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CriterionOnline.com August 24, 2012 Vol. LII, No. 45 75¢ Cardinal to plan treatment with MaryPhoto by Ann Garber Shelter and support doctors after tests show cancer cells

CHICAGO (CNS)—Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago will work with his

doctors to determine a Melanie Carr Submitted photo by course of treatment after test results showed cancerous cells in his kidney and in a nodule removed Above, St. Barnabas School students, then from his liver. fourth-graders, pose for a class photo after The archdiocese planting flowers in “Lisa’s Garden” at made the “The Good House” in downtown Indianapolis. announcement on Aug. 17. The cardinal Left, thanks to dedicated volunteers, this received the results historic home at 527 N. College Ave. in Cardinal Indianapolis has become a temporary Francis E. George after undergoing a procedure on Aug. 15 residence for cancer patients receiving at Loyola University Medical Center. bone marrow transplants and their families, After resting at home over the weekend, who often need a place to stay for up to Cardinal George went on retreat for a week. 30 days. “The Good House” ministry is “We have no further information at this sustained by volunteers, mostly from time,” the archdiocese said. St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis. Prayers were said for the cardinal and all those battling cancer during all weekend Masses. Memories of Cardinal George has headed the Chicago Archdiocese since 1997. He was loved ones lead made a cardinal a year later. He was president of the U.S. Conference of volunteers Catholic Bishops from 2007 to 2010. In late July 2006, he underwent surgery to care for cancer for bladder cancer. Doctors removed Cardinal George’s bladder, prostate gland and patients at sections of his ureters—the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder—after a ‘The Good House’ biopsy showed there was cancer in his bladder and a blockage indicated that the disease was By Mary Ann Garber moving into one of the ureters. After his release from the hospital, he Hope and friendship are the focus at recuperated at home and kept a limited “The Good House” in Indianapolis, a schedule. By late fall of that year, he resumed temporary home for bone marrow transplant a normal schedule. Pathology tests after his patients and their families. surgery showed that the cancer had not spread The historic house at 527 N. College Ave. and his doctors called him a “cancer survivor.” has been lovingly restored and renovated by A native of Chicago, Cardinal George was volunteers to provide free lodging for people ordained a priest in 1963 as a member of the living with cancer and their relatives in need Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He of a place to stay during medical treatments served as bishop of Yakima, Wash., from 1990 at Indiana University Health’s bone marrow to 1996, when he was named archbishop of transplant clinic several miles away. Portland, Ore. About a year later, he was The house was named for the late appointed to the Chicago Archdiocese, Dr. Robert Alan Good, a native of succeeding the late Cardinal Joseph See HOUSE, page 2 L. Bernardin. † Dinner is about engaging presidential candidates, not endorsing them, Cardinal Dolan says NEW YORK (CNS)—The Al Smith Dinner on Oct. 18 at the Waldorf Astoria exception: I am receiving stacks of dinner in New York brings people of faith Hotel in New York. mail protesting the invitation to together for “an evening of friendship, In presidential election years, in a President Obama—and by the way, even civility and patriotism to help those in need,” tradition of some objecting to the invitation to not to endorse either candidate running for bipartisanship, the Gov. Romney,” he said. the U.S. presidency, said Cardinal Timothy foundation’s board “The objections are somewhat M. Dolan of New York. has usually invited heightened this year since the Catholic The purpose of the dinner is to show the the presidential community in the United States has nation and the Catholic Church “at our candidates of the rightly expressed vigorous criticism of the best,” he said in an Aug. 14 post on his blog two major parties to president’s support of the abortion license, titled “The Gospel in the Digital Age.” speak. and his approval of mandates which “An invitation to the Al Smith dinner is Cardinal Dolan radically intruded upon freedom of not an award, or the provision of a platform used his blog to religion,” Cardinal Dolan said. to expound views at odds with the Church,” respond to criticism “We bishops, including yours truly, have the cardinal said. “It is an occasion of of the invitation to been unrelenting in our opposition to these Cardinal conversation; it is personal, not partisan.” Timothy M. Dolan Obama, who issues, and will continue to be,” he said. President Barack Obama and supports legal But he pointed out that those who started Gov. Mitt Romney, his Republican abortion. He said he also has received the Smith dinner 67 years ago were people opponent, have accepted the invitation to be complaints that Romney was invited. who “believed that you can accomplish a lot the keynote speakers at the 67th annual The dinner “has never been without more by inviting folks of different political Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation controversy. … This year is surely no See DOLAN, page 3 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, August 24, 2012

“I totally understand what these HOUSE people are going through, and just want to help in whatever way I continued from page 1 Submitted photo can,” Latimer said. “This is a Minnesota who performed the fantastic way to do it and first successful human bone marrow honor her.” transplant and is considered a Even in the face of health founder of modern immunology. setbacks, he said, “Lisa would say, It was aptly named by ‘When I get through this, I want to St. Barnabas parishioner try to help other people.’ … She and “Good House” volunteer fought very hard.” Becky Armbruster of Indianapolis, who said “it is a good place to be The generosity of children during a difficult time.” Since their fourth-grade year, Hundreds of St. Barnabas Grant’s classmates at St. Barnabas parishioners and students have School have helped build embraced this hospitality ministry birdhouses, create a decorative as volunteers since it was organized stone pathway, plant a colorful in 2010 under the leadership of flower garden in Lisa’s memory, Armbruster, a Roncalli High School purchase a stone bench for the graduate, and Reid Latimer, a yard and clean rooms at parishioner and Indianapolis “The Good House” to make it more firefighter. cheerful for guests. Even more amazing, the From grief to service children decided to participate in a The desire to help others and day of service there instead of honor the memory of their loved going on a class field trip. ones motivated Armbruster and “I think it’s a tremendous thing St. Barnabas parishioners, from left, Lisa, Grant and Reid Latimer of Indianapolis pose for a family photograph after Grant’s Latimer to team up as principal for them to learn to give back,” First Communion a few years ago. Lisa died on Aug. 26, 2010, of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Parishioners formed a volunteers for this unique Latimer said. “Here are 10- and volunteer group and planted a garden in her memory as part of “The Good House” hospitality ministry for bone marrow community ministry after they met 11-year-old kids that are making a transplant patients and their families. at the transplant clinic. positive contribution to other Four years ago, Armbruster’s people. It’s really sweet to see that. husband, Doug, also a Roncalli “We want this house and what graduate, died of complications we’re doing here to be very Submitted photo from graft versus host disease positive,” he said. “It’s a fantastic during his cancer treatments. ministry. … I think our goal is just MaryPhoto by Ann Garber Two years ago, on Aug. 26, to make people’s lives a little easier, Latimer’s wife, Lisa, lost her a little bit less stressful. … It’s an courageous battle against acute incredible sense of joy for me to, in lymphoblastic leukemia—a valiant some way, honor my wife.” fight that required undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Long bedside vigils Lisa’s husband and their son, Armbruster said she “pretty Grant, now a sixth-grade student at much lived at the hospital and slept St. Barnabas School, were joined in a chair next to his bed” during during her cancer journey and later her husband’s illness even though Above, Doug and Becky Armbruster of Indianapolis pose for a in their grief by many parish she lived in Indianapolis. photograph before he became ill due to complications from friends, who expressed their love “My family made it possible for his cancer treatments. He died four years ago. They are and sorrow by organizing a me to be there with him all the Roncalli High School graduates. She volunteers at “The Good volunteer group in her honor to time,” she said. “Everything was House” to help other cancer patients and their families. help other cancer patients and taken care of so I was able to spend their families. all that time with him. Your life gets Right, roses and a colorful birdhouse painted by St. Barnabas “Lisa’s Warriors,” about totally interrupted and stopped School students decorate the front porch of “The Good House” in 100 volunteers from the when you [or a loved one] get a downtown Indianapolis, a hospitality ministry for cancer patients Indianapolis South Deanery parish, [cancer] diagnosis. You don’t think receiving bone marrow transplants and their families. clean the four-bedroom house as about anything but what you have well as prepare meals, do yard to do every day.” “We’re so blessed to have a for our volunteers. I needed odds. But with God, all things work and provide welcome baskets Bone marrow transplant patients wonderful cancer treatment center something like this to give back, are possible. for guests. are required to stay within a few in Indianapolis,” she said, “and we and it has helped me in so many “We received support from so miles of the hospital during need to do our part in that to help ways.” (For information about how to help many people,” Reid Latimer said, outpatient treatments that can last the patients and their families that Indianapolis resident with “The Good House” ministry, recalling Lisa’s extended illness. for 30 days, Armbruster said, but come here [from other cities] by Amy Stephens, a relative of the send an e-mail to Lori Hofmann at “That’s the reason I felt it was that becomes very costly if families providing support for them. … Armbruster family, helps with [email protected].) † important to get involved in trying must pay for their housing We’re starting small, but we can do fundraising and interior decorating to provide housing for patients that and meals. this. I have gained so much from accented by flowers from are going through a bone marrow “I experienced so much all this. I learned that to give back Lisa’s garden. transplant and their families,” compassion [when Doug was sick] is a huge blessing for yourself.” “From a small thing, it’s Corrections he said. “My family and the that I wanted to give back and help going to grow,” Stephens said. A photo that accompanied an fire department were incredibly other people experience that New volunteers are welcome “It’s exciting.” article about Father David Lawler supportive. The St. Barnabas compassion,” she said. “I was St. Barnabas parishioners Prayers are answered in in the Aug. 17 issue of The Criterion community was just fantastic with trying to think of something that Lori Hofmann and Shaune Harlow sometimes surprising ways for this misidentified the date of meals, rides, support, prayers, would be positive. … People who coordinate meals and household hospitality ministry based on love the ordination Mass of everything we needed. It was kind stay here talk about how amazing chores by Lisa’s Warriors. They and concern for people in need. Father Christopher Wadelton. It of overwhelming how much and wonderful it is that total appreciate new volunteers. The first patient and took place on June 27, 2009. support we got and how strangers want to help them.” “We need help with meals, family members arrived at In the same issue, an article about comforting that is. It takes some Since the ministry began cleaning, maintenance and lawn “The Good House” on presumptive Republican vice of the worries away.” two years ago, Armbruster said, care,” Hofmann said. “The nurses Armbruster’s late husband’s presidential nominee Paul Ryan Sometimes he is asked if it is about 150 patients and families and transplant coordinators help at birthday. It was also the patient’s misidentified his middle name. It hard to volunteer for this ministry. have stayed there. the house too. We are so thankful birthday, rather amazing statistical is Davis. †

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By John Shaughnessy

Father Steven Schaftlein is rarely surprised anymore by Submitted photo people’s generosity. Ever since deadly tornadoes roared through southern Indiana on March 2—damaging hundreds of homes and killing 13 people—the pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Henryville has witnessed the “overwhelming goodness” of people who have given their time, skills and money to help the survivors of the disaster. Still, Father Schaftlein acknowledges being surprised when he received a phone call from the Annenberg Foundation in Los Angeles, informing him that the group wanted to donate $100,000 to the relief effort in Henryville. After receiving the check, Father Schaftlein decided to deliver his own surprise. The pastor met with the parish council and set out his plan. He told the council members that St. Francis Xavier Parish and the community had been blessed with so much generosity following the tornadoes—because the “lion’s share” of media publicity had spotlighted the devastation in Henryville. At the same time, the small community of Holton, about 60 miles away, had often been overlooked in the coverage of the tornado damage, resulting in less volunteers and donations for the town. Father Schaftlein proposed to the parish council that the $100,000 check be shared with the Holton recovery effort in a Father Steven Schaftlein, second from left, wanted to share a $100,000 donation for tornado relief that he had received as the pastor of 50-50 split. St. Francis Xavier Parish in Henryville with the people of Holton, another community devastated by the March 2 storms. So he made the check “We thought it was very important to show we are in this presentation during a surprise visit at a meeting of the Holton Long Term Recovery Group. He is pictured with, from left, Cynthia Melton, case together,” Father Schaftlein says. “And we need to be there for manager of the group; Norm Knudson, the group’s secretary/treasurer; Father Shaun Whittington, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in each other.” Osgood; Darin Kroger, the group’s construction manager; and Philip Diewert, the group’s volunteer manager. After the parish council agreed, Father Schaftlein shared his plan with Father Shaun Whittington, the pastor of As case manager of the Holton Long Term Recovery incredible generosity that Father Steve and his parish have St. John the Baptist Parish in Osgood—the closest Catholic Group, Cynthia Melton says she will never forget given to us is very touching to me.” community to Holton. that generosity. For his part, Father Schaftlein strives to keep the check And on July 17, with Father Whittington’s help, “It meant the world to us,” Melton says. “We were short from the Annenberg Foundation and his parish’s sharing of Father Schaftlein came to the meeting of the Holton Long on grant money. When Father Steve gave the check to us, it in perspective. He views the series of actions as a way of Term Recovery Group. there were tears in our eyes. It was like God was there “paying it forward”—a way of extending the same The group’s members had no idea what the visiting priest for us.” generosity that he has witnessed by so many other people. planned to do. Instead, their main focus was on trying to find Father Schaftlein gave the $50,000 check to “Ever since the tornadoes, this whole experience has more ways and more money to help the residents of Holton Father Whittington. been an intense experience of living the Gospel,” rebuild their homes and their lives. In the midst of that “One of the things we were able to do right away because Father Schaftlein says. “Most of the time, we water down atmosphere, Father Schaftlein stood and presented his plan. of the money is purchase a 16-foot tool trailer,” Father the Gospel. We make compromises. This donation to Holton “There weren’t a lot of dry eyes in the room,” recalls Whittington says. “It’s something the Long Term Recovery is just one of the hundreds of examples of how people have Jane Crady, coordinator of disaster preparedness and response Group needed yet struggled to find the money. Now, it’s lived the Gospel. We need to keep paying it forward.” for Catholic Charities in the archdiocese. “It was pretty cool. being used to go from site to site to help rebuild houses.” The people were just so thrilled. The generous gesture still touches Father Whittington and (There is a great need for volunteer skilled workers in “It built a bridge between Henryville and Holton. the people in Holton and the surrounding area. Holton. Expertise in plumbing, drywall and electrical work Father Steve said he wanted to reach across the distance “They were very much moved by it—to know that a is needed to help people return to their homes. Volunteers between the two communities to bring them together. He community that has received a lot more press and attention can register to help at www.archindy.org/cc/disaster/. basically said the Catholic Church just wants you to know that thought of another community that was also suffering,” he Volunteers can also offer their assistance by contacting we haven’t forgotten you.” says. “It was a great witness of Christian charity. The Jane Crady at [email protected].) † What was in the news on Aug. 24, 1962? Prayers asked for the success of the Council and a call made for liturgical renewal By Brandon A. Evans prayer, they said, will be that ‘God may pour forth His liturgical restoration initiated by the Roman pontiffs.’ ” abounding grace on our Holy Father, on all the Fathers • Trappists get union cards This week, we continue to examine what was going on of the council, and particularly on the Bishops of this • A new approach to First Communion in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen through country that none may fail in the council’s great work of • Tells why many spurn religious life the pages of The Criterion. full evangelical renewal within the Church.’ … ‘We invite • 300 pastorals issued: Character of ecumenical Here are some of the items found in the Aug. 24, 1962, all our non-Catholic brethren who glory in the name of council foreseen in bishops’ statements issue of The Criterion: Christian to join us in asking that the Holy Spirit • New missionary spirit seen Church’s need today • Pray for success of the council, U.S. Bishops ask enlighten and guide the ecumenical council so that it may • ‘Do-it-yourself’ approach to spirituality deplored all Christians become an instrument for the promotion of Christian • Diocesan program to rehabilitate young “WASHINGTON—The U.S. Catholic Bishops have unity according to the mind of Christ,’ the Bishops said. delinquents appealed to the nation’s Christians—Catholics and • Laity given challenge to social action • At national parley: K of C head stresses layman’s others—alike to pray for them • Renewal of the liturgy urged to aid the laity changed role and for other participants in the SEATTLE, Wash.—The president of the national • Catholic Negro group pledges racial fight Second Vatican Council. Liturgical Conference has urged the Second Vatican • Attacks of rationalists seen spur to Bible study They asked the 42 million Council to ‘undertake a liturgical renewal which will • Selfishness is rated as top problem U.S. Catholics to join in a make the Church and her life more intelligible and novena of prayer and penance attractive.’ Father Frederick R. McManus also asked the (Read all of these stories from our Aug. 24, 1962, which they requested in all parishes, schools and council fathers to ‘confirm and stimulate the liturgical issue by logging on to our archives at religious houses. The intention of the nine-day period of apostolate … [and] continue and accelerate the great www.CriterionOnline.com.) †

candidate. New York Cardinal at all.” He said the upcoming dinner does not DOLAN Francis Spellman began the dinner in 1945 Cardinal Dolan said some people have represent “a slackening in our vigorous continued from page 1 to inaugurate a hospital wing in honor of called the dinner invitation to Obama “a promotion of values we Catholic bishops Smith and to raise money for health care scandal,” but he said the Church’s posture believe to be at the heart of both Gospel loyalties to an uplifting evening, rather than programs in the New York Archdiocese. “toward culture, society and government and American values, particularly the in closing the door to them.” The annual dinner and the Smith is that of engagement and dialogue.” defense of human dignity, fragile life and Four years ago, Obama traded quips foundation have raised millions to provide “It’s better to invite than to ignore, religious freedom.” with Republican Sen. John McCain. support for the sick, poor and more effective to talk together than to yell He suggested that the “vibrant In 2004, President George W. Bush underprivileged in the New York area. from a distance, more productive to open solidarity of the evening” might illustrate and his Democratic challenger for the Cardinal Dolan noted that Smith “was a door than to shut one,” he said, adding for Obama and Romney “that America is presidency, Sen. John F. Kerry of viciously maligned because of his own that recent popes have received “dozens at her finest when people, free to exercise Massachusetts, a Catholic who supports Catholic faith. of leaders” with whom they disagree on their religion, assemble on behalf of poor legalized abortion, were not invited to “Smith was known as the serious issues. women and their babies, born and unborn, speak. Dinner organizers instead ‘Happy Warrior,’ because while he fought Pope Benedict XVI received Obama, in a spirit of civility and respect.” invited former Republican President fiercely for what he believed was right, he he noted, and “in the current climate, we Civility in politics is what a majority George H.W. Bush and former New York never sought to demonize those who bishops have maintained that we are open of Americans say they want, he added, Gov. Hugh Carey, a Democrat. opposed him,” he explained. “And the to dialogue with the administration to try quoting a recent poll on the topic. The dinner is named for former dinner named in his honor is truly and resolve our differences. New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith, who in life-affirming as it raises funds to help “What message would I send if I (To read Cardinal Dolan’s entire blog 1928 became the first Catholic nominated support mothers in need and their babies— refused to meet with the president?” post, log on to http://blog.archny.org/ by a major party as a presidential both born and unborn—of any faith, or none Cardinal Dolan asked. index.php/al-smith-dinner.) † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, August 24, 2012

OPINION Be Our Guest/Fr. John Catoir Jesus Christ is the guide to joy

Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 in this life and in eternity Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Most Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, S.L.D. Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher GregApostolic A. Otolski,Administrator, Associate Publisher Publisher • Mike Krokos, EditorMike • Krokos, John F. Editor Fink, Editor Emeritus Later this summer, I will spend some discipline necessary to reject needless fear John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus time with the deacons of the Diocese of will not be able to control their emotions. Paterson, N.J., my Choose joy over gloom. home diocese. I • The thoughts you allow yourself to hope to share material think will create the emotions you will Editorial from my books and have to live with day in and day out. Do videos from the past not perpetuate your sadness. 25 years, including • Joy is the byproduct of loving service. In this file photo, some lessons on joy. Be kind to yourself. Trust God and dismiss Nellie Gray, who led the Joy is a gift of the fear as a waste of time. When you practice March for Life since its Holy Spirit. It is given the art of being your own best friend, you beginning in 1974, CNS photo/Paul Haring CNS photo/Paul freely to anyone who will no longer indulge the foolish habit of stands on stage at the asks, but it needs to be being your own worst enemy. 34th annual March for Life developed through practice the same way a • Love leads to service, and service, in in Washington on Jan. 22, musically gifted person must practice with turn, leads to sacrifice. Sacrifice often leads 2007. Gray died on Aug. 13 his or her voice or instrument. To be joyful, to the Cross. Love enables you to embrace at age 86. you must will it every day. the Cross with courage because it will free Here are some thoughts that I want to you from self-absorption. Smile more and share with them and with you. frown less. You can create a joyful heart, • Jesus explained his mission in these even in dark times, by simply choosing to words: “I have told you this so that my joy be joyful. may be in you and your joy may be • If you are truly wise, you will choose complete” (Jn 15:11). Jesus Christ as your guide to eternal joy. • Jesus Christ first directs us to be After that, choose mental health as an loving and kind, knowing that joy always all-important goal. follows a loving heart. • St. Thomas Aquinas is credited by • Blessed Pope John Paul II restated the St. Teresa of Avila of saying, “If you want same idea: “Christ came to bring joy; joy to be a saint, will it.” He understood that to children, joy to parents, joy to families the center of the personality is the will. and friends, joy to workers and scholars, The will has only one function—to say yes joy to the sick and elderly, joy to all or no. Say no to thoughts that make you humanity.” sad and fearful, and yes to thoughts that lift Remembering Nellie Gray • We are all called to be messengers of up your spirit. joy. The supreme law enables us to do that: • To choose joy is to cleanse your mind ardinal Sean O’Malley said she Gray recalled a few years ago how Love God with your whole heart, and love of needless fear. Refer to the Gospel, “Do C“will be remembered as the Joan of she became by default the emcee for the your neighbor as you love yourself not be afraid; just have faith” (Mk 5:36). Arc of the Gospel of Life.” annual event, which now draws (Mt 22:37, 39). In other words, ask God to Father Paul C.B. Schenck, hundreds of thousands of pro-life help you to be a good and decent person, (Father John Catoir is a columnist for founding director and chair of the supporters to our nation’s capital and then learn to be your own best friend. Catholic News Service. Father Catoir is National Pro-Life Center on each year. • Cling to God, think of others and don’t former president of The Christophers and Capitol Hill, said she was “an “What I couldn’t get was a master of put yourself down. Those who lack the writes from New Jersey.) † inspirational leader, a woman willing to ceremonies for the event,” she said. stand against the currents regardless of “Politicians didn’t want to get involved the cost. As a champion of the right to in a march, and people at that time Letter to the Editor life, human dignity and the common weren’t interested in marches after the good, she almost single-handedly civil rights movement and other things. sustained the longest enduring public That left the emcee job to me.” Reader shares appreciation for protest in American history, the It was a job that she would embrace March for Life.” and do extremely well. We, like so many others, were When it comes to life principles, she ministry at A Caring Place extremely saddened to hear of the told the crowds each year, there should I am writing this letter to acknowledge stop and smell the roses in life. Whenever sudden passing of Nellie Gray on be “No exception! No compromise!” what an excellent article was published on you hear that song on the radio about a Aug. 13 because she meant so much And according to many pro-life June 22, 2012, in The Criterion about place “where everybody knows your to the pro-life movement and our advocates, she lived her life true to those Providence Sister Susan Dinnin and name,” you know you want to go to efforts to end abortion during the past convictions. Louise Collet, both of whom helped lead A Caring Place. four decades. (See related story, page 7.) “The indelible mark she has left in A Caring Place Adult Day Services Program. Best wishes and Godspeed, Sister Susan Gray, 86, was born in Texas in this world can be seen in the generations From the day I first arrived for and Louise. 1926, served as a corporal in the of lives saved as a result of her dedicated my interview in June of 1997 with Women’s Army Corps during work on behalf of the unborn,” said a Sister Susan in the library and main Mark Hummer World War II, and later earned a statement from Carol Tobias, president activity room, I instantly felt welcomed by Indianapolis bachelor’s degree in business and a of National Right to Life. “As we her, the staff and the clients which they master’s degree in economics. approach the tragic 40th anniversary of were serving until my last day of But there was so much more to the Roe v. Wade, we are confident her legacy employment as their activity coordinator in Letters Policy life of Nellie Gray—more than we of pro-life activism will continue to June 2007. Letters from readers are published in can share and do justice to in this inspire and affect change.” In fact, whenever I find myself in the The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s editorial space. “The architects of the pro-abortion Butler University area, I still drop by to see commitment to “the responsible exchange The pro-life advocate worked for movement in the United States thought my friends at A Caring Place. I still think of of freely-held and expressed opinion the federal government for 28 years at that the opposition would go away, but the clients and the staff there as friends and among the People of God” (Communio et the State Department and the close to 40 years later the issue is still family, not just clients to serve or Progressio, 116). Department of Labor. She also attended very much alive, thanks in part to the as associates. Letters from readers are welcome and Georgetown University Law School. annual March for Life and because After my 10 years of service, I went on every effort will be made to include letters Gray later practiced law before the of people like Nellie who are to work as the business office manager in from as many people and representing as U.S. Supreme Court. committed to the culture of life,” said Avon at my wife’s medical practice at many viewpoints as possible. Letters should Gray joined the Catholic Church as a Cardinal O’Malley. Integrated Psychiatry at IU Hospital West. be informed, relevant, well-expressed and temperate in tone. They must reflect a basic young woman after she met a priest who A beacon of light in the pro-life Sister Susan left me with those lasting sense of courtesy and respect. taught her about the faith. She embraced world has gone home to God, but we words, “Mark, use your gifts God gave you The editors reserve the right to select its tenet of the dignity of all human life believe Nellie Gray has now heard the in working with people and with your the letters that will be published and to and became a staunch pro-life advocate. words, “Well done, good and faithful writing to go on and serve others.” edit letters from readers as necessary With the support of the Knights of servant. … Come share in your master’s In all of my 51 years on God’s green based on space limitations, pastoral Columbus, she founded the annual joy” (Mt 25:21). Earth, I have never met a more caring, sensitivity and content (including spelling March for Life in Washington, D.C., in We must continue her tireless work of humble, down-to-earth and more gracious and grammar). In order to encourage 1974 to protest the 1973 Roe v. Wade being voices for the voiceless, speaking individual than Sister Susan. opinions from a variety of readers, Supreme Court decision legalizing out on behalf of unborn children. Our Louise Collet, the nurse at frequent writers will ordinarily be limited abortion during all nine months of faith demands it of us. A Caring Place who also retired recently, to one letter every three months. Concise pregnancy. And we should do this not just on had a huge heart and knack for caring. letters (usually less than 300 words) are For the next 38 years, Gray served as that one day each January when we These are things not taught, but born deep more likely to be printed. the strongest voice standing up for all gather in Washington, but every day. within. Louise and Sister Susan created an Letters must be signed, but, for serious life—from conception until natural May we build on Nellie Gray’s legacy environment which was and still is not only reasons, names may be withheld. death—at the March for Life held each so, please God, one day the horror of fun, safe and inviting, but also one that Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” The Criterion, 1400 N. Meridian Street, January in Washington. She also abortion will be a thing of the past. enriches the soul. Indianap olis, IN 46202-2367. established the March for Life Education One of their gifts as well was a great Readers with access to e-mail may send and Defense Fund to sustain the event. —Mike Krokos sense of humor. They helped me learn not letters to [email protected]. to take myself so seriously, and instead The Criterion Friday, August 24, 2012 Page 5 Crossroads walks conclude with pro-life rally in Washington

WASHINGTON (CNS)—They crossed 2,000 miles Within each team, walkers were further separated of mountains and prairie, sun and sleet, city and into smaller groups that walked five-mile intervals. country to spread the Catholic Church’s pro-life Each smaller group would walk its mileage, then, like a

message. relay, the next smaller group would cover five miles and CNS photo/Bo b Roller “They” were mostly college-age volunteers who so on. When they weren’t walking, the participants walked from coast to coast in four separate groups, stayed in an RV that traveled with each group. praying at abortion centers along the way, before The Crossroads volunteers did more than just work arriving in Washington for a rally on Aug. 11. and pray to end abortion. The walk was challenging at times, volunteers “There is always the right person you could talk to. Matt Rochefort and Stephanie Culy told Catholic News In Cedar Point, Ohio, someone asked us about Service in an interview a day before the rally. euthanasia,” Culy told CNS, explaining that this person Rochefort’s group braved wildlife, including a bear was concerned about the suffering of a woman she sighting at night. Meanwhile, Culy’s group trekked up knew “who had died a slow and painful death. … We the Cascade Mountains to cross Washington state, but told her the graces that suffering brought back.” they remained dedicated to their mission. When the groups of walkers finally gathered for the “We were climbing 1,600 feet in five miles, and it rally at a fountain beside the Capitol, there was a was windy and raining,” said Culy, but any adversity bittersweet feeling among them. they faced was worth it to take a stand against For three months, they had lived together, prayed “the culture of death. together and even suffered together after one of their “This is the kind of culture [that] we’re working own, Andrew Moore, was struck and killed by a vehicle against. I thought of Christ walking to Golgotha. That west of Indianapolis. image really stuck to me,” she said. Moore was honored by the Rochefort believed the clinic protests were effective. guest speakers at the rally. “Not many people engaged us—most people Franciscan Father Daniel didn’t know what pro-life is. I think a lot of the Pattee prayed for Moore problem is the ignorance of abortion,” said Rochefort. specifically in his opening prayer, “But we don’t use graphic pictures or signs. We try to while remaining optimistic for be a peaceful presence. Crossroads. America is a pro-life “We were very enthusiastic after the first mile in country, the youth of America are Santa Monica, and this teenager, his name was Gabe, turning, and things are changing and I will never forget, walks up to this group of us in for the better, said the priest, who pro-life shirts and begins to argue with us. It was just is the head of the theology so amazing. He really cared about the women. I think it Andrew Moore department at Franciscan took a lot of courage for Gabe. We prayed for him for University in Steubenville, Ohio. the rest of the walk, and I really believe he’ll turn Also invited to speak were Lila Rose from around” and see that abortion is wrong, Rochefort said. Live Action and Bryan Kempler from Priests for Life. The 2012 Crossroads walks started in Seattle, “No one is promised tomorrow,” said Kempler. San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles. A fifth walk “Andrew was not promised tomorrow, but he took that was held in Canada. Participants started in Vancouver day and lived for someone else. We each have been Pro-life walkers Stephanie Culy, 21, of Franciscan University of and ended their journey in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, given one more chance to live for someone every day Steubenville in Ohio, and Matt Rocheford, 22, of Ave Maria also on Aug. 11. that we wake up. University in Florida, pose during a stop in Washington on Aug. 10. There were 41 walkers separated into four groups, “I believe, with all my heart, this is the generation They were among the mostly college-age volunteers with the one group for each departure city. Each group was split that will abolish abortion. Every one of you born pro-life group Crossroads who walked along four different routes into a night team and day team to ensure that after Jan. 22, 1973, survived Roe v. Wade. Don’t let from the West Coast to Washington over the summer and ended Crossroads was making constant progress eastward. Roe v. Wade survive you.” † the journey with a rally at the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 11.

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Retreats and Programs Events Calendar Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola,” Jesuit Father Thomas Widner and August 24 Information: 812-663-8427. “Fall Festival,” food, rides, August 27 Mary Schaffner, presenters, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., games, Fri. 5 p.m.-1 a.m., St. Rita Parish, August 26 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. $38 per person. Information: 317-545-7681 or 1733 Dr. Andrew Sat. 5-11 p.m., Sun. 3-11 p.m. [email protected]. St. Paul Parish, 9788 N. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Friends of Fatima” J. Brown Ave., Indianapolis. Information: 317-244-9002. Dearborn Road, New Alsace. monthly Mass, breakfast and social, Mass, “Gospel Fest” and comedy, September 6 Ladies Sodality, hot breakfast August 31- 9 a.m. Information: 317-545-7681 or “Men in Fire,” gospel singers, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. bar buffet, 7:30 a.m.-noon. [email protected]. 6:30 p.m., $5 per person. September 3 56th St., Indianapolis. “Come Away and Rest Information: 812-623-2349. 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Festival,” 10 a.m.-7 p.m., On Aug. 9, two women who were Parish festival, Sat. adult August 31- country style chicken dinner, previously members of parishes in the night, 5:30 p.m., Sun. family September 2 10:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m., quilts, archdiocese professed temporary festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. games. Information and vows or renewed temporary vows as chicken dinner, games. Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. reservations: 812-623-3670. † members of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration at the order’s VIPs motherhouse in Mishawaka, Ind. Franciscan Sister Maria Kolbe Elstro, previously a member of St. Andrew James E. and Imogene (Haycraft) Talley Sr., members of Parish in Richmond, a part of the St. Joseph Parish in Crawford County, will celebrate their Richmond Catholic Community, 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 25. professed temporary vows of poverty, Sr. M. Madeleine Sr. Maria Kolbe The couple was married on Aug. 25, 1962, by a justice of the chastity and obedience for a period of Schumacker, O.S.F. Elstro, O.S.F. peace in Jeffersonville. Their marriage was later convalidated at the three years. former Holy Trinity Church in New Albany. A graduate of Marian University in M. Madeleine Schumacker, previously a They are the parents of four children: Rose Barnett, Brenda Lee Indianapolis, Sister Maria Kolbe will member of St. Louis Parish in Batesville, Rogers, Dennis and James Talley Jr. They also have six grandchildren begin her ministry at Franciscan renewed her temporary vows of poverty, and two great-grandchildren. † St. Anthony Health in Michigan City, Ind., chastity and obedience. a part of the healthcare apostolate of her Sister M. Madeleine will continue to Franciscan Sister Linda Bates, parish life coordinator of community. minister at Franciscan St. Francis Health St. Nicholas Parish in Ripley County, received the Franciscan Honors On the same day, Franciscan Sister in Indianapolis. † Award at the annual meeting of the Franciscan Federation, an organization of Third Order Regular Franciscan sisters and brothers. They met in Cincinnati on July 27-30. Prior to serving at St. Nicholas Parish, Sister Linda ministered as a Catholic school teacher and administrator, director of campus C o n d i t i o A i r n e r & ministry at Marian University in Indianapolis and pastoral associate at H e a t P u m p S a l e a parish in West Virginia. †

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nationwide, has died at age 86. event,” she added. “Politicians didn’t want to get involved in a CNS photo/Bob Roller She was found dead in her home on Aug. 13 in march, and people at that time weren’t interested in marches Washington’s Capitol Hill after the civil rights movement and other things. That left the neighborhood by a March for Life emcee job to me.” staffer, Gene Ruane, who said the Tributes to Gray poured in as news of her death spread. medical examiner will determine the “The indelible mark she has left in this world can be seen cause and date of her death. in the generations of lives saved as a result of her dedicated The March for Life has grown work on behalf of the unborn,” said an Aug. 13 statement into one of the signature events of from Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “As the pro-life movement. After the we approach the tragic 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we first march in 1974, Gray, a Texas are confident her legacy of pro-life activism will continue to Nellie Gray, a pro-life leader who founded the March for Life in native, established the March for inspire and effect change.” 1974, has died at age 86. She was found dead in her home on Life Education and Defense Fund to “She had a fierce heart that valued all people—born and Aug. 13 in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. She is sustain it. unborn—fearlessly working to create a picture worth a pictured speaking at the March for Life rally in 2009. Nellie Gray Each year in her remarks, Gray thousand words—the sight of hundreds of thousands of exhorted pro-life supporters to peaceful Americans calling on their courts and their legislators “I have had the honor of working with Nellie for years and, promote and adhere to a series of “life principles” that would to defend life in law,” said an Aug. 14 statement from every time I march in D.C. in January, I know she will be eliminate abortion and enhance life, to which she said there Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life. watching over us and praying for us.” should be “no exception! No compromise!” “As a colleague in national pro-life leadership, Nellie was U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who is co-chairman of the Ruane, an administrative assistant with the March for always an inspiration to the rest of us,” said an Aug. 13 House Pro-Life Caucus, called her an “extraordinary pro-life Life, told Catholic News Service on Aug. 14 that leadership statement by Father Frank Pavone, national director of leader” who was unstoppable as emcee of the march “even in of the organization would be assumed by Terrence Scanlon, Priests for Life. “Her devotion was on display [in], 2008, the worst of weather and poor health.” who has been its vice president “since the beginning.” when, despite being in the hospital during the March for Life, Because of her leadership, the Roe decision “has been Funeral information was not immediately available. Gray she nevertheless was present at an all-day meeting of national marked annually with a somber remembrance that gives was a member of St. Mary, Mother of God Parish in leaders the very next morning.” voice to the defenseless unborn and the women wounded by Washington. Gray “mobilized millions to protest the injustice of abortion,” Smith said on Aug. 14. “In Nellie’s name, we will Born on June 25, 1926, in Texas, Gray served as a Roe v. Wade and to speak out on behalf of unborn children, continue her legacy of unceasing commitment to defending corporal in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. who have no voice of their own. While Miss Gray did not see the unborn.” She later earned a bachelor’s degree in business and a Roe overturned in her lifetime, the movement she helped “Many pro-lifers sometimes seem to take the annual master’s degree in economics. She worked for the build—especially its young members—will not rest until the march for granted, but the longevity of the March is actually federal government for 28 years at the State Department right to life is restored once again,” said Deirdre McQuade, a remarkable achievement,” said an Aug. 14 blog posting on and the Department of Labor while attending assistant director for policy and communications at the National Review Online by Michael J. New, an adjunct Georgetown University Law School. Gray later U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, in an scholar at the Cato Institute and an assistant professor at the practiced law before the U.S. Supreme Court. Aug. 14 statement. University of Alabama. In a 2010 profile, Gray said she wasn’t a Catholic as a In 2008, the National Pro-Life Religious Council presented “Some 39 years ago, pro-life activists felt a need to child, but “I had elements of the Catholic faith in my life.” Gray with its Pro-Life Recognition Award. Later that day, she properly commemorate the first anniversary of the tragic As a young woman, she encountered a priest who brought to tripped and fell on the stage at the opening rally for the Roe v. Wade decision. That is when the idea for the light what the Catholic Church was about, and he tutored her March for Life and had to be taken to the hospital with a March for Life was born. Interestingly, there was no plan to until she joined the Church. head injury. repeat the first march, but when deciding what to do with the Gray also spoke of the march’s origins. “I received a call “My heart is broken by the loss of Nellie Gray, a true leftover funds, someone suggested hosting a march the next from the Knights of Columbus,” she recalled. “I didn’t even pro-life hero and role model. At the same time, I celebrate that year,” New said. “Since then, the march has been a key know who they were, but they explained their stance against Nellie is with our Lord, who she loved so dearly,” said an contribution to the pro-life cause.” abortion and needed a place to meet to discuss plans for a Aug. 13 statement by Bryan Kemper, founder of Stand True Gray is survived by three nieces and one nephew, all of march. That place was my living room. About 30 people Ministry and director of youth outreach for Priests for Life. whom live in Texas. †

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So the figure passed on—or Zephaniah is a short Zephaniah’s introductory words of divine Book of Jeremiah contains both his words at least the prototype three chapters. Then judgment to describe the actions of the and his experiences. Sometime during the of many years ago. the Office moves on to angels whom the Son of Man sends to Exile in Babylon, an editor collected them Where have all those the first seven chapters expel from his kingdom all who do evil and shaped the material into the book as good dads gone? of the major prophet (Mt 13:41; Zeph 1:3). we know it. Griffith was Jeremiah. Also, during Jesus’ Sermon on the It’s interesting that one of the the star of the Zephaniah Mount, he said that the meek will inherit definitions of the word “jeremiah” is long-running “The prophesied about 50 years after the Earth. In several places, Zephaniah “one who is pessimistic about the Andy Griffith Show,” Isaiah’s death during the reign of told the Judahites to examine whether they present and foresees a calamitous future.” a warm-hearted Judah’s King Josiah. It was during were the proud or the humble. A “jeremiad” is “a prolonged lamentation comedy about a small Josiah’s reign that an early edition of the Jeremiah began his prophetic mission or complaint.” Obviously, both words town sheriff, Andy Taylor, in the fictitious Book of Deuteronomy was discovered in around 627 B.C., three to five years after come from this prophet. southern hamlet of Mayberry. the temple, prompting Josiah to demand Zephaniah’s prophecies, when he was Next week’s readings show why as he I watched Andy when I was a child. He that the people follow the Mosaic tradition still in his late teens or early 20s. It was warns the people of impending doom. was one of many stars who played the found in that book. See Chapters 23 and two years after the Book of Deuteronomy First, he tells of his appointment by God part of the wise, gentle, good dad 24 in the Second Book of Kings. was found and Josiah began his reforms. to be a prophet to the nations despite the back in those days. Like the dads on However, Zephaniah’s prophecies seem to Jeremiah’s mission among the people fact that he was young. “My Three Sons,” “Leave It to Beaver” have preceded that discovery. lasted more than 40 years during the In Chapter 3, he employs Hosea’s earlier and “Father Knows Best,” Sheriff Andy Zephaniah’s prophecies sound familiar reigns of five kings and a governor marriage symbol as an image of God’s was kind, virtuous and, most importantly, because they are similar to those of other who lived under the dominion of relationship with his people. “Like a always there for his son. prophets. He warns of the impending three successive foreign empires. woman’s faithlessness to her lover, even so Never mind that he was the town divine judgment on Judah and Jerusalem Jeremiah’s life ended in exile in Egypt have you been faithless to me, O house of sheriff. When motherless Opie needed his because of corruption and idolatry, but after the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem Israel, says the Lord” (Jer 3:20). dad, he knew where to find him, and the then assures his readers of God’s promise in 587 B.C. More about Jeremiah next week. † iconic father and son stroll to the fishing hole that opened each episode told us Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes where Andy’s priorities were. Obviously, that was an idealized version of fatherhood. We all know there We are all part of a larger story that leads to God were lots of dads back then who were Tell me a story. Does that sound in many homes, and Mom and Dad may ghost stories are the most favored subjects. neither kind, virtuous nor always there. familiar? Surely, people have been telling suffer from such popularity when Junior Many a little camper who attended the But it was nice to see that image, wasn’t each other stories ever wants to hear the same story over and over dark night campfire has been sleepless in it? Hopefully, that image influenced some since Mr. Cave Man again. And Grandpa can’t try to hurry his tent afterward, imagining monsters and young men who grew up to be dads today. first came home to his things along by shortening or changing evil assaults from the outdoor noises in the When I was young, the book wife with a blond hair the narrative since Junior knows every woods around him. To Kill a Mockingbird had a great impact on his fur shirt. The word by heart and demands to hear Recently, I read an autobiographicalpiece on the civil rights movement. Has there tradition has each one. by the famous writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in ever been a more heroic dad, a dad we continued down to the Sometimes adults use stories to teach which he explained the way he went about really wished could be our own, than present day when moral lessons to children. In the German creating a story. He said he couldn’t help Atticus Finch? popular storytelling community in St. Louis to which my observing people and events all the time so When I left my home in the Midwest festivals are sponsored husband’s family belonged, a book titled he put his notes in a “story idea” file for as a young adult to be part of the by historical societies, Slovenly Peter (Struwel Peter auf Deutsch) later use. Amusingly, he described how even Jesuit Volunteer Corps, I headed for an bookstores and many other groups. was popular. This was a selection of this file didn’t always produce imagination, isolated Alaskan village. I felt like I was We all love stories and use them for horror stories in which the child thus causing much pacing and muttering leaving so much of my past behind. amusement, instruction, inspiration or even protagonists who misbehaved were when publication deadlines loomed. A few nights before I left for Alaska, I an alibi as in the case of the Cave Man. punished in creative ways. Not only do we tell stories, but also turned on the television in my mom’s Jesus often told stories, which we call Take the title character, Slovenly Peter, we are part of one. We are part of God’s house and the movie “To Kill a parables, to illustrate concepts he was who wound up wretchedly with story, in which our lives contribute to the Mockingbird” was playing. My father had teaching. He used subjects and metaphors fingernails a foot long and filthy hair that richness of his continuing creation. We died a few years before. As I watched, I’m which his mostly rural and uneducated looked like an Afro gone wrong. While we encounter people, events, emotions and sure I was moved by the injustice playing listeners would understand. thought it was hilarious because of its insights which God knew were coming out on the screen, which reflected our For example, he told about the farmer’s outrageous cruelty, “experts” today might before we did. We struggle on, living national life at the time. But what I seeds sown on good ground or rocky soil arrest parents for child abuse if they read lives which may bring surprises, traumas, mainly saw was Atticus Finch, the dad. or shallow dirt, with results that varied it to their children. That doesn’t credit the joys and contentment, hopefully in sync All of my fears of leaving home, my from producing fruit to withering away to kids with much sense, but that’s another, with God’s overall plan. We can only loneliness for my own dad and my never germinating at all. We know he was uh, story. hope that someday we will discover the hopes for living out a just life were explaining the consequences that would Campfires are a great place end of the story, and it will be a encapsulated in the stirring performance follow the different human responses to for storytelling. Organizations like happy one. of Gregory Peck as the lawyer defending the Good News. Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts always use the black man unjustly accused. I wanted Children love to hear stories from their stories to liven up their nighttime (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the Atticus Finch to be my dad, and for a elders, either made up or read aloud from campfires. Families do, too. Funny stories Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular little while, as I cried after the movie books. The bedtime story is a sacred ritual are popular at these events, but spooky columnist for The Criterion.) † ended, my dad was just like Scout’s dad, the two merging in my memory. Emmaus Walk/Debra Tomaseli It’s not entirely fair to measure our parents against impossible ideals portrayed in fiction. I hope my What happened when I decided to ‘Eat Mor Chiken’ three children don’t regret that they have One night, when I stopped at a that night, I couldn’t resist the nagging drive away when I noticed a small family, no memories of me vacuuming while fast-food restaurant for dinner, I was inner voice directing me to the nearest dressed in worn yet clean clothes, leaving wearing my pearl necklace like the served something more than a meal. Chick-fil-A restaurant. I’m no political the restaurant. Each person carried a little old-time TV moms. You probably heard about Chick-fil-A’s activist, but I knew I had to quietly take white food sack as though it were a But aren’t good role models important? recent Appreciation Day. The event, my stand. treasure. As they approached their old You see a lot of strong mothers portrayed prompted by former The place was crammed when I arrived. sedan, they waited for each other before in movies and television today, but have Arkansas governor As I waited in the drive-thru lane, I unlocking the doors and getting in. you noticed how men are portrayed? Dads Mike Huckabee, was observed the restaurant’s patrons. Their kindness brought it all together are almost invariably bunglers, not quite in response to the Inside, I noticed a young family offer for me. as sharp as their female counterparts, or uproar created when their table to an older couple. A Suddenly, I realized the tempo of for that matter, their wise-beyond-their- the chain’s owner, grandmother carrying a bushy haired gentleness, kindheartedness and years offspring. Dan Cathy, said in an toddler smiled as an employee waved her thoughtfulness surrounding me. It was In movie comedies today, the raunchier interview that he toward available seating. A teenager like watching a silent movie where all the the male character, the better. Crude, lewd, believed in “the laughed as he carried food trays for his actions depict the best of humanity. full of juvenile humor, never as ambitious biblical definition of younger siblings. I devoured half of my chicken strips or successful as the girl, the guys are the family unit.” The parking lot, filled to capacity, before arriving home. I’m glad I went. I pathetic, drunks and ne’er-do-wells. Advocates of same-sex marriage, remained in motion. A big red Ford never saw a protester, never got out of my Men even come across as klutzes in enraged by his comments, called for a hovered while a green Toyota backed out. vehicle, never spoke, except to order, but I television commercials. boycott of the fast-food chain. It seemed that spaces became available as believe somewhere, somehow, my voice Where are Atticus Finch and Alternately, Huckabee suggested that needed. A little silver Honda paused to let was heard. Andy Taylor? We are sorely in need of supporters of the Christian-run business a black Chevrolet pull in. More importantly, I witnessed better role models. If we find these heroes show their backing by simply purchasing Nobody argued. Nobody honked their something of the love of God. in fiction, film or television, let’s support a meal that day. horns. Nobody fought over parking them. A whole generation of children I wasn’t going to participate. I didn’t spaces. (Debra Tomaselli lives in Altamonte could use them badly. want to be dragged into a mob scene or Finally, after making my way around Springs, Fla. Her column appears in deal with protestors. I just wanted to go the drive-thru lane, I accepted my order several diocesan newspapers. Her e-mail (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News home and relax. But as I left my office from a cheerful employee and started to address is [email protected].) † Service.) † The Criterion Friday, August 24, 2012 Page 9

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, Aug. 27 Friday, Aug. 31 The Sunday Readings St. Monica 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11 Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 attitude toward women. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11b-12 This epistle, however, was not written Psalm 96:1-5 Matthew 25:1-13 • Joshua 24:-2a, 15-17, 18b for Jews, or at least not for Jews only, or Matthew 23:13-22 • Ephesians 5:21-32 for Jews living in the Holy Land. It was Saturday, Sept. 1 • John 6:60-69 written instead for Christian converts, Tuesday, Aug. 28 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 generally from paganism, who lived in St. Augustine, bishop and Psalm 33:12-13, 18-21 The Book of Joshua provides this Ephesus, a great center of Roman culture weekend’s first reading. and of the Roman pagan religion. doctor of the Church Matthew 25:14-30 The book draws its In this Roman culture, women were 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17 name from the ancient treated as little better than animals. Psalm 96:10-13 Sunday, Sept. 2 Israelite leader Joshua, Elders arranged marriages. Brokers Matthew 22:23-26 Twenty-second Sunday in who followed Moses negotiated prices for brides. Love in Ordinary Time and actually guided marriage was accidental, if ever. Wives the Hebrews into the had few rights. Abuse and infidelity were, Wednesday, Aug. 29 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 land that God had tragically, expected. The Passion of St. John the Psalm 15:2-5 promised them. The epistle, then, was utterly Baptist James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 Fleeing from revolutionary, calling upon spouses, male 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 slavery in Egypt to or female, to see marriage as a true union, Psalm 128:1-2, 4-5 settlement in the characterized by mutual love, and existing Mark 6:17-29 Promised Land was a long, difficult and, to give both spouses the means to at times, chaotic journey. Natural happiness and eternal life amid the problems, such as the need for water and realities of the times. Thursday, Aug. 30 food in the Sinai Desert, accounted for St. John’s Gospel is the source of the 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 much of the trouble. last reading. Psalm 145:2-7 Another serious problem was the It makes a point often forgotten. Never Matthew 24:42-51 restlessness of the people, who were apt to did Jesus meet total acceptance. He was stray away from the path given to them by disputed. He was ignored. He was God. They had no map or navigation to criticized. Perhaps just as many people guide them. In short, they were wanderers. rejected Jesus as those who accepted The greatest task for Moses, and later the Gospel. Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle for Joshua, was to reinforce the people’s The Gospel and this particular reading trust in the guidance given by God. do not end with reporting the opposition Perpetual virginity of Mary has been taught In this weekend’s reading, Joshua to Jesus. The Gospel concludes with faith. summons the leaders of the people. He In answer to the Lord’s question as to by the Church since the early Christian era bluntly calls them to be true to God and their faith, the Apostles profess their trust. none other. It is important to know that Jesus sought At a Bible study group in our mother would have been passed to the The people respond by declaring their their testimony. Their absolute faith was Qapartment complex, it was shared with next oldest son had one existed. will to follow God. They realize that God crucial in their roles as builders of the those attending that alone has led them out of the misery of Church. It also is important to note that Jesus had five siblings. Why are so many priests these days Egypt. God has guided them so far. They St. Peter spoke for the Apostles. What Bible passage Qwearing beards? Even the priests on trust that God will guide them until they does that information EWTN sport them. are settled in the Promised Land. Reflection come from and, if it is There is nothing like a clean-shaven St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians The three readings together remind us true, why do we call man, especially a priest. I’ve been a supplies the second reading. that the Gospel will never universally be Our Lady the Catholic all my life and now, at the age of This reading often is misunderstood in accepted. People at times will prefer their “Virgin Mary”? 82, the beards bother me. the modern context in which the human own interpretations. People will sin. Some people in the When I walk into Mass and see a rights of women are much noticed and God’s love has been proven. He has group said that Mary bearded priest, I feel like I am in a appropriately demanded. come to people in need again and again. was a virgin at the time synagogue. (Baltimore, Md.) To understand Paul’s message, it helps He offers us life each day. His love never of Jesus’ birth, but had five additional to know the environment in which the ends. He never forsakes us or forgets us. children with her spouse Joseph. Among the Jews in Old Testament New Testament was written. His strength still comes to us. (Albany, N.Y.) Atimes, a beard was cherished as a sign The Jews at the time of Jesus had a Our contact with God is through the of virility. This carried over to the time of better sense of the fact that all persons, Apostles, and the Church they left behind The perpetual virginity of Mary— Christ. The Apostles in most ancient male or female, share human dignity— them with Peter as their head. Abefore, during and after the birth of monuments and paintings are bearded. although the Jewish culture of the time is We respond by loving God, despite the Christ—has been consistently taught by the Quite likely, although it cannot be criticized for having at best a paternalistic temptations to sin or to ignore God. † Church from the early Christian era. shown conclusively, Jesus wore a beard. We reflect that belief at Mass when Among Romans, it was customary for we say, in the Confiteor, “blessed Mary men to be clean-shaven. As Christianity My Journey to God ever-virgin.” spread through the West, Western customs What, then, are we to make of such were assimilated and, throughout the passages as in the Gospel of St. Mark, Middle Ages, Church law from time to where Christ’s neighbors in Nazareth ask, time dictated that Latin-rite clergy should “Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary refrain from wearing beards. I Am a Catechist and the brother of James and Joses and Eastern-rite clergy have commonly I am a catechist. a child of God, Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters worn beards down to our day. My heart has heard the voice of God. a willing follower, here with us?” (Mk 6:3). At the present time, there is no rule in My response has brought me life, a teacher, Traditionally, Catholic biblical scholars canon law about the wearing of beards, a life I long to share with the people of an evangelist, have pointed to the fact that the Greek although individual bishops are free to God a lover, word “adelphos” used in this passage establish guidelines for their dioceses. through my words, my actions, a living word. from St. Mark could mean not just I believe that most Catholics measure my interest and involvement. “blood brother,” but also such relations as priests by what they say and do rather I join Jesus daily in the building of the By Sister Susan Marie Lindstrom, step-brother, nephew or cousin. than on the presence or absence of Kingdom. O.S.B. But there are still other interpretations facial hair. that are consistent with the perpetual I am a catechist. virginity of Mary. (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth I am a disciple of God, The second-century Protoevangelium of Doyle at [email protected] and anointed by Spirit-wind and flame. Catechist James, for example, described these 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.) † As God has quenched my thirst, “adelphi” as children of St. Joseph by a I long to invite others to drink Called by God previous marriage. the living waters that nourish body and Attentive to the Spirit Likewise, Orthodox Churches today Readers may submit prose soul. Touched by grace speculate that Joseph was a widower who Empowered by faith had other children before he married Mary, or poetry for faith column I am a catechist. Centered in Christ and some Catholic commentators agree The Criterion invites readers Sharing my small light, Helping build the Kingdom with this theory. to submit original prose or poetry I enkindle the flame in others Inspired by others’ stories They point to the fact that Joseph is relating to faith or experiences of that, together, we might set the world on Strengthened by the Eucharist often portrayed in art as an older man and prayer for possible publication in the fire, Trusting that God works through my that Joseph had clearly died before the “My Journey to God” column. set the Earth ablaze with God’s glory. humanness. public ministry of Christ or else his role in Seasonal reflections also are that ministry would have been mentioned appreciated. Please include name, I am a catechist, in the Gospel accounts. address, parish and telephone number defined not by what I do, That Jesus had no “blood brothers” with submissions. but by who I am … gains support from the fact that Jesus, on Send material for consideration to the Cross, entrusted his mother to St. John, “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, (Benedictine Sister Susan Marie Lindstrom is a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict the beloved Apostle. Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 or e-mail of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove.) Jewish law dictated that the to [email protected]. † responsibility of caring for a widowed Page 10 The Criterion Friday, August 24, 2012

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International Statue of archdiocese or have other Sandley and Jack Dillon. Grand - Our Lady of Fatima is connec tions to it; those are LOHSE, Julia Ann, 54, St. Joan father of 13. Great-grandfather secured in a passenger separate obituaries on this of Arc, Indianapolis, July 31. of 34. page. Wife of John Miller. Mother of seat during a flight from FOUST, LaJoy, 34, St. Joan Providence to Cleveland on BAUERLA, Frank W., Sr., 83, Anja and Luke Miller. Sister of of Arc, Indianapolis, Aug. 6. Aug. 14. Judith Studer, St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, Jennifer, Joy, Jim and Joe Lohse. Wife of Curtis Foust Sr. Mother representing the Aug. 1. Husband of Nelta of Curtis Foust Jr. Daughter of MADDEN, Thomas C., M.D., Providence Diocesan Bauerla. Father of Diana Darryl and Debra Perkins. Sister 59, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Haffield, Teresa Hoffmeister, Division of the of Martino Perkins. Grand - Aug. 8. Husband of Terri Connie Patterson, Frank Jr. and World Apostolate of Fatima, daughter of Clara Perkins. Mike Bauerla. Brother of Betty (Robinson) Madden. Father of was traveling with the Hutt and Gary Bauerla. Grand - GRAHAM, Joann, 66, Erin, Lauren and Austin Madden. Marian image. father of 14. Great-grandfather Sacred Heart of Jesus, Brother of Mary Ann Kaiser, of 16. Indianapolis, Aug. 5. Sister of Jeanne, Jim, John and Paul Jana Hayes, Mary Beth, Michael Madden. BOOK, Joseph R., 54, and Patrick Graham. St. Joseph, Clark County, OBERMEYER, Shirley Mae, Aug. 13. Father of Sarah GRILL, Mary A., 83, 62, Holy Family, Oldenburg, Beranek, Beth Book and Jennifer St. Joseph, Indianapolis, Aug. 1. July 29. Wife of Robert Jochim. Son of Raymond Book. Mother of Candy Stinsom. Obermeyer. Mother of Jenny Grandmother of several. Great- Brother of Barbara Burgin, Mary O’Connell, Greg and Tim Providence Sister Maureen Clare Lehmann Eurton, Carol Hamm and Doris grandmother of several. Obermeyer. Daughter of Helen Konermann. Grandfather of two. ministered as a teacher for 47 years HAGERDON, Ann Louise, 82, Nunlist. Sister of Judy Combs, BROWN, Agnes, 86, St. Paul, Tell City, Aug. 11. Wife Janet Howell, Peg Meyer, Butch Providence Sister Maureen Clare Lehmann she taught for 47 years at Catholic schools in of Ray Hagerdon. Mother of Holy Trinity, Indianapolis, Nunlist, Kay and Pat Obermeyer. died on Aug. 11 at Mother Theodore Hall at Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts and July 30. Mother of Cindy Karen Doogs, Janice Flamion, Grandmother of four. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 96. Washington, D.C. Daugherty and William Brown. Judy Schneider, Donna Seamon The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated In the archdiocese, Sister Maureen Clare Sister of Frank Androjna. Grand- and Linda Vojtaskovic. Sister of PICKETT, Carol Ann, 76, on Aug. 16 at the Church of the Immaculate ministered on the general administration staff at mother of five. Great-grand- Mary Taylor and Cletus Mitchell. St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Aug. 8. Conception at the motherhouse. Burial followed the motherhouse from 1993 until 2002. mother of four. Great-great- Grandmother of 17. Great-grand- Wife of Donald Pickett. Mother at the sisters’ cemetery. After retiring from teaching, she moved to grandmother of one. mother of 16. of Joan Ehman, Kevin, Mark and Agnes Eleanor Lehmann was born on St. Rose Parish in Chelsea, Mass., her home BRYAN, Loretta C., 88, HAMMOND, Betty Jo, 80, Mike Pickett. Sister of Patty Feb. 2, 1916, in Chelsea, Mass. parish, and ministered there for a number of years. St. Luke the Evangelist, St. Mary, New Albany, Aug. 9. Cardwell, Linda Yorger, Dennis She entered the congregation of the In 1993, she retired and moved to the Indianapolis, Aug. 3. Mother of Mother of Barbara Sillings, and Jerry Roembke. Grand - Sisters of Providence on Feb. 10, 1936, motherhouse, where she served nine years as a Carol Hendrick and Patrick Sheila, Don, John and Larry mother of 18. Great-grandmother professed first vows on Sept. 8, 1938, and secretary for the general administration staff. Bryan. Grandmother of four. Hammond. Grandmother of 10. of eight. professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1944. In 2002, she dedicated herself to the ministry Great-grandmother of one. Great-grandmother of four. Sister Maureen Clare earned a bachelor’s of prayer full-time with the senior sisters. RENCH, Dolores Elaine, 83, CHISHOLM, Richard G., 52, HEILWAGEN, Russell W., 89, degree in Latin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods She is survived by a sister, Mabel Moschella St. Simon the Apostle, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, St. Matthew the Apostle, College, master’s degree in Latin at of Revere, Mass. Aug. 7. Husband of Kate Indianapolis, Aug. 4. Husband of Indianapolis, Aug. 3. Mother of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., and Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Chisholm. Father of Abby, Mary Audrey Heilwagen. Father of Sabrina Haggard, Daniel and master’s degree in theology at Boston College Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, and Graydon Chisholm. Son of Sharon Donohue and Mary Jo Stephen Rench. Sister of in Boston. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the- Richard and Elissa Chisholm. Tarvin. Grandfather of six. Great- Marjorie Bovard and Charlotte During 76 years as a Sister of Providence, Woods, IN 47876. † Brother of Catherine grandfather of five. Tennant. Grandmother of four. Blankemeye, Elizabeth, HYATTE, William, 72, THOMAS, Carolyn Ann Byzantine Father Sidney Sidor was pastor of Margaret, Susan and William Holy Trinity, Indianapolis, Chisholm. (Ready), 68, Annunciation, July 24. Husband of Natalie Brazil, July 18. St. Athanasius the Great Church in Indianapolis CHUMBLEY, Patricia Ann, Hyatte. Father of Sherri and Father Sidney Sidor, pastor of St. Athanasius Interment was at Queen of Heaven Cemetery 81, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus WILLIAMS, Stephen Anthony, Michael Hyatte. Stepfather of the Great Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church (Little Flower), Indianapolis, 56, St. Simon the Apostle, in McMurry, Pa. Hope Pace, Royce, Shane and in Indianapolis, died on Aug. 14 at the Aug. 3. Mother of Shelia Hanlin. Indianapolis, Aug. 6. Husband of Surviving are four children, 10 grandchildren Troy Thomas. Brother of Hooverwood Jewish Home in Indianapolis. He Grandmother of three. and two great-grandchildren. Deborah Nelson. Grandfather of Mary Ann Williams. Father of was 84. CLIFTON, Darryl P., 51, one. Step-grandfather of nine. Bridget, Holly and Patrick The funeral with Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Memorial gifts may be sent to St. Athanasius St. Gabriel the Archangel, KIRSCHNER, Robert F., 88, Williams. 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www.svdpindy.orgwww.svdpindy SSocietyociety ooff SSt.t. VVincent de Paul 3001 E. 30th StStreet Indianapolis, t IN 46218 To Donate: www.archindy.org/ChristOurHope The Criterion Friday, August 24, 2012 Page 11 On Assumption, pope says Mary is with God, listening to prayers CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS)— Mother [Mary], we will find our loved come, we do not know. But one thing is Assumed into heaven, Mary is with God ones, we will find eternal love,” certain—a world that moves away from and is ready to listen and respond to cries the pope said. God will not become better, but worse. for help, Pope Benedict XVI said. Pope Benedict, who set aside his Only the presence of God can guarantee a Joining God in heaven, Mary “does not prepared text for much of his homily, said better world.” draw away from us, does not go to an that Mary’s closeness to God ensures her The Christian hope for a better world

unknown galaxy,” but becomes “even closeness to all God’s creatures. and for finding a place with God for Reuters CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito, closer to each one of us,” the pope said on “Mary, totally united with God, has a eternity “is not just yearning for heaven,” Aug. 15 during his homily at Mass for the heart that is so big that all creation can but allowing one’s desire for God to feast of the Assumption. find a place there,” a fact illustrated by “make us untiring pilgrims, increasing With his 88-year-old brother, the votive offerings people around the our courage and strength of faith, which Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, seated in the world leave at Marian shrines and statues is at the same time the courage and front pew, the pope celebrated an early when their prayers are answered, he said. strength of love,” he said. morning Mass in the Church of Mary’s presence in heaven shows that Later on Aug. 15, Pope Benedict St. Thomas. Using a white-handled cane, “in God, there is room for man,” he said. recited the Angelus with visitors the pope walked to the church across the At the same time, he said, she crowded into the courtyard of the papal square from the main entrance to the demonstrates that “in man, there is room summer villa. papal villa at Castel Gandolfo. for God,” and when God is present within Continuing his reflection on the Mary’s assumption, he said, gives individuals and they allow God to meaning of the Assumption, he said that believers “a sure hope. God expects us, he influence the way they act in the world, “it shows us, in a brilliant way, our awaits us. We are not moving toward the world becomes a better place. destiny and that of humanity and of A child cries as Pope Benedict XVI greets him a void. Many people today speak of their history. In Mary, in fact, we contemplate after celebrating Mass for the feast of the “And going to that other world, we hopes for a better world, he said. that reality of glory to which each one of Assumption at the Church of St. Thomas in will find the goodness of the “If and when this better world will us and the entire Church is called.” † Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Aug. 15. In Philippines and U.S., Catholics prepare to welcome new teenage saint MANILA, Philippines assassin split his skull.” showing vital signs, according to Filipino-American was born to (CNS)—Catholics in the Blessed Pedro’s martyrdom Msgr. Leyson. Over several Filipino parents and raised in the Philippines and the U.S. are has captured the imagination of weeks, the patient—who had United States. preparing to celebrate the some admirers, but it was his never heard of Blessed Pedro— Deacon Cordova is a retired Oct. 21 canonization of intercession that made the was up and about. Scientists could historian, and he helped found the Blessed Pedro Calungsod, a Vatican take notice. not explain the situation, and the Blessed Pedro Calungsod Guild in teenage catechist killed in Guam Msgr. Leyson, rector of the Vatican’s team of expert doctors 2005. He said he thinks of in the 17th century. Shrine of Blessed Pedro and clergy studied the Blessed Pedro as a friend, and the Witness accounts in the Calungsod, spent about 15 years phenomenon for six years before guild founders thought that, in the records of Jesuit missionaries looking into Blessed Pedro’s deeming it a miracle in 2011. spirit of friendship, his impending show Blessed Pedro died trying to history. He was part of a team of Msgr. Leyson said the sainthood would be a good way to protect his mentor, Jesuit Father clergy that had to verify archdiocese is careful not to focus bring Filipino-American Catholics Diego Jose Luis San Vitores, a miraculous works attributed to on the identity of the person who together and help them feel at CNS photo/courtesy of Cebu Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro of Cebu missionary who was also killed in the martyr, who was beatified in was healed to respect their privacy home in their adopted culture. the attack. Two Chamorro chiefs 2000. Msgr. Leyson said there and to help keep a spiritual “They may go into a parish pursued the missionaries when were many claims of sick people perspective. and not feel ownership ... like they learned Father San Vitores being healed because they asked “We would want that the they’re there just as guests,” had baptized a chief’s daughter for Blessed Pedro’s intercession. attention should be focused on Deacon Cordova told Catholic without his consent. In 2003, an unnamed patient God, who did the miracle,” he News Service by phone. “We try Blessed Pedro, a native of recovered from a type of deep said. “And to Pedro Calungsod, and make them feel very much a Cebu province in the Philippines, coma that is rarely survived. whose intercession it was that part, to participate in everything A painting of Blessed Pedro “was the first to be attacked When such patients do survive, occasioned the miracle … . of parish life besides just the Calungsod shows him holding a palm in the assault,” explained they normally remain in a Otherwise, we would be sacraments, besides just frond. The young missionary catechist Msgr. Ildebrando Leyson of the vegetative state. worshiping something else!” the liturgy.” from Cebu, Philippines, was martyred Cebu Archdiocese. “And they One afternoon a doctor in In Seattle, Deacon Fred Deacon Cordova said the guild the day before Palm Sunday in marveled how he was so skillful Cebu, who worried he might Cordova of Immaculate has received generous donations 1672 in Guam. He will become the in evading the darts of the spears lose his patient, implored Conception Church took note of toward planned celebrations and second saint from the Philippines … until finally he was hit in the Blessed Pedro to intercede, and Blessed Pedro when he learned events around Blessed Pedro’s when he is canonized on Oct. 21. chest. He fell and the other four hours later the patient started about the miracle. The 81-year old canonization. †

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The estate of Joseph Mitchell included a The movie rights were sold immediately multimillion-dollar bequest to the archdiocese after Gone With the Wind was published in and the donation of his home in Atlanta. 1936 to instantaneous success. Two million CNS photo/courtesy of Atlanta Archdiocese One of two sons of Margaret Mitchell’s copies of the novel had been sold by 1939. brother, Stephens, Joseph Mitchell died in The work was quickly translated into October 2011. He was a member of Arabic, Asian, and eastern and western the Cathedral of Christ the King and asked European languages. Mitchell was awarded that, if possible, his donation assist the the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her work and, cathedral in a particular way. according to Publishers Weekly, the novel Various editions of Gone With the Wind—including ones from Spain, Germany, Iran, Finland and “It is a magnificent gift,” said continues to sell in the United States at a Vietnam—are part of a multimillion-dollar bequest made to the Archdiocese of Atlanta by Deacon Steve Swope, rate of about 75,000 copies a year. Joseph Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell’s nephew. He died last October. who has been The Archdiocese of Atlanta has created a overseeing the corporation with the Eugene Mitchell trust sustaining income. been blessed with a generous gift transition of the to manage the literary inheritance. The The archbishop also has asked the through the kindness of Joe Mitchell,” bequest on behalf of archdiocese also will continue to use the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia to Archbishop Gregory said. “This gift is a Atlanta Archbishop group of attorneys, colleagues of create an endowment fund for each parish, reservoir of the funds earned through the Wilton D. Gregory. Stephens Mitchell, who have been mission and Catholic school of the genius of Margaret Mitchell, and her The inheritance safeguarding the literary work and its archdiocese with a $10,000 gift apiece from depiction of the harsh struggles of passed on to the appropriate use on behalf of the the Joseph Mitchell estate, totaling more Southern life during and after the Civil War. archdiocese includes a Mitchell family for decades. than $1 million. The Mitchell family has a proud Catholic collection of signed “We want to continue to make He also has assigned $150,000 to the legacy, and this gift will allow that legacy Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind available to the widest Deacons’ Assistance Fund, $100,000 of and that pride to be shared with many others Joseph Mitchell first editions possible audience, and to do it in a way that which will be a challenge grant that is in in the archdiocese.” published in various is respectful and dignified and in line with place until May 31, 2013, to match any The Catholic roots of the Mitchell family languages in countries around the world and the wishes of the late Stephens Mitchell,” charitable contributions made to the fund come through Margaret and Stephens’ an unpublished history of the Mitchell family, Deacon Swope said. during that time. mother, Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, whose handwritten by Margaret’s father, Eugene The “artifacts that were part of the The remainder of the Mitchell bequest father, John Stephens, was born in Ireland Muse Mitchell. provenance of Margaret Mitchell” are being will be held in reserve and used by the and whose mother, Annie Fitzgerald Some of Margaret Mitchell’s personal preserved by the Archdiocese of Atlanta, archdiocese for general religious purposes Stephens, descends from one of the earliest effects, including her wallet with her press Deacon Swope said. It is hoped that in the as requested in Joseph Mitchell’s will, Catholic families in Georgia. card and library card, and furniture from her future, the collection can be loaned to a Deacon Swope said. In Finis Farr’s biography of apartment have been given to the archdiocese. major institution for public display, he said. Plans call for the cathedral parish, which Margaret Mitchell, Stephens Mitchell A library of books includes From the Joseph Mitchell estate, has limited space on its Peachtree Road site, said their mother was educated in a histories and signed first editions of Archbishop Gregory has designated that to use part of the bequest to purchase the convent school in Quebec, and was so the late Georgia Catholic author $7.5 million be given to the Cathedral of nearby archbishop’s residence on concerned with teaching and defending Flannery O’Connor’s novels and short stories. Christ the King for its building fund. West Wesley and renovate it as a rectory. the Catholic faith that she helped found the Joseph Mitchell, who died at 76, was the He also has assigned $1.5 million to A new residence is planned for Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, last direct descendant of the Mitchell family. Catholic Charities Atlanta for its immediate Archbishop Gregory and future archbishops made up of prominent lay Catholics who His brother, Eugene, a generous benefactor of use and an additional $2 million to create an of Atlanta on the property given to the wrote and spoke to explain Catholic beliefs Morehouse College and School of Medicine, endowment fund for the social services archdiocese by Joseph Mitchell. and defend the Church against as was Margaret Mitchell, died in 2007. agency to address its long-term need for “The Archdiocese of Atlanta has anti-Catholicism. †

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