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Knights take Pro-life movement alive and well Examples of life pro-life cause to the streets abound in diocese March participants urged to pray Pages 9-15 for an end to abortion BY DIANE FREEBY Federal embryonic stem-cell research SOUTH BEND — A return to wintry conditions Jan. 14 did not keep the Knights of Columbus from funding returning to the streets of South Bend for their 33rd annual Right to Life March. Church speaks out Over 50 people joined them that cold Sunday Page 3 afternoon. Beginning at the Santa Maria Council #553 headquarters on Washington Street, the group made its way to a prayer service at St. Joseph Church on LaSalle. In his homily, Holy Cross Father Nathan Wills urged continued prayer to bring about Poverty in America an end to abortion. Father Wills urged the participants not to dwell Catholic Charities’ goal on the sadness of abortion, but to instead pray for the lost children, their parents and those involved with to cut it by half the abortion industry. Page 5 “It is good that we are here,” reminded Father Wills, who then referred to St. Paul’s letter to the Romans. “What can ever separate us from the love of Christ? Nothing! Let us pray for the courage to fight the good fight, to speak our hearts in compas- State sion and for an end to abortion.” DIANE FREEBY After the group returned to the council headquar- legislators return Knights from the Santa Maria Council #553 lead pro-life participants through the streets ters, one participant made it clear why he has of South Bend at the 33rd annual Right to Life March on Jan. 14. The annual march includ- marched every year since the 1970’s. Jerry Ball Indiana Catholic Conference ed a homily by Holy Cross Father Nathan Wills and talk by University of Notre Dame Law prepares for session School Professor Carter Snead. MARCH, PAGE 3 Page 8 All invited to last Mass at St. KNIGHTS PROMOTE LIFE Basketball Mary of the Assumption Parish midseason hoopla ICCL and CYO paces onward BY VINCE LABARBERA Page 21 SOUTH BEND — Bishop John M. D’Arcy will preside at the last Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in South Bend at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28. All cur- rent and past parishioners and clergy are welcome to attend, said Father John Delaney, pastor, who will concelebrate the closing Mass with Bishop D’Arcy. It was announced Dec. 3, 2006, that after extensive consultation, St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, 3501 S. Locust Rd., is The sanctuary of St. Mary of the being merged with nearby St. Jude Parish. Assumption Church is shown above. In announcing the merger, Bishop D’Arcy shared with the congregation his gratitude to them for the many years of worship and the parish records of baptisms, marriages MARK WEBER service at the 125-year-old St. Mary of the and deaths. Assumption Parish. During the brief prayer service at St. Tom Miller, left, and Grand Knight Mike Immediately following the Mass, parish- Jude’s, parishioners of both parishes will be ioners will travel to St. Jude Parish, 19704 welcomed and blessed by Bishop D’Arcy. Blankman of the Hessen Cassel Knights of Johnson Rd., for a welcoming prayer serv- A dinner will follow immediately, but reser- Columbus arranged a pancake breakfast at ice and a dinner. Bishop D’Arcy will take vations are required, said Father Delaney, the Blessed Sacrament from St. Mary’s. He who since last July also has been serving as St. Joseph Hessen Cassel Parish, Fort and others then will process into St. Jude pastor of St. Jude. Anyone who is interested Wayne, which raised nearly $800 and was Church, led by a cross bearer. Also includ- is attending the dinner is asked to call the ed in the procession will be the Book of St. Jude Parish office at (574) 291-0570 by given to the Women’s Care Centers of Fort Gospels, the sacred oils, the altar stone and Wednesday, Jan. 24. Wayne. 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 21, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC

Official newspaper of the When people pray with fervor, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 vocations flourish PUBLISHER: Bishop John M. D’Arcy called “The Institute,” which was a social most kind of Msgr. William Fay, the pastor of EDITOR: Tim Johnson center for young people. It was a thriving St. Columbkille’s to invite me to celebrate a ASSISTANT EDITOR: Don Clemmer place. For some reason, we often went to con- Mass there, near my family home. It was a STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad fession there. At the other end of Brighton great joy. Although we arranged it only in the was St. Gabriel Parish. It included a retreat last several weeks, it was well attended with Editorial Department NEWS center, and my dad often made retreats there. family members and priest friends. I saw rela- PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan &NOTES St. Gabriel’s was staffed by priests of the tives and neighbors I have not seen in years. I FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, Passionists Order. We had these three parish- spoke about what it was like growing up in Michelle Castleman, Elmer J. Danch, BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY es, and now St. Columbkille’s is the only one Brighton, so many physical signs of church. Michelle Donaghey, Bonnie Elberson, left as the other two are closed. So, it was Pope Benedict said it was the parish church Denise Fedorow, Sister Margie and the activity there in his hometown in Lavonis, CSC, Jennifer Ochstein, Bavaria, which prompted him to “fall in love Theresa Thomas, Kristi Ward I hope you say the prayer. with the Catholic Church.” In Brighton you Through the hard work of our small, but had these three impressive churches. There Business Department hardworking staff of Today’s Catholic, every Let us do was also St. John’s Seminary, where I lived BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice Catholic home received a copy of the first many years as a student and later as a faculty member. Nearby was Boston College and also AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber Jubilee Year edition of our newspaper. everything we St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, along with St. BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol Included as well was a decal with our logo, [email protected] the beautiful image of Christ and Mary adapt- Joseph’s Academy for Girls. Everywhere you ed from St. Patrick Church, Fort Wayne. Also can to influence ran into these physical signs of the church. Advertising Sales contained was a prayer card presenting on So many of them are now gone. I tried to Tess Steffen (Fort Wayne area) one side a Prayer for Vocations and on the a culture of life tell the people that Jesus Christ is not gone — (260) 456-2824 other side Psalm 117, a prayer for this Jubilee that he is present in the Eucharist and the Judy Kearns (South Bend area) Year. This prayer card was put together by Gospel and in the priests taking care of St. t is hard to imagine that seven men led (574) 234-0687 Linda Furge, our director of this Jubilee Year Columbkille’s. So many friends of my parents our beloved country to a situation observance and Father Bernie Galic, director were there. Isn’t it always special when some- Web site: www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY where the taking of a human life on of the Vocation Office and pastor of Holy I one says, “I knew your father. I knew your demand is legal. Prior to this decision, all Published weekly except the last Family Parish, South Bend. mother.” Growing up in that town, there were 50 states had laws preventing, or seriously Sunday in June, second and fourth Please say these prayers. We sent them out three special places — your home, your weeks in July, second week in August limiting, the taking of a human life in the so that everyone would have them. You can parish church and the local park or play- and last week in December by the womb. put it in your prayer book or your wallet and ground for sports. We had another place; Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Seven men changed it in a decision say it when you make a visit to the Blessed namely, my father’s store where I began to 1103 S. Calhoun St., P.O. Box 390, Fort which the late Justice White, who was one Wayne, IN 46801. Second-class Sacrament or when you say your morning or work at the age of nine. Like so many Irish of the dissenting votes, called “Raw postage paid at Fort Wayne, IN, and night prayers at home, or after you pray the immigrants, my father had worked for a gro- Judicial Power.” Even some who agree additional mailing office. rosary. cery chain. There were small grocery stores with the result consider the decision In last week’s edition of Today’s Catholic, every 10 blocks or so. When it closed in POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: flawed. How do we respond? There are there was a quote from Pope Benedict, which 1941, he and my mother courageously opened Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Fort several ways to respond. Wayne, IN 46856-1169 or e-mail: was taken from his message from the 2006 D’Arcy’s Market in the next block, and I First, there is the response of prayer. [email protected]. World Day of Prayer for Vocations. That day worked there every day. It was a gift to work People should pray every day for those is not celebrated in this country until after so close to my father, but of course I did not SUBSCRIPTION RATES: who are drawn toward abortion. Domestic in Easter — usually the Third Sunday of Easter, know it at that time. We have to grow old advance, one year $20. Bundle rates Second, we should support and make I believe, when the Gospel relates to the before we see how strong God has been in available on request. Single copy 50¢. known the crisis pregnancy centers; such Good Shepherd. He said, “It is not surprising our life and how he has prepared us for things as, the Women’s Care Center, which has MAIN OFFICE: 915 S. Clinton St., Fort when people pray with fervor, vocations to come. All part of the beautiful trip home — stations across our diocese and beyond. Wayne, IN 46802.Telephone (260) flourish.” the Mass at a nearby parish, although it was They see over 7,000 young women each 456-2824. Fax: (260) 744-1473. This is the spirit that has prompted us to not my home parish, I certainly felt at home BUREAU OFFICE: 114 W.Wayne St., South year. see that every parish and every family there. On a rainy Sunday, the sun shined in Bend, IN 46601.Telephone (574) 234- Third, there is teaching. Many have receives a copy of this Jubilee Prayer for my heart on this, the first celebration of my 0687. Fax: (574) 232-8483. noticed that young people are the strongest Vocations. I am certain and I believe with all Golden Jubilee Year. It was a joy. Thanks be opponents of abortion. We must continue News deadline is the Monday morn- my heart that if our diocese is on its knees to God. this through our teaching in our schools ing before publication date. this year, praying for vocations for priests and and in religious education. In this teaching, Advertising deadline is nine days the consecrated life spiritual gifts will come before publication date. science is the friend of theology and ethics. and more young men of good quality who are Many tasks ahead Finally, there is the public arena. For capable of living this demanding but beautiful I am preparing for my pastoral visits to the LETTERS POLICY: Today’s Catholic wel- this reason, many from our diocese will go comes original, signed letters about life will come forward and seek to follow four high schools. As always, we will begin at to Washington, D.C. this week to protest on issues affecting church life. Although Christ as shepherds of the flock. Bishop Luers High School. Then comes the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Let we cannot publish every letter we We include prayers for the consecrated Catholic Schools Week and the All Schools us do everything we can to influence our receive, we strive to provide a bal- life, for brothers and sisters, who have played Mass in Fort Wayne and at Notre Dame, as anced representation of expressed young people in this direction. Many young such a significant role in our diocese. We well as the luncheons to help the You Can opinions and a variety of reflections people will make this journey. have a number of initiatives being planned Lend a Hand program, which raises funds for on life in the church.We will choose I support the Promises To Keep pro- letters for publication based on read- throughout the year. These efforts will only our schools. Our Liturgy Day is coming up in gram, which some of our Catholic high er interest, timeliness and fairness. bear fruit if accompanied by prayer. Warsaw, and I have the privilege of giving the schools are implementing. I hope we can Readers may agree or disagree with first class in preparation for the group of men the letter writers’ opinions. Letters do more on this in the year ahead. Let us who are candidates for the permanent dia- must not exceed 500 words. All let- do everything we can to build and sustain conate. In February, I will celebrate my ters must be signed and include a A visit to family what Pope John Paul II called “the culture jubilee as a priest of 50 years as well as 32 phone number and address for verifi- St. Columbkille Church was the neighbor- of life.” May it grow in our midst during cation.We reserve the right to edit years as bishop. I thank God for his presence ing parish. It was larger than Our Lady of the this Jubilee Year. letters for legal and other concerns. Presentation, which was the parish of my and for the gift of good health. Mail letters to: Today’s Catholic, family since my parents came from Ireland in P.O. Box 11169, Fort Wayne, IN the 1920s. St. Columbkille’s was the mother 46856-1169; or e-mail: church, large and imposing on Market Street, Prediction [email protected] near the business center. They had a high Patriots 27, Colts 21. Let us see what hap- Bishop John M. D’Arcy school and grammar school and something pens. See you all next week. ISSN 0891-1533 USPS 403630 JANUARY 21, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 3 Pro-life official decries passage of ‘misguided’ stem-cell bill WASHINGTON (CNS) — A pro- legislation, Rep. Chris Smith, R- Cardinal Rigali said the lawmakers life official of the U.S. Conference N.J., decried the abundance of should support “better solutions” of Catholic Bishops criticized misinformation surrounding the than the “most speculative and House passage Jan. 11 of a bill that debate on stem-cell research and most divisive type of stem-cell would expand federal funding of called for federal resources to go research,” that which involves the stem-cell research that involves the to effective, ethical stem-cell destruction of embryos. destruction of human embryos, but research. “On a practical level, embryon- expressed confidence that an Before the vote, Philadelphia ic stem-cell research has been as expected presidential veto of the Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of disappointing in its results as it has “misguided and unethical legisla- the bishops’ Committee on Pro- been divisive to our society,” he tion” would stand. Life Activities, urged House mem- said. “After almost three decades Richard Doerflinger, deputy bers to “consider the fundamental of research in mouse embryonic director of the bishops’ Secretariat moral line” they would cross if stem cells and nine years in the for Pro-Life Activities, said in a they approved H.R. 3, the Stem human variety, researchers can statement that the 253-174 vote Cell Research Enhancement Act of scarcely point to a safe and effec- indicated that there were not 2007. tive ‘cure’ for any condition in enough votes to override the veto Cardinal Rigali called it a “sad mice let alone human beings” that President George W. Bush has reality” that other forms of stem- using embryonic stem cells. promised. cell research have received inade- “At the same time,” he contin- The bill now goes to the Senate quate funding and attention while ued, “ethically sound research for a vote; if it passes there, it will there has been “an exaggerated using nonembryonic stem cells has be sent to the White House for and almost exclusive focus on continued to advance, helping action by Bush. destructive embryo research in the patients with over 70 conditions in But Doerflinger said both hous- political and policymaking arena.” early peer-reviewed studies.” es of Congress should turn their “Even the national cord-blood “Since Congress debated this attention “to stem-cell research stem-cell bank that Congress issue last summer, further evidence that poses no moral problem — approved a year ago, which could has emerged on the versatility of constructive research that is benefit many thousands of adult stem cells, and on the likeli- already beginning to help patients Americans immediately, has hood that they can be repro- with dozens of conditions in clini- received minimal funding,” he grammed to enhance this quality,” cal trials.” said. he said. “Unlike embryonic stem-cell Other forms of stem-cell Cardinal Rigali told House research, research using stem cells CNS PHOTO/MICHAEL ALEXANDER, GEORGIA BULLETIN research made news Jan. 7 based members also to consider “the fun- from adult tissue, umbilical-cord Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on a report from scientists at Wake damental moral line” they will blood, amniotic fluid and other Forest and Harvard universities cross by approving the measure. sources is showing enormous on Pro-Life Activities, has urged members of the U.S. House of that said the amniotic fluid sur- “The federal government has promise and is likely to produce Representatives to reject an embryonic stem-cell research bill up for rounding a child in the womb can never taken the crass utilitarian new treatments for patients now vote Jan. 11 in Washington. Cardinal Rigali is pictured at the Red Mass be the source of medically useful approach of forcing taxpayers to living,” he added. in Atlanta in this September file photo. stem cells. The report was pub- support the direct killing of inno- Noting that most Americans lished in an online edition of the cent human life, at any stage of prefer stem-cell research that takes Doerflinger said, “The truly states- supporting medical progress that journal Nature Biotechnology. development, in the name of place “without harming or destroy- manlike approach to this issue all Americans can live with.” In a letter to House members progress,” he added. ing human life at any stage,” would be to take up this challenge, During the House debate on the dated Jan. 9 and released Jan. 10,

Georgetown University, now destroy human beings at their ear- MARCH focuses his research on the inter- liest, or at any, stage,” emphasized Collection for the section of law and bioethics. Snead. “An egg plus a sperm CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Giving a crash course on stem equals a new, distinct human cells, Snead explained what they organism with its own genetic Church in Latin America graduated, cum laude, from the are, the ethical issues involved, identity. Yes, it needs to be in University of Notre Dame in and the resulting legal and public womb, in a hospitable environ- 1969. Nine months later, a motor- policies. ment. So do all living things.” will be Jan. 27-28 cycle accident changed his life “Stem cells come from a vari- Another media misconception, forever. Ball sustained severe head ety of sources,” explained Snead. said Snead, is the issue of federal My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, injuries, forcing him to leave his “The most controversial are funding. He explained that no ban Supporting the work of the church in the poorer areas of the new job and everything he thought embryonic stem cells, produced by exists on stem-cell research, only world is a concrete sign of our solidarity with those who share our his Notre Dame education had in-vitro fertilization, or IVF. The on providing incentives to create faith. Next weekend, Jan. 27-28, we will have an opportunity to afforded him. Yet through his next step is human cloning, where embryos specifically for research participate in providing assistance for the pastoral work of the faith, this man keeps things in per- an embryo is produced by a and ultimate destruction. church through the annual Collection for the Church in Latin spective. process that simulates fertilization, “It’s a federal limitation, not a America. “I’m happy for my life,” for express purposes of research.” ban,” emphasized Snead. “It varies When we consider the fact that half of the world’s Catholics live replied Ball, who is the fifth in a Lost on the mainstream media from state to state, similar to the in Latin America and that they are extremely poor, how can we not family of 12 children. “The Father is the value of adult stem cells, pre-Roe v. Wade legal landscape.” be moved to do what we can for our brothers and sisters who share was good to me, so I try to be which can be obtained from the When asked what the average our faith south of the border? good to him. That’s why I come to placenta, bone marrow, fat cells citizen can do to make a political The money raised in this collection goes directly to support pas- this march.” and most recently noted, amniotic impact on this life and death issue, toral projects in 22 countries throughout Mexico, Central and South Professor Carter Snead, a fluid — none of which requires the Snead was specific. America and the Caribbean. Through grants and partnerships, this member of the Notre Dame law destruction of a human embryo. “Educate yourselves on the collection makes possible catechetical and lay leadership programs, department and St. Joseph Church, Public figures like Sen. Arlen issue, then influence your local youth ministry, evangelization programs and formation programs addressed the group with a talk on Spector and actor Michael J. Fox and state representatives. Ban for seminarians, religious, priests and deacons. In Latin America, his area of expertise, “Stem Cell promote the idea that all illnesses cloning. Ban destructive embryon- where there is an average of only one priest for every 7,000 Research: On the Frontier of Pro- can be cured by stem cells. This, ic research. We are for science and Catholics, even modest grants can provide things that we might Life Legal Issues.” according to Snead, is an irrespon- cures, but within an ethical frame- take for granted, such as paper, books or even a meeting place. The Snead previously served on and sible yet effective claim. He fears work.” Department of Social Development and World Peace at the United continues to advise the Bush this over-hyped message will only The Respect Life Program States Conference of Catholic Bishops also receives a percentage of Administration as General cause false hopes. wrapped up with words of encour- this collection to fund its work on public issues of concern to the Counsel for the President’s “It’s still too early to know agement from Pastor James Church in Latin America, such as debt relief for poor countries, for- Council on Bioethics, a White what exactly embryonic stem-cell Williams, founder of Abundant eign aid, international trade, human rights and religious freedom. House advisory committee. He research has achieved,” said Faith Family Ministry. Ecumenical Please know of my gratitude for your generosity in this effort as was the principal drafter of the Snead. “We do know that adult in membership, the ministry is we in this hemisphere strive to live out the demands of solidarity council’s 2004 report, stem cells have actually been used dedicated to serving the communi- which our late, great Holy Father, John Paul II, once expressed so “Reproduction and Responsibility: and have benefited others.” ty by providing clothing, housing eloquently: “The greatest gift which America has received from the The Regulation of New If one day science proves and medical assistance to those in Lord is the faith which has forged its Christian identity.” Biotechnologies.” From 2004 to embryonic stem cells are the most need among our community, while 2005, Snead served as the chief effective way to cure disease, defending the right-to-life posi- Sincerely yours in our Lord, negotiator and head of the U.S. Snead reminded his listeners of tion. delegation to the United Nations the moral implications of creating Pastor Williams was joined by for the Universal Declaration on and destroying millions of his praise team and choir to close Bioethics and Human Rights. embryos. the program in song. Everyone Most Rev. John M. D’Arcy Snead, who received his law “You don’t have to be Catholic was then invited to stay for a sim- degree magna cum laude from to understand why we shouldn’t ple meal of hot soup and bread. 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 21, 2007 Questioning a society that condones murder with murder Author of ‘Dead Man Walking’ speaks with Marian students

BY JENNIFER OCHSTEIN asked her if she would be inter- ested in being a pen pal with a death row inmate, who seemed MISHAWAKA — If you Google desperate for contact with other the words “death penalty nun,” people. chances are you’ll come across She agreed, not anticipating Sister Helen Prejean’s name. that Patrick Sonnier would write It seems it’s a title Sister her back. Prejean, the author of the book “No one visited him,” Sister “Dead Man Walking: An Prejean said. “His mother could- Eyewitness Account of the Death n’t because she mentally couldn’t Penalty in the United States,” walk into a place where they never expected. were gonna kill her son.” “I never really thought about So, Sonnier asked Sister social justice,” early on in her Prejean to visit him. career as a nun, said Sister She was later struck by Mt Prejean, who spoke about her 25:36, in which Jesus said, “ ... I experience serving as spiritual was in prison and you came to advisor to Patrick Sonnier. visit me.” Sister Prejean visited Sonnier was convicted and exe- death row. cuted in Louisiana for murder She thought he would look and rape. “mean and scowly,” but he didn’t Sister Prejean spoke to stu- and said to her, “‘Sister Helen, dents at Marian High School in you came. People always say Mishawaka about her experience they’ll come, but they never do,’” with Sonnier. She also spoke at said Sister Prejean Little Flower Parish in South That’s when she said she real- Bend. ized Sonnier was a human being. It seems becoming spiritual “We’re all worth more than advisor for death row inmates the worst thing we’ve ever done,” never entered her mind either. she said. “In Christ, we’re all a Since being nominated for the new creation.” Pulitzer Prize and having her All the while she said she saw book made into a Academy a goodness in him. JENNIFER OCHSTEIN Award-winning moving starring That’s not to say she forgot Sister Helen Prejean, center, talks with two parents after sharing her story behind writing the book “Dead Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, about the victims he killed and Man Walking” at Marian High School in Mishawaka. Sister Prejean has witnessed five the girl he raped along with his executions and speaks out against brother, Eddie James Sonnier. the death penalty. Loretta Ann Bourque, 18, was even though she was prompted He even told the convicted the horror of a state killing.” Sister Prejean told Marian stu- raped and killed, and David by the Holy Spirit to do so. When murderer’s mother that if she She called herself a witness to dents and guests she changed her LeBlanc, 16, was killed in 1977 she saw the girl’s family at the ever needed anything to call him the indignity of state-sponsored mind about social justice after by the Sonnier brothers. execution, they wouldn’t look at and told her she was not respon- killing. she learned that the Gospels are “And I’m the spiritual mother her. The boy’s father had a differ- sible for the actions of her sons. “I’d never seen anything like laden with social justice. to the two people who did this,” ent reaction. He asked her why “There are people who recog- it,” she said. “I threw up and “All of a sudden, I got it,” she she told the crowd at Marian — it she never came to visit with his nize that anoth- thought ‘I’m a said in a ripe Southern drawl. was something else it seemed she family. er mother’s witness.’” She suddenly got that, under could hardly believe. She said later that the boy’s child is going to Many stu- Jesus Christ’s new way of living She saw the entire case, in father was the hero of her book die,” Sister “We’re all worth more dents, including in community together, no one which everyone involved was “Dead Man Walking.” They said Prejean said. Justin Dieringer, would be poor because everyone Catholic — from the victims and the rosary together and he prayed Later, she 18, agreed with shared their resources. their families to the Sonnier for everyone involved in the mur- said that over than the worst thing Sister Prejean’s That’s what Sister Prejean brothers and their family — as der including the Sonnier broth- two years after stance on the decided to do. the two arms of the cross. On one ers and their mother, who was she wrote her we’ve ever done.” death penalty. Originally from and serving in arm was the suffering victims and continually being harassed in the first letter to “I’m against New Orleans, Sister Prejean said their families and on the other community. Patrick Sonnier, SISTER HELEN PREJEAN the death penal- she moved into a poor housing were the Sonnier brothers and “I was in the presence of he was killed. ty,” Dieringer, a project called St. Thomas, also in their family. someone who had forgiven And she senior at the New Orleans. She said she never visited the everyone,” Sister Prejean said of refused to call high school, And that’s where someone families because she was scared, the murdered boy’s father. that killing any said. “I believe euphemism like life should be execution. respected and the dignity of life “We need to question a society should be protected.” • Downtown that condones murder with mur- He said he had this view der,” Sister Prejean said, adding before listening to Prejean, but • East State later: “If as a society, we’re going her lecture helped affirm it in his to decide who lives and who dies mind. • Glenbrook we better have a way to find out Lisa Veldman, 17, a junior at the truth.” Marian, agreed. • Time Corners She said most people on death What struck her most about row are poor, who can’t afford the death penalty is that mostly • Lima Road expensive attorneys to defend them. poor are sentenced to death. She “ I was with (Sonnier) when he said it is not right that some peo- • Chapel Ridge died,” Sister Prejean said later. ple get life in prison or the death “I’m still horrified by the crime he penalty depending on the cost of committed, and then I witnessed their attorney.

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Catholic Charities served “well with that agency, described how BY JERRY FILTEAU over 20,000” clients last year, she Catholic Charities helped her said, “78 percent of our clients when she and her young son were WASHINGTON (CNS) — live below the federal poverty homeless, providing transitional Catholic Charities USA Jan. 10 guidelines.” housing and other assistance to launched an ambitious campaign “More than 50 percent of those help her get out of a cycle of wel- to cut poverty in America in half served in our shelters are chil- fare and get part-time work. by 2020. dren,” she added. “I love my work at Catholic “The poor do belong to us. ... She said a Catholic Charities Charities,” she said. She added They are our brothers and sisters,” clinic in Wichita that serves peo- that the salary she is paid is fair Father Larry Snyder, Catholic ple without health insurance used for a secretary in a nonprofit Charities USA president, told an to find that most of the uninsured organization, but after insurance, overflow crowd at a Capitol Hill were elderly or unemployed. taxes and other deductions, her briefing announcing the Today, “60 percent are employed net pay of $1,320 a month makes Campaign to Reduce Poverty in and it’s going up,” she said. it a struggle every month to meet America. Catholic social teaching does the bills for rent, food, health care Noting that 37 million not call for complete equality of and day care for her son. Americans — 12.6 percent of the income, but it does condemn When a new landlord came in population — currently live “extreme inequalities of income last year and raised the $900 below the poverty line, he said and consumption,” she said. monthly rent for her two-bedroom Catholic Charities USA and its What the campaign seeks to apartment, she said, she and her affiliates, working in partnership “As a society we cannot con- She called for a combination establish is “a floor of material son were forced to move to a one- with government, the private sec- tinue to abandon” those who are of “moral outrage and political well-being on which we all can bedroom apartment in a more tor and other nonprofits, will poor and in need of assistance, he will” to create a turning point and stand,” she said. dangerous neighborhood. launch “a concentrated, systemat- said. bring the nation “to engage in a Stephanie Baldwin, a single “The cost of living is out of ic effort to cut poverty in half by Citing the importance of a long-overdue debate about the mother who received help from reach for more and more people 2020.” higher minimum wage, he said, plight of the poor.” Catholic Charities of Trenton, like me,” she said. The briefing introducing the “Today too many Americans are In the Wichita Diocese, where N.J., and now has a secretarial job campaign was attended by media, working hard without being able legislators, legislative aides and to make ends meet.” leaders of other Catholic organi- Ron Jackson, executive direc- zations engaged in social service tor of the District of Columbia The Office of Spiritual Development and Evangelization and advocacy for the poor. Catholic Conference and a veter- is pleased to offer the powerful Catholic Study for Women Participants received the newly an lobbyist for the poor on FULL OF GRACE: released Catholic Charities USA Capitol Hill, attested to the role of policy paper, “Poverty in government in combating poverty. Women and the Abundant Life Foundation Study America: A Threat to the Debates whether government Common Good.” It sets the moral anti-poverty programs work have by Johnnette Benkovic and analytic framework for the been going on since President campaign and spells out specific Lyndon B. Johnson launched his m policy proposals for a sustained Great Society reforms in the A nine-week study that teaches us to embrace our gift drive to reverse the growth of 1960s, he said. poverty in the United States. Jackson told the group that of authentic femininity and dignity as revealed in the The briefing was held as the growing up poor in Louisiana he Vatican II documents and writings of Pope John Paul II. U.S. House was debating a bill to was able to work during high The study includes prayer, reading of scriptures and change the minimum wage from school because of Johnson’s the current $5.15 an hour — a Neighborhood Youth Corps pro- the lives of women saints, as well as group discussion. rate unchanged since 1997 — to gram. He said that as the fourth of $7.25 an hour by 2009. five children he could not have Maureen Murphy, an associate gone on to college without the division manager of Catholic money he had saved through Charities of Chicago, said that work in that program, which was with housing prices in Lake enough to get him through the County, Ill., someone has to earn first year’s tuition and into the $17 an hour at a full-time job to second. afford a two-bedroom apartment. “It was a way to lift me out of Women’s groups will be facilitated by Ginny Kohrman For someone earning the current poverty,” he said. from the Office of Spiritual Development. minimum wage, that would mean He said one-third of the chil- working 133 hours a week, she dren in the District of Columbia m said. live in poverty and last year alone Saturday mornings 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. beginning February 24, 2007 to April 28, 2007 Saying that a society is judged the city lost about 12,000 units of by how it treats its poor, Father affordable housing. If the nation (except April 7, 2007 - Holy Saturday) Snyder described the current situ- is going to commit itself to at the Lindenwood Rereat and Conference Center on the Campus of Ancilla Domini ation in America as a “moral cri- reversing poverty, “it would be a 9601 Union Road, Donaldson, Indiana 46513 sis.” good idea to start right in the The cost is $50.00 due at time of registration (covers cost of book and study guide) He said the number of people nation’s capital,” he said. seeking assistance from Catholic Janet Valente Pape, chair- TO REGISTER: Call Ruth Van Vactor at 574-935-1780 Charities agencies across the woman of the Catholic Charities country is rising faster than the USA board and executive director Deadline for Registration: February 12, 2007 amount of resources available to of Catholic Charities of the assist them. Since 2002, the num- Diocese of Wichita, Kan., said the ber of people seeking emergency new campaign is meant to chal- assistance has increased 14 per- lenge not just the church and the Liturgy Day 2007 Registration Form for Liturgy Day 2007 cent, he said, and the total number government, but everyone. Gathering Faithfully Together served by Catholic Charities “We absolutely need to reverse With Father Jan Michael Joncas Name:______nationwide has risen to nearly 8 the trend of the increasing number February 3, 2007 million a year. of poor in this country,” she said. 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Address:______Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 225 Gilliam Dr. City, State & Zip______Warsaw, IN 46580 “Professional Insurance Services” Phone: ______Cost: $25.00. All registrations must be paid in advance. Name & City of parish:______kintz •Life •Auto No money will be accepted at the door. •Health •Home Registration Fee: $25.00 insurance •Annuities •Business Registration Deadline is January 24, 2007. Payment Must Be Enclosed With Your Registration agency •Disabilities •Liability All Registrations and payments must be to Make your check payable to “Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.” •Medicare Supplements the Office of Worship by that date. •Nursing Home Care Please return this form to: Register on-line at: Office of Worship, Attn: Liturgy Day 111 North Third Street • Decatur www.diocesefwsb.org/WORSHIP/registration.htm P.O. Box 390, Fort Wayne, IN 46801 (260)728-9290 • (260) 724-8042 • 1-800-589-5468 6 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 21, 2007

churches in the Guigang area. The Bush’s new plan for Iraq bishop used to celebrate three draws support, criticism Masses on Sundays at three differ- ent churches. Even after turning WASHINGTON (CNS) — A 100, the bishop maintained this Catholic Army chaplain who was practice until his health began stationed in Iraq and a Christian EWS RIEFS N B deteriorating in August 2005. Iraqi-American military adviser said they stand behind U.S. President George W. Bush’s most ARCHBISHOP, CLERGY CELEBRATE MASS FOR INMATES World Youth Day to base recent plan to send more troops to fees on wealth of Iraq. But three international policy experts contacted by Catholic pilgrim’s country News Service sharply criticized the plan and questioned whether it VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With can succeed. “If this is what the the approval of the Vatican, organ- leaders are asking for, then that’s izers of the 2008 World Youth Day what they need,” said Father Brian events in Australia will charge Kane, who served as an Army registration fees based on the chaplain for the 67th Area Support wealth of each pilgrim’s home Group at Al Asad Airfield, in the country. “The pricing structure Iraqi Al Anbar region. Pauline ensures that pilgrims from more Jasim, a military bilingual and affluent nations, including bicultural adviser in Baghdad, Australian pilgrims, share in a rea- Iraq, said it was “about time sonable part of the costs of Washington realized the (number WYD08 and support pilgrims of) troops were never enough, and from less-affluent nations,” said more troops are needed in an announcement on the event’s Baghdad.” Jesuit Father Drew official Web site. Organizers said Christiansen, editor of the nation- the four-tiered registration fee sys- al Catholic magazine America and tem was based on national income director of the U.S. bishops’ classifications developed by the Office of International Justice and World Bank. Pilgrims from Peace 1991-98, said the plan Australia, the United States, “seems to me too light on the Canada and Western Europe, but troops” to achieve the goal of suf- also Poland, Mexico and several ficient security for a transition to Caribbean countries will be asked to pay higher registration fees than Iraqi control. More importantly, CNS PHOTO/MICHAEL ALEXANDER, GEORGIA BULLETIN “it ignores the diplomatic ele- pilgrims coming from middle- and ments altogether,” he said. Atlanta Deacon Tom Silvestri reads the Gospel during a Mass for inmates at the Georgia low-income countries. Pilgrims Maryann Cusimano Love, a pro- Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson Jan. 4. Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. from countries in the South fessor of politics at The Catholic Pacific that have been classified University of America, Gregory, left, presided at the service. Deacon Silvestri and Father Austin Fogarty, front, either as “lower middle” or “low Washington, and an expert on ter- make regular visits to the prison. income” — such as Fiji, East rorism, said Jan. 11: “This is pri- Timor and Papua New Guinea — marily a political battle about win- will be offered the steepest dis- ning hearts and minds. And the of housing and increase the num- damages from the Holy See. U.S. ence at Rome’s Pontifical count. The price list is published military measures that he present- ber of preschools and nurseries.” District Judge John G. Heyburn II Urbanian University. Cardinal on the World Youth Day Web site, ed last night don’t do anything to ruled Jan. 11 that U.S. bishops and Dias told the conference, which www.wyd2008.org. address the underlying problems Boston cardinal calls priests are employees of the focused on dialogue in societies in Iraq and, I’m afraid, are unlike- Vatican within the terms of the marked by growing religious and Australian bishop ly to succeed.” Gerard F. Powers, abuse ‘dark truth’ in Federal Sovereign Immunity Act. cultural diversity, that “otherness, director of policy studies at the The act generally exempts other plurality and diversity are a rich- defends covering University of Notre Dame’s Kroc church sovereign states from the jurisdic- ness, not a threat.” Because it Institute for Peace and head of the tion of U.S. courts, but it allows knows that all people are created crucifixes in Catholic BOSTON (CNS) — In a column U.S. courts to adjudicate lawsuits in the image of God, the Catholic bishops’ Office of International marking the fifth anniversary of hospital Justice and Peace 1998-2004, said seeking monetary damages from a Church engages in its mission to the crisis over clergy sexual abuse foreign country for personal proclaim God’s love to all people there “are some positive propos- of children, Boston Cardinal Sean PERTH, Australia (CNS) — An als” in the Bush plan and “the stat- injury caused in the United States and sees dialogue as part of that Australian bishop has defended a P. O’Malley said that scandal was by an employee of that country mission, he said. French Cardinal ed goal is the right one — a unit- a “dark and unremitting truth” that Catholic hospital’s decision to ed, stable, nonsectarian govern- “while acting within the scope of Paul Poupard, president of the cover hospital room crucifixes if had to be confronted. Cardinal his office or employment.” The pontifical councils for Culture and ment.” But he said the “modest O’Malley’s comments appeared patients request it. Bishop Justin increase in troops” announced by lawsuit, brought by Louisville for Interreligious Dialogue, told Bianchini of Geraldton said the Jan. 7 as an opinion piece in the attorney William McMurry on conference participants, “Only on Bush is another case of “willing Boston Globe, the daily newspa- move by the town’s St. John of the ends but not the means.” behalf of three clients who claim the basis of values, which basical- God Hospital did not reflect a drift per whose unrelenting expose of they were abused by priests when ly have a common source, can child sex abuse by priests in the toward secularism or political cor- they were minors, is believed to people live together peacefully rectness. “The fact that we are Boston Archdiocese turned the be the first clergy sexual abuse without giving up their own faith Local officials should secret of such abuse into a nation- Catholic means we do respect suit that names the Holy See as the and culture.” people now, we are more open, promote family-friendly al crisis five years ago. Cardinal sole defendant. McMurry O’Malley noted that on Jan. 6 not narrow-minded,” Bishop policies, says pope described Heyburn’s decision as Bianchini said. “It’s not denying Catholics celebrate the Epiphany, “historic.” However, The Courier- Secretly ordained Chinese “the manifestation of God’s love our beliefs. “It’s not political cor- VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If they Journal, Louisville daily newspa- Bishop Meng dies at 103 rectness, it’s accommodating a really want to improve the quality for all humanity.” “Five years ago, per, quoted attorney Jeffrey S. as we marked the feast on Jan. 6, need occasionally on request in a of life of their citizens, city and Lena of Berkeley, Calif., counsel HONG KONG (CNS) — room; even if it’s someone that regional officials must promote 2002, the devastating revelations for the Vatican, saying that calling Clandestinely ordained Bishop that Catholic clergy had sexually believes nothing and they see this policies to strengthen families, U.S. bishops and priests Vatican Joseph Meng Ziwen of Nanning, tortured body on the cross, the Pope Benedict XVI said. “The abused children shook the employees is a “fairly weak linch- China’s oldest prelate, died Jan. 7 Archdiocese of Boston and the visual image can be distressing if intrinsic value” of the family pin” for the case. at the age of 103. He had suffered they don’t understand it,” the based on marriage between a man wider community,” he said. “The from liver cancer. Bishop Meng contrast between the feast, which bishop said. “If they’re in a room and a woman must be better was ordained a bishop in 1984, and they were stressed, are you understood and supported, the celebrates the light of Christ, and Peace is not final aim of but the Chinese government rec- the dark and unremitting truth of helping or hindering them? That’s pope said Jan. 11 in a speech to dialogue, Vatican ognized him only as a priest. He part of good health care — you officials from the city and clergy sexual abuse seemed, at died at a church in Guigang, about first, impossible to accept.” He tend to them,” said the bishop. province of Rome and from the officials tell conference 80 miles east of Nanning, reported The hospital is part of the St. John Lazio region. While the church is added, “But the truth of the abuse UCA News, an Asian church news had to be confronted.” ROME (CNS) — Dialogue of God Health Care System, doing its part to educate and assist agency. Coadjutor Bishop John Australia’s third-largest private families, he said, a government between religions is necessary for Baptist Tan Yanchuan of Nanning peace, but that is not the final aim hospital operator with 11 hospitals policy on family life and for fami- Judge says abuse lawsuit succeeded Bishop Meng and was in two states. lies also is necessary. The pope of the Catholic Church’s commit- to preside at the funeral Mass, called for “initiatives that would against Vatican can go ment to dialogue, two Vatican scheduled for Jan. 13. Bishop make it less difficult and burden- officials said. “A Christian is one Meng’s great-nephew, Father some for young couples to form a ahead who opens himself to others,” said Joseph Meng Weicai, who had family and then generate and edu- Indian Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect cared for the bishop since 2002, WASHINGTON. (CNS) — A fed- of the Congregation for the cate their children, promote eral judge in Louisville, Ky., has said his great-uncle had “unlimit- employment for young adults, Evangelization of Peoples, at the ed God-given energy,” as shown denied a Vatican request to dis- opening of a Jan. 11-12 confer- contain as far as possible the cost miss a sex abuse lawsuit seeking in his pastoral work at the nine JANUARY 21, 2007 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 7

trations for the quiet day of reflec- St. Jude hosts tion program, “Sensing the Unexpected Christ.” Using Scripture and experience as guides, Catholicism and the day will focus on using the senses to recognize and meet the world religions AROUND THE DIOCESE living Lord. Father Michael Winkowski, CPPS, will facilitate. lecture series He most recently served as the pas- tor of St. Patrick Church in SOUTH BEND — St. Jude Parish Walkerton and is now retired. in South Bend will present USF ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF CHURCH PROPERTY The program will be Monday, “Catholicism and World Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The program Religions,” a four-part lecture fee is $21 and includes the noon series delivered by Professor Brad main meal. Malkovsky, from the theology The registration deadline for department at the University of both events is Monday, Feb. 12. Notre Dame. Fore more information or to regis- The series will be held at St. ter, contact Lindenwood at (574) Jude Church, Thursday evenings, 935-1780 weekdays 8 a.m.-4:30 from 7 to 9 p.m. on the following p.m., e-mail [email protected] dates and include the following top- or visit www.lindenwood.org. ics: • Feb. 15, Introduction of Catholicism and World Religions. Area teen to teach This lecture provides an introduc- English in Argentina tion to the changes brought about by Vatican II that have led to a more FORT WAYNE — Kateri Till, a appreciative approach to other reli- junior at Bishop Dwenger High gions. It will also include a general School, is just like most teens: discussion of the main teachings active on her soccer team, studying that will be investigated more hard in school and busy with Girl closely over the following weeks. Scouting. Till is unique, however, • March 1, Catholicism and because she took all of that ambi- Hinduism. Hinduism is the world’s tion to Argentina on Jan. 15, when oldest religion. Participants will she left for seven months and will learn about reincarnation, different teach English to impoverished views of God, the practice of yoga, younger girls there, using soccer as spiritual enlightenment. The lecture the means to getting them interest- will explore what is compatible ed in education. The activity will be the final with Catholic faith, what is mutual- DON CLEMMER ly enriching for us, whether component of her Girl Scout Gold Catholic or Hindu. The University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne has purchased the 50,000 square foot Award project. The Girl Scout Gold Award challenges a girl to increase • March 15, Catholicism and Abundant Life Tabernacle property at 2702 Spring St. The property is adjacent to the Buddhism. Some of Buddhism’s her knowledge, develop her leader- doctrines come straight out of north side of the university’s campus. “Our expanded space on Spring Street will provide ship skills and serve her communi- ty. Nationally, only 6 percent of Hinduism. Some are new: no God, additional infrastructure for the continued growth of the university,” said Sister Elise no soul. This lecture will explore Girl Scouts earn this significant what the main types of Buddhism Kriss, OSF, president of the university. The university has developed a task force to award, and a girl who has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award can look are and why does one resemble determine how the space will be utilized. Christian spirituality more than the forward to greater access to college other. scholarships, paid internships and • March 29, Catholicism and choose a path of religious life and be a future investment for our stu- community awards. Islam. This lecture will offer an fill the need to assist in blessing our dents and school.” Bishop Dwenger offers Till was first able to visit opportunity to explore one of the faithful now and in the future,” it Some examples of these larger SAT prep course Argentina for her soccer training. It fastest growing and most contro- says. projects include new computers for was then that she first saw the need versial religions today. There are “Please pray the novena for the computer lab, and new students’ FORT WAYNE — Bishop to do service there. many commonalities between the vocations with us each day for the desks and chairs, Widner said. Dwenger High School is offering “I saw rundown shack houses, two faiths, but also important dif- current priests and religious and School parents, parishioners at an SAT prep course on Tuesdays and outside, kids were playing soc- ferences centering on Christ and especially for our seminarians and both St. Joseph Parish and St. and Thursdays, beginning Jan. 23 cer without proper equipment. They God’s degree of involvement in the sisters in formation from our dio- Elizabeth Seton Parish, and all and running through March 3. need education, and they need sup- world. Participants will also learn cese,” the letter adds. other friends interested in support- Classes will be held from 6 p.m. to plies to learn.” some of the differences between The Serra Club’s mission is to ing St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth School 7:30 p.m. The 14 sessions include Till collected basic school sup- Shiite and Sunni Islam. foster and affirm vocations to the are cordially invited to attend the diagnostic testing, six verbal and plies before leaving on her trip. In ordained priesthood and vowed Legacy Auction. Tickets for the six math lessons. The fee is $150 Argentina, she will continue school Fort Wayne Serrans religious life, and through this min- Legacy Auction are $25 per person, and includes the text. The class is work through online distance learn- istry, foster and affirm its members’ which includes an array of hors open to any high school student in ing. She will complete her senior initiate vocation common Catholic faith. d’oeuvres and one drink ticket. the Fort Wayne and Allen County year of high school in Fort Wayne refrigerator magnets Some of the items that will be area. For more information and reg- after she returns in July 2007. Third annual Legacy auctioned in the live auction include istration, please call the school at FORT WAYNE — In their quest to a unique Sri Lankan dinner pre- (260) 496-4700. Student receives second reach out to Catholic youth, the Auction to support pared by a Sri Lankan priest, pizza place in poetry contest Fort Wayne Serra Club has spon- St. Joseph-St Elizabeth and a movie with a newly ordained Lindenwood holds sored the printing of vocation priest, and a dinner with Father Tim Women of Grace study, FORT WAYNE — Lauren refrigerator magnets. The magnets School Wrozek, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Hellinger, a sophomore at Bishop are being distributed to fifth graders FORT WAYNE — The St. Joseph- and Father Jim Shafer, pastor of St. day of reflection Luers High School, received sec- in Fort Wayne area parishes St. Elizabeth School Home and Elizabeth Seton Parish. Another ond place in a poetry contest held through religious education pro- DONALDSON — Registrations School Association will host the dinner to be auctioned is an intrigu- by the Allen County Public Library. grams. are now being taken for the Women third annual Legacy Auction on ing “Murder Mystery Dinner” host- Her poem, “I Love My Library The program was launched Jan. of Grace study. Saturday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. with a ed by St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth Poem,” was one of more than 700 16. The Women of Grace silent auction, followed by a live School faculty. entries. The magnets are being delivered Foundational Study, authored by auction scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Items for the silent auction will Her poem has been published in with the following letter from the Johnette Bendovic, is being spon- This year’s Legacy Auction has as be on view from 8 p.m. on. Silent a book and is available at the Allen Fort Wayne Serra Club: sored by the Lindenwood Retreat its theme “Building our Faith” and auction offerings include a full County Public Library. Hellinger “Thank you for accepting our and Conference Center and the will take place in the St. Elizabeth orthodontic treatment, an electric will be honored at the Poetry gift. We hope it will aid in your son Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Seton Parish Hall, 10700 Aboite guitar, an electric keyboard, a Awards Ceremony to be held on or daughter’s discernment to follow Office of Spiritual Development. Center Rd., in southwest Fort Karaoke machine, home decor, Saturday, Feb. 10, at the main a life of Christian discipleship now The purpose of the study is to Wayne. kitchen ware, dinner party ware, library in downtown Fort Wayne. and in the future. Please place the explore the authentic femininity “This is an awesome opportuni- restaurant gift certificates and much She is the daughter of Mark and (magnet) on your refrigerator or and the “genius” of women. The ty for friends of St. Joseph-St. more. To purchase tickets, contact Karen Hellinger and a member of other prominent place as a reminder study will be nine Saturdays, begin- Elizabeth School to come together Susan Lee at (260) 436-6362 or Jeff the Bishop Luers National Honor to assist in the vocations of our ning Feb. 24 (excluding April 7) to support our Catholic school,” Krudop at (260) 436-1660. Society, SADD (students against beloved Catholic Church.” from 9-11 a.m. The program fee is said Lois Widner, principal of St. destructive decisions), student pub- “Serra Club members all over $50, which includes the book and Joseph-St. Elizabeth School. lications, Academic Bowl and peer the world are in prayer to encourage study guide. Space is limited. “Proceeds from the Legacy Auction tutoring. Hellinger participates in our young men and women to Lindenwood is also taking regis- go towards larger projects that will soccer, swimming and tennis. 8 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 21, 2007 Indiana Catholic Conference brings pro-family agenda to Statehouse

BY BRIGID CURTIS AYER in the legislative arena has taken of marriage through a constitu- become part of the Indiana many forms over the past 40 tional amendment, which defines General Assembly. Catholic legislators in the years including efforts to ban marriage as a union between one During the next four months, Indiana General Assembly INDIANAPOLIS — Every embryonic stem-cell research; man and one woman; work both the Indiana Catholic January, 150 lawmakers, better efforts to reduce abortions; efforts toward a permanent earned Conference and Indiana General INDIANAPOLIS — Out of 150 known as the Indiana General to provide basic needs for the income tax credit for the poor; Assembly have a full-plate. Even members of the Indiana General Assembly, descend upon the state poor, disabled and elderly; efforts improve health care for the unin- though property tax relief, health Assembly 33 of them are capitol in Indianapolis to conduct to limit and abolish the death sured; and improve life for immi- care reform and education top the Catholics. Ten are state senators some of the state’s most impor- penalty and efforts to protect the grant families and children living list of many legislators this year, including Senate Minority Leader tant business. family and family life in Indiana. in Indiana. state lawmakers are charged by Sen. Richard Young (D- And every year the Indiana Guided by the five Indiana The success of the ICC’s pro- the Indiana Constitution with Miltown); Sen. Frank Mrvan (D- Catholic Conference (ICC), the bishops and five lay board mem- family legislative agenda this accomplishing only one duty — Hammond); Sen. Sue Landske church’s official public policy bers, Indiana Catholic Conference year will also be determined in that of passing a new two-year (R-Cedar Lake); Sen. John watchdog and advocate in Executive Director Glenn Tebbe part by the willingness of the budget package by the April 29 Broden (D-South Bend); Sen. Indiana, gears-up to bring will support several pro-family, newly-elected leadership in the deadline. Joseph Zakas (R-Granger); Sen. Catholic principles to the public legislative initiatives including House and Senate to have these “Much of the legislative work Thomas Wyss (R-Fort Wayne); square by sharing a consistent life efforts to extend parental choice bills heard in committee, which done by Indiana Catholic Sen. David Ford (R-Hartford ethic that every human being, in education in the form of tax will allow the bills to move for- Conference this year will be over- City); Sen. Jeff Drozda (R- created in the image and likeness credits for families sending their ward in the process. shadowed by the budget making Westfield); Sen. Timothy Skinner of God, deserves dignity. children to Catholic schools; Sen. David Long (R-Fort process,” said Tebbe, “But (D-Indianapolis); and Sen. Since 1967, bringing this fun- increase Indiana’s minimum Wayne), the newly-elected presi- because the budget affects the Robert Deig (D-Mount Vernon). damental moral principle to light wage; work to uphold the sanctity dent pro tempore in the Senate, dignity of people in Indiana, the Twenty-three are members replaces a nearly three-decade conference will be paying close from the Indiana House of reign of former President Pro attention to its contents.” Representatives including Tempore Sen. Bob Garton (R- Each week the Indiana Speaker of the House, Patrick Columbus) who was defeated in Catholic Conference will publish Bauer (D-South Bend); Rep. the primary election. In the the I-CAN Update on its Web David Niezgodski (D-South Senate, the Republicans hold a page. “The conference’s role is to Bend): Rep. Ryan Dvorak (D- (33-17) majority. Rep. Patrick be the eyes and ears for the South Bend); Rep. Scott Pelath Bauer (D-South Bend) was elect- Catholic Church, to help those (D-Michigan City); Rep. Duane ed as the new Speaker of the interested stay in touch and to Cheney (D-Portage); Rep. Mara House, when the Democrats enable people to take part in the Candelaria Reardon (D-Munster); regained a narrow (51-49) majori- process,” said Tebbe. “The I- Rep. Chester Dobis (P- ty in the Indiana House CAN Update will provide a sum- Merrillville); Rep. Donald Lehe Representatives. mary of legislative actions and (R-Brookston); Rep. Robert Not only is there new leader- should give people sufficient Kuzman (R-Crown Point); Rep. ship in the House and Senate this information to follow-up on those Thomas Dermody (R-LaPorte); year, but there are 19 new faces, issues of personal importance,” Rep. Jeb Bardon (D- elected in 2006, who have he said. Indianapolis); Rep. Joe Micon (D-Lafayette); Rep. Sheila Klinker (D-Lafayette); Rep. Timothy Neese (R-Elkhart); Rep. WANTED Philip Pflum (D-Milton); Rep. KNIGHTS HELPING KNIGHTS Robert Bischoff (D-Greendale); Rep. Paul Robertson (P- In the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese DePauw); Rep. Suzanne Crouch (R-Evansville); Rep. Phil Because of the tremendous growth of the Knights of Columbus GiaQuinta (D-Fort Wayne); Rep. Insurance program, we have an opening for an additional full time Matt Bell (R -Avilla); Rep. sales representative in this area. Michael Murphy (R- This full-time career opportunity offers: Indianapolis); Rep. 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Acoustic and Variety sets •Foreign Language •On-Site After-School Care (260) 484-8693 For more information call Saint Jude Catholic School (260) 484-4611 JANUARY 21, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 9 Contraception and abortion closely connected

BY LISA EVERETT morality. Contraception attempts ple do use abortion as a back-up to to sever the link between sex and failed contraception is shown by procreation, which, if unsuccess- studies that have found that among n the decades since Roe v. ful, can be definitively accom- women who have abortions, over Wade was decided, many peo- plished through an abortion. In his 80 percent are experienced contra- Iple have come to believe that 1995 encyclical, “Evangelium ceptive users, and over half say contraception is part of the solu- Vitae,” Pope John Paul II clarified they were using a contraceptive in tion to the problem of abortion. this connection: the month they conceived. In addi- Even within the pro-life move- “Despite their differences tion, the Alan Guttmacher Institute ment, conventional wisdom often of nature and moral gravity, (the former research arm of dictates neutrality or silence on the contraception and abortion Planned Parenthood) published question of contraception. What is are often closely connected, data in 2000, which clearly becoming increasingly clear, how- as fruits of the same tree. It showed that states (such as New ever, is just how closely contracep- is true that in many cases, York and California) that ranked tion and abortion are connected. contraception and even highest in access to contraception Contraception is not part of the abortion are practiced under also had the highest abortion rates solution to the culture of death — the pressure of real-life diffi- in the country. it is part of the problem. culties which nonetheless Pope John Paul II noted how The close connection between can never exonerate from closely contraception and abortion contraception and abortion can be striving to observe God’s law are linked on the level of actual seen on several levels. The most fully. Still, in very many practice in “Evangelium Vitae”: obvious one lies in the fact that the other instances such prac- “It may be that many peo- most effective “contraceptives” tices are rooted in a hedonis- ple use contraception with a available today can also function tic mentality unwilling to view to excluding the subse- as abortifacients. The Pill, Depo- accept responsibility in mat- quent temptation to abortion. Provera, Norplant, and even more- ters of sexuality, and they But the negative values so “Plan B,” not only inhibit ovu- imply a self-centered concept inherent in the “contracep- lation, they can interfere with the of freedom, which regards tive mentality” — which is implantation of a newly conceived procreation as an obstacle to very different from responsi- PRO embryo and, therefore, induce an personal fulfillment. The life ble parenthood, lived in early abortion. How often this which could result from a respect for the full truth of mechanism of action comes into sexual encounter thus the conjugal act — are such play is not clear, but there is no becomes an enemy to be that they in fact strengthen doubt that these pharmaceutical avoided at all costs, and this temptation when an products cause the lining of the abortion becomes the only unwanted life is conceived. uterus to become thin and shriv- possible decisive response to Indeed, the pro-abortion cul- eled and, therefore, unable to shel- failed contraception.” ture is especially strong pre- ter and sustain an embryo. Finally, contraception and abor- cisely where the church’s Contraception and abortion are tion are closely linked on the level LIFE also closely linked on the level of of actual practice. That many peo- CONNECT, PAGE 11 Life Athletes commit to virtue, abstinence and respect for life

BY DIANE FREEBY Commitment is this: “We all affect one another • I will try to do what is right, with our actions, well-known or even when it is difficult. not,” explained the starting right SOUTH BEND — Popular cul- • I will give myself only to guard for the Super Bowl XXI ture isn’t always synonymous that special person I marry as my champion New York Giants. “The with virtue, but one national partner for life. more well-known we are, the organization, based in South • I will respect the lives of more our actions are magnified. Bend, is successfully bridging others, especially the unborn and We have a greater responsibility, that gap. the aged. whether we want to be a role Life Athletes was founded by • I will not quit or make model or not.” attorney Chris Godfrey. Married excuses when I fail. I will try Life Athletes has grown into to his college sweetheart, Daria, again. an organization that leads others and father of six, Godfrey played Godfrey was inspired to create to overcome challenges faced in a nine years of professional foot- Life Athletes back in 1980, after secular world. In addition to pro- ball following a three-Rose Bowl facing some major challenges viding curriculum for grades 5 career at the University of both athletically and spiritually. through 12, Life Athletes hosts Michigan. “I had been cut by the third sports camps and talks to support “Life Athletes is made up pri- team in one year,” recalled the curriculum. Life Athletes also marily of professional and Godfrey. “At that time, I made a offers a music video, posters, a Olympic athletes committed to decision to take my faith serious- group study guide and other aids living lives of virtue, abstinence ly. I was also motivated by seeing to help support members in their and respect for life,” explained people around me getting hurt by commitments. DIANE FREEBY Godfrey. making poor choices.” Godfrey himself established a Chris Godfrey works with kids on the basketball court in South Bend last Some 300-strong, Life During that time of reflection, Life Athletes Club at South weekend. Athletes is for anyone who makes Godfrey also took action. He was Bend’s Saint Joseph’s High the Life Athletes Commitment. invited to speak to a class of School. Working with about 25 Godfrey believes while not eighth grade confirmation candi- teens, Godfrey meets with the Life Athletes message has been we want in life. We want relation- everyone has an athlete’s body, dates about his faith group monthly. In addition to favorable, and he is certain peo- ships that are built on honesty we can all have an athlete’s heart. “I was very nervous about being educational, Life Athletes ple know in their heart of hearts and fairness. We want relation- “This means we are willing to speaking in front of a group, and is service-oriented and social. what’s right. Godfrey has some ships that last. The longer some- make the little sacrifices neces- about something so personal as “We teamed up with Notre advice for young people trying to thing lasts, the more real it is. sary to achieve our goals,” said my faith,” said Godfrey. “But I Dame to work with Special live the Life Athletes We can, with God’s help, give Godfrey. “Our talent is God- did it, and I learned that it’s okay Olympic athletes,” said Godfrey. Commitment in today’s sex-satu- the best of ourselves to one given, but our heart is what we to be afraid, but it’s not okay to “We’ve gone Christmas caroling, rated culture that can ignore God another. Living the Life Athletes make of ourselves. That’s what be a coward.” and this past spring we had about and treat people as objects. Commitment is our best shot at Life Athletes is really about, a Not all well-known athletes 100 kids involved in a ‘Little “We don’t have to go along being happy in the long run.” fellowship of the heart and not believe they are obligated to be Bookstore Basketball’ tourna- with that,” reiterated Godfrey. For more information, or to athletic ability.” anybody’s role model. Not so ment.” “We don’t want disease, divorce join Life Athletes, go to The Life Athletes fast, my friend, replied Godfrey. Godfrey says repsonse to the and death to keep us from what www.lifeathletes.org. 10 PRO-LIFE JANUARY 21, 2007

300 West High St. 33rd March for Elkhart, IN 46516 he sacred rights of mankind are not to Office: (574) 522-3888 be rummaged for among old parchments Life is Jan. 27 Ministries Fax: (574) 293-5368 or musty records. They are written, as FORT WAYNE — The 33rd Pregnancy Help Services Sexual Integrity Education with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human annual March for Life will be Free & Confidential Pregnancy Testing nature by the hand of divinity itself and can never Saturday, Jan. 27, starting with Youth Presentations the pro-life rally at noon at the www.PregnancyHelpServices.com be erased or obscured by a mortal power. -Alexander Hamilton Earn While You Learn Scottish Rite Center, 431 W. Parenting Education & Assistance Abortion Recovery Support Berry St. The event will feature Saint Rose of Lima - Monroeville Mothers Club Healing the Effects of Abortion Nina Fuller, author of “Special Parenting Support Group www.RETAforLife.com Strength for Special Parents.” Fuller is the founder of Living Proof Testimonies and S.M.I.L.E. on Down Syndrome. She is a national speaker and author and shares full time ministry respon- Little Flower Parish, Judges 16:17 sibilities with her husband, Andy. Nina is a gifted Bible teacher, “...for I have been spiritual counselor and mentor to South Bend teens and adults. The Fullers consecrated to God have five children, two of whom have Down syndrome. from my mother’s womb.” The March for Life will fol- low at 1 p.m. The Silent No St. Therese Catholic Church - Fort Wayne More Event will immediately fol- low the march. For more infor- mation, contact Allen County Right to Life at (260) 471-1849 or visit www.iChooselife.org.

“America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human he future of humanity passes by way of the being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. family...God has entrusted its future to the woman. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom Pope John Paul II and lasting peace, then America, defend life.” Pope John Paul 11 Saint John the Baptist Parish - Fort Wayne

protect, respect, love... ithout life, Every Human Life other civil rights Sts. Peter & Paul Parish are meaningless. HUNTINGTON Most Precious Blood Parish Fort Wayne Why can’t we love them all?

ATTENTION St. Joseph - St. Catherine Parishes ST. JOSEPH Roanoke • Nix Settlement COUNTY!!! Please Help Us Stop Abortion!!! Our parish is dedicated to Polls show that a majority of Americans oppose abortion The Mother of Our Saviour on demand. But too many of our legislators have ignored the people they represent because those people The Star of Hope have not voiced their opposition to abortion. On The Comfort of the Afflicted Monday, January 22, a peaceful march will be held from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Federal Court House in down- town South Bend. Your participation in this event is And the one chosen to guide us through vital to its success. If we are going to stop abortion, we the sorrows of life, including the agony must all get involved. brought about by abortion. Please join us and let your voice be heard. Queen of Peace, be with us. St. Joseph County Right to Life, Inc. 320 North Lafayette Blvd., • South Bend, IN 46601 Saint Mary Parish - Huntington 232--5433 JANUARY 21, 2007 PRO-LIFE 11

CONNECT As a people of RESPECT LIFE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 God, may we pray for an end to “The gospel of life is at the heart teaching on contraception is abortion. of Jesus’ message...it is to be rejected.” Just a few years before this preached with dauntless fidelity; encyclical was issued, a similar “Before I formed as ‘good news’ to the people cultural connection between con- traception and abortion was noted you in the womb, of every age and culture.” in a striking, even startling, way -Pope John Paul II by the U.S. Supreme Court in its I knew you.” 1992 Casey decision, which reaf- firmed Roe v. Wade: St. Patrick Church “... in some critical respects abortion is of the same character ARCOLA as the decision to use contracep- tion. ... for two decades of eco- OUR LADY OF GOOD HOPE PARISH nomic and social developments, Fort Wayne people have organized intimate relationships and made choices Joins with the Church throughout the world in that define their view of them- praying for the good and life of the unborn. selves and their places in society, “The choice in favor of life in reliance on the availability of is not a private option abortion in the event that contra- ception should fail.” but a basic demand of This link between the promo- a just and moral society.” tion and practice of contraception and reliance on abortion when it -Message from Pope John Paul II to Cardinal William Keeler fails is especially pronounced in the teenaged population. Father King and the Parishioners of According to a survey done for Planned Parenthood, American SACRED HEART of JESUS CHURCH teenagers who learn about birth 63538 U. S. 31 South • South Bend control in school are significantly more likely to become sexually active. This leads inevitably to higher rates of teen pregnancy and abortion. Going a step further and targeting teens for contraceptive “services” only makes the prob- without lem worse. Stan Weed, director of the Institute for Research and Evaluation, documented this fact in two separate studies which found that as the number and pro- LIFE portion of teenage family-planning clients increased, there was “a cor- responding increase in the teenage other pregnancy and abortion rates: 50 human rights to 120 more pregnancies per thou- sand clients rather than the 200 to The Parishioners of Saint Matthew Cathedral are meaningless. 300 fewer pregnancies as estimat- support the clear and consistent teaching of the ed by researchers at the Alan Guttmacher Institute. ... In that Judaeo-Christian Tradition regarding the sanctity St. Monica Church same time period, when the size of the teen population was little of human life and the obligation of believers to MISHAWAKA changed, teen abortion went from defend the most vulnerable members of society. 190,000 to 430,000. ... Apparently the programs are more effective at convincing teens to avoid birth than to avoid pregnancy.” Recent America: studies in England have reaf- “Cease to do evil, learn to do good: firmed that increased access to seek justice, rescue the oppressed, “All of the great contraception for teens leads to higher abortion rates. defend the orphan, causes that are However well meaning, those speak out on behalf of the widow.” yours today will who promote contraception in the hope of reducing unwanted preg- Isaiah 1.17 have meaning only nancies and abortion are rather “You shall not practice abortion nor harm fueling the fires of the culture of to the extent that death. As Pope John Paul II put it the infant...nor plot to deceive your neighbor. so pointedly: you guarantee the right to life.” “It is an illusion to think You shall hate no one. You will correct some, that we can build a true pray for others, and some you will love more Pope John Paul II culture of human life if we St. Mary of the Assumption & St. Jude Parish do not help the young to than your own life.” SOUTH BEND accept and experience sexu- Didache 2 (c.110 AD) ality and love and the whole of life according to their true meaning and their close interconnection. Sexuality, which enriches Fr. Michael Heintz If one heartbeat the whole person, ‘mani- fests its inmost meaning in Rev. Mr. Emilio Gizzi means life, leading the person to the Sr. Agnes Marie Regan, OSF gift of self in love.’ The triv- what do two ialization of sexuality is Miss Mary Ann Retseck, Principal among the principal factors Mrs. Kim Cunningham, CCD Director heartbeats mean? which have led to contempt for new life” — Mrs. Lisa Marino, RCIA Director “Evangelium Vitae,” #97. St. Louis Besancon New Haven 12 PRO-LIFE JANUARY 21, 2007

Pray for a True Respect for All Life he nearer a soul is truly united to

ST. MICHAEL God, the more its THE ARCHANGEL sensibilities are PARISH Waterloo increased to every being of His Creation; much more Mother surely speaks for all God’s People with this plea: to those whom it is bound to “Please don’t kill the child. I want the child. love by the tenderest and most Please give me the child. I am willing to accept any child who would be aborted, and endearing ties. to give that child to a married couple who St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will love the child, and be loved by the child.” -Mother Teresa, The National Prayer Breakfast St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Washington, D.C., February 5, 1994 Fort Wayne St. Patrick Church and School 801 Tyler Street, Walkerton, Indiana

O Immaculate Mary, who was so open s believers, to the birth of Jesus how can we fail to see and doing God’s will, that abortion, pray for us and euthanasia, and for all people, assisted suicide are a may we be open to God’s generous gift terrible rejection of of human life. God’s gift of life and love? And as believers, how can we fail to feel the duty to surround the sick and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception those in distress with the warmth of our F O R T W A Y N E affection and the support that will help them always to embrace life. TODAY’S CATHOLIC SUPPORTS LIFE! --Pope John Paul II, Homily at Trans-World Dome, St. Louis, January 27, 1999 St. John the Evangelist Parish - Goshen “...God, the Lord of life has Rev. Christopher Smith, Pastor conferred on men and women the surpassing ministry of St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish - Bristol safeguarding life - a ministry Rev. Robert Van Kempen, Pastor which must be fulfilled in a St. Thomas the Apostle Parish - Elkhart manner which is worthy of them.” Rev. William Sullivan, Pastor Pastoral Constitution on the Church in Modern World, 51. St. Vincent de Paul Parish - Elkhart St. Joseph Parish Rev. Philip DeVolder, Pastor 225 South Mill Street - Mishawaka JANUARY 21, 2007 PRO-LIFE 13 March for Life events planned to mark 34th How can anyone not anniversary of Roe adore God? In God’s image He made them male WASHINGTON (CNS) — The annual March for Life will take Today’s Holy Innocents and female;let us place Jan. 22 in Washington to cherish and protect mark the 34th anniversary of the God’s image from They’ll never feel the summer rain U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. conception to natural death Wade decision legalizing abor- Nor hear the river’s roar. tion. Their birthday cakes will go unbaked v The event will begin with a And their snowmen will be unbuilt. noon rally on the National Mall They will never sit on a grandparent’s lap St. Michael Parish followed by a march along Or on a pony’s back. PLYMOUTH Constitution Avenue that will end They will never hear, or sing, or write a song. at the U.S. Supreme Court. From there, participants are encouraged Nor will their hands ever heal a wound. to meet with members of Although they’ll never taste a lover’s kiss, Congress to lobby on anti-abor- They will know what it is to be missed. tion issues. For them, the last has come first... The theme of this year’s For they have been denied the gift of life. march is “Thou Shalt Protect the Mark Weber Equal Right to Life of Each Innocent Human in Existence at Saint Francis Xavier • Pierceton Fertilization. No Exception! No Compromise!” Several other events will take place both in Washington and around the country to mark the Human Life is Sacred anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision. The National Prayer Vigil for “God created man in his image, Life will take place Jan. 21 at the All things Basilica of the National Shrine of in the divine image he created him; the Immaculate Conception in bright and beautiful Washington with an 8 p.m. Mass male and female he created them.” celebrated by Cardinal Justin all things Rigali of Philadelphia, who is Genesis 1:27 chairman of the U.S. bishops’ great and small, Committee on Pro-Life all things Activities. The vigil — sponsored by the wise and wonderful, basilica, the U.S. bishops’ the Lord God Holy Cross and Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities and The Catholic University of made them all. America — also includes a St. Stanislaus Parish rosary for life, night prayer, Holy SOUTH BEND Hours, morning prayer and the St. Adalbert Parish opportunity for confession. It St. Casimir Parish ends at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 22 with a Mass celebrated by Washington South Bend Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl. On the morning of the annual March for Life, the Washington Archdiocese expects more than 20,000 Catholic teens and young “Abortion has hen people want to build a world adults to attend its youth rally ignoring God and his law, they are and Mass at the Verizon Center, become the in fact giving rise to a situation of Washington’s largest sports arena. Because so many young more and more suffering and injustice. people have attended in previous fundamental human -Pope John Paul II years, there will be a second, Jubilee for children smaller rally and Mass at rights issue for all Constitution Hall to accommo- date the crowds. men and women St. Mary of the Lake Parish - Culver Doors open at both venues at 7 a.m. Priests will be available of good will.” for the sacrament of reconcilia- Resolution on Abortion tion at 8 a.m. and the rally will U.S. Catholic Bishops, 1989 begin at 8:45 followed by Mass at 10. Archbishop Wuerl will be the main celebrant of the Mass at St. Augustine Church • On this anniversary of the Supreme Court the Verizon Center, and Cardinal 1501 West Washington South Bend Roe vs. Wade Rigali will celebrate the Mass at decision, (1973), Constitution Hall. we are reminded that “As God Other pro-life events across recognized each of us before we were born, the country will include an annu- al Respect Life Mass celebrated and called us by name, so too may we by Los Angeles Cardinal Roger recognize the value of each human life and M. Mahony at the Cathedral of pledge ourselves to continue to defend and Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles Jan. 20 and a second nurture God’s greatest gift to us” annual March for Life in Chicago (1992 Respect Life Manual,NCCB) Jan. 21, which will end with a Supporting a culture of life prayer vigil. BASILICA OF THE SACRED HEART Chicago Cardinal Francis E. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME George will join Chicago youths in Washington to participate in Sacred Heart Parish the annual march and rally for lunch and a brief address Jan. 21. Notre Dame Afterward, he will be joined by Father Frank Pavone, director of Priests for Life, for a question- and-answer session. 14 PRO-LIFE JANUARY 21, 2007 Vatican official hopes new amniotic stem-cell research proves correct

Care Ministry, told Vatican scientists at the Wake Forest BY CINDY WOODEN “...from the moment of Radio Jan. 8 there would be no Institute for Regenerative ethical problem with using cells Medicine in Winston-Salem, its conception, life must be VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The from amniotic fluid as long as N.C., and Children’s Hospital Vatican’s top health care official the procedure did not place the and Harvard Medical School in guarded with the greatest care, expressed hope that U.S. pregnant woman or her baby in Boston said the amniotic fluid researchers would be proven danger. surrounding a child in the womb while abortion and infanticide correct in asserting they could “The ethical problem” with can be the source of medically obtain medically useful stem stem-cell research, he said, useful stem cells. are unspeakable crimes.” cells from amniotic fluid. always has surrounded cells The U.S. research, Cardinal Mexican Cardinal Javier obtained by destroying human Lozano told the Italian newspa- Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, 51 Lozano Barragan, president of embryos. per La Stampa, “is a discovery St. Dominic Parish the Pontifical Council for Health In a study reported Jan. 7, for which we can rejoice. I con- Bremen Along with our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI the people of Acknowledge Queen of Peace Parish in Mishawaka God’s Sovereignty pray that all will respect life. Over All Life-- Respect and Defend Life! Life is... a precious gift from God. m Treasure and respect it! SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES CHURCH SYRACUSE, INDIANA St. Anthony de Padua SOUTH BEND

“...the greatest As far as the right to life is destroyer concerned, we must denounce its of love and peace is abortion.” widespread violation in our society: Mother Teresa alongside the victims of armed St. Patrick Parish • Fort Wayne conflicts, terrorism and the “...El gran different forms of violence, there destructor del are the silent deaths caused by amor y de la paz es el aborto.” hunger, abortion, experimentation Madre Teresa Parroquia de San Patricio on human embryos and euthanasia. Fort Wayne

How can we fail to see in all this an attack on peace? “THE COMMANDMENT

Pope Benedict XVI ‘You shall not kill!’ The Human Person, the Heart of Peace (5) always requires respecting and World Day of Peace, January 1, 2007 promoting human life, from its beginning to its natural end.” Christ the King Catholic Church John Paul II 52473 SR 933 N South Bend, IN Respect Life Rosary St. Vincent de Paul Church Mondays at 7:30 PM Fort Wayne North Chapel JANUARY 21, 2007 PRO-LIFE 15 gratulate the researchers who have demonstrated how it is possible to make medical Support the Dignity of Human Life progress without damaging embryos.” In a statement published by We can travel and visit all the wonders of the Italian bishops’ conference, the world. Yet, when we return home and Dr. Antonio Spagnolo, a profes- Life is sor at the bioethical institute of look into the eyes of a child, we know that the Catholic University of the a Miracle here, in the human person, we find the Sacred Heart in Rome, said it greatest manifestation of God’s appeared that cells taken from amniotic fluid hold the same grandeur and glory. therapeutic potential as embry- v onic stem cells. However, he urged caution St. Charles in declaring the new procedure Borromeo Church ethically positive, particularly because it depends on how the FORT WAYNE cells are obtained. Sacred Heart Church • Warsaw “In fact, it is one thing if the cells come from residual amni- otic fluid” not needed in a med- ically indicated test undergone by a pregnant woman, he said. “It is another thing if the The community and clergy researchers have submitted of St. Joseph Church, South Bend, women to the procedure only to ary...model of mothers, extract stem cells,” since there Comforter support life in all its stages, is a risk the procedure could from conception through natural death. compromise the pregnancy. of the afflicted

deliver your gentle guidance to anyone considering participation in an abortion. St. Mary Parish • St. Peter Parish FORT WAYNE St. Joseph Church 226 North Hill Street South Bend Life is too precious, do not Respect life for what it is, LIFE destroy it. Life is life... a gift from The Creator. ¦ fight for it! Mother Teresa ...IS GOD’S GIFT TO US. What we do with it is our gift to God. Respect Life In all its stages. Holy Family Parish South Bend Saint Pius X Parish • Granger, Indiana St. John the Baptist New Haven

Nina Fuller, mother of two children with Down Syndrome and author of SPECIAL STRENGTH FOR SECIAL PARENTS, will be the key speaker for this event.

God’s Greatest JANUARY 27, 2007 Gift of All SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Pro-Life Rally: Noon at Scottish Rite (431 West Berry, Fort Wayne) March for Life: 1:00 pm Silent No More Event: Immediately following the March St. Bavo Parish In front of the Federal Building women and men will speak about the harmful physical and emotional Mishawaka consequences that they sufferedas a result of an abortion decision. For more information about Silent No More, visit their website at www.silentnomoreawareness.org. For more information, contact Allen County Right to Life at 260-471-1849 16 SENIOR SPIRIT JANUARY 21, 2007 Dennings serve with grateful hearts

BY KAY COZAD couple is involved in, jumping in seems exactly what they did. Gary is a member of the parish council The pain of FORT WAYNE — Gary and Carol as well as the Knights of Denning, relative newcomers to Columbus, but much of his free Diabetic Fort Wayne, find after several time, he says, is spent at the career relocations throughout their Catholic radio station, Redeemer Neuropathy 47 years of marriage, that jumping Radio, where he offers his skills as in with both feet helps them put business manager. down roots. Carol says, “I try to Together the Dennings volun- can be live by the old adage, ‘Bloom teer for St. Vincent de Paul Society where you are planted.’” where they team to visit those in intense. Parishioners of St. Elizabeth need. They are members of a Ann Seton Parish, the Dennings small-Christian community and Trying to find better ways to came to Fort Wayne in May of participate in the Our Sunday relieve it is the point of our 2004 from Kansas City. The desire PROVIDED BY THE DENNING FAMILY Visitor study group to further research study. Join us. to be closer to at least some of Gary and Carol Denning have enjoyed their retirement the last two and enrich their understanding of the their grandchildren brought them a half years as parishioners of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. They serve faith. you may be eligible to partici- to the Summit City following the parish in a number of capacities and feel that by serving they are Carol enjoys proclaiming the pate in a clinical research study retirement from a successful career giving thanks for their abundant blessings. word at Mass as well as taking the with National Carriers. The cou- Eucharist to an area nursing home. of an investigational oral drug ple, who had lived in Fort Wayne nuns who I saw as joy-filled, fun “One little community in She is a member of the RCIA team for hand, foot, and leg pain briefly 15 years ago, attended and wonderful teachers,” she Kansas had adoration 24/7. They at St. Elizabeth, and of course, she Mass at St. Elizabeth Church dur- recalls. filled the church all hours of the spends time in weekly eucharistic caused by diabetes-related ing visits to their son Scott’s fami- Her faith, in turn, influenced day,” says Carol. “It was amazing adoration. nerve damage if you: ly home before their move and say the then unchurched Gary during the graces that parish received Taking note of the power of • Are at least 18 years old they felt comfortable there from their courtship in college. “I was because of all the prayer.” prayer at her former parishes, Carol the beginning. influenced by the devotion of Their involvement included sought permission to begin a • Have been diagnosed with “Scott encouraged us to look Carol and another friend, whose adoration, lecturing, eucharistic prayer group at St. Elizabeth. The type 1 or type 2 diabetes southwest. But church was impor- faith was so strong. I saw what it ministry, Knights of Columbus, Mary, Martha, Lazarus Prayer tant,” says Carol. Of the church meant to them and wanted to look prayer groups and more. Group is open to everyone and with stable blood sugar levels communities they had belonged to into it,” he recalls. Following the move to Fort meets weekly throughout the year for the last 4 weeks. in the cities they have called home, Following weekly visits with Wayne the couple admits there to pray for the needs of the parish eucharistic adoration was of the the parish priest there, Gary says, were “tough times at first.” community, its priests and min- • Have had painful diabetic utmost importance. “We had “I felt it was right to be Catholic.” Leaving the support of good istries. peripheral neuropathy (nerve decided we liked the community And shortly before the Dennings Catholic friends left the couple As their prayer life and service damage to the limbs) for the here and I knew St. Elizabeth had were married, Gary was baptized feeling disconnected until their son continue to grow the couple is seen eucharistic adoration once a and welcomed into the church. suggested a Christ Renews His at morning Mass most days, where last 6 months to 10 years week,” Carol reports. The Denning family grew Parish (CRHP) retreat. Gary might serves as eucharistic • Have not had a stroke or Carol, whose Catholic faith exponentially following the And after renewing their faith in minister and Carol, lector. They flourished in a household of “good exchange of marriage vows in the fall of 2004 at CRHP, their have taken to walking for their heart attack with the last year parents and grandparents,” was 1959 with four children in seven roots began to take hold in Fort physical health in their retirement Study participation lasts also influenced by the people in years. During those early years the Wayne. “We met people and saw and have begun to recite the rosary her predominantly Catholic neigh- growing family moved several opportunities to get involved in the together, making each stride a step about 6-11 weeks and borhood. “We had a block rosary times traversing the country from parish,” Carol says. “We jumped in closer to spiritual health as well. requires 8 office visits. All in different homes for over 30 Missouri to California and back to and now have the support of good No moss grows under the feet study-related office visits, years. I attended Mass with my the Midwest. But in each city the Catholic people at St. Elizabeth’s of these good and faithful servants neighbors before school each day Dennings sought a parish commu- to strengthen our faith life.” as they serve their church and medical evaluations, and and was taught by Benedictine nity they could call their own. With the roster of service the community at large. 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EDITORIAL Beware of some so-called medical breakthroughs COMMENTARY ecent news from the medical field reminds us that we need to be Rvery cautious about the motives behind some so-called medical TODAY’S CATHOLIC welcomes letters from readers. All letters must be signed and include a phone number and address for verification. advances. Today’s Catholic reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. Address letters to: Today’s Catholic • P.O. Box 11169 • Fort Wayne, During the first week in January, the American College of IN • 46856-1169 or e-mail to: [email protected] Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced that it would recommend every pregnant woman be tested to determine whether her unborn child may have Down syndrome. Previously, that recommendation applied only to women older than 35 or those with genetic anomalies March for Life promotes justice, peace in their families. Now, ACOG is recommending a new blood test combined with an he seats, about 250, on the they are embarked on an exercise ultrasound that allegedly identifies babies with Down syndrome with buses were sold out almost in futility. The most the court will RIGHT 80 percent accuracy. The new procedure is being promoted because it Timmediately. The riders do is to let the states decide whether to allow or prohibit abor- does not carry the risk of miscarriage that testing through amniocen- subjected themselves to a 10-hour OR WRONG? trip each way. In between, they tion. That would confirm the non- tesis did. had to sleep on a gym floor, spend personhood of the unborn child, BY CHARLES E. RICE This news was reported as a tremendous breakthrough by the long hours out in the cold and do because if an innocent human media, and on one telecast, the doctor discussing the new, recom- what they could for food, etc. being is subject to being executed mended testing was absolutely exuberant, giving the impression that Where were they going? A con- whenever a legislature authorizes man’s disposal and what is not. ... the early detection of Down syndrome would somehow help the cert? The Motor City Bowl? Not it, he is a nonperson. As far as the right to life is con- unborn child or the child’s parents. However, when the newscaster quite. They are Notre Dame and The court will soon rule on the cerned, we must denounce its asked this obvious question, the doctor seemed miffed by his naivety Saint Mary’s students going to the federal prohibition of partial-birth widespread violation. ... Alongside and replied that this of course would allow “termination” in the first March for Life in Washington. It abortion. That case, however, is a the victims of armed conflicts, ter- trimester, when the “procedure” is easier, safer and cheaper. marks the 34th anniversary of Roe sideshow. The issue there is not rorism and the different forms of So, this great medical “breakthrough” really is a weapon to identi- v. Wade on Jan. 22. whether innocent human beings violence, there are the silent fy and abort an unborn child who may — or may not — be afflicted A reasonable observer might may be legally executed and not deaths caused by hunger, abortion, with Down syndrome. ask, “Why bother?” Maybe stu- even which ones may be so killed, experimentation on human Many people thought that the practice of eugenics had died with dents just don’t have enough to but rather how the killing is to be embryos and euthanasia. How can the Nazis. However, with legalized abortion, the slaughter of unborn do. The reality, however, is that done. In any event, the restoration we fail to see in all this an attack children who may be “defective” has become acceptable and even is those students are doing some- of legal rights to that child will on peace?” promoted by some medical personnel. thing real and not happen Benedict described abortion This search and destroy campaign has taken a terrible toll, for esti- important. because early- and embryonic experimentation as mates say that between 80 and 90 percent of the unborn babies For most abortion tech- “a direct denial of that attitude of thought to have Down syndrome are aborted. What a terrible com- readers of these The most the court will nology is irrevo- acceptance of others that is indis- mentary it is on our society that we place so little value on human life, words, Roe v. cably moving pensable for ... peace.” The evils abortion beyond especially on the most vulnerable humans who require extra care. Wade is ancient named by Benedict prevent peace history. Since do is to let the states the effective because they deny what he called And what a loss it is to society to be deprived of the valuable that ruling in reach of the law. lessons to be learned from disabled people and to be deprived of their “the requirements of the nature 1973, more than decide whether to allow For these rea- bestowed on man by the Creator.” love. What a loss to miss the opportunity to care for someone else 42 million sons, abortion is Legalized abortion is part of a big- and to exercise the virtues that may assist our own salvation. unborn children now essentially ger picture. Perhaps no one better expresses this terrible loss than the families have been legal- or prohibit abortion. not a legal prob- Benedict entrusted his prayer of people who have Down syndrome. Since the ACOG made its ly executed by lem but one that for peace to “the Queen of Peace” announcement, Internet blogs are full of testimony from the parents, surgical abor- is cultural and who is, of course, Notre Dame. As siblings and extended families of people with Down syndrome. They tion through — dare we say Right to Life chairman Mary speak in terms of their loved ones as “blessings,” as cherished people 2002. That is it? — religious. Elizabeth Walter described it, the who give a special meaning to life, people who show them how to the last year for Here is where journey to the March for Life is love and how to enjoy the simple things of the world. which the Alan Guttmacher the March for Life becomes a big “not so much a demonstration but Many of the families speak of the considerable accomplishments Institute, the source of the most deal and the students are doing a prayer.” Those students embody of children who once were given little chance of a “meaningful” life. complete statistics, has reported. something real and important. Notre Dame at its best. They have And, many adults with Down syndrome have said for years that they Since the early 1990s the totals The students from ND/SMC their act together, evidently more are shocked and offended that someone else might proclaim that their have leveled out and declined Right to Life are joining other than some faculty. own very valuable life was not worth having. somewhat. In 2002, the total was thousands at the March for Life in It is disappointing and indeed disgusting to think that doctors and about 1.29 million. Those figures giving witness not only to justice medical researchers are working to identify unborn children with dis- do not include the uncountable but but also to peace. In his message Professor Emeritus Charles Rice abilities so they can be aborted. We pray that the people who are increasing number of early abor- for the World Day of Peace, Jan. is on the Law School faculty at the involved in this activity will reject this heinous approach and focus tions by chemicals, intrauterine 1, 2006, Benedict XVI said “(the) right to life ... is not subject to the University of Notre Dame. He instead on how to prevent and treat disabilities and how to support devices and other means. The legalized execution of unborn power of man. Peace requires... a can be reached at (574) 633- the families of the disabled. children is a fixed reality in our clear boundary between what is at 4415 or at [email protected] We also urge all medical personnel to pursue and honor the highest law and culture. Victims from the ideals of their profession, including “First, do no harm.” first decade of Roe would have already attended, had they lived, their 10th college reunions. Seek moral sources for medical research You have rights under the It is gratifying to see that all the U.S. Congressmen representing Constitution because you are a districts within this diocese voted “no” last week on the bill to expand person. In any civilized society federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, which destroys where personhood is the condition human embryos. for possessing rights, every inno- Democrat Joe Donnelly of Granger joined Republicans Mike cent human being should be enti- Pence of Columbus, Mark Souder of Fort Wayne and Dan Burton of tled to be treated as a person. The Indianapolis in voting “no.” The 253-174 vote signals that an expect- theory of Roe is simple. The court declined to decide whether the ed veto by President Bush will be upheld. unborn child is a living human Even if killing human embryos were the only way to cure dis- being. The court held instead that, eases, we must oppose such research. However, recent breakthroughs whether or not he is such, he is have found promising stem cells in other plentiful and moral sources not a person. The ruling is the like amniotic fluid. Effective treatments already have been developed same in effect as a ruling that an from moral sources like umbilical cords, whereas no treatment has acknowledged human being is a yet emerged from embryonic research. nonperson and therefore has no We hope other congressmen will join those from our diocese and rights. That depersonalization realize that it makes sense morally, practically and financially to de- principle of Roe is the principle emphasize embryonic stem-cell research and instead focus support on that underlay both the Nazi exter- the promising stem-cell research from moral sources. mination of the Jews and the depersonalization of slaves in the Dred Scott case of 1857. Today’s Catholic editorial board consists of Bishop John M. D’Arcy, If the students in the March Ann Carey, Don Clemmer, Father Mark Gurtner, Father Michael Heintz, seek to accomplish a restoration Tim Johnson, Vince LaBarbera and Msgr. J. William Lester. of legal rights to the unborn child 18 COMMENTARY JANUARY 21, 2007 Tension toward communist collaborators CATEQUIZ’EM

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Now that Warsaw Archbishop By Dominic Camplisson resignation of a Polish archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus has resigned after In January the church remembers St.Francis de Sales.He served as over spying revelations has high- it was learned he was an informant THE VATICAN bishop of Geneva, an area heavily influenced by Calvinism. lighted a tension between judg- to the communist-era secret police, However this quiz looks at another group of Swiss who remained ment and forgiveness in the the church may have no choice but stanch supporters of the church, the Swiss Guards. church, one that has taken on new to make full disclosure. LETTER meaning in post-communist “We need to face the problem JOHN THAVIS 1.When did the association of Swiss soldiers and the papacy start? Europe. as soon as possible and with the In the broadest sense, it’s a ten- greatest commitment, shedding a.circa 1500 sion found in the teaching of light and liberating our own path b.in the post Napoleonic period, 1800 Christ, who preached forgiveness from the land mines that have been to make in order to maintain the c.in the period between the two World Wars when the Vatican but told his followers to “judge placed there,” said Bishop Tadeusz church’s freedom to operate in became a state justly” the wrongs of society. Pieronek, former secretary of the communist countries. The question emerged in a Polish bishops’ conference. The question surfaced last year 2.What was unusual about the Swiss mercenaries initially employed by the papacy? more specific way during Holy The risk is that full disclosure in Hungary, where, on the basis of a.They were mostly Calvinist and at times fought against the newly released files, retired Year 2000. As the church began an of secret files, which were written pope. “examination of conscience” to by police agents in a continuing Cardinal Laszlo Paskai was ask forgiveness for historical sins, effort to co-opt church leaders, accused of being an informant for b.Unlike many mercenaries, they were not generally individual cardinals vehemently debated may end up disgracing good men the communist secret police from recruits but were organized and controlled to a degree by their whether it was proper to judge or tainting them with suspicion. 1965 to 1974. Cardinal Paskai said home cantons. past actions like the Inquisition or Sifting the truth from the propa- simply that whatever he did was c.They were expected to defend but never to fight, so that their the Crusades by modern standards. ganda in these cases is not easy, for the good of the church, and role would not violate Catholic principles, and so were never actu- In today’s Poland, the timeline even for experts. that speaking with “the powers of ally armed. has been abbreviated. The alleged Moreover, “collaboration” is an the state” was a necessary evil. spying activities involve living ambiguous term that can mean dif- Which raises the question: How 3.The famous dress uniform of the Swiss Guards was reportedly designed by: did Pope John Paul II handle this people and living memories, many ferent things to different people. a.Monet of them documented in the Archbishop Wielgus signed an dilemma? The answer, according to immense archives of Poland’s agreement to inform for the secret those who knew him well, is that b.Machiavelli National Remembrance Institute. police so that he could study he had as little contact as possible c.Michelangelo Like much of Eastern Europe, abroad, but he still claims he never with Poland’s communist regime, the church has quietly struggled harmed anyone by providing infor- knowing that any such dealings 4.Requirements to join the Swiss guards have changed over time.One change includ- over whether to examine such files mation. could damage his ministry. ed the extension of the recruitment pool to: and publish the findings, aware that Indeed, some have argued that When he visited Poland last a.all E.U countries the disclosures may damage the pro forma contacts with police b.all Swiss cantons church in the eyes of the faithful. may have been a proper sacrifice LETTER, PAGE 19 c.all German speaking countries

5.Recruits are sworn in in their native language,so these changes (4 above) have meant the recruits have been sworn in recently in Salvation was the gift of God’s love a.Flemish, Frisian, Manx and Scots-Gaelic. b.German, Ruthenium, Slavonic and Chechen. This was the atmosphere. In Christmas, the feast of the birth of c.Italian, German, French and Romansh. many respects, the evils in this Jesus, as well as the feasts of the THE atmosphere were contagious, Epiphany of the Lord, and of the 6.Other requirements include that recruits are: drawing to them many Christians. baptism of the Lord. In the lessons a.unmarried b.married c.widowed SUNDAY Paul mentions this fact in these of these great liturgical events, the two epistles. church has introduced us to Jesus. 7.In addition recruits must be Paul constantly had to call the It has identified Jesus. He is the GOSPEL Corinthian Christians away from son of Mary, so Jesus was a a.male MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION the temptations the pagan environ- human. He was the Son of God. b.white ment surrounding them pressed He was the Redeemer. c.of Italian Swiss extraction upon them. Now the church begins to tell He also had to contend with the us about salvation. It tells us how 8.They must be Third Sunday in competitiveness among the we personally should respond to a.of a Christian church which recognizes the legitimacy of Christians. They vied with each salvation. Catholicism. Ordinary Time other, even in the church. They First Corinthians sets the stage. b.Roman Catholics in good standing. quarreled with each other. They If we have accepted Christ into our c.followers of some religion. Lk 1:1-4, 4:14-21 schemed against each other. They hearts, we belong to God. Each of he Book of Nehemiah fur- gossiped about each other. us has a personal vocation, nishes the first reading for In this reading, Paul insists that although we may consider this 9.Recruits must also be able to show that they have completed this: Tthis weekend. As is the case all the baptized are in the body of term too lofty or too suggestive of a.college or a university, having obtained at lease a bachelor’s in all the Old Testament books, Christ. However, the body has a religious life. Rather, each has a degree this book has as its chief concern many members. Each has a voca- vocation to follow Christ. b.a marathon or another recognized Olympic type event the reinforcement of the people’s tion. There is no place for compe- God provides for us in this c.Swiss military service or military educational requirements fidelity to God. In this reading, tition. effort. As in centuries long past, Ezra, who was a priest, called Finally, St. Luke’s Gospel sup- God speaks to us through the 10.The service of Swiss in a foreign army necessitated: plies the last reading. Midway in Scriptures. God speaks to us together men, women and children a.a resolution of the United Nations old enough to comprehend. He this reading, the Gospel directly through the apostles, just as God admonished this gathering to listen addresses Theophilus, using the spoke to the Corinthians through b.an embargo by the Swiss carefully to the Scripture. honorific “Your Excellency.” Paul. c.an exemption to the Swiss law forbidding military service by After hearing the reading of the Luke’s Gospel seemingly was And, finally, we find God in Swiss citizens for other national armies Scriptures, the people in this audi- written for one person and to one Jesus. He is the mirror of God in ence affirmed their faith. Ezra con- person. our lives. 11.To be selected,the guard recruit must be tinued by interpreting what he had Scholars debate if this person a.18 to 25 years old. read. had the name of Theophilus, or b.19 to 30 years old. Finally, Ezra and Nehemiah, was it the Gospel’s title, since READINGS c.21 to 37 years old. called the people to rejoice. God “Theophilus” in Greek means Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a,5-6,8-10 Ps 19:8- had spoken to them. God was “friend of God.” In any case, the 10,15 1Cor 12:12-30 Lk 1:1-4;4:14-21 person apparently enjoyed some 12.They must also be at least 174 centimeters tall.What is that approximately in feet? guiding them. Monday: Heb 9:15, 24-28 Ps 98:1-6 St. Paul’s First Epistle to prestige, hence the use of the a.approximately 5 feet Mk 3:22-30 Corinth provides the next reading. words “Your Excellency.” b.approximately 5 feet 7 inches Always in reading the epistles to In this reading, Jesus appears in Tuesday: Heb 10:1-10 Ps 40:2,4,7-8, c.approximately 6 feet the Corinthians it is important to the synagogue of Nazareth to 10-11 Mk 3:31-35 consider the atmosphere in which explain the mission of salvation. Wednesday: Heb 10:11-18 Ps 110:1- 13.In addition to training in modern weapons and tactics,Swiss Guards,perhaps the Christians of Corinth lived. Salvation, unfolding in Jesus, was 4 Mk 4:1-20 unique amongst modern European armies,learn the use of this implement: the gift of God’s love, the final Corinth was an important commer- Thursday: Acts 22:3-16 Ps 117:1-2 a.The frying pan (for serving as chaplain or friar) cial center and meeting point, a chapter in the long record of the Mk 16:15-18 b.the nun gun very large city. merciful deeds of God among Friday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 Ps 96:1-3, 7-8a, c.the halberd Even in the empire, in which God’s people. 10 Mk 4:26-34 vice and greed reigned supreme, Saturday: Heb 11:1-2,8-19 (Ps) Lk ANSWERS: the inhabitants of Corinth had the Reflection 1:69-75 Mk 4:35-41 reputation of being exceedingly 1.a, 2.b, 3.c, 4.b, 5.c, 6.a, 7.a, 8.b, 9.c, 10.c, 11.b, 12.b, 13.c licentious. The church has celebrated JANUARY 21, 2007 COMMENTARY 19 Mentally challenged share same human dignity as person of God

I firmly believe in respecting life in all of that person. A mentally retard- of the process of becoming human. than the world understands it to be. its forms from conception to natural ed, or physically handicapped, or a There are no technological or med- Sexuality has only a limited role to death and understand the church’s person suffering from a genetic THAT’S ical substitutes for this. play in human life. We are all teaching on birth control as it applies disorder shares the same human Sterilization of an impaired per- totally dependent upon God. The to God’s divine plan of life.However,as dignity as a son or daughter of A GOOD son is just as much a form of bodi- impaired persons reveal this more God, just as you or me. Every ly mutilation for them as it is for a clearly than others. a parent of a mentally challenged human person is created in the QUESTION normal person. We have no right young adult,who would be unable to image and likeness of God, and to destroy our fertility. It is a God- care for a child,I would like to know thus has infinite value. given gift, and is always to be how the church teachings on birth con- In another world, in eternity, treasured as such. trol apply to this population and how it such a person will be freed of their A mentally or physically Father Matthew Habiger, OSB, provid- ed this information. supports them in making life choices.A mental, physical or genetic impedi- This means that parents or impaired person is a gift to a fami- ments and be a perfectly normal guardians are to explain God’s ly and society, not a liability or an pregnancy would not only be a physi- plan for human sexuality to their cal,emotional and mental challenge individual. unqualified burden. They bring Today’s Catholic welcomes ques- Morality, including sexual impaired son or daughter, accord- something unique and special to tions from readers. E-mail your for my child,but a financial one as well. morality, was designed for every ing to their ability to understand. all who know them. They have a questions to [email protected] The baby would have to be raised by man, woman and child who share Every human being experiences contribution to make to the world. fwsb.org or mail them to Today’s someone other than my child,who in human nature. There are no his or her sexuality. What they They require special caring and Catholic, That’s A Good would not understand the process of exceptions here. If contraception is need to acquire is an understand- guidance, but they repay that car- Question, P.O. Box 11169, Fort pregnancy,child birth or why the baby wrong for a normal person, it is ing of what it means, and how it is ing and guidance with the good- Wayne, IN 46856. Include your was taken away.Thank you for your equally wrong for an impaired per- to be lived, according to God’s ness and love of their person. name, city and an e-mail address insight.Anonymous,Fort Wayne son. The same applies to steriliza- plan for us. Basic values, We see something of the mys- or phone number so we can con- tion. explained in simple terms, are tery of life here. A “perfect” tact you if necessary. Anonymity Your question is how does con- You ask how does the church understandable to everyone, human life is much more complex will be preserved upon request. traception, and sterilization, apply support impaired persons in mak- including persons with limited to a mentally retarded, or mentally ing life choices, since a pregnancy intelligence. challenged young adult? You point would become a challenge they Just as the single person is out that such a young person is not could not do justice to. The church expected to be celibate, so also is SCRIPTURE SEARCH capable of dealing with the respon- applies the virtue of chastity to the impaired single person. Genital sibilities, which accompany mar- every group of human beings, sex is not a sine qua non for a ful- By Patricia Kasten riage and children. Thus the ques- filled human life. Think of the mil- according to their walk of life. If a Gospel for January 21, 2007 tion becomes “What can be done person is single, then they are to lions of men and women who have to insure that this young person be celibate and not indulge in sex- been called to the celibate life over Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 will not become sexually active ual behavior. The sexual act is a the centuries. This will require that and run the risk of a pregnancy?” spousal act, and each act is always the parent of a “childlike adult” Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading I think it is important first of all to be open to the goodness of the will watch over him or her, and for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C: Jesus’ to point out that that impaired con- unitive and procreative dimension clearly discourage any form of speech to the people of his hometown of Nazareth. The dition of a person’s mind or body of human sexuality. immoral behavior. Gaining self does not lessen the human dignity possession and self mastery is part words can be found in all directions in the puzzle. COMPILE NARRATIVE MINISTERS THE WORD WRITE RETURNED POWER NAZARETH SABBATH A loss for the Irish, a victory for Christ PROPHET ISAIAH SPIRIT ANOINTED POOR PROCLAIM bodies. CAPTIVES BLIND OPPRESSED BY MIRANDA BAXTER When we first entered the YEAR THE EYES TODAY neighborhood, everyone on the hough the Irish football bus fell silent for a few seconds team may have suffered a — a rather interesting experience, FULFILLED SCRIPTURE Tloss at the Sugar Bowl, the since the members of the saxo- trip to New Orleans was not a phone section are by nature a complete waste. From the per- rather noisy bunch. OM I A L CORPOOR spective of a sax in the band of Somberly, we stood and left the SP I R I TREWOPE the Fighting Irish, however, I bus. I heard someone say that the believe we still left New Orleans practice field was “basically in the OSRNANAWFEPT with that victory we were itching middle of ground zero from the to bring home. hurricane.” Members of the facul- JEAJ I BBRVDRU New Year’s Eve was definitely ty, staff and students of Holy SYEB I SA I AHER a day to remember. By the time Cross School cheered and clapped PROVIDED BY MIRANDA BAXTER EEYTBHTTPOSN we were ready to hit the practice wildly for us. With wide eyes I Saxophones Luke Kramer and field, many of the band members slowly took in everything around Miranda Baxter discuss the half- VENAZARETHSE had been through various delays me, and I began to realize what an and cancellations trying to catch a opportunity we’d been given to time formations at the Sugar I HUTRPTDRDED Bowl in New Orleans. flight to Louisiana. Everyone come and at the very least see this TTDROWEHTSDP seemed exhausted as we climbed place. the buses that afternoon for our As we took the field and began PYADOTEHPORP Before this trip, I used to think first practice in more than a to run through our pregame and ANO I NTEDN I LB month. No one was looking for- half-time drills, I quickly became of New Orleans as the home of ward to it. aware that our music was echoing jazz music, Mardi Gras and an COMP I LELWKHB Soon the buses began to move throughout the neighborhood. overall party of a place. Now I forward, but something was dif- Sure enough, more and more resi- know better. New Orleans is also © 2007 Tri-C-A Publications ferent about this particular trip. dents filtered out of their nearby the home of survivors. The world Why did we have police escorts? homes to see what was going on. in all its pessimism was saddened by Katrina. The people who actu- document on priest-collaborators in Didn’t the bus drivers know the At that point I was glad that I’d the communist era, with guidelines way? As if on cue, a photo copy forgotten my camera that day; ally survived it were empowered. LETTER Instead of sadness and grief, our to determine the moral gravity of of a letter from Director of Bands somehow it didn’t feel right to be different forms of collaboration. simple hello was met with bright CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 Dr. Kenneth Dye, was passed out taking pictures of this place. It said priests who collaborated to everyone on the bus. After we’d finished our prac- smiles, hearty handshakes and some of the best hospitality we’ve with the secret police should admit We were scheduled to practice tice, the headmaster of the school year, Pope Benedict XVI no doubt so publicly and meet with superi- at the Holy Cross School for took Dr. Dye’s microphone to per- ever experienced. Though we did already knew that the secret police not know it at the time, we were ors to devise a way to “repair and Boys, founded shortly after the sonally thank us for coming. Dr. files would raise tough questions for expiate the public scandal.” In establishment of the University of Dye then presented him with a searching for the living among the the church. He addressed the issue dead. Christ has truly triumphed, some cases, it said, resignation Notre Dame by priests sent by donation of some used instru- in a talk with clergy in the Warsaw from church office would probably Father Sorin himself. The letter ments to help rebuild the band as we know he always will, in a cathedral — the same cathedral place where all seemed lost. be inevitable. explained that we would be travel- program at Holy Cross School. where Archbishop Wielgus The process, it added, should ing to a neighborhood that still In return for our “performance” announced his resignation Jan. 7 — lead to a spirit of forgiveness, not hadn’t been fully searched since as he called it (to everyone in the saying it was important for the vengeance. Katrina hit. band it was really no trouble at church to confess its sins openly. The jury is still out on why Houses with a spray-painted all), every member of the band Miranda Baxter is a member of the Seemingly lost in the these recommendations were not “X” had been searched; numbers and band staff received a Fleur-de- University of Notre Dame’s Archbishop Wielgus affair is the applied to the Archbishop Wielgus labeled “LB” meant that the living Lys pin and a hearty lunch of hot marching band and is from fact that last August the Polish case before it became a front-page were found, and “DB” were dead jambalaya. Mishawaka. bishops issued a long and detailed scandal. 20 COMMENTARY JANUARY 21, 2007 Sexual assault and abortion recall once hearing a story about a philosopher who visit- of surrogate for the rapist. ed with a group of junior-high students at a private The real malefactor and culprit is always the rapist and Ischool in the Midwest. He had a discussion with them never the child. The perpetrator of the crime needs to be about ethics and offered a few arguments to suggest that apprehended and punished to the full extent of the law, and MAKING SENSE OF BIOETHICS direct abortion was always unethical and unjust. A 14-year- insofar as sentencing for such crimes may be too lenient in old girl put up her hand and asked him if he would make an certain regions or locales, our legal system must vigorously BY FATHER TAD PACHOLCZYK exception for rape in his position against abortion. He put work to correct it. Women who have suffered the indignity the ball back into her court by asking her to carry out a kind of rape deserve better, and trauma ought not be layered with of “thought experiment.” even more trauma. tion, even though in every one of the more than 55 countries He asked her to consider the hypothetical case that her Our first obligation is to reach out in love and acceptance that now have abortion on demand, the initial step taken was own father became a rapist: “If your dad goes out and rapes to the woman who has been victimized, and when a child is intense lobbying for the availability of abortion in so-called somebody, and we convict him of that rape in a court of law, conceived, she and her child need our loving assistance all ‘hard cases’ — especially rape and incest. do you think it would be right for us to then say, ‘Okay, the more. Sometimes in certain bioethical situations, an Of all abortions performed, 99.96 percent occur for rea- because your dad is guilty of that rape, we’re going to kill apparently compassionate response may be offered which is, sons unrelated to rape, so the very rare exception has been you, his 14-year-old daughter?’” The girl and her classmates in fact, profoundly unethical. In tragic situations like sexual carefully employed to provide cover for all other cases. unanimously replied, “No.” He pursued the same line of assault, it can be difficult to perceive the right lines, and to Playing the emotional card has been largely successful in the logic a bit further, asking if it would be acceptable if, instead think with reason rather than emotions. public arena, reminding us of the urgent need for a more of 14 years old, she were only 2 years old, or 2 months old. Oftentimes we may be tempted to imagine that a child level headed and dispassionate discussion of the real goods Again, they said, “No.” conceived by rape would only serve as a reminder to the that are at stake. As former abortionist Dr. Bernard Finally, he asked, “So how could I say that I’m going to mother of the original traumatic event she had suffered, and Nathanson once put it, “If a part of a human community let abortion happen because of rape? If I permit abortion that she would be “better off” without that reminder. were not at stake, no woman should be required to undergo because of rape, I am killing a child in the womb for a crime Interestingly, however, in a study published in March of the degradation of bearing a child in these circumstances, committed by his or her dad. Is that right?” His coherent and 2000, that conclusion was found to be invalid. David C. but even degradation, shame and emotional disruption are dispassionate approach helped the students appreciate the Reardon, Julie Makimaa and Amy Sobie sifted through nine not the moral equivalent of life. Only life is.” need to scrutinize their own assumptions and move beyond years worth of testimonies gathered by the Elliot Institute By respecting the life of the vulnerable and innocent emotionalism when important ethical or bioethical issues are and Fortress International to get a true picture of the effects child, we steer clear of the grave error in reasoning that tries being debated. of abortion on a woman who had suffered from the trauma to suggest that evil can justify further evil. True compassion Rape is always a grave and unconscionable crime, a of rape. invites us to suffer with, to be present to, and to aid the vic- tragedy of enormous proportions. If a woman becomes preg- They wrote a book that debunks the argument that abor- tims of sexual assault, by offering them our unconditional nant following sexual assault, abortion is sometimes offered tion is necessary or helpful after sexual assault. Co-author love, acceptance and support, rather than short-circuiting the as a path to fixing the rape. But the decision to encourage a Amy Sobie has summarized it this way: “The vast majority situation in favor of easy and inauthentic “solutions.” second trauma after the first trauma of sexual assault repre- of the women (and their children) who responded advanced sents, ultimately, a misguided response to a situation that the view that abortion is not a good solution to sexual needs to be handled with much greater sensitivity and com- assault pregnancies and that it often leads to further physical passion. A kind of unexamined emotionalism and anger can and emotional trauma for the women. Conversely, none of Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in neuro- arise in these situations, directed towards the child, even the women who carried to term expressed regret that they science from Yale and did postdoctoral work at Harvard. though the child conceived in rape is an innocent bystander, had chosen to give birth or a wish that they had chosen abor- He is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., and and a victim of the same awful set of circumstances as the tion instead.” serves as the director of education at The National mother. He or she clearly ought not be treated as some kind In the final analysis, rape is unable ever to justify abor- Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.

Real ‘tragedy’ not at Sugar Bowl Meet the Priest Guilt. That was the first emotion I felt that area. That was the high when we turned down Claiborne ground — by the river — away Father Charles A. Street in New Orleans, just up the from where the real damage had way from The French Quarter. occurred — by the lake, which is FROM Herman Not guilt for failing to do more below sea level. Ordained Nov. 29, 1997 to help or for living such a blessed People shake their head in dis- THE Associate pastor, Holy Family Parish, existence compared to what the gust since much of the destruction South Bend victims of Hurricane Katrina expe- hasn’t been cleaned up. There SIDELINES rienced. were some areas where houses What was your primary influence in Guilt for the overwhelming were still stacked upon one anoth- BY TIM PRISTER your decision to become a priest? desire to look, stare, gawk. It was er when they were swept off their voyeuristic, mesmerizing, the ulti- foundations by the floodwater. the love that my family had mate lure. I just had to look, won- The immediate reaction is to The pre-Katrina population of for the Catholic religion and the der, imagine. condemn a government that has 455,000 has shrunk to 200,000. positive influence from priests It wasn’t until the third day I done nothing to improve the situa- Literally and figuratively, much of and religious whom I knew was in New Orleans for Notre tion. But then you drive around the New Orleans has floated away. Dame’s Sugar Bowl game against areas most affected by Katrina and As eye opening as my experi- What is the most rewarding part of LSU before a group of us ventured the magnitude is overwhelming. ence was, it still didn’t capture the being a priest? off to see the “sights,” almost like There isn’t enough money in this most desperate times. I didn’t see serving God and his people tourists visiting a museum. country to clean up house after homes submerged under water, What is your favorite Scripture pas- sage? During the first few days, I house, mile after mile of destroyed just the aftermath. Do you have any pets? engaged in conversation with and abandoned structures. I drove back a second time to Jn 14:6 — “I am the way and many people about Katrina-locals Besides, you can’t just take a Claiborne Street and started turn- I have a female German the truth and the life. No one who had experienced it, an engi- bulldozer to miles upon miles of ing down some of the side streets. Shepherd named Kali. Kali is comes to the Father except neer from Kansas who was in private property. Are the owners I looked, I stared, I gawked. The the German equivalent of through me.” town to help with the reconstruc- dead, have they moved away per- hollow faces looked and stared and Charlie. tion, and visitors who had already manently, or will they eventually gawked back at me. I no longer Who is your favorite pope? seen the destruction. return to reclaim it? My engineer felt safe, and had this overwhelm- What do you do for relaxation? John Paul II Finally, after several conversa- friend said they’re still finding ing sense of danger. read and walk tions, I said to one of the locals, bodies. I was witnessing the destruction What is your favorite food? “I’m sure you’re tired of talking You see house after house with of man, and the people who saw What is your favorite reading material? about it.” But she wasn’t. For many, TFW spray-painted on the side, me in my nice rental car knew it. good old plain home cooking talking about it was cathartic. They indicating “Toxic Flood Water” When I returned home and peo- Who are your favorite authors? had seen something no one else within. “Cat” or “dog” spray-paint- ple mentioned the tragedy in New current spiritual works and What is something interesting about outside of that area had seen. They ed on the house to indicate the Orleans, they were talking about novels of fiction, John Paul II yourself that most people might not had lived catastrophe beyond belief. corpse that laid within. Notre Dame’s performance in the and John Grisham Some 16 months later, their aston- I felt safe in the area in which Sugar Bowl. know? ishment hadn’t faded. we stayed during the week in New I knew better. What is the best part of being Catholic? I was a high school teacher The area where the Sugar Bowl Orleans. But just off the beaten for 23 years prior to my becom- having the real presence of media stayed — about a five- path, it is very dangerous. Nine ing a priest Christ in the Eucharist minute walk from Bourbon Street people were slain in New Orleans — was directly across the street in the first eight days of 2007, Tim Prister is a 1978 graduate of How do you prefer to be addressed by What is your favorite prayer? from the Convention Center, despite the presence of 300 Marian High School and a 1982 the laity? where thousands of people had National Guardsmen and 60 state graduate from the University of the Magnificat descended to find refuge when troopers who have been brought in Notre Dame, where he was the Father Chuck 150-mile per hour winds filled lev- to help stem the violence. Overall, starting third baseman in 1981- ees that broke/overflowed. There however, the police force is down 82. Prister also is head baseball had been no water damage done to from 1,700 to 1,400. coach at Marian. JANUARY 21, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 21

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE’S FIRST HOCKEY TEAM IS IN ACTION Although this has been a pretty mild winter, the Holy Cross College Saints have seen a lot of ice during their inaugural hockey season. Holy Cross College joined the NAIA and one of the new athletic teams is the hockey team. Led by an experi- enced and talented alumnus, Michael Mitchell, the team is sure to have years of smooth skating ahead. The Saints have 18 players on the hockey team and play home games at the Ice Box in South Sports Bend. For more information about Saints hockey, go to www.hcc-nd.edu/prospects/athletics/hockey/ CYO league hit the ‘threes’

BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN grader, Colin Stuerzenberger. The Cardinals are now 4-0 in the end. The Eagles also won the Most Steven Kiermaier and Hunter Tobe Gold League. St. Vincent also Fifth, sixth grade boys Precious Blood holiday tourna- combined for 41 points to lead the improved to 4-0 over the weekend In the fifth and sixth grade ment beating St. Vincent 6 in the FORT WAYNE — Two different Squires while Mitch Castleman fueled by Greg Kaiser’s six three- boys’ CYO action, a tough St. opener by a score of 35-15, then CYO (Catholic Youth topped all scorers with 24 for the pointers against St. John, New John, Fort Wayne sixth-grade team Queen of Angels 39-9 in the sec- Organization) boys’ hoopsters made Twins. Haven. The two will face each remains unbeaten, improving to ond round and finally topping St. six long balls each in games last Benoit continued their run get- other in a Feb. 3 match up at St. 15-0 overall with a regular season Vincent 5 for the championship weekend during their fifth week of ting by St. Aloysius 42-37 in a Aloysius. win over St. Charles 39-37 at year 42-28. league play. Games were played at Blue League “battle of the unbeat- four different gyms including: en.” Phoenix Coach Paul Gerardot Boys Gold League Standings Queen of Angels, St. Joseph- said, “Tony Sorg has a very funda- As of Jan. 13 DIRECTOR Hessen Cassel, St. John the Baptist, mentally sound team.” (Eighth Grade-Large Schools) New Haven, and at the newly- In a Gold League contest on St. Charles 4-0 waxed floor at St. Aloysius on Sunday at Queen of Angels, St. St. Vincent 4-0 Office of Worship Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 13-14. Charles squeaked by the boys from St. Jude 3-1 At Hessen Cassel on Saturday, St. Joseph, Decatur, 33-32. The Decatur 1-2 the Twins from St. Louis/St. Rose Cardinals led most of the game, St. John, New Haven 1-3 The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend seeks a Director for the lost a hard-fought battle to the but fell behind in the final minutes. St. Joseph/St. Elizabeth 2-2 Office of Worship. home team 69-60 despite six treys They came back and won on a last St. John, Fort Wayne 0-3 The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is comprised of 14 counties from the hot hands of seventh second shot from Anthony Offerle. Queen of Angels 0-4 located in the northeast corner of Indiana with a Catholic population in excess of 150,000 souls and 82 parishes. The Diocesan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana with At halfway point, Corpus Christi, the Co-Cathedral of St. Matthew located in South Bend, Indiana. The Office of Worship is responsible for preparing diocesan liturgies St. Joseph hold leads for the Cathedral and the Co-Cathedral, such as the Rite of Election, Chrism Mass, Church dedications, Ordinations, clergy funerals and BY ELMER J. DANCH dered the nets for 14 points to top defeated St. Joseph, South Bend, individual scorers. Pete Gillis had Gold, 22-11; St. Anthony Gold other Diocesan celebrations. The office advises parishes, diocesan 10 points for St. Anthony. edged Corpus Christi Blue, 28-24; departments, schools, groups and organizations in preparing liturgies SOUTH BEND — Corpus Christi Christ the King defeated St. Christ the King Blue beat St. Pius at which the Bishop presides, and helps in their preparation of liturgies ran its unblemished record of five Joseph, 32-20, by getting off to Blue, 39-22; and Christ the King and rituals, prayer services, and the Liturgy of the Hours. straight with an easy 35-13 verdict early six-point lead and nursing it Gold defeated St. Matthew Black, over St. Matthew. Andy Klimek to the finish. The Kings’ John 31-16. The Office of Worship is also responsible for Workshops on topics rattled in 13 points for the winners. Revak collected 10 points. related to liturgy and music that are held throughout the year. St. Joseph of Mishawaka also In other contests, St. Thomas of John Bosco East The Director of the Office of Worship also acts as an advisor to the racked up its fifth straight verdict Elkhart beat Holy Cross, 45-26, St. Anthony 3-2 Bishop concerning liturgy and works in consultation with the by rolling over St. Adalbert, 55-28, with Taylor Krugh leading the St. Joseph, South Bend 3-2 Diocesan Liturgical Commission and the Master of Episcopal leading from start to finish, assault with 17 points. St. Matthew 1-4 although the St. Adalbert team St. Michael of Plymouth St. Thomas 1-4 Ceremonies to advise the Bishop, Clergy and Laity. gave the winners a scrappy fight. swamped St. Bavo of Mishawaka, John Bosco West In addition, the Director will supervise and administrate a depart- Andrew Olena of the 49-9, as Charlie Brown tossed in Corpus Christi 5-0 mental budget and a staff of one and a half full-time people as well as Mishawakans led St. Joseph with 11 points; St. Pius of Granger Christ the King 3-2 various other ad hoc personnel. 10 points. Jerry Alston had 12 nipped St. John the Baptist, 35-32, Holy Family 3-2 points for St. Adalbert. in overtime as Jacob Burgess Holy Cross 1-4 The interested candidate must be a practicing Catholic and possess St. Jude maintained its pace in burned the nets for 18 points for Martin De Porres East high energy, interpersonal skills, and organization. A Bachelor’s degree the Martin De Porres West with a the day’s top individual perform- St. Joseph, Mishawaka 5-0 in Liturgy or related field is preferred. A strong track record of person- handy 30-21 victory over St. ance for St. Pius. Vinnie Rulli had St. Pius 4-1 Monica of Mishawaka. St. Monica al experiences in the field of liturgy will also be considered. 10 points for St. Pius. Alex Bauters St. Michael 2-3 held on to second place. Compensation for this position will be based on previous experience. netted 16 points for St. John. St. Bavo 0-5 Holy Family edged St. Anthony Seven games were played in Interested applicants should send their resumes and other pertinent in a 30-26 nailbiter that was decid- the Colors Division. St. Anthony Martin De Porres West information to: ed in the waning minutes after the Maroon downed Holy Family Search Committee c/o Carol Flora teams had exchanged lead three St. Jude 4-1 Blue, 24-19; Christ the King White St. Monica 3-2 times during the tussle. 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The session will 75, St.Mary of the Lake Paul E.Lipp, 50, dance and silent auction ‘Wish School, 1020 Wilber St., will feature a talk by Lisa Marino, St. St.Vincent de Paul Karen L.Georgiefski, Upon a Star’ will be Saturday, have an open house on Sunday, Elkhart Matthew’s RCIA director, on why 40, St.John the Baptist Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m. Join MC Jan. 28, from noon to 2 p.m. participate in this prayer and how Leanna M.Walerko, 83, Mishawaka Bob Sweigert, beverages provid- to include young children. Father St.Thomas the Apostle Mary J.Gaza DeVolder, Warsaw ed by Mad Anthony Brewing St. Henry to celebrate 50th Jubilee John DeRiso will explain the 82, St.Monica Bill J.Walker, 79, Company and music from the Fort Wayne — St. Henry will Fort Wayne mechanics of adoration and bene- Sacred Heart band Unwrapped. Tickets are celebrate a 50 year jubilee with diction, allowing children to Jill Dianne Stark, 71, Notre Dame $12 per person in advance or $15 an open house on Sunday, Jan. understand what they see. The St.Vincent de Paul Sister M.Agnes E. at the door. Contact the St. Jude 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. hour will close with a short 15 Walshe, CSC, 92, Our Parish Office at (260) 484-6609 Tours of the school, church, rec- minute practice adoration. Lady of Loretto for information. All proceeds tory and parish center will be benefit the school. offered. Refreshments available. Winter Fantasy guard show Fort Wayne — Bishop Dwenger Singles investigate latest craze Trivia night returns Ed Fox fish fry Youth ministry house grand opening High School will host Winter Fort Wayne — Join the “GAP”, a South Bend — Corpus Christi Monroeville — A fish and ten- Decatur — St. Mary of the Fantasy, a color guard show on social group for single Catholics School will host a Trivia Night derloin dinner will be Friday, Assumption Parish’s new youth Saturday, Jan. 27, beginning at 11 in the 40-60ish age range. Come on Saturday, Jan. 20. Tailgating Jan. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the ministry program will host a a.m. and runs all day. The event is investigate the latest craze on begins at 6 p.m. and game play Monroeville Park Pavillion. grand opening house warming free. Friday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in the St. begins at 7 p.m. Cost is $100 per Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 party for the new youth home on Elizabeth parish hall. Bring a fin- table, maximum of 12 players for children 6-11. Children 5 and Sunday, Jan. 21, from 6:30-8:30 Knights plan dinner theatre ger snack or drink to share. For per table/team. Call Christine under eat free. Proceeds benefit p.m. The celebration includes Fort Wayne — The Knights of information call (260) 432-7346 Zmyslo at (574) 273-2931. the seventh and eighth grade snacks and door prizes and is Columbus will have a dinner the- or e-mail [email protected]. class trip. For information call open to all sixth through twelfth atre production titled “Dead In (260) 623-3447. graders including those from sur- The Water” Saturday, Jan. 20. 70 rounding parishes. For informa- Celebrating Cash bar opens at 6 p.m., dinner “Family Owned” Fish Fry tion call (260) 7-BIBLE-4. at 7 p.m. and show time is 8 p.m. New Haven — The Holy Name Tickets are $40 per couple. For years of serving Society of St. John the Baptist MISC. 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Father Edward Sorin, who founded the University of Notre Dame in 1842, shared a vision that his University would one day become a “means for good.” In addition to learning the skills to excel as businesspeople, our MBA and Executive MBA students explore what it means to make the right ethical decisions in business to live up to Father Sorin’s vision and to adhere to their own personal values. If you or a family member would like to learn more, please contact us.

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