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WASHINGTON (CNS)—President Donald J. Trump’s executive memorandum intended to restrict the entry of terrorists coming to the United States brought an outcry from Catholic leaders across the U.S. Church leaders used phrases such as “devastating,” “chaotic” and “cruel” to describe the Jan. 27 action that left already-approved David Bethuram refugees and immigrants stranded at U.S. airports and led the Department of Homeland Security to rule that green card holders—lawful permanent U.S. residents—be allowed into the country. “The executive order to turn away refugees and to close our nation to those, particularly Muslims, fleeing violence, oppression and persecution is contrary to both Catholic and American values,” said Pro-life advocates with the Indiana State Knights of Columbus carry a banner past the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 27 during the annual March for Life Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich in a in Washington. (CNS photo/Leslie E. Kossoff) Jan. 29 statement. “The Protection of the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United Archdiocesan youths show their courage by States,” which suspends the entire U.S. refugee resettlement program for marching, standing up for life in America 120 days, bans entry from all citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries—Syria, By John Shaughnessy on Twitter about the impact the march has Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and had in their lives. Somalia—for 90 days. The joy flows from Scotty Biggs as he “It shows to me and to others that the The executive action also establishes a mentions the best sign he saw from the Holy Spirit is at work here, because one of religious criteria for refugees, proposing 44th annual March for Life in Washington the gifts of the Holy Spirit is courage. And to give priority to religious minorities over on Jan. 27. I certainly see that coming through in their others who may have equally compelling The “sign” involved the transformation lives.” refugee claims. in the 32 youths who attended the Biggs credits that transformation to “We are told this is not the ‘Muslim march from St. Bartholomew Parish the youths’ experience during the march, ban’ that had been proposed during the in Columbus, where Biggs serves as where they “witnessed hundreds of presidential campaign, but these actions coordinator of youth ministry. thousands of youths from all across the focus on Muslim-majority countries,” said Before the march, Biggs noticed that nation who stood up for life.” Cardinal Cupich. many of the youths from St. Bartholomew Hundreds of young people from The cardinal quoted Pope Francis’ often struggled to publicly proclaim their across the Archdiocese of Indianapolis remarks to Congress in 2015: “If we want pro-life beliefs—because too few of their contributed to that witness. Buses filled security, let us give security; if we want life, fellow students in the public high schools with youths from the New Albany, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let they attend share those beliefs. Indianapolis North and Indianapolis West us provide opportunities.” “Since coming back from the march, deaneries made the journey to Washington. Grace Oberhausen, left, and Molly Cowgill In the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the they’re changing their Facebook profiles Other groups from the archdiocese were among the 49 students from Marian executive director of archdiocesan Catholic to photos of the march,” Biggs says, the included youths from All Saints Parish in University in Indianapolis who made the Charities said he was “deeply saddened” by enthusiasm filling his voice. “They’re Dearborn County, St. Charles Borromeo journey to Washington for the March for Life See BAN, page 2 posting on Instagram, and they’re posting See MARCH, page 8 on Jan. 27. (Submitted photo) Surrounded by ‘new family,’ Cardinal Tobin takes possession of titular church in Rome ROME (CNS)—Flanked by the parishioners and well-wishers he called his “new family,” Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., celebrated Mass at his titular church in Rome. The cardinal formally took possession of the Church of St. Mary of the Graces on Jan. 29. The church is located just a short distance from St. Peter’s Basilica. Arriving dressed in his cardinal-red cassock, Cardinal Tobin was greeted by Father Antonio Raimondo Fois, pastor of St. Mary of the Graces Parish, and presented with a cross which he solemnly kissed before he entered and blessed the people in the packed church. Each cardinal is considered an honorary member of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, and is also named an honorary pastor of a parish church there. That church is known as their “titular church.” In his homily, Cardinal Tobin, previously the Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., blesses the faithful with holy water as he arrives archbishop of Indianapolis from 2012-16, reflected to take possession of his titular church of St. Mary of the Graces in Rome on Jan. 29. See TOBIN, page 2 (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Page 2 The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017

missionary disciples of Jesus Christ, TOBIN the Most Holy Redeemer,” said the continued from page 1 cardinal, a former superior general of the on the Sunday’s reading from St. Paul’s Redemptorist order. First Letter to the Corinthians, in which At the end of Mass, Father Fois the Apostle said that God “chose the thanked Cardinal Tobin for his closeness foolish of the world to shame the wise” to the parish and its namesake, telling (1 Cor 1:27). parishioners that he was surprised by Telling parishioners that he may be the cardinal’s gesture of wearing a ring a “foolish missionary cardinal” in the bearing the image of Our Lady of Grace, world’s eye, Cardinal Tobin said that which he had given the cardinal as a gift. such a distinction unites Christians since “I never would have expected that he throughout history God “has chosen would remove the ring given to him by those who are shameful and despised by Pope Francis, and place instead the ring of the world.” Our Lady on his finger,” Father Fois said. “In a world that prides itself in having, in Raising his hand high, Cardinal Tobin dominating others, in being fearful of others showed the ring to the parishioners, who and in making selfish choices,” Cardinal responded with thunderous applause. Tobin said Christians should instead heed Likening it to a wedding ring, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., accepts offertory gifts from children during a Mass to take St. Paul’s call to “boast in the Lord.” Father Fois said his gesture “means that he possession of his titular church of St. Mary of the Graces in Rome on Jan. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Recalling the parish’s namesake, the wishes us well, and that he is married to us.” cardinal said the first grace Mary gave to The pastor also asked parishioners to that Bishop Cruz received 20 stitches and, Saying he was happy to call the parish all Christians is the grace of knowing and pray for Newark Auxiliary Bishop Manuel although unable to celebrate Mass, he went of St. Mary of the Graces “my new following Jesus, embarking on a path that A. Cruz, who was assaulted while out to greet parishioners and well-wishers family,” Cardinal Tobin said, “It gives me made her “the first disciple of Christ.” celebrating Mass on Jan. 28 in the after Sunday Mass at the cathedral. joy to share our faith, the word of God and “Today we implore Mary’s help and Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Father Fois said parishioners would join the sacraments with you. Pray for your graces, and we beseech her to accompany Jim Goodness, archdiocesan spokesman, the cardinal in praying for Bishop Cruz’s brother ‘Giuseppe,’ and I will never forget us in the great adventure of becoming told Catholic News Service on Jan. 29 “healing and quick recovery.” to pray for you.” †

Services in how to best serve those who “We will work vigorously to ensure groups whom we have welcomed and BAN are presently here, and those who will that refugees are humanely welcomed helped to find a better, safer life for continued from page 1 be resettling here in the future. We are in collaboration with Catholic Charities themselves and their children in America. President Trump’s executive action. always grateful for the support of so many without sacrificing our security or our “Even when such groups were “The Catholic Church has welcomed in our community who stand with us.” core values as Americans, and to ensure met by irrational fear, prejudice and immigrants and refugees to the United Bethuram said the archdiocese respects that families may be reunified with their persecution, the signature benevolence of States throughout its history,” David “that safety needs to be addressed, but loved ones,” he said. the United States of America eventually Bethuram said. “We stand united with not through an order like this that will do Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of triumphed. That confident kindness is the other Catholic Charities in the United more harm than good. Washington called attention to the USCCB what has made, and will continue to States in embracing Pope Francis’ urging “Welcoming migrants, immigrants and statement and the executive action, and make, America great.” of not closing the door on migrants and refugees reflects not only our Catholic noted that “the legal situation is still Around the country, people gathered refugees. tradition, but also our biblical tradition to fluid.” at airports—including the Indianapolis “Through both Catholic education welcome the stranger. This also includes “The political debate, which is International Airport—on Jan. 29 to and Catholic Charities, the Church has embracing all who are vulnerable from complex and emotionally highly charged, express solidarity with immigrants and integrated generations of immigrants many faiths.” will continue,” Cardinal Wuerl noted. refugees. and refugees into American culture. Our Shortly after Trump signed the “But we must do our best to remain More than 550 people gathered at commitment to care for those who are most document at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes, focused on the pastoral and very real Lafayette Park across from the White vulnerable is a cornerstone of our faith.” Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, work we undertake every day for the House on Jan. 29 to celebrate Mass in Refugee and Immigration Services of chairman of the USCCB’s Committee vulnerable and most in need ... for the solidarity with refugees. Catholic Charities Indianapolis resettled on Migration, said the bishops “strongly strangers at our doors.” In a letter to the president and 676 refugees in 2016, providing support disagree” with the action to halt refugee Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, members of Congress, more than that includes housing, food, clothing and resettlement. previously the archbishop of Indianapolis 2,000 religious leaders representing the job readiness classes. Bethuram said the “We believe that now more than ever, from 2012-16, stated that Trump’s Interfaith Immigration Coalition objected archdiocese hopes to continue those efforts. welcoming newcomers and refugees is executive actions represent “the opposite to the action. “At this point, we do not know what an act of love and hope,” Bishop Vasquez of what it means to be an American.” Sean Callahan, president and CEO effect this will have on the work of our said. “This nation has a long and rich of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), said: local ministry outreach efforts within the The USCCB operates the largest history of welcoming those who have “Welcoming those in need is part of immigrant and refugee communities,” he refugee resettlement program in the sought refuge because of oppression America’s DNA. said. United States, and Bishop Vasquez said or fear of death,” Cardinal Tobin said. “The United States is already using a “We will continue to work closely the Church would continue to engage “The Acadians, French, Irish, Germans, thorough vetting process for refugees— with the U.S. Conference of Catholic the administration, as it had with Italians, Poles, Hungarians, Jews and especially for those from Syria and Bishops (USCCB) Migration and Refugee administrations for 40 years. Vietnamese are just a few of the many surrounding countries. CRS welcomes measures that will make our country safer, but they shouldn’t jeopardize the safety Open Doors + Open Arms + Open Hearts of those fleeing violence, should not add appreciable delay nor entail unjust The students in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Catholic discrimination.” schools are doing great things! Please take the time to review a special publication from the Office of Catholic Schools at (John Shaughnessy, assistant editor of http://www.archindy.org/OCS-Special-Publication-2016-2017 The Criterion, contributed to this report.) † highlighting our Catholics Schools and those who help us make us what we are today! Correction In the Jan. 27 issue of The Criterion, The Office of Catholic Schools Abbey Schmidt, a junior at Seton Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis High School in Richmond, was misidentified in a Catholic Schools Week story as Emily Schmidt. †

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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholic “Retaliating against local communities both address the root causes of migration organizations expressed distress and unease because they refuse to follow immoral and seek policies of welcome toward our with President Donald J. Trump’s actions policies is part of an emerging pattern migrant sisters and brothers. We stand related to immigration while pledging to of President Trump of not only bullying against any policies that seek to build continue serving and supporting migrant people who dare to disagree with him, but a wall, inhumanely detain women and people. isolating and further marginalizing people families, end sanctuary cities, conduct The reactions came within hours who are different than him,” said Eddie immigration raids, limit migration of Trump’s signing of executive Carmona, campaign director for PICO based on a person’s country of origin memorandums on national security on National Network’s LA RED campaign. and further militarize the border,” the Jan. 25 during a visit to the Department “Such behavior is inconsistent with the statement added. of Homeland Security. The memorandums long-held notion that America was a place Pax Christi USA sided with “our authorized the construction of a wall of opportunity for all.” immigrant brothers and sisters living in along the U.S.-Mexico border and Sister Simone Campbell, a Sister of fear of deportation and separation from directed John F. Kelly, secretary of Social Service and executive director of their families.” homeland security, to look at how federal Network, a Catholic social justice lobbying “No one flees their countries of origin funding streams can be cut for cities and organization, called the presidential orders on a whim,” a statement from the Catholic states that illegally harbor those in the “antithetical to our faith.” peace organization said. “We honor the country without legal permission. “When Nuns on the Bus visited the multiplicity of reasons people migrate Agencies cited the words of U.S.-Mexico border in 2014, we walked to the United States, many of which are Pope Francis in criticizing the president’s along the wall and listened to the stories poverty, gang violence and terror.” actions and pledged to support and serve of communities that have been torn The Franciscan Action Network migrants in the United States. apart for decades. That is the reality expressed concern that the country would “Pope Francis has urged people not to experienced by border communities: The be turning its back on refugees after close the door on migrants and refugees,” wall is there, and it affects the daily life Trump’s actions. A woman holds a sign during a protest against Dominican Sister Donna Markham, and commerce of the people. “The Gospels call us to welcome President Donald Trump’s immigration policies president and CEO of Catholic Charities “Federal appropriations for border the stranger, so as people of faith we during a demonstration near the White House in USA, said in a statement. “In concert with security have grown to $3.8 billion in advocate and support the rights and Washington on Jan. 25. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) the Holy Father, we believe we must move FY2015, from $263 million in FY1990, dignity of all people,” Patrick Carolan, from attitudes of defensiveness and fear to and fencing exists for hundreds of miles the Franciscan network’s executive the refugees.’ The faithful response is acceptance, compassion and encounter. along our southern border,” she said in a director, said in a statement. “The United not to build a wall or to discriminate “As the U.S. Catholic bishops have statement. States was built by immigrants, and we against Muslims, but to open our hearts said, this is not an either/or situation for The Washington-based Columban must continue to protect our immigrant and our homes to refugees of all faiths us,” Sister Donna added. “We can protect Center for Advocacy and Outreach and refugee sisters and brothers and keep in recognition of our sacred call to our citizens and, at the same time, we can recalled Pope Francis’ words at the close families together.” protect and nourish life. If we refuse to welcome newcomers. Our commitment of the Holy Year of Mercy that concluded The U.S. cannot be blinded to the despair welcome refugees in urgent need, we to care for those who are most vulnerable in November in which he decried a global of migrants and refugees, including those risk becoming like those we claim to resides at the core of our faith.” “epidemic of animosity and violence” from Syria and different faith traditions, deplore,” Lee said. Catholic Charities USA also will toward strangers, immigrants and refugees said Gerry Lee, executive director of the Elsewhere, the Jesuits of Canada and continue to work for comprehensive who often are considered a threat. Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. the United States said they were concerned immigration reform, Sister Donna said. Trump’s signings “present false and “Pope Francis proclaimed that about the administration’s actions. The PICO National Network, the largest inhumane responses” to the harsh reality ‘refugees are not pawns on the “Increasingly, migrants come to the network of congregations and faith-based of poverty, violence and conflict that chessboard of humanity. They are U.S. fleeing violence and insecurity,” the groups in the country, including Catholics, cause people to migrate, the center said in children, women and men who leave Jesuits said in a statement. “Our faith challenged the executive memorandum on a statement. or who are forced to leave their homes calls us to see them, to understand their sanctuary cities. “As people of faith, we are called to ... the flesh of Christ is in the flesh of situations and to offer protection.” †

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Opinion Journeying Together/Hoffman Ospino Through Hispanic Catholic eyes U.S. Catholicism and the Hispanic affirm particular ways of living the faith, experience in the second decade of the old and new, while embracing their Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 21st century practically go hand in hand. Hispanic sisters and brothers on a shared Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher The evidence? Well, journey as we all continue to build vibrant Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus just look around. communities, faithful families and a Look at the families stronger society rooted in the values of the attending Mass in our Gospel. parishes, the children With these realities in mind, during Editorial being baptized the next four years, January 2017 through and receiving first December 2020, the Catholic Church The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is Communion, the faces in the United States is embarking in a seen in August 2016. of young Catholics most amazing ecclesial experience: the President Donald today, the various Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/ Trump’s executive rhythms that give life to liturgical music in Latino Ministry (aka, V Encuentro). memorandum intended our parishes, among other signs. This is a multiyear process of reflection, to restrict the entry of In thousands of faith communities, evangelization and consultation that aims terrorists coming to the these faces and expressions are Hispanic. at engaging about 8 million Catholics in United States brought This goes without mentioning the more than 5,000 parishes and almost every an outcry from Catholic widespread use of Spanish as a language diocese in the country. leaders across the U.S. for Catholic affairs. In many parts of the The V Encuentro has a twofold goal: (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) country, Catholicism is a de facto bilingual Discern how the Church can better reality (i.e., English and Spanish). embrace the Hispanic/Latino presence, The Hispanic presence is most and strengthen the ways Hispanics/Latinos Judge president’s actions on merit accentuated in some parts of the country, respond as part of the Church to the call like the South and the West. It is impossible to a new evangelization. Though the Last fall, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of every human life, on religious liberty, to miss it in virtually every major urban emphasis is on Hispanic Catholics, given wrote a series of columns on the on care for families, on universal health setting of our vast geography. Take the the size of this population and its impact then‑upcoming presidential elections. The care, on welcoming strangers, on 10 largest cities in the country according upon thousands of faith communities cardinal’s reflections took the teachings poverty and injustice, on care for all of to population (in this order): New nationwide, all U.S. Catholics are invited of the Church and positions articulated by creation, on peace and security for all York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Houston; to join in the V Encuentro process. the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops nations and peoples. Philadelphia; Phoenix; San Antonio; Pope Francis himself has recognized (USCCB), and applied them to the “hot- To judge the actions of the Trump San Diego; Dallas; and San Jose, Calif. In the importance and potential of the button” issues being discussed during the administration and the Republican- most of them, the majority of Catholics are V Encuentro and its focus. In November campaign. These issues included: led Congress from the perspective of Hispanic. 2016, speaking from Rome, he addressed • The ongoing destruction of more Catholic teaching, it’s essential that we Much has changed demographically the Catholic bishops of the United States, than 1 million innocent human lives develop both a thorough knowledge and culturally about American Catholicism affirming: each year by abortion; of Church teaching and a carefully during the past five decades. At the heart of “It is my hope that the Church in your • Physician-assisted suicide; considered understanding of what those transformations is the fast-growing country at every level will accompany • The redefinition of marriage—the government leaders are trying to achieve Hispanic presence, both immigrant and the Encuentro with its own reflection fundamental building block of society— with new laws and administrative actions. U.S.-born. Along with immigrants and U.S. and pastoral discernment. In a particular by the courts, political bodies, and The worst thing we can do is to leap Catholics of other races and ethnicities, way, I ask you to consider how your local increasingly by American culture itself; to the conclusion that everything is Hispanics are writing a new and exciting churches can best respond to the growing • The excessive consumption of wonderful or that everything is awful. chapter in the history of what it means to presence, gifts and potential of the material goods and the destruction of During the 2016 campaign, as be American and Catholic. Hispanic community.” natural resources, which harm both the rhetoric grew more outrageous and For almost half of American Yes, this is a unique moment to be a environment and the poor; inflammatory on all sides, the American Catholics, being Hispanic and Catholic Church that goes forth in the spirit of the • The deadly attacks on fellow bishops offered the following words of is not news: It is who we are! It is about V Encuentro, a great time to contemplate Christians and religious minorities caution: our cultural worldviews and traditions, American Catholicism “through Hispanic throughout the world; “Civil dialogue means that when the languages we speak and the many Catholic eyes.” • The narrowing redefinition of speaking with others with whom we ways we experience the mystery of Jesus religious freedom, which threatens both disagree”: Christ as Hispanics. We see the world (Hoffman Ospino is professor of theology individual conscience and the freedom • We should begin with respect. and our faith through Hispanic Catholic and religious education at Boston College. of the Church to serve; • We should decide neither to degrade eyes. He is a member of the leadership team for • Economic policies that fail to the persons, characters and reputations of For the rest of U.S. Catholics, the the Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/ prioritize the poor, at home or abroad; others who hold different positions from Hispanic presence is an invitation to Latino Ministry.) † • A broken immigration system and a our own, nor spread rumors, falsehoods worldwide refugee crisis; or half truths about them. • Wars, terror and violence that • We should be careful about language Letter to the Editor threaten every aspect of human life and we use, avoiding inflammatory words dignity. and rhetoric. ‘Do not be deceived,’ reader says, With the election of Donald J. Trump • We should not assign motives to as President of the United States, and with others. Instead, we should assume transgression of abortion must end Republicans now in control of both the that our family members, friends and As I viewed the thousands of women which thousands of babies were burned House of Representatives and the Senate, colleagues are speaking in good faith, marching and “protesting for their rights” as sacrifice. Today, in comparison, the these and many other issues have taken on even if we disagree with them. on Jan. 21 in Washington, many of them sacrifice of aborted babies are, in my a new sense of urgency. • We should listen carefully and actually asserting for their rights to have opinion, an offering to Satan. Where does the Church stand on respectfully to other people. an abortion, astonishingly I wondered In the end, King Manasseh repented for these issues? Should Catholics in the • We should remember that we are what if the millions of souls who have his sins and evil doings. Praise God for United States be optimistic or alarmed members of a community, and we should been previously aborted in the world his mercy. King Manasseh’s son, Josiah, at what the Trump administration has try to strengthen our sense of community were standing before the throne of God, generated sweeping reforms directing his begun to do in its first days in office? through the love and care we show one pleading for justice? For the record, I do country, Judah, back to God. However, Cardinal Tobin’s columns repeated another. not have an issue with women’s equal in 586 B.C., the Babylonians conquered several times his conviction that “no • We should be people who express rights, as in God’s eyes all are equal. That Judah, killing thousands, destroyed candidate or political party fully our thoughts, opinions and positions— is not the issue, but the right to have an Jerusalem and its first temple, which represents the moral and social teaching but always in love and truth. abortion is the true matter. fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah. of the Catholic Church.” As a result, “If we can model Christ’s love in our Has this happened before? In Interestingly enough, this chastisement the Church stands at neither end of the civil dialogue,” the bishops said, “we can researching Jewish history, it actually was not about Manasseh’s sin, but political spectrum. Or, if you prefer, begin to change the negative climate in our has. Jeremiah, a prophet, was essentially instead, it was about the justice for those we can say that the Church stands at country during this election season, and advised by God not to pray for the people poor souls, who were never given the both ends of the spectrum—firmly in beyond.” of Judah: “Even if Moses and Samuel opportunity to have their positive impact defense of the dignity of all persons and Let’s heed the words of Pope Francis, stood before me, my heart would not turn upon the world. They too, were just like proactively interested in peace, social who reminded us recently in response to toward this people” (Jer 15:1-4). the Book of Revelation martyrs, who justice and the common good. questions from journalists that, “Being God proceeds to explain four ways in demanded justice (Rv 6:9-10). To these To learn the Church’s position on afraid or rejoicing beforehand because of which he was going to chastise the people martyrs, God conceded. the nine issues noted above, consult something that might happen is, in my of Judah. Then God continues to reveal The next scene in Bible history is the USCCB document, “Forming view, quite reckless. … We will see what to Jeremiah his deep displeasure with one the blowing of the first trumpet. How Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” he [Trump] does, and then we will judge— particular person; not to all the bad kings magnificently glorious is his works. or re-read Cardinal Tobin’s columns always on the concrete. Christianity is either that the Davidic kingdom had in over 400 The underlying message being shared leading up to the November 2017 concrete, or it is not Christianity.” years, but the one and only King Manasseh. is that this insanity must stop now before elections. In the spirit of Pope Francis, let’s judge Actually, in the Books of Kings any more transgressions are done. We, as The Church’s position on the actions of the Trump administration and the new and Chronicles, it is validated that a whole, will suffer for their wrongdoings. the Trump administration is not pro-Trump Congress on the merits of their actions and King “Manasseh shed innocent blood This is not a right. This is not a privilege. or anti-Trump. It is not bleakly fatalistic or not on the basis of rejoicing or fear. …” (2 Kgs 21:16). In fact, additional This is just immoral. Do not be deceived. naively optimistic. The Church stands by investigation exposes that Manasseh its principles—on the dignity —Daniel Conway worshipped the god of Molech, which Dr. Kenneth J. Pahren was a manmade metal structure in Brookville The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017 Page 5 Bill to lift food benefits ban on reformed drug offenders clears panel

By Brigid Curtis Ayer become self-sufficient.”

Merritt said, “You can murder Legislation to lift a ban on food someone, do your time, be released ‘Let’s think about someone who leaves the assistance for reformed drug offenders from the Department of Corrections, and passed a Senate panel on Jan. 23 by an receive SNAP benefits. But if you are Department of Corrections, who has been there 8-1 vote, and is headed to the Senate convicted of a drug felony, do your time, a long time. I hope that when they leave they floor. The and are released from the Department of would not go hungry. You have no job. You have Indiana Catholic Corrections, you cannot receive SNAP Conference (ICC) benefits.” The senator added there is a lot a felony on your record. Maybe you live out in supports the of evidence showing those individuals rural Indiana. We don’t want this individual to legislation. who lack proper nutrition are more likely re-offend. We want to support this individual on Senate Bill 9, authored by Sen. James to return to crime or drug use. Merritt, R-Indianapolis, allows Indiana Merritt said if it is the state’s goal to what we hope would be a very temporary basis.’ to opt out of a federal law which bans eradicate its heroine epidemic in the next convicted drug felons from receiving five years, a comprehensive solution to —Sen. James Merritt, R-Indianapolis Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program the problem must be the way forward. (SNAP) benefits. Lifting the ban on people who exit the SNAP is a program of the federal Department of Corrections after serving government designed to alleviate hunger their time for a drug felony is one part of SNAP monthly benefit for an individual Merritt said having asset limits and address poverty. Formerly known this comprehensive plan. is $118 per month, and any able bodied burdens charities, non-profits and as the food stamp program, SNAP helps “Let’s think about someone who person ages 18-49 must work as criteria to township trustee offices to fill the void. low-income people and families buy food. leaves the Department of Corrections, receive SNAP. It leaves the individual having to spend SNAP benefits are provided in the form who has been there a long time,” said Merritt has authored another bill, time going to several locations to gather of an electronic benefit card, which acts Merritt. “I hope that when they leave Senate Bill 154, to assist low-income food rather than working. Merritt said like a debit card, they would not go hungry. You have no persons receive access to SNAP benefits. Senate Bill 154 is a good start to the and can be used in job. You have a felony on your record. Senate Bill 154 would remove asset limits state’s comprehensive program to change grocery store lines Maybe you live out in rural Indiana. We on SNAP benefits. In Indiana, the asset the Indiana code to eliminate heroine for the purchase of don’t want this individual to re-offend. limit for SNAP recipients is $2,250 per in five years. “SNAP is a hand up, and food. The program We want to support this individual household, or $3,250 for a household temporary in nature,” he said. is regulated by the on what we hope would be a very if there is a person with a disability Some of the other organizations that U.S. Department temporary basis.” 60 years or older. The asset limit includes support eliminating the SNAP asset limit of Agriculture, and The senator said his hope is to allow children’s assets; real estate, other than a include: the Indiana Coalition for Human administered in former offenders to “pull themselves person’s home; cash and bank accounts. Services; the Children’s Coalition of Indiana by the Family up by their bootstraps,” but also to give Besides the asset limits, persons must Indiana; the Marion County Commission Glenn Tebbe and Social Services them a start to getting their life on the pass a gross income test of not more than on Youth; the Indy Hunger Network; Administration. right track. 130 percent of poverty to qualify for Indiana Citizens Action Coalition; and the “We support efforts to enhance access Emily Bryant, executive director of SNAP benefits. Marion County Reentry Coalition. to SNAP benefits for those returning from Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, an association Thirty-five states and Washington Tebbe expects a committee vote incarceration back into society because of Indiana food banks, testified in support have eliminated their asset resource limit on Senate Bill 154 before the end of it helps former offenders move forward of the bill. She said Indiana is one of for SNAP benefits, noted Merritt. “Asset February, and if approved, the bill with their lives,” said Glenn Tebbe, seven states that have a permanent ban on limits create a disincentive for savings,” moves to the Senate floor for further executive director of the ICC, who serves SNAP benefits for drug felons. Bryant said he said. “Savings are a prerequisite for consideration. as the public policy spokesperson for the anyone convicted of a drug felony from self-sufficiency. Eliminating the asset bishops in Indiana. “Senate Bill 9 would 1996 to the present has a lifetime ban on test leads to an increase in low-income (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent for help offenders get the food they need to receiving SNAP benefits. In Indiana, the persons having a bank account.” The Criterion.) † Pro-life leaders praise House vote to make Hyde Amendment permanent WASHINGTON (CNS)—U.S. House “Two million people who would Catholic Bishops (USCCB). In a Jan. 25 according to a Marist poll released [on passage of the No Taxpayer Funding for have been aborted instead survived statement, she said the USCCB “hopes Jan. 23]—oppose taxpayer funding of Abortion Act, making the 41-year-old because public funds were unavailable that the U.S. Senate will take up this vital abortion, and eight in 10 Americans think Hyde Amendment permanent, puts the to effectuate their violent demise, while legislation soon.” laws can protect both the well-being of country “one step closer to getting the their mothers benefited from prenatal H.R. 7, which is identical to bills a woman and the health of her unborn federal government out of the business of health care and support,” Smith said in a that passed in 2014 and 2015, makes child,” Smith added. paying for abortion once and for all,” said statement. “Two million survivors have permanent the Hyde Amendment, which According to Smith, the measure the president of National Right to Life. had the opportunity to live and enjoy the prohibits tax dollars from paying for also will ensure that the federal “Over 2 million Americans are alive first and most basic of all human rights— abortion except in cases of rape, incest or Affordable Care Act, “until repeal,” today because of the Hyde Amendment,” the right to life.” threat to the woman’s life. The amendment, conforms with the Hyde Amendment. Carol Tobias said in a statement. The 2 million figure he and Tobias which covers programs administered by Until there is a new health care law, By a 238-183 vote on Jan. 24, cited comes from a report issued late last the Department of Health and Human he added, the bill also will “ensure House members passed H.R. 7, the No year by the Washington-based Charlotte Services, has had to be renewed annually full disclosure, transparency and the Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Lozier Institute on more than 20 peer- by Congress in its appropriations bill. prominent display of the extent to Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act reviewed studies indicating that many “Polling consistently shows that a which any health insurance plan on the of 2017. It was sponsored by Rep. 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February 7 February 12 prayers, simple music, silence. Gifts, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., books Information: 317-748-1478 or Providence, Saint Mary-of- Mission 27 Resale, 132 Leota St. Michael the Archangel Information: 812-535-2952, not pre-priced but donations [email protected]. the-Woods, St. Mary-of- St., Indianapolis. Senior Church, 3354 W. 30th [email protected]. accepted. Information: the-Woods. Bread Baking: Discount Day, every Tuesday, St., Indianapolis. Mass in 812-535-2932 or February 25 Sourdough, 1-5 p.m., $45, seniors get 30 percent off French, 1 p.m. Information: February 15 [email protected]. registration deadline Feb. 17. clothing, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., [email protected]. 1899 Experience Venue, Information: 812-535-2931, ministry supports Indianapolis Calvary Mausoleum February 18 164 Steeples Blvd., [email protected], or events. St. Vincent de Paul Society St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Chapel, 435 W. Troy Ave., Indianapolis. Hearts and sistersofprovidence.org. Food Pantry and Changing (Little Flower) Church, 4720 Indianapolis. Monthly St. Bartholomew Church, Hand of Indiana Trivia Lives Forever program. E. 13th St., Indianapolis. Class Mass, 2 p.m. Information: 1306 27th St., Columbus. Night, optional 4:30 p.m. St. Mark the Evangelist Information: 317-687-8260. of ’63 monthly gathering, 317-784-4439 or www. Young Musicians Concert, Mass at St. Anthony Catholic Church, 535 E. Edgewood 6 p.m. Mass, optional dinner catholiccemeteries.cc. featuring young adult, high Church, 337 N. Warman Ave., Indianapolis. Purdue February 11 afterward. Information: 317- school and college musicians Ave., Indianapolis; event Handbell Choir Concert, 408-6396. February 16 of the parish, 7 p.m., free. venue doors open 5:30 p.m., classical to jazz, 2 p.m., Intercultural Pastoral Information: log on to www. trivia 6:30-9:30 p.m., $35 freewill offering. Information: Institute, 4838 Fletcher Ave., February 13-April 6 St. Joseph Church, 1401 saintbartholomew.org and per person includes trivia, 317-840-8949 or Indianapolis. National Black S. Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. click on Music Ministry then beer and food, must be 21, [email protected]. Catholic Congress Day of St. Lawrence Parish, 6944 Third Thursday Adoration, Concert Series. prizes awarded to winning Reflection, sponsored by E. 46th St., Indianapolis. “The interceding for women trivia team. Information, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton the Archdiocesan Office of Blood of the Lamb” Bible experiencing crisis pregnancy, Helpers of God’s Precious registration: Amanda Parish, 801 W. Main St., Intercultural Ministry, 9 a.m., Study, offered eight weeks on 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with Mass at Infants, Indianapolis. Mass Langferman, 317-353- Richmond. Chocolate Fest a day of prayer for the Church, Mon. 7 p.m., Wed. 12:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. and Divine Mercy Chaplet 3769 or alangferman@ and Auction, social and especially the African and and Thurs. 7 p.m., $15 for at 8:30 a.m. at St. Michael heartsandhandsindy.org. fundraiser, 5-8 p.m., $15 per African-American community, book. Information: Sandra Our Lady of Peace Cemetery the Archangel Church, person advance tickets only. free-will offering. Registration Hartlieb, 317-372-5925 or and Mausoleum, 9001 3354 W. 30th St., followed The Willows, 6729 Westfield Information and tickets: and information: 317-236- [email protected]. Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. by prayer at a local abortion Blvd, Indianapolis. 765-977-9704 or 1474 or pspringer@ Monthly Mass, 2 p.m. center, and continued prayer at Marriage on Tap, St. Luke [email protected]. archindy.org. February 14 Information: 317-574-8898 or the church for those who wish the Evangelist Parish, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. to remain. Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, Holy Rosary Parish, Priori Church of the Immaculate pastor, presenting. $40 per February 26 Hall, 520 Stevens St., Conception, 1 Sisters of couple includes dinner, cash St. Luke the Evangelist Church, Indianapolis. St. Paul Street Providence, Saint Mary-of- February 18-20 February 20 bar available, 7-9:30 p.m., 7575 Holliday Drive E., Evangelization Training the-Woods. St. Mary-of- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat register by Feb. 18. Registration: Indianapolis. 40 Days for Life Workshop, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $20 the-Woods. Monthly Taizé Providence Spirituality and House, 5353 E. 56th St., www.stluke.org. Information: Campaign Kick-Off Rally, includes lunch and materials. Prayer Service, theme Conference Center, 1 Sisters Indianapolis. Serra Club 317-259-4373. keynote speaker Msgr. Joseph Information: 317-224-6820 “Praying for Peace in the of Providence, St. Mary-of- Dinner Meeting, Fathers James Schaedel, 3-4:30 p.m. or [email protected]. World and in Our Hearts,” the-Woods. Used Book Sale Brockmeier and Matt Tucci White Violet Center for Information: 317-407-6884 or Registration: goo.gl/kbQrYf. 7-8 p.m., silent and spoken sponsored by Linden Leaf speaking, 6-8 p.m., $15. Eco-Justice, 1 Sisters of [email protected]. †

For a complete list of retreats as reported to VIPs The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats. Retreats and Programs Jerry and Mary (Horgan) Dean, members of SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi Parish in Greenwood, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 4. Sisters of St. Benedict to host ‘Souper The couple was married in St. Thomas of Villanova Church, in Villanova, Pa., on Feb. 4, Bowl’ event on Feb. 18, register by Feb. 8 1967. They have three children: Megan Conder, The Sisters of St. Benedict of Our choose and keep. Jennifer Pasyanos and Andrew Dean. Lady of Grace Monastery invite all to All proceeds support the ministries The couple also has six grandchildren.† enjoy lunch and a craft-in-action show of the Sisters of St. Benedict. at the monastery, 1402 Southern Ave., The cost is $20 per person or in Beech Grove, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on $35 per couple, which includes lunch, a Feb. 18. beverage and dessert. Bishop Braxton to speak on racial divide at Artisans will demonstrate rosary- Registration is required by Feb. 8. making, crocheting, woodworking, Register online at www.benedictine. St. Thomas Aquinas Church on Feb. 18 pottery, card-making, weaving and com, or send name, address, e-mail, more. Items will be available for number attending and payment to Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Lives Matters Movement,” and “The purchase by cash, check or credit card. Sr. Mary Luke, O.S.B., Our Lady of Belleville, Ill., will speak on “The Racial Divide in the United States: A Soup will be served for lunch in Grace Monastery, 1402 Southern Ave., Racial Divide Reflection for the World Day of Peace.” hand-crafted bowls that attendees get to Beech Grove, IN 46107. † in our Country The event will explore past and and Church” at present steps to justice, reconciliation St. Thomas Aquinas and harmony. Church, 4625 Bishop Braxton will also preside N. Kenwood Ave., at the parish’s 10:30 a.m. Mass on Eagle in Indianapolis, at Feb. 19, and will take part in a forum 8 p.m. on Feb. 18. at Marian University’s College of Bishop Braxton, Osteopathic Medicine, 3200 Cold Scout an African- Spring Road, in Indianapolis, at Bishop Edward K. American, is the 2:30 p.m. later that day. Braxton author of such All events are free, and open to the project pastoral letters as public. For more information, log onto “The Catholic Church and the Black www.staindy.org/church/. †

Paolo Bartoch of St. Patrick Parish in Salem stands next Our Lady of Lourdes Parish offers ‘8-day to the pro-life cross he installed in the Festival of Prayer’ in honor of two feasts Pro Life Memory Garden located in St. Patrick Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in • Feb. 14: Rosary at 5:45 p.m., Cemetery as part of Indianapolis is offering its annual followed by Mass with Valentine’s Day his Eagle Scout project “8-day Festival of Prayer” at its blessing for couples at 6 p.m. for the Boy Scouts of church, 5333 E. Washington St., in • Feb. 15: Explanatory Mass with America. He received the Indianapolis, on Feb. 11-18. The walk-through of the liturgy’s parts and Eagle Scout Award last festival commemorates the feasts of purposes, 7 p.m. fall. Paolo is a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes on Feb. 11 and • Feb. 16: Rosary at 5:45 p.m. Scottsburg High School. St. Bernadette, the seer of Our Lady of followed by Mass at 6 p.m. in the (Submitted photo) Lourdes, on Feb. 18. chapel. The events are as follows: • Feb. 17: Tour of Our Lady of • Feb. 11: Mass for Feast of Our Lady Lourdes School followed by prayer of Lourdes, singing by the University of service, 2 p.m. Indianapolis choir, 5 p.m. • Feb. 18: Mass for Feast of • Feb. 12: Mass with anointing of the St. Bernadette, 5 p.m.; wine and sick, 10 a.m. cheese plus soft drinks and snacks in • Feb. 13: Sacred music concert, Bernadette Hall, 6:30 p.m. † 7 p.m. The Criterion Friday, Friday, February 3, 2017 Page 7

The Face of Mercy (from Pope Francis’ papal bull “Misericordiae Vultus”)

By Daniel Conway

Pope: Share experiences of prayer, learning and action As a grandfather, I confess that I was never stop learning along the way. when we disappoint ourselves—let the Church, by judicious participation in delighted to hear Pope Francis urging Azione Cattolica Italiana was us think ‘God loves me,’ ‘God never civic life, and by a constant commitment young people to listen to their established in Italy by St. Pope Pius X in abandons me,’ ” the pope said. to education. Respond generously to this grandparents—and older people in general. 1905 as a nonpolitical lay organization He said that God is always faithful, and call to sanctity!” The pope himself celebrated his 80th under the direct control of bishops. The never ceases to love us even when we stray. Prayer, learning and action—in birthday last year and is, perhaps more than movement had its beginnings in the latter “This is why in the heart of a Christian whatever forms are most appropriate for ever, conscious of his “senior status.” part of the 19th century, when people there is always joy,” the pope said. “And young people and their elders—today are According to Pope Francis, older proactively took measures to counteract joy multiplies when shared!” what Pope Francis earnestly recommends. people “have the wisdom of life,” and the anticlericalism running rampant, In his encouragement of Catholic Prayer keeps us connected with the are eager to share their experiences and especially throughout Europe. Catholic Action, Pope Francis is continuing the God of mercy, who loves us and who insights—if only someone will listen. Action of Italy is probably the most active work of his predecessors. St. Pope John makes all good things possible. Learning Thus, the pope said to the young Catholic Action group still around today. Paul II entrusted the members of this keeps our minds and hearts open to the people he was meeting with—members “Young Catholics can be a force for movement with three “commissions.” He truth, which is revealed in the person of an Italian Catholic lay association joy and peace,” Pope Francis said during called these “contemplation, communion of Jesus Christ who is Love incarnate. called Azione Cattolica Italiana (Catholic his meeting with members of Catholic and mission,” which he saw as variations Action moves us beyond our comfort Action of Italy)—“I would like to give Action of Italy. on the traditional Catholic Action themes zones into new, often uncharted territories you a task: Speak to your grandparents, “Proclaiming to all the love and of prayer, learning and action. where we can share the love of Christ ask them questions. They have the tenderness of Jesus, you become Apostles In 2008, the 140th anniversary of the with others—especially the poor and the memory of history, the experience of of the joy of the Gospel. And joy is worldwide Catholic Action movement, marginalized. living, and this is a great gift for you that contagious,” he said. Pope Benedict XVI said: We grandparents and older Catholics will help you in your life journey.” Reflecting on the Nativity of Jesus “Is it not perhaps possible, even have a responsibility to share our Of course, listening and sharing Christ, the Holy Father said: “The birth today to make your lives a testimony experiences with prayer, learning and are two-way streets. We who are older of Jesus is announced as a great joy, of communion with the Lord, one action with the young Church. When we need to listen to young people and to originating from the discovery that God that becomes a real masterpiece of do, we too can be “a force for joy and understand their hopes and aspirations, loves us and, through the birth of Jesus, saintliness? Is that not the goal of your peace.” the pope said. We are not simply to be made himself close to us to save us. We are association? This will be possible if “May the Lord bless this project!” dispensers of wisdom who tell young beloved by God. What a wonderful thing! Catholic Action continues to remain Pope Francis said. people what to do and how to think. No, “When we are a little sad, when it faithful to its own profound roots of we are called to be fellow travelers or seems that everything is going wrong, faith, nourished by full adhesion to the (Daniel Conway is a member of sojourners on the journey of life who when a friend disappoints us—or rather, word of God, by unconditional love for The Criterion’s editorial committee.) †

El rostro de la misericordia/Daniel Conway Papa Francisco: Compartan las experiencias de la oración, el aprendizaje y la acción Como abuelo que soy, debo confesar travesía de la vida que jamás dejarán de cuando nos fallemos a nosotros mismos, fidelidad a la Palabra de Dios, el amor que me encantó la exhortación del papa aprender a lo largo del camino. pensemos: ‘Dios me ama, Dios jamás me incondicional a la Iglesia, la participación Francisco a los jóvenes para que escuchen Azione Cattolica Italiana fue fundada abandona,’ ” dice el papa. sensata en la vida cívica y un compromiso a sus abuelos y a las personas mayores en Italia por el papa Pío X en 1905 El Sumo Pontífice nos dice que Dios constante con la educación. ¡Respondan en general. El propio papa celebró su 80.º como una organización seglar apolítica es siempre fiel y que nunca deja de generosamente a este llamado a la cumpleaños el año pasado y, quizás ahora y bajo el control directo del obispado. amarnos aunque nos apartemos de Él. santidad!” más que nunca está consciente de que El movimiento tiene sus raíces hacia “Es por ello que en el corazón del La oración, el aprendizaje y la acción, pertenece a la “tercera edad.” finales del siglo XIX cuando los pueblos cristiano siempre hay alegría,” nos independientemente de la forma que De acuerdo con el papa Francisco, las implementaron medidas proactivas para recuerda el papa. “¡Y la alegría se adopten para los jóvenes y los mayores, son personas mayores “poseen la sabiduría de contrarrestar el anticlericalismo rampante multiplica cuando se comparte!” las recomendaciones vehementes del papa la vida” y están deseosos de compartir sus que reinaba en todas partes, especialmente En su exhortación a la Acción Francisco para el mundo de hoy en día. experiencias y conocimientos, siempre que en Europa. La Acción Católica Italiana es Católica, el papa Francisco prosigue con La oración nos mantiene unidos al los demás estén dispuestos a escuchar. probablemente el grupo de acción católica la obra de sus predecesores. El Santo Dios de la misericordia quien nos ama y Por ello, el papa expresó a los jóvenes más activo que existe todavía hoy en día. papa Juan Pablo II confió a los miembros a través de quien nos viene todo lo bueno. que se reunían con él, miembros de una “Los jóvenes católicos pueden ser de este movimiento tres “encargos,” Aprender mantiene abiertos nuestros asociación seglar de católicos italianos una fuerza de alegría y de paz,” dijo el los cuales denominó “contemplación, corazones a la verdad que se revela en la llamada Azione Cattolica Italiana (Acción papa Francisco durante su reunión con comunión y misión” que consideró persona de Jesucristo, el amor encarnado. Católica Italiana):”Deseo darles una miembros de la Acción Católica Italiana. variaciones de los temas tradicionales La acción nos saca de nuestra comodidad tarea: Hablen con sus abuelos, háganles “Al proclamar a todos el amor y la de Acción Católica, a saber, oración, y nos lleva a territorios inexplorados preguntas pues ellos guardan la memoria ternura de Jesús ustedes se convierten en aprendizaje y acción. donde podemos compartir el amor de de la historia, la experiencia de vivir y este apóstoles de la alegría del Evangelio. Y la En 2008, durante el aniversario Cristo con los demás, especialmente los es un gran obsequio para ustedes que los alegría es contagiosa,” expresó. número 140 del movimiento de Acción pobres y los marginados. ayudará en el camino de la vida.” Al reflexionar sobre el nacimiento Católica mundial, el papa Benedicto XVI Los abuelos y los católicos mayores Por supuesto, escuchar y compartir de Jesucristo, el Santo Padre destacó expresó que: tenemos la responsabilidad de compartir supone un intercambio. Nosotros, los que: “El nacimiento de Jesús se anuncia “¿Acaso no es posible, incluso con la Iglesia joven nuestras experiencias mayores, tenemos que escuchar a los como una gran alegría que emana del hoy en día, convertir sus vidas en un en la oración, el aprendizaje y la acción. Al jóvenes para comprender sus esperanzas descubrimiento de que Dios nos ama y, a testimonio de la comunión con el Señor hacerlo, también nosotros nos convertimos y aspiraciones, según comentó el Sumo través del nacimiento de Jesús, se acerca y transformarlas en una verdadera obra en «una fuerza de alegría y paz.” Pontífice. No somos meros dispensadores a nosotros para salvarnos. Dios nos ama. maestra de la santidad? ¿Acaso no es “¡Que el Señor bendiga este de sabiduría que decimos a los jóvenes ¡Qué maravilloso! esta la meta de vuestra asociación? Esto proyecto!” dijo el papa Francisco. qué tienen que hacer y cómo deben pensar. “Cuando nos sintamos un poco será posible si Acción Católica continúa No; estamos llamados a ser compañeros tristes, cuando parezca que todo va mal, siendo fiel a sus profundas raíces de (Daniel Conway es integrante del comité de viaje o residentes temporales en la cuando un amigo nos falle, o más bien, fe alimentadas mediante la completa editorial de The Criterion.) † Jesus sought the people, not popularity in the world, Pope Francis says at Mass VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Jesus did not on Jan. 31 during Mass in the chapel of the great crowds that would follow Jesus Jesus’ gaze focuses on real people and come into the world seeking popularity, Domus Sanctae Marthae. seeking healing. the reality of their lives, “from the greatest but rather to be close to those in need, “This is the peculiarity of Jesus’ gaze: Jesus, he noted, “is always in the to the smallest” things in their hearts, the Pope Francis said. Jesus does not depersonalize the people; midst of the people. He is not with pope said. “He looks at our great problems, The large crowds that would gather he looks at each one” individually, he guards who escort him so that the our great joys, and he also looks at our little around Jesus wherever he went “had said. people will not touch him. No, no! He things because he is close. Jesus isn’t afraid their eyes fixed on him, and he had his The pope reflected on the day’s Gospel remained there and the people pressed of the big things, but he also considers the eyes fixed on the people,” the pope said reading from St. Mark, which recalled in.” small things. † Page 8 The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017

that I’m able to be a voice for the voiceless. MARCH “We want so badly to be heard. We’re continued from page 1 desperately trying to bring cultural Parish in Bloomington, St. John the awareness to something we care deeply Baptist Parish in Starlight, St. Malachy about.” Parish in Brownsburg, St. Mary Parish in She experienced a different feel to this Navilleton and St. Teresa Benedicta of the year’s march than previous ones. Part of Cross Parish in Bright. that feeling was the increased national At 18, Graydon Chisholm was one media coverage that the march received, of the 32 youths from St. Bartholomew coverage that had been mostly non- Parish who joined the March for Life. existent in previous years. Part of it was “I see the trip to the March for Life as the people who protested against them for one of the greatest opportunities to grow their witness for their pro-life beliefs. Part in my faith,” says Graydon who planned of it was all the focus on the start of the and led most of his parish group’s trip to presidency of Donald J. Trump, she says. Washington. “But honestly, the march itself “It felt much bigger, much louder this is not my favorite part of the pilgrimage. year,” Oberhausen says. “At times, it felt “I enjoy the National Prayer Vigil for we were being attacked. There were a lot Life opening Mass. To spend time in the of people protesting against us. But it let us Basilica [of the National Shrine of the know our voices were finally being heard.” The youth group from St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbus poses for a photo on Jan. 27, the day they Immaculate Conception] and celebrate The appearance of U.S. Vice President participated in the 44th annual March for Life in Washington. (Submitted photo) Mass with thousands of Catholics in Mike Pence—who shared a pro-life the name of life is powerful to say the message with the crowd on the National Greenwood Parish in Greenwood who convince Congress that abortion is least. The Mass is a reverent call for the Mall—added another memorable quality joined the march. wrong, that Roe v. Wade should be recognition of the sanctity of all life. I to the day for her. “It was eye-opening to them,” said overturned.” like the way the Catholic Church does “Having the vice president there for Patty Schnarr, the parish’s youth minister. Schnarr hopes the experience it.” the first time ever, being out there on “After the march, we had them do reinforces how important “this issue is to Grace Oberhausen was one of 49 students the National Mall, it was particularly reflections on the experience. One of our faith.” from Marian University in Indianapolis who impactful,” she says. “During Vice them said that while we were walking “It’s not just about abortion, it’s about traveled to Washington for the march—a President Mike Pence’s speech, there up the hill to the U.S. Supreme Court, life itself,” she says. “So many teenagers journey to stand up for life that the 21-year- was all this cheering, and the amount of it reminded him of Jesus walking up to attempt, commit or think about suicide. old college junior made for the sixth time. cheering was cool to hear. Calvary. He said, ‘We are walking to save It’s something we need to pray about— “It’s a cause I’m very passionate about. “When he said, ‘Life is winning in the babies, like Jesus saved us.’ that people can cope with situations I really believe in it, and it’s something America,’ that hit home with a lot of “Another youth said it was amazing in their lives. And we need to pray for that young people have a voice for,” says people. That became the motto for our to see all the people who were there— people who plan their death. Oberhausen, a member of Our Lady of Good march. It gave us a ray of hope.” and how important it was to people to “Pro-life is from conception to natural Hope Parish in Fort Wayne, Ind., in the A similar impact was experienced be there. It really helped her realize death. We have to pray to God to be with Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. “I like by the 42 youths from Our Lady of the that this is real, that someday we might us through all parts of our life.” † ‘Life is winning again in America,’ vice president tells March for Life WASHINGTON (CNS)—The leaders today, generations hence—because of all Archbishop Pierre said. “The only number I care about, and the of the pro-life movement are used of you and the many thousands who stand “I urge you to press on,” Pence told the only number that we all care about is—58 to having the ear of the president, as with us in marches all across the nation— rally attendees. “Let your gentleness be million. Since 1973, 58 million Americans they had with Ronald Reagan, George life is winning again in America.” evident to all. Let this movement be known have died as a result of abortion,” Mancini H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Pence said President Donald J. Trump for love, not anger. Let this movement be said. “We stand here today for them—for the During their respective administrations, had asked him to address the rally, known for compassion, not confrontation. little innocent children who have lost their they addressed the March for Life via which took place under a sunny sky with When it comes to matters of the heart, lives to abortion. We also stand here for the telephone, but this year the event marking temperatures in the 40s. “He asked me there is nothing stronger than gentleness. I mothers who regret their abortion decision.” the Roe v. Wade anniversary had the highest- to thank you for your support, for your believe we will continue to win the minds This year the March for Life rally was ranking government official ever to address stand for life and your compassion for the and hearts of the rising generation if our livestreamed on Facebook and had nearly the crowd in person. women and children of America.” hearts first break for mothers and their 2 million views. With regard to attendance See related story, “Life is winning Other speakers included: New York unborn children and meet them where they at the event, Politico reported a crowd size page 16. again in America, and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, chairman of the are with generosity, not judgment.” of 50,000. In an earlier interview with today is a celebration of U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee; Kellyanne Earlier in the week, march organizers Catholic News Service, Mancini said, “We that progress,” the official, Vice President Conway, Trump’s campaign manager predicted at least 50,000 would be there. always just say tens of thousands. The Mike Pence, told the March for Life rally and now special adviser to the president; But there were at least that many at the National Park Service doesn’t estimate on the National Mall on Jan. 27. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa; and Reps. Mia Love, rally, and before it was over, marchers, attendance totals, and neither do we.” “More than 240 years ago, our founders R-Utah, and Chris Smith, R-New Jersey. including many busloads of parochial Conway took the podium before Pence. declared these truths to be self-evident— Early that morning, Archbishop schoolchildren, covered the full width “I am a wife, a mother, a Catholic, that we are, all of us, endowed by our Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the of Constitution Avenue, en route to the counselor to the president of the United Creator with certain unalienable rights and United States, conveyed a message from Supreme Court, for at least seven blocks. States of America, and yes, I am pro-life,” that among these are life, liberty and the Pope Francis to the March for Life, saying Trump drew considerable attention Conway said. “It is such an honor to stand pursuit of happiness,” he said. “Forty-four the pontiff was “profoundly grateful for earlier in the week by telling Republican with the vice president of the United years ago, our Supreme Court turned away this impressive testimony to the sacredness lawmakers at a Philadelphia retreat that States and so many leaders, families and from the first of these timeless ideals, but of every human life.” there could be as many as 600,000, students from places near and far [today]. “As he has made clear, so great is the eclipsing the Woman’s March on Jan. 21, “Your courage, your conviction and your value of human life and so inalienable the which had an estimated 500,000. faith are impressive and consequential,” right to life of an innocent child growing Jeanne Mancini, president of the March she told the crowd. “This is a new day, a in a mother’s womb that no alleged right for Life organization, acknowledged that new dawn for life. Why are we here? What can justify a decision to terminate this new spotlight. does it mean to stand together to be part of life,” the nuncio said. “There has been a lot of talk about this incredible movement, to face criticism, Pope Francis “trusts that this event, in numbers over the past week. The Women’s ridicule, and laws and lawmakers [against which so many American citizens speak March has talked about numbers and life]? It means to protect and promote the out on behalf of the most defenseless of Facebook likes, and people keep asking me most precious gift in the world—the gift our bothers and sisters, will contribute to about our numbers for the March for Life. of life. It means to stand up, stand tall and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a a mobilization of consciences in defense Well, it is hard to add up how many have stand together against the indifference and rally at the annual March for Life in Washington of the right to life and effective measures come here over the last 44 years, but that the indefensible and on behalf of babies in on Jan. 27. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters) to ensure its adequate legal protection,” really isn’t the point,” she said. the womb.” † More than 30 participate in pro-life gathering on Jan. 27 in Terre Haute Criterion staff report speak for those who cannot speak for themselves,” Chrysti Stewart, McBroom said. left, Jill Pfister, Ann Welch, Judy March, As tens of thousands marched in Washington to He also noted that he “was surprised by the large Doris Fisher and promote life on Jan. 27, members from Catholic number of women that attended our grassroots event” Jennifer Buell hold parishes and other faith communities gathered at this year. signs in front of the Vigo County Courthouse in Terre Haute for the “One of the most common comments shared [was] the Vigo County seventh straight year to advocate for life. that Saturday’s Women’s March for women’s rights [in Courthouse in “Typically, we only have a handful of participants,” Washington on Jan. 21] did not support a woman’s right Terre Haute during a said Tom McBroom, a member of St. Patrick Parish in to be born.” pro‑life observance Terre Haute and coordinator of the event. “This year, McBroom also commented that, “for the first time on Jan. 27. we had over 30 people standing in the cold.” in many years,” the pro-life event received positive (Submitted photo by He recognized participation from members of local press coverage from the Terre Haute Tribune Star Tom McBroom) St. Patrick Parish and St. Joseph University Parish, newspaper and from WTHI-TV, the Fox network both in Terre Haute, as well as participants from channel for the Wabash Valley. Annunciation Parish in Brazil. Also present were The press coverage was not the only positive members from World Gospel Church and Eastside response to the event. McBroom noted that the Baptist Church in Terre Haute, and Vision Baptist participants “witnessed many positive gestures and Church in Riley. responses from motorists passing by the Vigo County “All made time during their lunch hour to Courthouse.” † The Criterion Friday, Friday, February 3, 2017 Page 9 Vigil for Life offers powerful witness in conjunction with March for Life

By Natalie Hoefer And it is the role of Catholic Christians to The nation may have turned to help bring about that Washington on Jan. 27 to hear the will, he said, noting message of tens of thousands of pro-life that “our job is to be advocates participating in the 44th March the Church. Our job is for Life, but not all in support of the effort to follow [Christ].” could be present to lend their voice. Hickman listed Nearly 300 Catholics in central and three characteristics southern Indiana who could not travel to of the Church that are Washington to participate in the march important to modern came to SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in times: the Church Indianapolis to celebrate a Vigil for Life follows Christ, on Jan. 25. The event was sponsored by welcomes sinners the archdiocesan Secretariat of Pastoral and has the gift of the Ministries. Holy Spirit. “It was a wonderful team effort of To the first point, several different offices, and that is Hickman cautioned one of the reasons that makes it a great against not taking event,” said Scott Williams, archdiocesan action to follow coordinator for youth ministry.” Christ. He described the Vigil for Life as a He likened this “wonderful event that [brings] people tendency to telling of multiple age groups, cultures and his son to take out the backgrounds together for a common trash. reason to pray for life and to celebrate “He comes back life.” 30 minutes later Father John Hollowell, pastor of Annunciation Parish in Brazil and St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Greencastle, carries the The two-hour program included and he says, ‘Dad. I Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance during a eucharistic procession at the Vigil for Life at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in music, an opportunity for the sacrament memorized what you Indianapolis on Jan. 25. He is preceded by Deacon Michael Braun, left, and Simon Lackey of Annunciation Parish. (Photos by of reconciliation, eucharistic adoration, a said.’ That wouldn’t Natalie Hoefer) reflection and a talk by Ennie Hickman of fly. Adore Ministries, a national organization “What if he came of lay missionaries who provide Catholic back 30 minutes after that and said, He pointed to the weakness of the was like, ‘This [vigil] needs to grow and outreach, formation and pastoral care. ‘Dad, I memorized what you said, and Apostles as proof of the Holy Spirit’s keep happening.’ It was just beautiful. … “Every time I open up my browser, now I can say it in Greek! And I have presence in the Church. “It’s prayer. It’s adoration, beautiful every time I open up the newspaper, this idea—I’m going to invite my friends “The early Church, they were not music, and to hear some reflections—it’s every time I open Twitter, once or twice over once a week, and we’re going to sit smart—they were fishermen! Jesus a great combination. And not everyone a day I’m hit with more news that around a table, and we’re going to look at went to the least, to the margins, to the can travel out to D.C. We’re all called in saddens my spirit or makes me worried what you said and really think about what people that weren’t too smart, because different ways to stand up for life. This about the environment in which I’m the world might look like if I took out the he knew they would be more willing to seems like an awesome way to do that.” raising my children,” said Hickman, a trash.’ ” let the Spirit be the one to move them. Cathi Wahnsiedler of St. Pius X father of seven. Hickman again used his children in an Peter became the first pope, he converted Parish in Indianapolis was grateful to “I look at the infanticide that has been example to demonstrate the necessity of thousands, his shadow healed people—not be “involved indirectly in the March going on in our country for the last 40 actively following Christ. because he was great, but because he was for Life,” said. “Since we can’t be in years. But as anxious as I am, God’s not “If my kids were to play ‘Follow the receptive to the Spirit.” Washington at the march, we wanted to be up in heaven wringing his hands saying, Leader’ and the leader says ‘flap your Hickman closed his talk with words of focused on it here.” ‘Oh no! What will happen?’ … He will wings,’ it wouldn’t fly if one of them went encouragement. Katie Maples and Beth Clark, both accomplish his will.” off to the side and said, ‘I’m flapping “If you feel like there’s no way you members of St. Susanna Parish in my wings—in my heart. I’m totally can do anything, remember [Christ] said, Plainfield, came with their parish’s young following, I’m just doing it in my heart.’ ‘I’m going to make my home in you.’ adult group to participate. That doesn’t work.” “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. … “We saw that this [vigil] was on our The second important characteristic Jesus wants to take it a step further: ‘It’s Wednesday meeting night,” said Maples. Hickman addressed was the role of the not me and you—it’s me in you!’ ” “We’re very pro-life and wanted to be Church as a place for sinners. Hickman’s talk was followed by involved.” “This is not a museum for soon-to-be- eucharistic adoration, which included The same was true of members of a canonized saints,” he said. “As the pope a reflection and procession. Both were men’s group at St. John the Evangelist points out, it’s a field hospital. The best led by Father John Hollowell, pastor of Parish in Indianapolis, who chose to place for a sinner is the Church. It’s here Annunciation Parish in Brazil and St. Paul attend the vigil in place of their regular that we find what we need. It’s here that the Apostle Parish in Greencastle. meeting. we find mercy and grace and forgiveness. “In the Old Testament, people would “I’m looking for a prayerful God doesn’t just not give up on us—he bring offerings of animals to the priest atmosphere,” said Kevin Ellenberger, a gives us gifts.” to offer up as sacrifice,” he explained in member of the group. “Around this issue, And that point, he said, leads to the his reflection. “As part of that ritual, the there’s a lot of yelling. I think it’s best we third characteristic—the presence of the priests would wash themselves, don their don’t yell, that we pray instead.” Holy Spirit in the Church. robes, grab the various instruments they Emily Taylor, 15, a member of “God sent us the Holy Spirit,” said would use for the sacrifice, then they Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis, invited Hickman. “He continues to help. If we would go before God to offer sacrifices to the vigil members of the pro-life group want to create a better society, then we on the altar.” she started at Herron School of Art and must accept the gift of the Holy Spirit into In the New Testament, he said, “Jesus Design in Indianapolis. our lives—not just figuratively, not just is now the perfect priest who, unlike “Usually we have 10-12 [people] at Ennie Hickman of Adore Ministries gives a talk in confirmation, but understanding that the Old Testament, is now offering the meetings. I sent an e-mail out to the during the Vigil for Life at SS. Peter and Paul any action that the Church exhibits in the perfect sacrifice—himself. … The Mass group inviting them tonight,” she said, Cathedral in Indianapolis on Jan. 25. world is propelled by the Holy Spirit.” is a re-presentation of that, the perfect noting that the group, being in a public priest offering up to the Father the perfect school, has “to be very careful to present victim, himself.” ourselves as a pro-life club, not an anti- He compared this perfect sacrifice abortion club.” to the evil that takes place at abortion Emily was pleased to see Birthline centers. volunteers in the narthex at the vigil, and “At an abortion facility, an abortion people coming to the vigil with donations ‘doctor’ washes his hands, dons his robes, for Birthline. The Herron pro-life club she grabs his instruments and goes to a steel leads held a drive for the archdiocesan altar where a pregnant woman lays with ministry providing material assistance to her perfect child,” he said. pregnant women and mothers of infants. “Evil is perversion of that which Shayna Tews, who entered into the full is good. The greater the good that is communion of the Church at the Easter perverted, the greater the evil.” Vigil last year at Annunciation Parish, Father Hollowell closed his reflection brought her five children to the vigil, two with a challenge. of whom were altar servers for the event. “The saying goes that without the “I think it’s fascinating how the priest, there is no Eucharist,” he said. “I Catholic Church really steps up to the believe there are a lot of you sitting here plate where life is concerned, where these tonight who Christ is calling to be priests. lives who don’t have a voice suddenly get I invite you to allow him to work through that voice on a powerful stage—a voice your hands, and bring the Eucharist to a coming from a priest standing right next world so desperately needing it.” to the Blessed Sacrament,” she said. “It’s Father Hollowell attended last year’s just a powerful witness to the sanctity Vigil for Life when “we bailed on our of human life and the dignity of human trip [to Washington] because of the life, and I’m so thankful that the Catholic Young adults laugh at a humorous comment made by guest speaker Ennie Hickman at the Vigil for storms,” he said in an interview with Church is willing to take a stand on it and Life at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral on Jan. 25. The Criterion. “As soon as I was here, I to pass that voice on.” † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017 Marian pilgrimage of faith connects past with present By Katie Breidenbach intercession, processing from the Special to The Criterion seminary to the shrine just as the students did in the 19th century. ST. MEINRAD—Garrett Braun knew “[The pilgrimage] is part of it was going to be a wet and cold January St. Meinrad—that connection that we day, but the second-year seminarian had have with all of those seminarians of made a commitment. He was going to the past,” summarized Dan Gilbert, a stick to it. first‑year seminarian who is a member of “I think our faith is really a discipline,” St. Agnes Parish in Scottsbluff, Neb. he said. “That means even when it’s hard.” “It’s important to be grateful to God,” The rain had increased and was steadily said Clark Lenz, a fifth-year seminarian falling. Braun, a member of St. John the from St. Rose of Lima Parish in the Baptist Parish in Newburgh, Ind., in the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyo. “I think it’s a Diocese of Evansville, donned a warm coat wonderful way to give thanks to God for and met three of his fellow seminarians what he did for this seminary.” under a canopy at Saint Meinrad Seminary Making their way up the hill through and School of Theology. Rosaries in hand, dense fog, the four pilgrims arrived the four set out on their pilgrimage of more at the shrine wet and chilled. There, Keeping a tradition of nearly 150 years, four seminarians process up the hill outside Saint Meinrad than a mile. they were warmly greeted by a dozen Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad to the Our Lady of Monte Cassino Shrine on Jan. 14. “I was just trying to think about the fellow students and the vice rector of Pictured, from left, are seminarians Vic Luong, Clark Lenz, Dan Gilbert and Garrett Braun. intercession of Our Lady, and asking her the seminary, Benedictine Father Tobias (Photos by Katie Briedenbach) to bless this time for the community,” Colgan. All joined their prayers together Braun said. for a Mass of thanksgiving. were reinforced, and the foundation was they slowly dispersed down the soggy hill to The seminarians of St. Meinrad, who “It’s been a long procession over stabilized. continue their priestly formation. currently come from 27 dioceses, have the nearly 150 years. And it’s our turn Other community members sponsored Less than an hour later, a local made the same January pilgrimage for for taking our place in the procession,” brick pavers that will be part of a new resident pulled up in a white sedan and nearly 150 years. The procession started Father Tobias said in his homily. “But in outdoor patio and prayer garden. Funds disappeared through the shrine’s bright as a request for the intercession of the God’s eternal present, his eternal now, our are also being raised to restore the interior red doors. Re-emerging after several Blessed Virgin Mary, and has continued prayers join with those of all who have murals, and to install a heating and air minutes, he explained why he drove all as a prayer of thanksgiving for what is gone before us in this place in this very conditioning system. the way up the hill to pray at the Our widely believed to be a miracle. moment, this eternal present.” “It’s been a prayerful place and a real Lady of Monte Cassino Shrine. The destination is a small sandstone The community is taking pains place for Our Lady’s intercession for over “It’s just real special,” he said. church called the Our Lady of Monte to preserve their beloved shrine for 100 years,” Braun said, “so I think it’s very Cassino Shrine, named after the famous future pilgrims. Time and exposure had important that we preserve it and have it (Katie Breidenbach is a freelance writer Italian monastery founded by St. Benedict worn down the sandstone and made for future generations to come pray here.” in Bloomington. For more information on some 1,500 years ago. Situated atop a hill, the foundation unstable. Some of the The seminarians concluded their prayer the Monte Cassino Shrine, go to www. the shrine was dedicated in 1870 to honor paintings that cover the walls and ceiling with a chorus of “Holy God We Praise Thy saintmeinrad.org/the-monastery/monte- Mary under the title Our Lady of Monte are marred with water damage. Name.” Exiting the small sandstone church, cassino-shrine.) † Cassino. “The wear and tear of the years takes Just over a year later, in December 1871, its toll on everything, even a hallowed a smallpox epidemic swept through the shrine like this one,” explained Father area. Several townspeople lost their lives, Tobias. “And so in our time, in our way, and many seminarians fell ill. Gathering we do what we can to preserve and their strength, the students processed to the protect the places we honor, the places new shrine and began a novena to Our Lady that are important to us.” of Monte Cassino. No new cases of the A generous benefactor stepped illness broke out from that day forward. forward to initiate repairs and help save Today, the community annually the shrine. During the summer, Monte commemorates this miraculous Cassino received a new roof, the walls

Benedictine Father Tobias Colgan, vice rector of Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, delivers a homily on Jan. 14 at the Our Lady of Monte Cassino Shrine.

Pictured on Jan. 14 is the Our Lady of Monte Cassino Shrine near St. Meinrad. The church was A statue of the Virgin Mary is shown in the sanctuary of the Our Lady of Monte Cassino Shrine. dedicated in 1870, and is a frequent destination for pilgrims. Pilgrims have prayed for Mary’s intercession in this church since 1870.

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By Paul Senz

The Fathers of the Church in the first centuries of Christian history often spoke of the concept of “otium sanctum,” or “holy leisure.” In the later works of St. Augustine, he would use this term to refer to the monastic life, in which the monk is free of everyday obligations and can devote his time to study and prayer. However, it is not only the cloistered who are called to live this “otium sanctum”: all are to live lives of holy leisure. We all recognize the need to set aside time for important things. How often do we tell ourselves we are too busy to do something? When something is important, you make the time. If we have a deadline coming up at work, we make sure that we get the project completed, even if it means coming in early, staying late or putting aside other projects. This example certainly illustrates the point: When we recognize that something is important, we simply make it happen. We do everything we can to accomplish what is set before us. How much more, then, should this be the case with this idea of holy leisure? Holy leisure is not about doing what we want. It’s about taking the time to do the important things that we let ourselves put off the rest of the week. It is about spending time with family—quality time, face time, truly giving our lives to God. The Heinlein family of Ionia, Mich., attends Mass in the Canyon section of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on Aug. 6, 2016. Since It is not just about spending an hour at Mass on the earliest days of the Church, taking time on Sunday for worship and time with family has been known as “holy leisure.” Sunday, or even spending an additional hour at the coffee (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) and doughnuts social afterward. We need to commit ourselves to consciously giving that time to the Lord. of the importance of keeping eternal life at the forefront “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the Part of the importance of holy leisure comes from the of our minds, and living so that we strive for more than faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities Third Commandment, which decreed an observation of a material accomplishments: that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to Sabbath day each week. For Christians, this day of rest is “Without the perspective of eternal life, human the Lord’s day, the performance of the works of mercy Sunday, the Lord’s day. progress in this world is denied breathing space. Enclosed and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body” (#2185) Contrary to popular understanding, Sunday has not within history, it runs the risk of being reduced to the The catechism continues, “Family needs or important supplanted Saturday as the Sabbath. The Sabbath was, mere accumulation of wealth; humanity thus loses the social service can legitimately excuse from the obligation and remains, the seventh day of the week: Saturday. But courage to be at the service of higher goods” (#3). of Sunday rest. The faithful should see to it that Christians commemorate Sunday as their holy day, the Jesus said clearly that “the Sabbath was made for man, legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to memorial of the resurrection of Jesus, as the work of not man for the Sabbath” (Mk 2:27). We should not be religion, family life and health” (#2185). Christ fulfilled what the Sabbath was pointing toward. scrupulous about whether or not we are doing too much This time is more than just “down time.” It is more What Christians mark on Sundays is not strictly the work on Sunday—there are certainly things that need to than simply time between commitments, time between “Sabbath,” but something the Sabbath prefigured: the be done. chores. Lord’s day. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, If you are driving and get a flat tire, the tire must be This should be the day that our whole week revolves “For Christians, [Sunday’s] ceremonial observance changed; if a tree falls in your backyard and breaks a around, and what we spend every moment working replaces that of the Sabbath. In Christ’s Passover, Sunday window, that must be repaired; there are a number of toward: the day we give ourselves over completely to fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish Sabbath and exceptional circumstances we could easily come up with. our loved ones, and to the worship of our Lord in the announces man’s eternal rest in God” (#2175). But the spirit of the proscription remains: We must Eucharist. Furthermore, the catechism goes on to say that “the diligently and conscientiously set aside time for the Lord, It is a day where we intentionally set aside other institution of the Lord’s day helps everyone enjoy time for our families, time for ourselves. commitments and troubles, and simply be present with adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, How are we to understand where the line is when those we love. cultural, social and religious lives” (#2184). trying to discern what amount of work is appropriate, Pope Benedict XVI provided a wise insight on this and how to let ourselves observe this holy leisure? The (Paul Senz is a freelance writer living in Oregon with his matter in his encyclical “Charity in Truth,” advising us catechism once again gives us guidance here: family.) † The Gospels show Christ placed a priority on taking time for prayer

By Daniel Mulhall the time to go off by himself to pray. While there may be many reasons why Jesus went Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is regularly shown off by himself, one of those reasons was clearly that he Because we can neither find nor create time, we must taking time for prayer, but also at critical times during would have had no private time otherwise. When his set aside the time given to us by God to accomplish his life. For example, following his baptism by John, disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he not only anything of importance. Prayer was clearly important to Jesus went off by himself into the desert to fast and taught them the Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9-13; Lk 11:2-4), he Jesus because, as the Bible tells us, he frequently took pray to prepare for the temptations he would experience also instructed them to “go into your inner room, close (Mt 4). the door, and pray to your Father in secret” (Mt 6:6). When Jesus heard about the death of John the Baptist, Yet Jesus became so popular that it was hard for him “he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself” to find even a moment of solitude. Mark 1:36 reports (Mt 14:13). When the crowds followed him, he was then that when Jesus went off early in the morning to pray, prepared to heal them, and later fed the multitudes with he was soon followed by Peter and the other disciples. the five loaves and two fish (Mt 14:14-21). Mark writes that they “pursued” Jesus because the In addition to taking time for prayer before he faced crowds were demanding him. a difficult task, Jesus also went off by himself following While we might not be as popular as Jesus, or a busy day. After feeding the thousands, he dismissed continually surrounded by crowds seeking our attention, them, sent the Apostles off by boat, and then “went up on each of us has demands on our time that may hinder us the mountain by himself to pray” (Mt 14:23; Mk 6:46). from doing what we want to do. Matthew tells us that he was alone there until the evening. As Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Jesus’ time away for prayer varied. His time in Effective People, noted, urgent matters frequently the desert following his baptism lasted for 40 days. prevent us from doing important ones. So it might be The Gospel of Luke tells us that prior to sending his difficult for us to set aside time regularly for prayer. disciples off on a mission, Jesus “departed to the This is when we would be well served to follow Jesus’ mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer” example and simply go off alone to find the time and Catholic pilgrim Erwin Prabhu of India prays in the Church of (Lk 6:12). quiet we need to pray. Nativity, where tradition holds Christ was born in Bethlehem, And, as Mark 1:35 notes, Jesus would go off to a West Bank. The Gospels show in several passages how taking deserted place early in the morning when everyone else (Daniel Mulhall is a catechist who lives in Louisville, time for prayer was important to Christ. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill) was asleep. Kentucky.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Making a Difference/Tony Magliano Archbishop Andrzej Deskur preceded his countryman to Rome A civilized nation Back in the days when I traveled to simultaneous translation equipment that friend Jim Doyle and I took a train up to the Vatican frequently, one of my favorite was so vital for most of us. Once in 1974, Zurich to see Archbishop Deskur. does not kill babies people was Archbishop (later Cardinal) while I was presiding at a meeting and He was so glad to see us that he became Andrzej Maria Deskur. sitting next to him, I asked him how many very emotional. Perhaps the effects of the What a sight! He was from Poland, languages he spoke, and he replied 10. stroke had much to do with it, but he cried More than 25 times from the top of and was working Archbishop Deskur lived in an apartment because, he said, he was no longer able Capitol Hill in Washington, I have seen a in the Vatican well above his office. Back in the 1970s, I to work as he wanted to do, and now his sea of people marching before his countryman, visited him there, and he was always very friend was pope. to proclaim the dignity Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, hospitable. Polish nuns fixed snacks for us, Although incapacitated, Archbishop of unborn human life, was elected Pope John which we ate at a very fancy table. He had a Deskur retained the title of president and how death-dealing Paul II. chapel just inside the door of the apartment, of the council until Archbishop Foley abortion sends the Archbishop and we always stopped there for a prayer was appointed to that position in 1986. unholy message that Deskur was president before moving into the living room. Occasionally, when I visited Archbishop some human beings are of the Pontifical Council for Social Archbishop Deskur was a good friend Foley, I would take the occasion to go up to disposable. Communications, and Archbishop John of Cardinal Wojtyla. In 1978, during the the next floor to see Archbishop Deskur. He As I write, I am P. Foley’s predecessor. His office was conclave in which Wojtyla was elected told me that the pope took his Polish nuns just one day away literally in the shadow of St. Peter’s Pope John Paul II, Archbishop Deskur from him. He also told me that the pope from marching with and viewing that sea Basilica. To get there, I had to walk through suffered a stroke that affected his speech continued to visit him about once a week, of people again. It’s always a moral and a gate to the left of the basilica, manned by and left him partially paralyzed. Soon until the pope became too incapacitated. spiritual shot-in-the-arm for me. Swiss Guards. Of course, I had to have an after he was elected pope, John Paul Pope John Paul also made Deskur a But good as they are, the Washington appointment to get past the Swiss Guards. sneaked out of the Vatican one evening to cardinal. Cardinal Deskur outlived his “March for Life,” the “Walk for Life West Three different popes once used the desk visit Archbishop Deskur in the hospital. good friend. He died on Sept. 3, 2011. Coast,” the “Midwest March for Life” and and chairs in Archbishop Deskur’s office. After his stroke, he was moved to a dozens of similar events throughout the I got to know him because he attended hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, for some (John Fink’s recent series of columns on U.S. simply are not enough. meetings of the International Catholic special type of treatment for stroke victims. Church history is now available in book While significant progress has been Union of the Press, and I was very It happened that the International Union of form from Amazon. It is titled How Could made to lessen the number of abortions, impressed with him. I marveled at his the Catholic Press had a council meeting in This Church Survive? with the subtitle, It according to the National Right to linguistic abilities. He didn’t need the Geneva that year and, after the meeting, my Must Be More Than a Human Institution.) † Life Committee, more than 1 million unborn brothers and sisters are brutally It’s All Good/Patti Lamb dismembered by this procedure each year. And according to the World Health Big hearts, fashioned like God, have room for many friends Organization, more than 55 million unborn babies worldwide are aborted every year. Recently, my 9-year-old encountered back on my various best friends over the “Her heart must feel very full,” she said. Throughout the year, believers in a snag with her schoolmates over years. I explained to Margaret that I, too, I agreed. the God of life need to pray, educate, something trivial. had multiple best friends. My first one was As I tucked her in that night, I read peacefully protest at abortion facilities, The object of invisible. (True story.) my daughter the following lines from the donate and lobby on behalf of the unborn. contention was a I think we can all go back and Gospel of John. Signing up to receive legislative alerts New England Patriots remember particular neighborhood or Jesus said: “I no longer call you slaves, from your state Catholic conference, pencil, which her schoolyard playmates who we considered because a slave does not know what his including the Indiana Catholic Conference friends playfully hid our closest pals. Then, as we got older, master is doing. I have called you friends, (www.icc.org) will greatly help. This will from her when she got those friendships evolved, and new because I have told you everything I have easily allow you to promote legislation up to throw something ones formed. We met new friends in the heard from my Father. It was not you protecting the lives and dignity of unborn away in the classroom. workplace, at church, and all over. who chose me, but I who chose you and and born human beings alike. (Please don’t judge. It I talked with Margaret about how I’ve appointed you to go and bear fruit that will Additionally, please e-mail or call was a pencil Margaret learned, over the years, that our hearts have remain, so that whatever you ask the Father your congressperson through the Capitol received in a birthday party goody bag room for many friends. And I explained that in my name he may give you” (Jn 15:15-16). switchboard at 202-224-3121. Urge her long ago and, because there’s a football we don’t necessarily need to rank them in any I said that we have many earthly friends or him to fully support “The Heartbeat player on it, it’s among her favorites.) The certain order, or categorize them as “best.” who make our hearts content, but God Protection Act” (H.R. 490). And urge your teacher got involved, the pencil showed We discussed how we’d encounter is truly the best friend of all, because he two U.S. senators to sponsor and support up, and all ended well. friends who help us to keep life light and chose us, even when we were seemingly a companion bill in the U.S. Senate. If But Margaret was quite disturbed when make us laugh, even though the depths of “unfriendable.” passed into law, this bill would prohibit we recounted the episode at home that the friendship don’t run very deep. And When I shut off Margaret’s lamp, I asked abortions on unborn babies whose evening. we also talked about how, if we’re lucky, her to remember that her heart, fashioned heartbeat is detectable. “… But those were my best friends,” some earthly friends will be the kind we like God’s, is a big place. It’s not only to And urge your senators to vote for the she said, despairingly. can call in the middle of the night, when be limited to best friends or like-minded recently passed House bill “No Taxpayer “My besties,” she stressed, as if I’d life has thrown us a curve ball and we need buddies, but it has room for those who think Funding for Abortion and Abortion better understand if she used cool kid talk. someone in our darkest hours. Those kinds differently than us and sometimes even Insurance Full Disclosure Act” (H.R. 7), We talked about how that’s a very of friends seem to grow roots and become choose unwisely and hurt us. which would ban taxpayer funded abortions. special label to put on friends, especially planted in our hearts. No matter how much “My heart is a big place,” she repeated, The execution of more than 300,000 in the third grade. Then we discussed how time goes by, or what distance separates and then drifted off. abortions every year makes Planned last year, in second grade, completely you, their friendship remains constant. Parenthood the largest abortion provider different kiddos were her “best” friends. At that point, Margaret stopped me (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna in the U.S. Our conversation that night caused me to tell me that her classmate’s mom has Parish in Plainfield, is a regular columnist Therefore, please urge your to reflect on my adolescence, and think 450 friends on Facebook. for The Criterion.) † congressional delegation to defund Planned Parenthood Federation of For the Journey/Effie Caldarola America, and redirect funds to the thousands of non-abortion comprehensive Family’s holiday visit leads to a day of goodbyes and gratitude health centers nationwide. The sun rose this morning in dramatic celebration that began on New Year’s Eve In the meantime, my three kids, How can any person who truly respects flourishes of pink and orange. Never mind and stretched beyond Epiphany. With two one son-in-law and my 2-year-old life support abortion—the barbaric that later the clouds and the gray winter 20-somethings who still like to party, a granddaughter prepped for three trips to dismembering of tiny innocent unborn reasserted themselves 2-year-old granddaughter who likes to the airport while I played next door with a babies? There simply is no morally as members of my rise with the dawn, and her parents who 2-year-old who had no idea his world was acceptable reason to perform an abortion. family left for the reluctantly rise with her, the dead quiet of about to be rocked. The developing human being in utero airport. night was sometimes hard to pin down to Even my husband was flying out on is nothing short of miraculous! I am grateful for the a decent block of time. business. I felt lonely and as I looked at my A civilized nation does not kill babies memory of standing Under the best of conditions, I sleep little friend, I marveled at how it seemed waiting to be born. And if we dare carry in the front room with poorly and a full house on different just yesterday mine were that age and I had this life-affirming perspective to its my youngest daughter, schedules is not conducive to rest for felt as if they were mine to keep. logical moral conclusion, we must also and marveling at the the insomniac. And no matter how much Fortunately, I wasn’t gone long and declare that a civilized society does not stunning moment that seven people love one another, and are was home to spend the last couple of kill anyone, for any reason, period. was today’s brief sunrise. genuinely easy to get along with, there’s hours with a shrinking circle of family. By That was the life-affirming perspective Today was a day full of farewells, an occasional moment of stress. 1 o’clock, I was home from the airport to of the early Church. In their theology, no and hers would be the first. She would Nevertheless, the chaos that sometimes an utterly silent house. I started dusting, blood could be spilled—no abortion, no be on her way to the airport by 8 a.m. reigned was a benevolent ruler, and we discarding the last stale Christmas cookie, capital punishment, no war. We hugged, many times, and I told her I had fun. putting the first of many loads of sheets It was a Gospel-centered theology based wished that she and I had had more time But those goodbye days are tough. and towels in the wash. on the unconditional love of God toward just to talk, the two of us, and she said, My goodbye morning was full. A But I was also drawn into the silence, every person, as best exemplified by Jesus. “But, Mom, I call a few times a week.” neighbor needed me because this was a silence filled with gratitude. I’m pulled We would do well to walk in the And I struggled to know how to say, the day her second child would be born, toward poetry at such moments, a form of footsteps of the nonviolent Master and his “But that’s not quite the same thing.” and she had to be at the hospital to be prayer for me. early followers, proclaiming in word and During the first third of January, our induced by 8 a.m. Her best-laid plans So I took Mary Oliver from the shelf. deed that no life is disposable, and that home devolved into happy, exhausting were unsettled by a 2-year-old with a Within her pages, she told me, “If you every person is a beloved child of the God chaos. Because of work and other family fever, who suddenly couldn’t go to want to talk about this/ come to visit. I of life! obligations, our immediate family, which day care as usual. A grandfather drove live in the house/ near the corner, which I lives in four different time zones, was not all night to spend the day, but I was have named Gratitude.” (Tony Magliano is an internationally together for Christmas. needed to help bridge the gap between syndicated social justice and peace So even though the poinsettias were the parents’ departure for the hospital (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News columnist. E-mail him at tmag@ drooping, our family gathered for a late and his arrival. Service.) † zoominternet.net.)† The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017 Page 13

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, February 6 Friday, February 10 Sunday, February 5, 2017 St. Paul Miki and companions, St. Scholastica, virgin martyrs Genesis 3:1-8 • Isaiah 58:7-10 Genesis 1:1-19 Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7 • 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, Mark 7:31-37 • Matthew 5:13-16 24, 35 The Book of Isaiah’s third section is In response, Paul insisted that he relied Mark 6:53-56 Saturday, February 11 the source of this first weekend’s reading. upon a source greater and more dependable Our Lady of Lourdes Scholars believe that this section was than human wisdom, namely the Holy Spirit. Tuesday, February 7 Genesis 3:9-24 written perhaps in St. Matthew’s Gospel furnishes the Genesis 1:20-2:4a Psalm 90:2-6, 12-13 Jerusalem for the last reading, a collection of two brief Psalm 8:4-9 Mark 8:1-10 Hebrew remnant that statements by Jesus, given in highly had returned from descriptive and clear imagery. Mark 7:1-13 Babylon. In the first statement, Jesus tells the Sunday, February 12 This would put this disciples that they are the “salt of the Wednesday, February 8 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time section of Isaiah at Earth” (Mt 5:13). In the second, the Lord St. Jerome Emiliani, priest Sirach 15:15-20 a date after the epic admonishes followers to be the “light St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, Babylonian Captivity. of the world” (Mt 5:14). These images, Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17 33-34 As political fortunes salt and light, hardly are unknown today, turned, the Persian but an ancient aspect of each of them is Psalm 104:1-2, 27-30 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 ruler, Cyrus, had overtaken Babylon, and unknown in contemporary culture. Mark 7:14-23 Matthew 5:17-37 he allowed the Jewish exiles to return to At the time of Jesus, salt was precious. or Matthew 5:20-22a, 27-28, their homeland after an absence of four Roman soldiers were paid in salt. (“He Thursday, February 9 33-34a, 37 generations. Indeed, probably few had is not worth his salt.”) The word “salary” Genesis 2:18-25 ever seen their homeland. derives from this practice. Salt also was Nevertheless, release from Babylon unrefined. Dust or sand usually mixed Psalm 128:1-5 brought utter exhilaration to the exiles. with salt. The less the dust and sand, the Mark 7:24-30 They were free to go home! better the salt. This seemingly wondrous opportunity Today, people are accustomed to seeing was bittersweet. When the exiles reached bright lights at night. Darkness was a Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle their ancestral homeland, they found serious obstacle at the time of Jesus. Light, deprivation and want, conditions worse then, was precious in its own sense. Social interaction, worship both good, than anything that they had experienced Jesus urges disciples to uplift the in Babylon. earthly society by being “salt” and “light.” should take place in different places Amid the disappointment and anger, the prophet reaffirmed God’s goodness, Reflection Growing up in our family, God always In churches without a gathering space, calling upon the people to provide for Gently, but deliberately, the Church is Qcame first. Our parents taught us to it might be better not to expose the those in need. Then they would experience guiding us onward from its introduction of love and respect the Blessed Sacrament on the altar before the fullness of vindication, the fullness of Jesus of Nazareth as the son of Mary and Eucharist, especially Mass; perhaps, instead, an announcement God’s promise to give them life and peace. the Son of God, as Redeemer of the sinful when the Blessed could be made shortly before Mass St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians human race, as manifested at Christmas, Sacrament was that the next few minutes will be spent provides the second reading. This epistle Epiphany, and his baptism in the Jordan. It exposed on the altar. in silent preparation for the sacred was addressed to Christians living in challenges us to respond to Jesus. Our parish church celebration. This should also include Corinth, then one of the major cities of the These readings are clear. Discipleship now exposes the an invitation to refrain from use of cell Roman Empire. Rich and sophisticated, is not mere lip service. It is the actual and Eucharist before phones for calls or texting—although Corinth was a virtual center of the culture at intentional resembling of Christ in our Sunday Mass. I am more people are using smart phones the time. It also was a cesspool of vice. daily lives. shocked to see people to follow along with Mass readings or Paul’s message ran directly counter to Matthew makes clear, however, that (young and old) come liturgical prayers. all that mattered in Corinth. Of course, believers have a strength upon which into Mass, plop themselves down in the skeptics scorned him, asking if the to draw as they illuminate the world. pew and whip out their cellphones. Then Recently, a friend asked me what Christian Gospel made any sense. The It is within the grace of their faith. they begin to laugh and text—without, it Qthe difference was between the Lord was an obstacle for many. After all, As disciples, they are precious. Being seems, so much as a glance at the altar. Knights of Columbus and the Masons, importantly for so many, the founder of a disciple is demanding, but it is not Can’t people forget their phones and and I didn’t really know what to tell her. Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, had been impossible. their friends for just one hour, and reflect I’ve read about the good works done by legally executed as a common criminal Of course, to be pure, worthy and on just why they are there and whom they each of these organizations, and we were and as a traitor to the empire. therefore as strong as salt free of have come to worship? (New York) wondering whether a Catholic gentleman The Apostle’s proclamation of Jesus impurities, disciples must rid themselves can belong to both. (Georgia) in itself put mere human knowledge in its of sin and fortify their Christian resolve. Your letter stands as a valuable place. This is the task of Lent, soon to begin. † Areminder of the need for reverence The Knights of Columbus is an in what is clearly a sacred space. The Ainternational organization of Catholic “General Instruction of the Roman men, whose chief work involves helping My Journey to God Missal” highlights the importance of that those in need. Their charitable donations reverence: total nearly $2 million annually, and “Even before the celebration itself, it is they engage in joint projects with such a praiseworthy practice for silence to be organizations as Special Olympics and observed in the church, in the sacristy, in Habitat for Humanity. the vesting room and in adjacent areas, so Freemasonry is a fraternal society that all may dispose themselves to carry that traces its origin to medieval out the sacred celebration in a devout and associations of stonemasons; in the fitting manner” (#45). U.S., there are grand lodges in every The practice of exposing the Blessed state, with a total membership of about Sacrament in a monstrance on the altar 1.2 million. Masons, too, involve has a long history, and serves well to themselves in a variety of charitable promote devotion to Jesus present in the works, and no doubt many Americans Eucharist. view Masonry primarily as a social and The size and layout of a church may philanthropic fraternity. help in determining whether regular The reality, though, is that Masonry is The Sun, His Son is There exposition before Sunday Mass is a wise at heart a naturalistic religion whose basic By Jim O’Connell practice. Many newer churches have a tenets are incompatible with Catholic Just because we can’t see the sun So like our sun, His Son generous gathering area (lobby) where faith and practice. Pope Leo XIII said in Doesn’t mean it’s not there May be hidden in the air parishioners can greet one another upon 1884 that Masonry had as its fundamental arriving for Mass. doctrine “that human nature and human On cloudy days, I can’t see it This doesn’t mean He isn’t there Because He is everywhere Doors can be closed to separate that reason ought in all things be mistress and But I know it’s there area from the worship space—as an guide,” and denied “that anything has Because on sunny days The Son doesn’t promise us indication that all conversation should been taught by God.” It’s everywhere Warmth and comfort all our days cease once one enters the church proper, The Vatican’s Congregation for the The sun doesn’t promise us But He does promise especially if the Eucharist is exposed. Doctrine of the Faith declared in 1983 No storms along the way To be with us in all our ways In smaller and often older churches, that “the Church’s negative judgment in But it does continue to bring us The Son doesn’t promise us however, there is frequently no gathering regard to Masonic associations remain Another new day No suffering, afflictions, or pain area and one enters directly into the unchanged,” and that “the faithful who The sun doesn’t promise us But He does promise worship space. enroll in Masonic associations are in a Days of warmth and comfort To be with us again and again It is a natural instinct, and a good state of grave sin and may not receive But it does uphold us Just because we can’t see His Son thing, for parishioners to want to welcome holy Communion.” With light and support Doesn’t mean He is not there one another warmly and catch up on their lives—and it is often a sign of a parish’s (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth (Jim O’Connell is a member of Christ the King Parish in Paoli. Sepia-toned clouds vitality that people genuinely enjoy Doyle at [email protected] decorate the evening sky over St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 16, 2016.) socializing before and after the Sunday and 30 Columbia Circle Dr. Albany, (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Eucharist. New York 12203.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017

Rest in peace Please submit in writing to our 27. Great-grandfather of 34. office by 10 a.m. Thursday Great-great-grandfather of two. before the week of publication; HAHN, William, 76, St. John be sure to state date of death. the Apostle, Bloomington, Obituaries of archdiocesan Jan. 17. Husband of Carol priests serving our archdiocese Hahn. Father of Susan, Michael are listed elsewhere in and William Hahn, Jr. Brother The Criterion. Order priests of Juanita Hickey. Grandfather and religious sisters and of two. Great-grandfather of brothers are included here, one. unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other HEINRICH, Donna M., connec­tions to it; those are 79, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, separate obituaries on this Jan. 15. Mother of Teresa page. Levine, Gary and Michael Gaddis and Kevin Heinrich. Grandmother of eight. ADAMS, Thomas T., 88, Great-grandmother of one. St. Pius X, Indianapolis, HOLZER, Carl W., 92, Jan. 14. Father of Jane St. Roch, Indianapolis, Jan. 12. Arseniadis, Joan Bowe, Emily Father of Cynthia Newhouse. Donley, Jean, Dave and Jim Brother of Betty McElroy. Adams. Grandfather of 15. Grandfather of one. Great-grandfather of three. KEINER, Helen C., 39, BARNHORST, Irene, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Jan. 10. 99, St. Maurice, Napoleon, Mother of Cecilia Keiner. Holy lambs Jan. 3. Mother of Gerald, Daughter of Toni Wilson. Sister Pope Francis blesses two lambs in the Urban VIII Chapel at the Vatican on Jan. 21, the feast of St. Agnes. The wool from the lambs Paul, Raymond and Robert of Cathi Webber, Andrew and will be used to make the palliums worn by archbishops of archdioceses appointed from the solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul on Barnhorst. Grandmother of Geoffrey Wilson. June 29, 2016, until the feast this year. That will include Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., formerly the archbishop of 12. Great-grandmother of 15. KOHLMAN, Myrna J., 81, St. Indianapolis, and could include a new shepherd of the archdiocese if one is appointed before the feast. Palliums are tied to an Great-great-grandmother of five. Maurice, Napoleon, archdiocese and do not go with an archbishop if he is appointed to lead a different archdiocese, although each new archbishop BLANCHARD, Freda Dec. 27. Mother of Janice receives a new pallium. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano) C., 82, St. Therese of the McCrary, Lois Meyers, Mary Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Schuler, Lisa Sloan, Paula Indianapolis, Jan. 10. Mother Tunny, Connie and Stephen St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Koors, Alfred, Carroll, Jerry and Owen, Leslie Sellers and Jared Burtkey, Marilyn Kurz, of Robin Ambegia, Carol Kohlman. (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Sheldon Hoeing. Grandmother of Venne. Son of Mary Venne. Thomas Riney and Alan White. Hinds, Karen Morris, Susan MCAULIFFE, Robert W., Dec. 29. Husband of Catherine three. Great-grandmother of one. Brother of Sara Edwards, Eva, Grandmother of five. Walker, Diane Wirey and Guy 91, St. Mary, Greensburg, Mears. Father of Veronica SCHRINK, Louis P., Jr.. 80, Jane, Ernie and Mark Venne. Great-grandmother of seven. Blanchard. Sister of Nancy Jan. 22. Husband of Michelle Broughton, Pamela Lay and Grandfather of six. Pigman. Grandmother of 14. St. Ambrose, Seymour, Jan. 20. WITTMAN, Patricia J., McAuliffe. Father of Lucinda Gerald Mears. Brother of Husband of Patricia Schrink. WHITE, Georgia V., 92, 87, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Great-grandmother of six. Sheila Monfreda. Grandfather Bray and Karen McCart. Father of Peg McClintic, Brian, St. Patrick, Terre Haute, Cambridge City, Jan 17. Mother of six. BYRUM, Mirielle, 90, MCGRATH, Helen M. Rick, Tim and Tony Schrink. Jan. 11. Mother of Susan of Deb Arnold and David St. Pius X, Indianapolis, (Casey), 82, Holy Spirit, MILLER, Norma, 80, Brother of John and Tony Aldrich, Patricia Clendennin, Wittman. Sister of Beverly Dec. 17. Indianapolis, Jan. 11. Wife of St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Schrink. Grandfather of 24. Sharon Wheeler, Paula and Burks. Grandmother of three. COSTA, Bruno, 101, Robert McGrath. Mother of (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Great-grandfather of 15. David White. Sister of Bernice Great-grandmother of four.† Sacred Heart, Clinton, Jan. 14. Anne Crump, Julie Neighbours, Jan. 12. Wife of Gene Miller. STEINMETZ, Thomas J., Father of Myra Giovanini. Kathleen and Kevin McGrath. Mother of Patia Gazvoda, Robin Sr., 73, St. Therese of the Brother of Dolores Ephlin. Sister of Patricia Beidelman. Hudson, David and John Miller. Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Franciscan Sister Frances Jean Grandfather of one. Grandmother of seven. Grandmother of six. Indianapolis, Jan. 7. Husband Sandschulte ministered in GANZA, Donna, 95, MCQUADE-SHULER, Lucy PATRICK, Morna of Carol Steinmetz. Father Christ the King, Indianapolis, M., 91, St. Therese of the (Shackelford), 66, SS. Peter of Jeffrey, Mark and Thomas Catholic schools for 65 years Jan. 12. Mother of Carol and Infant Jesus (Little Flower), and Paul Cathedral, Steinmetz, Jr. Brother of Kenneth Ganza. Sister of Indianapolis, Jan. 10. Mother Indianapolis, Jan. 9. Wife of Elizabeth, Ellen, Jean and Franciscan Sister Frances Jean Sandschulte died on Jan. 5 at Bernice Daniels. Grandmother of Kelley Coulter, Teresa, Ira Wayne Patrick. Mother of Elliott Mary. Grandfather of six. the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Third of three. and Sean McQuade. Sister Patrick. Sister of Marshall Great-grandfather of seven. Order of St. Francis in Oldenburg. She was 97. of several. Grandmother of Shackelford. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Jan. 10 at the GOODMAN, Bernard, 91, TURNER DINN, June A., 15. Great-grandmother of 20. PEAY, Mary Patricia, 82, 93, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Motherhouse Chapel in Oldenburg. Burial followed at the sisters’ St. John the Apostle, Great-great-grandmother of five. Bloomington, Jan. 21. Father of St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd Jan. 11. Mother of Diane Vande cemetery. Michele Arthur, Kathryn Brown, MAHIN, Frances C., 94, County, Jan. 15. Sister of John Bosche, Fred, Larry and John Jeanette Sandschulte was born on Aug. 12, 1919, in Loretto, Susan DeVaney, Barbara Dix, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Peay. Aunt of several. Turner. Stepmother of Cathy Tenn. Mary Gilliatt, Deborah Inman, (Little Flower), Indianapolis, ROSFELD, Dorine, 82, Smith, Cheryl and Bob Dinn, Jr. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis on Sept. 12, 1939, and Rosemary Landis, Patricia Dec. 25. Mother of Phyllis St. Mary, Rushville, Jan. 20. Grandmother of 16. professed final vows on Aug. 12, 1945. Lechler, Janet Sample, James Flick, Susie Hunt and Gary Wife of Paul Rosfield. Mother VENNE, Timothy J., 60, During 77 years as a Sister of St. Francis, Sister Frances Mahin. Grandmother of four. and John Goodman. Brother of Denise Small, Mary, John, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd Jean ministered as an educator, often in music, for 65 years Great-grandmother of four. of Ruth Ann Cowden and Paul Philip and Roger Rosfeld. Sister County, Jan 18. Husband of in Catholic schools in Indiana, New Mexico and Ohio. In the Goodman. Grandfather of MEARS, John L., 83, of Delores Bruns, Marieda Stephanie Venne. Father of Jill archdiocese, she served in Indianapolis at St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower) School from 1949-52, the former Never underestimate the courage and wisdom Holy Trinity School from 1952-53 and Our Lady of Lourdes School from 1963-64. She also ministered at the former St. Mary School in New Albany. After retiring from ministry in Catholic of women, Pope Francis says during audience education, Sister Frances Jean served at the motherhouse from VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The humble counsel of woman of great beauty and wisdom,” who reproached the 2007-17. courageous women should never be disregarded, but people of Israel for their lack of trust in God to deliver Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of St. Francis, rather embraced as advice full of God’s divine wisdom, them from foreign invaders. P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036-0100. † Pope Francis said. “They were at the point of saying, ‘God has sold Women like the biblical heroine Judith are an example us,’ ” the pope said. “How many times have we come to Sister of Charity Gracita Daly of trusting God amid sufferings and difficulties when it is situations that test our limits where we are not even able easy to give up hope and fall into despair, the pope said to trust in the Lord? It is an ugly temptation.” served at United Senior Action on Jan. 25 during his weekly general audience. Facing a situation full of despair, the pope continued, “This is my opinion, but women are more courageous the people gave God five days to intervene. However, in Indianapolis than men,” the pope said to applause. even in prayer they doubted that the Lord would help Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Gracita Daly died As the pope arrived for the audience, the sounds of them. on Jan. 15 at Marian Hall on the grounds of the motherhouse of classical music echoed throughout the Paul VI audience “Five days are given to God to intervene—this is the her order in Dubuque, Iowa. She was 92. hall as a youth orchestra from Bolivia played for the sin! Five days of waiting, but already expecting the end. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Jan. 20 at the pope. In reality, no one among the people is capable of hoping,” Marian Hall Chapel. Burial followed in the community’s Mount The Anglican choir of London’s Westminster Abbey he said. Carmel Cemetery. and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Pope Francis said that in the moment of despair, Judith Sister Gracita was born on Sept. 18, 1924, in Burlington, Iowa. also were present and greeted the pope at the end of the confronts the people’s doubts with the “courageous She entered the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary audience. language” of faith and hope. on Sept. 8, 1941, and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1949. Schwarzenegger was in Rome to promote a group Her courage, he explained, is a reminder for Christians Sister Gracita earned a bachelor’s degree in 1959 in English he founded in 2010 to help local governments develop “to knock on the door of God’s heart; he is a father, and Spanish at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, and a environmentally friendly economic development projects. he can save us. This widow risks [everything], even of master’s degree in 1967 in administration and supervision from “It was my great honor to meet His Holiness,” making herself look like a fool in front of the others. But Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa. Schwarzenegger tweeted after the audience. “I am a huge she is courageous, she goes forward.” During 75 years as a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin fan,” he messaged, saying the pope is “a true leader for Christians must “never put conditions on God,” the Mary, Sister Gracita ministered as an educator in Illinois, Iowa, the Church and a steward for all of God’s creatures.” pope said. Instead, they should allow “hope to conquer Nebraska and New York. In the archdiocese, she served at United “His environmental work inspires me, and I look forward our fears.” Senior Action in Indianapolis from 1991-97. to working together for a clean energy future,” a second “To trust God means entering into his plans without Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Tweet said. assuming anything,” and to believe that “he knows better Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003 or Pope Francis focused his audience talk on Judith, “a than us,” the pope said. † online at www.bvmcong.org/support_donate.cfm. † The Criterion Friday, February 3, 2017 Page 15 General superior brings communications background to ministry By Sean Gallagher Sister Dawn looks back on Mother Theodore’s writings, and tries to Providence Sister Dawn Tomaszewski take to heart their deeper meaning. is a communicator. She studied journalism “What I have learned most from her as a college student in the early 1970s at writings is her desire to remain in right Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. relationship with all people—even those Later, as a member of the Sister of with whom she might be struggling,” she Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, she said. “She used the vehicles she had at served at different periods as communications hand to accomplish this. This has had a director for her religious order and her great influence on me—as a person, as a college and high school alma mater. communicator, and, now, as general superior. Elected to a five-year term as the 19th “It seems to me she was never afraid general superior of the Sisters of Providence to approach someone, raise an issue on July 3, 2016, Sister Dawn now has the with someone, offer a kind word or a task of communicating regularly with the challenging word, if needed. So, I hope to members of the congregation’s leadership do that in my own way in these times.” team, known as its General Council, the Sister Dawn had this approach to members of the congregation as a whole communications instilled in her at a and the outside world about the order’s young age when she grew up around mission and ministry. many members of her extended family in She’s also communicating frequently her native Chicago. with St. Mother Theodore Guérin, who “I’ve always felt like I was formed in founded the Sisters of Providence in a loving community,” she said. “That, for 1840 and is Indiana’s first saint. She will me, is really part of the power of being a sometimes visit Mother Theodore’s shrine woman religious. It’s the community. It’s on the motherhouse campus where her not ‘I,’ it’s ‘we.’ ” remains are on display for veneration. As Sister Dawn communicates with the “There have been more than a few members of her congregation about the days that … I’ve stopped in and sat in fulfillment of their mission in the future, this that little chapel and said, ‘Help us know focus on community will play a large role. what it is we’re being called to do,’ ” “We do this together,” she said. Sister Dawn said. “She was so trustful, “Together, we are providence. Not ‘I,’ so open to God’s action in her life. So, I ‘we.’ Together, we can have one impact, think to myself that we’re going to be just one voice, one heart.” fine if we’re faithful to being daughters In the meeting of the members of of Mother Theodore, daughters of the the order in which she was elected Woods, as she liked to call us.” general superior, the sisters did much to Sister Dawn was her congregation’s begin discerning what they called their communications director in the mid-1980s “emerging future.” when it renewed its efforts to promote Much of this happened in discussions Providence Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, left, walks on Oct. 3, 2014, along a coffin containing the remains Mother Theodore’s canonization cause. aimed at consensus building about the of St. Mother Theodore Guérin as it was taken to a new shrine built in her honor on the campus of the motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Dawn was elected She learned at that time how much of a sisters’ future role in education, which has general superior of the Sisters of Providence on July 3, 2016. Also accompanying the coffin are, from communicator Indiana’s first saint was been the historic focus of their ministry, left, Providence Sister Mary Beth Klingel, Tony DuBois, Providence Sister Lisa Stallings (partially through her many letters and journals, but also in advocacy and in bringing about obscured) and Providence Sister Denise Wilkinson, general superior at the time. which Sister Dawn now likens to a greater justice in society and in the (Photo courtesy of the Sisters of Providence of Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods) Facebook posts or tweets on Twitter. broader environment. She found soon after her election that “The consensus builds so that we can its lay Providence Associates and others ability to communicate, both as a listener the news was quickly shared through such have a collective impact, make a statement in and beyond the broader Church, and and as someone who sends messages out,” social media platforms. and hopefully effect positive change,” Sister communicating well with all of them. Sister Cathy said. “She has a real gift for “The election was supposed to be this Dawn said. “That is how we’ll figure out One of the members of the congregation being able to catch the themes that people secret process,” Sister Dawn said with a our emerging future together, in a reflective with whom Sister Dawn will communicate are very concerned about, and to be able to laugh. “We’re all in the dining room casting and contemplative way. That allows the as general superior will be Providence Sister articulate a vision of their sense of who they ballots. And I hardly get outside the room signs of the times to really break through.” Cathy Campbell, who was a high school are and who we are at a particular time.” and here are all these messages showing up Achieving this mission will happen, journalism teacher of Sister Dawn in the late In all of the communicating that Sister on Facebook because somebody inside the she said, through the ministry of the 1960s at Guérin College Preparatory High Dawn will do as general superior, she will room has posted what had happened.” Sisters of Providence, the cooperation of School in River Grove, Ill. bring a conviction about the goodness of “I was very pleased and humbled,” said religious life and of the mission of the Sister Cathy of Sister Dawn’s election as community founded by Mother Theodore. ‘I believe in religious life very strongly. I believe general superior. “When you play a part in a “I believe in religious life very kid’s life, you never know exactly how that strongly,” Sister Dawn said. “I believe in in the charism of providence. It’s a charism for journey is going to unwind and unfold.” the charism of providence. It’s a charism this time. And I want to have the same kind of Sister Cathy, who is the coordinator for this time. And I want to have the same trust that Mother Theodore had, that if we’re of the archdiocese’s Circle of Grace kind of trust that Mother Theodore had, program, a safe environment training that if we’re faithful and open to God and faithful and open to God and God’s providence, program for children in grades K-12 in God’s providence, God will lead us where God will lead us where we need to go.’ archdiocesan schools and catechetical we need to go.” programs, called Sister Dawn “the right —Providence Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, person at the right time” to lead the (To learn more about the Sisters of general superior Sisters of Providence. 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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Cardinal When life in the womb is threatened, Pence would address the March Timothy M. Dolan of New York warned “should it shock us” that “such a society for Life rally in person. After a that if the sanctuary of the womb is would begin to treat the sanctuary of lineup of speakers on Jan. 27, violated, then other sanctuaries are at the earth’s environment as a toxic waste rally participants marched from risk. dump; would begin to consider homes and the National Mall to Constitution “Can any of us neighborhoods as dangerous instead of as Avenue, then up the avenue to be safe, can any of sanctuaries where families are protected the Supreme Court. us claim a sanctuary and fostered; would commence to The weather changed anywhere when approach the poor as bothersome instead overnight from the low 50s at the first and most of brothers,” Cardinal Dolan lamented. the start of the Jan. 26 Mass to significant sanctuary Shrine officials estimated that 12,000 a more typical near-freezing of them all, the attended the Jan. 26 Mass, which was temperature with stiff winds mother’s womb shown on three cable channels and before a Jan. 27 morning protecting a tiny life, broadcast on two radio networks. Among Mass at the shrine celebrated Cardinal Timothy M. can be raided and the faithful were 545 seminarians, by Archbishop Gregory Dolan ravaged?” he asked 90 deacons, 320 priests, 40 bishops and M. Aymond of New Orleans, in a homily during five cardinals in a 20-minute entrance USCCB secretary. the Jan. 26 opening Mass for the National procession. Archbishop Aymond’s homily Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of The faithful were squeezed more sounded a similar theme to the National Shrine of the Immaculate tightly than usual as pews in the left Cardinal Dolan’s in terms how Conception. The vigil always precedes the transept were blocked off so work crews acceptance of abortion is “used annual March for Life, which takes place could continue work on the shrine’s to justify” other disrespect for on the National Mall. Trinity Dome, which should be completed life at various stages, citing Cardinal Dolan, chairman of the by next year’s March for Life. The assisted suicide, euthanasia, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ blockage resulted in the loss of “several death penalty and the rejection (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life hundred” seats, according to shrine of immigrants. Quoting from Activities, called the womb “a sanctuary spokeswoman Jacqueline Hayes. that day’s Gospel, Archbishop which beckons us, where we are safe and Auxiliary Bishop Barry C. Knestout Aymond said, “Jesus says, ‘Let secure in our mother’s tender yet strong of Washington received hearty applause them come to me, let them come embrace, where the Creator himself when he announced near the end of the to me.’ ” A woman prays during the opening Mass of the National assures us of protection and life itself, Mass that the starting times for three He received applause from Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine a sanctuary God has designed for us to pre-March for Life Masses elsewhere in a Mass attendance estimated of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Jan. 26. protect our lives now and in eternity.” Washington the next morning would be at 3,500 when he cited the The all‑night vigil is held before the annual March for Life, which this year marked the 44th anniversary of the Supreme He summoned up a montage of moved up an hour to allow for longer results of a recent study that Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion across sanctuaries throughout human history, lines in security showed “the abortion rate the nation. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) including those used by the Israelites, checkpoints at the in the United States has hit the sanctuary of the temple in Jerusalem pre-march rally, as a historic low since Roe v. Wade.” our culture from a culture of death into a where Mary and Joseph took Jesus each among those speaking Archbishop Aymond said the study culture of life,” the archbishop said to still year, the use of cathedrals and churches at it included “senior speculated on various reasons for the more applause. as sanctuaries from violence, and the White House decline, but “one was not” mentioned. During the March for Life and United States—first as a sanctuary for officials and a special That reason was “the witness of so afterward in the marchers’ parishes and the pilgrims fleeing religious violence in guest.” No name many people for life,” he said. “Youth and neighborhoods, Archbishop Aymond said, England, later for Catholics with little to was mentioned, but young adults are strongly pro-life in our “We will continue to witness, and with their name, but “clinging within to that earlier in the day world and in our Church,” he added to God’s help, we will continue to be strong ‘pearl of great price,’ their faith,” and Archbishop Gregory it was announced applause. “You are making a difference voices for the respect and the dignity of today’s immigrants and refugees. M. Aymond Vice President Mike in the United States. You are changing human life.” †