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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—God’s ability hand the to forgive “knows no limits” as his mercy frees people from bitterness and despair, Pope Francis said. “The Church’s forgiveness must be whole time’ every bit as broad as that offered by Jesus on the cross 82-year-old and by Mary at his feet. There is no other way,” he said woman shares after opening the Holy Door of the story of love, Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan. 1, faith and the feast of Mary, Mother of God, and Pope Francis the World Day of fleeing from Prayer for Peace. On the first day of the new year, communism Pope Francis opened the last holy door in Rome as part of the extraordinary By Natalie Hoefer Holy Year of Mercy. “The door we have opened is, in fact, Maria Moko sat at her kitchen table a Door of Mercy,” he said in his homily, holding an old, black-and-white photo of her referring to the Roman basilica’s large husband, Leslie. bronze doors depicting Mary presenting her She placed the photo to her heart, gave it resurrected son, Jesus. another look, then kissed it softly and said, “Those who cross its threshold are called “You were the love of my life. I miss you to enter into the merciful love of the father so much.” with complete trust and freedom from fear; Like many widows, Moko mourns the loss of they can leave this basilica knowing with her husband, who died in 2012. certainty that Mary is ever at their side,” Unlike many widows, Moko shared especially during times of trouble and harrowing experiences with her husband as, sorrow, he said. by the dark of night, they escaped the Soviet At the church dedicated to Mary and on invasion of their native Hungary in 1956. her feast day as Mother of God, the pope Moko, 82 and a member of explained how Mary is the mother of mercy St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, shared with because she bore “the very face of divine The Criterion stories of life in Hungary during mercy,” the Son of God “made incarnate for World War II, the unusual way she met the our salvation.” love of her life, their flight from Hungary, their “Mary is an icon of how the Church must first months in America—and the strong faith in offer forgiveness to those who seek it. The God that got them through it all. mother of forgiveness teaches the Church See MOKO, page 8 that the forgiveness granted on Golgotha knows no limits. Neither the law with its quibbles, nor the wisdom of this world with Maria Moko displays a photo of her husband, its distinctions, can hold it back,” he said. Leslie, at her home in Indianapolis on Nov. 12. Mary offers the world Jesus, who in turn, The Mokos fled on foot at night to escape the offers that forgiveness which “renews life, Soviet invasion of Hungary in November 1956. enables us once more to do God’s will and (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) fills us with true happiness,” the pope said. See MERCY, page 2 March for Life changes venues, but strengthens message of ending abortion WASHINGTON (CNS)—The annual March for Life, set for Jan. 22, will convene in a new location in the nation’s capital for the traditional midday rally. Because of the ongoing refurbishment of the National Mall and strict new regulations that require temporary flooring to protect the grass, the rally has been moved from the West Front of the Capitol to the Washington Monument grounds. “We were lucky to get that. It’s going to cost us $70,000, See LIFE, page 3

Jeanne Monahan-Mancini, director of the March for Life, addresses crowds of supporters during the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 22, 2015. This year’s rally has been moved from the West Front of the Capitol to the Washington Monument grounds. (CNS photo/Leslie E. Kossoff) Page 2 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016

St. Peter’s Basilica in the morning to mark MERCY the Marian feast day. continued from page 1 God is present in human history, he said, despite signs and events that “tend to “The power of forgiveness is the make us think instead that he is absent.” true antidote to the sadness caused by “Sometimes we ask ourselves how it resentment and vengeance,” which do is possible that human injustice persists nothing but “trouble the mind and wound unabated, and that the arrogance of the the heart, robbing it of rest and peace.” powerful continues to demean the weak, After the Mass, the pope symbolically relegating them to the most squalid opened another door, this time the large outskirts of our world,” he said. iron gates in front of a smaller chapel “How can the fullness of time have housing a Marian icon he is particularly come when we are witnessing hordes of devoted to—the “Salus Populi Romani” men, women and children fleeing war, (health of the Roman people). hunger and persecution, ready to risk their A deacon told the congregation to lives simply to encounter respect for their pray together with the Holy Father and fundamental rights?” ask Mary “to take us by the hand and Pope Francis went on to say that lead us to the Lord Jesus.” After the pope notwithstanding those events, the pushed open the gates, he brought up a “swollen torrent” of misery is powerless small floral arrangement of white lilies “before the ocean of mercy which floods to the altar and prayed in silence before our world.” The grace of Christ “brings the icon. our hope of salvation to fulfillment,” and Pope Francis opens the Holy Door before celebrating Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on Earlier in the day, the pope further gives Christians the strength to build a Jan. 1. The Holy Doors of Rome’s four major basilicas are now open. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool) marked the World Day of Peace in his more “just and fraternal world.” noon Angelus address, when he said “Where philosophical reason and peace must not only be cultivated but also political negotiation cannot arrive, there conquered in a spiritual fight being waged the power of faith, which brings the grace by war and indifference. of Christ’s Gospel, can arrive, opening Christians are called at the beginning ever new pathways to reason and to of the new year to open their hearts and negotiation,” he said. “reawaken the attention to one’s neighbor, In an Angelus address on Jan. 3, the to those who are closest,” he said. pope reminded visitors in St. Peter’s “War is not the only enemy of peace, Square to keep a small book of the but also indifference, which makes Gospels with them at all times and read at us think only of ourselves and creates least one verse each day “in order to know barriers, suspicions, fears and closures. Jesus better, to open our heart up wide to These are the enemies of peace,” Jesus” and share him with others. the pope said. The pope warned against “the mystery Recalling the Church’s celebration of of evil which threatens our lives, too, and the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, demands our vigilance and attention so it the pope asked for her intercession so that not prevail.” the faithful may imitate her in guarding “Woe to us if we let in” sin, which and meditating on all that happens in always lies in wait “at the door,” he said. their hearts. He also asked people to take on the Mary “preserves the joys and loosens title of his World Day of Peace message, the knots of our lives, taking them to the “Overcome Indifference and Win Peace,” A woman becomes emotional as she passes through the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. Mary Major Lord,” he said. like a New Year’s resolution to “put into after its opening by Pope Francis in Rome on Jan. 1. The Holy Doors of Rome’s four major basilicas The pope also celebrated Mass in practice” with God’s help. † are now open. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Away in a manger: Pope makes secret stop at Nativity scene’s birthplace VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis stop at a local youth meeting organized by The second sign, which the angels tell made a surprise visit to the place where his the diocese. Amid loud cheers and chants of the shepherds about, is a baby born in a namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, created the “Francesco,” some participants were moved manger, he said. world’s first Nativity scene. to tears. This shows, the pope said, how “God “He wanted to visit the sanctuary and The pope told the some 150 young lowered himself, obliterated himself to places where St. Francis, on Christmas Eve people that their bishop had told him it be like us, to walk before us, but with in 1223, represented the first living Nativity would be a good idea to pray at Greccio smallness, that is, you can say, humility, in history,” Bishop Domenico Pompili of during the Christmas season. “So I came to which goes against pride, self-importance, Rieti told ANSA, the Italian news agency. pray. But I won’t say what white lie he used arrogance.” The pope had nothing listed on his to lure me here,” the pope joked. The pope asked them to think about official schedule, and so he used the In impromptu remarks, the pope told whether their own lives were “meek, free day to visit the Franciscan shrine in them to reflect on two important signs humble, [one] that doesn’t turn up its nose, Greccio, a town 60 miles northeast of Rome associated with Christ’s birth: the star of that isn’t full of pride.” and 56 miles south of Assisi. Bethlehem and the baby in a manger. The Three Wise Men were very smart The bishop said he and the shrine’s prior “The sky is full of stars, isn’t it? But “because they let themselves be led by were the only people informed a few days there is one that is special,” the star that the star. All the splendor of Herod’s huge ahead of time of the pope’s plans to make inspired the Three Wise Men to leave palace” did not fool them because they the Jan. 4 visit. everything behind and begin a journey into were able to sense right away that the As the pope arrived in a blue Ford Focus the unknown, he said. promised king they were looking for was accompanied by two plainclothes security The pope asked the young people to not there, the pope said. guards, the shrine’s guardian said he was be on the lookout in their own lives for a He told the young people he hoped their caught completely off guard. “I didn’t even “special star that calls us to do something lives would always be guided by these have my habit on, and I quickly went to greater, to strike out on a journey, to make two signs—two gifts from God. He asked the refectory to put it on. Then I opened a decision. they always have that star that will guide Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity the gate for the pope,” Franciscan Father “We have to ask for this grace of them and “the humility to rediscover Jesus scene during a Jan. 4 surprise visit to Alfredo Silvestri told the Italian bishops’ discovering ‘the star’ that God today wants in the little ones, the humble, the poor, in the Franciscan shrine in Greccio, Italy. TV2000. to show me because that star will lead me to those who are a cast off by society and from (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano, handout via EPA) The pope also made an unannounced Jesus,” he said. our own life.” †

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Meridian St. • Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 Page 3 LIFE continued from page 1 and it’s not something we budgeted for,” said Jeanne Monahan-Mancini, president of March for Life. “It’s the most economical wide-open space we could afford.” Other than the venue, the event, which draws busloads of Catholic parishioners, parochial school students and other pro-life supporters from across the country, is expected to remain much the same. Held since 1974, the march marks the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, which legalized abortion. “Pro-Life is Pro-Woman” is this year’s theme. “We know that abortion takes the life of one and wounds the life of another, so we always try to emphasize ... that there’s always hope and healing for anyone who’s made that sad decision, and it’s very important in terms of our messaging,” Monahan-Mancini told Catholic News Service (CNS). It’s also intended as a way to blunt critics, “because of the [presidential] election and a lot of the rhetoric about the false ‘war on women,’ ” Monahan-Mancini added. Young people walk with a banner past the U.S. Capitol in 2012 during the annual March for Life in Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) Retired Baltimore Ravens football player Matt Birk is the headline speaker at the rally and that evening’s Rose Dinner. Monahan-Mancini said she expected at ‘The truth is going to come out one way or the other. The safest way to least a couple of Republican presidential proceed for the vast majority of those involved in the march is through the candidates to speak at the rally as well, but peaceful, prayerful activities and legitimate avenues of government.’ that any announcement would come just before the event. The day before the march, Father Frank —Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, will lead a prayer rally at the Planned Parenthood offices in Washington. A youth rally at the Renaissance Hotel follows. Other march-related activities include a Mass opening the overnight National Prayer The suspect, Robert Dear, was reported as are “very hard to watch.” However, she “I don’t think that poll is fair,” Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National telling police, “No more baby parts,” in an finds them helpful to the pro-life effort. Monahan-Mancini said. “And I don’t think Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on apparent reference to the videos. “The thing with abortion is, it’s very it’s reflective of the average American and Jan. 21 and a Mass the next morning at the The videos are the subject of litigation much in the dark. It’s a violent kind of what they think.” Basilica; a Mass and interdenominational in U.S. District Court, Northern District thing,” she said. “The great gift, regardless Reversing the landmark Supreme Court prayer service at Constitution Hall prior to of California, where a judge will decide if you agree with the [recording] approach, decision remains the long-term goal of the march; and two similar events, Youth whether the videos should be permanently is bringing into the light what happens the march. But organizers told CNS they Rally and Mass for Life, sponsored by the suppressed because they violate California behind closed doors. It was just so clear prefer to focus on changing the nationwide Archdiocese of Washington at the Verizon laws about secret recordings and also that there was a lack of respect for these conversation. Center and the D.C. Armory. contributed to clinic arsons. Excerpts of the little babies. They were just objects, objects “I think we have a much loftier goal, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will be videos remain available on YouTube. for material gain.” and that’s to change the hearts and minds honored at the Constitution Hall event for Even in truncated form, they videos have As for the Colorado shooter, “That’s of Americans. That no woman, in her right being the first governor to sign the Unborn had an effect, said Michael Ciccocioppo, their responsibility when people like mind, would ever choose abortion. Because Child Protection from Dismemberment executive director of Pennsylvania Pro-Life that act in that way,” Ciccocioppo said. we really have a deprived culture when any Abortion Act. The legislation is under Federation, a march participant. “It’s not the responsibility of the [pro- woman thinks that’s an empowering act,” review in a state “I haven’t seen life] movement. This man has nothing to Monahan-Mancini said. appeals court. every single video do with us.” Ciccocioppo said the challenge to the Two recent from start to finish, “The truth is going to come out one way pro-life movement in its quest to overturn events loom over but I’ve seen parts or the other,” Father Pavone said. “The Roe v. Wade is “that the court is still stacked this year’s march. of all the videos,” safest way to proceed for the vast majority against us.” Last summer, a he said. “When of those involved in the march is through “But we’re in this for the long haul. This pro-life organization you listen to these the peaceful, prayerful activities and is going to be going on for as long as it in California, the doctors sitting legitimate avenues of government.” takes,” he said. Center for Medical around eating their Nationally, an Associated Press poll “First of all, to recognize the humanity Progress, released lunch, eating their taken shortly after the Colorado incident of the unborn child in law,” he continued. a series of secretly salad, drinking their showed abortion support at its highest level “But also, another focus of the march recorded videos wine and talking in two years. is obviously to help get the truth out Matt Birk that it claimed show Michael Ciccocioppo so callously about The poll found that 58 percent of the there about how abortion harms women representatives what they do and respondents thought abortion should physically, emotionally and mentally, from Planned Parenthood clinics discussing how much they can get for these body be legal in most or all cases. That’s an and kills living human beings, so we can the use of aborted infant parts for profit. parts, I mean it really has exposed to the increase from 51 percent who said so at get the hearts and minds of the culture In November, a gunman opened fire at nation how horrendous these things are that the beginning of 2015. The poll showed to really accept the fact that this is [the] a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood are going on.” equal support among both Democrats and killing of little human beings, citizens of clinic, killing three and wounding nine. Monahan-Mancini agreed that the videos Republicans. our country.” † Vigil for Life, solemn observance of Roe v. Wade set for Jan. 21 and Jan. 22 The Archdiocese of Indianapolis will offer two life may flourish in our country. those who wish to remain in the cathedral. events in Indianapolis in solemn observance of the While this is a free event, participants are asked to The observance will conclude with Benediction at 2:30 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court consider bringing a donation to Birthline, an archdiocesan p.m. in the cathedral. decision legalizing abortion. ministry that provides material support for pregnant women There will be very limited parking at the The archdiocesan Secretariat and mothers of infants in need. Of particular need are Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center of Pastoral Ministries will host diapers in sizes newborn to 5, baby wash, diaper wipes and and the cathedral. Additional paid parking may be a Vigil for Life on Jan. 21 at newborn to size 2T clean, gently used or new clothes. available at Methodist Hospital Visitor Center Parking SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, For more information or to register for this event, log on and other nearby paid public parking lots. Please plan to 1347 N. Meridian St., in to www.vigilforlife.eventbrite.com. arrive early. Indianapolis. On Jan. 22, two Roe v. Wade observances within the For more information, e-mail Rebecca Niemerg at The event is from 6:30-9 p.m., archdiocese have been reported to The Criterion, one in [email protected] or call 317-236-1569. and includes a keynote address by Indianapolis and one in Terre Haute. The Roe v. Wade event in Terre Haute will involve a Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, the The annual archdiocesan local solemn observance of peaceful, prayerful, pro-life gathering. It will take place opportunity for the sacrament of the Roe v. Wade decision will be held at SS. Peter and at 1 p.m. in front of the Vigo County Courthouse located Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin reconciliation, exposition of the Paul Cathedral on Jan. 22. It will begin with a noon Mass at 3rd Street and Wabash. Signs will be provided. Parking Blessed Sacrament, a eucharistic celebrated by Archbishop Tobin, followed by a prayerful may be available behind the Vigo County Court House. procession, pro-life witnesses, music by Matt Faley, and procession along Meridian and Pennsylvania streets. For more information, call Tom McBroom at an opportunity to join others in praying that a culture of There will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for 812-841-0060. † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016

Opinion

Be Our Guest/John Garvey ‘Ex Corde Ecclesiae’ after 25 years I recently attended a conference to da Cortona’s renovation of the church celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Santa Maria della Pace. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Second Vatican Council’s declaration It’s not the only example of Bernini Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor “Gravissimum Educationis” and the borrowing ideas. His sculpture “Aeneas Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus 25th anniversary of the apostolic and Anchises with Ascanius” drew on constitution “Ex Corde Ecclesiae.” These Raphael’s fresco “The Fire in the Borgo” at are two important the Vatican. documents This sort of thing went on all the time in Editorial governing the the Catholic artistic culture of 17th-century business of Catholic Rome. There was a shared conception of education. the beautiful, a shared vocabulary of types. I was particularly There were shared solutions to engineering interested in the and architectural problems. It subtracts second document, nothing from the beauty and the genius of which St. John Bernini that he worked within this culture. Paul II wrote about When “Ex Corde Ecclesiae” was Catholic universities. published in 1990, there was some In our public consternation in academic circles over its debates about Catholic higher education, direction that, where possible, Catholics we devote a lot of attention to issues of should comprise a majority of the censorship—policies about speakers and faculty at a Catholic university—and all student activities and free-thinking faculty. teachers should embrace the mission of It’s as if what makes a Catholic university the university. distinctive is what can’t be said. This was taken as meddling by the It’s surprising how little Church in matters properly academic. Women listen as Pope Francis talks with immigrant families at Our Lady “Ex Corde Ecclesiae” has to say about this. It seemed to pose an impediment to the Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem area of New York on Sept. 25. It’s more concerned with what we have universities’ desire for academic excellence (CNS photo/Paul Haring) to offer—what a student would find at a because it would limit the pool of candidates Catholic university that he or she could not available for faculty positions. find somewhere else. We often talk about No doubt it does. So does a requirement Welcoming the stranger the Catholic intellectual tradition. What that teachers have doctorates. The objection The U.S. bishops have designated this We can understand people’s fears that exactly is that? treats the Catholic faith as if it were an week, Jan. 3-9, as National Migration such terrorists would also try to enter the Michael Polanyi, a Hungarian chemist, arbitrary handicap imposed on the search, Week with the theme, “A Stranger and United States. But how many terrorists compared the process of collective inquiry rather than a valuable trait to be looked for You Welcomed Me.” The theme comes would have the patience to spend a couple to a group of people working on a jigsaw in a candidate. directly from the Gospel of Matthew years in refugee camps and go through puzzle: Each time someone fits a piece in, This does not mean that Catholic faith is (Mt 25:35-40), in which Christ said interrogations? We wouldn’t be letting others look to see what steps this advance a sine qua non for every hire. Non-Catholics that those who welcome a stranger everyone in, as the European countries has made possible. are equal and important members of a welcome him. had to do because of the vast number Polanyi added that this kind of Catholic university community. But if it’s This year’s observance comes during of refugees. collaboration would not be possible if part of the university’s business to carry on a time when In his statement about the resettlement each person had a different understanding the Catholic intellectual tradition, we should See related story, more than of the Syrian family, Archbishop Tobin of the task at hand—if, for example, one expect Catholics to carry the ball. page 16. 4 million said, “For 40 years, the archdiocese’s person thought that puzzle pieces ought What I love about John Paul’s approach refugees have Refugee and Immigrant Services has to be stacked rather than fitted together. in “Ex Corde Ecclesiae” is its intrinsic fled Syria and the surrounding region welcomed people fleeing violence in A governing perspective or worldview modesty. It says to Catholic universities, in because the Islamic State is intent on various regions of the world.” does not stunt creativity. It provides the effect, that building a Catholic intellectual driving out Christians and people of Then he emphasized, “This is an environment that cultivates discovery. culture is not the business of the hierarchy— other faiths, including Muslims who essential part of our identity as Catholic I thought of Polanyi at our conference, it’s for the academics to do. The only thing disagree with their theology. It also Christians, and we will continue this which was held at Castel Gandolfo in the Church asks is that Catholics, working comes while this country is divided life-saving tradition.” Italy. There is a church there, designed by together, do the work of creating it. between those who want to welcome the It’s not only Syrian refugees, of course. the Italian artist Bernini and dedicated to strangers and those who want to keep We still have the challenge of refugees St. Thomas of Villanova. It has a pretty, (John Garvey is the president of them out. from the Central American countries of coffered dome with ribs radiating from The Catholic University of America in A month ago, there was a El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. the top, an idea Bernini took from Pietro Washington.) † disagreement between Indiana They are mainly women and children, and Gov. Mike Pence and Archbishop Joseph often children traveling by themselves, W. Tobin. The governor asked that no who are trying to escape the armed gangs Syrian refugees be resettled in Indiana that are terrorizing those countries. Letter to the Editor because of safety concerns after the These refugees were in the news a Reciting Hail Mary a good practice archdiocese’s Refugee and Immigrant year ago when more than 66,000 children Services had made arrangements to appeared at our southern border over for extraordinary ministers of holy Communion bring a family to Indianapolis. several months. But the crisis there has It’s of note in one church where Recommended by secular advisers is Archbishop Tobin met with the not disappeared, and the United Nations I attended Sunday Mass that the to sing “Happy Birthday” to yourself and governor and listened to his concerns, refugee agency said recently, “With extraordinary ministers of holy when you finish, sufficient time will have but then made the decision to bring the authorities often unable to curb the Communion, arriving at the altar to elapsed to lessen the bad bacteria lurking family here. It consists of a husband, violence and provide redress, many distribute the holy Eucharist, pressed the on your hands. wife and two small children who vulnerable women are left with no choice nozzle on a bottle of antiseptic lotion However, not belonging to the seculars escaped from Syrian violence three but to run for their lives.” onto their hands, and gently rubbed but rather to holy mother Church, years ago, and then spent two years in There’s a difference between refugees them prior to giving Communion to I’ve done some experimentation. The refugee camps undergoing extensive and immigrants. Refugees are those the recipients. Holy Spirit must have guided me because security checks. who are fleeing violence, who “have a The medical world emphasizes I discovered that taking up the same It was inevitable that there would be credible or reasonable fear of persecution handwashing with a germicide before amount of time as the birthday song was a collision between the governor and or torture.” Immigrants are those who are dining, preparing meals or greeting one recitation of a Hail Mary! the archbishop when Pence tried to keep trying to make better lives for themselves other folks with your handshake. Now Syrians out. Archbishop Tobin made the than they can do in their countries. The the length of time you rub your hands is Joseph Mucha decision he did as an expression of his Catholic Church aids both refugees critical for the diminution of bad bacteria. Pittsboro fidelity to the teachings of the Church, as and immigrants. a way to practice what it preaches. The Church has long called for The United States should be receiving reform of our immigration laws to make many more Syrian refugees because it is it possible for more migrants to enter letters that will be published and to edit supposed to be a country that welcomes the country legally, especially to keep Letters Policy letters from readers as necessary based on refugees and immigrants. That’s why families together. space limitations, pastoral sensitivity and we have the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Pope Francis has frequently asked Letters from readers are published in content (including spelling and grammar). In Island in New York Harbor, which countries to welcome migrants and The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s order to encourage opinions from a variety has welcomed strangers since 1886, facilitate their integration. On Dec. 15, he commitment to “the responsible exchange of of readers, frequent writers will ordinarily although most immigrants now enter the said, “Special concern should be paid to freely-held and expressed opinion among be limited to one letter every three months. the People of God” (Communio et Progressio, United States other than by ship. the conditions for legal residency, since Concise letters (usually less than 300 words) 116). are more likely to be printed. European countries, especially having to live clandestinely can lead to Letters from readers are welcome and Letters must be signed, but, for serious Germany and Sweden, are showing criminal behavior.” every effort will be made to include letters reasons, names may be withheld. more compassion for refugees than When the pope visits Mexico next from as many people and representing as the United States. Germany took in month, he is expected to address many viewpoints as possible. Letters should Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” more than 1 million refugees during immigration during a Mass on the be informed, relevant, well-expressed and The Criterion, 1400 N. Meridian Street, 2015, knowing full well that there’s a U.S.-Mexican border. temperate in tone. They must reflect a basic Indianap­olis, IN 46202-2367. Readers possibility that Islamist terrorists might sense of courtesy and respect. with access to e-mail may send letters to infiltrate those refugees. —John F. Fink The editors reserve the right to select the [email protected]. † The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 Page 5

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God is the merciful source of peace and justice for all e begin each new year with when we are reconciled to him—through harmony. If we want peace, we must let the Holy Father said, should be lacking a fervent prayer for peace. our baptism and our communion with go of our desire for revenge, and we must in mercy. WWe long for the world of him in and through the Church. But be willing to let old wounds heal through Peace will happen when we can tomorrow, the time when there will be when we lose sight of God, through the saving grace of God’s mercy. share God’s love and mercy with all no more discord among individuals, our blindness, selfishness and sin, there This is one reason that our our sisters and brothers throughout the families, neighbors or nations. can be no peace. Injustice, violence and Holy Father, Pope Francis, has world. When that day comes, nations Having just celebrated the birth of the cruelty dominate the world order, and proclaimed a Holy Year of Mercy. In will unite in a world order that respects Prince of Peace, we hope that his coming peace disintegrates—in our hearts and the papal bull “Misericordiae Vultus” the fundamental human rights and will inspire us all to live differently. We homes, in our neighborhoods and nations, (“The Face of Mercy”), Pope Francis authentic cultural diversity of nations begin each new year with the profound and throughout the world. explains how in Jesus Christ the mercy and peoples. Neighbors will help and hope that we can set aside our jealousy, True peace, the peace that lasts, of God has been revealed to people of respect one another. Families will live our fear, our desire for economic control happens when we work for justice. every nation, language and culture. This together joyfully. And each woman and and political domination, our aversion It is the product of the hard work of is the great mystery we celebrated last man on Earth will be calm, untroubled to strangers from foreign lands, and our civilization, the rule of law and the weekend, the Epiphany of the Lord. and at peace. discomfort with those who are different right-ordering of social structures. Peace The pope hopes that this Year of May the peace of Christ be with us from us. We pray for peace, forgetting requires fairness, respect for human Mercy will be a time for Catholics to always. Through the intercession of the that mercy, the way of the meek, is the dignity and the refusal to take advantage contemplate just how merciful God has Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace, only way to peace. of another’s weakness. As Pope Paul VI been to us and to understand better how and all the saints—especially our patrons Christians believe that true and lasting said on the World Day of Peace on we are called to be merciful to others. St. Francis Xavier and St. Theodora peace comes only through the Son of Jan. 1, 1972, “If you want peace, work Mercy, the pope wrote, is “the beating Guérin—may we find happiness and God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who was for justice.” And that means this work heart of the Gospel.” He went on to say, joy in working for justice and in sharing sent into the world by his Father to be must be done both here at home and “How much I desire that the year to come with others in Jesus’ name God’s the ultimate peacemaker. That’s why we around the world. will be steeped in mercy, so that we can abundant mercy. recall each new year the Lord’s promise Lasting peace—the kind that is more go out to every man and woman, bringing My prayer for you—and for all to David: “I will give peace and quiet to than a temporary ceasefire or a periodic the goodness and tenderness of God,” our brothers and sisters in central and Israel in his days … He shall be my son, break between hostile actions—is the he wrote. “May the balm of mercy reach southern Indiana—is that we will know and I will be his father” (1 Chr 22:9). effect of charity. There is no real peace everyone, both believers and those far peace in 2016. Through the experience “Blessed are the peacemakers for without mercy or without the willingness away, as a sign that the kingdom of God of God’s mercy, may we share this they shall be called children of God” to sacrifice our individual or collective is already present in our midst.” Nothing peace with people from all nations and (Mt 5:9). We become children of God self-interests for the sake of genuine in the Church’s preaching or witness, cultures everywhere! †

Dios es la fuente misericordiosa de paz y justicia para todos omenzamos cada nuevo año con de nuestro bautismo y nuestra comunión abandonar nuestro deseo de venganza y testimonios de la Iglesia debe carecer una ferviente oración por la paz. con Él y a través de la Iglesia. debemos estar dispuestos a que las viejas de misericordia. C Anhelamos el mundo del Pero cuando perdemos de vista a Dios heridas sanen mediante la gracia salvadora La paz solo es posible cuando podemos mañana, el momento en el que no por obra de nuestra ceguera, egoísmo y de la misericordia de Dios. compartir el amor y la misericordia de existirán más desavenencias entre pecado, no puede existir la paz. Este es uno de los motivos por el que Dios con nuestros hermanos y hermanas personas, familias, vecinos ni naciones. Es entonces cuando sobreviene la nuestro Santo Padre, el papa Francisco, de todo el mundo. Tras celebrar el nacimiento del Príncipe injusticia, la violencia y la crueldad que ha proclamado un Año Santo de la Cuando llegue ese día, las naciones se de la Paz, nos inunda la esperanza de dominan el orden mundial, y la paz se Misericordia. unirán en un orden mundial que respeta que su venida nos inspirará a vivir de un desintegra, tanto en nuestros corazones En la bula papal titulada los derechos humanos fundamentales y la modo distinto. como nuestros hogares, en nuestras “Misericordiae Vultus” (El rostro de la auténtica diversidad cultural de naciones Comenzamos cada nuevo año con la comunidades y países, así como en el misericordia), el papa Francisco explica y pueblos. profunda esperanza de poder dejar a un resto del mundo. que en Jesucristo, Dios ha revelado su Los vecinos se ayudarán y se lado la envidia, los temores, nuestros La paz verdadera, aquella que perdura, misericordia a los pueblos de todas las respetarán mutuamente; las familias deseos por adquirir el control económico ocurre cuando obramos en pos de la naciones, idiomas y culturas. vivirán juntas y con alegría; y cada y el dominio político, nuestro rechazo justicia; es el producto de la ardua labor Este es el gran misterio que celebramos hombre y mujer sobre la faz de la tierra a aquellos que provienen de tierras de la civilización, la regla de derecho y el el fin de semana pasado, durante la estará en calma, sin preocupaciones extranjeras y la incomodidad frente orden correcto de las estructuras sociales. Epifanía del Señor. y en paz. aquellos distintos de nosotros. La paz requiere equidad, respeto El papa tiene la esperanza de que este Que la paz de Cristo esté siempre con Rezamos por la paz pero olvidamos por la dignidad humana y negarse Año de la Misericordia sea un momento nosotros. que la misericordia que practica la gente a aprovecharse de las debilidades para que los católicos reflexionen sobre A través de la intersección de la Santa humilde es el único camino que conduce de los demás. lo misericordioso que ha sido Dios con Virgen María, la Reina de la Paz, y de a la paz. Tal como lo expresó el papa Pablo VI nosotros y para comprender mejor que todos los santos, especialmente nuestros Los cristianos creen que la paz durante la Jornada Mundial de la Paz el estamos llamados a ser misericordiosos patronos, San Francisco Xavier y Santa verdadera y duradera proviene únicamente 1 de enero de 1972: “Si quieres la paz con los demás. Teodora Guérin, que encontremos la del Hijo de Dios, nuestro Señor Jesucristo, trabaja por la justicia.” Su Santidad describe a la misericordia felicidad y la alegría al trabajar en favor que fue enviado a este mundo por su Y esto significa que debemos como el “corazón palpitante de la justicia y el compartir con los demás Padre como máxima expresión de la paz. desempeñar este trabajo tanto en nuestra del Evangelio.” la abundante misericordia divina en Es por ello que cada nuevo año localidad como en todo el mundo. Y continúa expresando: “¡Cómo deseo nombre de Jesús. recordamos la promesa que le hizo el La paz duradera, aquella que es más que los años por venir estén impregnados Mi oración para usted y para todos Señor a David: que un cese el fuego temporal o un receso de misericordia para poder ir al encuentro nuestros hermanos y hermanas del centro “Durante su vida yo le daré a Israel paz periódico entre actividades hostiles, es el de cada persona llevando la bondad y y del sur de Indiana es que lleguemos a y reposo[...] y él será mi hijo, y yo seré su efecto de la caridad. la ternura de Dios! A todos, creyentes conocer la paz en 2016. padre” (1 Cr 22:9). La paz verdadera no existe sin y lejanos, pueda llegar el bálsamo de ¡Que podamos compartir esa paz con “Bienaventurados los pacificadores, misericordia y sin la disposición de la misericordia como signo del Reino los pueblos de todas las naciones y todas porque ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios” sacrificar nuestros propios intereses, tanto de Dios que está ya presente en medio las culturas al vivir en carne propia la (Mt 5:9). individuales como colectivos, por el bien de nosotros.” misericordia divina! † Nos convertimos en hijos de Dios de una genuina armonía. Según afirma el Santo Padre, cuando nos reconciliamos con Él, a través Si deseamos la paz, debemos ningún aspecto de las enseñanzas y los Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa Page 6 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016

For a list of events for the next four weeks as reported to The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/events. Retreats and Programs Events Calendar Benedict Inn Retreat & Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. 5th Annual January 8 Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. Greenwood. First Friday January 22 Girls’ Night Out: Women Helping Women, St. Mark the Evangelist Third Thursday Adoration, celebration of the Most Mount Saint Francis Center for 7-9:30 p.m., $25 per person. Information: 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. Church, 535 E. Edgewood Ave., interceding for women Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mass, Spirituality, 101 St. Anthony Drive, experiencing crisis pregnancy, Indianapolis. Mass for 5:45 p.m., exposition of the Mt. St. Francis. Women’s retreat, February 1 vocations, sponsored by 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with Mass at Blessed Sacrament, following Conventual Franciscan Brother Bob Baxter, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Serra Club, 8:15 a.m., coffee 5:45 p.m. presenter. Information: 812-923-8817 or Mass until 9:30 p.m., sacrament 56th St., Indianapolis. Evening reflection, and donuts after Mass. [email protected]. “It’s Not about the Silence,” Mary Schaffner Information: 317-748-1478. January 28 of reconciliation available. Marian University, and Kathleen Sisk, presenters, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Information: 317-888-2861 or January 24 January 10 3200 Cold Spring Road, $20 per person. Information: 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Providence www.archindy.org/fatima. St. Michael the Archangel Michael A. Evans Center for Spirituality and Conference Center, 1 Sisters Church, 3354 W. 30th St., Health Sciences, Indianapolis. February 6 of Providence, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. February 4 Indianapolis. Mass in French, Richard G. Lugar Helpers of God’s Precious “Sunday with a Saint,” Providence Sister Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Providence 1 p.m. Information: Franciscan Center for Global Paula Damiano, presenter, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Infants Prayer Vigil, Spirituality and Conference Center, 317-523-4193 or Studies Speaker Series, $25 per person includes brunch, registration 1 Sisters of Providence, St. Mary-of-the- [email protected]. “The Future of Global Terre Haute. 7:30 a.m. Mass deadline Jan. 20. Information: 812-535-2932 or Woods. Lectio Divina Series, session one Telecommunications, at the Carmelite Monastery at [email protected]. of four, Providence Sister Mary Moloney, St. Therese of the Infant Jeffrey H. Smulyan, 59 Allendale, 9:25 a.m. parking presenter, 10-11:30 a.m., $40 per person for Jesus (Little Flower) Church, presenter, 6 p.m. Information: on Ohio Blvd., 9:30 a.m. January 28 the series. Information: 812-535-2932 or 4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis. [email protected] or Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, assemble on sidewalk in front [email protected]. Class of ’63 monthly 317-955-6775. 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Overcoming gathering, 6 p.m. Mass, of Planned Parenthood at 30 S. Depression through Spirituality,” February 5 optional dinner afterward. January 30 3rd St. for prayers, 10 a.m. Father Michael Hoyt, presenter, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Information: 317-408-6396. travel to St. Patrick Adoration 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., $40 per person includes 56th St., Indianapolis. A Day of Reflection, Parish, Parish Hall, Chapel at 1807 Poplar St. two meals and materials. Information: “Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively January 12 14596 Oak Ridge Road, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., $41 per person for Divine Mercy Chaplet, 317-545-7681 or www.archindy.org/fatima. Virtues,” St. Simon the Apostle Parish, in Carmel, Ind. (Lafayette includes materials, breakfast, lunch and 8155 Oaklandon Road, Diocese). Presentation by completed around 10:30 a.m. January 29 program. Information: 317-545-7681 or Indianapolis. Creighton Jessica Thorne on human Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, www.archindy.org/fatima. Model of Fertility Care, trafficking, followed by St. Michael Church, 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Know Your Body, Love Your fashion show with sales 145 St. Michael Blvd., Silent self-guided days, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $31 (For a complete list of retreats as Spouse,” 6:30-8:30 p.m., $50. supporting women affected Brookville. First Saturday per person. Information: 317-545-7681 or reported to The Criterion, log on to Information: 317-721-7332 or by trafficking, 7 p.m. www.archindy.org/fatima. www.archindy.org/retreats.) [email protected]. Information: Diane Conover Devotional Prayer Group, at 317-430-3448 or diane. Mass, Exposition of the January 14 [email protected]. St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, Blessed Sacrament, rosary, Cenacle (house on parish February 3 confession, meditation, 8 a.m. Attorney representing Priests for Life grounds), Indianapolis. Hope Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Information: 765-647-5462. and Healing Survivors of Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., against HHS mandate to speak on Jan. 16 Suicide support group, 7 p.m. Indianapolis. Solo Seniors, The Willows, Robert Muise, co-founder and president of the American Freedom Law Center Information: 317-851-8344. Catholic, educational, 6729 Westfield Blvd., (AFLC)—the lead firm representing Priests for Life before the United States charitable and social singles, Indianapolis. Marriage on Supreme Court in their opposition of the U.S. Department of January 15 50 and over, single, separated, Northside Knights of widowed or divorced. New Tap, Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, Health and Human Services’ (HHS) mandate—will speak in the Columbus Hall, 2100 E. members welcome. 6 p.m. presenter, 7-9:30 p.m., $35 St. Thomas Aquinas Room at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, 71st St., Indianapolis. Catholic Information: 317-243-0777. per couple includes dinner, 14596 Oak Ridge Road, in Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Business Exchange Mass, cash bar available, registration Diocese, at 7 p.m. on Jan. 16. breakfast and program, “New February 5 Muise, an expert on constitutional law, will discuss the Beginnings, Changed Lives Marian University chapel, required at www.stluke.org or and Goodwill,” Kent Kramer, call 317-259-4373. legal battle underway in the U.S. to ensure that religious 3200 Cold Spring Road, freedom, faith and pro-life values are protected. By presenting president and CEO of Goodwill Indianapolis. Lumen Dei arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Priests Industries of Central Indiana, Catholic Business Group, Holy Family Parish, presenter, 7-9 a.m., $15 for Life in March opposing the HHS mandate—which requires Mass and monthly 815 W. Main St., Richmond. members, $21 non-members, meeting, 6:30-8:30 a.m., organizations to reject their religious convictions and pay for Chocolate Fest and silent breakfast included. breakfast, $15 per person. “anti-life” drugs and procedures—his firm’s actions will impact Reservations and information: Information: 317-435-3447 or auction, 5-8 p.m., $15 adults, Robert Muise the Little Sisters of the Poor, the Archdiocese of Washington www.catholicbusiness [email protected]. $5 children 6-12 years of age, and other organizations opposing the mandate. exchange.org. children under 6 no charge, There is no cost for the event, although free will offerings will be accepted. January 16 Most Holy Name of Jesus, advance ticket sales only. Refreshments will be served after the presentation. Helpers of God’s Precious 89 N. 17th Ave., Beech Grove. Information: 765-935-2552 or For more information, call the parish office at 317-846-3475. † First Friday devotion, Infants, Indianapolis. Mass [email protected]. and Divine Mercy Chaplet at exposition of the Blessed 8:30 a.m. at St. Michael the Sacrament, 5:30 p.m.; Archangel Church, 3354 W. reconciliation, 5:45-6:45 p.m.; February 11 30th St., followed by prayer Mass, 7 p.m.; Litany of the St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, St. Patrick Parish in Terre Haute celebrating at a local abortion center, and Sacred Heart and prayers for Cenacle (house on parish the Holy Father, 7:30 p.m. 60th anniversary of church building on Jan. 17 continued prayer at the church grounds), Indianapolis. Hope for those who wish to remain. Information: 317-784-5454. and Healing Survivors of St. Patrick Parish, 1807 Poplar St., in Ground was broken for the new church January 21 Our Lady of the Greenwood Suicide support group, 7 p.m. Terre Haute, is planning a celebration on March 17, 1955, and the new church St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. Church, 335 S. Meridian St., Information: 317-851-8344. † of the 60th anniversary of its church building was dedicated on Feb. 5, 1956. building on Jan. 17. The church, which seats 300, is Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin will constructed of Indiana limestone Human trafficking talk set for Jan. 16 at celebrate Mass at 9 a.m., followed by a with St. Meinrad sandstone on the reception and program in the St. Patrick interior walls. St. John Paul II Parish’s St. Joseph Campus Family Life Center. Reservations for the celebration can In 1954, the parish launched be made by contacting Geri March by A talk on human trafficking will be given by a campaign to raise $423,000 for phone at 812-238-1656 or e-mail at Rebecca Niemerg, archdiocesan Office of Pro- construction costs and furnishings. [email protected]. † Life and Family Life director, at St. John Paul II Parish’s St. Joseph Campus, 2605 St. Joe Road W., in Sellersburg, in the parish hall at 10 a.m. on Jan. 16. While human trafficking is often considered a problem only in other countries, Interstate 65 South is a ‘Passion and Purpose for Marriage’ event at human trafficking route commonly taken from Chicago St. Luke the Evangelist Church on Jan. 30 through Louisville and further south—cutting through Sellersburg. Dynamic Catholic Institute’s “Passion and Purpose for Marriage” event will take Lunch will be served, including soup and desserts. place at St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 7575 Holliday Drive E., in Indianapolis, from Donations will be accepted. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Jan. 30. For more information, call Phyllis Burkholder, The event is suited for anyone, but particularly engaged or married couples. It Rebecca Niemerg president of the St. Gianna Pro-Life Group, at focuses on three topics: five things women should know about men, five things men 812-246-2252. † should know about women, and the most important word in marriage—and it isn’t “love.” No group sharing is involved. The speaker, Dr. Allen Hunt, is a former Protestant minister of Atlanta’s largest mega-church who became Catholic in 2008. He has spoken at Atlanta’s Eucharistic Congress by the invitation of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and travels nationwide St. Malachy Parish offers ‘Catholics speaking on marriage. Returning Home’ series starting on Jan. 12 Each couple or single person will receive a bag with Hunt’s book 21 Undeniable Secrets of Marriage, a compact disc set titled Love, Sex and Marriage, information on The “Catholics Returning Home” Catholics seeking answers to questions how to lead a prayerful life, a journal and more. series will be offered at St. Malachy about returning to the Church. There Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased by logging on to Parish, 9833 E. County Road 750 N., will be informal sharing and an update www.DynamicCatholic.com/Indianapolis, or by calling the Dynamic Catholic Institute in Brownsburg, on six consecutive on the Catholic faith. at 859-980-7900. Tuesdays at 7 p.m. beginning on Jan. 12. For more information, call General information about the Passion and Purpose for Marriage event can also be The sessions are for non-practicing 317-650-5751. † found by logging on to www.DynamicCatholic.com/Indianapolis. † The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 Page 7 Made a resolution to improve your health this year? Try these health/faith improving methods to strengthen connection with God

By Natalie Hoefer Peggy Bowes. A book that offers a saint biography, physical and spiritual exercise for each day of the Raise your hand if you made a New Year’s year. Example: March 17—do a set of sit-ups, resolution to shed some pounds or improve your one for each item in the “St. Patrick’s Breastplate” health in 2016. prayer: “Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ I paused a moment to raise my hand, too, before behind me, Christ in me … .” Say the phrase as you resuming typing. I stand—and walk, and jog and rise, and meditate on it as you slowly lower back to stretch—in solidarity with those seeking to improve the floor. their health this year. • The Rosary Workout by Peggy Bowes. A There are many sound reasons for pursuing book that provides instruction and guidance on such a goal—feeling better, breathing easier, praying the rosary while walking or jogging, enjoying life, not having a hate relationship with with varying levels of workout intensity based on your wardrobe. one’s level of health. But the Catholic Church teaches that there is • SoulCore Project workouts by Deanne Miller more to health than improving one’s physique. As and Colleen Scariano. A workout that combines St. Paul wrote in his First Letter to the Corinthians: mat-based, core-strengthening moves with the “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the prayers of the rosary. For more information, a Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from list of classes or to purchase a DVD, log on to God …?” (1 Cor 6:19) www.soulcore.com. Referencing this Scripture passage, the • The Light Weigh and One King by Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “The Suzanne Fowler. A 12-week, Catholic faith-focused human body shares in the dignity of ‘the image group Bible study and DVD series that uses of God’: it is a human body precisely because it saints, Scripture and science to teach “peace is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole with God, peace with yourself and peace with human person that is intended to become, in the food.” To learn more or to start a group, log on to body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit: Man, though www.lightweigh.com. made of body and soul, is a unity” (#364). • Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire To improve one’s health by focusing only on the with God, Not Food by Lysa TerKeurst. A Christian body addresses just a part of the equation. As the book geared toward women, using Scripture to catechism states above, one can’t be healthy bodily encourage turning to God for help while making if one is not healthy emotionally and spiritually. healthy lifestyle choices. With this in mind, I’ve compiled a list of • Overeaters Anonymous (OA). A resources I’m familiar with that seek to improve 12-step program for those suffering from at least two if not all three components of the compulsive overeating, binge eating and other body/mind/soul connection, particularly uniting eating disorders. Not just about weight loss or gain exercise with prayer and improving your or dieting, the program promotes turning to God— relationship to God. This is hardly an exhaustive with the help of other tools like attending meetings, list—a Google search on “Catholic exercise” and reading OA literature and developing a food “Catholic weight loss” provides more ideas. plan—to address physical, emotional and spiritual Perhaps one or more of these or other well-being. For more information or for a list of body/mind/soul-related resources is just what God is meeting sites and dates, log on to www.oa.org. calling you to this year, so that your walking, hiking • Check to see if your parish has a parish nurse or jogging will draw you closer to him, as well as ministry. According to the archdiocesan Parish improve and nourish the temple he gave you. Nursing webpage, a parish nurse combines her May God bless your efforts. And for those or his medical knowledge with the practice of wishing to lose weight, as John the Baptist says in the Catholic faith to serve as “an advocate, an the third chapter of the Gospel of John: may Christ intercessor, and a representative of God’s healing increase while you decrease. (Jn 3:30) love.” A parish nurse would likely know of Women hold a position through the recitation of a Hail Mary while doing • Tending the Temple: 365 days of spiritual and local resources to help achieve your health and SoulCore—a rosary-based, core-strengthening exercise—at Our Lady of Fatima physical devotions by Kevin Vost, Shane Kapler and spiritual goals. † Retreat House in Indianapolis on April 29, 2015. (Criterion file photo by Natalie Hoefer) White House strives to clear up misconceptions about religion that cause religious discrimination WASHINGTON (CNS)—People who attended a recent the number of hate-related incidents targeting Muslim forum sponsored by the White House ignored the old adage Americans, as well as those perceived to be Muslim. not to speak about religion or politics Gupta said her office is investigating reports of criminal in public. threats and violence against mosques and Muslim children They were members of a variety and adults, but she also noted that this “discriminatory of faiths—or no faith at all—focused backlash” not only threatens U.S. Muslims but impacts our not so much on their own religious society as a whole. beliefs, but on how to get rid of She said it will take more than just the work of misconceptions around religion her office to combat this kind of discrimination, and that cause divisions, religious she applauded the efforts of nonprofit groups and discrimination and even violence. religious organizations taking part in the “Know Your Melissa Rogers, executive Neighbor” campaign designed to let people know about director of the White House Office of Faith-based and different faith traditions. Neighborhood Partnerships, stressed that the timing to This campaign was described at the White House event promote religious pluralism was especially right in light of in a panel discussion led by Jesuit Father Tom Reese, recent waves of anti-Muslim rhetoric. a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, who She also said the aim of the White House effort was was appointed to the U.S. Commission on International not just to urge people to tolerate those with different Religious Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2014. beliefs or to blend faith traditions together, but instead to Gurwin Singh Ahuja, a Sikh who founded the campaign, “bring our various particularities and beliefs to the table said: “We are a nation of Christians, Muslims, Jews, of conversation.” Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, non-religious people and more. At the Dec. 17 forum, “Celebrating and Protecting We live and work together, and we need to have faith in America’s Tradition of Religious Pluralism,” Rogers each other.” pointed out that pluralism “is about participation and He pointed out that he personally fears religious engagement with one another across our differences, not discrimination, and he hopes that simple dialogue between simply coexisting beside one another.” neighbors of different religious backgrounds will put a stop Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division of the to this. Department of Justice, said that in upcoming months, her The website, knowyourneighbor.us, includes a pledge office will partner with federal agencies to host a series to get to know people of other faiths and ideas about of community roundtables and discussions in an effort to how to do so, including a group dinner, with suggested overcome religious discrimination. conversation topics. “Combating discrimination based on one’s religion Robert Jones, CEO of the Washington-based Public remains fundamental not only to protecting our values, but Religion Research Institute, stressed the importance of also to defending our freedom,” Gupta said. gaining more understanding of other faiths by pointing From where she sits, this is no easy task and will likely out, “Familiarity breeds tolerance and even acceptance. take a number of discussions to make some inroads, but it Negative attitudes tend to decline as people interact more is a start. with members of lesser-known religions.” As she pointed out during the Washington gathering: He also said the nation’s religious landscape is “Hate-motivated violence and discrimination deserve no becoming more diverse, noting that about two-thirds of place in civilized society.” Americans older than 65 are white and Christian compared She also noted that after the attacks in Paris and with 3 in 10 Americans under the age of 30. San Bernardino, Calif., there had been an increase in “That’s a really big sea change,” he said. † Page 8 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016

told him no. MOKO “He walked away so sad,” she said. continued from page 1 A friend asked Maria if she loved Leslie. “I couldn’t answer,” she said. “I was still ‘The raid is going on, the sirens are grieving. But I liked him because he was so going off …’ kind and sweet and just a beautiful person.” Among the mountains and hills of He was also seven years her senior. western Hungary lies Lake Balaton, the Leslie had started at a university at the largest freshwater lake in central Europe. age of 18 in 1944. But during his first year Moko grew up along the shores of of college, the Soviets rounded up the the lake, a region she remembers for its students and put them into forced labor stunning beauty. camps. Maria shared Leslie’s experience of But present in that beauty was a the prisoners sleeping in piles outside in the munitions factory, making her hometown a cold with no shelter. In the morning, those prime target during World War II. on top of the pile would be frozen to death. “Everything had to be blackened at He was released after four years, having night,” she said. “You could not see one contracted tuberculosis. Leslie spent light. The radio would say, ‘Attention! several years recuperating before attending Attention!’, and 10 minutes later the the University of Miskolc. American bombers would all come roaring After Maria rejected Leslie’s offer to over Hungary.” court, a friend advised her to go to his It became too dangerous. Families left house to console him. Maria took the Above, photos of a young Maria and the town to live with relatives. advice, and found Leslie and his mother Leslie Moko in Hungary in 1955 lay atop a Moko’s mother and four sisters left tending a garden in the backyard. map of the country as it appeared before to live with family in 1944, leaving “Leslie looked up, and I will never the end of World War II. In her home in 11-year-old Maria to care for her father forget, he was as white as a sheet when Indianapolis on Nov. 12, Maria shared while he worked for the local Civil Service he saw me,” she recalled. “Every drop of the photos and stories of the couple’s monitoring the radar. She recalled having blood went out of his head. And he looked escape from communist Hungary 59 years to stand on a stool to make noodles by hand at me and he said, ‘Mom, this is my fiancé.’ ago. (Photos by Natalie Hoefer) because the stores were empty of food. “That was it. I was hooked. I couldn’t “When these horrible raids came say ‘no.’ ” Right, Maria Moko holds a photo of her at night, I was home by myself,” she Maria and Leslie were married in husband to her heart as she sorts through remembered. “My dad couldn’t come home October 1955. old pictures at her home in Indianapolis on because he had to stay with the radar for Nov. 12. the Civil Service. He told me to open all ‘We could hear the machine guns’ the doors and windows because if a bomb By 1956, Hungary had had enough of taken to a high school set aside as a shelter “[The head of personnel] called a taxi falls the pressure will blow them out. communism and Soviet influence. The for Hungarian refugees. Thanks to a letter and sent me home. And he ordered a taxi “So I’m home by myself, everything is Mokos joined in protests seeking freedom to Leslie’s mother the couple happened for two days until I got [the bus route open, the raid is going on, the sirens are from the Soviet bloc during a revolution to have from her brother in Pennsylvania, down]. I couldn’t believe how wonderful going off like crazy, and I’m standing on that began on Oct. 23. the Mokos were able to provide contact America was.” the front porch crying.” For a time, it appeared that then-Soviet information for resettlement in America. leader Nikita Khrushchev would allow for Leslie’s uncle agreed to sponsor them. ‘God was holding my hand the ‘I got the biggest gift … my faith’ the country’s release. But he changed his While Leslie no longer suffered from whole time’ Her family survived the war and lived mind, and on Nov. 4, Soviet tanks rolled tuberculosis, his lungs still showed scars By the time Leslie was released from to see their country “cut up and parceled into Budapest, crushing the resistance. from the disease. Consequently, he was the hospital in Pennsylvania, Maria had out.” A much smaller Hungary then became By the end of November, Maria and quarantined to a hospital in Pennsylvania rented a furnished room, kitchen and a communist bloc country under the iron Leslie decided to go to Maria’s mother’s for three months. shared bathroom in a downtown home. fist of the Soviet Union and its leader at the house at Lake Balaton, “to lay low and see Meanwhile, Leslie’s aunt put Leslie soon got a job at a civil engineering time, Joseph Stalin. what would develop.” They headed for the Maria in contact with Leslie’s second firm. Maria went on to work for various “There was no Church whatsoever [after train station, each carrying a small satchel cousin in Indianapolis, Martha. The engineering companies, retiring from Rolls communism],” Moko said. “The Catholic that held just a pair of pajamas. aunt felt Indianapolis would have Royce 12 years ago. Church was forbidden. If they knew you The station was in chaos. No trains more job opportunities than her small The Mokos purchased a home in 1959 went to church, you were doomed. You were leaving, and “people were scrambling Pennsylvania town. in the boundaries of the newly established couldn’t be anybody at the workplace. You everywhere, trying to figure out what to “I arrived [in Indianapolis] on a St. Monica Parish on the city’s northwest couldn’t get ahead.” do,” Maria said. Saturday, and Monday we went to look for side. Maria lives in that home to this day. Moko and her family may not have gone Then someone announced that the a job,” said Maria. “I didn’t have a cent, The two enjoyed retirement until about to church, but they lived an active, devout Soviet army was coming to the train station and I didn’t speak a word of English.” five years ago, when Leslie became ill. prayer life. to round up all the men. Martha took Maria to Eli Lilly to “He didn’t have any kind of disease,” Her parents were poor and unable to “The train conductor jumped up on inquire about employment. It was a Maria said. “He didn’t have cancer. He pass on material wealth, said Moko. “But I the train, and he yelled, ‘On board!,’ and fortuitous choice. just didn’t have enough blood. The doctors got the biggest gift anybody could have— everyone jumped on board, and he started “We went to the personnel department couldn’t figure it out.” my faith. They taught me how to pray.” the train out of the station,” she said. head, and Martha told him I was from After a year of blood transfusions, The family prayed the rosary every The train headed west. It was Hungary and had a reference,” she Leslie’s doctor saw no hope. night, and on Thursdays the children were four o’clock in the afternoon, and the sun recalled. “He said I didn’t need a reference “The doctor said, ‘I cannot do any awakened late to say prayers recalling was setting. When the train reached the because Mr. Lilly said any Hungarian more,’ ” Maria recalled. “He said, ‘I Christ’s agony in the garden. Anyone home stopping point a half mile from the last refugee looking for a job, he had to hire suggest you sign up with hospice because at 3 o’clock in the afternoon on Friday station before entering Austria, the flagman on the spot!” he probably has a month, month and a half gathered to pray in memory of Christ’s informed the conductor that the Soviet to live.’ That was in October of 2011.” crucifixion and death. military was waiting at the station to arrest ‘I asked the Holy Spirit to help me, then But Leslie lived another year at home. “Sunday we were not allowed to do all the people on the train. closed my eyes …’ After a grand mal seizure put him into any kind of work whatsoever, as the “In no time, everyone [was] off the After a week of health tests, Maria was hospice in November of 2012, one of the [third] commandment tells you,” she said. train, running every which way we could,” cleared to work in the cafeteria. She knew Moko’s daughters, who lives in Denmark, “Saturday in the morning we had to clean Maria recalled. the way to Lilly by bus—she thought. flew home to see him. the house by noon. We had a nice lunch, She, Leslie and six other men headed But her first day on the job, the bus “She came on Thursday and left on and the afternoon was Mary’s holiday. We toward what they believed to be the didn’t stop where she expected. Tuesday,” Maria recalled. “I took her to the honored her and prayed a special prayer to Austrian border. “I think Beech Grove is where it ended airport. I came back [to the hospice], and her. She is my mom—I love her.” “We walked all night,” said Maria. “We up,” she said. “Everyone had to get off. I’m Leslie was very quiet. He was praying the Maria and Leslie shared their devotion didn’t know if we were walking around standing on the street corner, I have no idea Hail Mary. to God, Mary and prayer, reciting the and around. And then we got closer to where I am, and I don’t understand what “I held his hand and prayed with him. rosary each night with their two daughters the border because we could hear the people are saying.” Then he kind of quieted down and went to until the girls left for college. machine guns.” Martha did not have a phone, so calling sleep. And that’s how he died.” “When he was little, he decided he Walking through an unharvested her was not an option. Maria prayed to the Maria worships at Mass daily. She wanted to be a priest,” Maria said of Leslie. cornfield, the refugees would duck down Holy Spirit for guidance. is also a member of one of St. Monica “But he fell in love with me, so … ,” she and crawl in the furrows as search lights Finally, she went into a phone booth Parish’s small Church communities, and said with a laugh. swept by. and looked up common Hungarian is a member of the parish’s Young at Finally, Maria could take no more. names, settling on Szabo. She motioned a Heart group. ‘That was it. I was hooked.’ Having had no food or drink or sleep all mechanic over from a nearby garage. She plays bridge and likes to work in Maria met Leslie in 1953 at the night, they decided to rest on a haystack “I asked the Holy Spirit to help me, then her yard, keeping her flowers blooming university in Miskolc, the second largest while two of their group headed off to I closed my eyes and pointed my finger on and caring for the home that she and Leslie city in Hungary. Both were studying investigate some lights in the distance. a name and motioned for [the mechanic] to shared for 53 years. engineering. As the gray dawn light illumined the call that number,” she said. “I’m ready to go any time,” she said. “I was the only woman [at the landscape, the group noticed a jeep heading “So he put his dime in and dialed. When “I’m pretty sure Leslie is well. He loved university] at that time,” she said. “I was toward them. he started to talk, I took [the phone] away the Lord so much, he really did.” always adventurous. I wanted to be “We [thought], ‘They got [the two from him and I started to speak Hungarian. So does Maria, who said she cannot something.” men], now they are going to get us. We are And [the woman] spoke Hungarian back.” thank God enough. For Leslie, it was love at first sight. done,’ ” Maria said. “The jeep stopped, and With the woman’s help, and the “God was holding my hand the whole But Maria, then 20, was in a serious the two guys jumped out and said, ‘You assistance of the mechanic and the time,” she said of her life’s journey. “We relationship with the son of the family she know, guys, we [have been] in Austria a bus driver whose bus she was put on, depended on him constantly. He watched lived with in Miskolc. When he was killed long time, and we just [didn’t] know it!’ ” Maria found her way to Lilly. Through over me, took care of me, and to this day in a motorcycle accident at the age of 22, an interpreter, she relayed why she he guides me. Maria was heartbroken. ‘I didn’t have a cent, didn’t speak a was four hours late for her first day on “I am blessed to have my faith. And After a short while, Leslie asked Maria word of English’ the job. “And then I lost it and sobbed I was blessed to have Leslie as my if he might court her. Still mourning, she The Mokos and the other men were uncontrollably,” she said. soulmate.” † The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 Page 9 Christ’s birth can bring peace, hope to suffering world, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Christmas is a reminder that through the birth of Christ, hope and peace are possible and that only through his grace can humanity find peaceful solutions to the world’s most difficult problems, Pope Francis said. “Only God’s mercy can free humanity from the many forms of evil, at times monstrous evil, which selfishness spawns in our midst,” the pope said on Dec. 25. “Where God is born, hope is born. Where God is born, peace is born. And where peace is born, there is no longer room for hatred and for war.” Heightened security around St. Peter’s Square did little to dampen the spirits of an estimated 50,000 people attending the pope’s solemn Christmas blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world). Many in the crowd dressed festively, and applauded the music of the Vatican’s marching band. However, police and anti-terrorism task forces were a visible sign of a world shaken by violence and extremism; conflicts that have not even spared the birthplace of Jesus Christ. The pope prayed that Israelis and Palestinians would reach a peaceful agreement that would end the “conflict which has long set them at odds, with grave repercussions for the entire region.” Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) The pope also prayed that recently approved agreements would bring a quick Christmas Mass. Hundreds of people who end to the wars afflicting Syria and Libya, could not find room in the basilica braved two countries ravaged by war for several the cold weather and watched on giant years. He also prayed that the international screens from St. Peter’s Square. community would find ways to end With his voice noticeably hoarse from atrocities in Iraq, Yemen, Congo, Burundi, a bout of flu, the pope said in his homily South Sudan and Ukraine. that the prophetic words of Isaiah are Victims of terrorism were also in those of a fulfilled promise of joy and the pope’s thoughts and prayers as he gladness that are “a sure sign that the remembered the victims of the Russian message contained in the mystery of this airliner bombed in Egyptian airspace night is truly from God.” and terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris; Doubt and indifference, he stressed, Bamako, Mali and Tunis, Tunisia. should be left to skeptics, who “by looking Christians persecuted for their faith to reason alone, never find the truth.” were remembered as the pope prayed that “There is no room for the indifference “the Child Jesus grant consolation and which reigns in the hearts of those unable strength” to those suffering. to love for fear of losing something,” he Recalling the thousands of refugees said. “All sadness has been banished, for and migrants fleeing poverty and war, the Child Jesus brings true comfort to Pope Francis compared the lack of respect every heart.” for their dignity to the situation of Christ The birth of Jesus, he continued, is who was born into the world suffering a call for all Christians to “put away all As he arrives to celebrate Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 24, “cold, poverty and rejection.” fear and dread,” and to follow the path Pope Francis kisses a figurine of the baby Jesus. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) “May our closeness today be felt that leads to Christ “who has been ‘born by those who are most vulnerable, to us’ [Is 9:5], he was ‘given to us’ as the extravagance, appearances and narcissism, attending the Mass were visibly moved. especially child soldiers, women who prophet Isaiah proclaims.” this Child calls us to act soberly, in other A nun looking reverently toward the main suffer violence, and the victims of human The coming of Christ into the world, words, in a way that is simple, balanced, altar shed a single tear while smiling; trafficking and the drug trade,” he said. the pope said, shows what is truly consistent, capable of seeing and doing gazing with the eyes that Pope Francis As the Church celebrates the Holy Year essential in life. Despite his birth into the what is essential,” he said. said in his homily all Christians are called of Mercy, the pope said mercy is the “most “nothingness” of poverty, Jesus shows Christians, the pope said, are called to to look upon the Baby Jesus. precious gift which God gives us,” and men and women who are simple of heart cultivate a sense of justice, discernment “Like the shepherds of Bethlehem, that Christians “are called to discover that the true path of “authentic liberation and and doing God’s will in a world that is may we too, with eyes full of amazement tender love of our heavenly Father for perennial redemption” while giving them often “merciless to the sinner and lenient and wonder, gaze upon the Child Jesus, each of us.” strength to reject “godless ways and the to the sin.” the Son of God. And in his presence may The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica pealed richness of the world.” As a choral rendition of “Silent Night” our hearts burst forth in prayer: ‘Show at midday, just as they did late on Dec. 24 “In a society so often intoxicated by echoed through the basilica during us, Lord, your mercy, and grant us your when thousands packed the church for consumerism and hedonism, wealth and the distribution of Communion, many salvation,’ ” the pope said. † Pope Francis recognizes miracle needed to declare Mother Teresa a saint VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis multiple brain abscesses, the priest said The order she founded—the has approved a miracle attributed to the in a statement published on Dec. 18 by Missionaries of Charity—continues its intercession of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, AsiaNews, the Rome-based missionary outreach to the “poorest of the poor.” thus paving the way for her canonization. news agency. Treatments given were Among the other decrees approved Pope Francis signed the decree for ineffective and the man went into a coma, on Dec. 17, the pope recognized the Blessed Teresa’s cause and advanced three the postulator wrote. heroic virtues of Comboni Father other sainthood causes on Dec. 17, the The then-newly married man’s Giuseppe Ambrosoli, an Italian surgeon, Vatican announced. wife had spent months praying to priest and missionary who dedicated his Although the date for the canonization Blessed Teresa, and her prayers were life to caring for people in Uganda, where ceremony will be officially announced joined by those of her relatives and friends he also founded a hospital and midwifery during the next consistory of cardinals when her dying husband was taken to the school before his death in 1987. His in February, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, operating room on Dec. 9, 2008. father ran the highly successful Ambrosoli president of the Vatican office organizing When the surgeon entered the honey company. the Holy Year of Mercy events, had said operating room, he reported that he found The pope also recognized the heroic it would be on Sept. 4, 2016. That date the patient awake, free of pain and asking, virtues of De La Salle Brother Leonardo celebrates the Jubilee of workers and “What am I doing here?” Doctors reported Lanzuela Martinez of Spain (1894-1976) volunteers of mercy and comes the day the man showed no more symptoms, and Heinrich Hahn, a German surgeon. before the 19th anniversary of her death, and a Vatican medical commission voted Born in 1800, the lay Catholic on Sept. 5, 1997. unanimously in September 2015 that the doctor was the father of 10 children The postulator for her sainthood healing was inexplicable. and dedicated much of his activity to cause, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the St. John Paul II had made an exception providing medical care to the poor. He Missionaries of Charity, said the second to the usual canonization process in was also involved in public service, even Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed miracle that was approved involved the Mother Teresa’s case by allowing serving in the German parliament. He to the intercession of Blessed Teresa of healing of a now 42-year-old mechanical her sainthood cause to be opened founded the St. Francis Xavier Mission Calcutta, paving the way for her canonization engineer in Santos, Brazil. without waiting the usual five years Society in Germany and the “Giuseppino” in 2016. Mother Teresa is seen during a visit to Doctors diagnosed the man with a after a candidate’s death. He beatified Institute for those suffering from incurable Phoenix, Ariz., in 1989. (CNS file photo/Nancy Wiechec) viral brain infection that resulted in her in 2003. illnesses. He died in 1882. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 St. Louis area parishes respond to victims of record flooding VALLEY PARK, Mo. (CNS)—At about 8:30 on a chilly morning on Dec. 30, Mickey Downing of the Valley Park Fire District went house to house in lower Valley Park, knocked on doors and asked people to evacuate for their safety with the Meramec River nearing the top of the levee protecting the small town. The levee gate was built to withstand a crest of 42 feet and 6 inches, a foot lower than the Army Corps of Engineers predicted crest of 43 feet and 6 inches between midnight of that day and 6 a.m. on Dec. 31. The levee itself could withstand a 44-foot crest. The record crest was 39, set in 1982. Most of Downing’s knocks in the community 20 miles southwest of St. Louis went unanswered, which was good news— residents already had sought higher ground. Most of the few who answered were packed and ready to leave. A few diehards were staying behind, hoping to stay dry. However, Dixie Freeman was neither a diehard nor an evacuee. She was stranded, with her disabled 94-year-old mother, a couple of dogs and a cockatiel. She also was cold, shivering in the Floodwaters from the nearby Meramec River fill the traffic lanes of I-44 and Missouri Route 141 on Dec. 30 in Valley Park, just outside St. Louis. 33-degree air as she approached Downing Pope Francis called on Christians to pray for victims of several natural disasters that have hit parts of the United States, Great Britain and Paraguay. a couple of blocks from her home. She (CNS photo/Sid Hastings, EPA) wore lightweight pants and a green knitted sweater. City Hall for transportation and then go blind and uses a walker or a wheelchair. “Keep us in your prayers,” said “Can you help?” she asked Downing. to [Sacred Heart] Church as a shelter, “What are you doing with me? What are Pam Manuel, parish secretary at St. Bridget He quickly learned how dire her especially since you don’t have wheels to you doing with me?” she asked, repeatedly. of Kildare Parish in Pacific, 35 miles situation was. She had no phone, no get out,” he said. Freeman assured her that everything was southwest of St. Louis. way to communicate with anyone, and A couple of bystanders volunteered all right, that they had to leave for their The parish is allowing people affected a broken-down car. A son was expected to take Freeman, her mother and the pets safety. Freeman again faced the prospect by the flooded Meramec River to leave to get her, but his arrival was uncertain to City Hall, where buses were waiting to of losing everything, as happened in the their vehicles and boats in its parking because of flooding and road closures in evacuate residents. After a few phone calls 1982 flood. lot, which overlooks the low-lying, his area. Freeman, her mother Nora Dell, and help from city workers, bus driver Ultimately, Nora agreed to leave, but water-soaked southern end of the city. dogs Rocky and Fifi, and the cockatiel Tamekia Davis drove Freeman to her she pleaded to bring her dog. “I want my Calls came from people seeking housing were stuck. home, where Rocky and Fifi scampered Rocky. I want my Rocky,” she said. and while housing options are limited, “My hands are really full,” she said. about as she gathered belongings in a A veterinarian came for the cockatiel, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul “Oh, boy, it’s hard.” couple of suitcases and grocery bags. Downing came by with a couple of other conference at the parish is assisting Downing quickly offered advice. However, Nora didn’t want to leave. A firefighters, and Davis got everyone, displaced residents. “I am recommending you go to diabetic, she is partially deaf. She is also including Rocky and Fifi, on the bus for the Manual is president of the Pacific Lions one-mile ride to Sacred Heart. Club, which has received a grant from There, pastor Father Denny Schaab Lions Club International to purchase food, greeted them with open arms. Vehicles water, mops, buckets, gloves and “pretty from lower Valley Park, including much anything people will need to get their U.S. Postal Service trucks and vans from a homes cleaned up,” she said. food pantry, already filled the parking. Most Sacred Heart Parish in Eureka, not In an agreement with Fire Chief Rick far from St. Bridget, also worked on plans Wilken, a parishioner, Father Schaab to respond on Dec. 30. The former head of Marriage opened the church basement for a shelter, the parish’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul nnouncements as the parish had done during previous conference, who has experience from A floods. But there was a hitch because the two previous floods, was among those Red Cross had not yet arrived to coordinate being consulted. The parish gym was Be a part of our Spring Marriage Edition efforts, even as parishioners steadily called being considered as a place for programs, to volunteer to help. according to parish staff. Father Schaab worked his smartphone Staff at Immaculate Heart of Mary Feb. 5, 2016, issue of The Criterion and discovered that the Red Cross was Parish in south St. Louis were glad that shifting the shelter to another church sandbagging of the River des Peres was If you are planning your wedding between Jan. 30 and July 1, 2016, we invite because the flood waters threatened the completed, but they remained on edge in you to submit the information for an announcement on the form below. parish site. case the water tops the levee. The parish E-mailed photos Davis reloaded the bus with Freeman buildings were a possible source of shelter Photos should be saved in jpg format and be a minimum 300 dpi resolution. and her crew and off they went again— in a community response. Parishioners Color photos are preferred. We recommend if possible, to have a photo where the hopefully to eventually return to a dry were among the volunteers in the couple’s faces are close to each other. Please send your photo as an attachment to home, but with uncertainty hanging over sandbagging effort. the e-mail: [email protected]. Subject line: Spring Marriage (Last name). In their heads. St. Mark Parish in nearby suburban the e-mail, please include the information in the form located at the bottom. “We pray for the best,” Father Schaab Affton had some water damage in the said, watching them drive away. chapel of its school. If you are unable to e-mail a photo, you may mail us a photo to scan with the Elsewhere, parishes in areas of The Arnold Food Pantry, which has bottom form. Please no photocopy photos. If you want the photo returned, please the St. Louis Archdiocese affected worked with Immaculate Conception include an returning addressed envelope with a postage stamp on it. by flooding responded to people in Parish in Arnold and volunteers from Deadline need and made plans for a coordinated nearby St. David Parish, assisted flood All announcements and photos must be received by 10 a.m. on Monday, community response. victims in northern Jefferson County. † Jan. 21, 2016. (No announcements or photos will be accepted after this date.)

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Wedding Date Church City State Dixie Freeman, who does not have a car or phone, needed to evacuate from her home in q Photo Enclosed Valley Park, Mo. She is pictured comforting her 94-year-old disabled mother, Nora Dell, on Dec. 30 q Return photo as floodwaters approached the levee capacity. She needed help to get her mother, two dogs and q No Picture Signature of person furnishing information Relationship Daytime Phone a cherished cockatiel out of the house. She went to City Hall to ask for help with the animals and transportation. (CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review) A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2016 by FaithAlive! Catholic News Service. Discerning how to show mercy is a necessary challenge

By David Gibson

“This is the time for mercy.” The present moment is the right time, a “favorable time,” to practice the works of mercy—“to heal wounds” and discover how to forgive and be reconciled with “everyone.” Pope Francis made these points in a homily on April 11, 2015, as he looked ahead to the Holy Year of Mercy set to begin nearly eight months later in the worldwide Church. Naturally, every moment is a “time for mercy,” just as every moment for Christians is the right time to live the Gospel. Yet terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernadino, Calif., in the last weeks of 2015 show how the world’s atmosphere is clouded from continent to continent by fierce feelings of anger and fear of future attacks. Terrorism on the world stage illustrates just how complicated and challenging the Christian call to mercy is. What does it mean, or perhaps not mean, to act mercifully in a world like this one? Do we still welcome the stranger or refugee, for example, thus practicing a key corporal work of mercy? Many also wonder how to practice the spiritual works of mercy now, not only comforting afflicted people but patiently bearing with those who “do us ill.” The Holy Year of Mercy arrived on Dec. 8, preceded by days that, for the world at large, were a dispiriting moment Father Manuel Cardoza, administrator at Our Lady of Hope Parish in San Bernardino, Calif., and Carmella Swanson light candles in time. Undoubtedly, though, this will prove an opportune during a Dec. 7 vigil in San Bernardino in memory of the 14 victims killed in a Dec. 2 terrorist attack at a social services center. time for penetrating explorations in the faith community of Recent terrorist attacks and the fears of future ones make discerning how to show mercy to others a difficult but necessary task. what the Gospel call to love enemies implies, or what forms (CNS photo/Patrick T. Fallon, Reuters) compassion should assume in the actual world we inhabit. Pope Francis realized in planning the Holy Year of enough. Justice and mercy must go together.” A story told in the book Grieving With Your Mercy that it would take place in a time “of great historical Clearly, it can be difficult to establish habits of mercy. Whole Heart makes this point. Jamal Rahman, a Muslim change.” He hoped it might be a time “to offer more evident Many other human habits take root slowly too—like the imam who has served on Jesuit-run Seattle University’s signs of God’s presence” in this world. habit of good posture that my physical therapist insists upon adjunct faculty, recalled a conversation with a terminally Most people confront the all-too-real challenges of for the well-being of my back. In a similar vein, Pope Francis ill friend, who said to him: mercy close to home and not on the world stage. But insists that “to let go of anger, wrath, violence and revenge is “If you feel awkward, feel awkward. That is healing to that does not necessarily diminish the difficulty of acting a necessary condition for living joyfully.” me. If you feel like crying, cry. That is healing to me. … If compassionately toward others whose behavior hardly Some habits of mercy target the physical well-being you feel you really want to tell me something, talk to me. seems to invite this or of forgiving past wrongs done to us. of others. These corporal works of mercy aim to assuage Your words are healing to me.” Is memory an opponent of mercy? It can be sometimes. hunger, quench thirst, welcome strangers, heal the sick, visit It may be necessary, then, to discover how to act The memory of feeling insulted or humiliated by someone prisoners, put clothes on the backs of those who need them mercifully by listening carefully to others and, as Pope can survive far into the future—perhaps the put-down truly or provide burial for the dead. Francis repeatedly recommends, accompanying them. was unjust. Other habits of mercy target a person’s heart and soul. Then the amazing range of ways to quench thirsts or This could pose a difficulty for one of the spiritual works Known as spiritual works of mercy, they endeavor, in the satisfy hungers can rise to the surface. of mercy, the forgiveness of offenses. In his message for the words of Pope Francis, to “counsel the doubtful, teach the This is what the Holy Year of Mercy involves. It 2016 World Youth Day in Poland, Pope Francis said: ignorant, admonish sinners, comfort the sorrowful, forgive invites profound reflection on the demands of mercy in “One of the most obvious works of mercy, and perhaps offences, patiently bear with troublesome people and pray to baffling times. It also prompts believers to rediscover the most difficult to put into practice, is to forgive those God for the living and the dead.” mercy’s power to bring needed healing into the world who have offended us, who have done us wrong or whom Obviously, based on this list, the range of merciful right around them. we consider to be enemies.” actions is broad. But it is broader still, because a single But mercy, he stressed, “is the only way to overcome work of mercy, like healing the sick, can be practiced in (David Gibson served on Catholic News Service’s evil. Justice is necessary, very much so, but by itself it is not numerous ways. editorial staff for 37 years.) † The corporal and spiritual works of mercy are at the heart of Jesus’ teaching By Daniel S. Mulhall connection between people served in acts of mercy and that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no Jesus: “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of recompense from your heavenly Father” (Mt 6:1). The corporal and spiritual works of mercy are all these least brothers of mine, you did for me” (Mt 25:40). In Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus tells of a time of found in the Gospels, especially in St. Matthew’s Scripture scholars consider these passages in Matthew judgment “when the Son of Man comes in his glory,” Gospel, and primarily in two passages: Matthew 5-7 and “bookends” that establish the boundaries of Jesus’ and those who are blessed are those who have fed the Matthew 25:31-46. teaching, from the beginning of his teaching until just hungry, welcomed the stranger, clothed the naked Matthew 5-7 contains the heart of Jesus’ teaching in before his passion. Matthew 5-7 lays out the foundations and visited those who were ill or in prison. These are the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 25 focuses on the of Jesus’ teaching, and Matthew 25 brings it to a close. all actions that care for the physical well-being of Everything in between can best be understood by the person. these two sections of the teaching. They serve as a Those who fail this test of discipleship are dismissed primer for what a follower of Jesus will do and how that to “eternal punishment” (Mt 25:46). follower will live. The teaching that Jesus gave to his disciples still The corporal and spiritual works of mercy serve as resonates with us today. The corporal and spiritual works a shorthand synthesis of Jesus’ teaching. If you want to of mercy tell us that we have an obligation to care for follow Jesus, then you have to practice these works of others because they are God’s creatures and in need of mercy: care for those in need, physically, emotionally, our help. socially, psychologically and spiritually. When we provide shelter for one who has none or Chapters 5-7 in Matthew establish the attitudes comfort the afflicted, we show our love for God. When Christians need to exhibit toward others. We are to be we counsel those in doubt or free those who are held poor in spirit, meek, on fire for justice, yet merciful. captive, we bring light and hope where little previously We are to be lights in the darkness and seasoning in the existed. When we do each of these things for those in blandness of life. need, we do them for Jesus. A disciple keeps the law and teaches others to do Each of the works of mercy is important, and all are Pope Francis walks with Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the same. A disciple treats others with kindness and needed. As Matthew’s Gospel makes clear, Christians papal almoner, left, and Father Adolfo Nicolas, superior general dignity and forgives freely. A disciple is to be generous are called to care for the entire person, mind and heart, of the Society of Jesus, as he visits a new homeless shelter and helpful. body and soul. for men in Rome on Oct. 15, 2015. Housed in a Jesuit-owned In these chapters, Jesus also teaches his disciples to building, the shelter was created by and is operated with funds pray and give alms, and to do it with the proper motives. (Daniel S. Mulhall is a freelance writer and a catechist from the papal almoner. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano, handout) “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order for adults. He lives in Laurel, Maryland.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something/ Medieval Church: Turmoil in the 14th-century papacy Christina Capecchi Tackling the new (Twentieth in a series of columns) his election in 1294, Cardinal Benedetto Boniface was succeeded by Caetani convinced him that he should Pope Benedict XI, a Dominican who year one heroic If the first half of the 13th century abdicate, which he did on Dec. 13. promoted reconciliation. He removed was the golden age of papal power, He was the last pope to resign until the excommunication that Boniface had minute at a time especially while Innocent III was pope, the Pope Benedict XVI did so. imposed on the two Colonna cardinals and 14th century could be As you probably guessed, the cardinals King Philip. But he died after less than Oprah Winfrey has joined Weight called the period of then elected Cardinal Caetani pope. He eight months as pope. Watchers, which means she is not only papal decline. During took the name Boniface VIII. He had the When the cardinals met to elect a card-carrying, point-counting member almost 70 years of that former Pope Celestine confined in a castle Benedict’s successor, they were almost of the weight-loss century popes lived in until his death in 1296. equally divided between an anti-French club, she is also a part Avignon, France. Then, Boniface wanted to be a strong pope faction and a pro-French group loyal to owner. That’s how after they returned like Innocent III, but he managed to King Philip IV. They couldn’t agree on you do it when you’re to Rome, there was make enemies of both King Philip IV one of themselves so, after 11 months Oprah: You go big the beginning of the of France and the powerful Colonna of sometimes-bitter debate, they elected (“you get a car, you get Western Schism. family of Italy. When he deposed the Archbishop Bertrand de Got, who took the a car, you get a car”) or The papal turmoil two Colonna cardinals, the family called name Clement V. you don’t bother. actually began in 1292 with the death of for a council to investigate the alleged It was a victory for the pro-French For the 61-year- Pope Nicholas IV. There was no pope murder of Pope Celestine. Pope Boniface cardinals. How much of a victory was old billionaire, news for 27 months because the 12 cardinals struck back by seizing Colonna lands, shown when Clement created 10 new of her involvement who elected a pope were so split that they and the two cardinals took refuge in cardinals, nine of them French (including in the company and her investment of a couldn’t reach the two-thirds majority King Philip’s court. four nephews). The French now dominated 10 percent stake yielded a big pay day: required. Finally, they agreed on a hermit When Pope Boniface issued a bull that the College of Cardinals. Weight Weights’ stock doubled, netting highly regarded for his holiness, Pietro del asserted the supremacy of spiritual over Clement seriously intended to Oprah about $45 million in one day. Morrone, who took the name Celestine V. temporal power, King Philip demanded a move to Rome. But he was crowned in She reported her progress in the January Celestine was already 85 years old. general council that would depose the pope. Lyons, France, to meet King Philip’s issue of O: The Oprah Magazine, appearing He never moved to Rome, living instead On Sept.7, 1303, a band of mercenaries led wishes, wandered about Provence and on the cover in her most stripped-down in Naples. He showed signs of senility, by the head of the Colonna family stormed Gascony for several years, and finally look yet—barefoot in taupe spandex, a assigning the same Church appointments the papal palace and seized Pope Boniface. succumbed to Philip’s request that he purple shawl and a nude lip. “I wanted a to more than one person. Five months after He was rescued, but he died five days later. remain in France. He settled in Avignon. † plan for life, and here it was in the form of Weight Watchers,” Oprah wrote in her It’s All Good/Patti Lamb back-page column. She’s lost 26 pounds since last August, and gained a powerful Find the courage to say ‘yes’ to God’s plan in life sense of well-being. What strikes me about her slickly We recently celebrated the Feast of “But I’m not quite where I think I we shall be has not yet been marketed invitation to join Weight Watchers the Holy Family at Mass. I heard those should be,” I said to myself. I continued revealed” (1 Jn 3:2). is how tempting it is, how eagerly many words—“Holy Family”—and sighed. my internal monologue: “I need to be a I found those words comforting. Even of us are waiting for an entry point into Sadly, I can cite better mom, a better wife, a better [the if things aren’t going swimmingly right the future we’ve always imagined. We’re multiple examples list continued].” When I stopped to think now, and we’re not quite where we saw paralyzed by the mounting gap between during Christmas about it, I was in a place very different ourselves, we must not lose hope. Playing dreaming and doing, wondering what to do vacation wherein my than the one I had imagined when I was fields are not level in this kingdom. The with 2016 in light of our Catholic faith and family seemed far, far a younger version of myself, fresh out of decks aren’t stacked fairly, either. The way our packed calendars. from holy. college and ready to take on the world. to give glory to God is to do the best with Bert Hernandez recognized his chance First came my “No Later that evening, I carefully packed the gifts and circumstances he has given to finally turn things around when he One E-V-E-R Helps the Nativity set we display on the mantle. us, even if it’s not quite where we thought spotted a random tweet one Monday last Around the House” As I reached for Mary, my thoughts turned we’d be. August. The 40-year-old youth minister meltdown (the 2015 back to that “YOU ARE HERE” sign. I’m learning that God has a greater from San Antonio had already determined version), followed by I cannot imagine how she fathomed her plan. And the best way to bring him glory that getting on top of things, for him, would multiple board game spats, lots of tattling, “YOU ARE HERE” moment. She was a is to do what I can, right where I am, mean rising early like Teddy Roosevelt. He and plenty more debacles I’d prefer not 14-year-old virgin who was chosen, along starting in my own home and working wanted to exercise daily, clean his house to disclose. The fact that we encountered with a kind-hearted stepfather, to raise the outward from there. and strengthen his prayer life. plumbing issues and had to make several redeemer of the world. A young, humble couple by the names For several months, Bert had been trips to the pediatrician over the break Sometimes pausing to reflect on where of Mary and Joseph said “yes” to God’s setting his alarm at 4 a.m., with a success didn’t help temperaments. we are can be rather unsettling. And we plan, even though it seemed impossible rate he could count on one hand. Then came At one point during Christmas worry about getting from “here” to where from their vantage points, and changed the Leah Darrow’s tweet inviting people to vacation, when I truly needed to get out of we think we should be. course of the world. participate in the Heroic Minute Challenge, the house, I visited a large mall. My mind A few of the priest’s homily reflections In this New Year, my prayer is that we a hashtag the popular Catholic speaker had was scattered and I couldn’t quite get my on the Feast of the Holy Family, however, all find the courage to follow the example borrowed from St. Josemaría Escrivá, who bearings, so I found the nearest directory. gave me great hope. He reminded us of the of the Holy Family, saying yes to God’s wrote: “Conquer yourself each day from The map, with its prominent red arrow, words from the First Book of John. plan, especially when that plan is not the very first moment, getting up on the dot, clearly stated: “YOU ARE HERE.” “Beloved, we are God’s children what we had envisioned, confident in at a fixed time, without yielding a single At that particular time, those words now; what we shall be has not yet been God’s big “reveal.” minute to laziness. If, with God’s help, resonated with me. No longer just three revealed. We do know that when it is you conquer yourself, you will be well little words on a shopping center map, I revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna ahead for the rest of the day. … The heroic felt them in my heart. see him as he is” (1 Jn 3:2). Parish in Plainfield, is a regular columnist minute: here you have a mortification that “YOU ARE HERE.” He emphasized this line: “What for The Criterion.) † strengthens your will, and does no harm to your body.” Looking Around/Fr. William Bryon, S.J. Bert saw Leah’s movement as a club he could be part of, informed by Catholicism Affirming the special vocation of the religious brother and driven by accountability, so he tweeted, “I accept the #HeroicMinuteChallenge” In the early 1960s, while the Second religious brother receives from God. either direction, how much more pleasant and made his pledge public. The next day, Vatican Council was still in session, a He shares that gift with his brethren it sounded to hear someone say that at 4 a.m., he got out of bed and scurried to De La Salle Christian Brother remarked in community, and offers it to others in he was a “Brothers’ boy” rather than a the kitchen, turning on the stove to make to me, “We’re trying the world. Just how that fraternity will be “Jesuit product.” coffee, then retreating to the den to begin to figure out whether expressed is a matter of choice. The spirit of fraternity in the Christian morning prayer. He tweeted the evidence: the brothers are the The De La Salle Christian Brothers Brothers’ schools carries over into the a screenshot of his Office of Readings, his taillights of the clergy express it in the schools. They are lives of the students who are being iPhone at a 98 percent charge, his body, or the headlights of schoolmasters, great teachers, developers educated there, although it is also true much lower. the laity.” of human potential, who impart learning that an observable “spirit of brotherhood” By 6:30 a.m., he’d prayed the Liturgy of An answer to that skills and readiness for career success. characterizes many of the Jesuit prep the Hours, run two miles and showered. question came down Founded by St. John Baptiste de La Salle, schools around the world. The second morning was easier, and these many years who was an ordained priest, none of the Just as the world today surely stands in his Twitter picture showed the hymn later from the Vatican LaSallian Christian Brothers is ordained to need of more love and considerate care, lyrics “morning has broken like the in December 2015 the priesthood. it is clear that there is room in the ranks first morning.” He was doing it! when the Congregation for Institutes of Other communities of brothers, notably of all men’s religious communities for “My day always seemed better, starting Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic the Alexian Brothers, care for the sick. more brothers. that way,” Bert told me. “I definitely felt Life produced a document on the “Identity Still other religious communities, like The appearance of a 50-page Vatican more peace.” The added prayer time also and Mission of the Religious Brother the Jesuits, Franciscans, Marists and document on the identity and mission of helped him discern a job change that has in the Church.” Marianists, have memberships that include religious brothers is an acknowledgement brought many rewards. And the answer is: Forget about the ordained priests and brothers. The brothers that the Church should be speaking out The Heroic Minute Challenge wasn’t lights—head or tail—and focus instead on tend to take care of practical matters in the more clearly and more often not only on the easy for Leah either, but the 36-year-old the spirit of fraternity. community, leaving direct sacramental and need for more brothers, but on the dignity mom from St. Louis couldn’t abandon The document makes the important point spiritual ministries to the ordained. and intrinsic value of this special vocation. others who had signed on, and she that “the vocation of the religious brother Retired New Orleans Archbishop Francis wanted to offer real-time “likes” of their is, first of all, a Christian vocation.” And Schulte, himself a graduate of a Jesuit (Jesuit Father William Byron is university early-morning evidence—snapshots of it adds that the identity and mission of prep school and former superintendent of professor of business and society at sunrises, Scripture and coffee. the religious brother is summarized in the schools for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. “The most important thing is getting my concept of fraternity, which is a gift that the often remarked, without prejudice in E-mail him at [email protected].) † See CAPECCHI, page 15 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 Page 13

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, January 11 Friday, January 15 Sunday Readings 1 Samuel 1:1-8 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22a Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 Psalm 116:12-19 Psalm 89:16-19 Cornelius was a Roman! His name was Mark 1:14-20 Mark 2:1-12 • Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Roman. He was a pagan. He at least • Acts 10:34-38 supported, and likely abetted, the cruel Tuesday, January 12 Saturday, January 16 • Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Roman occupation. He was part of the 1 Samuel 1:9-20 1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a system that had crucified Jesus in the This weekend celebrates the Feast of effort to replace God with the Roman (Response) 1 Samuel 2:1, 4-8 Psalm 21:2-7 the Baptism of the Lord. This is what emperor, a mere human being, and a Mark 1:21-28 Mark 2:13-17 happened. John the disbelieving, immoral human at that. Baptist was preaching Yet to Cornelius, Peter came with the Wednesday, January 13 Sunday, January 17 throughout the land, saving power of Christ, because “God St. Hilary, bishop and doctor of Second Sunday in and he had gathered shows no partiality” (Acts 10:34). many admirers and Finally, St. Luke’s Gospel describes the Church Ordinary Time many opponents as the event of the baptism itself. It occurred 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 Isaiah 62:1-5 well, as later events in the River Jordan, in itself symbolic of Psalm 40:2, 5, 7-10 Psalm 96:1-3, 7-10 were to prove. life. The Jordan ran then, as it runs now, Mark 1:29-39 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 John’s call was blunt as a precious bearer of water in an arid, John 2:1-11 and uncompromising. desperately dry land. Thursday, January 14 He called the people to John admits his unworthiness even turn to God. Many had drifted away from to loosen the straps of Christ’s sandals, 1 Samuel 4:1-11 the ancient faith of Israel. Many utterly had but Jesus tells him to proceed. Innocent, Psalm 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25 rejected God. The temptation to spurn God holy and without blemish, Jesus steps Mark 1:40-45 was strong. God seemingly had deserted into the place of sinful humanity. It is the Jewish people. no impetuous move, disconnected from They hardly were prosperous. The land divine love, from divine mercy and from was not flowing with milk and honey, as God’s plan to save us all from the effects God had promised to Moses. Most of all, of sin. the brutal, pagan Romans reigned supreme, From the sky, an old symbol of God’s their blood-stained heel pressing heavily almighty, overseeing power, God the Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle upon every aspect of life. Father speaks, identifying Jesus as his Into this bleak situation came John. beloved Son. Jesus then entered the picture as the Holy days of obligation determined promised Savior when John baptized him. Reflection The first reading is from the third The meaning of Peter’s entrance into by national bishops’ conferences section of Isaiah, written long before the the home of the pagan Cornelius and of Lord’s baptism but in times equally bad Peter’s reception of Cornelius into the I am confused as to why there is start the new year off right by seeking the for the Jews. Central to the reading is an Church cannot be understated. We can be Qan obligation to attend Mass on blessing of the Lord. absolutely faithful figure, God’s “servant” sure of this point. Faithful Jews who at the certain holy days in (Is 42:1). God chose this servant and sent time witnessed this extraordinary act of some years, but not At Mass recently, I was stunned by a him to the people to teach them and to lead Peter talked about it until they died! It was in others. Qstatement made by the deacon who them to peace. revolutionary. This seems to send was giving the homily. That has made The servant was a “light” not only to It reminds us that the love of God a mixed message as me wonder whether deacons have sole Israel but to all “the nations” (Is 42:6). stops at no border. No one is preferred. to the importance of independence when preparing remarks or if This broad aspect of the servant’s mission God loves all. It reminds us that salvation the feasts. the priest exercises oversight. (Location of was a prelude to the Christian belief that comes only in Christ. It reminds us that Also, for the past writer withheld) Christ came to save all people, irrespective Peter represents Christ. two years, there has of any condition or circumstance. This feast is a study in mercy. God is been only one Mass On the parish level, the pastor has The second reading, from the Acts of merciful in dealing with us. By divine offered in my parish Athe ultimate responsibility for the the Apostles, reinforces this Christian mercy in Christ, our sins are washed on Jan. 1, which is usually a holy day orthodoxy and propriety of what is said presumption. St. Peter, who after the away. We are saved. of obligation. from the pulpit. To answer your question Ascension clearly assumed the role We, too, must show mercy, as Peter The entire parish cannot fit into the directly: A deacon does not have “sole of being head of the Apostles and of extended mercy to Cornelius, the church for one Mass. Isn’t this a tacit independence” for his remarks. the Church, has entered the house Roman, a representative of the people acknowledgement that this feast day is not In practice, though, rarely does this of Cornelius. that had crucified Christ and scorned very important? (New Jersey) result in the pastor’s “pre-screening” a This is a critically important detail. his kingship. † deacon’s homilies. By the very fact that Each national conference of bishops he has allowed and invited the deacon Ahas the prerogative of determining the to preach, the pastor has indicated his My Journey to God holy days of obligation for their country. confidence that the deacon will handle In 1991, the bishops of the U.S. decided things maturely and well. Deacons do not that whenever the solemnities that are pop up suddenly from a congregation on a celebrated on Jan. 1, Aug. 15 and Nov. 1 Sunday morning. take place on a Saturday or a Monday, the Before being ordained, deacons undergo The Holy Family obligation to attend Mass is lifted. a fairly intensive formation process that By Frances Huff But on two holy days, American includes several years of theological Catholics are obliged to go to a feast education, psychological evaluation and How did you do it, Mary? day Mass no matter on what day they tutoring in pastoral techniques. Accepting God’s will instantly, occur—Christmas and the Solemnity of Returning to your question, you would Gracefully? the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed be best advised to bring your concern to How did you do it, Joseph? Virgin Mary. The latter feast is celebrated your pastor. If he, like you, is “stunned” Instant faith, on Dec. 8, and is the patronal feast of by what the deacon is said to have said, he Determinedly? our nation. will surely bring it to the deacon’s attention Both modeled behavior for us, Does that mean that the bishops to avoid future problems. If he deems it Waiting for the child, considered these two days to be “more necessary, the pastor might even see fit to Jesus, important” than the other holy days? make a correction from the pulpit. Who had not yet arrived. That seems a logical conclusion, but it Then He came, remains true that the other holy days were (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth Model Supreme. still important enough in the mind of the Doyle at [email protected] and bishops to require attendance at Mass 40 Hopewell St. Albany, N.Y. 12208.) † when they are celebrated on most days of the week. As to your concern about your parish Readers may submit prose offering only one Mass on Jan. 1 even when it has been a holy day of obligation, or poetry for faith column I agree with you. I don’t think it’s an The Criterion invites readers to submit acknowledgement that this particular feast original prose or poetry relating to faith is not important, but it may be a concession or experiences of prayer for possible that Mass on this date is not nearly as publication in the “My Journey to God” well attended as it ought to be—and column. pedagogically, I don’t think it’s good to Seasonal reflections also are appreciated. cater to people’s delinquency. Please include name, address, parish and I would think it better, if priests are telephone number with submissions. available, to have at least two feast day Send material for consideration to (Frances Huff is a member of St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. The Masses—perhaps a vigil early in the “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, Holy Family is depicted in this Nativity scene displayed at the Archbishop Edward evening on Dec. 31 and then a morning 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN T. O’Meara Catholic Center on Dec. 16, 2016.) (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) Mass on Jan. 1, to make it more convenient 46202 or e-mail to [email protected]. † for people to fulfill their obligation and Page 14 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016

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IS-5987722 The Criterion Friday, January 8, 2016 Page 15 Mass highlights joyful expression of faith and farewell to a friend

By Victoria Arthur community. We want him to remember the Special to The Criterion beauty of Africa every time he looks at it.” The splendor of that diverse continent Giving thanks to God in all situations is was represented in countless ways during part of the tapestry of African culture. the Mass, from the native music to the That tradition was on full display on readings delivered in various African Dec. 6 at St. Rita Church in Indianapolis languages. As Brother Moises donned the when members of the African Catholic garment and gazed out onto those gathered Ministry celebrated their 12th anniversary in the church, he delivered his own with a vibrant Mass, while bidding farewell message of appreciation. to a treasured friend. “The beauty of intercultural ministry is Led by the Global Children African transforming each other, and I have been Dancers, members of the congregation transformed by the African community,” danced, sang and clapped in a procession Brother Moises said. “We become better to the altar that culminated in a rousing people when we relate to people of Wearing an African shirt that was a gift from the members of the archdiocesan African Catholic sendoff for Franciscan Brother Moises other cultures. Ministry, Franciscan Brother Moises Gutierrez is blessed by Father Kenneth Taylor, pastor of St. Rita Gutierrez. Brother Moises, who until “You have made me a better person.” and Holy Angels parishes, at St. Rita Church in Indianapolis on Dec. 6. Also participating in the Nov. 30 was That theme was interwoven throughout blessing are Fathers John Kamwendo, associate pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis, left, and director of the the Mass, which was held on the second Immanuel Nyong, a chaplain at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. (Photo by Victoria Arthur) archdiocesan Office Sunday of Advent and just two days before of Intercultural Pope Francis inaugurated the Extraordinary is rediscovering the sacrament of thanking him for his many contributions. Ministry, is Jubilee Year of Mercy. Following the reconciliation. A focus on the sacrament is The African Catholic Ministry has now pursuing Gospel reading from Luke, which focused one of the primary themes of the jubilee. operated under the archdiocesan Office of doctoral studies at on John the Baptist preparing the way for “Ask yourself these questions,” Intercultural Ministry. With the departure Gonzaga University Jesus, principal celebrant Father Emmanuel Father Nyong began. “How is my prayer of Brother Moises at the helm of that in Spokane, Wash. Nyong, a chaplain at IU Health Methodist life? Do I have time for God? What is my office, Stovall says that she and others will When he left Hospital in Indianapolis, reflected on the relationship with my family? How am I miss his sense of humor, his infectious Indianapolis, he unique opportunity that Catholics have treating the people around me? laugh, but above all, his leadership. took a special before them. “Brothers and sisters, we are beginning “Brother Moises had the ability to Br. Moises Gutierrez, O.F.M gift with him, At a time when Christmas is too often a year of mercy,” he said. “Let us show bring all the different cultures within the one bestowed overshadowed by commercialism and in mercy to others. The greatest poverty in the archdiocese together to share their different with gratitude at the conclusion of the the midst of a culture that is increasingly world is a [lack of] mercy.” gifts,” Stovall said. “He has done so much African Mass. Sally Stovall, a member of secular, Father Nyong said that Catholics One way to show mercy is to see the for the African Catholic community that I Holy Angels Parish in Indianapolis and the can be a light in the darkness—especially face of Christ in others, a concept that can’t even begin to name them. However, president of the African Catholic Ministry, during this Holy Year of Mercy. The Savior is at the heart of the mission statement we still have so much to accomplish. presented Brother Moises with a Dashiki who “changed the course of history” can of the African Catholic Ministry. That “I don’t know where our community shirt, a colorful garment worn in many transform all of us, he said. ministry was started a dozen years ago will go from here, but I will leave West African countries. “John the Baptist is giving us something by Father Kenneth Taylor, now pastor of everything to God to show us the way.” “The garment symbolizes the beauty of to do today,” said Father Nyong. “We have St. Rita and Holy Angels parishes, both Africa and delivers unspoken pride,” said to prepare spiritually” for the coming of in Indianapolis. Father Taylor, one of (Victoria Arthur is a freelance writer Stovall, a native of Nigeria. “We gave it to Christ, he said. the concelebrants of the Mass, offered and a member of St. Malachy Parish in Brother Moises for his love for the African One place to start, he emphasized, a blessing over Brother Moises after Brownsburg.) † Video messages of pope’s prayer intentions will hit social media VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis will will us help a lot,” Jesuit Father Frederic Fornos videos will have subtitles for a 10 languages, deliver his monthly prayer intentions on video told Vatican Radio on Jan. 4. Father Fornos said. over social media as part of a Jesuit-run global The Jesuit priest is the head of the international Pope Francis’ general prayer intentions for prayer network. Apostleship of Prayer, a Jesuit-run outreach that 2016 will include: greater care for creation; The new video messages, featuring the has given Catholics the pope’s monthly prayer more support for families in difficulty; just pope asking for prayers and action on various intentions since 1890. compensation for small farmers; greater respect challenges facing the world today, began on Working with the Vatican Television Center, for women and indigenous peoples; helping Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. the apostleship will launch the monthly videos sports contribute to peace; encouraging journalists Often people are inundated with so much bad of the pope’s universal prayer intentions on to respect truth and be more ethical; greater news that they might feel helpless, but “to pray Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. support for countries that take in refugees; and an Pope Francis together with Pope Francis for these challenges While the pope will speak in Spanish, the end to the use of child soldiers. † Vatican agreement with Palestine goes into effect CAPECCHI VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A in a statement on Jan. 2. signed in 2000, between the continued from page 12 historic agreement signed between the The two parties signed the Holy See and the Palestine Holy See and Palestine that supports Comprehensive Agreement between Liberation Organization, and was feet on the floor,” Leah told me. “If I can move a two-state solution in the Holy Land the Holy See and the State of Palestine the result of years-long bilateral my feet out from under the covers and they can has gone into effect, the Vatican at the Vatican on June 26. The accord negotiations. touch the hard-wood floor, half the battle’s done.” announced. focuses mostly on the status and Although the Comprehensive The path to holiness, Leah says, requires time “The agreement, consisting of a activity of the Catholic Church in Agreement is considered as the management. “We need to think about the time preamble and 32 articles, regards the Palestinian territories. It assures first official recognition of the state of God has given us, and we need to use it well.” essential aspects of the life and activity the Church “juridical recognition,” Palestine by the Holy See, the Vatican of the Church in Palestine, while at the and “guarantees” for its work and has referred to the State of Palestine (Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from same time reaffirming the support for a institutions in the region. since January 2013. The Vatican also Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and the editor of negotiated and peaceful solution to the The Comprehensive Agreement praised the United Nations’ recognition SisterStory.org.) † conflict in the region,” the Vatican said follows up on the Basic Agreement, of Palestinian sovereignty in 2012. †

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AMMAN, Jordan (CNS)— he personally understands the that we have established when As a cautious world rang in the difficulties faced by those escaping it comes to our selection of New Year with concerns over conflict and discrimination. The Syrian refugees,” the diplomat terrorism and security, Catholics former veterinarian was forced to said. “We are selecting from in Canada were continuing to flee factions in his native Hungary the most vulnerable groups, welcome Syrian refugees to their who resented his work on behalf of including resettling intact families, newly adopted homeland. victims of racism. single women, and people with The Canadian target of Mark said ORAT focuses mainly debilitating diseases and injuries. accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees on privately sponsored refugees. “The objective is to help by late February “is well in hand, “Only if there is a special need, Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon move and we should meet it with no the government asks us to help some of the most complicated problem,” Bruno Saccomani, with government-sponsored and vulnerable cases out of their Canadian ambassador to Jordan, refugees under the joint-assistance hands and allow us the opportunity told Catholic News Service sponsorship program,” he said. to support such countries,” (CNS) on Dec. 30. “That This is mainly for refugees who Saccomani added. includes privately sponsored and face severe medical needs. The Catholic Church in Canada government-sponsored Syrian “We identify our refugees, recognizes that it is not just Syrian refugees.” select and screen them, do all refugees that need help at this Martin Mark, who directs the preparations and pay the time, despite Syria representing the Office for Refugees in the bill,” Mark said of ORAT’s the largest humanitarian crisis in Archdiocese of Toronto, told CNS private sponsorship. “So we are the world at the moment. Recently, Syrian refugees wait to register at the office of the U.N. High Commissioner in early January, “Even in the financially responsible for each Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins for Refugees in Amman, Jordan, on Dec. 11. More than 1,000 Syrian night, we received new people and and every refugee that we bring established Project Hope, a special refugees in Jordan were interviewed for a potential chance to go to Canada. also new notices from Amman, the into the country.” appeal to help refugees from the (CNS photo/Muhammad Hamed, Reuters) Jordanian capital, that we will be Mark said that in 2015, Middle East. getting around 300 people.” ORAT initiated sponsorship and Mark said the program helps to make sure that it is a balanced to work had we not received the Canada has one of the biggest resettlement for 2,300 refugees “everybody from the Middle East, selection of persecuted Christians complete support of the Canadian resettlement programs in the worldwide. Ninety percent, mainly not only Syrian citizens, but and other minorities who population. After the Syrians world for Syrian refugees, and Iraqis and Syrians, came from the Iraqis. And we have some cases need help.” land in Toronto or Montreal,” the Toronto archdiocesan office, Middle East. of Sudanese in Jordan. We include Jordan hosts some Saccomani said, “they will be known as ORAT, provides Saccomani said increased them also to help because we 630,000 registered Syrian received in over 40 communities advice, support and assistance numbers of Canadian government feel that we cannot send them refugees, but the government across the country. to civic sponsors in Canada, personnel on the ground in the away, just because they carry a says when unregistered refugees “That’s the real secret of this including parishes, communities Middle East have permitted the different passport.” are included, the figure is much operation. Canadians as a whole and universities wishing to processing of refugees to go faster Often, Iraqi Christians who fled higher. Jordan has praised have embraced this project as a aid refugees. to reach the February goal, without the Islamic State takeover of their Canada’s resettlement program national Canadian one, and we are “I consider it as an emergency sacrificing stringent security property in the Ninevah Plain in and called on other countries to all very, very proud to be part of evacuation because of the large measures. 2014 have been overlooked by follow suit, particularly those it,” the ambassador added. number of people coming and the He said immigration, security, the West’s resettlement efforts urging Syria’s neighbors to host Mark described Canadian last-minute arrangements,” Mark medical and military services have of Syrians. even more refugees. reaction as wonderful. told CNS. “The refugees were en been mobilized for the effort in “We are very inclusive, but Saccomani said it would “This is faith in practice,” he route for one or two days and with which “normal vetting processes we want to make sure that the be impossible to carry out added. “You can see different the excitement; everyone was involved with any immigrating to persecuted Christians have a such a comprehensive refugee groups, some with no personal really tired when they arrived.” Canada have been maintained.” significant place. We should resettlement program without interests getting involved, just Mark was a refugee from “Let’s not forget that security never abandon them among other backing from the Canadian public. because everybody understands Hungary 15 years ago, and said begins with some of the criteria refugees,” Mark added. “We try “This would never be able that we need to do something.” † What was in the news on Jan. 7, 1966? First black bishop for the U.S. in the 20th century is ordained, You said Yes! and Race-Religion group moves to Indiana By Brandon A. Evans first Negro ever to be raised to the high Thank you for answering the call. office of bishop in order to serve in a This week, we continue to examine diocese of the United States of America Ministries are funded because of your financial support. what was going on in the Church and the in this century. And, second, the fact world 50 years ago as seen through the that this bishop-elect has come through pages of The Criterion. to the public—both here in the South as Here are some of the items found in the well as across the nation—as a highly Jan. 7, 1966, issue of The Criterion: cultivated person; a Churchman with • Pope Paul escalates his efforts for an impressive record of dedication and 2014-15 peace leadership in the works of religion; • Fr om Kentucky: Religion-Race body a true “man of God” in the modern will move to Indiana tradition, fully in touch with the world “The executive board of the National around him, sensitive to such mundane Institute on things as public relations—an attractive, WE’RE CLOSE Religion and winning personality endowed with all Race met the graces one would expect to find in to reaching our goal! 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