Coming of Age Columnist Karen Osborne discusses actor Robin Williams’ untimely death, page 12. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com August 22, 2014 Vol. LIV, No. 45 75¢ Cardinal Filoni, Patriarch Sako call for action to liberate Iraq ‘A sense of community’ VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis’ personal envoy to the suffering people of Iraq joined the Chaldean Catholic patriarch in launching an appeal to the international community on Aug. 18, pleading for help to liberate villages See related editorial, controlled by the Islamic State page 4. terrorists and to provide the displaced with international protection. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, who has been in Iraq since Aug. 13 at the pope’s request, and Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad said international action is necessary to provide the displaced with basic necessities like food and water, but also to guarantee the possibility of their survival in Iraq. In their appeal, the cardinal and patriarch asked nations to “take their moral responsibility seriously” by helping to liberate villages In New Albany, St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities agency director Mark Casper, third from left in the front row, cuts a ribbon on Oct. 10, 2013, marking Cardinal in northeastern Fernando Filoni the official opening of the agency’s new administration and social services building. Built in 1850 as the rectory for the former Holy Trinity Parish, the Iraq captured by structure’s historic preservation and restoration was completed during the last week of June. New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan holds the ribbon at left. the Islamic State (Submitted photo) militants. The Christians, Yezidis and other St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities: From ‘best minorities forced out of their villages kept secret’ to a leading agency in New Albany because they would not convert to the By Natalie Hoefer St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities Day. director of social services for the agency. militants’ idea of The official declaration was the city’s “We’ve really become a leading agency Islam just want to NEW ALBANY—Until about way of helping the organization recognize in this community with all the services we return to their homes four years ago, New Albany had a its 25th anniversary. provide, particularly our shelters.” Chaldean and live in peace, the little-known treasure in its midst. “There were four big things to celebrate,” Patriarch Louis Sako cardinal and patriarch “When I started here [in April 2010], says agency director Mark Casper of the ‘There’s a sense of community’ said. “The hope of it was known as the best-kept secret in special day. “We got the check, we opened “Shelters” is where it all started when these people must not be allowed to die!” New Albany,” Leslea Townsend-Cronin our new 12-bed maternity home, the newest the organization began as St. Elizabeth During his Aug. 18 Mass for “peace admits. ASH [Affordable Supportive Housing] Maternity Home, an eight-bed crisis and reconciliation” in Seoul, South Korea, But the secret is out, she says, and unit we bought opened, and the historical pregnancy center that opened in 1989. Pope Francis offered special prayers for New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan made renovation of this [social services] building They receive young women from all over Cardinal Filoni and for Iraq. The cardinal, the it official: On June 30, he presented was finished with the windows being the United States, says Casper. pope told the congregation, “was supposed St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities with completed that week.” “We don’t turn anybody away. As long to be with us here,” but instead had been sent a check for $25,000 from the city Those four victories are not the only as they’re pregnant, we’ll find some way “to the suffering people of Iraq, to help the council and declared June 30, 2014, as reasons to celebrate, says Townsend-Cronin, See ST. ELIZABETH, page 16 persecuted and displaced, and all religious See PLEA, page 2 800,000 watch during beatification Mass as Pope Francis moves 124 Korean martyrs closer toward sainthood

SEOUL, South Korea (CNS)—Pope Francis placed 124 Korean martyrs on the last step toward sainthood in a beatification Mass on Aug. 16 that brought elation to the 800,000 people in attendance. The sun was searing as Bishop Francis Ahn Myong-ok of Masan, president of the commission for the beatification, asked the pope to pronounce the martyrs blessed. After hearing a brief collective biography of 124 of the original founders of the Catholic Church in Korea, Pope Francis pronounced the formula of beatification. With his words, trumpets blared and a huge swath depicting a watercolor of the newly blessed martyrs in heaven was unfurled on the side of a large building facing the square where the faithful gathered. People laughed and cheered as the image also popped up on the giant video monitors along the more than one-mile stretch. Pope Francis greets a child as he arrives to celebrates the Aug. 16 beatification Mass of See MARTYRS, page 8 Paul Yun Ji-chung and 123 martyred companions in Seoul, South Korea. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Page 2 The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014

“suffering terribly because of convert or flee. the deaths they have had, the “They [militants] represent PLEA kidnapping of their women and a great threat to humanity,” the continued from page 1 their houses being stolen. They archbishop said. “These groups minorities who are suffering in that don’t know where to go,” the don’t just want to conquer a piece land. May the Lord be with him in cardinal said. of territory and stay there. Their his mission.” Chaldean Archbishop objective is the whole world.” Cardinal Filoni has been Amel Shamon Nona of Cardinal Filoni spent Aug. 16 in talking about his trip with Vatican Mosul, Iraq, told Vatican Radio the Manghes with displaced Christians Radio each day. He spent Aug. 15 Islamic State militants “think that and Yezidis from Qaraqosh and with displaced Christians in a anyone who is different from them other villages in the Ninevah Plain. camp in Duhok and meeting Yezidi does not deserve to live,” which is The question the people raised community leaders. why, under the threat of violence, over and over, he said, was “What The Yezidi community is they tell Christians and Yezidis to have we done to deserve death?” †

‘They [militants] represent a great threat to humanity. These groups don’t just want to conquer a piece of territory and stay there. Their objective is the whole world.’ A religious man confronts Iraqi security personnel outside the U.S. consulate —Chaldean Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona in Irbil, Iraq, on Aug. 11. The pope’s envoy to the region, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, said people still do not know what will become of terrorized Christians. (CNS photo/ Sahar Mansour) Special U.S. collection urged to help those suffering in Middle East WASHINGTON (CNS)—The president of the Louisville, Kentucky. refugees who have fled Iraq, Syria and Gaza to U.S. bishops’ conference on Aug. 19 asked Catholic Emphasizing “the extraordinary nature of this neighboring countries. bishops across the country to take up a special crisis,” he urged the bishops to have parishes in their “Our Christian brothers and sisters and collection for humanitarian needs and pastoral support dioceses hold the collection the weekend of Sept. 6-7 other innocent victims of the violence in the for Christians and other victims or Sept. 13-14, and to send the contributions as soon Middle East urgently need the assistance of of violence in the Middle East. as possible to the Office of National Collections at the the Catholic community of the United States,” Amid the ongoing crisis U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. Archbishop Kurtz said. in what is “the cradle of The Archdiocese of Indianapolis will holds its collection CRS and other agencies “have well-established Christianity,” the Catholic on Sept. 13-14. partnerships with the Catholic Church in the region Church “mourns the terrible Funds from the collection will be used by Catholic which allow them to respond quickly and efficiently suffering of Christians and other Relief Services (CRS), the U.S. bishops’ overseas relief to victims in some of the hardest-to-reach areas,” innocent victims of violence in and development organization, and other Catholic he explained. Iraq, Syria and Gaza who are agencies “working in partnership with the local The collection money also will be used to support struggling to survive, protect Church” to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs of Church programs, to aid persecuted Christians and “to their children and live with people in the three countries, he said in a letter to his respond to rebuilding needs of Catholic dioceses in Archbishop dignity in dire conditions,” said fellow bishops. the impacted areas,” he said and asked for continued Joseph E. Kurtz Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of The agencies also will use the money to help prayers “for the victims of this crisis.” †

Federal court says accommodation process on HHS mandate ‘a subterfuge’ Pope asks prayers ALEXANDRIA, La. (CNS)—A District of Louisiana, based in Alexandria, ruled 5-4 that Hobby Lobby and Conestoga U.S. District Court on Aug. 13 ruled sided with the college, calling the Woods, both owned by Christian families, after great nephews, in favor of a Baptist-run college in its accommodation for Louisiana College and were protected under the Religious their mother die in fight against the federal contraceptive, like entities “a subterfuge.” Freedom Restoration Act from having to abortifacient and sterilization mandate, and “In this case, we would go so far as provide coverage to which they object on car crash the directive that nonprofit employers who to say that self-certification is vastly religious grounds. VATICAN CITY (CNS)— are not exempt from the mandate but who more than a mere ‘administrative’ act,” Under the Affordable Care Act, the Pope Francis asked people to join object to it must authorize a third party to the court wrote. “Rather, the challenged U.S. Department of Health and Human him in prayer on Aug. 19 after he provide coverage to employees. regulations and their application trigger Services requires nearly all employers learned that two of his little great Louisiana College in Pineville objects a subterfuge requiring indirect action the to cover contraceptives, sterilizations nephews and their mother had on moral grounds to the mandate, but regulations could not do if they applied to and some abortion-inducing drugs for all died in a car crash in Argentina does not fit the narrow criteria that would the plaintiff directly.” employees in their company health plan. and his nephew was in critical exempt it, so in order to refuse to provide Kevin Theriot, senior counsel at Alliance It includes a narrow exemption for some condition. coverage it finds objectionable, the college Defending Freedom, which represented religious employers that fit certain criteria. The dead were identified as would have to comply with what the Louisiana College, said his client “simply Aug. 22 is the deadline for the Obama the wife and two young sons of administration calls an accommodation for wants to continue to operate as a Christian administration to release an alternative to Pope Francis’ nephew, Emanuel nonexempt employers. college as it has since its founding the third-party accommodation that it is Horacio Bergoglio: Valeria Such an employer must fill out a in 1906.” drafting for Catholic and other religious Carmona, 39, Antonio Bergoglio, self-certification form—known as EBSA “The court did the right thing in nonprofit employers to opt out of the 8 months, and Joseph Bergoglio, Form 700—stating it is a religious striking down the Obamacare abortion-pill contraceptive mandate. 2 years. nonprofit with objections to covering mandate as it applies” to the school’s health News reports on July 23 said the According to Argentine contraceptives and directing a third party, insurance coverage, he said in a statement. administration filed a brief with the news reports, the 35-year-old usually the manager of an employer’s An Aug. 15 news release on the ruling 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in son of the pope’s late brother health plan, to provide the coverage. in the college’s case noted that another Denver indicating it planned to develop the Alberto Bergoglio underwent Many religious employers, including alliance client, Conestoga Wood Specialties new proposal, and the court set Aug. 22 as emergency surgery and was on a Louisiana College, that have sued over the in Pennsylvania, won a U.S. District Court the deadline. respirator. mandate argue that even filling out Form order on Aug. 14 that permanently enjoined The proposal will be an “interim final The crash occurred in the early 700 makes them complicit in providing the federal government from enforcing the regulation,” so before it is finalized, morning hours on the highway coverage they find objectionable. mandate against the company. there will be a comment period set by between Rosario and Cordoba. † The U.S. District Court for the Western The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 the government. †

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Transitional Deacon Adam Ahern speaks on Aug. 12 with students in a theology class at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. (Photos by Sean Gallagher) Pilgrimage takes seminarians to Catholic high schools By Sean Gallagher Seminarian Casimiero Samano-Reyes his alma mater, seminarian Anthony Pontifical North American College in is a graduate of Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. Hollowell spoke of the importance of Rome and Saint Meinrad Seminary and For more than a decade, the seminarians High School in Indianapolis. He will be a Catholic schools to him and his fellow School of Theology in St. Meinrad. of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis have freshman at Bishop Simon Bruté College future priests. At the start of this academic year, gone on pilgrimage just prior to the start Seminary in Indianapolis this fall. “This is a part of the mission of the there are 26 men in formation for the of a new academic year. They’ve usually He said that the presence of priests archdiocese,” he said. “We need to be priesthood for the archdiocese, one less visited historic parish churches or shrines and seminarians in Catholic high schools prepared to learn about it and support it than at the start of the 2013-14 academic in central and southern Indiana. can help students be open to vocational because souls are being formed by it.” year. Ten seminarians are in formation at This year’s pilgrimage was a departure discernment in their own lives. The pilgrimage to Catholic high schools Bishop Bruté; 14 are at Saint Meinrad; and from the past as more than 20 men in “It will help the students to have was part of the annual convocation of two are at the North American College. formation for the priesthood visited seminarians come to their schools,” said archdiocesan seminarians that took place Although the seminarians are spread three Catholic high schools in Indianapolis Saman-Reyes, a member of St. Gabriel the at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House in out across the world during the years of on Aug. 12—Cathedral, Roncalli and Archangel Parish in Indianapolis. “It kind Indianapolis. priestly formation, coming together for Providence Cristo Rey. of gets that thought going, an interest in Over his eight years of priestly their annual convocation and pilgrimage Father Eric Augenstein, archdiocesan the seminary or priestly life.” formation, the convocation has been is an important way for them to be vocations director, said it was important for Transitional Deacon Adam Ahern an important means for Deacon Ahern formed for priestly ministry in central and the future priests of central and southern is entering his final year of priestly to build up friendships with his fellow southern Indianapolis. Indiana to be exposed to Catholic schools formation, and expects to be ordained a future priests. “One of the greatest things that our since they are a significant part of the priest next spring. “It’s vital,” he said. “As a parish priest, vocations office can do is introduce life of the archdiocese, and because some He said he hoped the seminarians’ a lot of times you’re the only [priest] our seminarians to the archdiocese of the young men haven’t been students visit to Catholic high schools would help there at a parish. You come home to an and introduce the archdiocese to the at them. broaden the students’ understanding of a empty house at your rectory at night. At seminarians,” Father Augenstein said. He also noted that it is good for Catholic priest’s ministry. this convocation, we form the community “There are a lot of ways that we do school communities in the archdiocese to “It lets students know that priests with our fellow seminarians. It will sustain that. But these pilgrimages are one of get to know the seminarians. are available and accessible,” said us in the lonely times when we’re off the best ways that we have to do that in “Their very presence there is a Deacon Ahern. “You can talk to a priest. by ourselves.” different places.” statement to the students and the faculty They’re not just there at confession and at During the academic year, the that we have great young men who Mass. It’s outside of that as well. It points seminarians have few chances to be (For more information about a are in seminary for the archdiocese,” out that the Catholic way of life is a whole together as a group. The archdiocese vocation to the priesthood in the Father Augenstein said. “Some of them way of life, not just on Sunday.” sends seminarians to three different Archdiocese of Indianapolis, log on to could be there one day as well.” Standing in a hallway at Roncalli, seminaries—Bishop Bruté, the www.HearGodsCall.com.) †

Aje’Shna Payne, left, Devon Jones and Above, archdiocesan seminarians Jose Neri, left, and Anson Blackburn, all seniors at Providence Cristo Michael Dedek pray Morning Prayer on Aug. 12 at the chapel Rey High School in Indianapolis, speak on Aug. 12 at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House in Indianapolis. The with archdiocesan seminarians at their high school. liturgy came at the start of a pilgrimage by the seminarians to three Catholic high schools in Indianapolis.

Above, Bob Tully, left, vice president for mission and ministry at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis, talks on Aug. 12 with archdiocesan seminarians in the interparochial high school’s cafeteria. Listening to Tully are, from left, seminarians Joseph Herring, Meril Sayhayam, Dustin Nelson and Doulas Hunter. The seminarians’ pilgrimage to Roncalli, Cathedral High School and Providence Cristo Rey High School, all in Indianapolis, was part of their annual convocation that takes place shortly before the start of a new academic year.

Right, Father Eric Augenstein, archdiocesan vocations director, elevates a chalice during an Aug. 12 Mass at the Chapel of the Sacred Heart at Roncalli High School in Seminarians Jose Neri, left, and Jeffrey Dufresne Indianapolis. The Mass was part of a pilgrimage archdiocesan seminarians took to kneel in prayer on Aug. 12 during a Mass at the three Catholic high schools in Indianapolis. Assisting at the Mass was transitional Chapel of the Sacred Heart at Roncalli High School Deacon Andrew Syberg, right. in Indianapolis. Page 4 The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014

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Making Sense of Bioethics/Fr. Tad Pacholczyk Is artificial insemination wrong even among married couples? Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Artificial insemination introduces sperm facilitate and to help so that the act attains its Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor into a woman’s body by use of a thin tube natural purpose.” Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus (cannula) or other Interestingly, at the present time, there do instrument to bring about not seem to be any real-world examples of a pregnancy. Artificial insemination technologies that facilitate the insemination can be conjugal act. Hence, while the statement above Editorial either “homologous” is true in a theoretical way, in practice there (using sperm from a do not appear to be any specific technical woman’s husband) or methods to which the statement would in fact “heterologous” (using apply, so the claim of some Catholics that sperm from a man an exception exists for homologous artificial she is not married to). insemination does not appear to be correct. Both forms of artificial The core problem remains that even if insemination raise sperm were collected without masturbation, significant moral concerns. the subsequent steps of introducing a sample Bringing about a pregnancy by introducing into a woman’s reproductive tract, through a cannula through the reproductive tract of a cannula or other means, would invariably a woman and injecting sperm into her body involve a substitution or replacement raises concerns about reducing her to a kind of of the conjugal act, which would not be conduit for the purposes of obtaining a child. morally acceptable. These actions fail to respect the most personal To procure sperm without masturbation, a and intimate aspects of a woman’s relational couple could use a so-called “silastic sheath” A demonstrator marches with crutches outside the femininity and her sexuality. She ends up during marital relations (a perforated condom U.S. consulate in Irbil, Iraq, on Aug. 11. The pope’s envoy being treated or treating herself as an “object” without spermicide). This would allow some to the region, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, said people still for the pursuit of ulterior ends. of the sample to pass through, and some to be do not know what will become of terrorized Christians. A man also violates his sexuality, as his retained and collected, and would assure that (CNS photo/ Sahar Mansour) involvement becomes reduced to “producing each marital act remained ordered and open to a sample,” usually by masturbation, which the possibility of transmitting the gift of life. technicians then use in order to impregnate his Yet even when using a morally-permissible Persecution of Christians in Iraq wife or another woman. Similarly, any child sperm procurement technique, the subsequent “The hour is coming when Filoni as his personal envoy to Iraq with conceived in this manner is potentially treated mechanical injection or insemination step everyone who kills you will think he is a financial contribution for the urgent as an object or a “project to be realized,” rather itself would raise serious moral concerns. offering worship to God” (Jn 16:1). needs of the refugees. than as a gift arising from their shared bodily Clearly, a marital act would not cause the The Pontifical Council for intimacy and one-flesh union. pregnancy, but at best would cause gamete Jesus told his disciples frequently Interreligious Dialogue spoke out on Back in 1949, a prescient Pope Pius XII (sperm) collection. The pregnancy itself would that they and his Church would Aug. 12, but did the secular media already recognized some of these moral be brought about by a new and different set endure persecution, and the above report it? The council denounced, concerns when he wrote: “To reduce the of causes, whereby the mechanical actions quotation is one of many we could among other things, “the massacre common life of a husband and wife and the of a technician would substitute for, and thus cite. So we shouldn’t be surprised of people on the sole basis of their conjugal act to a mere organic function for the violate, the intimate and exclusive bond of the that, according to demographers religious affiliation; the despicable transmission of seed would be but to convert marital act. of religion David Barrett and practice of beheading, crucifying and the domestic hearth, the family sanctuary, Homologous artificial insemination, in the Todd Johnson, there have been hanging bodies in public places; the into a biological laboratory. Therefore … final analysis, does not facilitate the natural 70 million Christian martyrs since forced expulsion of tens of thousands we expressly excluded artificial insemination act, but replaces it with another kind of act the time of Christ, 45 million in the of people, including children, elderly, in marriage.” altogether, an act that violates the unity of 20th century alone. The persecution pregnant women and the sick; the The Catholic Church addressed this matter the spouses in marriage, and the right of the of Christ’s Church continues. abduction of girls and women belonging again in greater detail in 1987 in an important child to be conceived in the unique and sacred Today it is happening, among other to the Yezidi and Christian communities document called “Donum Vitae” (“On the Gift setting of the marital embrace. places, in Iraq where Islamic State as spoils of war; the imposition of of Life”), noting that whenever a technical The beauty of the marital embrace and the jihadists have overrun parts of the the barbaric practice of infibulation” means “facilitates the conjugal act or helps noble desire for the gift of children can make country and have been committing (female genital mutilation). it to reach its natural objectives, it can be it challenging for us to accept the cross of horrendous criminal acts. Major The persecution of Christians is morally acceptable. If, on the other hand, the infertility and childlessness when it arises in Christian communities in Mosul and the major unintended consequence of procedure were to replace the conjugal act, marriage, even as it offers us an opportunity Qaraqosh are gone. Christians were America’s war against Saddam Hussein. it is morally illicit [unacceptable]. Artificial to embrace a deeper and unexpected plan of given the choice of conversion to While Hussein was president of Iraq, insemination as a substitute for the conjugal spiritual fruitfulness that the Lord and Creator Islam, paying an onerous tax or exile, there were about 1.4 million Christians. act is prohibited.” of Life may be opening before us. and some of them were crucified Today there are fewer than 300,000. Some Catholics have nevertheless or beheaded. The Muslim fanatics who are suggested that artificial insemination might (Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. Yes, it’s true that the Christians chasing all non-Muslims out of Iraq occasionally be permitted in light of another earned his doctorate in neuroscience at were not alone. Other minorities, make no secret of their objective. It’s passage from the same document which Yale University and did post-doctoral work especially the Yezidi sect (also to restore the caliphate (an Islamic state they interpret as allowing for an exception: at Harvard University. He is a priest of the spelled Yazidi), are suffering the based on sharia law) that was abolished “Homologous artificial insemination within Diocese of Fall River, Mass., and serves same persecution. The United States in 1923 by Kamal Ataturk, founder marriage cannot be admitted except for those as director of education at The National and other countries dropped food of modern Turkey. The leaders of the cases in which the technical means is not a Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. and water to many of them who were uprising first called themselves the substitute for the conjugal act, but serves to See www.ncbcenter.org.) † stranded on a mountain. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Of course, we should be doing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant that. However, it seems to us that we (ISIL). They are now called the Islamic Letter to the Editor heard much more from the secular State, and the group is composed of media, and from the U.S. government, Sunni Muslims who are opposed to Party’s support of the way.” about the plight of the 40,000 Yezidi the Shiite Muslim government of Iraq The Democratic Party works hand refugees than the 100,000 Christians and the government in Syria headed by Roe v. Wade and in glove with Planned Parenthood who were driven into the desert after Bashar al-Assad. Planned Parenthood is who, according to Archbishop Gregory all their belongings were confiscated. They think that Christians are their M. Aymond of New Orleans, noted that for Pope Francis has continued to enemy. They believe they are offering evident, reader says every 145 abortions that Planned Parenthood speak out about these atrocities, worship to their God when they kill the performs, they facilitate only including during a press conference followers of Christ. Thus the quotation This is regarding your “Be Our Guest” one adoption referral. on Aug. 18 aboard his flight home that we chose to begin this editorial. column in the Aug. 1 issue regarding Remember Congresswoman Nancy from South Korea, but the secular However, Pope Francis has the Democrats embracing abortion. Pelosi’s reception of the Margaret Sanger media seem to pay little attention. answer to that. “One cannot generate The letter writer quotes from a Award in March of this year? Remember How often have you seen reports on hatred in God’s name,” he said. Democratic platform to prove that the President Barack Obama’s speech at Planned the attacks of Christian communities “One cannot make war in God’s name.” Democratic Party does not “embrace Parenthood’s annual gala where he invoked and destruction of churches Most of the Iraqi Christians are abortion.” May I quote from the same God’s blessings on their continued work? and monasteries? trying to escape to the Kurdistan part platform, notably the three sentences Abortion is getting neither safer nor rarer The pope spoke out during his of Iraq. Most Kurds are Muslims. preceding hers, from 2012: despite what you hear—note Dr. Kermit Angelus talk on Aug. 10, and used However, some Kurds converted to “The Democratic Party strongly and Gosnell and the nearly 56 million aborted Twitter during the next several days Christianity in the ninth century, and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a babies to date. to urge people to join him in prayer it’s believed that today there are tens of woman’s right to make decisions regarding The Democratic Party platform also for peace in Iraq and for the tens thousands of Christians in Kurdistan. her pregnancy, including a safe and legal specifically endorses embryonic stem-cell of thousands of people who are “The blood of the martyrs is the abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We research, human life at its very earliest. now refugees. He has called on the seed of the Church” (Tertullian, a oppose any and all efforts to weaken or The definition of embrace is to “take up international community to “stop third-century Christian writer). undermine that right. Abortion is an intensely or adopt, to accept readily.” Does it fit? these crimes” and reestablish law and personal decision between a woman, her order, and he sent Cardinal Fernando —John F. Fink family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no Lowell McLaughlin place for politicians or government to get in Aurora The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014 Page 5

Archbishop/Arzobispo Joseph W. Tobin

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Holy Spirit is inviting us to think globally, act locally n one of my earlier columns, I zones” in order to develop a global and throughout the world, the Church is fourth chapter of “The Joy of the Gospel” Icommented on the lack of international perspective on world affairs and on the committed to the defense of human life, to that the wealth of some countries news on television and in our newspapers. evangelizing mission of our Church? religious liberty, to strengthening marriage is predicated on the poverty of In fact, there is very little “news” You’ve heard the expression: Think and family life, to caring for migrants other nations.) in our contemporary media, and the globally, act locally. This is not a bad and refugees, and to justice, peace and How well do we understand the pope’s analysis provided is too often partisan slogan for the challenge we must accept human development. message? Do we depend on what we (rather than objective) and ideological as Catholics who are members of a The bishops’ concern extends to ending hear on talk radio or read in the secular (rather than informative). This is a serious worldwide Church, but who live our the suffering of those experiencing violent media, or have we developed a global problem for us as citizens of a nation that faith in local faith communities. As the conflicts. We strive to reduce global perspective of our own? Is our experience is increasingly dependent on economic, slogan suggests, we need to be aware of poverty through effective international of the Church entirely local, or do we live political and cultural interaction with what is happening in the world around us, assistance, health programs, debt relief for our faith in solidarity with our sisters and the global community. It’s also a serious but the actions we are called to take will the poorest nations, and just trade policies. brothers throughout the universal Church? concern for those of us who are members ordinarily find their expressions through We seek to apply Catholic social I believe that the Holy Spirit is inviting of the universal Church. our parish, our archdiocese or agencies teaching to the promotion and development us to think globally and act locally. This My ministry in the Redemptorist such as the Catholic Campaign for Human of public policy that strengthens and builds means we have to be better informed about congregation gave me a unique Development or Catholic Relief Services. resilient families and communities. This the big issues. It also means that we need perspective on the “small world” that we Of course, we also have opportunities includes advocacy on behalf of the poor to have access to concrete opportunities to live in. It also helped me better understand to act through our support for religious and vulnerable on a range of matters related make a difference here in Indiana and in the Church’s role as a force for good in the congregations that do missionary work to human dignity, family life, the dignity diverse regions of the world. world, and as a partner with other religious throughout the world. of work and workers, poverty elimination, Pope Francis has challenged all of us and cultural organizations in combating As an expression of their pastoral access to adequate nutrition and health to see ourselves as “missionary disciples” some of the gravest problems facing our ministry, the bishops of the United States care, and the integrity of creation. called to proclaim the joy of the Gospel to sisters and brothers in other regions of act in concrete solidarity with the poor Much of our Church’s work at the all our sisters and brothers everywhere. the world. and defenseless. national and international levels is “behind As we engage in pastoral planning here I raise this issue in the context of the As part of its ministry, the the scenes.” It is rarely reported in the at home, I will continue to probe how question I have been asking for the past U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops news media—except when it can be our archdiocese can be more effective year and a half: Where is the Holy Spirit engages in advocacy on concerns related connected with some controversial issue in developing a global perspective and calling us to open new doors in central and to the defense and empowerment of poor such as “family planning” or economic in providing Catholics in central and southern Indiana? Could it be that we are and vulnerable communities in the United theory. (Pope Francis received some southern Indiana with the means to think being asked to move beyond our “comfort States and across the globe. Here at home, harsh criticism for his statements in the globally and act locally. †

El Espíritu Santo nos invita a pensar a escala mundial y a actuar localmente n una de mis primeras columnas crear una perspectiva global en cuanto a humana, la libertad religiosa, fortalecer el que la riqueza de algunos países se basa en Ecomenté acerca de la ausencia de los asuntos internacionales y a la misión matrimonio y la vida familiar, velar por los la pobreza de otras naciones.) noticias internacionales en nuestra de evangelización de nuestra Iglesia? inmigrantes y refugiados, así como por la ¿Hasta qué punto entendemos el televisión y nuestros periódicos. Seguramente habrán escuchado la justicia, la paz y el desarrollo humano. mensaje del Papa? ¿Dependemos de lo que De hecho, en los medios de expresión: pensar a escala mundial y La labor de los obispos abarca poner escuchamos en los programas de radio o comunicación contemporáneos aparecen actuar localmente. Tal vez este sería un fin al sufrimiento de aquellos que en los medios de comunicación laicos, o muy pocas “noticias” y los análisis buen lema para el desafío que debemos experimentan conflictos violentos. Nos hemos desarrollado una perspectiva global proporcionados muy a menudo son aceptar como católicos pertenecientes a esforzamos por disminuir la pobreza en por cuenta propia? ¿Es nuestra experiencia partidistas (en vez de objetivos) e una Iglesia mundial, pero que vivimos todo el mundo mediante la asistencia con la Iglesia totalmente local o vivimos ideológicos (en lugar de informativos). nuestra fe en congregaciones locales. Tal internacional eficaz, programas de salud, nuestra fe en solidaridad con nuestros Esto constituye un grave problema para como lo sugiere el lema, debemos estar la condonación de deudas para los países hermanos y hermanas de toda la Iglesia nosotros, como ciudadanos de un país que al tanto de lo que sucede en el mundo más pobres y políticas comerciales justas. universal? depende cada vez más de la interacción que nos rodea pero las acciones que Procuramos aplicar las enseñanzas Creo que el Espíritu Santo nos económica, política y cultural con la estamos llamados a tomar normalmente sociales del catolicismo para promover y invita a pensar a escala mundial y a comunidad internacional. También es un se manifestarán a través de nuestras crear una política pública que fortalezca actuar localmente. Esto significa que motivo de preocupación importante para parroquias, nuestra arquidiócesis o y construya familias y comunidades que debemos estar mejor informados acerca aquellos de nosotros que pertenecemos a agencias tales como la Campaña Católica resistan los embates de la vida. Esto de las cuestiones importantes. También la Iglesia universal. para el Desarrollo Humano (Catholic incluye defender a los pobres y a los significa que tenemos que tener acceso a Mi ministerio en la congregación Campaign for Human Development) o los vulnerables en una serie de aspectos oportunidades específicas para hacer la redentorista me brindó una perspectiva Servicios de Auxilio Católico (Catholic relacionados con la dignidad humana, la diferencia aquí en Indiana y en distintas única en cuanto al “pequeño mundo” Relief Services). Por supuesto, también vida familiar, la dignidad laboral y de los regiones del mundo. en el que vivimos. También me ayudó a tenemos oportunidades para actuar trabajadores, la erradicación de la pobreza, El papa Francisco nos ha desafiado comprender mejor el papel que desempeña mediante el apoyo a las congregaciones el acceso a una alimentación y atención a todos a vernos como “discípulos la Iglesia como fuerza positiva en el religiosas que realizan obras misioneras en médica adecuadas, y a la integridad de la misioneros” llamados a proclamar la mundo y como colaboradora, junto todo el mundo. creación. alegría del Evangelio a nuestros hermanos con otras organizaciones religiosas y Como expresión de su ministerio La mayoría de las obras de nuestra y hermanas en todas partes. culturales, en la lucha contra algunos de pastoral, los obispos de Estados Unidos Iglesia en la escena nacional e A medida que participamos en los problemas más graves que enfrentan actúan en concreta solidaridad con los internacional ocurre “tras bastidores.” la planificación pastoral en nuestras nuestros hermanos y hermanas en otras pobres y los indefensos. Raramente se escucha acerca de localidades, continuaré sondeando de regiones del planeta. Como parte de su ministerio, la esto en las noticias de los medios de qué forma la arquidiócesis puede ser Saco a colación este asunto en el Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de comunicación, a no ser que guarde más eficaz para crear una perspectiva contexto de la pregunta que he venido EE. UU. participa activamente en apoyo relación con algún asunto controversial internacional y proporcionar a los planteando durante el año y medio a cuestiones relativas a la defensa y el como la “planificación familiar” o la católicos del centro y del sur de Indiana anterior: ¿Qué oportunidades nos brinda fortalecimiento de las comunidades pobres teoría económica. (El papa Francisco fue los medios necesarios para pensar a escala el Espíritu Santo en el centro y el sur de y vulnerables en Estados Unidos y en todo duramente criticado por sus aseveraciones mundial y actuar localmente. † Indiana? ¿Acaso se nos está pidiendo que el mundo. Aquí y en todas partes la Iglesia en el capítulo cuatro de “Evangelii nos salgamos de nuestra “comodidad” para tiene el compromiso de defender la vida Gaudium” (“La alegría del Evangelio”) de Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa Page 6 The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014

Events Calendar August 22-23 games, movies, $1 adults, Buffet, all-you-can-eat, Polka Jam, live music, Center, 101 St. Anthony Drive, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Prince of Peace Parish under 21 free. Information: 7:30 a.m.-noon, free- donation spaghetti buffet, Mount St. Francis. Parish 4773 E. Morris Church St., Community Festival at 317-257-2266. will donations accepted. bring covered dish to share, Picnic, 11 a.m.-midnight, Morris. Labor Day Picnic, Information: 812-623-2349. free admission, 5 p.m.-close. chicken dinner, games, quilts. Pope John XXIII School, chicken dinner, games, 221 W. State St., Madison. St. Maria Goretti Church, Information: 317-632-0619 or Information: 812-923-8817. August 26 food, 10 a.m. Information: 5 p.m.-midnight, food, 17104 Srpingmill Road, [email protected]. Westfield (Lafayette Diocese). St. Christopher Parish, August 31 812-934-6218. rides, games. Information: 5301 W. 16th St., Indianapolis. St. Catherine of Siena 812-265-4166. Born2Run 5k Run/Walk, Holy Spirit Church, registration 7:30 a.m., run/ Old Testament study, 7243 E. 10th St., Indianapolis. Parish, 9995 E. Base Road, September 3 August 23 walk 9 a.m. $25 adults, 20 sessions looking at Serra Club Mass for Enochsburg. Parish Festival, Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Fireside Inn fried chicken St. Mary School, $15 students. Online Old Testament history, Vocations, 8:30 a.m. All Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., geography and theology, invited to Mass to pray for and roast beef dinners, beer 1331 E. Hunter Robbins registration and information: Indianapolis. Solo Seniors, Way, Greensburg. On www.born2run5k.org. Strollers presented by former vocations and learn about garden, games 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Catholic, educational, Eagle’s Wings 5K Run/ welcome, no pets. Marian University theology the Serra Club. Information: Information: 812-934-2880. Walk and Kids’ Fun Run, professor Lois Jansen, 317-850-1382. charitable and social singles, registration 8 a.m. or online at St. Monica Parish, 6131 N. Tuesdays 7 p.m. $100 for all The Slovenian National 50 and over, single, separated, www.oneagleswings5k.com, Michigan Road, Indianapolis. 20 sessions, no prior study SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Home Picnic Grounds, widowed or divorced. New necessary, all welcome. 1340 Yates Lane, Avon. Run/Walk 9 a.m., Kids’ Fun St. Monica Feast Day 1347 N. Meridian St., members welcome. 6:30 p.m. Festival, international food, Information, registration: Indianapolis. Charismatic Slovenian Festival, Run 10 a.m., kids’ games Information: 317-243-0777. 8:30-11 a.m., $22 for Run/ entertainment, games, $1. Lois Jansen, 317-241-9169. Mass, praise and worship 10 a.m.-11 p.m., gates open 10 a.m., Mass at noon, food Walk, $16.75 for Kids’ Information: 317-253-2193. 7 p.m., Mass 7:30 p.m. August 27 and drinks for purchase September 5 Fun Run. Information: Information: 317-846-0705. St. Monica Parish, starting at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. live St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. www.oneagleswings5k.com. August 23-24 St. Mary Parish Festival St. Augustine Hall, August 29- music, no coolers or outside Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. held at St. Mary’s School, 6131 N. Michigan Road, beverages, parking available St. John the Evangelist September 1 First Friday exposition of the 1331 E. Hunter Robbins Indianapolis. “Preventing St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. at IU Health West Hospital Church, 126 W. Georgia St., Blessed Sacrament, rosary Way, Greensburg. Parish Violence,” Indianapolis Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. north parking lot with Indianapolis. Faithful Citizens Festival, Mass 4:30, festival Public Safety Director Fall Festival, food, rides, shuttle to event. Information: and Benediction, 4-6 p.m., Rosary procession, Mass, Sat. 5 p.m.-midnight, Troy Riggs, presenter, 7 p.m. games, Fri. 5 p.m.-1 a.m., 317-632-0619 or Mass, 5:45 p.m. Information: 12:10 p.m., procession Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., food, Information: 317-590-6970 or Sat. 5-11 p.m., Sun. 3-11 [email protected]. 317-244-9002. following Mass. Information: games, bake sale, music, [email protected]. p.m., Texas Hold’em Sunday. faithful.citizens2016@ September 1 Sun. fried chicken dinner Information: 317-244-9002. Nativity of Our Lord Church, gmail.com. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. August 29 St. Peter Parish, 7725 Southeastern Ave., Information: 812-663-8427. St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. Sacred Heart Parish, 1207 East Road, Brookville. Immaculate Heart of Mary 17th Ave., Beech Grove. gymnasium, 558 Nebeker St., Labor Day Festival, Indianapolis. Serra Club Parish, 5692 N. Central Ave., August 24 Ave Maria Guild Rummage Clinton. Spaghetti Dinner, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., country Mass for Vocations, 8:30 a.m. Indianapolis. 5K Run/Walk, Sale, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. St. Paul Campus of 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Information: style chicken dinner, All invited to Mass to pray 9 a.m., $15 pre-registration, All Saints Parish, 9788 N. Information: 317-888-7625. 765-832-8468. 10:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m., quilts, $50 pre-registration family Dearborn Road, New Alsace. games. Dinner reservations for vocations and learn about of 4-6, “Fall Kick-Off Fest,” All Saints Parish Ladies Slovenian National Home, August 30 begin Aug. 1. Information and the Serra Club. Information: 4-11 p.m., food, music, Sodality Hot Breakfast 2717 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Mount St. Francis Retreat reservations: 812-623-3670. 317-850-1382. †

Retreats and Programs Oldenburg. Italian Night Under the Saint Meinrad Archabbey Stars—Wine and Antipasti Tasting, September 5 Mike Moeller Catering, live music, welcomes two new novices Oldenburg Franciscan Center, raffles, 6:30 p.m., $45. Information and In a brief ceremony at the monastery entrance, Oldenburg. Movie Night: “Philomena,” Charles Peñalosa and John Avery II were 6:30-9 p.m., freewill donations accepted, RSVP: 812-933-6437 or email [email protected]. clothed in the Benedictine habit on Aug. 5 at popcorn and lemonade. Information Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad. and RSVP: 812-933-6437 or e-mail [email protected]. They now begin a year of monastic formation, (For a list of retreats scheduled including study of the Rule of St. Benedict and September 6 for the next eight weeks, log on to monastic history. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, www.archindy.org/retreats.) † Novice Charles, 22, is a native of the Philippines. Most recently, he has been in formation for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis at Saint Meinrad Scecina Class of 1964 plans Seminary and School of Theology. A former member of St. Joseph Parish in Indianapolis, he is a graduate of Ben Davis 50-year reunion on Sept. 19-20 High School and Marian University, both in Father Thomas Scecina Memorial social, tour of the school on Friday, and Indianapolis. He earned a bachelor’s degree High School’s Class of 1964 in Mass, dinner and music on Saturday. in Catholic studies and history in 2012 at Novice John Avery, O.S.B Indianapolis is hosting a 50-year For more information, please Marian while also receiving priestly formation reunion for classmates and guests on contact Mary Ann Arszman at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Sept. 19-20. Engstrom at 317-709-4508 or Indianapolis. The event includes a golf outing, [email protected]. † Novice John, 28, attended North Central High School and was a member of St. Pius X Parish, both in Indianapolis. He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., in 2008 with a bachelor’s Former St. John Academy reunion degree in music, and then served five years in the French Foreign Legion as a musician. scheduled for Sept. 21 in Indy As novices, they will take a year off from The former St. John Academy in closed in 1959. formal studies and trades. The novitiate is a time Indianapolis will hold its annual reunion Mass will take place at 11 a.m., and a of prayer and learning intended to help a novice at St. John the Evangelist Church, brunch will follow. discern his vocation as a monk. 126 W. Georgia St. in Indianapolis, at Cost to attend is $20. Those At the end of this year, a novice may 11 a.m. on Sept. 21. interested in attending are asked be permitted to profess temporary vows of St. John Academy was the to make checks payable to obedience, fidelity to the monastic way of life and first Catholic school in Indianapolis. St. John Alumnae and mail them to stability in the community of Saint Meinrad. † Novice Charles Peñalosa, O.S.B It included both a grade school and Mary Jane Biro, 715 E. Southern Ave., high school. The Sisters of Providence Indianapolis, Ind., 46203-5155. of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods taught at For more information, call the school throughout its history until it 1-317-780-7087. † Founders of Catholic Radio Indy to speak at Marriage on Tap on Sept. 13 Bob and Sharon Teipen, founders 90.9 FM, is to spread the Catholic faith Sept. 12 fundraiser in Greenwood of Catholic Radio Indy, will speak through evangelization and catechesis. on “Marriage, Faith and Catholic Marriage on Tap is a ministry to raise money for cancer patient Broadcasting” at Another Broken of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish To help raise money for cancer ago that was put into remission. The Egg Café, 9435 N. Meridian St. in in Indianapolis and is open to all patient Carla Erickson, a member cancer recently returned. Indianapolis, from 7-9:30 p.m. on married couples. of St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis, The event includes raffles, Sept. 13. The cost is $35 per couple, which a fundraiser called “Carla’s Cause” prizes and a silent auction, The Teipens—both lifelong includes dinner and one drink ticket per will be held at Mashcraft Brewery, with proceeds going to the Catholics—will share how, after taking person. Parking is free. 1140 State Route 135 in Greenwood, Erickson family to help with many leaps of faith, they founded Catholic To register online and for more details, from 2-8 p.m. on Sept. 12. medical expenses. Radio Indy on Ash Wednesday of 2004. log on to www.stluke.org, or contact Erickson, who has three boys with For more information, contact The mission of Catholic Radio Indy, Sister Diane Carollo at 317-259-4373, her husband, Jay, had cancer five years Genae Cook at 317-491-3922. † which broadcasts on 89.1 FM and ext. 256. † The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014 Page 7 Back-to-school basics … and some sweet treats, too

Above, students at Our Lady of Providence Jr.-Sr. High School in Clarksville hustle to classes on Aug. 7. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer)

Right, Jorge Lopez teaches a geometry class on Aug. 12 at Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis. (Photo by Sean Gallagher)

Seniors participate in a meet and greet during English class on July 31 at Our Lady of Providence Jr.-Sr. High School in Clarksville. Seniors wore black under their eyes to show their school spirit on the first day of school. Seated in the front row, from the left, are seniors Jack Bullington, Hallie Vaughn and Kaitlyn Frazier. Seated in the back row are Collin Rauck and Delaney Goss. (Submitted photo by Christa Hoyland) Right, students at St. Mary School in Rushville were greeted by religion teacher Tom Giesting, who was dressed as Willy Wonka, and new principal Sherri Kirschner (not pictured) during the first week of school. A Willy Wonka-themed event led to every child receiving a “golden ticket” invitation at home prior to the first day. Each child received a specially wrapped chocolate bar in exchange for their ticket. Besides the candy bars, several Dytalzha Stark, left, and Johliel Austin, both freshmen lucky students received a special treat and at Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis, lunch later that week. The event was a team work together during a geometry class on Aug. 12. effort with contributions from the principal, teachers and parents. (Submitted photo) (Photo by Sean Gallagher)

Everyone Invited! St. Catherine of Siena 77th Annual Church Picnic Enochsburg Sunday, August 31, 2014 “Famous Fireside Inn Fried Chicken” also, Roast Beef Dinners starting at 11:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. Carryouts Available Beer Garden • Mock Turtle Soup • Homemade Pies Sandwiches • Prizes • Quilts • Variety Stands • Games Country Store • Music by Eureka Band (2:00-3:00 p.m.) Take New Point exit 143 off I-74, go north on County Road 850 E. ¼ mile, turn right on Base Road, go 3 mi. License #134757 Page 8 The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014

pope personally greeted the faithful MARTYRS as he traveled via popemobile along continued from page 1 the stretch from Seoul’s City Hall to Geongbok Palace, the backdrop of a “It was very great to see temporary altar. Geongbok is described Papa Francis,” Sophia Moon, 26, told by South Korea’s tourism bureau as the Catholic News Service. “He was very grandest of the Joseon-era palaces. touching to us because in Korea there Among those who attended the Mass have been very hard times and there were were about 300 U.S. military personnel [people who became martyrs].” and 400 family members of the victims The 124 were killed for their beliefs, of the Sewol ferry accident, which left setting off a 100-year period in the more than 300 dead in April. 18th and 19th centuries when the The Sewol group had been protesting Korean government went after about at the square for weeks, demanding that a 10,000 faithful who pledged filial piety special law be passed for an independent to God, not the king of Joseon. Among investigation into the accident. They this group was Paul Yun Ji-Chung, were determined to remain during the very first Korean to be executed the beatification Mass in hopes of an for his faith after he buried his mother encounter with the pope. After days of using Catholic rites that completely negotiations, the committee handling the went against the norms of the heavily pope’s visit granted access, and they got Confucian society. their wish. In his homily, the pope said, “So often When Pope Francis swung by on the we today can find our faith challenged by popemobile, many called out to him, the world, and in countless ways we are pointing at the family members and one asked to compromise our faith, to water grieving father who had been on a hunger down the radical demands of the Gospel strike for more than a month. and to conform to the spirit of this age. Kim Young-oh, father of a teenage girl “Yet the martyrs call out to us to put who died in the capsized ferry, told CNS Christ first and to see all else in this the pope grabbed his hands and, because world in relation to him and his eternal a fence separated them and he could not kingdom. They challenge us to think hug the pope, he laid his forehead twice about what, if anything, we ourselves on the pope’s hands. would be willing to die for,” he said. Kim said he asked to give him a letter, Seyeon Jeong, 26, told CNS she had and the pope nodded and tucked it into an 18th-century ancestor who “actually his cassock. sacrificed himself as a Catholic,” but was “I was really prepared to meet the not among the newly blessed. pope and [spell] out that there is a “I was born a Catholic, and I have strong need for this bill, and we’re really been living as a Catholic, but through this fighting for this bill,” said Kim through Mass I can actually realize the meaning, an interpreter. “And after this long I mean the full meaning of what the time on this [hunger] strike, I kind of sacrifice meant here,” she said. “I could succeeded [by] meeting the point person. actually feel my ancestor’s spirit.” I saw real hope.” † Pope Francis credited the martyrs with showing the “importance of charity in the life of faith,” since their belief in Pope Francis delivers a homily at the “equal dignity of all the baptized” the beatification Mass of Paul Yun led them to challenge the “rigid social Ji-chung and 123 martyred companions structures of their day.” in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 16. Moments before the Mass, the (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Pope tells Asians to witness to Christ in all aspects of life SEOSAN, South Korea (CNS)—Pope Francis told Michael Hwang of Seoul said being on these grounds young Asian Catholic leaders to witness to Christ in was “exhausting emotionally” because his ancestors were everything they do. among those executed. But he told CNS he was glad to be During his homily on the muddy grounds of a part of Asian Youth Day because it brought him closer Haemi Fortress, Pope Francis urged more than to other Catholics from Asia. 40,000 people—including young Catholic leaders “ [The pope] said to wake up and a lot of people can from 22 Asian countries—to “reflect God’s love.” He come together, and we could be like one nation,” said reminded them it was their “right and duty to take part in Hwang, a 17-year old high school student. the life of [their] societies.” Hwang said his friends are not Catholic, “but I think “Do not be afraid to bring the wisdom of faith to every Catholicism is a great thing and I can tell to my friends aspect of social life,” the pontiff said. He also urged them about how [being] Catholic is great, and this event will to discern “what is incompatible with your Catholic faith be a great background to teach or tell other people.” ... and what aspects of contemporary culture are sinful, Stephen Borja of Manila, Philippines, told CNS the corrupt and lead to death.” founding of the Church in Korea “is such a unique story, Young people are always choosing their social lives and it really touched me. How passionate they were over other things, and this makes it complicated to “grow about receiving the faith, standing up for it, even giving up in their faith also,” said Montira Hokjareon, a youth up their lives for it.” Young people pray as Pope Francis celebrates the closing coordinator in Thailand’s Udon Thani Diocese. She Borja, 34, works with the youth commission of the Mass of the sixth Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in said it was especially hard for young Thai Catholics to Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. He Haemi, South Korea, on Aug. 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) practice their faith in a predominantly Buddhist country said the pope’s words inspired him to show his faith to where less than half of 1 percent of the population others, which is still a challenge in his predominantly is Catholic. Catholic country. Hokjaroen, 34, was one of 20 participants who The three characteristics the pope identified for Franklin County had lunch with Pope Francis on Aug. 15. She told the Church in Asia are “holier, more missionary and Indiana St. Peter’s Catholic News Service it was good he nudged the youth humbler,” he said. “Those are words I would carry with Take I-74 to Sunman Exit, Indiana 46 East to Lawrenceville, leaders to evangelize “because I think the people will me and also with my work in the Church.” North 3 Miles, Follow Signs learn [about] Jesus through us.” Pope Francis celebrated Mass at an altar made up of 94th ANNUAL Rain threatened the Aug. 17 closing Mass for 16 wooden crosses that locked together like wooden Asian Youth Day, which, unlike the massive international blocks and were decorated by the youth. Readings and LABOR DAY World Youth Day events, focuses more on youth leaders. intercessions were in Filipino, Indonesian, Korean and At one point, the wind whipped off the pope’s cap. other languages. PICNIC Pope Francis emphasized the theme of this year’s “As young Christians, whether you are workers or Monday – Sept. 1, 2014 gathering, “Asian Youth Wake Up, the Glory of the students, whether you have already begun a career or Country-Style Chicken Dinner Martyrs Shines on You.” have answered the call to marriage, religious life or the 10:45 AM to 2:30 PM “It’s no good when I see young people who sleep,” priesthood, you are not only a part of the future of the Carry-out 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM said the pontiff. “No. Wake up! Go! Go!” Church, you are also a necessary and beloved part of the Haemi Fortress was where thousands of Catholics Church’s present,” said the pope. Quilts • Crafts • Basket Booth • Games were killed during a 100-year period in the 18th and He told young Asians to build “a Church which loves Good Food • Turtle Soup 19th centuries. In the 1700s, laypeople formed the and worships God by seeking to serve the poor, the Church based on Catholic writings that they got ahold lonely, the infirm and the marginalized.” $28,000 Major Raffle of from China. The original founders pledged loyalty Bishop Peter Kang U-il of Jeju, president of the $100 each (Only 560 tickets will be sold) to God rather than the Korean king, which was socially Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, noted that this unacceptable. The government pursued them for carrying was the first Asian Youth Day attended by a pope. Handicapped parking and on-site transportation available out Catholic rites and baptisms, killing 10,000 faithful in “The young Asians may have experienced an (812) 623-3670 the century beginning in 1791. extraordinary moment of grace, and they also may have Visit our website: www.stpetersbrookville.com A day before the closing Mass, Pope Francis beatified acquired the seed of courage and hope for their future, #132812 124 of the founders of the Catholic Church in Korea, because Your Holiness shared a great affection and moving them a step closer to sainthood. intimacy with them,” he told Pope Francis at the Mass. † The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014 Page 9 Pope talks airstrikes in Iraq, his health, possible U.S. visit ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM SEOUL, South Korea (CNS)—Pope Francis said the use of force can be justified to stop “unjust aggressors” such as Islamic State militants in northeastern Iraq, but he declined to endorse U.S. military airstrikes against the militants and said such humanitarian interventions should not be decided on by any single country. The pope also said he was willing to travel to the war zone if necessary to stop the violence. Pope Francis made his remarks on Aug. 18 during an hourlong inflight news conference on his way back from South Korea. In response to other questions, the pope acknowledged a need to lighten his work schedule for the sake of his health; said he might make a combined visit to the U.S. and Mexico in 2015; and explained why the Vatican is still studying whether the late Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero should be beatified as a martyr. The pope’s words on Iraq came a week after his representative in Baghdad welcomed President Barack Obama’s decision to use military force against Islamic State positions. Asked about the airstrikes on Aug. 11, Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, the Vatican nuncio to Iraq, told Vatican Radio: “This is something that had to be done, otherwise [the Islamic State] could not be stopped.” Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard the papal flight from Seoul, South Korea, to Rome on Aug. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) That statement surprised many because, since the pontificate of St. John Paul II, the Vatican has stressed that But he admitted his decision to call off a planned The pope recalled: “I took [the pin] out of solidarity military interventions for humanitarian purposes should June 27 visit to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, one of several with them, and after half a day, somebody came up to me have the support of the international community. appointments he had canceled due to illness, came and said, ‘You should take it off; you need to be neutral.’ I When a reporter on the plane asked Pope Francis after “very demanding days. Now I should be a bit answered this way: ‘Listen, with human pain you can’t be whether he approved of the airstrikes, he replied: more prudent.” neutral.’ That’s how I feel.” “In these cases where there is unjust aggression, I The pope showed little concern for his longevity, The pope said he “would like” to attend the can only say that it is licit to stop the unjust aggressor. however, predicting with a laugh that his pontificate World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September I underscore the verb ‘stop’; I don’t say bomb, make would last “two or three years, and then to the house of 2015. He also noted that Obama and the U.S. Congress war—stop him. The means by which he may be stopped the Father.” have invited him to Washington, D.C., and that the should be evaluated. To stop the unjust aggressor is licit, In the meantime, to guard against the temptation of secretary-general of the United Nations has invited him but we nevertheless need to remember how many times, pride in his immense popularity, “I try to think of my sins, to New York. using this excuse of stopping an unjust aggressor, the of my mistakes.” “Maybe the three cities together, no?” he said, adding powerful nations have dominated other peoples, made a Asked about other possible foreign travel, besides that he could also visit the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe real war of conquest. A single nation cannot judge how officially announced trips to Albania in September and in Mexico on the same trip—“but it is not certain.” to stop this, how to stop an unjust aggressor. After the Sri Lanka and the Philippines in January, Pope Francis Asked about the beatification cause of the late Second World War, there arose the idea of the United said he had received invitations to Spain and Japan but that Archbishop Romero of San Salvador, an outspoken Nations. That is where we should discuss: ‘Is there an nothing had been decided yet. advocate for the poor who was killed in 1980 during his unjust aggressor? It seems there is. How do we stop him?’ The pope said he would gladly visit China “tomorrow,” country’s civil war, the pope said theologians still need to But only that, nothing more.” even though the Vatican has not had diplomatic relations clarify if he was killed because of his faith. The pope said his recent appeal to the U.N. to “take with Beijing since shortly after the China’s 1949 “For me, Romero is a man of God,” the pope said. “But action to end the humanitarian tragedy now underway in communist revolution. The two sides have struggled over the process must go ahead, and God must give his sign. If Iraq” was one of a series of measures he had considered issues of religious freedom, including the pope’s right to he wants to do so, he will.” with Vatican officials, including his decision to send appoint bishops, and Chinese authorities have frequently Pope Francis also reported progress on a future Cardinal Fernando Filoni to the region to meet with Church arrested Catholics who reject government control of encyclical on ecology, saying that Cardinal Peter Turkson, and government officials and refugees. the Church. president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, “In the end we said, should it be necessary, when we get “We respect the Chinese people,” the pope said. had delivered a first draft just a few days before the pope’s back from Korea I can go there,” he said. “At this moment “The Church asks only the liberty to do its work, no departure for South Korea. it is not the best thing to do, but I am willing.” other condition.” The pope said the draft encyclical was about one Asked whether he was keeping an excessively busy Yet the pope made clear the Church should not accept a third longer than his 50,000-word apostolic exhortation schedule, the pope admitted that “one of my neuroses is rigid separation between religion and politics. On four of “Evangelii Gaudium,” but that it would be shortened by that I am too attached to my habitat,” so he has not taken an his five days in South Korea, he wore a yellow-ribbon removing the more debatable scientific hypotheses or out-of-town vacation since 1975. pin commemorating the approximately 300 people killed relegating them to footnotes. The pope said he regularly takes the equivalent of a in the April sinking of the Sewol ferry, a gesture some “An encyclical like this, which must be magisterial, vacation, however, by taking it easier at home: “I change interpreted as support for demands by victims’ families that must rely only on certainties,” he said. “Because if the pope pace, I read things I like, I listen to music, I pray more, and the government appoint an independent investigation of says the center of the universe is the Earth, not the sun, that makes me rested.” the disaster. he errs.” † Charity, forgiveness keys to Korean reunification, says pontiff SEOUL, South Korea (CNS)—Pope Francis told forgiveness is the door which leads to reconciliation.” increasing inequality. Korean Catholics that the reunification of their divided “I ask you to bear convincing witness to Christ’s “God’s urgent summons to conversion also challenges peninsula as well as the harmony of South Korean society message of forgiveness in your homes, in your Christ’s followers in Korea to examine the quality of their depend on the practice of Gospel virtues, especially charity communities and at every level of national life,” he said. own contribution to the building of a truly just and humane and forgiveness. “Thus our prayers for peace and reconciliation will society,” he said. God’s promise to restore unity and prosperity to “a rise to God from ever more pure hearts and, by his The pope urged Korean Catholics to “show evangelical people dispersed by disaster and division ... is inseparably gracious gift, obtain that precious good for which we all concern for the less fortunate, the marginalized, those tied to a command: the command to return to God and long,” he said. without work and those who do not share in the prosperity wholeheartedly obey his law,” Pope Francis said. The Mass was closed to the public. Guests included of the many,” and to “firmly reject a mindset shaped by In a homily on Aug. 18, during a Mass for peace South Korean President Park Geun-hye, women who were suspicion, confrontation and competition.” and reconciliation at Seoul’s Myongdong Cathedral, sold into sexual slavery during World War II, North Korean “Let us pray, then, for the emergence of new Pope Francis said Jesus asked people “to believe that defectors, those whose families were kidnapped and taken opportunities for dialogue, encounter and the resolution to North Korea and 12 clerics from various faiths. of differences, for continued generosity in providing Before the Mass, the pope met with seven “comfort humanitarian assistance to those in need, and for ever women,” who were forced into prostitution by the Japanese greater recognition that all Koreans are brothers and sisters, before and during World War II. One woman gave the pope members of one family, one people,” he said. a butterfly pin symbolizing their call for justice, and the Before the Mass, Pope Francis met with Buddhist, pope wore the pin during the Mass. Orthodox, Lutheran and other Protestant leaders. He Outside the clergy changing room, near a portrait of asked them to pray for him, and said: “I believe that we Mary, was a crown of thorns made of barbed wire from the have to walk together with other brothers and sisters in demilitarized zone between the two Koreas. the presence of God. And so I am sincerely grateful for “My visit now culminates in this celebration of Mass, all of the leaders of various religions. It is a path that we in which we implore from God the grace of peace and walk together.” reconciliation,” Pope Francis said from an altar decorated Bishop Peter Kang U-il of Jeju, president of the with rows of pink and white roses. “This prayer has a Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, said the bishops particular resonance on the Korean peninsula. Today’s held a small farewell party for the pope before he left Mass is first and foremost a prayer for reconciliation in this for the airport to return to Rome. He said the last thing Korean family.” Pope Francis said to the bishops was “Please pray for me.” Pope Francis greets “comfort women” as he arrives to celebrate The pope suggested the need for reconciliation lay Seoul Auxiliary Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man said when a Mass for peace and for the reconciliation of North and not only between South Korea and the communist North, he watched Pope Francis, he thought, “Oh this is how South Korea at Myongdong cathedral in Seoul, South Korea, which have been divided since the end of the Korean War Jesus Christ approached the poor in the past.” He said on Aug. 18. The women were sold into sexual slavery during in 1953, but within South Korea itself, the world’s he believed the pope had planted a seed of faith that the World War II. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano, pool) 13th-largest economy, where prosperity has brought bishops need to nourish. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014 Benedictine sisters to bestow Angel of Grace awards By Natalie Hoefer small bus] that takes you where it’s going, which may not be where you want to go.” Throughout the Bible, three archangels are listed by name: These women will receive their award at O’Bannon said she feels fortunate to receive the Gabriel, messenger of good news to Mary and Zechariah; a fashion show and luncheon fundraiser Archangel Michael Award. Michael, defender of heaven who cast the devil into hell; and honoring all women and benefiting “I was surprised that [the Sisters of St. Benedict] would Raphael, the traveling companion of Tobias. women’s programs at the Benedict Inn in consider me to be somebody who’d be worthy. The work For the last seven years, the Sisters of St. Benedict in Beech Grove. The event will take place at they do is so important. I just never thought of being Beech Grove have found three women who have heroically attached to something so special.” served in the roles of messenger, defender and companion, Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis from and recognized their service with an “Angel of Grace” award. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 27. Archangel Raphael Award winner Lori Hofmann This year’s recipients are Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis Becky Armbruster has a good companion in her niece, co-founder Donna M. Oklak for the “messenger” Archangel Lori Hofmann. So do all of the families who benefit from Gabriel Award; former first lady of Indiana Judy O’Bannon I got this idea of being a program officer. I got to read Hofmann’s assistance at The Good House. for the “defender” Archangel Michael Award; and The applications from all these nonprofits doing fantastic The Good House is a renovated home in downtown Good House volunteer Lori Hofmann for the “companion” things. [Creating Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis] allowed Indianapolis providing short-term housing for patients Archangel Raphael Award. me to have that same job.” traveling from outside the city to undergo bone marrow These women will receive their award at a fashion Oklak said she is proud of the fact that the women transplants at Indiana University Hospital. It was started in show and luncheon fundraiser honoring all women and are “really good through the process of consensus in 2012 by Armbruster, Hofmann’s aunt, as a way to give back benefiting women’s programs at the Benedict Inn Retreat and identifying nonprofits ready for an infusion of cash. We for the care her deceased husband received at the hospital. Conference Center in Beech Grove. The event will take place give them that stamp of approval, and they’re ready to “Around that time, I ran the Moms Group at at Primo Banquet Hall on the south side of Indianapolis from really blossom after our gift.” St. Barnabas [Parish in Indianapolis],” said Hofmann, who 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 27. Spreading the message of giving has helped Oklak is still a member of the parish with her husband and their Fashions by The Secret Ingredient in Indianapolis will be assist women in shaping the world around them. four daughters. Lisa Latimer—one of the Moms Group’s modeled by friends of the Benedict Inn and will be available “This [organization] is a great tool for women to members and a friend of Hofmann’s—had passed away for purchase, with 10 percent of the proceeds going toward discern and make strategic giving decisions so money can from leukemia. the women’s programs at the center. Raffles will also be go out to help the community.” Hofmann co-founded and now operates Lisa’s Warriors, held for gift baskets and a week’s stay at a home on Lake a group of about 200 volunteers providing assistance to Michigan. Archangel Michael Award winner Judy O’Bannon The Good House by bringing meals to the patients, creating Here are the stories of this year’s messenger, defender and Former first lady of Indiana Judy O’Bannon is still a welcome baskets, cleaning and helping with upkeep of the companion. first lady when it comes to defending the self-worth of home. Hofmann, who works full time, also coordinates Hoosiers and the needs of the elderly. donations and does fundraising for the organization Archangel Gabriel Award winner Donna M. Oklak Having traveled to more than 40 countries on mission with her aunt. While Donna M. Oklak was “surprised and pleased” to and delegation trips, it would seem that O’Bannon’s “I work with bone marrow transplant nurses and cancer hear she was chosen to receive the Archangel Gabriel Award, inclination is to remove herself from the Hoosier state. social workers at [Indiana University Hospital]. I work with she is more comfortable with giving than receiving. Rather, she said, “There is a lot for people in Indiana to the patients when they need things. Oklak is a co-founder of Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis, learn from” those other places, particularly areas that don’t “But I wouldn’t be able to do it without all of our “a charitable women’s giving circle see much hope. volunteers.” dedicated to awarding high impact “I’m always equating things The Good House and its residents grants to nonprofits in our community I see [on my trips],” she said, have had an impact on Hofmann. in the areas of arts and culture, particularly in Moldova, which she “I’ve grown from getting to education, environment, family, and has visited 12 times. “There they know amazing people that have health and wellness,” according to the have a victim mentality, a survival gone through so much, and seeing organization’s website. mentality. How do we relate people that thrive out of these Women contribute $1,000 as those things to small towns in terrible situations that I’ve been individuals or a group to join the Indiana, where we see populations fortunate enough not to have to go giving circle each year. They then dwindling and stores closing? through, and they’re still able to join committees representing the What do we do?” overcome and give back.” different nonprofit areas listed above. O’Bannon takes a video camera Hofmann said she felt “extremely Donna M. Oklak “Through the process of learning Judy O’Bannon and creates documentaries to Lori Hofmann honored and humbled, and a little about the community, each committee address such questions. Her efforts embarrassed” about receiving the selects one final applicant, then all of the women decide have earned her three Emmy Awards. Archangel Gabriel Award. collaboratively by consensus who will get that year’s At 79, O’Bannon, who recently wed 84-year-old “It’s become a passion of mine,” she said. “But also it’s $100,000 [grant],” Oklak explained. Don Willsey, is also concerned with the adaptations done so much more for me.” Since its founding in 2006, Impact 100 Greater required of seniors to function in today’s world. Indianapolis has given 11 $100,000 grants totaling more than “Seniors are out and about and doing stuff, not living (Tickets for the Angels of Grace fundraiser are $35 per $1.4 million, including a few small grants with leftover funds just in their kid’s spare bedroom,” she said. “We need to person. Fashions by The Secret Ingredient will be modeled given to runner-up organizations. do city planning so we’re less car-dependent. We’ve made and available for purchase, with 10 percent of proceeds Oklak, a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in it now so that even in small towns you have to get in a car going toward the women’s programs at the Benedict Indianapolis, received her master’s degree in philanthropic to get to Walmart. Inn Retreat and Conference Center. The event includes studies 15 years ago. “We need places where people can be connected and raffles for gift baskets and a week’s stay at a home on “I worked on a nonprofit recognition program called walk outside to talk to people, or walk to the hair dresser Lake Michigan. For reservations or questions, contact the the Indiana Achievement Awards,” she said. “That’s where or the grocery. You have to be picked up by the jitney [a Benedict Inn at 317-788-7581 or www.benedictinn.org.) † What was in the news on August 21, 1964? A prelate calls for participation at all Masses, and reaction to Pope Paul’s first encyclical By Brandon A. Evans based on forgetfulness. Paul VI had already set forth • Respect for the aged is vanishing virtue his program and announced his aims. In his first • Former banker is now abbot This week, we continue to examine what was going radio message to the world following his election, • Oldenburg nuns teach 3,200 in ‘vacation schools’ on in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen His Holiness had declared: ‘The chief task of our • Theatre Guild plans four plays in 1964-65 season through the pages of The Criterion. Pontificate will be the progress of the Ecumenical • Orthodox couple wed in Catholic Church Here are some of the items found in the August 21, Council, Vatican II, on which the eyes of all • Annual recollection set by Terre Haute DCCW 1964, issue of The Criterion: men are fixed.’ ” • Council Preview: Pastoral mission of bishops • Participation at all • Supreme Knight urges K of C rules change • ‘Lack of Reality’: Bishop answers critics of Masses mind of Church, • Lay alumni fund aids needy seminarians seminary training prelate says • Implementing the poverty battle in our • Seen interfaith aid: Encyclical is praised by “ST. LOUIS—Cardinal Joseph communities Protestant leaders Ritter said here that changes • Bishop urges women to wage poverty war • Greek Orthodox head has ‘mixed feelings’ in Catholic worship must be • Center seeks answers to social problems “NEW YORK—Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of carried out as soon as possible, and parishes should • Reds refuse to give visa the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and make every Mass a participated service. Priests • At Lanesville picnic South America, expressed ‘mixed feelings’ over and people must work to understand and accept the • American Airlines receives special Friday ‘permit’ the first encyclical of Pope Paul VI and questions forthcoming changes as the work of the Holy Spirit, • Plan film on Pope John’s life the document’s effect on Christian unity efforts. said the St. Louis archbishop, adding: ‘We dare not • Our economic system and ‘justice for all’ The encyclical, the archbishop said in a statement reject the Holy Spirit.’ ” • CSMC parley to draw 4,200 at Notre Dame issued here, is ‘marked by a polite attempt … to • To work among poor: Nun, layman to enlist in • Gary bishop assails slums reconcile the courageous ecumenism of John XXIII social apostolate • Liturgical Week Masses will be in vernacular with the traditional Roman Catholic ecumenism • ‘Modest in scope’: Encyclical seen baring pope’s • [Daughters of Isabella] delegates renew pledge of …’ Also, he said, it introduces ‘a new concept of mind to bishops ‘no discrimination’ dialogue or relationship with all Christian and “NEW YORK—Pope Paul’s first encyclical, • Papal Volunteers rise 25 percent non-Christian peoples, tinged with a very peculiar “Ecclesiam Suam” (His Church), has a surprising • Garfield Park to be scene of Talent Contest solution of syncretism.’ ” modest scope. The world expected a program paper, • Junior CYO Mission topics are announced • Evening classes announced by Marian College detailing the policies his pontificate would espouse, • Pope lauds idealism of today’s youngsters indicating the major orientations it would impose • Protestants ‘hire’ priest (Read all of these stories from our on world Catholicism. It got what many deem an • Opus Dei given 25 new priests August 21, 1964, issue by logging on to our inconclusive causerie. Those expectations were • Style show slated at St. Bernadette archives at www.CriterionOnline.com.) † United Catholic Appeal: Christ OurThe CriterionHope Friday, August 22, 2014 Page 11 Parish and Archdiocesan Annual Appeal

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By Natalie Hoefer presentations, said Ogorek. “A lot of people who participate in this An often heard cliché proposes that conference comment on the experience you can’t give what you don’t have. being a combination of learning and In the case of catechesis, “You almost a retreat-like experience,” he said. can’t give who you don’t have,” said “In addition to great talks and Ken Ogorek, director of catechesis practical sessions—some more nuts and in the archdiocesan Office of bolts, some more theological—there is Catholic Education. daily Mass, opportunities to celebrate As one who is “here to help the sacrament of penance, prayer. So Archbishop [Joseph W.] Tobin carry really in that way, too, the catechists are out his vision for faith formation in developing that closeness with Jesus. the archdiocese,” Ogorek encourages A catechist needs to have a sacramental archdiocesan catechetical leaders to prayer life to help that relationship.” attend the annual four-day St. John Bosco Another part of the experience, said Conference for Catechists and Religious Ogorek, is the journey to and from Educators at Franciscan University of the conference. Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio, to “It’s a great blessing that the receive both the what and the who that conference is just a little over a drive they need to give in their ministry. of five easy hours away. Part of the But at a cost of about $500 per person experience of taking catechetical leaders, to cover the conference, meals and and in some cases catechists, to the Catechists Mary Wagner, left, of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Indianapolis, and housing, attending can be difficult. conference is the journey itself. It’s Lynell Chamberlain of St. Joseph Parish in Clark County pause for a conversation near the statue Thanks to donor gifts to the wonderful to have that time in the car to of Saint Francis of Assisi on July 15 on the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville in “United Catholic Appeal: Christ Our share our faith, anticipate the conference Steubenville, Ohio. Wagner and Chamberlain were attending the St. John Bosco Conference for Hope (UCA),” several catechists from on the way out, and on the way home to Catechists and Religious Educators offered every summer at the university. (Submitted photo) across central and southern Indiana were really assess it and digest it and bask in able to attend this year’s conference on the experience a little bit. academic in nature, while others were teachers when they’re first witnesses. July 14-17 who might otherwise not have “We offer that for anyone who goes, more inspirational. It’s important for catechists to have a been able to do so. even those who aren’t receiving financial “And part of the opportunity of personal relationship with the Lord, so “Unlike priests, who receive free help. It’s just good stewardship.” being able to get away there is to take they can witness that to kids.” registration, it costs us about $500 to get Ogorek said parish or Catholic school advantage of Mass every day, and there Thanks to the help of United Catholic a person to the conference by the time catechetical leaders who have never are different prayer opportunities that are Appeal funds, several catechists are now you add the sessions, housing and meals.” attended the conference have first priority programmed into the conference. It’s a better able to “dive into the program With the appeal funds, several of the for receiving funds. good mix.” where God has them, whether it’s in a eight attendees received financial aid to But, he said, “The conference is really Christine Beiriger, director of faith parish or a school or youth ministry,” help cover the costs. about teaching the faith in a variety of formation at St. Barnabas Parish in said Ogorek. Ogorek prefers the St. John Bosco settings. We had at least one person Indianapolis, was able to attend the “These folks are not only growing conference over similar gatherings who, in addition to being the parish conference through the help of appeal closer to Jesus, they’re also forming because “it’s the best catechetical administrator of religious education, is funds, as well as financial support from bonds of prayer and fellowship with conference in North America,” he said. also the youth minister in her parish. We her parish. each other that will help nourish their “The presenters are always careful also had two high school religion teachers “I learned so much,” she said. “I efforts to help teach the faith in the years to distinguish between when they’re experience the conference. learned how to do my job from people to come.” presenting the teaching of the Church on “I would like to see people who’ve been doing it 20, 30 years, the Beiriger agreed. the one hand, and when they’re venturing representing different groups under best in the business.” “It was wonderful,” she said. “I am so into the area of prudential judgment or the auspices of the Office of Catholic One of the most impactful workshops grateful for the opportunity.” personal opinion Education umbrella enjoy the conference for her, she said, was one on the basics. on the other. and participate in it.” “The workshop was on how to recruit, (For more information about the Catechists find Tim Boyle, a teacher of freshman and form and train catechists. I can’t believe I United Catholic Appeal, log on to that very helpful sophomore theology at Bishop Chatard didn’t know how to do that or think to do www.archindy.org/uca or call the because we need High School in Indianapolis, enjoyed that other than to say, ‘Here’s the book.’ ” Office of Stewardship and Development to know the the conference. Beiriger, a graduate of Franciscan at 317-236-1425 or 800-382-9836, teaching of the “It was valuable,” he said. “It was University, was reminded of words ext. 1425. For more information on Church.” good to get away and to hear some good that her professors there “drilled into the St. John Bosco Conference for But there’s talks and focus on fine-tuning your craft our heads.” Catechists and Religious Educators, more to the outside of your daily routine of being “Kids, especially teens, and people contact Ken Ogorek at 317-236-1446 or conference than in school. in general, don’t listen to teachers. They 800-382-9836, ext. 1446, or by e-mail at Ken Ogorek four days of “Some of the talks were more listen to witnesses. Kids only listen to [email protected]. ) †

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Most hospital has been decontaminated. † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Living Well/Maureen Pratt Old Testament: The reign of King Solomon A faith-full (Thirty-third in a series of columns) takes 35 verses in Chapter 2. were faithful to him. If not, though, the Then, in Chapter 3, we learn about Lord said that he would cut off Israel and recipe for The First and Second Books of Kings Solomon’s wisdom. In the first of two times repudiate the Temple. celiac sufferers contain the history of the two kingdoms of when the Lord appeared to him in a Chapter 10 reports the visit of the Judah and Israel for a period of 400 years, dream, Solomon asked for wisdom—an Queen of Sheba (probably modern With a tried and true recipe, the from about 961 B.C. understanding heart. As an example, we hear Yemen) and how impressed she was Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration to 561 B.C., from the the famous story of how he determined the with Solomon’s kingdom. We hear of his have been producing altar breads and death of David to the true mother of a child. great wealth: “King Solomon surpassed distributing them since 1910. But in the destruction of Jerusalem For the first time, and the last, the in riches and wisdom all the kings of early 1990s, they began to receive telephone and the end of the kingdom was at peace. Solomon ruled from the Earth. And the whole world sought calls from individuals who had a unique monarchy. This week, the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean audience with Solomon, to hear from him need for a different I’ll summarize the Sea and to the border with Egypt. We the wisdom which God had put in his recipe: They suffered reign of King Solomon, are told how prosperous Solomon was, heart” (1 Kgs 10:23-24). from celiac disease and described in the first 11 chapters of the including 12,000 chariot horses. However, Solomon wasn’t as wise as could not receive holy First Book of Kings. It was time to build the Temple, he thought. As part of his wealth, he had Communion in the form Solomon almost didn’t become king. Solomon’s most important accomplishment 700 wives and 300 concubines, many of the usual, wheat- Before David’s death, Solomon’s half- in the view of the writers. It took 20 years, of them foreigners. So all of his piety, based hosts. brother Adonijah was proclaimed king by using the work of 30,000 workmen, and the wisdom, wealth and prestige meant nothing Celiac disease is an Joab, David’s general, and some of David’s Bible goes into great detail to describe the after he intermarried with pagan wives and autoimmune reaction to eating gluten, found other followers. But Bathsheba, Solomon’s Temple and its furnishings. Solomon also turned his heart to their gods. in wheat, rye, barley and many prepared mother, and the prophet Nathan thwarted took 13 years to build his palace, and again Therefore, since Solomon had not kept foods, such as wheat-based and pastas. their plans by reporting the matter to David. we get great detail. the Lord’s covenant and statutes, God According to the Mayo Clinic, about one David kept his promise to Bathsheba and The Temple was dedicated with a lengthy determined to tear away his kingdom. in 100 people are affected by celiac disease. saw to it that Solomon succeeded him. prayer (45 verses) by Solomon. Then the However, for the sake of his father David, Celiac disease can cause severe stomach After David’s death, Solomon ruthlessly Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream a he would not do it during Solomon’s pain and diarrhea and, in extreme cases, secured his kingdom by ordering the deaths second time, and promised to establish his lifetime, but during that of his son. nutritional deficits due to the disease’s of Adonijah, Joab and others. Of course, that kingdom forever if he and his descendants Solomon ruled Israel for 40 years. † interference with nutrient absorption. A gluten-free diet is the most effective way Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes to manage celiac disease, but this can be difficult because the protein is found in so Assuming this is correct, assumptions are often wrong many foods, including altar bread used at holy Communion. Did you ever wonder about the obese organization which rules world politics chemistry. They produce a plethora of TV Sister Lynn D’Souza, one of the lady in the grocery checkout line whose and economies. ads for drugs to treat unnamed maladies. Benedictine sisters, said that as the calls purchases are mainly potato chips and soda On a more personal level, some people They instruct the viewers to “ask your for low-gluten altar breads increased in the pop? Did you assume assume that their mothers-in-law or ex- doctor” about Drug X, apparently assuming 1990s, the sisters made several attempts at that she was a reckless wives or whoever are out to sandbag their that doctors are clueless about what to give a finding a solution. They tried making altar overeater, a slob? And relationships with husbands or wives, patient until they hear about the TV product. bread with spelt flour, a natural wheat, but did the plot thicken children, families. Inheritance and other It seems to me that making certain the gluten content was still too high for when she paid for her money issues may contribute to the intensity assumptions is OK up to a point. We should celiacs to safely consume it. order with food stamps? of the assumptions. assume that people are acting and reacting At about the same time, the Well, join the Some people may assume that their with us out of good motives. We should U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops club. Like the rest of inferiors at work are after their jobs, or assume that we’re innocent until proven (USCCB) and other Church leaders were us, you made assumptions about someone that their bosses have favorites other than guilty, or that people will generally behave studying the celiac/gluten issue: Given that you didn’t know based largely on scant them. Kids may resent their siblings or as they should. That is the Christian attitude, altar breads must be made from wheat and evidence and prejudices. These probably their parents because they assume that after all. water, how could celiac disease sufferers included the notion that fat people are favoritism is at work in the family. Parents, A member of a board I once served on fully participate in holy Communion? overweight because they eat too much of the in turn, may assume that this child is told me that when we met he thought I was a They also asked: What about priests or wrong things, or that people on welfare are always naughty, but this other child is sweet little lady who would be a pushover in deacons who suffer from celiac disease, lazy cheaters. goody two-shoes. our hearings. But when I opened my mouth, for whom wheat-based altar breads posed Some of my dearest friends are on the Food Nazis may assume that if the he realized that he’d underestimated me. I significant health risks? Could young men far side of 200 pounds, but they are healthy word “organic” is on a label, the food is was, as he said, “OK.” Of course, I didn’t suffering from celiac disease be ordained if folks who eat modest, nutritious meals. wholesome, but if any suspicious chemical know what he thought of me until later. they could not receive the host? They exercise, read, participate in society or synthetic ingredient is present, this food And that’s the main point about In early 2003, said Sister Lynn, the and are not sitting slack-jawed with a bag may ultimately damage or kill you. Some assumptions: we should never, never act bishops contacted the sisters because they of candy in front of the TV. And the food food advertisers may assume that the public upon them until we’ve learned more about had heard they were trying to work on a low- stamp people I know work hard but just is swayed by “professional speak” about the person and the situation. Because, gluten option. need extra help. a new product, while others may disguise more often than not, our assumptions are “They had a wheat starch that they had We make assumptions about all kinds something we’ve been eating for years as simply wrong. approved as valid matter, and they sent us of things. Conspiracy theorists assume that fresh and new. some. I never in a million years thought the Government (capital “G”) is monitoring Drug advertisers may do the same, (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the I would use my biomedical degree, but I them at all times for sinister reasons, or that apparently assuming that the public is Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular walked into the kitchen one day and [one of international bankers belong to a giant secret interested in improving its health through columnist for The Criterion.) † the sisters] said she was going to experiment, and I was all over it. We started mixing and Coming of Age/Karen Osborne baking, using a waffle iron with flat plates,” she said. Robin Williams: A lesson from the dimming of a bright star The first attempts were dismal failures. “Then, one day,” said Sister Lynn, “we Once, during a trip to New York City, Clinical depression has a lot to do with time. You may feel hopelessness. You may were working with two different kinds of some friends and I stopped into a restaurant the way chemicals function in your brain. lose interest in the activities that used to wheat starch. I felt like nothing was working. on Seventh Avenue for dinner. I was happily Scientists have found that chemicals that make you happy. You may be very anxious Sister Jane said, ‘What happens if you mix slurping down my help regulate your mood are severely low in all the time and you may not sleep well. them together?’ ” pho, a Vietnamese people who have depressive episodes. If you, or a friend, experience these The result was so sticky and clingy noodle dish, when But society stigmatizes depression as just feelings, don’t stay silent. Reach out and that Sister Lynn struggled to get it off of I heard a familiar a case of “being sad,” and tells the depressed connect with people or resources that her fingers. voice. The comedian to “just get over it.” That leads the clinically can help. Don’t think of depression as “I remember flinging it down on the Robin Williams— depressed to hide their illness until it is too something shameful. Treating it is the waffle iron to get it off, and then, I said, ‘Oh, Mrs. Doubtfire late, scared of what people might think, same as making chicken soup for a cold, or we’d better get that batter off the iron.’’ But himself—was sitting instead of reaching out for the treatment that running to the pharmacist for a prescription. then, we both looked down and there was a less than 10 feet away, telling hilarious can help return them to happiness. You will help someone feel better about round-looking host!” stories to friends gathered around his But just as if you were to get the flu, if themselves—and, in some cases, you may The “providential” recipe received dinner table. you feel depressed, you should go to the actually save a life. approval from the USCCB. It had less than It was really neat to see that Williams doctor and get medicine and advice for Sometimes, all that stands between 0.01 percent gluten, and the Center for was as funny in real life as he appeared to be feeling better. You would tell your friends someone who is depressed and the darkness Celiac Research deemed it “safe for celiacs on the stage and screen. to do the same. Why suffer a headache of oblivion is a friend who cares enough to to use.” What I didn’t know that night was that when there are painkillers? Why suffer take their hand. “There are probably more than Williams struggled with depression, like a sinus infection when you can get a Robin Williams was a bright light for 3,000 people who get our low-gluten breads hundreds of thousands of human beings. It decongestant? everyone. He was an incredible performer now, and more parishes are ordering them, was that depression that may have caused Doctors have effective medicine and and a comedian of the highest caliber. He too,” said Sister Lynn. “But what we didn’t his tragic death in August. methods to battle clinical depression. And will be missed by his family, by the artistic expect was the gratitude that people have.” When our society characterizes people yet, it is a condition that makes people feel world and by the audience to whom he Some kids sent them thank-you letters. with clinical depression, it paints pictures as they cannot reach for help. There is help brought mirth and joy. “The work of the Holy Spirit,” she said. of moody teens wearing black. It does out there—from friends, psychologists, If you think you might be depressed, “In his time, he’ll bring it all together.” not consider depression as it honestly is: doctors and even kind strangers at hotlines or if you know someone who may be Wonderful wisdom for anyone trying to a real illness that can hit anyone of any and help lines. depressed, please get help. This world put together the right recipe—in the kitchen socioeconomic background. It can affect If you are experiencing major depression, cannot stand to lose your bright light, too. or in life. a parent as well as a student, the rich and you might have difficulty concentrating the poor. Like a cold or the flu, anyone can and making decisions. You may be feeling (Karen Osborne writes for Catholic News (Maureen Pratt writes for Catholic News experience it. extremely tired, and want to sleep all the Service.) † Service.) † The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014 Page 13

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, August 25 Friday, August 29 Sunday Readings St. Louis The Passion of St. John the St. Joseph Calasanz, priest Baptist Sunday, August 24, 2014 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 • Isaiah 22:19-23 The occasion occurs at Caesarea Psalm 96:1-5 Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11 • Romans 11:33-36 Philippi, a place northeast of Capernaum. Matthew 23:13-22 Mark 6:17-29 • Matthew 16:13-20 At the time of Jesus, this place was a resort. The River Jordan forms here from Tuesday, August 26 Saturday, August 30 The first section of the Book of springs, and small creeks flow from it. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Isaiah provides this weekend with its Still picturesque, it is a modern, popular first reading. place for relaxation and for delighting Psalm 96:10-13 Psalm 33:12-13, 18-21 The author of this in nature. Matthew 23:23-26 Matthew 25:14-30 section of Isaiah lived Central to the reading is St. Peter’s when the southern confession of faith in Jesus. The Lord Wednesday, August 27 Sunday, August 31 Hebrew kingdom, or asked the Apostles, “Who do people St. Monica Twenty-second Sunday in the kingdom of Judah, say the Son of Man is?” (Mt 16:13). 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 Ordinary Time still existed. Only Jesus identified with the “Son of Man” later was this kingdom of the Old Testament, who was God’s Psalm 128:1-2, 4-5 Jeremiah 20:7-9 and the other Hebrew special agent. Matthew 23:27-32 Psalm 63:2-6, 8-9 kingdom, the kingdom The Apostles replied that the people Romans 12:1-2 of Israel, overwhelmed were confused. Some saw Jesus as a Thursday, August 28 Matthew 16:21-27 by outside invaders. prophet, such as John the Baptist, or St. Augustine, bishop and As has been and is so often the case of even Elijah. national rulers, the king of Judah governed Jesus pressed the question, and Peter doctor of the Church the country with the assistance of aides and declared that Jesus was the “Son of the 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 subordinates. The principal assistant wore living God,” a profound proclamation Psalm 145:2-7 a distinctive badge to indicate to any and of the Lord’s own divinity (Mt 16:16). Matthew 24:42-51 all that he acted in the king’s behalf. This Peter had faith, and faith gave him insight distinctive badge was a key. and wisdom. In this reading, God, speaking through the prophet, stated that a chief minister Reflection would be selected to serve the king and to Before accepting Christianity, two Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle carry out the royal will. This official would steps are necessary. The first is to realize wear the key. that God exists. The second is to believe An important point in this reading is that that God communicates with people, A need for a savior can be accepted God intervenes in human lives, and uses and people may communicate with God. human agents to accomplish the divine will Neither is easy in our culture. in various interpretations of Genesis and to communicate his words to people. God is not boisterous. He does The prophet, the king and the chief not shout his divine revelation at us. I believe in the evolutionary theory of in a certain way by acknowledging in minister all were commissioned by He does not thunder divine decrees. Qcreation and have never given much “Gaudium et Spes” that “although he God to bring him to the people, and the Indeed, humans cannot comprehend thought to its impact was made by God in a state of holiness people to him. the divine message unless they have on Christianity—until from the very outset of his history, man St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans again faith. Otherwise, it is puzzling or recently. While talking abused his liberty at the urging of the is the source of the Church’s second even nonsense. to a local priest, he Evil One” (#13). reading. Romans has been read for the past These readings build upon the basic mentioned that Adam In their view of original sin, the ancient several weekends. thought that God exists, a Supreme, and Eve were fictional Greek Fathers of the Church held that It is a great testimony to the majesty eternal Being, great and unique in characters who have the sinfulness of our earliest ancestors is of God. As such, it is a great profession power, wisdom and mercy. Such was the provided generations carried forward by the choices of every of Paul’s own faith. In it, he refers to testimony of St. Paul in the Epistle to the with lessons on generation—so that each of us arrives various Old Testament passages in asking Romans read this weekend. good and evil, and in the world, if not necessarily with a who has been God’s counselor in order to The readings from Isaiah and Matthew who also provided genetic predisposition to sin, then at emphasize the ultimate transcendence of clearly indicate that God speaks through the foundation for redemption. least surrounded by a society in which God’s judgments and ways. Nonetheless, human instruments, such as Isaiah, the I agreed, but later it made me wonder selfishness seems to abound. Paul elsewhere affirms that God allows king and his servant. about all that follows in the Bible: the Thus, we have a need for the Redeemer humans to communicate with him to be What about Peter? His great faith gave concept of original sin, the promise promised throughout the Old Testament: to counselled by him. him extraordinary wisdom. In his faith, of a savior, etc. And so, simply asked, reverse that early failure, to open the path For its third reading this weekend, he saw genuine reality. Jesus is God. my question is this: Without the fall to heaven and to enable us with the help of the Church offers us a passage from What does our faith allow us to see? Are of Eve in Eden, where, when and why God’s grace to overcome self-interest and St. Matthew’s Gospel. It is an especially we confused? Or are we secure in our does the promise of a savior originate? to direct our lives outward. descriptive and enlightening reading. knowledge of God? † (Virginia Beach, Virginia) Is the exchange of rings necessary The virtually universal view of Qin a Catholic wedding ceremony? My Journey to God Acontemporary Catholic biblical scholars My daughter doesn’t wear any jewelry is that the Genesis account of creation is not and doesn’t intend to wear a wedding ring a textbook of history and scientific fact, but either. What happens in that case? (Ireland) is meant to convey religious truths. The Queenship of the The theory of evolution is widely The heart of the Catholic marriage accepted by natural scientists and, Aceremony is the exchange of in a message delivered in 1996 to consent by the couple, and that is all Blessed Virgin Mary the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, that is ultimately required. The priest St. John Paul II said that evolution should or deacon asks the couple the following By Natalie Hoefer be viewed as “more than an hypothesis.” three questions: In that same allocution, St. John Paul “Have you come here freely and Mary, in our darkest hour— went on to say that theories of physical without reservation to give yourselves to Intercessor of great power— evolution of the human species do not each other in marriage?” “Will you love We turn to you for help in time of need. contradict Catholic teaching so long as they and honor each other as man and wife for allow for the spiritual dimension of the the rest of your lives?” “Will you accept Mary, Queen of all on Earth, human person. children lovingly from God, and bring Did by your one and virgin birth In other words, one is free to believe that them up according to the law of Christ and Give us the Bread of Life on which to feed. while the human species evolved physically his Church?” over millions of years, that entire process Then the man and woman pronounce Mary, Queen of heaven above, was presided over and guided by God, and their wedding vows (usually by repeating Gift to us of God’s great love, God directly created the human soul. them, in short phrases, after the priest or We honor you in reverential mien. In many respects, John Paul’s 1996 deacon.) Technically, that is all that is comments echoed the teaching of required for the sacrament. Most often, To you we offer highest praise. Pope Pius XII in his 1950 encyclical letter the vows are followed immediately by To God our prayers of thanks we raise “Humani Generis.” In this letter, Pius noted an exchange of rings, after the rings have For blessing us with time’s most perfect Queen. that the creation accounts in Genesis, while been blessed. written in the “simple and metaphorical In many cultures, rings are language adapted to the mentality” of widely recognized signs of a lifelong (Natalie Hoefer is a member of St. Monica the people of the times in which they commitment to love and fidelity, but Parish in Indianapolis and a reporter were written, nonetheless represent a they are not an essential element of the for The Criterion. The original statue kind of history and rule out the notion of marriage ceremony. So your daughter of Our Lady of Fatima is seen before “polygenism” (#38). Adam and Eve, thus, needn’t worry. Pope Francis celebrates Mass in honor of do not represent “a certain number of Mary in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican first parents” (#37). (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth on Oct. 13, 2013) (CNS photo/Paul Haring) The Second Vatican Council Doyle at [email protected] and developed and broadened Pius’ teaching 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, August 22, 2014

Rest in peace Please submit in writing Grandmother of 13. Great- to our office by 10 a.m. grandmother of 12. Great-great- Thursday before the week of grandmother of two. publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of LEE, John, 84, St. Lawrence, archdiocesan priests serving Lawrenceburg, Aug. 6. Brother of our archdiocese are listed Harry Lee. elsewhere in The Criterion. MASON, Audree Wernz, 94, Order priests and religious Our Lady of Perpetual Help, sisters and brothers are New Albany, July 8. Sister of included here, unless they are Anita Galofaro. Aunt of one. natives of the archdiocese or have other connec­tions to it; PARKER, Dr. Raymond F., those are separate obituaries 89, St. Mark the Evangelist, on this page. Indianapolis, Aug. 8. Husband of Bonnie (Lorber) Parker. Father COLICH-JOHNSON, of Susan Douglass, Patricia Gray, Zachary R., 22, SS. Francis Diann Lorber, Kathryn Morrow, and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Aug. 6. Son of Amy Colich Patrick Lorber and David and Turner and Ryan Johnson. Stephen Parker. Grandfather of Stepson of Bryan Whitehead 11. Great-grandfather of eight. and Kelly Johnson. Brother of PAVEY, Dorothy Mae, 87, Delainey and Kaleigh Turner St. Roch, Indianapolis, Aug. 6. and Christopher Johnson and Mother of Mary Sue Jones, Rita Gavin Whitehead. Grandson Lang, Dan and Tim Pavey. Sister of Sharon Colich, William and of John D. Yoder, Jr. and Harry Joanne Johnson. Step-grandson Yoder. Grandmother of 11. Great- of Mary Hoyt. grandmother of 16. , 56, DALE, David S. SCANLON, Patricia Lee, 77, Good Shepherd, Indianapolis, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Aug. 5. Husband of Monica Aug. 9. Mother of Debbie Foster, Dale. Father of Denise Coffee problems Stelzriede and Danyel Summers. Terrie Maexner, Kevin and Mike Scanlon. Grandmother of 11. Stepfather of Joshua Long. Manuel Antonio Gutierrez inspects his coffee crop in rural El Salvador on July 3. A coffee fungus is the latest misfortune for Son of Norman and Peggy SHACKELFORD, Lydia L., 84, Central America, where the nonprofit International Coffee Organization estimated in 2013 that growers would see production losses Dale. Brother of Tom Dale. SS. Peter and Paul, Indianapolis, of $500 million and nearly 374,000 lost jobs. The fungus may be a factor in the increase of emigration of people from El Salvador to Grandfather of six. Aug. 10. Mother of Morna the United States. Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities agencies in El Salvador have helped farmers there find alternative Patrick and Marshall Shackelford. DANN, Mary Ann, 87, ways of earning an income. (CNS photo/David Agren) St. Mary, Richmond, July 31. Sister of Mary Francis Akers. Mother of Teresa Craig, Kelli Grandmother of five. Dann and Lisa Staley. STRACK, Marjorie Joan, 87, Grandmother of five. Great- St. Roch, Indianapolis, Aug. 6. Franciscan Sister Helen Saler ministered in Catholic schools and in catechesis grandmother of five. Mother of Sue Vargo, Ray and Franciscan Sister Helen Saler, Feb. 10, 1929, and grew up in Enochsburg. St. Michael the Archangel School GUNDLACH, Marjorie Ann, Steve Strack. Grandmother of six. previously Sister Devota Saler, died on She entered the Sisters of St. Francis on and St. Therese of the Infant Jesus 85, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Great-grandmother of two. Aug. 4 at the St. Clare Health Center at the Feb. 2, 1952, and professed final vows on (Little Flower) School, all in Indianapolis, Aug. 10. Mother of Teresa, motherhouse of the Congregation of the Aug. 12, 1957. St. Gabriel School in Connersville and Bernie and Paul Gundlach. TAYLOR, Pauline A., 85, Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in During 62 years as a Sister of St. Lawrence School in Lawrenceburg. Sister of Wally Hanson. St. Mary of the Assumption, Grandmother of four. Great- Mitchell, Aug. 2. Mother of Oldenburg. She was 85. St. Francis, Sister Helen ministered as a She also ministered as director of religious grandmother of three. Debra Miles, Denise and Greg The Mass of Christian Burial was teacher and principal in Catholic schools education at the former St. Joseph Parish Taylor. Grandmother of eight. celebrated on Aug. 7 at the Motherhouse and as director of religious education in in St. Leon. HESS, Tracy, 42, St. Simon Great-grandmother of eight. the Apostle, Indianapolis, Chapel. Burial followed at the various parishes. Memorial gifts may be sent to the July 27. Daughter of Jerry and TIMMONS, Patrick G., sisters’ cemetery. In the archdiocese, Sister Helen Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, IN Judy Hess. Sister of Jeffrey and 62, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Helen Rose Saler was born on taught at St. Mark the Evangelist School, 47030-0100. † Steven Hess. Floyd County, Aug. 11. Husband JAMES, Lawrence P., 74, of Joann (Book) Timmons. Father Latin American Church leaders pledge to promote family’s role in society Christ the King, Indianapolis, of Allyson Kamer and David Aug. 5. Husband of Charlene Timmons. Brother of Kathleen SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS)— First Latin American Congress of Family Pastoral Agents James. Brother of Joanne Brenenstuhl and Michael Church workers and bishops from across Latin America in Panama, according to the Latin American bishops’ Muirhead. Timmons. Grandfather of four. emerged from a first-of-its-kind regional congress on council, CELAM. JENKINS, Marjorie, 89, ZAPPIA, Elizabeth Marie, 89, Aug. 9 pledging to strengthen the Church’s work in “Enlightened by the Holy Spirit and inspired by the Holy Family, New Albany, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Aug. 6. promoting the role of the family in society. values of the Holy Family of Nazareth, we want to send Aug. 3. Mother of Mary Mother of Joan Doak, Geraldine Seeking to renew their commitment to promoting to all families in Latin America, the Caribbean and around Lincoln, Mark, Michael, Reed and Anthony Zappia. family values, representatives of 22 bishops’ conferences the world this message of hope,” said a statement released Patrick and Robert Jenkins. Grandmother of four. † from Latin America and the Caribbean attended the at the conference’s conclusion by CELAM’s Department of Family Life and Youth. The conference was aimed at reminding families to 7th Annual St.Vincent de Paul “live the values of the Gospel, to be certain that we are not ® alone and that together we can face the storms that threaten FRIENDS OF THE POOR WALK Now GR EAT R eception the identity and the mission of marriage, the family and Saturday, September 27, 2014 life,” the statement said. 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Medicaid Thomas Turner, vice president expansion. of development, physician Although services and government relations Medicaid at Mercy Medical Center, has provided described how employees at affordable the Catholic hospital “continue health insurance to low-income Christ’s healing ministry.” individuals for decades, “Our role in this community provisions in the 2010 Affordable is to provide affordable, Care Act now allow states to accessible care for individuals extend health care coverage to in a Christ-like fashion, and we millions of additional uninsured continue to do that by providing Americans who had previously the dignity of coverage to people not qualified for the program. who are working and trying to Prior to 2010, the median contribute to society,” Turner eligibility level for working said. “People come to the cross parents to qualify for Medicaid no matter what your current status was 61 percent of the federal in life may be. We in Catholic This is an undated exterior shot of Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio. So far, 5.2 million Americans have gained poverty level, and non-disabled health care grant charity to Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage in hospitals within 26 states and the District of Columbia. One of adults without dependent children patients on their balance on a bill those hospitals, Mercy Medical Center, uses Medicaid and other community health programs to provide quality health care were ineligible to receive health after insurance payments, or will for all individuals. (CNS photo/courtesy Mercy Medical Center) insurance through the program. provide charity care based on Today, states that decide to need if there is no ability to pay. “People feel that they have found the decision not the expand because they believe the federal expand Medicaid benefits extend We have become a more trusted greater access to care, and we Medicaid has produced this government cannot afford to health care coverage to all non- point of care because of the work attribute this to the expansion moral crisis.” keep its promises to pay for elderly individuals in families that we do as the faith-based of Medicaid.” Gabriela Saenz, vice president expensive statewide expansion with incomes below 133 percent hospital in the region.” Although many individuals of advocacy and public policy initiatives and would leave state of the federal poverty level, As of June 30, 285,000 newly have benefited from newfound for CHRISTUS Health in Texas governments with even larger which is $27,310 for a family of enrolled individuals have coverage in expansion states, and Louisiana, explained how health care bills than those they three in 2014. benefited from Medicaid many hospitals in the 24 states hospitals in non-expansion states say they are currently facing. While many legislators expansion in Ohio, and hospitals that have not opted to expand are being affected by decisions In addition, many legislators were concerned that extending like Mercy Medical Center Medicaid are facing increased regarding Medicaid. believe the entire U.S. health coverage would be a costly have increased revenues as economic hardship because “For CHRISTUS, more than care system is deeply flawed process, the federal government they continue serving new they are serving more poor and 60 percent of reimbursement and are convinced Medicaid has agreed to cover the majority patients daily. uninsured patients and are not comes from government- cannot be expanded until of costs associated with “We have seen a lot of receiving federal money they sponsored care, like Medicare health care undergoes major expansion, paying 100 percent people who are eligible now expected to cover uncompensated and Medicaid,” Saenz said. systemic changes. of the cost of covering newly that never had been before, and care. Some hospitals have had to “Medicaid expansion or “Along with the governors of eligible individuals through have expanded our primary shut down. alternatives to Medicaid provide both Louisiana and Texas, many 2016 and paying 90 percent care network in order to meet During a recent news financial relief for hospitals, of our state lawmakers believe subsequently. the demand,” Turner told conference, the Rev. Susan physicians, employers, counties that the current Medicaid system In addition, researchers at the Catholic News Service. “In McCann of Grace Episcopal and property owners. Ultimately, is broken, and that infusing Urban Institute have estimated women’s health, more people Church in Kansas City, Mo., it is about creating a stronger money into a ‘broken’ system that, if every state elected to are getting their well-checks and described how the people in her state economy. is not the answer,” Saenz said. expand Medicaid, reductions in examinations because they know state have been affected by the “Without it, uninsured, “There are many alternatives that uncompensated care currently that there is a methodology to pay decision not to expand coverage. low-wage working individuals states may seek that could offer financed by state governments for it. “Life expectancy in one-fourth will rely on hospital ERs as a private market-based coverage would more than offset any “Young families are becoming of our counties is going down,” their primary source of health plan that will improve the health additional Medicaid costs, more apt to visit the pediatrician McCann said. “This is the first care, causing major financial of low-wage working citizens and generating $10 billion over or go to their primary care doctor time that this has happened in repercussions to the entire strengthen the state’s economy.” 10 years for all states. instead of avoiding medical recent recorded history. People state’s economy.” While Saenz does not believe So far, 5.2 million Americans care, and then ending up in the in Missouri are living sicker and According to a July 3 report that legislators in Louisiana or have gained Medicaid or emergency room,” he added. dying younger, and we believe released by the presidential Texas will choose to expand Council of Economic Advisers, Medicaid coverage, she remains the 24 states that have not yet hopeful that individuals still ‘We have seen a lot of people who are eligible now that expanded Medicaid “would have living without health insurance created an additional $66 billion will be offered the care never had been before, and have expanded our primary care in total economic activity through that they need. network in order to meet the demand. In women’s health, 2017,” and helped produce “For non-expansion states, more people are getting their well-checks and examinations 184,000 new jobs in 2015 alone doing nothing is not the answer,” because they know that there is a methodology to pay for it.’ if they had made the decision Saenz said. “There are too many to expand Medicaid benefits lives at risk and too much money according to the provisions in the already invested by providers —Thomas Turner, vice president of development, Affordable Care Act. and taxpayers. We are hopeful physician services and government relations at Although expansion would that legislators will consider Mercy Medical Center produce numerous benefits, alternative options to Medicaid many legislators have not elected expansion and provide necessary to expand Medicaid coverage care to the American people.” †

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of the community beyond “moms and ST. ELIZABETH babies,” says Townsend-Cronin. continued from page 1 Counseling is one such service. “Except for our ASH program, to house them,” although the job is a bit we require all of our residents to do easier now with their new 12-bed facility. individual counseling as well as group In 1995, a new type of shelter was counseling,” she says. “And we also conceived and built, a transitional provide community outreach counseling.” home that could house seven mothers The community is also served by and their children—up to two children the agency’s Distribution Program “run under the age of 4 per mother—in small totally by volunteers,” she says. With apartments. “They have up to two years at a form of identification and proof of a the transitional home,” Casper explains. child, anyone can receive free baby food, “The average stay is 10 months.” diapers and formula. Baby and maternity Mothers who move from the maternity clothing, blankets, car seats and baby home to the transitional home are beds are also available. encouraged to improve their lives, says The agency also offers adoption Townsend-Cronin. services in Indiana and Kentucky, as “Our main goal for them is a job and well as providing home studies for housing,” she explains. “So from day one, international adoptions. we get them working toward moving out Through the agency’s Supported into some sort of permanent housing. We Living Program, Townsend-Cronin says, push hard for them to look for a job and “Staff go out in the community and stable housing.” help adults with developmental delays Knowing a young women’s next step to be able to stay in their homes. They into renting an apartment or buying a take them to the grocery store, doctor’s Above, the home at left that home could be risky given their lack appointments and things like that.” used to be administration of experience, St. Elizabeth Catholic St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities offices for St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities recently started a third form provides a Court-Appointed Special Charities in New Albany now of shelter called ASH—or Affordable Advocates (CASA) Program for Floyd serves as the new, 12-bed Supportive Housing—larger apartments and Washington counties, which involves maternity home. Attached rented on a sliding scale based on income. volunteers “who go into the court system to it on the right via an “The goal is for them to continue the when a child has been deemed in need enclosed breezeway is the improvement they’ve been doing in the of services to advocate for them. It’s agency’s transitional home for transitional home or off the streets,” says almost 100 percent volunteer-run,” unwed mothers, built in 1996. Townsend-Cronin. “They get quarterly Townsend-Cronin adds. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) rent reviews, and paying rent plus utilities Another court-related service offered gives them the ability to build their own by the agency is a Supervised Visitation Left, in St. Elizabeth credit. The idea is that they’ll eventually Program for parents and grandparents Catholic Charities’ new be able to buy their own home or go into required by the court to have supervision maternity home in New Albany, fair market rent.” over their visits with their child or fresh paint and new bedspreads Through purchasing homes and former grandchild to ensure safe interactions. await unwed, expectant multiple-unit rentals and repurposing the “People used to say, ‘Oh, they’re mothers. (Submitted photo) former eight-bed maternity home, the the maternity home,’ ” says Casper of agency now has five ASH units available, St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities. “Now Casper says another financial with two more to be completed by the that’s just one of nine things we do.” advantage is that the ASH homes St. Elizabeth Catholic end of the year and three more in 2015. were paid for by cash through special “We are the last emergency shelter More than ‘good people doing fundraising efforts, so the agency has no Charities facts and figures for pregnant women, and we’re one good things’ mortgages. Programs: of the last transitional shelters in the The agency’s stewardship, “All the rent goes right back into • Crisis pregnancy Maternity Home community,” says Townsend-Cronin. says Casper, goes beyond just maintaining the buildings,” Casper says. • Transitional Home for unwed mothers The homes housing the ASH units—as offering services. The agency also saved money by • Affordable Supportive Housing well as the new maternity home and the “We’re pretty lean,” he admits. moving the maternity home to the site • Adoption transitional home—are all located on “Out of every dollar we receive, that served as the former office building • Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) one block between 6th and 7th Streets, as 95.4 cents goes directly to services. We attached with an enclosed breezeway to • Outreach Counseling is St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities’ newly staff clean our own offices, and in the the transitional facility. • Distribution renovated social services offices. homes, the girls are responsible for doing More savings came in moving the • Supervised Visitation For the young mothers to move from their own cleaning.” social services offices to the former • Supported Living the transitional home to an ASH rental Stewardship is not the only reason the Holy Trinity Parish rectory. “is not a baby step,” says Townsend- agency runs a tight ship. The decrease in When Holy Trinity’s church burned Numbers served in 2013: Cronin, “But they still have access to our government funding for shelters has led down in 1975, the parish was merged • Distribution Program: 258 families, services, where if they did go out into the to a need for resourcefulness. with St. Mary Parish just two blocks providing $11,000 in diapers and $16,000 in community, they could hit a rough spot, “HUD [the U.S. Department of away, and the parish acquired the former baby food and formula be evicted and be right back in the same Housing and Urban Development] is Holy Trinity rectory. • Maternity and Transition Homes: housed spot just because they don’t have that moving less and less to funding shelters,” St. Mary Parish donated the structure 46 mothers and 28 babies and young children experience yet.” Casper explains. After receiving to St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities in the • Adoption Program: placed four babies and And there is the security of the $187,000 annually in HUD funding spring of 2012. provided 25 home studies for adoptive familiar, says Casper, a member of for its transitional home since 1996, After historical preservation and couples Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities’ funding energy-efficient changes were made, the • Outreach Counseling: worked with Jeffersonville. was cut by $82,000. majority of the agency’s 14 full-time 70 individuals, 33 of whom were outside of “On the campus they have security, “We’ve never gotten funding from employees moved into the structure in the residential program they have friendships they’ve made, the city. So we asked the city if we could July of 2013. The final improvement, • Supervised Visitation Program: provided sharing rides, access to case management get help for funding in the first year of window restoration, was completed 150 hours of supervision for 30 families and mental health, the distribution reduced HUD funding to help us bridge during the last week of June this year. • CASA Program: advocated for 200 children center,” he says. “There’s a sense of the gap.” Through the recent changes and • Disaster relief services: provided services for community they develop.” New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan says improvements, says Casper, “We’ve 405 households affected by March 2, 2012 the request “had strong support” among saved about $30,000 and improved tornadoes Programs beyond ‘moms and babies’ the City Council members, who granted our services.” • Supported Living Program: served 13 In 2004, St. Elizabeth Home and the agency $25,000. They’ve also improved their status in adults with developmental delays, providing Catholic Charities, two separate agencies “We realize [St. Elizabeth Catholic the community. 7,500 hours of care in New Albany, were merged, creating Charities’] contribution to the city,” says “We really work hard to make one entity that served far more than the mayor. “They fulfill a very important sure that we’re a part of community Items needed: women in crisis pregnancies. (See related need, and we support their mission. meetings that line up with our programs • Size 5 diapers list on this page.) “The outreach provided by in order for our input to be put into • Small packages of baby wipes Beyond the maternity home, St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities is very what goes on in the community,” • Brooms transitional housing and ASH units, broad. This was an opportunity for says Townsend-Cronin. • Mops St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities offers the city to get involved and offset the Thanks to strategic planning started • Vacuum cleaners six other programs that meet the needs reduction in funding they incurred.” seven years ago, Casper is proud of how • Infant/newborn car seats far St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities has • Laundry baskets come in its 25 years. • Batteries—sizes AA and C “When I came here [in 2008], we had • Crib sheets ‘When I came here [in 2008], we had a great a great base of good people doing good • Shower curtain liners base of good people doing good things. We things,” he says. “We have added to that • Bleach have added to that to become an accredited to become an accredited social services • Toilet bowl brushes/cleaner social services agency that meets the agency that meets the community need, • All-purpose cleaner community need, whatever that is at that time.’ whatever that is at that time. • Clorox wipes “We’ve completed 25 years. Now on • Toilet paper to the next 25!” —Mark Casper, director of St. Elizabeth (For more information on St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities in New Albany (For more information on St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities and their services, log on to Catholic Charities and their services, www.stecharities.org or call 812-949-7305 or (Photo by Christopher Fryer of the New Albany News and Tribune) log on to www.stecharities.org or call 800-227-3002.) † 812-949-7305 or 800-227-3002.) †