Little Sisters of the Poor Host Apostolic Nuncio to Celebrate 150 Years
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Called to holiness Archbishop’s visit to Ritter House brings history to life, page 9. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com March 29, 2019 Vol. LIX, No. 24 75¢ Mary inspires, assists those seeking their vocation, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Signing his document dedicated to young people, faith and discernment, Pope Francis said Mary, the mother of God, is a source of inspiration and strength for everyone who seeks to understand their vocation and remain faithful to it. Greeting some 10,000 people, many of them families and young people, in Loreto, Italy, on the feast of the Annunciation, the Pope Francis pope said Mary can help all believers Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., preaches during a March 19 Mass in the chapel of the St. Augustine Home for the Aged in dedicate themselves to “the path of peace Indianapolis. The liturgy marked the 150th anniversary of the start of ministry in the U.S. of the Little Sisters of the Poor, who operate the retirement and fraternity, founded on welcoming and facility. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) forgiving, on respect for others and on love as a gift of oneself.” “Mary is the model of every vocation and the inspiration of every vocational Little Sisters of the Poor host apostolic nuncio pastoral program: Young people who are seeking or questioning their future can find to celebrate 150 years of order’s U.S. ministry Mary to be the one who helps them discern God’s plan for them and find the strength By Sean Gallagher St. Augustine Home for the Aged in “For us, to go to America is very far to follow it.” Indianapolis. The St. Augustine Home away,” he said after the Mass. “But to The pope chose to visit the Italian seaside It took more than two weeks by boat has served the poor aged of Indiana since know that 150 years ago, some people town of Loreto on the March 25 feast day to across the Atlantic Ocean from France 1873. from [there] decided to go shows what sign his postsynodal apostolic exhortation— to the United States. Finally, they arrived Archbishop Pierre, like the order’s the Church is all about.” titled in Spanish, “Vive Cristo, esperanza in Brooklyn on foundress, is a native of France. The Archbishop Pierre noted that his nuestra,” (“Christ, Our Hope, Lives”). Sept. 13, 1868. They parish in which he was baptized and mother is still living in France—and The document, based on discussions spoke no English, raised, located in the Brittany region that he feels especially close to the and input garnered from the world Synod these religious of France, was the home parish of Little Sisters because she is cared for by of Bishops on “young people, faith and women of the Little St. Jeanne Jugan. members of the religious order. vocational discernment,” was to be released Sisters of the Poor, It was also the church in which March 19, the solemnity of St. Joseph, to the public on April 2, the anniversary of an order founded by St. Theodora Guérin, Indiana’s first was a fitting day for celebrating the the death of St. John Paul II. The intention St. Jeanne Jugan in saint and foundress of the Sisters of special Mass honoring the Little Sisters was “to connect two pontificates, so loved France just 30 years Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods of the Poor’s 150 years of ministry in and close to the younger generations,” said prior. in 1840, was baptized. America. The sisters hold great devotion Alessandro Gisotti, interim director of the Archbishop How fitting, then, And the Servant of God Bishop Simon to the spouse of Mary and the foster Vatican press office. Christophe Pierre that Archbishop Bruté, the first bishop of the Diocese of father of Jesus, a love fostered by The pope signed the document at the Christophe Pierre, Vincennes, Ind., which later became the St. Jeanne Jugan. altar inside the small, one-room Holy House apostolic nuncio for the United States, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, grew up in “Her devotion to St. Joseph of Loreto, which tradition holds is where should celebrate the order’s 150 years the Archdiocese of Rennes, France, for flowed from her confidence in divine Mary was born and raised and where the of ministry in the United States with a which Archbishop Pierre was ordained a providence,” Archbishop Pierre said Holy Family was thought to have lived Mass on March 19 at the Little Sisters’ priest in 1970. See SISTERS, page 8 See POPE, page 2 Award winner uses heart and hands to help others By John Shaughnessy A joy for life often radiates from the face of Robert “Lanny” Rossman, and it’s on high beam as he stands in front of a house on the near west side of Indianapolis. Rossman and his nephew Steve Adams spent 14 months tearing down and building up the interior of the once-abandoned house—a complete overhaul that gives the 75-year-old Rossman an overwhelming sense of satisfaction. Yet what brings the true joy to Rossman is knowing that he not only helped to transform the house, he helped to transform a family’s life. The house became a home for a single mother and her three children, a home that the family couldn’t otherwise afford. “I remember she was extremely excited Robert “Lanny” Rossman smiles as he stands in front of the once-abandoned house in Indianapolis and thankful when they moved in,” says that he and his nephew Steve Adams spent 14 months transforming into a home for a single mother See ROSSMAN, page 2 and her three children. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 29, 2019 IndyCar driver Ed Carpenter to speak Public Schedule of at Spirit of Service Awards Dinner Archbishop Charles C. Thompson IndyCar driver Ed Carpenter will be Four individuals will be honored __________ the keynote speaker during the Spirit of with Spirit of Service swards during March 30 – April 10, 2019 Service Awards Dinner in Indianapolis on the event: Liz Stanton of St. Luke the April 30. Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, Yan Yan March 30 – 10 a.m. April 6 – 5 p.m. The dinner benefits of St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Archdiocesan Pastoral Council meeting Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Catholic Charities Indianapolis, Robert “Lanny” Rossman at St. Agnes Parish, Nashville Clarksville Indianapolis, which of St. Agnes Parish in Nashville and this year is marking St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis, and March 30 – 6:30 p.m. April 7 – 9 a.m. 100 years of helping Jim Morris, vice chairman of Pacers Mass at St. John the Evangelist Mass at St. Joseph Church, Corydon Church, Indianapolis people in need in Sports & Entertainment. April 9 – 8:30 a.m. the archdiocese. Individual tickets are available for March 31 – 11:30 a.m. Employee Lenten Day of Reflection at The dinner will be $250 while tables of eight are available Mass at St. Susanna Church, Plainfield Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House held at the Indiana for $800. There are also opportunities to Roof Ballroom, help sponsor the event. April 1 – 8 a.m. April 9 – 5:30 p.m. Ed Carpenter 140 W. Washington For tickets, visit www.archindy.org/ Indiana Bishops and Major Superiors Clayton Family Circle of Honor St., in Indianapolis. cc/indianapolis. For information contact Meeting at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Induction Dinner at Marian University, Doors open at 6 p.m. and the evening’s Cheri Bush at [email protected] or House, Indianapolis Indianapolis festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. 317-236-1411. † April 2 – 9 a.m. April 10 – 10:30 a.m. Clergy Lenten Day of Prayer at Our Priest personnel board meeting at Lady of Fatima Retreat House Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara I went to church and prayed. I knew God ROSSMAN Catholic Center continued from page 1 would help me.” April 4 – 10 a.m. He pauses before adding, “I don’t Leadership Team meeting at a smiling Rossman, one of the founding know where I’d be without my faith. It’s Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara (Schedule subject to change.) members of Hearts and Hands of Indiana, given me the belief to help others. It’s Catholic Center, Indianapolis an organization that buys abandoned houses enabled me to keep my marriage going. I in the area and rehabilitates them as homes don’t know where I would be without the for low-income families. “I don’t think man upstairs.” often young people are what their family there’s a greater feeling than that, knowing Rossman also says he wouldn’t be able POPE gave them with their upbringing.” you can provide a home for someone.” to do all he has done for others without continued from page 1 “It is necessary to rediscover God’s Rossman’s efforts with Hearts and Hands the support of his wife of 52 years, Paula. plan for the family,” he said, which is is just one of the reasons he has been chosen “You got to be willing to help people,” when Jesus was a boy. It also is held to be “founded on marriage between a man and for the archdiocese’s Spirit of Service says Rossman, a member of both St. Agnes the place where Mary received the angel’s a woman,” and to emphasize the family’s Award, an honor that he will receive on Parish in Nashville and St.