s and Coleman Pregnancy and Adoption Ser- vices, 2500 Churchman Ave., CARDIAC & VASCULAR CARE CENTER Indianapolis. Daughters of Isabella, Madonna Circle meet- ing, noon, dessert and beverages served. Information: 317-849- 5840. † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, April 1, 2005

Edwards, Bob, Mike and Tom grandfather of four. March 12. Sister of Helen Chris, Jerry and Stephen Weber. Johnson. O’BRIEN, Bernice, 91, Garrigus and Paul Kerstiens. Foster mother of Mary Ann KELLEY, Katherine, 82, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, SWANK, Carl, 77, St. Vincent Kaplan. Sister of Bobeye St. Anthony, Indianapolis, March 16. Mother of Mary de Paul, Bedford, March 21. Sweny, Father John Maxwell, Rest in peace March 18. Wife of Robert McCreary and Mike O’Brien. Husband of Mary Jean Swank. Jim and Lester Maxwell. Kelley. Sister of Catherine Burton, Father of Carla Case, Donald, Grandmother of 12. Great- grandmother of five. Please submit in writing to our Grandmother of 11. KERR, William John, 90, Imogene Jones, Lillian Kopp Kenneth and Thomas Swank. and Clint Bledsoe. Grand- Brother of Robert Swank. office by 10 a.m. Thursday DeFUSCO, Alta (Houghtalen), St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, WEST, Agnes A. (Harris), 90, mother of five. Great-grand- Grandfather of six. Great- before the week of publication; 87, Christ the King, Indianapolis, March 17. Husband of Hazel Holy Name, Beech Grove, mother of 10. grandfather of one. be sure to state date of death. March 16. Mother of Patricia Kerr. Father of Janet Zielinski March 15. Mother of Debbie Obituaries of archdiocesan Carmichael, Mary K. Silveus, and Jerry Kerr. Brother of PENNELL, Gary B., 71, THACKER, Flora R., 83, Sue Doan. Grandmother of two. priests serving our archdiocese Andrea Sperry, Joseph and Louis Elberta Kerr. Grandfather of St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Prince of Peace, Madison, Great-grandmother of two. are listed elsewhere in The DeFusco. Sister of R. Joseph six. Great-grandfather of 11. March 11. Husband of Carole March 15. Mother of Marsha WEST, Mary Jane, 84, Criterion. Order priests and Houghtalen. Grandmother of 11. KLUEMPER, Jeanette, 74, (Mumm) Pennell. Father of and Charles Craig Jr. Sister of St. Therese of the Infant Jesus religious sisters and brothers Great-grandmother of seven. St. Maurice, Napoleon, Vickie Bastnagel, Lisa Sherer, Nadine Wilson. Grandmother of (Little Flower), Indianapolis, are included here, unless they March 15. Wife of Edward Linda, Chuck and Mike five. Great-grandmother of March 15. Mother of Mike are natives of the archdiocese EADS, David L., 82, Sacred Pennell. Grandfather of 10. Kluemper. Mother of Patricia seven. Falcon and David Lloyd. Sister or have other connections to it; Heart, Indianapolis, March 16. Ferguson, Carlotta Gunter and RAIRDEN, Jean, 67, UTTERBACK, Teresa L., 41, of Dolores Forbes, Patricia those are separate obituaries Husband of Rita Eads. Father Janet Orr. Sister of Ruth Cole, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Garrett, Marjorie Stevens and on this page. of Becky Hadley, Mary Ann, Susan, Christopher, Jack, Jim, Diana Shelton, Leo and Roy March 8. Wife of James L. March 9. Sister of Susan Joseph Filcer. Grandmother of BAUERLE, Louis James, 83, Joe, Mark and Paul Eads. Hardebeck. Rairden. Mother of Melody Dougherty, Sharon Jefry, four. Great-grandmother of five. Sacred Heart, Indianapolis, Goodwin, Deborah Skorjanc, Grandfather of 14. Great-grand- LEY, Dorothy (Blackwell), 89, Timothy, Tom and William ZOELLERS, Antone J., 97, March 16. Husband of Stella Daniel, James and Michael father of 12. St. Roch, Indianapolis, Utterback. St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds Bauerle. Father of Janet Golden, Rairden. Sister of Donald March 16. Mother of Patricia Knobs, March 17. Husband of Joan Keen, Jeanne Maupin, Judy FAULKNER, William J., 86, McClelland. Grandmother of WEBER, Aileen C., 84, and Jack Ley. Sister of Leora Miller, Jane Monday, James, Holy Family, New Albany, five. Great-grandmother of five. St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Irma Zoellers. Father of Mary March 18. Husband of Hazel Attick and Frances Rice. March 13. Mother of Martha Shawler. Grandfather of six. Jefferey, Jerry, John and Joseph ROELL, Richard, 69, Sacred (Baumgart) Faulkner. Father of LYNCH, Arvella, 92, Nicoloff, Debbie Rudolph, Great-grandfather of nine. † Bauerle. Brother of Catherine Heart, Indianapolis, March 8. Bauerle and Marie Mitchell. Karen Carmickle and Vicki St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Kruer. Brother of Mary Agnes Husband of Faye Roell. Father Grandfather of 27. Great-grand- March 18. Wife of Patrick of Sue Baker, Debbie, Mark, Providence Sister Catherine Aloyse father of 16. Goffinet, Christina Hahus, Lynch. Sister of Donna Woods. Catherine Sellman, Albert and Richard and Steven Roell. Son Butler taught school for 47 years BEAVER, Jacqueline J. Grandmother of four. Great- Edward Faulkner. Grandfather of Mary Roell. Brother of (Boucher), 56, St. Lawrence, grandmother of eight. Great- Providence Sister Catherine In the archdiocese, Sister of three. Linda Calvin, Ellen Ross and Indianapolis, March 13. Wife of great-grandmother of six. John Roell. Grandfather of Aloyse Butler died on March 22 Catherine Aloyse taught at Ed Beaver. Mother of Laura GLEASON, Isabel S., 86, MALAD, Juanita, 75, eight. Great-grandfather of two. at Mother Theodore Hall at Saint St. Joan of Arc School in St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 91. Indianapolis from 1942-43 and Peters, Melinda, David, Jamie, St. Matthew, Indianapolis, SANTOS, Deann Marie March 14. Mother of Lorna The Mass of Christian at the former St. Patrick School Michael and Steven Beaver. March 16. Mother of Regina (Doyle), 34, St. Barnabas, Wilson and Clark Woodrow Burial was celebrated on in Indianapolis from 1963-64. Sister of Marie, Fernande, and Richard Malad. Sister of Indianapolis, Feb. 27. Wife of Gleason. Grandmother of two. March 30 in the Church of the In the Diocese of Evansville, Charles,Vene and Raymond Hazel Payne. Grandmother of Ric Santos. Mother of Natalie Immaculate Conception at the she taught at St. Joseph School Boucher. Grandmother of nine. GORDON, Betty M., 81, eight. and Benjamin Santos. Daughter motherhouse. Burial followed in Jasper, Ind., from 1943-46 BERLIER, George A., 86, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, McCANN, Eleanor L., 70, of Edward and Frances Doyle. in the sisters’ cemetery. and 1956-57, Holy Family Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, March 10. Wife of Gilbert St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Sister of Elaine Bouchie and The former Blanche Patricia School in Jasper from 1964-65 March 19. Husband of Gordon. Mother of Martha (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Carolyn Doyle. Bullington, Linda Pierce, James Butler was born on March 17, and Sacred Heart School in Henrietta (Wollack) Berlier. March 14. Sister of Robert SCHAUB, Louise R., 80, and Patrick Gordon. Sister of 1914, in Chicago. Evansville from 1952-56. Father of Marjorie Lindeman, McCann. St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis, Bertha Thatcher, Carl and She entered the congregation She retired to the mother- Mary White and Michael McCARTHY, Francis A., 70, March 18. Wife of George Ronald Auberry. Grandmother of the Sisters of Providence on house in 1984 and was active in Berlier. Brother of Mary St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, Schaub. Sister of Bett Bullock. Sudella. Grandfather of nine. of four. July 16, 1935, professed first the sisters’ prayer ministry there March 14. Husband of Barbara Aunt of two. vows on Jan. 23, 1938, and pro- from 1984-2005. Great-grandfather of six. GRAY, Tracey Lynn, 32, McCarthy. Father of Kathleen SCHAEFER, Mildred (Bir), fessed final vows on Aug. 15, She is survived by a brother, Christ the King, Indianapolis, BUSBY, Theodore, infant, Dilts and Michael McCarthy. 92, Holy Family, New Albany, 1943. Don Butler. March 13. Daughter of Joe and St. Luke, Indianapolis, Brother of Anne McTigue. March 20. Mother of Paul During 69 years in the order, Memorial gifts may be sent Patsy Jacoby. Sister of Michelle March 7. Daughter of Mark and Grandfather of two. Schaefer. Sister of Claude and she ministered as a grade to the Sisters of Providence, Plata, Jacob, Richard Jr. and Adrienne Busby. MOTTA, Michael S., 85, Holy Norbert Bir. Grandmother of school teacher for 47 years at Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods, Scott Gray. COLSON, Maria A., 71, Spirit, Indianapolis, March 14. two. schools staffed by the sisters in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN St. Mary, Greensburg, March 21. HUSER, Ethel (Worthington), Husband of Evelyn (Beneviges) SCHAEFER, Rita C., 79, Indiana, Illinois and Maryland. 47876. † Wife of Herschel Colson. 91, Holy Name, Beech Grove, Motta. Father of Gail Hintz. St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds Mother of Danny, Patrick, March 13. Mother of Ronald Grandfather of two. Knobs, March 20. Wife of Franciscan Sister Ann Cyril Hermann Ronald, Tony and Tracy Colson. and William Huser. Sister of NAUMAN, Eric E., 36, Edward Schaefer. Mother of Sister of Kunigunde Hughes, Madeline Baar, Norma Butler, St. Joseph, Sellersburg, March 9. Susan Kerber, Dwight, Edward ministered as a teacher and a librarian Roswitha Jammeh, Christine Dolores Gray, Violet Hawley Husband of Cindy (Schroder) Jr., Greg and Mark Schaefer. Franciscan Sister Ann Cyril librarian for 46 years. Shmidt and Raymond Gabel. and Lawrence Worthington. Nauman. Father of Halle and Sister of Elmer Knable Jr. Hermann died on March 6 at In the archdiocese, Sister Ann Grandmother of 14. Grandmother of 12. Great- Max Nauman. Stepfather of Grandmother of 11. Great- St. Clare Hall, the health care Cyril served at St. Michael grandmother of 20. Great-great- DeBLECOURT, Josephine M., George Budd. Son of Larry and grandmother of six. facility for the Sisters of the School in Brookville, St. Andrew grandmother of one. 72, St. Benedict, Terre Haute, Charlene Nauman. Brother of SCHULER, Anna Mae, 76, Congregation of the Third School in Richmond, St. Mary March 12. Wife of Johannes H. JOHNSON, David A., 43, Robin Richardson, Dawn Wetzel St. Joseph, Sellersburg, Order of St. Francis, in School in Greensburg and deBlecourt. Mother of Joni Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Dirk Nauman. Grandson of March 15. Mother of June Oldenburg. She was 92. St. Louis School in Batesville. Whelen, Ed, John, Leo and Lou Indianapolis, March 17. Son of Jeanne McCrosky. Cooke, Barbara Nalley, Joanna The Mass of Christian Burial She also taught at Catholic deBlecourt. Sister of Ina Hagen, James and Diane (McCrocklin) was celebrated on March 9 at the schools in Ohio, Missouri and NELIS, Patricia A., 67, Waggoner, Carl and Donald Thea Johnson and Joe Becking. Johnson. Brother of Amy motherhouse chapel in Illinois. St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Schuler. Grandmother of 13. Oldenburg. Burial followed in In 1984, Sister Ann Cyril March 12. Mother of Beth SEHR, John J., 81, Holy the sisters’ cemetery. retired to the motherhouse, Anne Hiatt and Deb Nelis. Spirit, Indianapolis, March 15. The former Mildred Augusta where she organized the first Grandmother of four. Husband of Emily (Fellinger) Hermann was born on Jan. 11, cassette tape library of more OBERMEYER, James J., 82, Sehr. Father of JoAnn Short, 1913, in St. Bernard, Ohio. than 2,000 cassette tapes. St. Louis, Batesville, March 19. Jean Scotten, Jayne Smiley and She entered the Oldenburg Surviving are several nieces, Father of Barb Mundy, Elaine John Sehr. Brother of Betty Franciscan community on nephews and cousins. Nerht, Judith Smith, Nancy, Crofts. Grandfather of seven. May 3, 1936, and professed her Memorial gifts may be sent David and Jamie Obermeyer. Great-grandfather of seven. final vows on Jan. 6, 1942. to the Sisters of St. Francis, Brother of Esther Crusemeyer. STIPP, Mary I. (Kerstiens), Sister Ann Cyril ministered P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN Grandfather of 17. Great- 88, St. Benedict, Terre Haute, as a grade school teacher and a 47036. †

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(CNS)—Not everyone at the ments—including the release of two Vatican documents dur- Democratic presiden- Vatican was displeased when the Catholic vote did not go to ing the months prior to the election—have led some to infer tial nominee the Catholic candidate in the 2004 the Vatican was working for the defeat of the Catholic can- Sen. John F. Kerry of U.S. presidential election, according didate, Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. Massachusetts to John Thavis. Such was not the case, said Thavis, who described the CNS photo from Reuters shakes hands with But if the Vatican affected the Vatican—the pyramidal power structure headed by the U.S. President outcome of the election, it was not pope—as having “no interdepartmental communication” and George W. Bush after because of a concerted effort for or “no real organic form” and therefore no capability of their third and final against any candidate, said Thavis, a launching and maintaining such a concerted effort. presidential candi- 1973 graduate of St. John’s Thavis said that, while life issues “are this pope’s priori- dates’ debate on the University in Collegeville who ties,” he does not call departmental meetings or set forth campus of Arizona heads the Rome bureau of Catholic strategic plans regarding upcoming events—even events of State University in News Service. such global significance as a U.S. presidential election. Tempe, Ariz., on In a March 14 talk at St. John’s in Instead, the Vatican “will react to events as needed,” he said. Oct. 13, 2004. John Thavis Collegeville on “Vatican II to the Despite being released during the campaign, the docu- Blogosphere: Church and Politics ments were “aimed at issues, not candidates,” Thavis said, Today,” Thavis shared his understanding of the Vatican’s explaining that the groundwork for these documents had Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the two docu- actions during the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign. been laid by the Church’s emerging political activism, which ments were a 2003 note on the duty of Catholic politicians A Rome-based assistant producer for ABC News before began with the Second Vatican Council. to follow Church teachings on moral issues when they vote joining CNS in 1983, Thavis said that certain develop- Authored by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect for the and a 2004 memorandum on voting for pro-choice candi- dates and worthiness to receive Communion. Although many immediately connected these statements with Kerry’s candidacy, they were actually intended to address “the cultural war: traditional Christianity vs. Western civilization” which began decades before the 2004 presiden- tial campaign and is ongoing, Thavis said. Explaining that the congregation has only 20 people on staff—“in terms of personnel, it is tiny”—Thavis said the Cardinal Ratzinger documents were likely in various stages of development prior to the campaign. Despite the timing of their release, Thavis said, the Vatican does not operate with “a supernatural sense of opportunism.” Thavis also spoke of President George W. Bush’s meet- ing with Pope John Paul II in June 2004 at the Vatican. During the meeting, the pope criticized the president for the war in Iraq, but “most people just remember the pho- tographs,” Thavis said, adding that many people inferred from those photos a papal blessing on the president’s bid for re-election. Kerry’s supporters also suspected a Vatican political ploy when it did not “rein in” Archbishop Raymond L. Burke prior to the election, Thavis said. Archbishop Burke, who has led the St. Louis Archdiocese since January 2004, was bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., in November 2003 when he signed statements regard- ing Catholic lawmakers in the diocese. The statements declared that lawmakers who continue to support abortion rights or euthanasia were not to receive Communion. If they presented themselves for Communion, they were to be refused. Archbishop Burke was not censured “because the Vatican had been wanting bishops to speak out” on life issues, Thavis said. Thavis’ talk was sponsored by the Koch chair in Catholic thought and culture of the College of St. Benedict. † LETTERS continued from page 1 the history of our faith and have come to a basic conclu- sion. The faith prior to Vatican II was centered on truly “worshiping” God. The entire faith, including the so- called “old Mass,” was about the God the father. It wasn’t all about us. It wasn’t about forming a “feel good” com- munity. The Church was a vibrant, legitimate community celebrating the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Over the course of hundreds of years the Mass was a true sacrifice as God intended. The so-called “old Mass” was not an outdated practice of uncivilized, uncultured, uneducated peasants. Just like the Bible, the sacrifice of the Mass was timeless. Practiced as Catholics, the univer- sal Church had a common culture throughout the world. The true presence of Christ in the Eucharist was respected and revered. The Church prior to Vatican II was not an isolationist organization. The Church was vibrant and principled. Vatican II broke a basic and simple common law of any organization. In the spirit of trying to be all things to all people, the Church lost its identity and focus on what was really important. The focus is not us, it is Christ, and in the Father we will find eternal happiness. The so-called “old practices and traditions” of the past were put into place because wise men, inspired by God, created the traditions that dealt with the human condition. If you want to see the results of “embracing the modern world,” open your eyes. You will see a community unfamiliar with their faith, weak shepherds without staffs, and a scattered flock and sheep that are begging to be led. We need to return to truly worshiping the Father as he deserves. We need to show him respect as a father is to be respected. We need to return to the basics and return to the table of the Last Supper. When you go to Mass next Sunday, please observe what is taking place. Are you worshiping? Do you truly believe Christ is in your presence? Are you witnessing a sacrifice? Matthew Dole, St. Leon