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New Group Media produces Mother celebrated documentary ‘Jesus Decoded’ Our Lady of the Library and many other images of Mary BY ANN CAREY displayed in library SOUTH BEND — When the documentary “Jesus Pages 12-15 Decoded” is shown on television stations across the nation in the coming weeks, local Catholics should be very proud, for the film was made by a production company headquartered in this diocese. “Jesus Decoded” is an hour-long documentary film Faith and Fertility sponsored by the U.S. Bishops’ Catholic Contraception and sterilization Communication Campaign, and written and produced by New Group Media (NGM), a production company Page 5 in South Bend. The film was made to explain the truth about Jesus and the first three centuries of the church, in response to the fiction about Jesus and the church found in the best-selling novel by Dan Brown, “The Da Vinci Code.” Decoding DaVinci “Jesus Decoded” will be made available to televi- sion stations to air on May 21 or during the three Feature explores fact months thereafter, in anticipation of issues raised for from fiction moviegoers by the May 19 release of “The Da Vinci Code” movie, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Pages 8-11 Ron Howard. Advance information about the movie indicates it will parallel the book closely and repeat the fictional claims that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, with whom he had a child, and that the concept of the divinity of Jesus was created by the The Young Voice Emperor Constantine in the 4th century for political reasons. St. Anthony School highlighted The novel claims that over the centuries, the Page 12 Catholic Church has engaged in an elaborate conspir- PROVIDED BY NEW GROUP MEDIA New Group Media films shots for “Jesus Decoded” at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Douglas MEDIA, PAGE 24 Thomas is at the camera with Christopher Salvador, right. CYO track MATTHEW 25 BREAKS St. Aloysius students team Season finale draws nearer NEW GROUND Page 20 with Louisiana school

Nancy Staid, curriculum and development Hurricane Katrina displaced director at St. Aloysius in Baton Rouge. students to be welcomed by “Some of our original Katrina students have relocated to other parts of the country. Most Baton Rouge school others have returned to New Orleans and the surrounding areas. Some have returned to their homes and some are living in alternative BY TIM JOHNSON housing, trailers, apartments, etc.” Staid added, “Even though some may be YODER — To many, St. Aloysius School in in their homes, they are living on the second Yoder and St. Aloysius School in Baton floors because the ground floors are uninhab- Rouge, La., may seem like worlds apart. The itable until they are totally redone. While Yoder school, with a student body of about repairs are ongoing in New Orleans, there is 100, sits in the the rich farming community of such an incredible amount of work to be southern Allen County. Hints of urban sprawl done, it will take a very long time.” and growth beckon at the doorstep. On the But the children and staff at St. Aloysius in other hand, St. Aloysius in Baton Rouge is a Yoder could not let the needs of the displaced large urban school basking in the shadow of students in Baton Rouge go unheard. When DON CLEMMER Louisiana State University. The school has Principal Jane Sandor of St. Aloysius School Members of the Matthew 25 board of over 1,000 students. in Yoder learned of the situation in Baton What both schools have in common is a Rouge, she, the staff and students wanted to directors scoop the first shovels of dirt at big heart. help. the groundbreaking ceremony for the After Hurricane Katrina displaced many First they gave proceeds from a fish fry New Orleans students, St. Aloysius in Baton held last fall to the students. expansion of the Fort Wayne clinic. The Rouge opened its doors to 169 students. Next they held a dress down day. The 86 “We currently have 38 displaced students students at St. Aloysius, Yoder, quickly new complex, totaling 20,260 square feet, still enrolled, and most of these have perma- will nearly triple the existing facility. nently relocated to Baton Rouge,” said KATRINA, PAGE 24 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC MAY 14, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC

Official newspaper of the Mother Guerin and Father Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 Moreau had profound influence PUBLISHER: Bishop John M. D’Arcy Father Basil Moreau, CSC told me that they worked in some of the most difficult and challenging missions in EDITOR: Tim Johnson How can we possibly understand the the world. The Holy Cross priests continue ASSISTANT EDITOR: Don Clemmer extraordinary contribution to this diocese of to serve in this diocese, where they care for STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad this priest. From this man of exceptional many parishes. NEWS piety and vision there came forth sisters, As bishop, I join with them, and urge all Editorial Department brothers and priests. Their educational our diocese as well to join, with gratitude reach has gone across the world — Africa, and appreciation for this blessed news PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan &NOTES Latin America and Asia, as well as to the FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, about their founder, Father Basil Moreau, United States, Canada and Western Europe. CSC. It must be remembered that Father Michelle Castleman, Elmer J. Danch, BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY They are a missionary congregation. I think Moreau, like Mother Theodore, walked in Michelle Donaghey, Bonnie Elberson, especially of their spiritual tradition. Mary, this diocese. He visited Notre Dame a num- Denise Fedorow, Sr. Margie Lavonis, under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows, is ber of times, and one can read accounts of CSC, Jennifer Ochstein,Theresa their patroness. Devotion to Our Lady, this in the extraordinary biography of Two gifts for our diocese which surrounds the University of Notre Thomas, Kristi Ward How significant that word concerning Father Sorin, written by Marvin O’Connell, Dame and Holy Cross parishes, is always professor of history at Notre Dame. both decisions came on the same day. I evident. Central also is the feast of the Business Department refer to the announcement that the way has Sacred Heart and the feast of St. Joseph. BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice now been cleared for the canonization of Father Basil Moreau, with his emphasis At the center AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber Mother Theodore Guerin, SP. She is to be on the education of the heart as well as the Remember, people are canonized for BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol declared a saint. The same announcement mind has been, through his spiritual sons indicated that Father Basil Moreau, CSC, and daughters, a profound influence on this holiness of life. Saints are raised up so we founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, diocese. all may learn from them and pray to them. has been approved for beatification, the first We must read and study about these two Advertising Sales official, decisive step toward canonization. consecrated religious and from them learn Carol Eifert (Fort Wayne area) Sisters to give ourselves more to prayer and the (260) 456-2824 service of Christ and his people. A blessed The early presence of the sisters in South moment for us all. Judy Kearns (South Bend area) Mother Theodore Guerin, SP Bend is well-recorded in several histories. (574) 234-0687 She can truly be said to be the foundress, Almost immediately, they turned from the Web site: www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY along with Msgr. Julian Benoit, of the work of domestics to the task of education Catholic schools in this diocese. Fort on all levels. Saint Mary’s College remains Uncle John’s friend Published weekly except the last Wayne was not just a stop on her journey. an extraordinary legacy to them, as also is That is what he calls me. “Whose friend Sunday in June, second and fourth This extraordinary woman inspired so many Saint Joseph Medical Center, South Bend. are you?” I ask him. He tells me, “Uncle weeks in July, second week in August young girls, in an area that was then close They taught in both our elementary and John’s friend.” I refer to my nephew, Hugh and last week in December by the to the frontier, to give their lives to Christ high schools across the diocese. They were D’Arcy Sheridan. We call him D’Arcy. He Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, in the work of education. She was only in commissioned by President Lincoln to care has been called D’Arcy since he was a 1103 S. Calhoun St., P.O. Box 390, Fort Indiana for 18 years and spent much time in for the wounded during the Civil War, and child. D’Arcy turned 40 this week, and he Wayne, IN 46801. Second-class the eastern part, which now is the Diocese were present at Gettysburg and on the hos- also received a significant award from a postage paid at Fort Wayne, IN, and of Fort Wayne-South Bend, and in Terre group that assists the handicapped in the additional mailing office. pital ships that moved up and down the Haute in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Mississippi River. They have missions greater Boston area. I do not think I had ever heard the word autism until his moth- POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: where she is buried. I was privileged once throughout the world — in parts of Africa Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Fort to pray at her grave. and Asia, as well as Brazil and other Latin er, my sister, Joan, and her husband, Hugh, Wayne, IN 46856-1169 or e-mail: She came from France and was the American countries. We are honored that told me that was the diagnosis. 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We are in their debt, for they played John.” He will say, “He’s coming.” Even people in this diocese has been exceptional. those few words mean so much to us. We Advertising deadline is nine days a central role in building up the church in the While we think of them in South Bend, before publication date. Fort Wayne area. never know what is in his mind, because he they also taught for years in the educational cannot tell us. We do know that it is pure, Mother Theodore Guerin knew grave institutions surrounding our cathedral in LETTERS POLICY: Today’s Catholic wel- good and holy. One of the great things in suffering during her lifetime: physical, psy- Fort Wayne. comes original, signed letters about chological and spiritual. The diocese, when heaven “where all tears will be wiped issues affecting church life. Although When Father Sorin came to South Bend away,” will be to talk to D’Arcy and listen she came, was Vincennes, and it was here with his dream, it was the Holy Cross we cannot publish every letter we that Bishop de la Hailandiére, like Mother to him, for I believe there he will carry on receive, we strive to provide a bal- Brothers who were with him as part of that an intelligent conversation with us. For the anced representation of expressed Theodore a native of France and who had extraordinary party who worked in ways his own difficulties, made her journey and first time, he will thank his mother and opinions and a variety of reflections both practical and theoretical to begin the father for their heroic devotion to him. He on life in the church.We will choose apostolate of education more difficult. Her foundation of the University of Notre will also be able to tell his brothers, one a letters for publication based on read- fidelity to prayer and the apostolate never Dame. er interest, timeliness and fairness. wavered. lawyer and the other a teacher, how he Readers may agree or disagree with I hope that her canonization will be seen loves them, although he already tells them the letter writers’ opinions. Letters as a moment for us to reflect on the extraor- Priests in other ways. I hope he will have a word must not exceed 500 words. All let- dinary contributions of women religious to for his uncle. Happy Birthday, Hugh ters must be signed and include a our diocese and, indeed, to the whole coun- First in our diocese was Father Edward D’Arcy Sheridan. phone number and address for verifi- try. Sorin, CSC, the intrepid French missionary And now the real baseball season begins cation.We reserve the right to edit There is no date set for the ceremony of priest with his strong devotion to Our Lady as the Yankees and the Red Sox prepare to letters for legal and other concerns. her canonization. I hear it may be in the and his trust in the providence of God. Not do battle. fall. I will certainly consider attending, as I only did he found University of Notre See you all next week. Mail letters to: Today’s Catholic, Dame, beloved by so many, but also many P.O. Box 11169, Fort Wayne, IN was not able to go to the beatification. Father William Kummer who, at the time, parishes in South Bend, such as St. Joseph, 46856-1169; or e-mail: St. Patrick and others. The Holy Cross [email protected] was pastor of St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne, represented our diocese, and con- priests are also spread across the world in sidered it one of the great moments of his Chili, Uganda, Nigeria, Bangladesh and ISSN 0891-1533 other places. Archbishop Cacciavillan, who USPS 403630 priestly life. served with them in both Africa and Asia, MAY 14, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 3 SWISS GUARDS, INCLUDING VETERANS, MAKE THEIR WAY TO VATICAN STATEMENT OF BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY Regarding an ordinance to amend the South Bend Municipal Code to establish special rights on the basis of sexual orien- tation and gender identity May 8, 2006

The South Bend Common Council, on very short notice to the com- munity, is this month considering whether to establish special rights on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The proposed ordi- nance — which is being promoted by groups of “Gays, Lesbians, Bi- sexuals and Transgendered Persons” — would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the standard list of characteristics protected from discrimination, namely those based on race, religion, color, sex, disabili- CNS PHOTO/CAROL GLATZ ty, national origin, ancestry and familial status. While I do not question the good intentions of those involved in this Swiss Guards, former and present, make their way up the main road leading to the effort, my concern as a Catholic pastor is that this ordinance appears to Vatican May 4 in Rome. They joined a re-enactment of the 1506 arrival of 150 Swiss sol- be more about validating in law homosexual lifestyles and behaviors than it is about addressing unjust discrimination. The main reason for diers at the request of Pope Julius II. The Swiss Guard is marking its 500th anniversary this assessment is based on the fact that the way in which sexual orienta- this year. tion and gender identity are defined goes beyond simply an individual’s “self-identity” or “self-image” to also include “appearance, expression or behavior.” In other words, homosexual activity as well as a homosexual orientation is being given special status and special protection. While the proposed ordinance specifically excludes religious organi- Orthodox, Vatican leaders say modern zations from having to comply with these special rights, what about the right of conscientious citizens who have principled objections to these types of lifestyles and behaviors? For example, it appears that a family challenges need moral guidance in a duplex that is renting the other side of their home would, if this law is approved, be legally forced to lease to an openly homosexual couple “one has to learn to think and do John Haldane, professor of phi- BY CAROL GLATZ or to an unmarried heterosexual couple regardless of their deeply-held good,” the statement said. losophy at Scotland’s University moral convictions. Why, as well, should an employer be legally forced to Offering people a Christian, of St. Andrews and member of accept the cross-dressing habits of an employee? What, in fact, if this VATICAN CITY (CNS) — moral education is key, the state- the board of advisers of the employee is a grade school teacher of young children in one of our pub- Europeans risk being completely ment said, and communities will Center for Ethics and Culture at lic schools? unprepared to face modern-day benefit if their citizens are the University of Notre Dame. In addition, there is no reason to believe that the matter will stop here. challenges if they are not guided grounded in “a solid combination He said in his presentation Efforts such as these have been followed in other communities by efforts by a solid sense of moral respon- of the principles of freedom and May 4 that Christians should not to have public school children indoctrinated — even as early as second sibility and Christian ethics, said moral responsibility.” insist so much on Europe return- grade — to accept homosexual lifestyles and behaviors as normal. Often, a statement from a Vatican offi- Nations must meet the moral ing to some nostalgic sense of its those who have principled objections to this are labeled as prejudiced or cial and a Russian Orthodox demands of their people and Christian roots, as much as they “homophobic.” Instead of building greater tolerance, this ordinance may leader. reflect their countries’ moral tra- should “win the case for their actually be helping to build greater intolerance of those who, on the one The statement by Cardinal ditions in their laws and public beliefs, including their social the- hand, believe every person should be treated with dignity, but also are Paul Poupard, head of the pontif- policies, it said. The principles of ology.” deeply opposed to homosexual activity and to the gay lifestyle. For exam- ical councils for Culture and for moral responsibility and freedom The churches should not just ple, in some communities, the Boy Scouts have been banned from public Interreligious Dialogue, and should be “embodied in all blame modernity for today’s ills, facilities because of their principled decision not to have homosexual Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk spheres of human life,” including he said; they should face the vari- Scout leaders. Is this the type of community we want to build here? and Kaliningrad, head of external politics, the economy, education, ous points postmodern critics Without question, everyone deserves to be treated fairly and with dig- and ecumenical relations for the science and mass media, the make. nity. Everyone should enjoy the same basic human rights. Along with the Russian Orthodox Church, came statement added. “Reform and renewal” are Catechism of the Catholic Church, I wish to deplore any type of violent at the end of a landmark, three- Msgr. Peter Fleetwood, a continually needed in any living action or hateful speech aimed at homosexual persons. Such activity is day meeting between the two member of the Pontifical Council tradition, he said, so “before we morally wrong. At the same time, we must be very cautious lest we val- churches. for Culture and deputy general try to finesse older ways of think- idate in law lifestyles and behaviors to which many of our citizens are Dozens of members of the secretary of the Council of ing we need first to show that deeply in conscience opposed. Vatican’s culture council and the European Bishops’ Conferences, they are not bankrupt.” said in his presentation May 5 The re-evangelization of Moscow Patriarchate’s ecumeni- Below is the contact information District #2 that Christians should be deliver- Europe then demands imagina- cal department met May 3-5 in for Mayor Luecke and the members of Charlotte Pfeifer ing the Gospel message directly tion and “cultural sensitivity” in Vienna, Austria, to find ways the the South Bend Common Council 1013 W. Washington to individuals, not trying to over- carrying it out, he added. two churches could work togeth- Stephen J. Luecke South Bend, Ind. 46601 throw or radically change politi- Cardinal Poupard told er to build communities that Office of the Mayor (574) 233-2940 home cal or social structures. Catholic News Service May 5 respect human dignity and pro- 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. (574) 235-5983 voice mail Whenever, “as churches, we that the Vienna meeting was so mote justice and peace. The Suite 1400 N [email protected] consider getting involved on the positive and fruitful that he has meeting’s theme was “Give a South Bend, Indiana 46601 political scene,” people should invited Russian Orthodox Soul to Europe: The Mission and 574.235.9261 Office District #3 remember that the “prime benefi- Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow to Responsibility of the Churches.” [email protected] Roland Kelly ciary of pastoral teaching and send representatives to the The Vatican council released 1325 E. Wayne St. action is not a group but a single Vatican council’s next plenary copies of the final statement and South Bend, Ind. 46615 person,” Msgr. Fleetwood said. assembly in March 2008. some texts of participants’ (574) 232-0873 home When an individual experi- Because the two churches South Bend Common speeches to Catholic News (574) 235-5981 voice mail ences “interior conversion” and share similar ideas concerning Service. Council [email protected] A lack of moral education in his or her actions are guided by the root causes of the religious love for God’s will, then social and moral crises that Europe District #1 society can lead to “disastrous District #4 change will come about, he said. faces, the French cardinal said he Derek D. Dieter consequences such as the growth Ann Puzzello Jesus asked people to love one thought the presence of a Russian 1135 Portage Ave. of all kinds of extremism, the 1247 East LaSalle another here and now, not wait Orthodox delegation would fur- South Bend, Ind. 46616 decline of the birthrate, pollution South Bend, Ind. 46617 until the world became more con- ther enhance the council’s work (574) 234-4494 home of the environment, violence and (574) 234-1834 home ducive to the Christian message, as it plans to tackle the problems (574) 532-2200 cell humiliation of human dignity,” (574) 235-5978 voice mail he said. of secularism in its 2008 meet- (574) 235-5982 voice mail the statement said. [email protected] Individuals are not born with Another speaker at the ing. [email protected] the automatic desire to do good; Catholic-Orthodox meeting was STATEMENT, PAGE 5 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC MAY 14, 2006 As artist shapes statue of beatified nun, nun shapes artist

On April 28 Pope Benedict that I was meant to be here, that BY SEAN GALLAGHER XVI cleared the way for Mother something was nudging me this Theodore’s canonization by rec- way,” she said. “It just became ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS ognizing a miracle attributed to clearer and clearer that maybe (CNS) — Teresa Clark shapes her intercession. The canoniza- she was interceding.” clay into art, but she has found tion could take place as early as While Clark believes that the subject of her latest work this fall. Mother Theodore may have been shaping her as well. Clark said she first learned of praying for her, she also learned For a year now, she has been Mother Theodore and the Sisters much from the example of her molding clay into a 6-foot like- of Providence in 2000. There was life. ness of Blessed Mother Theodore a possibility that she might create “Maybe that’s why I admired Guerin, the French-born, 19th- a statue of her for a cemetery in what she did, because I could see century foundress of the Sisters Fort Wayne, where she lived at in my life that there were all of Providence of St. Mary-of-the- the time, so she came to St. these things I wasn’t dealing with Woods. Mary-of-the-Woods to learn well or was having problems Yet during that same time, it about the nun and the community with,” she said. “And what perse- would seem that Mother she founded. vered with her was her faith. Theodore and God have been Clark spoke with Providence That’s what gave her strength. refashioning Clark. Sister Marie Kevin Tighe, the Maybe that was what was miss- In studying the woman whose vice postulator of Mother ing in my life.” statue she was creating, Clark — Theodore’s canonization cause, Molding the statue became “a who had attended a Mennonite read some of the foundress’ writ- spiritual journey,” Clark said. church as a young adult but had ings and met several members of “Using your hands to create never been baptized — developed the community. someone, an individual who was a deep appreciation of the “I just greatly admired this a woman of faith — one kind of Catholic faith that was the woman and what she accom- feeds the other. I almost feel her bedrock of Mother Theodore’s plished in her time,” Clark said in presence at times when I’m life. an interview in her studio at St. working.” As a result, Clark, 50, partici- Mary-of-the-Woods. “She battled Sister Marie Kevin, a Sister of pated in the Rite of Christian health and conflict within the Providence for 64 years, said she Initiation of Adults at St. area, but she still persevered. And has gained a greater appreciation Margaret Mary Parish in Terre I see that strength here still.” of her community’s foundress Haute and was baptized and The original commission fell through Clark’s artistry. received into the church at the through, but in 2005 the possibili- “I’ve looked at pictures of Easter Vigil April 15. ty of creating a statue of Mother Mother Theodore all my life,” The next morning, at Easter Theodore resurfaced. The Sisters she said. “But I’d never had the Mass with the Sisters of of Providence were arranging same feeling as I do when I look Providence, she gazed at the por- with officials of the Basilica of at the statue because it’s more trait of Mother Theodore hanging the National Shrine of the than a physical likeness. The stat- in the church and thought about Immaculate Conception in ue exudes the spirituality of all that had happened in the Washington for the placement of Mother Theodore, which is artist’s life. a statue of Mother Theodore in a strength and peace and trust in “I was brought here, and I am garden next to the shrine. Sister God.” CNS PHOTO/SEAN GALLAGHER, THE CRITERION creating her,” Clark told The Marie Kevin approached Clark After officials from the nation- Teresa Clark, an Indiana artist, molded this likeness of the face of Criterion, Indianapolis archdioce- about the commission, and she al shrine approve Clark’s clay Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin as part of a 6-foot clay statue of the san newspaper. “But, in the accepted. statue, a fiberglass mold of it will French-born, 19th-century foundress of the Sisters of Providence of St. process, Mother Theodore and Clark said that when she did be made and sent to a sculptor in Mary-of-the-Woods. God are creating me. That’s what so problems in her own life that Ohio, who will replicate her work I felt when I looked at her paint- had been bogging her down in the final limestone version. ing that day.” began to be resolved. “I truly felt Pope appoints 12 new cardinals to Vatican congregations, councils VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a assignments announced by the standard follow-up to the March Vatican May 6 were confirma- 24 consistory at which they tions of membership the prelates became cardinals, Pope Benedict held before becoming cardinals. XVI appointed the 12 new active For example, French Cardinal cardinals to membership on a Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux variety of Vatican congregations and Spanish Cardinal Antonio and councils. Canizares Llovera of Toledo Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of were confirmed as members of Boston was named a member of the doctrinal congregation. the clergy and religious life con- In one of the new appoint- gregations. ments, Pope Benedict appointed U.S. Cardinal William J. Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze- Levada, prefect of the kiun of Hong Kong a member of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Congregation for the the Faith, was confirmed as a Evangelization of Peoples. member of the congregations for In another new appointment, Saints’ Causes and for Bishops, Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales of as well as the Pontifical Council Manila, Philippines, was named a for Promoting Christian Unity. member of the Pontifical Council More than half of the cardinal for Interreligious Dialogue.

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e have seen how natural cumstance can justify their use Pandora’s box and paved the way capacity to create new life. What family planning enables from a moral point of view. It is for a radical sexual revolution Pope John Paul II was saying, in Wa married couple to put important to clarify here that we three decades later that was largely summary, is that God has so inti- FAITH AND responsible parenthood into prac- are not talking about taking syn- facilitated by the use of contracep- mately linked the love-giving and tice because it reveres the gift of thetic hormones to treat a medical tion. life-giving meanings of sex that sex as God designed it. Inscribed condition or to restore the proper Enter Pope John Paul II and his when this sacred act is deliberately FERTILITY in this sacred act is an inseparable functioning of the reproductive beautiful theology of the body, deprived of its procreative capaci- WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES AND WHY connection between its love-giving system — that is a good thing. We which deepened the Church’s ty, it also ceases, however implicit- purpose and its life-giving poten- are instead referring to the use of understanding of sex by demon- ly, to be an act of love. Here it is in tial. This intimate link reflects the drugs, devices or surgical proce- strating that its love-giving and his own words: BY LISA A. EVERETT inner life of the Holy Trinity, in dures for the purpose of preventing life-giving dimensions are truly “When couples, by recourse to which the love between the Father pregnancy in freely chosen acts of inseparable. This is because con- contraception, separate these two and Son is so real it is actually sexual intercourse. In this regard, it traception and sterilization not meanings that God the creator has contraception and sterilization real- another person — the Holy Spirit. is crucial to point out that the most only imply a positive refusal to be inscribed in the being of man and ly are. To desecrate means “to vio- The church teaches about these effective forms of artificial birth open to the possibility of new life, woman and in the dynamism of late the sanctity of” and when we two dimensions of sex what Christ control available today, such as the but they also contradict the mean- their sexual communion, they act contracept or sterilize sex we have himself taught about the bond Pill, Depo-Provera and Norplant, ing of sexual union as a sign of as arbiters of the divine plan and violated its sanctity, even if we are between husband and wife: we not only work by suppressing ovu- total self-giving. I am not giving they manipulate and degrade not conscious of it. As the com- must not separate what God has lation. They also achieve their myself totally to my spouse in sex- human sexuality and with it them- panion testimony written by a mar- joined. Any acts that attempt to sep- effectiveness by altering the lining ual intercourse if, at the same time, selves and their married partners ried couple shows, this desecration arate these dimensions by deliber- of the uterus to prevent the I am withholding from him or her by altering its value of total self- damages our relationship with God ately suppressing the life-giving implantation of a newly conceived my fertility, a gift which has the giving. Thus the innate language and with one another. But the potential of sex are always serious- child should conception occur, and potential to unite us in the most that expresses the total reciprocal beauty of the Christian life is that ly wrong. This includes “direct ster- therefore can cause a very early profound way possible, and self-giving of husband and wife is Christ came to redeem us from sin ilization, whether of the man or of abortion. This obviously aggra- through which we are privileged to overlaid, through contraception, by and restore our relationships. the woman, whether permanent or vates the moral evil involved. participate in the creative love of an objectively contradictory lan- Check out the One More Soul Web temporary. Similarly excluded is It may seem difficult to believe God. guage, namely, that of not giving site (omsoul.com) for other inspir- any action which either before, at that, until 1930, all Christian And in the same way, I am not oneself totally to the other. This ing stories and a list of physicians the moment of, or after sexual inter- churches, not just the Catholic completely accepting my spouse leads not only to a positive refusal by state who perform sterilization course, is specifically intended to Church, taught that contraception as a gift, loving him or her in the to be open to life, but also to a fal- reversals for men and women. prevent procreation — whether as and sterilization were morally fullness of his masculinity or her sification of the inner truth of con- an end or as a means.” — wrong. In that year, the Anglican femininity, as he or she was creat- jugal love, which is called upon to “Humanae Vitae,” 14-16. Church decided at its Lambeth ed by God and as I encounter him give itself in personal totality.” The Catechism of the Catholic Conference to permit the use of or her at this particular moment, of — “Familiaris consortio,” 32. 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Love”), Pope Benedict XVI called Sister Rose Thering dies; Catholics’ attention to the fact that was pioneer in Catholic- the word love is “frequently used Jewish relations and yet so often misunderstood.” WASHINGTON (CNS) — NEWS BRIEFS Bush visits New Orleans Dominican Sister Rose Thering, a pioneer in Catholic-Jewish rela- home, praises Catholic tions who dedicated most of her life Charities volunteers to fighting anti-Semitism, died of PRIESTS LIE BEFORE POPE DURING ORDINATION kidney failure May 6 in Racine, NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Wis., at the Dominicans' Siena President George W. Bush praised Center, where she became a nun in the work of Catholic Charities vol- 1936. She was 85 years old. Her unteers in helping to rebuild New funeral Mass was to be celebrated Orleans during an April 27 visit to a the evening of May 9 at the Siena Ninth Ward home ravaged by Center Chapel, with final commen- Hurricane Katrina and the floods dation and interment the following that followed. He also called for morning at the order's cemetery. A another 2,500 volunteers “to come scholar, educator and activist, for down to New Orleans to help peo- decades she was in the forefront of ple get back on their feet” through challenging Christian prejudices Operation Helping Hands, the against Jews and Judaism and pro- Catholic Charities volunteer project moting Christian-Jewish under- that has already gutted 311 dam- standing. Sister Rose's doctoral aged homes to prepare them for research 1957-61, before the rebuilding. Another 776 homes Second Vatican Council, focused remain on the project’s waiting list. on anti-Jewish teachings in U.S. At the home of Ethel Williams, a Catholic catechisms, many of 72-year-old widow, the president which at that time blamed all Jews said, “The amazing thing that’s for the death of Jesus. "Her happened in her home is that there unflinchingly honest analysis ... are people across the country who profoundly influenced the develop- are helping to rebuild it.” “Catholic ment of the council's groundbreak- Charities, in this case, has provided ing declaration, 'Nostra Aetate,'" CNS PHOTO/GIUSEPPE GIGLIA, REUTERS the volunteers to help Ms. Williams said Eugene Fisher, an associate Priests lie prostrate before Pope Benedict XVI during their ordination in St. Peter’s reclaim her life,” Bush said. The director of the U.S. bishops' 15-member team that worked on Secretariat for Ecumenical and Basilica at the Vatican May 7. The pope said that priesthood should be understood as a Williams’ home came from Interreligious Affairs. commitment to service and not as an opportunity for career-climbing. Alabama, Michigan, North Carolina, Vermont and Washington, bishop in 1960. Pope John, who See.” But Navarro-Valls also said the growing phenomenon of what D.C. Argentine Cardinal convened the council but died in the Vatican knew it was possible is being called the “emergent Primatesta dies 1963 between the first and second that the bishops who were ordained church” — a decentralized move- sessions, named three other U.S. and those ordaining them “were ment or conversation among Religious vocations can VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope bishops who attended all council placed under strong pressure and younger Christians in the United come from anyplace Benedict XVI offered his condo- sessions and are still living: retired threats” to participate. Canon 1323 States and abroad who are commit- lences to Catholics in Argentina Bishop Charles A. Buswell of specifies that a person “coerced by ted to discipleship but resist tradi- WASHINGTON (CNS) — A few mourning the death of 87-year-old Pueblo, Colo., 92, who was grave fear, even if only relatively tional denominational ties, leader- years ago Teresa Min-Sook Kim Cardinal Raul Francisco ordained a bishop in 1959; retired grave,” is not subject to penalty. ship structures and doctrinal formu- was a young Korean immigrant in Primatesta, the retired archbishop Archbishop Raymond G. lations. Not surprisingly, much of Minnesota, a non-Catholic who of Cordoba. The cardinal, who had Hunthausen of Seattle, 84, who was the conversation among partici- spoke little English. Jay suffered from cardiac problems for ordained a bishop in 1962; and Archaeologists discover pants is carried out on the Internet, Toborowsky was a young Jewish several years, died of heart failure retired Maronite Archbishop unusual network of with numerous Web sites and blogs, man working as an aide to the in his home early May 1. By early Francis M. Zayek of St. Maron of short for Web logs, where they mayor of Woodbridge, N.J. Carol evening, his body was lying in the Brooklyn, N.Y., 85, who was burial chambers in share ideas and write journals of Derynioski had been teaching more Cordoba cathedral, where the faith- ordained a bishop in 1962 and was their own faith understandings and than 25 years and had her own ful paid their respects. The serving as an auxiliary bishop for Rome experiences. The yearbook, an home in Boca Raton, Fla. What do Argentine government proclaimed Maronites in Brazil during the ROME (CNS) — Archaeologists annual publication of the New a Korean immigrant in Minnesota, three days of official mourning. In a council years. repairing a Roman catacomb have York-based National Council of a Jewish political aide in New telegram sent to Archbishop Carlos discovered an unusual network of Churches, lists U.S. and Canadian Jersey and a Catholic teacher in Nanez of Cordoba, Pope Benedict underground burial chambers con- church bodies, with a brief descrip- Florida have in common? Now asked God to “grant eternal rest to Chinese bishops not taining the elegantly dressed tion of each and its national head- they are called “Sister” or “Father” one who was a diligent pastor for excommunicated until corpses of more than 1,000 people, quarters, officers, periodicals and and each was recently featured in a many years.” Pope Pius XII named a Rome official said. The rooms major agencies or boards. It also local diocesan newspaper as an him auxiliary bishop of La Plata in pope says so publicly appear to date back to the second has directories of U.S. and example of some of the ways the 1957 and he was transferred as century and are thought to be a Canadian ecumenical organiza- call to priesthood or religious life bishop of San Rafael in 1961. Four VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The tions, cooperative religious organi- can be heard. threat of excommunication hangs place of early Christian burial. years later, Pope Paul VI appointed Because of the large number of zations, seminaries and religious him archbishop of Cordoba. over two Chinese bishops ordained periodicals. without papal approval, but only if bodies deposited over a relatively Milwaukee pastor they acted knowingly and freely, short period, experts believe a natu- Only five living U.S. said a canon lawyer. And even if ral disaster or epidemic may have Vatican says Buddhists, named to head they incurred excommunication occurred at the time. The corpses, Franciscans bishops were at all automatically by acting of their dressed in fine clothes embroidered Christians should help Vatican II sessions own free will, the penalty is limited with gold thread, were carefully others understand love International board until Pope Benedict XVI publicly wrapped in sheets and covered in WASHINGTON (CNS) — There lime. Balsamic fragrances were MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Capuchin declares their excommunication to VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Franciscan Father John are now only five living U.S. bish- the bishops and their faithful, said also applied, according to Raffaella Buddhists and Christians should ops who were voting participants in Giuliani, chief inspector of the Celichowski has been named presi- Jesuit Father James Conn, a profes- help others see that the highest dent of the board of directors of all four sessions of the Second sor of canon law at Rome’s Roman catacombs, who spoke with form of love seeks only the good of Vatican Council, 1962-65. There Vatican Radio May 1. Giuliani said Franciscans International, the non- Pontifical Gregorian University. the other, said the Pontifical governmental organization that rep- were six until April 30, when Vatican spokesman Joaquin the burial chambers were found Council for Interreligious Bishop Charles G. Maloney, retired accidentally in 2003, when experts resents the estimated 800,000 Navarro-Valls said May 4 that the Dialogue. In a message for the feast Franciscans worldwide at various auxiliary of Louisville, Ky., died. ordination of Bishop Joseph Liu were repairing a cave-in located in of Vesakh, a commemoration of the Bishop Maloney was 93 years old the Catacomb of Sts. Peter and forums of the United Nations. Xinhong of Anhui May 3 and the major events in the life of Buddha, Father Celichowski, pastor of St. and had been a bishop since 1955. ordination of Bishop Joseph Ma Marcellinus. the Vatican council urged The only remaining bishop who Martin de Porres Parish in Yinglin of Kunming April 30 could Christians and Buddhists to work Milwaukee, also is a lawyer and a was named by Pope Pius XII is lead to “severe canonical sanc- together to recover the real mean- retired Archbishop Philip M. Yearbook on U.S., member of the provincial council tions.” He referred specifically to ing of love and to live it through for the Capuchins' St. Joseph Hannan of New Orleans. This year Canon 1382 of the Code of Canon Canadian churches concrete acts of charity. The he marks his 93rd birthday May 20 province, based in Detroit. Law: “A bishop who consecrates Vatican released the message May Franciscans International, which and the 50th anniversary of his someone a bishop without a pontif- reports rise of 4 as many Buddhist communities episcopal ordination Aug. 28. At has general consultative status at ical mandate and the person who ‘emergent church’ were preparing to celebrate Vesakh the United Nations, aims to bring the age of 95, retired Bishop receives the consecration from him May 12. In the message, the coun- Marion F. Forst of Dodge City, WASHINGTON (CNS) — The spiritual, ethical and Franciscan incur a ‘latae sententiae’ excommu- cil said that in his first encyclical, values to U.N. agendas. Kan., is the oldest living U.S. bish- nication reserved to the Apostolic 2006 Yearbook of American and “Deus Caritas Est” (“God Is op. Pope John XXIII named him a Canadian Churches has an essay on MAY 14, 2006 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 7

edging the second miracle heal- Forever Learning Institute ing attributed to the intercession relocates to Little Flower of Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters SOUTH BEND — School bells of Providence of Saint Mary-of- will be ringing at a new location the-Woods, Ind. for the 30-year-old Forever AROUND THE DIOCESE The pope’s acknowledgment Learning Institute established by came during an April 28 private Father Louis Putz, CSC, for the meeting with Cardinal Jose welfare and benefit of senior citi- Saraiva Martins, prefect of the zens in the South Bend area. Vatican’s Congregation for the According to a formal SAINT JOSEPH’S POETS RECOGNIZED Causes of Saints. announcement by executive direc- No date has been scheduled tor Joan Loranger, beginning this for the canonization ceremony at fall, the new location will be Little the Vatican, however it is expect- Flower Parish on North Ironwood ed that it will be planned for Drive, and the expanded new pro- October. gram will include eight new classes “We are very grateful for Pope and a special course in African cul- Benedict’s recognition,” said ture under the direction of Father Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara, the Neal Ryan, CSC. congregation’s general superior. The move to Little Flower “Mother Theodore truly led an Parish will be the third for the insti- inspirational life devoted to God tute, which has occupied the former and to serving God’s people. St. Patrick School area for the past “The acceptance of a miracle 26 years. Literally hundreds of sen- is the church’s confirmation of iors have taken advantage of the holiness of Mother expanding their academics since Theodore’s life and as a woman Father Putz together with the dio- for all time,” Sister Ann Margaret cese launched the popular program said. “She was a wonderful three decades ago. example for people of all faiths According to Loranger, on how we are all called to live a “Surveys made it clear that the 65- spiritual life and care for one plus population was located to the another. Without that foundation northeast of our present location. that has been well documented Transportation was not a problem through her own writings and the for our students and thus made the investigation of her life, the mira- decision much easier.” cles attributed to her intercession The new facilities appear to be might not have occurred. economically better and, in many “We now look forward to con- instances, will help attract new stu- tinuing the celebration of Mother dents, she added. SUSAN LIGHTCAP Theodore’s life and sharing her Facilities will also help Forever story with the world. This is an Learning Institute to expand the Saint Joseph’s High School in South Bend has announced two Top Ten Poet awards in exciting opportunity for all peo- course offerings to another 40 the Creative Communications, Inc. national poetry contest: Michael Furdyna, left; and ple to get to know her better,” classes. Sister Ann Margaret said. The last classes at the institute Margaret Dobrowolska, right. Both students will receive a savings bond and a complimen- The pope’s action is the final will be Friday, May 12, which will tary copy of the anthology. These poets will each have a separate page in the book featur- approval of the miracle required also be highlighted by special pro- for Mother Theodore’s canoniza- grams students have arranged for a ing his or her poem. In the congratulatory letter, these poets were told, “From the thou- tion. The information will now be finale. sands of entries, your poem was chosen as one of the ten best... This is quite an honor.” presented to a consistory of cardi- A special day has been set aside nals who will set the date for the before the fall classes open to pro- Also named was sophomore Alexandra Burlingame, a Saint Joseph’s sophomore. official ceremony at the Vatican, vide students an opportunity to look which could be as early as this over the new premises. — EJD fall. Wellborn to discuss ‘Da University of Tennessee and a “Introduction to Mary.” Serra South Bend has master’s degree in church history Afterward, all are invited to the Kevin Anderson to speak Vinci’ from Vanderbilt Divinity School. Window Garden Cafe, located on first deacon president She has written for the Catholic the 13th floor of the Summit on marriage FORT WAYNE — Catholic SOUTH BEND — For the first press for 15 years and has written building, where cafeteria meals author Amy Welborn will discuss many books including the “Prove will be available for purchase. FORT WAYNE — Author Kevin time in its 60-year history, the the best-selling novel and soon- Anderson, who holds a doctorate South Bend Serra Club will have It!” series for teens on various A presentation by Wayne to-be released movie, “The Da issues of faith. She has also writ- Weible, a speaker and acclaimed in counseling psychology, will be an ordained deacon installed as Vinci Code” on Tuesday, May 23, speaking at St. Peter Lutheran president on July 1. He is Deacon ten “Here. Now. A Catholic Guide author of numerous books includ- at 7 p.m. at the Archbishop Noll to the Good Life.” Her latest book ing his latest, “A Child Shall Lead Church, 7710 East State Blvd., in Ron Moser of St. Joseph Parish Catholic Center (915 S. Clinton). Fort Wayne, on Tuesday, May 16, in Mishawaka, where he has is “De-Coding Mary Magdalene: Them,” will share many of the The event is free and open to the Truth, Legend, and Lies” just out experiences he has witnessed at 7 p.m. A catered spaghetti din- assisted Father Robert Yast, pas- public. ner will precede his talk from tor, for more than 12 years. this year. through Marian intercession. The Welborn will shed light on the event will be an opportunity to 5:30-6:45 p.m. The topic of his Father Yast has served as chap- claims made by author Dan talk is, “Making the Ordinary lain of Serra Club for 38 years. Speakers to share honor Mary during this special Brown in his novel. She will month and commemorate the Extraordinary — the Seven Deacon Moser has conducted examine the errors he has made Spiritual Practices of Marriage.” the opening candlelighting cere- blessing of St. anniversary of the discovery of St. about the history of the Christian Philomena’s relics. Anderson, a Catholic, is the mony of the club as president- Church, including his claims Philomena’s intercession author of “The 7 Spiritual elect for the past two years. He For more information and about the relationship between FORT WAYNE — Members of interviews, tune into Redeemer Practices of Marriage.” He writes was ordained a permanent deacon Jesus and Mary Magdalene. for the Catholic Chronicle, the on June 11, 1983. He is married to the Indiana Arch Confraternity of Radio (1450 AM) or contact Welborn will show why Brown’s St. Philomena will host a St. Amici di Santa Filomena at (260) official publication of the Diocese Carolyn, and the two have three book can only be considered a of Toledo, Ohio, and has been daughters. Philomena Birthday Celebration 422-7763 or see their Web site work of fiction that distorts the on Thursday, May 25. Events, www.philomena-indiana.org published in numerous other reli- Others elected were Richard facts. gious papers. Wasoski, president-elect; Esther hosted by the Amici di Santa The Philomena holy hour is After her presentation, she will Filomena Indiana held every fourth Tuesday from 7 Anderson’s talk is open to the Cyr, vice president of vocations; answer questions from the audi- public. There is no cost to attend, Joan Dudzinski, vice president of Archconfraternity, will include to 8 p.m. at Our Lady of Good ence and will be available to sign Mass at 5:30 p.m. at St. Peter Hope in Fort Wayne. During that however, there will be a free-will membership; Robert Schultheis, her book, “De-Coding Da Vinci: offering, and copies of his book vice president of programs; Arthur Church at the corner of Warsaw time they pray the chaplet, novena The Facts Behind the Fiction,” and East Dewald streets in Fort and litany and praises. will be available for a suggested Lenin, vice president of communi- which was published by Our donation of $17. cations; Dr. John Toepp, secretary; Wayne. Sunday Visitor. In this book, she Following Mass, Mark For those interested in attend- Norlin Ruschoff, treasurer, and explains how history, religion and Sisters of Providence ing the dinner beforehand, the cost Patricia O’Brien, Henry Froming Miravalle, a professor of theology art were misrepresented in Dan and Marianology at Franciscan react to pope signing is $10. Reservation can be made and Michael Brennan, trustees. Brown’s book, “The Da Vinci by calling the church office at Honored guests at the club University of Steubenville, Ohio, decree acknowledging Code.” She also examines the reli- will share the story of St. (260) 749-5816. were six novices from the St. ability of Brown’s sources and his Francis of Assisi Novitiate in Philomena’s life, death and the miracle distortion of the life of Jesus and numerous graces showered on her Mishawaka and director Father the church. SAINT MARY-OF-THE- Robert Melnick. — EJD devotees. Miravalle has authored Welborn has a bachelor’s several books on Mary and St. WOODS — Pope Benedict XVI degree in history from the Philomena including the has signed the decree acknowl- 8 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC MAY 14, 2006 In Focus ‘The Da Vinci Code’ Solving OSV ILLUSTRATION the ‘Code’

Learn the real history behind the cracked claims in Dan Brown’s best-selling novel and what promises to be one of the hottest movies of the summer

n a few short days, moviegoers To be sure, the movie will not paint is not the point, said Msgr. Francis Inside a pretty picture of the Church.How can Maniscalco in an article on the U.S. will line up to see the big-bud- it with a plot that includes a fanatical Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Jesus n When it comes to the Bible, the divinity of I Jesus and the question of whether or not he albino monk hunting the hero and hero- Decoded website.“The pastoral concern get adaptation of Dan Brown’s ine and claims of a cover-up that reach of the Church is for each and every per- ever married, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ is dead back to the earliest days of Christianity? son,”he wrote.“If only one person were wrong. “The Da Vinci Code.” Many To be exact, the film will tell its audi- to come away with a distorted impres- ence that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were sion of Jesus Christ or his Church, our n Get to know the real Opus Dei. Catholics will be among the crowds married and that she bore his heirs. To concern is for that person as if he or she protect its interests,the Church allegedly were the whole world.” n Meet the true Mary Magdalene and learn watching Tom Hanks and Audrey vilified Mary Magdalene (which is an In order to equip readers with the about her role in the Church. odd thing for the Church to do to some- knowledge to confidently respond to such Tautou race around France and one who is revered as a saint and is even distorted impressions, this special “In n Dan Brown’s interpretation of Leonardo included in the centuries old Litany of Focus”presents four pages on the truth Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” exposes his Great Britain learning the “truth” Saints) and rewrote the Bible to preserve behind “The Da Vinci Code’s” claims lack of understanding of the historical the notion of Jesus’ divinity. about Mary Magdalene, Opus Dei, the background of the masterpiece. about Jesus’relationship with Mary To some people,“The Da Vinci Code” message of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last is just a novel or just a movie that can Supper,” the early Church and n How the Catholic Church did not Magdalene. have no real effect on the Church. That Christianity’s treatment of women. suppress women’s spirituality. MAY 14, 2006 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 9

In Focus: ‘The Da Vinci Code’

APOLOGETICS Come in from the ‘Code’ to get real story of Christ Many of the assertions about Jesus, Mary Magdalene and the Bible fly in face of historical truth Opus Dei facts By Amy Welborn he Da Vinci Code” has remained on or near the “Ttop of best-seller lists ever since it was published in 2003, reaching tens of millions of readers worldwide.

With the May 19 release of a a “mortal teacher”and that it was film based on the novel,directed only at the Council of Nicaea in by Ron Howard and starring the 325, under pressure from the popular Tom Hanks,the message Emperor Constantine,that belief of “The Da Vinci Code”is about in Jesus’ divinity became official to reach millions more. Christian teaching. St. Josemaria Escriva This is simply not true. The CNS PHOTO/OPUS DEI What is it all about? Gospels and the letters of Paul, The Da Vinci “code” at the as well as writings and liturgies Opus Dei, a central ele- plot’s center refers to cryptic from the centuries preceding ment in “The Da Vinci Code,” messages that the artist suppos- Nicaea,give ample evidence that is characterized as a radical, cultlike fringe group, associ- edly incorporated into his work. Christian faith was based on a Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) and Robert Langdon Leonardo, as the story goes, was belief that Jesus was the Son of ated with the Catholic (Tom Hanks) try to unlock the “secret” of Jesus’ true Church. In the story, this a member of an ancient secret God. They worshipped Jesus as relationship with Mary Magdalene in the movie version society called the “Priory of Sion.” Lord. group is all about control of “The Da Vinci Code.” COLUMBIA PICTURES/SIMON MEIN This group was dedicated to pre- What Nicaea did was to cor- and repression of the truth. serving the “truth”that Jesus was rect the heresy of Arianism: the ing the first three centuries of What are the facts? married to Mary Magdalene and belief that Jesus was a highly Christianity, there were many Related reading n Opus Dei (“Work of God”) was founded by St. had designated her as the leader exalted creature — but a crea- accounts of Jesus’life,all equally Our Sunday Visitor: Josemaria Escriva, in Spain, of his movement, which is all ture,nonetheless — who did not reliable,and that the selection of www.osv.com/davinci in 1928. about the appreciation of the share in God’s nature. the canon — the books of the Opus Dei: n It is an institution fully “sacred feminine” in life. The We repeat the council’s affir- New Testament determined to be www.opusdei.org approved by, and part of, “code”claims that the legendary mation of Jesus’ human and inspired by the Holy Spirit and Jesus Decoded: the Catholic Church, with a “Holy Grail” is really Mary divine natures when we say the to be used by the entire Church www.jesusdecoded.com Magdalene, the bloodline of the Nicene Creed: “God from God, — was based on nothing but a mission to help lay people descendants she and Jesus pro- Light from Light,True God from desire for power. develop their spiritual lives. duced and the “sacred feminine” True God.”This was not an inno- This is not true. First, there have no value in understanding n It involves a number of that she represents. vation.It was simply a more pre- were not “thousands” of such Jesus or apostolic Christianity. different levels of member- “The Da Vinci Code”film dra- cise articulation of the truth texts. There were certainly more ship. matizes these claims in flashback about the Jesus we encounter in than are contained in the Bible, Was Jesus married? n There are priests asso- form, gives them life and will the Gospels. but relatively few with any con- The story of “The Da Vinci ciated with Opus Dei, but probably prompt even more peo- firmed link to apostolic times. Code” asserts that Jesus must there are definitely no ple to ask: Could the traditional Is the Bible reliable? Further,by the middle of the sec- have been married because that monks. Christian understanding of Jesus In “The Da Vinci Code,” the ond century, Christian writers was the norm for Jewish men at n Opus Dei runs many be false? scholar Leigh Teabing (played regularly cited the Gospels of the time, and he wouldn’t have institutions throughout the by Sir Ian McKellan) declares that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, been taken seriously as a religious world dedicated to educa- Was Jesus truly divine? at the time of Nicaea, there were as well as Paul’s letters,as the most teacher if he had not been mar- tion, spiritual development Both “The Da Vinci Code” “thousands”of texts document- reliable sources of information ried. and health care. novel and film assert that early ing a very human life of Jesus. about Jesus’ life and the faith of The Gospels do not describe Christians viewed Jesus as merely He says that there were 80 gospels the apostles. And, contrary to Jesus as being married. They marriage would have been men- in circulation,80 gospels that give Brown’s story, it wasn’t under describe and name his parents, tioned as well. There would be the story of the “original Constantine that the canon of other family members and even no reason not to. Christ”that Constan- Scripture was formally accepted. women whom Luke says accom- Secondly, being unmarried Consider tine repressed and That happened at Church coun- panied him and the apostles: would not have diminished Jesus’ the sources — if the story is cils decades later,after a great deal “Accompanying him were the authority as a Jewish teacher. The claims made in “The Da Vinci to be believed of prayer and debate. Twelve and some women who had Certain Jewish prophets,Jeremiah Code” are not original, but are all taken — personally For his part, Brown launches been cured of evil spirits and infir- among them, were unmarried. from other works. First there are books of had burn- his fictional account from texts mities, Mary, called Magdalene, John the Baptist was unmarried, pseudo-history (“Holy Blood, Holy Grail” and “The ed! that were produced by heretical from whom seven demons had as was Paul; and, during the first Templar Revelation”) from which the story connect- The groups in the late second through gone out, Joanna, the wife of century,an entire community of ing Jesus, Mary Magdalene, the Holy Grail-as-Mary implica- fifth centuries as more reliable Herod’s steward Chuza,Susanna Jewish celibates, called the and the Priory of Sion is taken. tion is sources for this “original Christ.” and many others, who provided Essenes,lived near the Dead Sea. Brown also depends on fictional works about Mary that dur- But most scholars agree these texts for them out of their means”(Lk In other words, while being Magdalene (“The Woman With the Alabaster Jar”). 8:2-3). unmarried would have been Curiously, Brown never refers to any book of the The Gospels describe Jesus’ unusual for a Jewish man, it New Testament nor to any of the writings or litur- interaction with the people of his would not be unheard of, espe- gies of the early Christian Church as he dis- hometown. If Jesus had been cially for a man totally consumed cusses Jesus’ identity or what early married, given the frequency by dedication to God. Christians believed about Jesus. with which other relations are mentioned, the Amy WellbornWelborn is isthe the author author of “De- of “De- Coding Da Da Vinci:The Vinci: TheFacts Factsbehind behind the theFiction”(OSV,$9.95) Fiction” (OSV, and $9.95) “De-Coding and “De- CodingMary Magdalene”(OSV Mary Magdalene: $9.95) Truth, 10 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC MAY 14, 2006

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Who, what, why of ‘The Last Supper’

James Jesus James the the lesser greater Thaddeus Bartholomew Andrew Peter Thomas Philip Matthew Simon John OSV FILE PHOTO Judas Was Leonardo Christian? Leonardo’s writings don’t indicate what we might think of as traditional Christian beliefs fully in tune with the teachings of the Catholic Church. But on the other hand, remember that this was the Renaissance. It was a period of tremendous intellectual fer- ment. There was great interest in the natural world and a grow- ing engagement by artists with CNS PHOTO FROM REUTERS that world, as they worked to John as a beardless, attractive youth. accurately represent it. In “The Da Vinci Code,” Dan Brown claims that Leonardo Da Brown also claims that Leonardo was giving away a clue as to It’s a mistake, however, to Vinci communicated the “truth” about the relationship between the figure’s “true” identity by having the figures of Jesus and think that this activity stood in Jesus and Mary Magdalene in his work, and gives several exam- “Mary” form the letter M. However, as art historian Elizabeth Lev opposition to the Catholic ples to make his point. But it’s hard to believe what Brown says explained the key shape in the painting is the lonely, isolated tri- Church. The Church was the about this artwork, considering how regularly he incorrectly angle formed by Christ. prime locus of intellectual activ- describes the content of the paintings and garbles the historical Brown says that since there is no Last Supper chalice or ity during this period. background behind them. “grail,” the “grail” must be Mary Magdalene. However, there is no Leonardo definitely believed He writes, for example, that the John in “The Last Supper” is chalice in the painting because it portrays a scene from the in God. Through his science and too feminine looking to be a man (thereby concluding it is meant Gospel of John (13:21-25) in which the Institution of the Eucharist his art, he seemed to have pri- to be Mary Magdalene). However, it was traditional during the is not described, and the Last Supper is not specified as a marily sought God through time when Leonardo painted “The Last Supper” to represent Passover Meal — hence, no central chalice. studying and representing what God had created. LIFE OF A SAINT Meet woman behind legends Mary Magdalene has been used by heretical groups to advance theories he resume is impressive, if ultimately fanciful, but it this Mary Magdalene,but one that a patriarchal Church could not Tactually only begins to touch on the many ways in permit to flourish. So, a new image of Mary was created: that which Mary Magdalene has been interpreted over the past of the penitent prostitute. This Mary Magdalene was the 2,000 years. tool of a conspiracy to degrade and demean women and to bury Legends, myths and wish ful- piqued by the novel “The Da Vinci the “truth” of her leadership in fillment abound, but what’s the Code,” by Dan Brown. In that early Christianity once and for all. truth — based on the evidence novel, Brown, picking up on of history — about Mary strains bubbling through pop Failing theory Magdalene? culture and pseudo-historical The theory fails on a couple Mary Magdalene was an enor- writings of the past 15 years or of levels.First,there’s no evidence mously important figure in early so, presents a completely differ- to support it. Christianity. She was, after the ent Mary Magdalene than the There were certainly other Blessed Virgin Mary, the most woman we meet in the Gospels interpretations of Jesus aside popular saint of the Middle Ages. and traditional Christian piety. from the orthodox, apostolic G.G. Savoldo’s “St. Mary Magdalene Approaching Her cultus reveals much about She was, according to Brown, experience and witness to him. the Sepulchre” includes a jar of oil to the left. The jar medieval views of women, sex- Jesus’ real choice to lead his We generally call these “heresies.” recalls her role in preparing Jesus' body for burial uality, sin and repentance. movement; a herald of Jesus’ Mary Magdalene was used, in and the anointing at Bethany. THE GRANGER COLLECTION/NEW YORK Today, Mary Magdalene is message of the unity of the mas- minor ways, by some of these experiencing a renaissance, not culine and feminine aspects of groups to embody their teach- illogical conflation of Mary with Christian belief and pagan phi- so much from within institutional reality; a valiant and revered ings, but these groups’ writings other figures in the Gospels. losophy. While Gnostic writers Christianity, but among people leader opposed by another fac- date from at least two centuries were — or perhaps weren’t — who have adopted her as an inspi- tion of Jesus’ apostles led by after the life of Jesus. The Mary- ‘Intriguing figure’ writing about Mary Magdalene, ration and patron of their spir- Peter; the mother of Jesus’child; Peter competition is a myth and Brown pulled much of his orthodox Christian writers had itual fads, paths and fantasies. and some sort of divine figure. a misuse of these writings. theory from writings of the a few things to say as well dur- She is no less than the Holy Grail The image of Mary Magdalene Gnostics who were early Christian ing those early centuries of The novel herself, bearing the “blood” of as repentant sinner certainly is a sects that existed between the sec- Christianity. Many of you might have had Jesus in the form of his child. medieval development, but it is ond and the fourth century.They your interest in the Magdalene A glorious figure,indeed,was the consequence of a not-entirely were noted for their mixture of Story continued on next page MAY 14, 2005 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 11

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She didn’t dominate the scene, outstretched hand.Their Eclectic ing and waiting in a Women and the Church but a few thinkers found her an doubt, faith, sin and patroness garden evoked intriguing figure,helpful in under- redemption become another image: “The Da Vinci Code” suggests that until Christianity came, standing the nature of faith and more than just their Mary Magdalene is the that of the great women were worshipped and revered. Christianity introduced redemption. She’s represented in own, as we look at patron of contemplatives, love poem in the patriarchy and women’s lot changed forever. art from the period as well, most them and see echoes converts, pharmacists, glove Song of Songs. What Dan Brown picks up on is the idea that in ancient often in her role as “myrrhophore” of our lives and of makers, hairdressers, peni- The third-cen- times the “sacred feminine” was widely revered, and that — one of the women bringing oils the whole human tent sinners, perfumers, tury Christian woman’s mysterious relationship with nature was the power and spice to Jesus’ tomb. story. sexual temptation and writer Hippolytus center of spirituality. Many Church Fathers had no So, when some of women. made a great deal of In the late 19th century, some researchers hypothesized problem identifying her in quite these writers meditated this in his own com- and promoted an ancient era of reverencing a “Mother exalted terms: “Apostle to the on Mary Magdalene, they mentary on the Old Goddess.” The conclusions were rooted in interpretations of Apostles” and “Equal-to-the- saw her responding to the Testament book.He brings in not archaeological finds like pregnant female figures and cave Apostles.” Good News of redemption only Mary Magdalene but also the openings. In recent years, the ambiguous nature of these arti- and eternal life — in a other women reported at the tomb facts, the discovery of weapons and indications of traditional Church Fathers garden. It recalled in the various Gospels.The female gender-based division of labor in many of these same sites There’s a good reason people another scene, at the image, rooted in specific figures, have led to the conclusion that there is no evidence to sug- still read the writings of these early beginning of salva- becomes more generally symbolic gest that such an era existed. Church Fathers. They were deal- tion history, also in but,with Mary Magdalene as one ing honestly and tenaciously with a garden in which a of them, echoes the deep desire Don’t forget about Mary the most fundamental aspects of woman and a man of the bride in the Old Testament As to claims that the Catholic Church has repressed Christian faith,and they were try- disobeyed God,and book, her desire for her beloved, women’s spirituality, let’s be realistic here. If you know even a ing to make them understandable humanity fell. as they seek Jesus at the tomb. little bit about Christian history, you know that there are many to a world that, while skeptical, And so,for some, In this early period of Christian female saints. was deeply in need of Christ. Mary Magdalene reflection, theological and spiri- And finally, we might want to consider one important figure These early Christian writers became a sort of tual writers worked in a relatively that “The Da Vinci Code” studiously ignores: Mary, the mother viewed the literal truth of Scripture New Eve. For exam- simple garden.Scripture was their of Jesus. as a starting point.From that fac- ple, St. Cyril of primary source.Their sense of who When you consider the Blessed Virgin Mary’s importance in tual level, they routinely set off Alexandria said that because of Mary Magdalene was and of her Catholic spirituality, and you then consider that some exploring nuance, making con- Mary Magdalene’s witness at the importance for Christians was Christians in other denominations criticize Catholicism for nections and discovering useful empty tomb,all women were for- derived completely from that.She putting too much emphasis on Mary, you see how far off “The analogies and allegories. given of Eve’s sin. St. Augustine, was historically significant because Da Vinci Code” is on this score. Into this richness step ordinary St.Gregory the Great,St.Ambrose she was the first to see the empty Of course, Brown ignores Mary and the feminine spirituality men and women.As they live and and St. Gregory of Nyssa also tomb and the Risen Christ. she has represented in Catholicism for hundreds of years. He move in Jesus’ shadow, listening made the connection. has to do this, or else his argument collapses. and responding to him,they,too, Source: “De-Coding Mary — Adapted from “The Da Vinci Code Mysteries: What the become more.Their actions evoke Her beloved Magdalene” by Amy Welborn (Our Movie Doesn’t Tell You,” by Amy Welborn (OSV, $5.95) other figures’ responses to God’s The image of a woman griev- Sunday Visitor, $9.95)

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BY LAUREN CAGGIANO study of the Virgin OUR LADY OF DAYTON Mary would be appro- This work, by John priate. Solowianiuk, is a historical DAYTON, Ohio — To most, the sev- Father Lawrence testament of the reality of enth floor of the University of Monheim was appoint- war. Dayton’s Roesch Library is represent- ed as director of the ed by just another button on the ele- library. He eagerly set vator. However, the seventh floor is out on his project to Dayton,” by John certainly different for it houses a collect as many books Solowianiuk, a carved wealth of priceless books and arti- as possible on the topic icon, is a symbolic devo- facts devoted to the Blessed Virgin of Mary. On Oct. 23, tional piece made out of Mary. 1943, The Marian wood. Dayton, as the The University of Dayton (UD), a Library formally location of the Dayton private, Catholic Marianist school, opened, Father Elbert Peace Accords in 1995, located in Dayton, Ohio, is the presented the library’s played a role in the home to The Marian Library. The first book, his own Bosnian peace efforts. Marian Library has a rich history. work “Devotion to Behind Mary’s image are It was in the summer of 1943 that Mary in the Twentieth missiles and images of Father John A. Elbert, SM, the Century.” Sixty-three darkness and evil. president of the university of the years later, The Marian However, the work also time, was inspired to establish Library holds over has a comforting feeling, this library. The Marianists 100,000 books and for Mary is also por- wanted to establish something pamphlets in about 50 trayed as a shelter, a “that would be living and languages, dating from source of peace. The active, a contribution to the 15th century to the child Jesus in her arms the mission both of the present. holds a dove, another symbol of the hope for University of Dayton Today, The Marian Library is recognized peace. and the Society of as the “world’s largest and most comprehen- “Mother of God of Chernobyl,” also by Mary.” Father sive collection of printed materials on Mary.” John Solowianiuk, is another tribute to a his- Elbert rea- The Marian Library has a two-fold purpose: torical event: the nuclear power plant accident soned that a “to further study and research on Mary and to of 1986. Mary is presented as the compas- library promote well-founded devotion to Mary.” To sionate mother in the midst of tragedy. solely further its mission, the library boasts an Furthermore, the library houses “at least commit- extensive collection of books, pam- 1,000 statues of Mary, many representing ted to phlets, newspaper and magazine clip- Marian shrines. Books, statues and other the pings, postcards, statues, medals and artifacts are often collected by the other Marian art. Marianist Brothers,” Sister Jean said. The library’s art gallery is quite a The statues are just as diverse as cornucopia of treasures. Exhibits of the paintings. A Thai statue in gold Marian art attract visitors year- was particularly striking. Notably, a round. Traveling exhibits as well as bronze statue valued by the artist at permanent ones are on display in $18,000 was donated to the collec- the library. Artists inspired by the tion. A “Black Madonna with Blessed Virgin have submitted Child” is a real jewel. In the works in all media: collage, Western world, Mary is tradi- watercolor, sculpture, wood- tionally portrayed as carving, etc. The arti- Caucasian. Especially facts are from around unusual is her repre- the world, so Mary sentation as a pregnant is depicted in cul- tural and ethnic vari- ety. OUR LADY OF WELCOME Sister Jean Frisk, This piece portrays a full-fig- Art & Special ured Madonna extending her Projects, comments arms to greet people. Father Daniel on the diversity of art Lenz, OSB, is the artist. in the gallery. “We have everything from plastic to porcelain,” she says. Sister’s pride in her work and the mother. It is such artifacts as this that make library itself is evident by her the library’s collection so rich in diversity. enthusiasm as she leads a Visitors are surprised and amazed at one of tour through the collection. the library’s favorite treasures: a collection of “There is everything “crèches,” Nativity scenes from all around the Marian you could possi- world. The library houses 1,300 crèches, each bly think of here,” she with unique settings and made from different comments. materials. A nativity on display by the eleva- A few works of art tor was created in “raku,” a form of Japanese really stood out as pottery. Brother Don Smith, one of the powerful representa- Marianist artists created this work entitled tions of the Blessed “Of a Single Mind.” Mother. Mary has many roles in our everyday lives. A plaster statue Many look to her as a mother figure, a source entitled “Our Lady of inspiration and faith and an image of holi- of the Marian ness. What better way to honor her this Library” by artist Mother’s Day than by paying a visit to one of Xavier the word’s finest collections of Marian arti- Hochenleitner was facts? a particularly interesting piece. The statue por- trayed Mary seat- For more information, visit The Marian Library ed with a book. Web site at udayton.edu/mary. The Web site “The book stands provides information on the work of The for the Bible and Marian Library/International Marian Jesus as the Word. Research Institute, its varied programs and its She studies him as devotion to Mary. The Marian Library is open the Word,” Sister Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to Jean explains. 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday by OUR LADY OF THE MARIAN LIBRARY PHOTOS BY LAUREN CAGGIANO “Our Lady of appointment. This statue depicts Mary studying the Word, which is her son Jesus. Xavier Hochenleitner is the artist. MAY 14, 2006 MOTHER’S DAY 13

THE ST. ANTHONY DE PADUA is located in South Bend. The school has 450 students in grades kindergarten through eight. Martha Lewallen is the principal. Additional information is available on the Web site at myschoolonline.com/IN/stanthonydepadua, sbdstanthony@ Young Voice yahoo.com or by calling the school at (574) 233-7169.

School history of St. Anthony dePadua Sixth grade top ten reasons why mothers are important BY JEANETTE MCKEW 10. Mom puts a smile on my face. n May 3, 1949, ground was bro- 9. Mom helps me with my homework. ken for the construction of a com- Obination school and temporary 8. Mom spoils me by buying me stuff. church. The new school building housed 7. Mom gets me everywhere I four classrooms in what is presently the eastern half of the school building. The need to go on time. school opened during the fall of 1950, 6. Mom teaches me valuable lessons. with 96 students enrolled in grades one through three. 5. Mom is there when I need her. Growing enrollment in the ‘80s 4. Mom understands me. demanded more space; therefore six new classrooms were added to the north side 3. Mom cooks for me. of the building. Beginning in 1993, a 2. Mom cares about me. long range plan for renovating the school was put into place. At that time, many 1. Mom loves me. new rooms were added to the building. What originated as four classrooms has grown to include 18 classrooms for Mother grades K-8 and art, music, computer and Spanish classrooms. An enrollment that started out at 96 students has now JOHANNA GALLAGHER PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ST. ANTHONY DE PADUA SCHOOL expanded to approximately 440. Principal Martha Lewallen and assis- This respect is extended through to the needy. In addition, the list of out- I love my mom, I love her so. tant principal Donna Hemmerlein head a Christian service and outreach. Students reach efforts by each class is far reach- dedicated faculty and staff who help stu- annually prepare at least 18 food baskets ing. She gives me hugs and kisses when I am low. dents grow in God’s love and achieve for the needy of our community, have A variety of extracurricular activities academic excellence. The spiritual donated over 500 blankets to help keep are available for students including stu- atmosphere within St. Anthony’s School people warm during the long winter dent council, St. Theresa Club, children’s She treats me like her baby bear. is designed to build upon the foundation months, made available over 800 prayer choir, bell choir, Girl and Boy Scouts, laid by parents who encourage their fam- blankets to show care and concern for the Lego League, football, basketball for She is always nice and fair. ilies to pray and worship together. sick, donate money to various organiza- both boys and girls and volleyball. Respect for self and for others is a tions within our community and beyond, central part of the school day. and personal items have been distributed My mom is so very cool, but when I don’t clean my room we are in a dual. She ... My mom helps me with homework and other BY LAURA DILLON things. I like the love that she brings. spoils me rotten. has a great sense of humor. My mom holds me tight, helps me when I need it. she loves me with all her might. knows how to settle fights between me and my brother. takes time off her daily schedule when I am sick to take care of me. sends me to a Catholic school. cooks the best meals ever,especially for me. tucks me into bed every night. gives me the best advice ever. tells me what is really bad in order to protect me. lets me have a lot of sweets after eating my food. plays games with me when I am bored. teaches me everything I know. Members of the student council create corsages and single-stemmed carnation bouquets for students to tells me great stories. purchase as gifts for their mothers. For the past 15 always encourages and comforts me. years, fifth and sixth grade students have honored their mothers during a special liturgy. Immediately She is wonderful,fantastic,amazing,tremendous and outstanding! following Mass, mothers are treated to a reception, She is my mother. which includes coffee, doughnuts and a gift for mom. Students also present a reading of “I’ll Love You Forever” and sing a song created just for mom. 14 MOTHER’S DAY MAY 14, 2006 Program affirms women in faith

BY KAY COZAD on knowing the faith, a vocabu- lary word with definition and a personal mediation written by FORT WAYNE — “By virtue of one of several guest authors. Two our gender, each (woman) is holy women are studied each intended to be ‘mother.’ Just as week offering virtuous character- our bodies have been created istics the participants can emu- with the capacity to bear physical late. A DVD provides the lesson life, our souls have been especial- for discussion and each session ly created by God to bring spiri- closes with an inspirational quote tual life to the world.” from a woman of faith and a — Johnnette Benkovic. prayer. The themes presented Women of the Catholic faith throughout the program include have a rich tradition of spirit- prayer, obedience, wisdom, filled female role models to fol- Eucharist, renewal and apostolic low with historic documentation courage. on the lives and service of these Ginny Kohrman, of the Office holy women, from the Blessed of Spiritual Development, first Mother to modern day Mother heard Benkovic speak during a Theresa. But in the fast-paced conference in Chicago in spring world of the 21st century many of 2005, when she says, the women seek a path of service and “Women of Grace” program was faith that is very difficult to find. just being developed. A new program recently initi- By early fall Kohrman once ated at St. Joseph-Hessen Cassel again participated in a conference Parish may be one important offered by Benkovic and after roadmap for the women of the much prayer felt led to consider diocese. Beginning in February, the program in this diocese. “I the “Women of Grace showed it to Bishop D’Arcy and Foundational Study Series” was he okayed it saying we had a offered by facilitator Ginny need for women’s spiritual devel- Kohrman. This eight-week series opment,” says Kohrman. She invites women of all ages, races brought it to her home parish as a and occupations to gather for two pilot program with Father Ed hours each week to explore the Erpelding on board as spiritual powerful influence God calls director. women to in their homes, church- Thirteen women signed up and es and in the world. currently meet weekly for discus- Women of the group read from sion and prayer. “We have “Full of Grace: Women and the women of child bearing age, ones Abundant Life,” written by with young adult or grown chil- Johnnette Benkovic, the creator dren, singles and grandmas. We of the program, in addition to have occupations from nursing to passages from Scripture, the stay-at-home moms,” says Catechism of the Catholic Church Kohrman. “One young mom and encyclicals of the most recent brings her two-month-old daugh- popes. An accompanying study ter to the group. We call her the guide provides lessons and reflec- ‘littlest woman of grace.’” tion questions for each text read- The dynamics of the group ing. Our Lady of Guadalupe is intrigue her as she finds the the patron of the program. younger women listening to the Each session consists of an older women. “They learn from introductory prayer, a weekly their wisdom,” she says. theme and grace, questions, text These women have committed to working independently five days each week on the lessons in the study guide. Kohrman says each lesson takes about 30 min- utes to complete. They then gath- er on Saturday for the first hour of each session to reflect and share what the week’s lesson meant to each of them. The dis- cussion takes them to a deeper understanding of the Catholic faith as well as affirming their role as women of faith in daily life. Following a snack break, the second hour includes a lesson from the DVD and the next week’s assignment. The series weaves the sacramental life into its weekly themes including Eucharist and reconciliation, and

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And, “they’re not playing out- use, VanderWeide explained. And BY JENNIFER OCHSTEIN side,” said VanderWeide, because students only have an attention parents are often afraid to let span similar to their age plus two. SOUTH BEND — It almost them do that alone. So, a seven-year-old has an atten- seems like teachers are fighting a That means they’re unable to tion span of seven minutes plus losing battle. use their words to negotiate and two. That plays a part in why stu- Take, for instance, this statis- are less and less likely to negoti- dents only retain five percent of tic: in 1945, the number of words ate period, she said. Students in the information they are taught in the average elementary school previous generations played during lectures. student’s oral vocabulary was games with their friends outside, VanderWeide explained to 10,000. Today, it’s 2,500 words. making up their own rules. If teachers that the things kids learn That’s what teachers in today’s those rules were broken, children need to have meaning for them. schools are up against, according negotiated among themselves Meaning and attention drives to Donna VanderWeide, who how to deal with and solve the attention, which drives learning, recently facilitated a professional situation without adult interfer- she said. And that needs to be development program in South ence. attached to the things kids are Bend for teachers from 19 Now kids often play at struc- reading. Catholic elementary schools. ture sports leagues, in which the “The brain isn’t a sponge, it’s VanderWeide has worked in rules are already set. a sieve,” VanderWeide said. private and public schools and “Now they’re more physical,” The things the brain deems has trained teachers and adminis- VanderWeide said. unimportant are put in the trash, trators across the country. She’s They’re reading less, which but those things it deems impor- written several curriculum guides directly effects the number of tant, she said, are processed into and children’s books. words they can use, she short-term memory. Her recent program in South explained. And the television is Once a child practices and Bend was called, “Reading and no help. In fact, TV is dumbing reviews many times, the informa- Comprehension: Thinking down — as if that’s a surprise. tion he learns will be added to his Outside the Box.” The vocabulary spoken on televi- long-term memory. VanderWeide attributed the sion is now down to the third She suggested, in terms of drop in the number of words in a grade level, VanderWeide said. reading, that students be given modern child’s vocabulary, in All of this seems to spell trou- activities like “accountable book part, to television, video games, ble when you consider that the talks.” These hold students working and single parents. size of a child’s oral vocabulary accountable for retelling the story “We’re not having conversa- in kindergarten predicts reading JENNIFER OCHSTEIN they have independently read, tions at the dinner table,” she told success in fourth and eighth Donna VanderWeide talks to teachers in South Bend from 19 Catholic compare two books by the same the teachers. That means they’re grades, she said. elementary schools about student vocabulary and reading. author and more. talking less. If all that weren’t bad enough, She also suggested teachers start conversations about the books the kids are reading to get poverty also effects language, she ers with resources that may help is rich with traditional prayers, his participation in the series and them talking and using their said, and by 2020, 37 percent of overcome these barriers. words. VanderWeide encouraged such as the Magnificat. encourages the powerful nurtur- kids in the U.S. are expected to And, it seems, children learn Cheri Berris, a recent convert ing nature in women. “The digni- teachers to get kids to talk to be living in poverty. best by cooperative learning, each other and to the entire class to the Catholic faith, felt ready to ty of women points to Christ and But it seems there’s a solution: teaching others and immediately begin the program in an effort to to the church,” he says. about the books they’re reading “We need to get kids talking using the information they’ve just in school and out of school. gain a “deeper intimacy with Kohrman is encouraged by the more and understanding more,” been taught. Studies suggest that God.” response to the program and feels When they can talk well about VanderWeide said. under that model that children books they also begin to think “The program is very rich and it has been good for her own spir- VanderWeide provided teach- retain 90 percent of what they beautifully presented. Each of us itual journey. “I ask myself what well about them. brings our own perspective and I bring to others in my daily life we encourage each other with as a woman. I use it in all aspects faith sharing,” says Berris. She of the work I do. Part of my role feels she gains much from the is to affirm what is good in oth- readings and discussions and ers.” She believes the program adds, “I’ve learned we were cre- might be an inspiring series for ated feminine and I don’t want to all women including those who miss one little bit of my voca- have recently come into the tion.” church and as a follow up pro- Kathy Hartman finds the pro- gram for those who have partici- gram has helped her focus on the pated in Christ Renews His love of Christ. “We are all Parish retreats. Her hope is that searching for a deeper meaning other parishes in the diocese will to our faith,” says Hartman. “I develop groups for their own am excited that as women we can women of grace. be great examples of faith.” As the group’s spiritual direc- tor, Father Erpelding bought the workbook and participates fully in discussions in an effort to fur- For more information about the ther his understanding of women “Women of Grace” program and in the church. “If it’s going to how to start one at your parish help women, it’ll help me. I contact Ginny Kohrman at the always say I got half my genes office of Spiritual Development from a woman — my mother,” at (260) 422-4611 or e-mail says Father Erpelding. He enjoys [email protected] Bognar-Young Landscape Nursery, Corp. VISIT OUR COMPLETE LAWN & GARDEN CENTER “Personalized Landscape Beauty” •Creative design and planting “HELP FOR DO-IT-YOURSELFERS” Stop in or call 16839 Douglas Road 272-2552 Mishawaka 16 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC MAY 14, 2006

EDITORIAL Traditional family attacked from many fronts COMMENTARY other’s Day is always a wonderful time to contemplate the Mbeautiful institution of marriage and the miracle of procre- TODAY’S CATHOLIC welcomes letters from readers. All letters must be signed and include a phone number and address for verification. ation. On this Mother’s Day, we can look around in our parish Today’s Catholic reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. Address letters to: Today’s Catholic • P.O. Box 11169 • Fort Wayne, churches and see a wide variety of families, ranging from elderly IN • 46856-1169 or e-mail to: [email protected] couples who have been together for half a century, to families with children still at home, to newlyweds just beginning their life Dear Bishop D’Arcy, Chennai, India. This year we together. Fund assists Our hearts are filled with are the recipients of heaven-sent Unfortunately, we also can look around in our society and see Pascagoula, Miss., appreciation for your diocese’s relief. We never know when we many individuals and groups trying to change the meaning of generous donation of $10,000 to will be faced by serious chal- marriage, parenthood and family in bizarre ways that previous school Resurrection Catholic School to lenges. We can but pray for generations never could have imagined. assist with recovery following God’s strength and direction For example, unregulated businesses engage in buying and To All Our Readers, Hurricane Katrina. Your gen- and give thanks for all who selling human eggs and sperm so that babies can be created upon I have received this letter erosity will make a real differ- have provided help and support. demand by anyone who has the money. In his excellent column in from Elizabeth Benefield, princi- ence for us as we struggle to The devastation experienced last week’s Today’s Catholic, Father Tad Pacholczyk explained pal of Resurrection Catholic replace textbooks, resources and by our community at large and that this practice “dissociates us from the deeper meaning of our School in Pascagoula, Miss. This equipment that were lost during our diocese, in particular, could own bodies and gravely damages the inner order of marriage.” $10,000 was from a fund estab- the hurricane. We will use your never have been imagined nor This practice also treats children like consumer goods that can lished by a farming couple who donation to help replace cafete- planned for. Available resources be ordered up to specification, rather than gifts from God who are were parishioners of St. Dominic ria and kitchen equipment and fell far short of needs. We are born out of marital love. Indeed, a recent article in the Chicago Parish, Bremen. They had no textbooks. blessed by your prayers and Tribune reported that one donor’s sperm were particularly sought children and were very devoted I have been blessed to visit financial support. We will pray after because he tanned well and had a close relationship with his to their parish. They left your diocese twice while in for all of you as we continue to mother, attributes the new mothers hoped to see in their “design- $275,000 to be distributed to retreat at Notre Dame. rebuild our school, our commu- er” babies. missions around the world. Resurrection has been blessed nity and our homes. God bless Closely related to this practice is the disturbing trend in which Because Resurrection Catholic through the work of many ACE you. single women have themselves artificially inseminated so they School had some ACE teachers, teachers, but two in particular Yours in Christ, can have children without the complication of a man in their one of whom grew up in our dio- who have grown up in your Elizabeth Benefield lives. Not only does this demean the sacredness of marriage and cese and went to our schools, we diocesan schools and have gone Principal procreation, it also sends the erroneous message that fathers are gave $10,000 to Resurrection on to become exemplary teach- Resurrection Catholic School unnecessary. Catholic School to assist in their ers. They have been remarkable 3704 Quinn Dr. Another affront to marriage and the family is the push to allow recovery from Hurricane Katrina. role models for our students. Pascagoula, MS 39581 so-called same-sex “marriage.” Already one state issues marriage I received this note. The address We try to teach our students licenses to same-sex couples, and activists have initiated lawsuits of Resurrection Catholic School to put their faith in action. Last in seven other states to achieve the same goal. This situation is so is enclosed. Why not send them year, our classes were privi- serious that the United States bishops have joined with other reli- some funds? I hope to find more leged to reach out to Catholic gious groups in supporting a constitutional amendment to pre- funds from the diocese to send schools in the Pensacola- serve marriage as the union between one woman and one man, them. Perhaps one of our parish- Tallahassee Diocese that were which the U.S. Senate is scheduled to discuss next month. es would like to reach out to devastated by Hurricane Ivan As Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia noted during a tele- them with extra funds as well. and to victims of the tsunami conference to promote support for the amendment: “The institu- Bishop John M. D’Arcy through an orphanage in tion of marriage is suffering. We cannot sit idly by.” Yet, in some public schools and in some public discourse, all of the above distortions of parenthood and marriage are depicted simply as an alternative way of being “family” that should be The rosary works wonders accepted by a tolerant society. We bring up these points on Mother’s Day not to put a damper BY FATHER WILLIAM PEIL “terco,” which in Portugese went on, “that’s the rosary, telling on a cheerful, celebratory day, but as a reminder on this family means a third. In other words not God and his Blessed Mother, over day that we cannot be complacent about the family values we all 15 decades, just a third — five and over again, we love them, cherish and embrace, nor can we condone or tolerate those who he year was 1571. The day decades, according to what day of while going over in our mind the want to redefine marriage and parenthood. was Oct. 7. The place was the week it is — glorious, sor- many things they did in their We must, of course, treat all humans with respect and dignity, TRome, Italy. Pope Pius V, rowful or joyful mysteries. Now lives to show their love for us.” even those who promote these attacks on the family. At the same 67 years old, was conducting a we have five more, the luminous The bishop had a good point. meeting with some of his cardi- time, it is essential for us to be strong and forthright in denounc- mysteries, from Pope John Paul As the prayers are lovingly nals. The whole city was praying II, to fill in the gap in our Lord’s repeated over and over, it’s like ing and resisting all these efforts to demean and debase the fami- the rosary, asking the Mother of ly, which is the very cornerstone of civilization. life between the joyful and sor- beautiful music behind the story God to intercede with her son for rowful mysteries. of Jesus and Mary floating a victory at the seaport of In the Gospel for the third through our minds, or like a Lepanto, where a fleet of Sunday of Easter, our Lord turned movie we go to with the music in Spiritual mothers Ottoman ships had attacked Italy to the apostles and “opened their the background rising and falling On Mother’s Day, it is natural for us to honor our grandmoth- and a force of soldiers was minds to understand the as the action moves along. And ers and mothers, but we think it’s also appropriate on Mother’s defending the city and country. Scriptures.” What a fine way to more and more we understand the Day to honor women who may not be birth mothers or adoptive Suddenly, the pope got up come to understand the Scriptures Scriptures as our Lord wants, and mothers or foster moms, but are spiritual mothers. from his chair, went across to a — to spend 10 minutes reflecting asked of the apostles, especially We can identify the spiritual mothers in our lives if we just window, opened it and stood upon the various events in the life if occasionally we read again the look around, for they “mother” by using their feminine gifts to there for some moments, his eyes of Jesus and Mary — to pray the account of those “mysteries” in love and nurture people who are not their children. searching the skies. Then, closing rosary daily. the Scripture from which they the window, he turned back to the One day when Bishop Sheen came. Spiritual mothers might be the women religious who teach our cardinals and said: “This is not a children or pray for us when we are troubled. They might be sin- had just given a talk for the radio Praying the rosary daily may time to talk business. Let us give and was leaving the studio, a be a fine idea, especially during gle friends who share their wisdom and compassion and offer a thanks to God for the victory he shoulder to lean on. They might be elderly neighbors who bring young couple came up to him, the month of May dedicated to has granted today.” and the girl started to berate him Jesus’ mother. Even if it’s never over cookies when someone is sick. They might be the volunteers Sure enough, word soon drift- for promoting the rosary, saying been a part of one’s daily routine who tutor our children or lead their scout troops. ed to Rome that the band of it was just “vain repetition,” before. It wouldn’t hurt, too, to Spiritual mothers might be the family friends who are happy to 20,000 soldiers from all over something the Bible condemned. learn the luminous mysteries, babysit when we have an emergency. They might be the parish Europe under the leadership of The bishop paused. Then he reserved for Thursdays. nurses who check up on us or take our blood pressure. Or they Don Juan of Austria had won a said, “Are you two going togeth- Maybe we need to get up, might be the friends who are always available to give us a ride to complete victory. Ever since, Oct. er?” She answered, “Yes. We’re open the window, like St. Pius V the doctor’s office. 7 is a very special day; Our Lady engaged to be married.” The in 1571, look up at the sky and So, this Mother’s Day let us honor and thank all mothers, of the Rosary we call the feast bishop cleared his throat and, see some marvelous things hap- including the spiritual mothers who grace our lives in so many today. gesturing to the young man, pening in our lives when the ways. The rosary is a very powerful asked her: “Did he ever tell you rosary is prayed daily. prayer. When Mary appeared to he loved you?” “Of course he the three children of Fatima in has,” she answered. “Did he ever Today’s Catholic editorial board consists of Bishop John M. D’Arcy, 1917, she asked that this very say it more than once — maybe Father William Peil is a retired Ann Carey, Don Clemmer, Father Mark Gurtner, Father Michael Heintz, powerful prayer, the rosary, be several times a day?” he asked. priest from the Gary Diocese Tim Johnson, Vince LaBarbera and Msgr. J. William Lester. prayed daily. She used the word “Yes,” she said. “Well, the bishop who now lives in Fort Wayne. MAY 14, 2006 COMMENTARY 17 Praying the rosary, reading the CATEQUIZ’EM By Dominic Camplisson Bible go hand in hand On May 12, the church remembers St.Pancratius. This quiz looks at a few pans, but no pots. raying the rosary is a devo- 1.What name is also used for St.Pancratius? tional practice that dates back a.Pancake b.Pancras c.Pancrus Pto the Middle Ages. It is a distinctively Catholic form of spir- 2.What does “panagia”mean in Greek and for whom is it a common title in the East? ituality not found in most RESEARCH FOR THE CHURCH a.ever virgin, Mary Protestant denominations. JAMES D. DAVIDSON Reading the Bible, on the other b.Most Holy, Mary hand, has been a long-standing c.Most revered, the Tsar (formerly the Byzantine emperors) form of Protestant piety. Until the 1960s, Catholics were discouraged different from non-parishioners? almost never. 3.Christianity arrived early in Pannonia and is still there.But this ancient Roman from reading the Scriptures. Since A brand new national survey There also is a positive correla- province was long ago subsumed into (mostly) this mostly Catholic European country Vatican II, however, the church has that I conducted for the Institute of tion of .40 between the two prac- a.Hungary embraced Bible reading as yet Church Life at the University of tices. Catholics who engage in one b. Germany another way for Catholics to pur- Notre Dame gave me a chance to of these devotional practices also c.Switzerland sue holiness. explore these questions. The study tend to participate in the other. The For some time now, I have included a cross-section of 1,100 two tend to go hand in hand. wondered how many Catholics Catholics, who were interviewed Which Catholics are most like- 4.What non-Catholic notion holds that God’s being is at one with all elements of the participate in one but not the other in February and March of 2006. ly to participate in these practices? physical universe,so that his divinity pervades matter,though he is indeed greater of these practices, how many par- According to the survey, one- The answer is weekly Mass-goers, than matter? ticipate in both, and how many fifth of Catholics say the rosary at 37 percent of whom pray the a.Panegyric participate in neither one. I also least once a week. Another 16 per- rosary and read the Bible at least b.Panentheism have wondered if different types of cent pray the rosary one to three weekly. As Mass attendance c.Pantocratism Catholics participate in each one, times a month; 10 percent, less declines, so does participation in or if the same types of Catholics than once a month; and 49 percent, both practices. For example, 5.Pange Lingua are the beginning words of two of these embrace both. Do women pray the never or almost never. among Catholics who never or rosary or read the Bible more than Interestingly, the pattern for Bible almost never go to Mass, only 6 a.hymns men? Do older Catholics do these reading is almost identical. percent say the rosary and only 3 b.sonnets of Shakespeare things more than younger ones? Twenty-one percent of Catholics percent read the Bible at least once c.stanzas of Milton’s Paradise Lost Do regular Mass-goers participate read the Bible weekly or more; 17 a week. in one, the other, or both more percent, one to three times a Registered parishioners also are 6.An Eastern Panachida (literally all-night) is usually a vigil for than people who attend less often? month; 12 percent, less than once a.the dead Are registered parishioners any a month; and 48 percent, never or DAVIDSON, PAGE 18 b.an ordination c.a coronation of a king or duke

7.Panormitanus was a 15th century cardinal embroiled in politics,but also the concil- Jesus is the vine, we are the branches iar faction who sought to have popes accept the superior authority of a.cardinals Mediterranean located slightly b.secular rulers north of modern Tel Aviv. There Reflection c.church councils they put Paul on a ship bound for The Gospel presents us with a THE Tarsus. wonderfully consoling fact. If we 8.St.Pantaenus left us very little detail of his second century life,except that he was a Meanwhile, as Acts says in this truly love the Lord, if we are disci- SUNDAY reading, the church in Palestine ples literally, then the very life of convert from this philosophy which taught fortitude in the face of adversity: was growing and its faith was Christ is in us. Powered by this a.Buddhism b.Cynicism c.Stoicism GOSPEL deepening. life, enlightened by the light of Also once more, the First Christ, we need not fear anything. 9.St.Panteleon,through a strange set of circumstances,had his name associated with MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION Epistle of John supplies the second We can anticipate eternal life. these garments reading. It is a message repeated in the a.leotards As was the case in the readings lovely passage from First John, for the past weekends, this passage b.painters’caps read as the second lesson. c.pants or trousers 5th Sunday of Easter is moving and compelling in its Part of the divine plan for eloquence. It refers to its readers as redemption in Christ is how we Jn 15:1-8. “little children.” This form of approach the Lord, and how we 10.The belief that God and the universe are identical is he Acts of the Apostles, once address in itself is highly expres- live with the Lord. The church is a.pantalunacy again, furnishes the first sive. Believers, as all humans, are very frank this weekend in giving b.pantheism Treading for the liturgy in the vulnerable. They are weak. They us these details. It is more than a c.panygrym season of Easter. are limited. Yet, in a most special question of good intentions or per- This weekend’s reading is about way, true believers are God’s chil- sonal conviction. Christ lives in 11.Another notion rejected by most Christians is panpychism,the notion that all Paul and Barnabas. In the story, dren. If they are without sin, God the church, and we must spiritually things are Paul, who had been converted on will protect them from peril. incorporate ourselves into the a.conscious the road to Damascus, and who St. John’s glorious Gospel pro- church to be joined into the vine had spent much time learning vides the last reading. that is the Lord. b.made by God about Jesus, attempts to join the Last weekend, the Lord gave us Paul had indeed been convert- c.smelly Christian community in Jerusalem. the beautiful image of the Good ed. But, he saw being part of the The community fears him — not Shepherd. He is our leader. He church as critical. Thus he sought 12.In Eastern churches there is usually a depiction of the Pantocrator.What is it? without cause. After all, Paul had guides us away from danger. admission into the Jerusalem com- a.A depiction of Christ as crucified been a very strident opponent of This weekend, the image is no munity. A secondary lesson in b.A depiction of Christ as God and ruler less telling and descriptive. Jesus is the Christian Gospel, and he indeed evangelization is in Acts. Barnabas c.A depiction of the Holy Trinity had persecuted Jerusalem’s the vine. We believers are the reached out to him to bring him Christians. branches. This image was as into the community. Understandably these same immediate in its message to the 13.“Panis Angelicus”is one of these Christians must have wondered first hearers of these words as was a.a liturgy of the Eastern Rite what dark purpose lay beneath the story of the Good Shepherd. b.a hymn composed by Thomas Aquinas Paul’s wish to enter their communi- The society in which Jesus lived READINGS c.a monastic order ty. Was he looking for ways to was agrarian. Viticulture was well Fifth Week of Easter known. Everyone knew about entrap Christians, or to frustrate Monday: Acts 14:5-18 Ps 115:1-5, 14.What do the words “Panis Angelicus”mean? what they did in the name of Jesus? vines, and everyone knew what a.The bread of angels vine growers did for a living. 15-16 Jn 14:21-26 As intercessor, Barnabas, b.Holy panic already part of the community, In last weekend’s Gospel, Jesus Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28 Ps 145:10- spoke for Paul. He urged Paul’s appeared as our guide and protec- 13ab,21 Jn 14:27-31a c.The angelic harvest admission into the community. tor. In this weekend’s reading, the Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6 Ps 122:1-5 Paul stayed in Jerusalem, link between believers and Jesus is Jn 15:1-8 15.A panegyric is a type of speaking boldly about Jesus wher- revealed. His life is within believ- Thursday: Acts 15:7-21 Ps 96:1-3, a.liturgy of the dead ever he went. Apparently, such fer- ers. Without Christ, they can 10 Jn 15:9-11 b.song of praise vor was not always appreciated accomplish nothing. In Christ, they Friday: Acts 15:22-31 Ps 57:8-12 Jn c.percussive accompaniment to a funeral (dirge) among those not of the Christian can live forever. 15:12-17 fold. In fact, some tried to kill him. Saturday: Acts 16:1-10 Ps 100:2, 3, ANSWERS: Christians rescued him by taking 5 Jn 15:18-21 1.b, 2.b, 3.a, 4.b, 5.a, 6.a, 7.c, 8.c, 9.c, 10.b, 11.a, 12.b, 13.b, 14.a, 15.b him to Caesarea, the Roman capi- tal of the region, a seaport on the 18 COMMENTARY MAY 14, 2006 With apparitions, Christ lies in the fullness of God’s revelation

What does the church look for in Holy Spirit, the angel Gabriel, the public revelation. Throughout his- conversion ever experienced by the approving an alleged apparition? Blessed Mother are all on the same tory we continue to delve more Catholic Church in its history. Anonymous. track. Thus J. Giens mentions if the THAT’S deeply into the fullness of revela- Pope John Paul II said that the message of an apparition is at vari- tion given us by Christ so we con- church has always taught and con- An apparition is an appearance, ance with a revealed doctrine or the A GOOD tinue to grow in our understanding tinues to proclaim that God’s reve- a phenomenon, an unusual or teaching of the church, that is a and appreciation of our faith. lation was brought to completion in unexpected sight, a ghostly figure. clear sign of nonauthenticity, or con- The new catechism from Rome Jesus Christ, who is the fullness of Father Louis Bouyer says an scious or unconscious falsification. QUESTION says that, throughout the ages, revelation, and that no new public apparition may be a manifestation The church also looks at the there have been private revelations, revelation is to be expected before of God, angels or the dead, person receiving the apparition. Is some of which have been recog- the glorious manifestation of Our whether saint or not, appearing this person credible and psycholog- nized by the authority of the Lord. The church evaluates and under a form that surprises the ically healthy, or someone often Our Lady of Fatima, the Sacred church. They do not belong, how- judges private revelation by the cri- senses. subject to hallucinations? It seems Heart of Jesus. Sometimes the ever, to the deposit of faith. It is not terion of conformity with that sin- J. Giens says an authentic that a young and innocent person, church beatifies or canonizes as a their role to improve or complete gle public revelation. apparition is not a purely subjective like Bernadette and the three chil- saint the person who experienced Christ’s definitive revelation, but to experience. Rather it results from a dren of Fatima, or a new convert, the apparition, such as St. help live more fully by it in a cer- real objective intervention of a like Juan Diego, would be less Bernadette, St. Margaret Mary tain period of history. Today’s Catholic welcomes ques- higher power that enables the bene- likely to invent or fake an appari- Alacoque, and more recently Juan We see examples of how certain tions from readers to pose to ficiary to make true contact with tion. Diego, Francisco and Jacinta. Pope apparitions fit in with the teaching Father Richard Hire, Father the being that appears and makes It is the position of the official John Paul II showed the acceptabil- of the church. At Lourdes in Michael Heintz, Father Mark itself known. church to determine if an alleged ity of certain apparitions by visiting France, the Blessed Mother said Gurtner and the Office of The main thing to look at in an apparition meets the guarantees of the Basilica of Guadalupe in “Pray to God for sinners,” and reit- Worship. Please e-mail your alleged apparition is the message. Is authenticity. The church says cer- Mexico in 1979 and the shrine at erated the dogma of the questions to [email protected] it in sync with the word of God in tain apparitions are credible or Fatima in Portugal in 1982. Immaculate Conception. At Fatima fwsb.org or mail them to Today’s the Bible and the authoritative worthy of belief, but she does not In dealing with apparitions or in Portugal, the Blessed Mother Catholic, That’s A Good teaching of the church? For exam- force anyone to accept a particular private revelations, we must called for prayer and penitence and Question, P.O. Box 11169, Fort ple, the Blessed Mother or the alleged apparition or private revela- remember that in Christ lies the called herself Our Lady of the Wayne, IN 46856. Include your Sacred Heart are not going to tion. Sometimes the church allows fullness of God’s revelation. Jesus Rosary. At Guadalupe in Mexico, name, city and an e-mail address appear to someone and say some- a feast day of the acceptable is the Son of God made man. We the Blessed Mother called herself or phone number so we can con- thing contrary to what God has apparition, such as Our Lady of can’t get any more God than God. the Mother of God, and from this tact you if necessary. Anonymity revealed. God the Father, Jesus, the Guadalupe, Our Lady of Lourdes, We have no need of any further apparition came the greatest mass will be preserved upon request. Mother as a human being

e mothers can be so efficient. We can do Wlaundry, clean a dirty kitchen and calm sibling spats in EVERYDAY CATHOLIC between spooning Gerber’s best into our babies’ mouths. Once, THERESA A. THOMAS just for fun, I wrote down every- thing I did during a one hour period one morning. The list took didn’t elicit more than, “Well, If we had lived on a farm or up two pages. you just roll the dice and follow other rural area, that might not be I often get wrapped up with the instructions on the card. It such a big deal, but we live in a juggling tasks, with accomplish- was fun when I played it a while subdivision with a smaller yard ing, with doing. I know I am effi- ago. What’s for dinner?” that is fenced in on two sides. cient. Most mothers are. But I am Now, eight years later, I still “Really? Deer?!” I exclaimed, here today to admit that maybe think of that moment lost. It’s a coming closer to look. “It’s too that’s not always the best thing to little thing, but I wish I hadn’t late, Mom,” Michael said, be. been quite so efficient that after- “They’re gone.” The kids turned Once, one of my sons, in the noon. away from the window, leaving fifth grade at the time, invented a Another time my efficiency me there, standing alone. That new game. He spent hours devis- cost me something really special was the second moment that I ing rules, cutting out game pieces it was early spring. I had been lost because I was being efficient. and gluing the pieces to tooth- trying to teach the children to It’s true. My kids won’t be picks (It was a very involved come to me when they wanted scarred forever on account of game). The object, if I remember, something instead of yelling out these two incidents. But you can was conquering the world, which “Mom!” from wherever they bet that both events taught me wasn’t a bad goal considering he were. That morning I was in the something. I learned that no work was just 10. At any rate, I was basement, switching a load of I am doing is so vital that it can’t busy the morning he finished the laundry, with the baby in the be put aside for just a moment, if game. I was doing laundry, clean- swing. “Mom! Come here!” I something important comes ing up baby spit-up, changing heard. Again, “Mom! Come along. diapers, sweeping the carpet and here!” There was no alarm in the My children should not expect tending to a dirty kitchen. You voices, just a sense of urgency. me to come running at the drop Catholics (born after 1982) pray know, I was being efficient. I was “I’m in the basement,” I of a hat, but nor should I be so the rosary and only 14 percent “doing.” answered cheerily, giving them busy that I can’t take advantage DAVIDSON read the Bible. When my son finished creat- notice but not budging. “Mom!” of a precious moment that spon- Women are twice as likely as ing the game he immediately Now more than one child was taneously arises. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 men to pray the rosary (28 percent wanted to play. I admired the calling my name. What did those The Martha-Mary dilemma more involved in both practices vs. 13 percent) and are somewhat game from the stairway, my arms kids want? Why wouldn’t they presents itself every day, and than Catholics who do not belong more likely to read the Bible (24 full of miscellaneous objects I come to me? What was so impor- moms need to quickly discern to to a parish. Twenty-six percent of percent vs. 18 percent). was putting away, and I promised tant? make the right choice. parishioners pray the rosary at Thus, older women, registered to play “in a bit.” I had, in my I finished pouring liquid deter- There is a good reason God least weekly, compared to only 16 parishioners and regular churchgo- mind, a list of things I needed to gent into the machine, folded a calls us human “beings” and not percent of non-parishioners. ers are more inclined than other do, and I was on a roll. I would couple more towels, grabbed human “doings.” Twenty-seven percent of parish- Catholics to participate in the cen- play later. He could show his sis- some garbage bags, which I From now on I expect to “be” ioners read the Bible once a week turies-old Catholic practice of say- ter now. needed in the kitchen, took the a little more. And I don’t mean or more, but only 15 percent of ing the rosary. Interestingly, it is When the clothes were put baby from the swing and climbed efficient. non-parishioners do. the very same people — not dif- away and my other chores were the stairs. In the family room five Members of the pre-Vatican II ferent types of Catholics — who done, I asked my son to show me children were standing, staring at generation (born in or before have embraced the relatively new his creation. He simply gave me the sliding glass door. 1940) are more likely than practice of reading the Bible. the short version of his game. No “You missed it!” said Michael, younger Catholics to participate in one told me his initial enthusiasm visibly disappointed. “Missed both practices. For example, 30 and willingness to explain every what?” I asked, peering out the Theresa Thomas writes from percent of pre-Vatican II Catholics detail would wane. It simply dis- window. “Two deer,” he contin- Elkhart. She is a stay-at-home pray the rosary, and 27 percent James D. Davidson is professor of sipated and didn’t come back. ued, “A buck and a doe, in our mom and a member of St. Mary read the Bible. On the other hand, sociology at Purdue University in Even a little motherly prodding backyard.” of the Annunciation in Bristol. only 10 percent of “millennial” West Lafayette. MAY 14, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 19 The numbers game: Moses died in the land of Moab Stats give picture of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate Where is Moses buried? Moses. What Egeria saw was an apse with a short nave and an atri- North and South America, where After Moses and the Israelites BY JOHN THAVIS um. There was also a baptistery about half the church’s members left Egypt, they traveled through with a font sunk into the floor into live, increased about 50 percent, the desert of the Sinai peninsula by which the candidate could descend VATICAN CITY (CNS) — virtually the same as the general the southern route, until they came and then rise again on the opposite Under Pope John Paul II’s 26- population growth. to Mount Nebo near the Promised HIRE side. There was yet a small basin year papacy, the Catholic Church Europe showed signs of stag- Land. The Book of Deuteronomy inset, probably for infant baptism. grew by 45 percent, struggled to nation. The Catholic population says that, from Mount Nebo, God HISTORY On the side of the church was a replace priests and religious, and there increased by 13 million in showed Moses an aerial view of FATHER RICHARD HIRE small mosaic cross, serving as a experienced a significant “gray- the first 10 years of Pope John the Promised Land, saying, “This memorial of Moses. ing” of its hierarchy, according to Paul’s papacy, but over the last is the land which I swore to In the sixth century, this church statistics released recently by the 16 years declined by more than Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that I had expanded into a large Vatican. 650,000. The overall European would give to their descendants. I Byzantine monastery, with side bitten by a serpent looked at the In a sense, the statistics com- growth rate under Pope John have let you feast your eyes upon aisles, a clerestory or gallery, a bronze serpent, he recovered. In plete a by-the-numbers portrait Paul was 4.6 percent, the lowest it, but you shall not cross over.” new baptistery, buildings on either the Gospel of John, Jesus tells of Pope John Paul’s pontificate. by far of any continent. Deuteronomy then says Moses side, and a chapel dedicated to the Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted They cover the period from The number of Catholics in died in the land of Moab and was Blessed Virgin Mary as the Mother up the serpent in the desert, so 1978, the year of his election, Asia increased nearly 80 percent buried in the ravine opposite Beth- of God. G. Grenville mentions must the Son of Man be lifted up,” through the end of 2004, three over the same period. The fact peor, but no one knows the place they have found a mosaic from namely the crucifixion, resurrec- months before he died. that Catholics still represent only of his burial. Moab is an ancient A.D. 538 in the old baptistery and tion and ascension, “so all who The worldwide Catholic pop- 2.9 percent of the total Asian kingdom east of the Dead Sea now a mosaic from A.D. 597 in the new believe may have eternal life.” ulation increased by 342 million population explains why many in the southwest part of the coun- baptistery. Finally, there is the lookout during that time, from 757 mil- Vatican officials see the conti- try of Jordan. In 1933, out of a mass of ruins, west of the courtyard with a lion to just under 1.1 billion. nent as the great frontier of evan- The Moabites were closely the Franciscans recovered a church superb, breathtaking view across That sounds huge, but it was gelization. related to the Hebrews. Sometimes and other buildings and a small the valleys to the Dead Sea and actually slightly less than the rate The Vatican also examined they were at war with each other monastery was constructed. D. Jerusalem, a view that Moses him- of general population increase. the numbers of priesthood candi- and other times they were in Simonis describes this complex self would have seen. G. Grenville As a result, Catholics as a per- dates in relation to the Catholic alliance. The famous Moabite called the Moses Memorial mentions that a brass plate here centage of the world population population and found “greater stone, discovered in 1868, Church. The main building open to names the principal sites that can decreased from about 18 percent dynamism” in Africa and Asia, describes the victories of the king visitors is the sixth century basili- often be viewed in good weather, in 1978 to about 17.2 percent at which have more than 150 semi- of Moab over the Israelites. ca. The huge mosaic on the floor such as Jericho (the lush city of the end of 2004. narians for every 1 million Mount Nebo, also called Mount shows scenes of winemaking and palms where the Israelites would The continent-by-continent Catholics. Europe had 84 semi- Pisgah, lies east of the north end of hunting, as well as a panther, bear, soon arrive), Sodom (the city numbers are more significant narians and North and South the Dead Sea now in the country fox, zebu and lion, all of which are destroyed by fire), Masada (the than the global totals, confirming America about 67 for every 1 of Jordan. Its highest point is 2,644 now extinct in Jordan. The com- mountain fortress), Qumran (the the church’s demographic shift to million Catholics. feet. Its twin peaks of Siyagha and plex also contains a museum, monastery of the Essenes), Hebron the developing world. The statistics confirmed two el-Mukhayyat are both property of monasteries, the first sanctuary, the (where Abraham and Sarah are The church in Africa grew by other widely known trends under the Franciscans. new baptistery, the chapel and the buried), Bethlehem (where Jesus 172 percent under Pope John Pope John Paul: the sharp The peak of Siyagha means courtyard. was born), Jerusalem (where Jesus Paul, increasing from about 12 decline in the number of women “monastery.” G. Grenville says Here you also see the huge was crucified), the Mount of percent to 17 percent of the religious — down about 23 per- there was already a monastery on bronze memorial showing the ser- Olives (where Jesus ascended into African population. By the end cent, from 991,000 to 767,000 this peak in A.D. 384, when the pent twined around a staff. The heaven), Nablus in Samaria (where of 2004, Africans represented — and the sharp increase in per- Spanish nun Egeria visited it and Israelites in the desert complained, Joseph, the son of Jacob, is buried) about 14 percent of Catholics manent deacons, up about 480 was hospitably received by the so God sent serpents to bite them. and Mount Tabor (where Jesus worldwide, compared to 7 per- percent, from 5,500 to 32,000. monks. Here, in the church, she Moses then made a bronze serpent was transfigured). cent in 1978. was shown the place where the mounted on a pole. When anyone The number of Catholics in angels were said to have buried

Meet The Priest Honoring: The forgotten vow Father Wilson Corzo Honoring is the forgotten vow, For years I’ve been teaching BY KEVIN ANDERSON the tortoise that wins the race couples about seven spiritual when the hare of “We’re so in practices of marriage — ways in Ordained to the priesthood: t the Fall 2005 love!” pauses for a rest. which we can choose to honor Retrouvaille International Dec. 12, 1998 After the standing ovation, I our spouses on a regular basis. AConference in Santa asked the 350 couples to bow The seven practices are: Associate Pastor, Clara, Calif., I was watching the slightly to one another with their Create a shared vision; make St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Elkhart Friday evening keynote speaker, hands in the prayer position over connection the norm; bring hon- theologian Richard Gaillardetz, their hearts. Then I had them oring to conflict; give up the receive a standing ovation for his repeat what I call a nested medi- search for the perfect lover; work What was the primary influence on fine talk. tation, a prayer-like poem in on the “I” in marriage; make love your decision to become a priest? As it often does, my mind which each stanza contains the a gift, and walk the sacred path. My primary influences were began to generate less-than-help- one before and adds to it in a Most married people want my family and my vocation-pro- ful thoughts, such as: I wonder if way that shifts the meaning: I loving feelings to carry them moting priest. they’ll give me a standing ova- honor you. I honor you, my soul along from the wedding day to tion tomorrow night when I companion. I honor you, my soul “death do us part.” They think Why do you like being a priest? speak after dinner? While companion, as you are. I honor loving feelings will produce hon- reviewing my notes later that you, my soul companion, as you oring behaviors, but it’s the other Because I like serving the What is your favorite reading material? evening, a light bulb went on in are Divinity in disguise. way around. Honoring is the soil, community and because I am history and science my head. What if I start the talk What a concept — treating the water, the sunlight, the fertil- happy. by asking for my standing ova- your spouse every day like God izer, the stem and the leaves of What is the best part of being Catholic? tion right at the beginning just to living in your home. “Whenever marriage. Loving feelings are the Do you have a special interest or get it out of the way? I did just you do these things to the least of blossoms. hobby? I think the best part is living that, and to my surprise, the 700 my brothers and sisters, you do I enjoy traveling. the freedom of faith. or so attendees stood and went them to me.” Or, as Victor Hugo wild for me before I’d said or put it in “Les Miserables,” “To Do you have pets? What is your favorite scriptural pas- done anything to earn it. love another person is to see the sage? Such unconditional honoring, face of God.” Yes, birds, canaries. I told them, is the key to what I I remember telling a friend Kevin Anderson, Ph.D. is a psychol- Mt 6: 25-34, do not worry call extraordinary marriage. If we who had called me to complain ogist and author of “The 7 What do you do for relaxation? intentionally and unconditionally about his wife that we get in Spiritual Practices of Marriage How do you prefer to be addressed by honor our partner daily — with trouble as married people when and Divinity in Disguise: Nested I like movies, exercising and the laity? reading. kind words, affectionate touch, we begin treating our spouses Meditations to Delight the Mind Father Wilson and the willingness to listen and like a home improvement project. and Awaken the Soul.” Give What is your favorite food? forgive — we can experience the We’re better off, I told him, treat- away a copy of “The 7 Spiritual best of marriage. We promise to ing them like Divinity in dis- Practices” and receive a free Colombian cuisine honor and love on the wedding guise. “If my wife’s Divinity in copy for your own marriage by day, but love gets all the songs, disguise,” he said, “she’s got a e-mailing giftofmarriage@buck- the poems, the accolades. pretty darn good disguise going!” eye-access.com. 20 TODAY’S CATHOLIC MAY 14, 2006

USF BASEBALL COACH NAMED MCC COACH OF THE YEAR University of Saint Francis first-year Cougars’ coach Greg Roberts has been named MCC Coach of the Year. Roberts, an assistant coach with the Cougars the previous two seasons, guided USF to 23 wins this season, the second highest total in the 43-year history of the program. USF finished 23-30 in 2006 after a 4-29 season in 2005. It was the most wins Sports since USF won 20 in 2000 during a 20-32-1 season. Only City Meet remains ICCL baseball enters for CYO track athletes last two weeks of

events. and St. Therese (Marie Peppler) BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN In the girls’ competition, St. won the 100-meter dash. Anna campaign John, New Haven, claimed first Marie Shank was a double win- FORT WAYNE — The boys’ place in all but two events. Top ner for St. John-Benoit crossing and girls’ team from St. John, honors in the discus throw went the finish line first in the mile BY ELMER J. DANCH Division, Corpus Christi Red New Haven ran away with the to St. Vincent. And St. John- and half-mile. nailed down its seventh straight Catholic Youth Organization Benoit won the 1,600-meter run. In the boys’ competition in the win by beating St. Michael of (CYO) track meet held at Bishop The final meet of the CYO final meet of the regular season SOUTH BEND — The race for Plymouth, 5-4, and beat St. Jude Luers on April 27. regular season set a large field of at Bishop Luers, St. Jude finished the two-division baseball cham- Green, 15-4. The girls topped St. Jude (124 competitors from many schools. on top by winning four events: pionships of the Inter-City In other high scoring games, points) and St. John, Fort St. Jude girls’ squeaked by St. the hurdles (Bobby Widner), Catholic League (ICCL) has nar- Holy Family Blue trounced St. Wayne-Benoit (82 points) by Joseph-St. Elizabeth, 109- 1,600 (Luke Momper), rowed down to the top-two teams Adalbert 12-0 as Mike Howlett racking up 168 total points. The 105, for first- and sec- shot put (Brendan in each section as the regular sea- pitched a one hitter; Christ the boys scored 131.5 points. St. ond-place wins out Berghoff) and the son enters the last two weeks of King White overwhelmed St. Jude was a close second with of the seven teams discus (Anthony the campaign. Adalbert, 14-3, as Jonathon 125.5 and St. John-Benoit came represented. Bobay). St. Charles Although Christ the King, Daniel smashed out four hits, and in third place, posting 97 team Individual win- won the 800 relay, with its unbeaten skin, continues St. Anthony Maroon clubbed points. ners for St. Jude the 100 (Chris to be the sole leader of the John Mishawaka Catholic, 15-14, as At Bishop Dwenger, St. John, were the 4x100- Lee), and the high Bosco Division, the St. Jude Zack Waltz received credit for New Haven, again dominated the relay team, Lauren jump (Mike Gabet). Falcons missed an opportunity to the win by pitching five innings. field outscoring St. John-Benoit Palmer (200) and Top place finishers keep pace with the Kings. and St. Vincent in both boys’ and Leah Ehinger (shot from St. John-Benoit The Falcons edged Holy girls’ meets on May 1. St. John, put). The 800 relay team, were the 400 relay team Cross, 8-7, when Andy Clark Standings New Haven, boys won a total of Jennifer Downey (long jump), members, Deangelo Fincher (400 lashed out the winning hit to Martin De Porres Division seven events including the hur- Kasey Connelly (high jump), and long jump), and Courtney drive in the tie-breaking run in Corpus Christi (Red) 7-0 dles, 800, 400 relay, 400, 1,600, Anna McNamera (400), and Julia Mitchell (200). Andy Brennan the last frame, but the Falcons St. Jude (Green) 5-2 discus and high jump. Athletes Lee (hurdles), took top honors got a blue ribbon in the 800 for could not keep up their winning Holy Family (Blue) 4-2 from St. Vincent won the 100 for St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth. St. St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth. pace when Holy Family tripped Christ the King (White) 3-3 and 4x200 relay. St. John-Benoit Charles got first place points the Falcons, 8-6. St. Michael (Plymouth) 3-2 won the 200 and long jump from Samantha Eckrich (discus) Although weather has ham- St. Adalbert 2-3 pered the circuit, a number of Mishawaka Catholic 1-5 make-up games will have to be St. Thomas (Maroon) 1-4 played in the next two weeks. St. Anthony (Maroon) 0-4 In one of the longest games, St. Anthony, behind the power John Bosco Division hitting Pete Gillis who batted in Christ the King 4-0 five runs, swamped St. Matthew, St. Jude 5-1 17-6. Holy Family 4-1 Another batting hero was Pat St. Thomas 4-2 Gimmer who lined a deep single St. Joseph-St. John- down the left field line to drive Our Lady of Hungary 2-3 in the winning run for St. Joseph- Holy Cross 2-4 St. John-Our Lady of Hungary in St. Anthony 2-3 a 4-3 win over Corpus Christi. St. Matthew 1-4 In the Martin de Porres Corpus Christi 0-6 Associate Director of Music

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He read a pas- bishop as the church is attached to sage from that document that NOTRE DAME — Bishop John Jesus, he said, and in turn, the directs the bishop to promote and M. D’Arcy was invited to the bishop has “tremendous responsi- assist in the preservation of the University of Notre Dame School bility” to be close to the people. Catholic identity of the university of Law on April 21 to celebrate Consequently, the bishop said he through close personal and pas- Mass, to enjoy lunch with the stu- does not like to see a frequent toral relations “characterized by dents and to speak about “The turnover of bishops in dioceses. mutual trust, close and constant Bishop as Pastor and Teacher.” He “I see it as an enormous respon- cooperation” and continuing dia- came at the invitation of student sibility; I think God will judge me logue. members of the Thomas More on it,” Bishop D’Arcy told the law “It’s been a privilege to be bish- Society, an organization dedicated students. op of Notre Dame,” Bishop to integrating the Catholic faith The two most important things D’Arcy said, “especially to meet with the practice of law. a bishop does is determine whom the young people led by God to The bishop spoke to the stu- to ordain and whom to send to a this place.” dents in the school’s courtroom for parish, he said, noting that “The In the question-answer period, a about 30 minutes, and then opened best thing you ever do for a parish student asked Bishop D’Arcy to the floor to questions. The students is send them a good priest.” describe his relationship with had asked him to speak about three Bishop D’Arcy said that good Notre Dame. main topics: the role of bishop, candidates for the priesthood are “My main responsibility is to Bishop D’Arcy’s criteria for men who would be good spouses preach the Gospel,” he said. “It’s admitting men to the priesthood and fathers, men who can give of important to recognize the inde- and the relationship of a bishop to themselves. He said that in his pendence of the university and ANN CAREY a Catholic university. judgment, homosexuals should not academic freedom. But, if they Bishop John M. D’Arcy was invited to speak at the Notre Dame School of “The Second Vatican Council be ordained, and he supports the have academic freedom, I have Law by the St. Thomas More Society, an organization that seeks to inte- was a great reforming council for recent instruction from the pastoral freedom. And I cannot grate the Catholic faith with the practice of law. With Bishop D’Arcy are the office of bishop, and that is Congregation for the Doctrine of refrain from preaching the Gospel law students who are members of the society: John Peiffer, left; Becky still continuing,” Bishop D’Arcy the Faith dealing with seminary and applying the Gospel to partic- said. “In Vatican II we find an admission. That document directed ular circumstances.” Austen, second from right, and Ryan Bradel, right. attempt to move the bishop away that men with deep-seated homo- from being a CEO or an adminis- sexual tendencies or those who trator, to being a shepherd, a pas- have lived a gay lifestyle should tor, an evangelist.” not be admitted. 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what’s right is handicapped some- what by a weak script and a slow- Up close with Barbara Nicolosi, starting plot, and the saucer-eyed MOVIE critters get very little screen time. The USCCB Office for Film & CAPSULES Broadcasting classification is A-I — an exclusive interview general patronage. The Motion Picture NEW YORK (CNS) – Following is a Association of America rating is PG — parental guidance suggested. want to see. The other thing is that recent capsule review issued BY THERESA THOMAS there are some good movies being by the U.S. Conference of “The Lost City” (Magnolia) made. They just don’t get to you. Wistful and deeply personal NOTRE DAME — Barbara You have to glean through all this Catholic Bishops’ Office for drama set in 1950s’ Cuba on the Nicolosi, writer, speaker, blogger, other stuff to find them. Film and Broadcasting. eve of Castro’s communist revolu- adjunct professor of screenwrit- TC: “I don’t enjoy movies any tion about three brothers (Andy ing at Azusa Pacific University in more. I am afraid to take my chil- “An American Haunting” (After Garcia, who also directs, Enrique Azusa, CA., and executive direc- dren to them. There is so much pre- Dark) Murciano and Nestor Carbonell) tor of ACT ONE, a nonprofit marital sex, violence and vulgar Spookily atmospheric, well- caught in the political unrest that organization that, according to its language on the screen. How can I acted thriller based on the “true ultimately tears them and their Web site, “trains people of faith determine the good movies from story” of the “Bell Witch” case, the island home apart. While the for careers in mainstream film the bad ones?” only documented case in the U.S. sprawling story needs tightening, and television,” spent a few min- Nicolosi: Again, you have to of a spirit causing the death of a Garcia’s well-acted love letter to utes after her April 27th lecture glean. You have to look. Our job as person, as the Bells, an 1818 the country he left as a child is full “Why Does God Care About Christians is not just to protect our Tennessee couple (Donald of passion and gorgeously captures Hollywood? The Role of children but to prepare them. How Sutherland and Sissy Spacek) battle the beauty and energy of the island, Entertainment in Human Life” do you find the good stuff? Find a ghostly horrors in their home and its culture and especially its music, with Theresa Thomas, Today’s critic whose sensibilities you trust. the possession of their daughter in exploring themes of longing and Catholic reporter. Nicolosi spoke Check out what they’re saying on (Rachel Hurd-Ward), after a loss. Some violence, including sev- about her family and ACT ONE, the Internet, my blog, the bishop’s THERESA THOMAS woman thought to be a witch curs- eral graphic executions, a suicide, a and she questions from Today’s Web site (The United States Barbara Nicolosi speaks at a lec- es the family. Writer-director brief voodoo reference, and a few Catholic readers. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Courtney Solomon builds up an rough and crude expressions. The ture at the University of Notre www.usccb.org/movies/). The bish- atmosphere of heady suspense that USCCB Office for Film & TC: Barbara, can you tell me a Dame. op’s Web site actually does a good never lets up, and although there’s Broadcasting classification is A-III little about your family back- job. They look at movies with a lots of generalized demonic vio- — adults. The Motion Picture ground? sense of artistry as well as consid- lence, there’s little bloodshed. Association of America rating is R. Nicolosi: Sure, I grew up one of ering the language and violence. Some intensely violent episodes four girls in Rhode Island. We were the ground. I always wanted to TC: “My daughter is interested in including a hair-raising wolf attack, “Mission: Impossible III” a disciplined family, and my par- write, but I felt God wanted this a scriptwriting career. I don’t care an attempted suicide, questioning (Paramount) ents were committed Catholics. We nonprofit (organization) to succeed. to send her, at age 18, out to of God’s existence and omnipo- Third installment in the fran- said the rosary. We all were raised Finally, as I was not being able to California to college where she tence, and subtle sexual revelations chise which finds secret-agent appreciating the arts as well. We all spend the time writing I thought, “I might be warped by the Hollywood of an adult nature. The USCCB Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his had music lessons, and a sentence I guess I’m not going to be a writer.” mindset, not to mention be taken Office for Film & Broadcasting team of spies (Ving Rhames, heard over and over again in our I turned it over to God. It was my advantage of. Should she pick classification is A-III — adults. The Maggie Q and Jonathan Rhys house was, “A thing of beauty is a “Isaac moment.” It wasn’t until I another profession? Does she really Motion Picture Association of Meyers) battling a ruthless arms joy forever.” Two of my sisters turned myself over to what I thought have a shot at this? America rating is PG-13. dealer (Philip Seymour Hoffman) have music degrees (one of them is God wanted then suddenly, like that, Nicolosi: Well, you could send who kidnaps Ethan’s fiance to get an opera singer), and the other sis- I got all this work. Within three her to a secular film school, but “Hoot” (New Line) back the doomsday device they ter is a writer, as I months I was only if she is really solid in her Amiable family-friendly drama snatched from him. As popcorn am. My parents offered all sorts faith and well grounded. It’s hard. I about an eighth-grader (Logan entertainment, director J.J. Abrams’ exposed us to of great writing would say she could major in Lerman) who moves with his par- thrill ride doesn’t disappoint, piling great movies. I “Our job as Christians jobs. God need- something else, anything else she is ents to small-town Florida, where on the action fireworks and pulse- was nine when my ed to hear it was really interested in, so she has he is caught up in the crusade of an pounding excitement, but, like the mom took me to is not just to protect okay. I thought I something to say and develops a enigmatic boy (Cody Linley) and previous two films, is otherwise an “Gone with the was supposed to sense of depth. his stepsister (Brie Larson) to save empty exercise in adrenaline- Wind” in the the- give up writing. Then she could come to one of a colony of burrowing owls whose charged excess. Pervasive action ater. She said, our children but to I wasn’t. our ACT ONE programs and study habitat is threatened by a real-estate violence, including an intense exe- “Yes, you’re TC: I under- at the graduate level. At ACT ONE developer hoping to bulldoze the cution scene, a few disturbing young for this but stand that a we always say that we aim to pro- endangered birds’ nesting zone to images, a suggested sexual it’s a beautiful prepare them. group of writ- vide a mastery of craft united to make way for a pancake franchise. encounter, and some crude lan- movie and I want ers from sever- unusual quality of depth. Directed by Wil Shriner and based guage and profanity. The USCCB to watch it with How do you find al different Can she make it? If she’s a very on Carl Hiaasen’s award-winning Office for Film & Broadcasting you.” Christian good writer she can make it. It’s a children’s book, the film’s warm classification is A-III — adults. The TC: Did you denominations lucrative, powerful and demanding message about friendship, respect Motion Picture Association of always know you the good stuff? started ACT career. If you work hard and are for nature and taking a stand for America rating is PG-13. wanted to be ONE on Jan. good you can succeed. You will involved in the Find a critic whose 25, 1999, the succeed. media? feast day of the TC: Can you share a few of your Nicolosi: Well I conversion of favorite movies? always loved sensibilities you trust.” St. Paul. Nicolosi: ... “The Passion of the drama and doing Nicolosi: Yes, Christ,” “In America,” “Millions,” skits. And, as I isn’t that some- “October Sky,” “Giant,” “Sophie said, I had a good BARBARA NICOLOSI thing? I spent a Scholl” … that’s a foreign film. appreciation of the lot of time with TC: Any parting thoughts for arts from an early the Daughters Today’s Catholic readers? age. of St. Paul. Nicolosi: Yes! Don’t go to (the TC: You have TC: Some movie) “The DaVinci Code.” said that you spent readers have Some people say, “If we don’t your 20s with the expressed dif- watch it we can’t talk about it.” Daughter’s of St. Paul, a congrega- ferent thoughts about movies. They That’s ridiculous. That’s like saying tion dedicated to evangelization include: “I feel alienated from the we can’t talk about human sexuali- with the media. You spent countless themes in many of today’s movies. ty without watching porn. hours during those years in front of They just don’t resonate from my “The DaVinci Code” is danger- the Blessed Sacrament, praying for experience. Why doesn’t ous and dumb. It presents Christ as the media. It seems that you are Hollywood make movies that actu- a goddess worshipper and is blas- seeing the fruit of that prayer now, ally relate to my life?” phemous. Some people say, “It’s with your work. Nicolosi: You have to understand just a movie.” Nicolosi: Yes, definitely. At the that people make movies that they Well, you are paying Sony to time I never knew where I was want to see. Most people in the see it and attendance will affect heading, though. entertainment industry aren’t fami- future releases. Remember the TC: Can you give me an example ly oriented and faith filled. That’s movie tanks if the audience doesn’t where you have seen that fruit, not their background. That’s not go to see it. “The DaVinci Code” where the Holy Spirit was directly their experience. That explains why will plant seeds of doubt in many working in your life? they make what they make. We faithful. Nicolosi: The first 10 years after need to train a new generation of ACT ONE was started, my time quality writers and producers to VALIDValidvalid 5/22/06 4/17/06 4/17/06 to to 5/11/06 6/17/06 to 5/11/06 VALIDValid valid5/22/06 4/17/06 4/17/06 to 5/11/066/17/06 to 5/11/06 was consumed with getting it off create excellent material that you MAY 14, 2006 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 23 REST IN PEACE Decatur Randy G.Sorg, 47, Barbara M.Smith, 86, HAT S APPENING Floyd D.Balliet, 72, St.Jude St.Anthony de Padua W ’ H ? St.Mary of the Mishawaka Leonard P.Sosinski, 79, Assumption Adelia Canarecci, 80, St.Casimir WHAT’S HAPPENING carries announcements about upcoming events in the diocese. Send in your Elkhart St. Bavo Kathleen R.Pyle, 84, announcement at least two weeks prior to the event. Mail to: Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Mark L.Minichillo, 52, Celia Detrick, 97, St.Anthony de Padua St.Vincent de Paul Fort Wayne 46856; or e-mail: [email protected]. Events that require an admission charge St.Monica Harry C.Pawelski, 53, or payment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please Fort Wayne Elizabeth R.Germano, Holy Family Beth Ann Robinson, call our advertising sales staff to purchase space. 93, St.Monica 46, St.Joseph Florence A. John Mickels, 66, Kowalewski, 80, Christ Mary M.Hartman, 90, 11, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at invited. Tickets are $6 for adults, St. Bavo the King DEVOTIONS St.Jude Little Flower Holy Hour Little Flower Church, 54191 N. $3 for students and preschoolers Notre Dame Betty J.Peczkowski, 78, Fort Wayne — Deacon Tony Ironwood. Tickets available at are free. For tickets call Chris Vera E. Rucoi, 92, the door are $5 for adults, $3 for Morrow at (574) 936-2400 or John S.Destis, 87, St.John the Baptist Steinacker will celebrate the Queen of Angels children and free for those under Marilyn Fortin at (574) 936-9582 Sacred Heart Basilica Little Flower Holy Hour at Wabash 5. Senior tickets are $3 and fami- or the rectory. Louis J.Voors Jr., 84, MacDougal Chapel on Tuesday, Robert H.Vasoli, 80, Larry Shoemaker, 55, May 16, at 7:15p.m. The speaker ly tickets $15. St.Jude for the evening will be seminari- Knights plan spaghetti dinner Sacred Heart Basilica St.Bernard All alumni reunion planned South Bend — The Knights of Marjorie E.Turpchinoff, an, Matt Coonan. Roanoke Robert Kaiser, 63, Fort Wayne — The Central Columbus Council 5521, 61533 77, Queen of Angels MISC. HAPPENINGS Catholic High School all-alumni S. Ironwood Dr., will have a Lucille M.Prouty, 88, St.Bernard class reunion will be held spaghetti dinner on Friday, May Donna Marie St.Joseph Honor religious and eat frozen treats Saturday, June 24, at the Waterman, 60, South Bend — Ritters Frozen 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. Adults $6, Memorial Coliseum with Mass at South Bend Custard at 4540 South Miami St. children (5-12) $3. Dinner Cathedral of the 5 p.m., a buffet at 6:30 p.m. fol- Alice M.Herma, 91, will sponsor a day to honor reli- includes spaghetti, salad, garlic Immaculate lowed by musical entertainment St.Paul Retirement gious on Sunday, May 21, from toast and coffee. Carry-out avail- Conception ending at 11 p.m. The event Community noon - 6 p.m. Proceeds will be able. includes all who attended CCHS, donated to the Religious St. Augustine or St. Catherine Retirement Fund sponsored by Card party planned from 3 to 8 p.m. Please drop off Barbara Anne Hallman at (574) Academy. The cost is $30 per the USCCB. Serving the frozen South Bend — The St. Adalbert items at the door on the east side 259-5427. person. Call the alumni office for treats will be sisters from reli- Rosary Society will have a card of the school. To arrange large more information at (260) 471- gious communities serving hos- party on Wednesday, May 17, at items to be picked up, contact Garage Sale planned 7649. pitals, schools and other diocesan 6 p.m. in the Heritage Center. Larry Wellman at Fort Wayne — St. Peter Parish ministries. Take-home packs and Plate lunch will be served. [email protected] or call will have a garage sale on May gift certificates available. Ladies May brunch Tickets are $4.50 per person by (260) 748-4107. 19 and 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Plymouth — The St. Michael calling (574) 258-4535 or (574) in the pavilion at 500 E. DeWald Altar Rosary Society and Angel Ministry to caregivers sponsors 288-6641 or at the parish office Day of reflection at convent St. Come early for best bargains. 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books from a recent book fair, two KATRINA weeks ago. “When we distributed the pil- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lows to our Katrina students,” Staid, in Baton Rouge told Today’s Catholic, “their reaction was one raised $1,000. of appreciation and surprise that During Catholic Schools Week they are still being remembered in January, students made pillows and thought of in such a special for the displaced students. The way.” small pillows had five prayer Principal Sandor hopes the cards with inspirational Bible project with their patron saint ally verses, and with the help of a few will make some impact on the moms, the Yoder students decorat- Yoder students. “We had to do ed and prepared the pillows for something because it is the right shipment. thing to do.” It just so happened that a broth- As for the Baton Rouge stu- er of one of the St. Aloysius, dents, Staid commented, “Thank Yoder, parents was working con- you to St. Aloysius School and all struction in New Orleans as part their wonderful children for reach- of the rebuilding project. He ing out to these displaced students agreed to personally deliver the and making them again aware of pillows to Baton Rouge. Christ’s work being carried on by And they arrived, as well as his disciples.”

PROVIDED BY NEW GROUP MEDIA The New Group Media crew stand in front of the Leonardo Da Vinci painting of the Last Supper in Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. With Chris Salvador, from left, is Franciscan Sister Judy Zielinski, Douglas Thomas and Mark Stephenson. Shooting the film footage at locations like the Sea of Galilee and Rome was done on a two-week trip between Thanksgiving and Christmas of 2005.

issues, deciding what to address Notre Dame. and where to go to film. A handful of scenes were recre- Sister Judy explained that it ated and shot in South Bend later, MEDIA became apparent they could not under the watchful eye of photo CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 address every troubling issue in the editor Lynn King, a graduate of the novel and movie in a one-hour doc- American Film Institute who joined acy — including murder and hiding umentary, so they decided to limit NGM in January. PROVIDED BY ST. ALOYSIUS SCHOOL, BATON ROUGE, LA “gospels” — to keep people from the scope to the first 300 years of Hundreds of pages of transcripts Students displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, accept the finding out these “truths.” The Christianity, because those were the were boiled down by Sister Judy, pillows from the Yoder students at St. Aloysius School in Baton Rouge, “truths” are discovered by the most problematic issues in the the film’s writer, to 33 pages, which La. Of the 169 students that the Baton Rouge school accepted last fall, novel’s lead characters through novel. were refined during consultations 38 are still enrolled. “What a kind gesture by the children at your The NGM team knew they with the bishops’ conference. deciphering clues allegedly embed- (Yoder) St. Aloysius School,” said Nancy Staid, curriculum and develop- wanted to do realistic dramatic Likewise, hours and hours of film ded in the paintings of Renaissance ment director at the Louisiana school. artist Leonardo Da Vinci. reenactments for the film and not were edited down to the 55-minute A novel and movie cannot seri- just rely on “talking heads,” so running time by Larry Bilinski, ously damage the Catholic Church, Sister Judy and Salvador took two NGM’s post-production director Discover a truth more acknowledged Msgr. Francis scouting trips in July and August to and senior editor, who also blended Maniscalco, director of communi- Turkey, Greece, Italy and the Holy in appropriate background music. powerful than fiction. cations for the U.S. bishops, but “If Land to look for locations, visuals Bilinski explained to Today’s only one person were to come away and local people to be the actors. Catholic that the other members of with a distorted impression of Jesus They also wanted to find religious the team bring all the “ingredients,” Christ or his church, our concern is art, buildings and other imagery for and he is the person who stays for that person as if he or she were their film. home and “cooks the meal.” the whole world.” Shooting the film footage at And a delicious meal it is, com- Thus, the bishops asked film locations like the Sea of Galilee and bining dramatic reenactments in the production companies to submit Rome was done on a two-week trip actual locations Jesus and early proposals for a documentary to between Thanksgiving and Christians walked, along with stun- address the misinformation in “The Christmas of 2005. Salvador and ning visuals and engaging com- Da Vinci Code,” and NGM won Sister Judy were accompanied that mentary by top experts, all of that competition. time by NGM’s Douglas Thomas, which will interest any person, NGM, with its offices and stu- who did all the camera work, and even those unfamiliar with “The Da dios in downtown South Bend, was Mark Stephenson, NGM’s director Vinci Code.” Adding to this quality formed in 2002 by three men who of technical operations, who han- is justifiable pride in having this had been employed by Golden dled the sound. The four-person highly professional film made not Dome Productions, a film produc- NGM team carried all of their own in Hollywood, but right here in this equipment, as well as costumes and diocese. tion company associated with the Catholic Belief versus Modern Fiction University of Notre Dame. When wigs provided by a South Bend WISE-TV in Fort Wayne is Golden Dome Productions was dis- costume consultant. scheduled to air “Jesus Decoded” at www.jesusdecoded.com banded by the university, Also during that busy noon on May 21. The programming Christopher Salvador, Larry November of 2005, NGM did all manager at WNDU-TV in South Watch Jesus Decoded on Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene? Did the Bilinski and Douglas Thomas part- the on-camera interviews with the Bend said the film is not yet sched- yourWatch local NBC-TVJesus station Catholic Church suppress “the real truth” about experts who speak about the issues uled, but probably will run on a nered to start NGM, and their com- (checkDecoded for local on listings). Jesus and the early Church? Did an emperor’s politics pany has been growing ever since. in the film: Salesian Father Francis weekend. He said to watch the tele- WISE-TV, Ch. 33, determine the divinity of Christ? Moloney, a biblical expert who for- vision listings in the paper, or check Or you may order a DVD The addition of Franciscan Sister from noon-1 p.m. merly taught at The Catholic the WNDU Web site, at of this groundbreaking To help separate Catholic belief from modern fiction, Judy Zielinski in 2003 as director on May 21. the Catholic Communication Campaign, presents Jesus of Faith and Values Programming University of America; Richard www.wndu.com. film for just $19.95 (plus Hays, a New Testament expert at More information on the film In the South Bend Decoded, an hour-long documentary that provides has made the company even shipping & handling) by Duke University; Sister of St. can be found at www.jesusdecod- area please check accurate information about the person of Jesus, his stronger in the area of religious pro- callingyour 1-800-235-8722. local listings. gramming. Joseph Maria Pascuzzi, a New ed.com/tvspecial1.php. Click on followers, their belief in his divinity, the formation of the Salvador, the film’s director, Testament expert at the University “View the Trailer” for a short pre- New Testament, and the important role women played in told Today’s Catholic that as soon of San Diego; Marist Father Justin view of the film. The DVD may be his ministry and the spread of the Gospel message. as the company learned in March of Taylor, a biblical scholar and expert ordered for $19.95 through that 2005 that it had won the contract on Christian origins at the Ecole Web site, or by calling the bishops’ Biblique et Archeologique publishing office at (800) 235- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for “Jesus Decoded,” company per- 3211 Fourth Street, NE • Washington, DC 20017-1194 sonnel dove into researching the Francaise in Jerusalem; and Robert 8722. Randolf Coleman, an art expert at