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www.archindy.org March 23, 2001 Vol. XXXX, No. 23 50¢ The first national Catholic lay ministry symposium is held in Indianapolis By Jennifer Del Vechio hearing questions about how lay eccle- fession, such as youth ministers, music “We’ve taken for granted that piece, sial ministers lived their spiritual lives ministers or others in parish and out- but we are also forming people for min- The first national symposium to dis- and how the Church could help them reach ministries. istry, and it should be part of the pro- cuss the spiritual formation of lay eccle- with their spiritual formation needs. There are at least 30,000 lay ecclesial grams,” she said. sial ministers is being held in “While we have the tradition of cler- ministers in the nation, LeBeau said. The symposium will try to answer Indianapolis this week. ical and consecrated religious [spiritual At issue is how lay ministers form questions about how lay ministers pray, Lay ministry leaders from across the formation], lay ministers don’t have the their spirituality and how colleges and how they envision God and how they country are attending the symposium, same structure in their lives and support certified diocesan programs can be talk about their ministry, Le Beau said. which runs March 22-24 at the Westin for that formation,” LeBeau said. designed to help them in their spiritual “We believe to be authentic ministers Hotel. Saint Meinrad School of The issue is important as more lay formation. you need an authentic relationship with Theology is hosting the conference. people take on responsibilities that used While it is a given that seminarians God,” she said. The idea for a national symposium to be done only by priests or religious. have spiritual formation classes, lay Many dioceses, including the Archdio- began when Dr. Dorothy LeBeau, lay The symposium is aimed at people ministry also needs that component, cese of Indianapolis, have programs for formation dean for Saint Meinrad, began who have chosen lay ministry as a pro- LeBeau said. See SYMPOSIUM, page 2 Speaker discusses improving work Letting go of the hate between males and Two men talk about how the females in the Church CHICAGO (CNS)—Improved collabo- murder of their daughters taught ration among women and men in the Catholic Church must start with moving them to oppose capital punishment Wyand MaryPhotos by Ann the site of decision-making out of the rec- tory or other locations closed to women, a By Mary Ann Wyand loved which somehow was not speaker told a national gathering of damaged in the explosion that women March 12. SAINT MARY-OF-THE- destroyed the federal building Leodia “Lee” Gooch, program manager WOODS—The execution of nearby. for evangelization and parish outreach in Timothy McVeigh on May 16 at the Grief-stricken, he asked himself, the Human Rights Office of the Archdio- U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute “What does Bud Welch need to do cese of St. Louis, spoke on the second day “won’t bring Julie Marie Welch to move on?” of a three-day meeting in Chicago. back or any of the 167 others” killed And then, Welch said, he realized The meeting was convened by the U.S. in the April 19, 1995, bombing of that only forgiveness leads to recon- bishops’ Committee on Women in Society the Alfred P. Murrah Federal ciliation and healing. and in the Church to consult with some Building in Oklahoma City, Bud That realization led him to speak 150 women holding diocesan leadership Welch said. out against the death penalty during positions. Suzanne Magnant, chancellor “When we take Tim McVeigh more than 1,500 speeches in the of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, out of his cage to kill him, we will United States and in other countries. attended the conference. end up with a staged political “I finally figured out that if we “When Catholic schools started getting event,” Welch said. “It will do noth- were to execute either one [Timothy lay teachers, the religious had to learn not ing more or less for society, and it McVeigh or Terry Nichols], that to have a faculty meeting in the convent certainly won’t bring me peace.” would be an act of vengeance and over breakfast,” Gooch said. And as women Welch talked with Providence rage,” Welch said, “and vengeance received leadership posts in U.S. dioceses sisters and Saint Mary-of-the- and rage are the very reasons that and parishes, “decisions no longer could be Woods College students during Julie and the 167 others were made at the dinner table at the rectory.” two speeches on March 15 at the killed.” Much of Gooch’s talk centered on the congregation’s motherhouse near Welch’s remarks echoed Pope recent survey of women diocesan leaders Terre Haute about his spiritual John Paul II’s Lenten message that on their positive and negative experiences journey since his daughter was “forgiveness in the only way to in Church leadership and about what killed in the bombing. peace between peoples and helps or hinders their contributions. In the days, weeks and months nations.” Gooch used the term “I” to describe after the bombing, Welch said, When Welch talked about his the collective image of women in Church rage and grief nearly destroyed daughter, he smiled and even leadership that emerged from that survey. him. He started chain-smoking cig- laughed as he shared humorous “Mostly I am white,” said Gooch, who arettes and drinking heavily. memories of her faith-filled life and is African-American, “but a small part of Finally, Welch said, he decided his pride about her work as a me is Hispanic, African-American or to visit the bombing site again and Spanish interpreter for the Social Asian-American.” spend some time in reflection by Security Administration. See WOMEN, page 16 what is now called the Survivor’s “Julie was a daily communicant Tree, an elm tree that his daughter for the last few years of her life,” he said. “On the morning of April 19, she went to a 7 a.m. Mass, then went to work at 8 a.m. at the Social Security Administration. The only thing that separated the Social Security waiting room from the Ryder Truck bomb was the side- walk.” It took rescuers several days to find Julie’s body in the rubble. “A lot of people have asked me how I got through it, and it was prayer,” Welch said. “Julie’s favorite prayer was the Hail Mary, Top, Bud Welch holds a picture of his daughter, Julie, which and I said a lot of Hail Marys, but I was taken shortly before she was killed in the April 19, 1995, Paul Stevens keeps a picture of his wasn’t really praying. I was only bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. daughter, Cindy, inside his Bible, which saying the words. But I knew peo- Welch now campaigns for an end to the death penalty. he carries with him every day. Stevens ple all over the world were praying has dedicated his prison ministry at the [for the bombing victims and their Bottom, “I really feel that Cindy’s with me all the time,” Paul Kentucky State Prison in Eddyville to families].” Stevens said during a program titled “Two Fathers’ Stories: her memory. The Bible was a gift from Welch said he also felt he should Rage, Reconciliation and the Death Penalty” last week at inmates at the prison. See FORGIVE, page 2 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 23, 2001

and he told her, “Honey, the three of us are in this for the rest of our lives, but we FORGIVE can make the most of it. I don’t want your continued from page 1 brother to die, and I’ll do everything that

I can to prevent it.” Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann visit McVeigh’s father, Bill, at his home After leaving the McVeigh house, in western New York in September of Welch said he sobbed for a half an hour. 1998. Then he realized that he had never felt “I knew that I needed to go tell that man closer to God than he did at that moment. that I didn’t hold him or his family respon- “I don’t know where I’m going to be sible,” Welch said. “I can go all over the on May 16,” he said. “I will not be country and to Europe and Africa, and can involved in any kind of demonstration. I brag on Julie and tell you all the wonderful will not hold a sign. I will not have a can- things that she did. But every single morn- dle lighted for public demonstration pur- ing, Bill McVeigh has to face the reality poses. I may light a candle privately.” that his son is a convicted killer. What I Several months ago, Welch said, he found that Saturday morning in western agreed to appear on a television news pro- New York was a bigger victim of the gram after Timothy McVeigh’s execution Paul Stevens (left) and Bud Welch listen as St. Joseph of Carondelet Sister Joan Lescinski, president Oklahoma City bomb- and now regrets that of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, thanks them for sharing the stories of their journeys to forgive- ing.” decision. ness after their daughters were murdered. Welch talked with ‘I don’t want your Welch said he Bill McVeigh and his believes McVeigh is Death Row inmates at the Kentucky State “During that three-day retreat, I was daughter, Jennifer, for brother to die, and suicidal, and that’s Prison in Eddyville. able to get rid of all the hate and come up an hour and a half that why he drove a rental Stevens began his prison ministry 15 with forgiveness,” he said. “I can only say day, and the men have I’ll do everything that truck with a 5,000- years ago as a tribute to the memory of his that the Lord was helping me to get over become friends. I can to prevent it.’ pound homemade daughter, Cindy, who was killed by an abu- that time of despair.” “While we were bomb from Kansas to sive man while babysitting for his children. Wherever Stevens goes, he carries a talking, I caught myself Oklahoma City in Due to a court error, the man was only sen- picture of Cindy in a Bible given to him looking at a picture of Tim on the wall,” April of 1995, then waived his legal tenced to manslaughter for her death and by prisoners. He even let a Death Row Welch said. “I know I looked at it way appeals process last December. received a seven-year sentence. inmate pray with her rosary, and the too many times, and I started feeling self- In keeping with his promise to Bill and At first, Stevens said, he was filled man held it in his hand during his exe- conscious. So finally I said, ‘What a Jennifer McVeigh, Welch joined Paul with anger, which intensified after the cution. good-looking kid!’ Bill looked up at the Stevens, another father whose daughter verdict. He decided to move to Kentucky “There’s an alternative to the death wall, then he looked at me and he said, was murdered, to present eight programs with his wife, Ruth, and their children to penalty,” Stevens told the sisters and stu- ‘That’s Tim’s high school graduation pic- titled “Two Fathers’ Stories: Rage, start a new life together there. dents. “It’s life in prison without parole. ture.’ I could see a tear in his eye. At that Reconciliation and the Death Penalty” After reflecting on Scripture passages What we’ve really got to do is start look- moment, I could see the love a father has last week in Terre Haute. and participating in a Cursillo weekend, ing at ourselves. Are we looking at the for his son.” Formerly of Washington, Ind., Stevens he later was able to forgive his daughter’s death penalty [as a solution] because Welch said he and Jennifer cried too, now lives in Kentucky and ministers to murderer. we’ve got too much hate in ourselves?” †

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By Mary Ann Wyand parishioners’ homes so more people could participate in the evangelization Leon Romero just moved to Indian- project. apolis from Tlaxcala, Mexico. “This tradition started when Father

Romero only speaks Spanish, but he Michael O’Mara was pastor as an evange- Wyand MaryPhotos by Ann has already found a church home at lization, witness and outreach,” Father St. Philip Neri Parish in his near-east side Beever said. “At a faith formation meet- neighborhood. ing, we were talking about Lent and I said He was happy to discover that many maybe we could place 40 crosses in Hispanic Catholics worship there at parishioners’ yards and leave them there English and Spanish Masses, and the pas- for the whole period of Lent. I thought if tor, Father Carlton Beever, speaks one cross is a witness in one yard, what if Spanish, too. we had 40 crosses present in the whole Romero also was pleased to be invited neighborhood.” to participate in a bilingual Lenten prayer The bilingual prayer service is also service after Mass on March 18, and said new this year, and Father Beever said it is he felt honored to carry a large cross in helping unite the parish, affirm Hispanic the procession to a parishioner’s home. Catholics and welcome new members. Translating for Romero, St. Philip Neri “A lot of Hispanic people were particu- parishioner José Rayos said, “He is very larly eager to have a cross in their yards,” happy, very grateful, to be here. He would he said. “I think they see it as an external really like to participate in this parish expression of their faith.” because without Jesus Christ you cannot During the March 18 prayer service at be happy.” parishioner Rita Kriech’s home, four St. Philip Neri parishioners Romero also was happy when Kathy neighborhood children walked by and José Rayos (above, left) Hodgson, faith formation coordinator for were curious enough to stop and listen to and Jim Finney (right) talk the parish, offered to provide a cross for the prayers. “They’re talking Spanish,” with Leon Romero, who his front yard soon. one boy said. just moved to Indianapolis, “The cross is a sign that Jesus is pre- Kreich has lived at the same address before the Lenten prayer sent,” Hodgson said. “It’s also a reminder for 44 years, and has participated in the service on March 18. Other to us when we look at the cross that we’re Lenten cross project twice. This year, she parishioners (at left) carry supposed to show Christ’s love in the invited relatives from St. Rose of Lima crosses to Rita Kreich’s neighborhood. We’re his hands.” Parish in Franklin to help carry crosses. home for the prayer ser- This is the seventh year that St. Philip “It’s wonderful that St. Philip is doing vice. (See a related story Neri Parish has taken the Gospel message this,” she said. “It makes me think more on page 10 about Father of Christ to the streets during Lent by of Lent. We’ll do more penance. I hope Carlton Beever’s recent placing a large, wooden cross in a differ- everybody that comes by sees the cross studies in Mexico.) ent parishioner’s yard every week and and realizes what it stands for.” blessing the cross during a brief prayer Parishioner Pat Rogester loves the service. Lenten prayer services. The Lenten tradition has become so “We need this in the neighborhood,” popular that this year Father Beever sug- she said. “I think it’s an excellent procla- gested that the parish place 40 crosses— mation of Lent—that we’re here and that to symbolize each day of Lent—at there is a lot of Christian love here.” †

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can’t let St. Joseph’s Day go by hood. No one would have been able without reflecting on his impor- to predict that some day he would Catholics for a Free Choice tance in Christian life. His be the founding bishop of a diocese Iunique, largely unsung role in in the New World. Bishop Simon the practicalities of making the Bruté is a patron of hope in our isn’t Catholic Incarnation and all that ensued hap- own land. His life, too, bears testi- pen preoccupies my thoughts these mony that God is in charge and that uppose there were an organization Catholic Activities (FADICA), reported days. with God all things are possible called Catholics for Atheism. in the bimonthly magazine St. Joseph is a patron of hope. according to his own good plan. SWould it be a Catholic organiza- Philanthropy that major funding for Let me explain. Joseph enabled Patrons of hope are on my mind tion? Or how about Catholics for Catholics for a Free Choice is provided Jesus and Mary to accomplish their these days. I have written before of Racism? by foundations with no connection to roles in the story of our redemption. the 25 priest-martyrs of Guada- Obviously an organization cannot be the Catholic Church and, in fact, no He did so in trying times and with- lajara, Mexico, who were executed Catholic if it is diametrically opposed to stated interest in religion as such. out knowing how things would turn because they were priests between the teaching and practice of the Catholic According to Butler, secular founda- Church. And, yet, there is an organiza- tions such as Ford, MacArthur, out. Besides providing a livelihood 1910 and 1938. I mentioned before tion called Catholics for a Free Choice Rockefeller, Public Welfare, Hewlett, for Mary and Jesus as a carpenter, that, in 1938, absolutely no one (CFFC), which describes itself as an Packard and Buffet “show that their we know he led his Savior and would have been able to predict that independent nonprofit Catholic organi- only use for religious belief is as a Mary in flight as refugees to Egypt. by the year 2000 there would be zation “working in the Catholic social wedge—a means to advance an ideo- He did what he had to do. He obvi- more than 1,000 diocesan priests in justice tradition” that actively promotes logical agenda under the guise of reli- ously held on to his faith that God the Archdiocese of Guadalajara and abortion, contraception, voluntary steril- gious dissent.” We think this is a pretty would take care of things. that the religious houses would be ization and active dissent from the good definition of Catholics for a Free teachings of the Catholic Church in Choice—an organization dedicated to Benedictine Father Donald full as well. these and other areas. advancing an ideological agenda under Walpole, a monk of Saint Meinrad More than a few times my mind What’s going on here? the guise of religious dissent. Archabbey, painted a mural that has thought about those martyrs, Unfortunately, the Catholic Church What is the ideological agenda of depicts this feat. Jesus and Mary are but actually my mind moves more does not have exclusive rights to the Catholics for a Free Choice? Some riding on a donkey led by Joseph; readily to those priests and religious name “Catholic.” In fact, there are liter- would say it is religious intolerance or Jesus is grabbing onto one of who were not martyred in those ally hundreds of organizations (many of moral relativism or even “the culture of Joseph’s fingers with his tiny hand. days. I think of those who in great them churches) that call themselves death.” Others might argue that CFFC’s The caption on the mural reads danger and steadfastness kept the Catholic even though they have no for- efforts to promote its pro-choice agenda mal affiliation with the Roman Catholic in Latin America represents a form of “The Hand of the Humble Joseph faith and carried on the ministry Church. The difference is that most of cultural neo-colonialism designed to Guides that of the Almighty.” What when there seemed to be little hope these organizations maintain a lower export the secular humanism of its fun- a wonderful thought! and only hardship. Like Bishop public profile than Catholics for a Free ders to cultures that are historically Fleeing the treacherous Herod in Simon Bruté, who had little reason Choice, which is anxious to be seen as a Catholic. order to save his spouse and the for hope in becoming a seminarian legitimate organization within the Whatever conclusion is drawn from Child Jesus was a frightful, faith- in the dark days and the aftermath Catholic Church—in spite of the fact the decidedly non-Catholic activities testing experience for Joseph. Even of the French Revolution, so in that in 1993 the Administrative and interests of this organization, one Committee of the National Conference thing should be perfectly clear to any- he, the foster father of the Savior and Mexico, brave young people of Catholic Bishops made it quite clear one who has eyes to see or ears to hear. true spouse of Mary ever-Virgin, accepted the call of God to pursue that CFFC “merits no recognition as a Catholics for a Free Choice isn’t experienced the unsettling reality God’s plan not knowing how things Catholic organization” and “its purposes Catholic. that what happens in life is ulti- would turn out. God is in charge and activities deliberately contradict mately in God’s control, not ours. and God provides. essential teachings of the Catholic — Daniel Conway Humbly and with hope he guided the Like St. Joseph, sometimes we faith.” hand of the Almighty, not knowing are expected to let Jesus clutch a Interestingly, a recent article by (Daniel Conway is a member of the how things would turn out. finger of our hand even as we pray Francis J. Butler, president of editorial committee of the board of Foundations and Donors Interested in directors of Criterion Press Inc.) † I made this connection to fervently for divine grace, for St. Joseph while reading the biogra- divine guidance to lead us. Bishop phy of Bishop Simon Bruté de Simon Bruté courageously pursued Remur, who as bishop of Vincennes his vocation; he courageously left was the founding bishop of the France to serve the missions of the Catholic Church in Indiana. I had New World; he courageously forgotten that Simon Bruté’s youth obeyed God’s call to found a mis- was spent in the upheaval of the sionary Church in a place that French Revolution and the persecu- would be called Indiana. He would TheCriterion tion of the clergy in France. A sig- not live long enough to see the nificant number of Bruté’s priest- fruitfulness of God’s plan in this mentors were victims of the guillo- new territory. And those priests and Published weekly except the last week of December and the first week of January. Mailing tine. Seminaries had been closed. religious (like Blessed Mother Address: 1400 N. Meridian Street, Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1717. Periodical Postage Paid at Indianapolis, IN. Copyright © 2001 Criterion Press, Inc. ISSN 0574-4350. His family and friends opposed his Theodore Guérin) who carried on pursuit of the priesthood under such after the missionary bishop deserve Phone Numbers: Staff: dire circumstances. 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Buscando la Cara del Señor Letters to the Editor Arzobispo Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Mayor Peterson’s position Response: There seem to be fundamental misun- misstated in editorial on derstandings between the archdiocese and House Bill 1574 the city’s administration about the implica- tions of House Bill 1574 for the Hablemos de In your editorial concerning House Bill Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the 1574 (The Criterion, March 9), William Catholic Church throughout the state. Bruns inaccurately stated that Mayor Bart What is missing in the mayor’s letter to Peterson supported levying fees on the archbishop is the sense that he under- los patronos de churches and he made that statement after stands that, for us, the issue is bigger than the mayor had made his position clear in a the city of Indianapolis. letter to Archbishop Buechlein, dated As the archbishop pointed out in his March 1, 2001 (see letter below). subsequent response to the mayor, the Mayor Peterson has stated his support Archdiocese of Indianapolis covers 38 la esperanza counties and one township in central and for House Bill 1574 because it gives local communities flexibility in determining southern Indiana, with a Catholic popula- how to pay for the escalating costs of pub- tion of some 227,000. The archdiocese has o puedo dejar que pase el día patrono de la esperanza en nuestra lic safety services. The problem is particu- 152 church buildings, but it also has many de San José sin reflejar su tierra. Su vida, también fue testimo- larly acute in Indianapolis, where our cur- other Church-owned properties other than importancia en la vida nio de que Dios está a cargo y que these “places of worship.” There are six rent system of paying for these services NCristiana. Su único y silen- con Dios todas las cosas son posibles archdiocesan high schools, 64 elementary from our property taxes creates an unfair cioso rol en las practicidades de la de acuerdo a su buen plan. schools, a retreat house, Catholic Youth burden for Center City taxpayers because Encarnación y los resultados que Los patronos de la esperanza están Organization facilities, rectories, convents, of the diminishing tax base and large num- sucedieron preocupan mis pensamien- en mi mente en estos días. Yo he multipurpose buildings and numerous ber of tax-exempt properties. House Bill tos en estos días. escrito anteriormente sobre los 25 social services agencies, including two San José es un patrono de la esper- sacerdotes mártires de Guadalajara, 1574 would give the City County Council maternity homes, two emergency shelters, anza. Permítanme explicar. José per- México, quienes fueron ejecutados a tool in determining how best to come up and a number of soup kitchens, food mitió a Jesús y María lograr sus roles porque fueron sacerdotes entre los with the funding necessary to protect all of pantries and counseling centers. Each one en la historia de nuestra expiación. Él años 1910 y 1938. He mencionado Indianapolis. The bill itself, however, does of these entities could be affected by the lo hizo en los tiempos difíciles y sin anterior a eso que, en 1938 nadie not create a fee or taxes on church proper- passage and eventual implementation of saber como terminarían las cosas. hubiese sido capaz de predecir que ties. That would require action by the House Bill 1574. Theoretically, every Aparte de proveer el sustento como por el año 2000 habría más de 1000 Indianapolis City County Council and municipality in the state could implement carpintero para María y Jesús, sabe- sacerdotes diocesanos en la approval by the mayor. Mayor Peterson the provisions of the bill. mos como él guió a su Salvador y a archidiócesis de Guadalajara y que las has expressed his opposition to this option Because the mayor continues to support María huyendo como refugiados hacia casas de religiosos también estarían and has vowed to veto any effort to assess House Bill 1574 even though he pledged to Egipto. Él hizo lo que tenía que hacer. llenas. a fee on churches or places of worship. oppose the inclusion of “places of worship” Él obviamente mantuvo su fe en que Muchas veces mi mente ha pen- These are the facts concerning this if the bill were implemented in Dios se encargaría de todo. sado sobre esos mártires, pero en real- piece of legislation. While it is clear that Indianapolis, we believe that we have no El Padre Benedictino Donald idad mi mente se mueve hacia aquel- Mayor Peterson agrees with Mr. Bruns that choice but to publicly oppose the legisla- Walpole, un monje de la arcabadía de los sacerdotes y religiosos que no we shouldn’t charge a fee to any place of tion because of the Church’s responsibili- St. Meinrad, pintó un mural que rep- fueron martirizados en aquellos días. worship, that fact does not diminish my ties throughout the entire archdiocese. resenta esta hazaña. Jesús y María Yo pienso en aquellos quienes bajo disappointment in Mr. Bruns’ failure to —WRB están montados en un burro guiados grandes peligros y con gran firmeza perform the basic tenets of good journal- por José. Jesús está agarrando uno de mantuvieron su fe y continuaron con ism and good decision-making. los dedos de José con su manito. La el ministerio cuando parecía haber tan Policy on intinction Michael O’Connor, Indianapolis leyenda en el mural dice “La mano poca esperanza y únicamente penas. I recently listened to a discussion about del humilde José guía aquella del Así como el Obispo Simón Bruté (O’Connor, a member of St. Patrick intinction, with wide ranges of views Todopoderoso”. ¡Que maravilloso quien tenía pocas esperanzas de poder Parish in Indianapolis, is the chief deputy regarding the matter. In checking the pensamiento! convertirse en un seminarista en los mayor of Indianapolis.) Catholic Encyclopedia, I found out that Huir del traidor Herodes para sal- días oscuros y después de las conse- var a su esposa y al Niño Jesús fue cuencias de la Revolución Francesa, Mayor Peterson’s letter the archdiocese determines the matter at the local level, and would like to know una experiencia temerosa y una así que en México, jóvenes valientes to Archbishop Buechlein: prueba para la fe de José. Aun él, el aceptaron el llamado de Dios para Recently there has been some confusion our policy here. padre adoptivo del Salvador y ver- continuar con el plan de Dios sin concerning a piece of legislation that is Thanks for doing an outstanding job with The Criterion, communicating to our dadero esposo de María la siempre saber como terminarían las cosas. being considered by the Indiana General expansive and diverse archdiocese. Virgen, experimentó la inquieta reali- Dios está a cargo y Dios proveerá. Assembly. That legislation, if passed, dad que lo que sucede en la vida últi- Así como San José, algunas veces would grant city councils the authority to Vicki Mansfield, Indianapolis mamente está bajo el control de Dios, esperamos que Jesús tome un dedo de pass a public safety fee to replace the cur- Response: y no el nuestro. Humildemente y con nuestra mano, cuando rezamos fer- rent method of paying for some of those esperanza él guió la mano del vientemente por la gracia divina y por The official “Sacramental/Liturgical services through our property taxes. I have Policies of the Archdiocese of Indian- Todopoderoso, sin saber como termi- la orientación divina para que nos stated my support for that type of legisla- narían las cosas. guíe. El Obispo Simón Bruté valiente- apolis” deal with intinction and other tion because it makes sense for the City of communion practices in section 9520.1: Yo me conecté con San José mien- mente siguió su vocación; dejó Indianapolis to consider different ways to tras leía la biografía del obispo Simón Francia para servir en las misiones “At Eucharist, communion by eating the pay for our costs of providing essential eucharistic bread and drinking from the Bruté de Remur. quien como obispo del Nuevo Mundo; y obedeció el lla- public safety services from a dwindling de Vincennes fue el obispo fundador mado de Dios para fundar un Iglesia cup is to be offered to the assembly when source of revenue. de la Iglesia Católica en Indiana. Misionera en un lugar que sería lla- this can be done with reverence and there Some have suggested that this could Había olvidado que Simón Bruté mado Indiana. Él no viviría lo sufi- has been sufficient catechesis. Communion result in a tax or fee charged to churches vivió su juventud en la convulsionada ciente para ver los frutos de los by intinction (the minister dipping the con- Revolución Francesa y la persecución planes de Dios en este nuevo territo- and other places of worship. Let me assure secrated bread into the cup) is to be del clero en Francia. Un significativo rio. Y aquellos sacerdotes y religiosas you that I would oppose any effort by our reserved for extraordinary circumstances número de sacerdotes mentores fueron (como la Bendita Madre Teodora City-County Council to tax or charge addi- since it removes the option of receiving víctimas de la guillotina. Los semi- Guérin) quien continuó después del tional fees to places of worship. communion in the hand. The dipping of narios habían sido cerrados. Su misionero Obispo merece nuestra I hope this clarifies my position on the the consecrated bread into the cup by the familia y amigos se oponían a su reflexión y admiración. issue. I look forward to working with you communicant is not to be practiced.” búsqueda del sacerdocio bajo esas Así como estos desconocidos in the future as we build a world-class Charles Gardner horrendas circunstancias. Simón Bruté héroes de la esperanza y aquellos city together. tenía todo lo necesario para alcanzar quienes siguieron a los mártires mexi- Bart Peterson (Gardner is secretary for spiritual life una carrera en medicina, en la cual canos, esperanzados en contra de la Mayor of Indianapolis and worship for the archdiocese.) sobresalió, captando inclusive la aten- esperanza, hoy es nuestro turno de ción de Napoleón. Parecía existir poca confiar en la providencia de Dios. San esperanza para la Iglesia en el mundo. José guió el camino porque él creyó Sin embargo, con un gran sacrificio, en que todas las cosas son posibles Letters Policy Bruté se mantuvo abierto al llamado con Dios. ¡Nosotros no podemos Letters from readers are published in readers as necessary based on space limitations, de Dios y siguió su vocación al sacer- hacer menos! † The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s com- docio. Nadie hubiese podido predecir pastoral sensitivity and content (including mitment to “the responsible exchange of freely- spelling and grammar). In order to encourage que algún día él sería el Obispo fun- held and expressed opinion among the People of opinions from a variety of readers, frequent writ- dador de una Diócesis en el Nuevo Traducido por: Language Training God” (Communio et Progressio, 116). ers will ordinarily be limited to one letter every Mundo. El Obispo Simón Bruté es un Center, Indianapolis Letters from readers are welcome and every three months. Concise letters (usually less than effort will be made to include letters from as 300 words) are more likely to be printed. many people and representing as many view- Letters must be signed, but, for serious rea- Las intenciones vocationales del Arzobispo Buechlein para marzo points as possible. Letters should be informed, relevant, well-expressed and temperate in tone. sons, names may be withheld. Los jóvenes: que ellos acepten el ánimo del Espíritu Santo, para que puedan They must reflect a basic sense of courtesy and Send letters to: “Letters to the Editor,” The Criterion, P.O. Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN discernir su papel en la Iglesia, especialmente la llamada de Dios a hacerse respect. The editors reserve the right to select the let- 46206-1717. Readers with access to e-mail sacerdote y entrar en una vida religiosa. ters that will be published and to edit letters from may send letters to: [email protected]. Page 6 The Criterion Friday, March 23, 2001

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St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. Mickley Ave., open to the public. launched a new Website which can be women grieving after an abortion. in Indianapolis invites all members of accessed at www.sistersstjo-tipton.org. The Rachel’s Companions is a confidential St. Joseph and St. Ann parishes and their Mount Saint Francis Retreat Center is site includes information about individual spiritual support group offering prayer, friends and families to attend a renewal offering a contemplative retreat, “The sisters and a broad overview of their his- reflection and spiritual formation in a beginning on Palm Sunday, April 8, Gospel Call to the Kingdom,” on tory and ministries. group setting. For more information about through April 11. Programs will be held April 6-8. The retreat begins with check-in either abortion reconciliation program, call from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each evening. between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. and ends at Interested couples are invited to attend Servants of the Gospel of Life Sister Diane The renewal will be led by Father Ralph 1 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call the Retrouvaille Weekend on April 27, 28 Carollo, director of the archdiocesan pro- Beiting, founder of the Christian 812-923-8817. and 29 at Fatima Retreat House in life office, at 317-236-1521 or 800-382- Appalachian Project, and will focus on Indianapolis. The program is for couples 9836, ext. 1521. All calls are confidential. applying our faith to everyday life. A women’s Lenten retreat, “Journaling suffering pain and disillusionment in their Childcare and transportation will be pro- for Spiritual Growth,” will be offered marriage, even those already separated or Spirituality and Spaghetti will be held vided. Dinner will be provided on Palm April 6-8 at Fatima Retreat House in divorced. It is open to couples of all faiths. every Wednesday at 6 p.m. until April 11 at Sunday. Registration is required. To regis- Indianapolis with Benedictine Father Noel For more information, call 317-236-1586 Holy Rosary Church, 520 Stevens St., in ter, call the parish office at 317-244-9002. Mueller. The retreat will help participants or 800-382-9836 or contact the Indianapolis. The topic, “How the Catholic learn different forms of journaling to show Retrouvaille hotline at 317-738-1448. Church Is the Same and How It Is Different A one-act play, “The Last Supper,” how God is working in their life. The cost from Other Churches,” will be presented by will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on March 31 is $125 per person. For more information, The John XXIII Center in Hartford City Msgr. Joseph Schaedel, pastor, or Priestly and April 1 in the Oldenburg Academy call 317-545-7681. is offering a healing workshop, “Genuine Fraternity of St. Peter Father Dennis Auditorium. Members of St. John, St. Recovery,” on March 30-April 1. Dr. Duvelius, associate pastor. There is a free- Magdalen and St. Maurice parishes will Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College will Miriam Burke will lead presentations on will offering for food. To register, call the present the play. The play will also be per- present information about “Mounted TheoPhostic Counseling. Theo (God) parish office at 317-636-4478. formed at 7:30 p.m. on April 8 at St. John Miracles,” a therapeutic horseback riding Phostic (light) counseling is a biblical Church in Osgood. program for children and young adults approach in counseling. The event is open The 57th annual TRIAD concert will with developmental needs. The program is to everyone, especially those in ministry, be held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral at Stillpoint, a musical group of the Sisters designed for the certified occupational spiritual direction, therapy and counseling. 7:30 p.m. March 24 and 2 p.m. March of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, will perform therapy assistant and will include informa- The cost is $195 per person. For more 25. Admission is $6. The TRIAD is pre- a Lenten concert of contemporary sacred tion about the college’s bachelor’s degree information, call 765-348-4008. sented by The Columbians of the Knights music at 2:30 p.m. on March 25 in the program in this area. The cost is $30. For of Columbus, the Indianapolis monastery church. The concert will feature more information, call 812-535-5149. The archdiocesan Office of Pro-Life Maennerchor, and the Murat Chanters. hand bells and spiritual songs composed Activities is sponsoring two new ministries The theme will be “Hooray for by members of Stillpoint. The concert is The Sisters of St. Joseph in Tipton have to help women struggling with the after- Hollywood,” which features music from math of abortion. Project Rachel offers the movies. For more information, call confidential, individual assistance to Larry Litzelman at 317-925-4190. † Awards . . .

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History lesson Second-grade students at Christ the King School in Indianapolis completed a “Famous American Museum,” historical project. Each student selected a famous person from history, researched the individual, created a costume and memorized a one-minute story of that person’s life.They por- trayed the famous American for parents, family members and other students.To hear the story, par- ticipants had to push a button for the famous American character to “come to life.” Pictured left to right, Liam Welch and Gina Bidmead listen to Davy Crockett (Mason Craig) tell about his life. A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2001 by Catholic News FaithAlive! Service. God initiates the process of prayer within us

By Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere, S.S.S. fast throughout the season; I will visit

the sick; I will give alms to homeless CNS photo How do we know whether a prayer is people.” answered? How do we know whether Or we may be like King David, pray- God even listens to our prayer? From the ing for the forgiveness of sins. After the beginning of history, our ancestors proba- prophet Nathan spoke to David about his bly asked the same questions. affair with Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Actually, don’t many of us tend to be Hittite, David wrote Psalm 51. Today, we fairly certain that God listens to our call this psalm in Latin “Miserere,” that prayers of thanksgiving and our prayers is, “Have Mercy.” of praise? What we may find ourselves In Psalm 51, David repeated a simple, wondering is whether God listens to our eloquent prayer for forgiveness: “Have petitions for health, for peace in the mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in world, for an abundant harvest. your abundant compassion blot out my What we are forgetting is that it is God offense. Wash away all my guilt.” who plants the seed of prayer in our In the same psalm, David repeatedly hearts. When we pray, we think that the acknowledged his guilt: “For I know my initiative comes from us. But it is God offense ... . Against you alone have I who initiates the process of prayer. sinned; I have done such evil in your God is awesome. Comparing us with sight.” God, we are poor, lowly creatures—like Throughout the centuries, Psalm 51 tiny grains of sand in the desert. Thus, as has been extremely popular. We know human creatures, we pray with Psalm 8 that God answered David’s prayer at once to the Lord of the universe: “When I see while he was praying his “Miserere.” But your heavens, the work of your fingers, David loved this psalm throughout his the moon and stars that you set in place, life, plumbing deeper and deeper his what are humans that you are mindful of guilt, his contrition, his sincerity and his them, mere mortals that you care for relationship with God. them?” Think how today we repeat a simple How do we know that our prayers are answered? Every prayer is really a response to God’s initiative. After contrasting ourselves to the heav- prayer for forgiveness at the beginning of With his personal and gracious presence, God listens and answers. After every prayer, we can thank ens, Psalm 8 continues: “Yet you have every Mass: “Lord, have mercy. Christ, God for his listening. made them [us] little less than a god, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.” crowned them with glory and honor. You Jesus heard a divine voice in his bap- have given them rule over the works of tism: “You are my beloved Son; with you Time awakens knowledge of your hands, put all things at their feet.” I am well pleased” (Lk 3:22). We are In the human family, every person is eager for the same voice to come from extremely precious to God. As creatures, heaven to assure that we are forgiven, at God’s presence in our lives who are also co-creators with God, “our least that God loves us. By Patricia Kobielus Thompson ing silence and move confidently forward Father” certainly listens to our prayers. When we praise or thank God, we do in our spiritual quest? The questions we Sometimes, after pleading with God, if not hesitate or wonder if, how or why “The silence scares me to death!” have for God are both subtle and fero- we are still very ill, hungry and thirsty, it God hears our prayers. Coming from a young priest friend, cious. They come at breaking points in is natural to wonder if God listens to our With the three men in the fiery furnace, those words conveyed a feeling common our lives when we are stripped bare of prayers: “Lord, you know that I am hun- when we are inviting the whole of the to many who sit before God, wanting to external props and stand naked before gry! Listen to my prayer.” creation to give glory to the Lord, we hear God’s Word in their lives. God. At times we are like Abraham, bargain- know certainly that God hears our prayer: Our personal method of prayer evolves In St. Paul’s letter to the Christians at ing with God. Interceding for Sodom, “Sun and moon, bless the Lord; praise through the intertwining of our own fam- Ephesus, I found a stronghold for my Abraham talked with God: “Suppose and exalt him above all forever. Stars of ily history with the Spirit diligently work- prayer life. there are 50 innocent people in the city, heaven, bless the Lord” (Dn 3:62-63). ing in our hearts. Faith development may Paul prays in Chapter 3 that we may would you wipe out the place, rather than Every prayer is really a response to not come through rigorous training. Far “have the strength to comprehend with all spare it for the sake of the 50 innocent God’s initiative. With his personal and from it! The ambiance of our homes lays the holy ones what is the breadth and people within it?” gracious presence, he listens and the groundwork from our earliest years. length and height and depth of God’s God agreed to spare the city of Sodom answers. After every prayer, we can Even the most subtle of hints imprints love.” Paul reminds us that God is “able for 50 innocent people. Abraham spoke thank God for his listening. God itself on our souls without words: a fam- to accomplish far more than all we ask or again, lowering the number in stages responds to our prayer with what we ily ritual of prayer, participation in the imagine by the power at work within us.” from 50 to 10. The Lord replied, “For really need, not what we think we need. Eucharist, the faith of our closest family There is a pervasive hunger for Spirit the sake of those 10, I will not destroy And throughout our lives, God is present members. We are, at first, passive recipi- in today’s society. We seek security amid it.” (See Gn 18:22-33.) to us. God remembers us. ents. But time’s passage can bring a con- forces we know we cannot control. We Similarly, we bargain for health, for Are we present to God? Do we remem- scious awakening to the presence of God must remember that the same power Paul peace on earth, particularly in troubled ber God? Do we remember God’s at work in our lives. proclaimed is fast at work in our lives. countries, or for divine protection, say- answers to our past prayers? We are gifted with a knowledge that ing: “Lord, if I would get well, I will not we have been led, powerfully, at all points (Patricia Kobielus Thompson, a certified eat meat on Lenten Fridays.” Then, rais- (Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene of our personal development, whether we hospice nurse, recently completed a doc- ing up the stakes gradually, we say: “I LaVerdiere is a Scripture scholar and realized it at each of those points or not. torate in theology with a focus on spiritu- will go to Mass every day in Lent; I will senior editor of Emmanuel magazine.) † But how do we cope with the deafen- ality and health care.) † Discussion Point Prayer aids discernment This Week’s Question this? Is this God’s will? I went into prayer ..., and I found the answer to be yes. I was very peaceful with Describe a time when you felt that God responded to the response.” (Father John McSpiritt, S.T., Camden, your prayer. Miss.) “I had a former catechumen call me. His mother was dying, and he didn’t know what to do. I gave him “I had surgery last year, and God helped me through some resource materials and prayed for direction for that.” (Richard Andrade, Santa Clara, Calif.) him regarding the taking away of her life-support Lend Us Your Voice systems. It helped him to be there for her as she died a peaceful death in his arms.” (Cel Hope, Sheridan, An upcoming edition asks: What difficult moral deci- Wyo.) sion confronted you in a health care matter? “I’ve been here [Immaculate Conception Parish] for To respond for possible publication, write to Faith only six months. I had to discern with my religious Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. superiors about coming here. Do I really want to do 20017-1100. † CNS photo Page 8 The Criterion Friday, March 23, 2001 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink The Yardstick/ Msgr. George G. Higgins The Doctors of the Church: St. Augustine Falling on (Tenth in a series) losophy. The philosophy he became tinued his writing and preaching. He also attracted to, though, was Manichaeism, established a monastic community for all Constantine’s St. Augustine is considered the greatest which taught that there are two eternal the priests, deacons and sub-deacons who of the Fathers and doctors of the Church. first principles: God, the cause of all good, lived with him in the episcopal residence. He enjoyed a virtual and matter, the cause of all evil. He founded a community of women Sword monopoly on theologi- He also succumbed to the temptations religious, with his sister Perpetua as its cal thought in the of youth and took a mistress. He fathered abbess. A letter he wrote to her, together Readers who think they will learn some- Catholic Church until a child whom he named Adeodatus (which with two sermons on the subject, com- thing significant about the present or the the time of St. Thomas means “Given by God”) when he was 17. prised the Rule of Saint Augustine which future of the Church Aquinas in the 13th After teaching rhetoric and grammar at became the basis for the constitutions of from Constantine’s century. Still today, Carthage, he went to Rome when he was numerous religious orders. Sword: The Church and Augustine is quoted in 29 and from there to Milan. There he made During his years as bishop, Augustine the Jews, by James the Catechism of the the acquaintance of Ambrose, Milan’s found himself constantly defending the Carroll (Houghton- Catholic Church and bishop, and began to listen to his eloquent Church against the heresies of his day. He Mifflin, 2001), are seri- in the Office of sermons. He had a dramatic conversion, wrote carefully, sometimes spending ously misled. Readings far more often than any other which he describes in his book many years on his more important works. While there is some ecclesiastical writer. Confessions. Ambrose baptized him in 387 In 426, he went into semi-retirement so he good writing in the He wrote 113 books, 218 letters, and along with Adeodatus, who was then 15. could concentrate on his writings. middle, the book, from more than 500 sermons. His subject mat- Augustine returned to Tagaste, where In 428, the Vandals invaded Africa. a scholarly point of view, begins badly and ter included everything from the psycho- he set up a kind of monastic community They reached Hippo in May of 430 and ends badly. In both cases, the reason lies in logical complexity of his Confessions to with friends, holding everything in com- began a siege that was to last for 14 injudicious reliance on one or two sources political insights in the City of God (his mon. He wrote and began to instruct oth- months. Augustine died during the siege, where the author needed to study many two most famous books), to commentaries ers with his discourses and books. on August 28, 430, in his 76th year. more. on the feasts of saints, to treatises against Adeodatus died when he was 17. The Church celebrates his feast on In the book’s early part, for example, the heresies of his day. Augustine was ordained a priest in 391 Aug. 28. Carroll allows the work of the Jesus Augustine was born in 354 in Tagaste, and moved to Hippo. In 395, he was conse- Seminar (which doubts there is much, if North Africa. When he was 16, he was crated coadjutor bishop and became bishop (John F. Fink’s new two-volume book, The anything, authentically historical about sent to Carthage (in modern Tunisia) to of Hippo when he was 41. He was bishop Doctors of the Church, is available from Jesus in the New Testament) to frame his study. There he became interested in phi- for almost 35 years, during which he con- Alba House publishers.) † understanding. Carroll’s goal here is laud- able. He wishes to cleanse Christian under- Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes standing of the New Testament of the barna- cles of polemics encrusted onto it over the centuries, beginning, as Pope John Paul II You shouldn’t try to fool Mother Nature has said, as early as the second-century Church fathers. Infertility is one of those subjects which them without a struggle. attention to their grand-nieces and But one does not need to follow the seems to me purely hypothetical. That’s Whenever we visited these people, they –nephews, still being the attentive parents destructive path of the Jesus Seminar to because during our treated our children like an affectionate and grandparents that some of these chil- accomplish this goal, as anyone who has baby-making years aunt and uncle who were genuinely inter- dren really never had. People might say studied the works of the late renowned most of the people we ested in them, and the kids loved them in this is a poor substitute for having one’s Scripture scholar Father Raymond Brown knew had no such return. That relationship continues to this own flesh-and-blood children, but not our will know. problem. In fact, most day. And, as the years went along, we dis- friends. Nor their nieces and nephews. As for the middle of the book, its best of us couldn’t stop covered they were serving their nieces and Last year, when the uncle turned 70, he part, Professor Robert Wilken’s devastating having babies. nephews even better. ran in the Chicago Marathon. His wife critique in Commonweal (Jan. 26) exposes It seems as though One of their nieces made an unwise showed me a photograph she’d taken of errors of historical fact and theological we’re always hearing marriage and was refused help by her par- him at the finish line. He was resting, tri- understanding too numerous to mention in a about a new techno- ents, who took the you-made-your-bed- umphant in a lawn chair surrounded by short column. logical solution to this now-lie-in-it approach to the problem. The his many nieces and nephews who If Carroll’s history is off, so must be his dilemma. There’s in vitro fertilization and girl had an abusive husband and finally, grinned, waving a large banner that said, interpretation, which finds its novelistic cli- sperm banks and cloning, among other after three kids and a sad, impoverished “Congratulations, Bill!!” The uncle and max in what he sees both as the Church’s things. The idea now is not so much to pre- life, she got up the courage to leave him his “kids” were so radiant with mutual great moral failure during World War II and vent or space babies, as it was in the days and get a divorce. respect and affection that it brought a its continuing failure to confront its own of abstinence and the rhythm method, but She was alone, uneducated and without lump to my throat. sins in Vatican Council II and especially in just to get them. many skills, so her aunt and uncle took Compare this to the strident urge to the present (for him) failed pontificate. However, while most of us in those her under their wing. They helped her find overturn infertility we see everywhere According to Carroll, little has been done ancient times were taking our tempera- a job and a place to live, and then they today. Compare it to the woman I heard to implement in the Church’s life the great tures and counting days, there were a few funded her way through college. Last year, on the radio who wanted to clone her vision of the council, certainly not in couples among us who just couldn’t seem flanked by her proud teen-agers, the niece dead child because she “couldn’t stand the Jewish-Catholic relations. He seems to get pregnant. And, even though secretly graduated with a professional degree grief.” unaware of the vast array of statements by we may have envied their carefree, kid- Another set of this couple’s nieces and Then, think about those who accept the Vatican, by bishops’ conferences and by less existence just a tiny bit, we sympa- nephews suffered from their parents’ what life hands them and get on with it. local bishops throughout the world. It’s as if thized with them. divorce and subsequent emotional havoc. And how, in doing rather than in demand- the past 35 years of Catholic history never We were especially sorry for one cou- But, our friends were with them at every ing, they bring nobility to themselves and happened. Perhaps for him, to judge by the ple we knew because they were people important juncture in their growing up, to everyone around them. interwoven personal narration that mars the who would have been superior parents. often visiting them where they lived in book, almost nothing has happened since They were loving and unselfish, they Florida, telephoning and sending “care (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the shortly after the council, when he left the enjoyed spending time with kids and packages.” Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular priesthood. they had the material means to raise Now they are paying the same loving columnist for The Criterion.) † Carroll acknowledges briefly that there have been changes in Catholic textbooks, Faithful Lines/ but he seems completely unaware of how Shirley Vogler Meister profound those changes have been. Philip Cunningham, whose 1992 doctoral Erase embarrassment with closure and hope dissertation for Boston College analyzed Catholic teaching materials, concluded that As my husband, a business associate and aged my foot. It’s the embarrassed smile everyday tasks while praising God in both the ancient “teaching of contempt” could I left a restaurant after lunch, we noticed a that says, “I wish I could disappear right the worst and the best of circumstances. not be reconstructed today from post- small crowd gathered now.” I’ve known other people like him, full of Vatican II textbooks. Contrary to Carroll, around a young I’ve been a “fallen woman” a number of faith and hope and love in adversity, such the council’s 1965 statement on the Jews woman who’d slipped times through the years, and my embarrass- as a brave Catholic in her 40s whose has indeed been extremely effective in off a curb. A police- ment was far more acute than the pain from chronic illness eventually killed her but bringing about the change in Church teach- man held her leg taut, my injuries. Each time I survived an acci- whose joyful spirit encouraged every life ing that it mandated. But Carroll seems to and we could hear an dent or illness, I learned once more that she touched; a Catholic teen who brought need Vatican II to have failed, since he des- ambulance approach- self-recrimination is counterproductive to his magic talent to children despite his own perately wants to call Vatican III. ing. Not long before getting well. No amount of should’ve- fatal illness; the nun whose brittle bones He has five points on his agenda. The that at a shopping cen- could’ve thoughts made me better. caused her hip to break even before she hit second and fourth would, indeed, take a ter, I passed a group In recent years, I learned from a conva- pavement, but who thought only of others council to achieve, since they involve drasti- surrounding an elder- lescing priest the importance of something until her death. cally restructuring the Church itself. The woman whose leg was twisted under her. else—something he called “closure.” I am fortunate to have known them and first, third and fifth, which deal with Jewish- While others fetched her broken glasses and With tears and pain, he struggled with so many more. We can learn from such Christian relations, are already well on the packages, a security officer used his mobile the smallest efforts, even the ability to hold “fallen women and men” who rise above way toward implementation and have been phone to summon help. That reminded me his hands in prayer. Although embarrassed their suffering into the glory of God. If they a formal part of the efforts of the U.S. bish- of how years before my mother-in-law and frustrated, he accepted each difficulty can share the light of Christ in such circum- ops’ Committee for Ecumenical and broke her hip in a similar fall while shop- bravely, doing the best he could, no matter stances, surely we can, too, in sickness and Interreligious Affairs since it was estab- ping. how demeaning he perceived it to be. He in health—and without embarrassment. lished by the bishops immediately after the In all these cases, each accident victim then immediately put closure on that partic- council. smiled the same kind of brave but sheepish ular effort whether succeeding or not, and (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of Christ smile I remember so well on myself when I he moved on to the next challenge. He the King Parish in Indianapolis, is a regu- (Msgr George G. Higgins is a regular slipped on a ramp outside church and dam- taught me the importance of closure in lar columnist for The Criterion.) † columnist for Catholic News Service.) † The Criterion Friday, March 23, 2001 Page 9

Fourth Sunday in Lent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, March 26 Friday, March 30 Sunday, March 25, 2001 The Annunciation of the Lord Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 Psalm 34:17-21, 23 • Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 part of the divine plan of love and Psalm 40:7-11 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 mercy. • 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Hebrews 10:4-10 • Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 The apostle notes that Christians are not passive, silent recipients of God’s Luke 1:26-38 Saturday, March 31 grace. Rather, divine grace enables and Jeremiah 11:18-20 The Book of Joshua provides this enlivens them. They are “ambassadors” Tuesday, March 27 Psalm 7:2-3, 9b-12 weekend’s first biblical reading. of the Risen Lord. Literally, through Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 John 7:40-53 Joshua succeeded them, salvation goes forward, reaching Moses as the leader others, bringing others to God. Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 of God’s people, but St. Luke’s Gospel presents the beauti- John 5:1-16 Sunday, April 1 he had been with ful story of the Prodigal, a story that is Fifth Sunday of Lent Moses and the people so dear to Christians. It appears only in Wednesday, March 28 Isaiah 43:16-21 as they wandered for Luke—nowhere else in the four Isaiah 49:8-15 Psalm 121:1-6 so long across the Gospels. Psalm 145:8-9, 13c-14, 17-18 Philippians 3:8-14 Sinai Peninsula in It is filled with meaning. An echo of search of the the story of Esau and Jacob in Genesis, John 5:17-30 John 8:1-11 Promised Land. and also the story of Joseph and his The book in the brothers in Genesis, the Gospel narrative Thursday, March 29 Bible that bears the name of Joshua introduces two brothers and a father. Exodus 32:7-14 deals with the long journey and espe- First, it tells the story of the Prodigal. Psalm 106:19-23 cially with its climax. This weekend’s To modern, Western eyes, he may simply passage has the people, with Joshua, appear as a restless young man eager to John 5:31-47 encamped at the very edge of the land sow wild oats. To those who first heard “flowing with milk and honey,” the land the story, he was a sinner of almost that God had promised them. immeasurable guilt. Finally, as we approach the close of qualified. If we return to God, as Lent Their camp, incidentally, was near He abandoned his father, a fault that Lent in just a few weeks, the Church urges us, we return to a welcome of what today is called the West Bank, near still today would shock Jews. He left not presents the thrilling story of the absolute forgiveness and love. Our home the ancient town of Jericho that still is a only his home, but also the Promised Prodigal. However we sin, wherever we awaits us, the Church excitedly community. Land, the land given to his ancestors, stray in our sinfulness, we are still of announces. Rejoice! God loves us! God Unable to find sufficient food in the and to him, by God. He went to live God. forgives us—for everything—if only we desert, they were sustained by manna, or among pagans. He consorted with God’s love never ends and is never turn in love to him. † food from the sky, sent by God. pagans. He squandered what he had, the Scholars today believe that this food product of his father’s labors. At last, he Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen was a sweet, sticky secretion of insects was a servant not for humans, not even blown into the area by winds off the pagans, but of pigs, the unclean animals. Mediterranean Sea. It had a natural Regardless of all this, the father for- explanation. In today’s more limited, less gave him. The father’s love was lavish Church encourages theologically informed sense of miracles, and complete. He is not a father in mid- the natural origin of the manna would be dle age with limited experience, but seen as eliminating any trace of divine rather a father of great wisdom and donation of organs action. experience. He understands life. He The ancient Hebrews, and the contem- understands God. The peevish brother In reference to your column concern- A Uniform Donor Card providing for poraries of Jesus for that matter, had does not possess this insight. Qing the status of the human body the gift of part of one’s body to a living another interpretation. Nature belongs to Important in the story are the sym- after death, please person who needs it, or all of one’s body God. He is the Creator and sustainer. He bols. The father vests the Prodigal in the explain the acceptabil- for education research, may be obtained works through nature. The fact that the costume of a gentleman. He receives a ity of disturbing the from Living Bank, Box 6725, Houston, manna appeared precisely as the people signet ring, the sign of identity with the deceased body Texas 77265. The telephone number is faced their greatest need for food was family. He is given shoes, the mark of through organ harvest- 713-528-2971. proof enough for them that God pro- free people. ing. Many states now provide organ donor vided for them. He did not have to act in Following my forms on the reverse side of, or attached strange and otherworldly ways in their Reflection wife’s death at Cabrini to, driver’s licenses. These forms must be mind to show divine power. St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the Hospital, I was asked filled out and signed. When the people found the Promised Corinthians catches the mood of this to agree to an organ Obviously, it is wise to discuss plans Land, with its fertility and abundance, weekend. It is a mood of joy. Actually, it donation to another for organ donation with loved ones they could harvest their own food. They is still, in many circles, called “Laetare patient. I did not agree. Since then, I have beforehand. Among other things, it allows no longer had need of manna. Sunday” from the Latin “laetare,” mean- wondered whether I allowed my sorrow those who are left behind to know the St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the ing to rejoice. In the liturgy, the Entrance to interfere with her lifetime of generos- personal wishes of the spouse or other Corinthians supplies this Liturgy of the Rite begins with the Church’s call to ity. What do you think? (New York) family member who has died, which is, of Word with its second reading. “Rejoice!” course, an important moral concern. Throughout his epistles, Paul consis- Whatever our limitations, whatever Sharing organs of deceased relatives tently is dramatic and powerful in his our needs, we are a new creation if we Awith people still living who need What is the Catholic Church’s pre- ability to express great meaning. His are in Christ. Through Jesus, we possess those organs is approved and advocated Qsent teaching about the Shroud of ability especially shines when he speaks not only power and wisdom, but also often in Catholic circles today, including Turin? Is it now accepted as the cloth in about the transformation that Christian eternal life itself. recommendations by the pope himself. which Jesus was wrapped after the faith brings to a human soul. God provides for us. Once, the needy The tradition and present teaching of Crucifixion? (Florida) Such is the case in this reading. Jesus people of God relied upon manna, God’s the Catholic Church strongly support the is a new creation, Paul explains. The old gift in the midst of their hunger. Now, principle and practice of giving an organ The so-called Shroud of Turin, which order is gone. Everything is new! we have no need for manna. We are of one’s body to another. This is true even Abears the image of a human person All these marvels result from the offered the Eucharist, the very Body of when the donor is alive as, for example, and is alleged by some to have been redemption occurring in and by Jesus, Christ, nourishment for eternal life. when one family member gives one of his wrapped around the body of Our Lord, or her kidneys to a brother or sister. apparently came to Europe sometime dur- Even more, it is an act of charity to ing the Crusades. My Journey to God allow a living person to enjoy a healthy or The Archdiocese of Turin has pos- longer life by receiving a heart or an eye sessed the shroud for centuries. In l988, or other body part from one who has officials there authorized a carbon-dating died. of the cloth by three scientific laborato- Will You Pray for Me? Your comment about your wife’s past ries, working independently. generosity is worth thinking about. Over a The tests indicated a 95 percent cer- you walked up to me to ask for prayer lifetime of love and sacrifice, we all in tainty that the cloth was made between reached out from ... me one way or another give our lives to other the years 1250 and 1390. asked me to pray for you a stranger, really people. If something that has been ours These findings have been disputed by can still do good for someone else after certain other experts, but the Catholic you opened yourself just as your hand clasped mine we die, why not? Church has no official position on the ori- to another individual your belief touched me Pope John Paul II repeated this posi- gin or age of the shroud. bared your fears deepened me tion some time ago, speaking of the short- showed your weaknesses age of donors for patients awaiting trans- (A free brochure in English or Spanish unafraid yes, yes, certainly I’ll pray for you plants. He said it is a matter of Christian answering questions that Catholics ask and please pray that generosity. about baptism practices and sponsors is how strong you are I, too, can reach out “No solution will be forthcoming with- available by sending a stamped and self- how courageous to another and ask, out a renewed sense of human solidarity,” addressed envelope to Father John to ask for help “Will you pray for me?” the pope said, based on Christ’s example, Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. which can “inspire men and women to Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen (Beth Schoentrup is a member of St. Joseph Parish in Shelbyville.) make great sacrifices in the service of at the same address or by e-mail in care others” (address of April 30, 1990). of [email protected].) † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, March 23, 2001 Priest studies in Mexico to serve Hispanics

By Mary Ann Wyand sacramental duties at the near-east side parish in his absence. He was a stranger in a strange land. To keep in touch with parishioners, Father Carlton Beever studied Spanish Father Beever sent e-mail letters for pub- for more than a year before beginning a lication in the parish bulletin each week. Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann two-month cultural immersion sabbatical “Hola de La Ciudad de Guadalajara. in Mexico in January, but he still felt lost (Hello from Guadalajara.) Lots of adven- during his first week in Guadalajara. tures so far,” he wrote in his first letter. “At first, it was just overwhelming,” he “Went to Tala this past Sunday to the said. “Everybody was talking in Spanish, family ranch (my brother-in-law raises and I was the stranger, both in the house ostriches to sell for the meat). We went and also at the school. It was study, sleep horseback riding in the mountains for a and eat, in that order, for six weeks. I couple hours … what a beautiful country. knew lots of words and had some basic Later, we went to Mass at the church in understanding of the language, but I Tala. It was packed. They have eight to 10 didn’t know all the verbs—past, present Masses each Sunday … all full.” and future—to be able to make sentences By the second week, Father Beever’s and converse in Spanish.” letter reflected the challenges of studying During January, both Archbishop a foreign language for six to eight hours a Daniel M. Buechlein and Father Beever day. “Well, it feels like I’ve been here for- were living in Guadalajara and studying ever,” he wrote. “But it’s only two weeks. the language and culture to improve their Spanish classes are going well, but this ministry skills to Hispanic Catholics in week I’m a little frustrated by it … learn- Just back from a cultural immersion sabbatical in Mexico, Father Carlton Beever talks with St. Philip the archdiocese. ing, but not knowing so much.” Neri parishioner José Rayos (left) and Leon Romero, who recently moved to Indianapolis from Archbishop Buechlein lived at a semi- In early February, Father Beever felt Tlaxcala, Mexico, and is joining the near-east side parish. (See a related story on page 3.) nary in Guadalajara for a month, and more encouraged. “Spanish is coming Father Beever stayed with his sister, Tracy together pretty well,” he wrote. “It’s tence was about five inches long and the key to all that is understanding the Beever Solis, who moved to Mexico more amazing that I could pick up so much in probably about 10 of our sentences. I Spanish language. The things that than 15 years ago. such a short period of time. My sister, really have to pay close attention to what helped me were a good knowledge and As pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish in Tracy, and I went to Tonala, a nearby I hear and/or read. Have missed you all a foundation in the English language and, Indianapolis, Father Beever knew that he town renowned for its artisans … glass- lot and am looking forward to being back amazingly, all those years that I studied had to improve his language skills to blowing, ceramics, metals, candle-mak- with you soon.” Latin helped me immensely. It’s a serve many Hispanic parishioners. ing, wood-carving, etc. It was unbeliev- Back home in Indiana, Father Beever romance language based on Latin. It’s “It became obvious to me that if I was able to see how such beautiful things are said he smiled when parishioners told very similar. going to stay at the parish for any length made out of next to nothing.” him, “I hope you enjoyed your vacation.” “When I first got there, I couldn’t of time, I needed to know Spanish,” he In his final letter, he sounded home- “It was not a vacation,” he said. “It was understand anybody,” he said, smiling. “I said. “Before I went to Mexico, people sick. “Well, by the time you read this, exhausting. It was emotionally draining, didn’t know how to get around the city of who only spoke Spanish would come to Spanish class will be over, although I’m physically draining and mentally draining. Guadalajara, which is huge. By week six, church and I couldn’t understand what never really going to be done studying I was glad to come home. I’m sure I could get on a bus or get a cab and go they were saying.” Spanish. I intend to continue after my Archbishop Daniel would tell you the anywhere in the city. It was a sense of His eight-week sabbatical was made return. It has really been a rough six same thing. But it was a great experience. accomplishment to realize how much I possible by the archdiocese, which funds weeks. Spanish words and sentences are a “Now I will be able to say Mass in learned in that brief period of time, but priestly formation programs. Father lot longer than ours. The other day, while Spanish because I’ll have the [liturgy] I’m going to have to study Spanish for the Robert Mazzola assisted with Masses and reading the daily paper, I noticed one sen- books to read,” Father Beever said. “But rest of my life.” †

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—On the feast Dominican Republic and apostolic dele- of St. Joseph, Pope John Paul II ordained gate in Puerto Rico; and Bishop Marc nine new bishops, including two from Ouellet, 56, a native of Quebec, named North America, and told them to care for secretary of the Pontifical Council for CNS photo from Reuters the Church as Joseph cared for Jesus. Promoting Christian Unity. Before the pope placed his hands on the “If, at times, you should encounter diffi- heads of the new bishops March 19, he culties and obstacles, do not hesitate to be asked them to “care for the holy people of willing to suffer with Christ for the good God with the love of a father.” of his mystical body,” the pope said in his Among those kneeling before the pope homily. in St. Peter’s Basilica were Archbishop “The Lord, who will not fail to give you Timothy P. Broglio, a 49-year-old native of his grace, today consecrates you and sends Cleveland, appointed nuncio to the you as apostles into the world,” he said. “Carry engraved on your hearts his words, ‘I am with you always,’ and do not fear.”

CNS photo Pope John Paul told the new bishops to keep St. Joseph as a model for their min- Pope John Paul II presents a bishop's staff to newly ordained Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino as istry. five others stand by March 19. From left are Bishop Djura Dzudzar, Bishop Marc Ouellet, Bishop “He, a faithful and wise servant, Tomasz Peta, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio and Archbishop Fernando Filoni. accepted with obedient docility the will of the Lord, who entrusted to him his family successor of Peter among the dear peo- The pope ordained six other new bish- on earth so that he would care for them ples” of the Dominican Republic and ops March 19: with daily dedication,” the pope said. Puerto Rico, “at the doors of the American • Italian Archbishop Fernando Filoni, 54, While fulfilling the earthly role of being continent.” nuncio to Iraq and Jordan. Jesus’ father, Joseph knew his place was The pope told Bishop Ouellet his new • Polish Archbishop Henryk Nowacki, 54, “totally relative to that of God,” he said. post at the council for Christian unity is nuncio to Slovakia. Joseph, like every other person, was called one “of particular importance because of • Italian Archbishop Domenico to be a disciple of Christ, and he did so by the very noble goal which inspires it and Sorrentino, 52, prelate of the Sanctuary watching over and providing for Jesus and because of the renewed hopes which the of Our Lady of Pompei. the Blessed Virgin Mary. celebration of the Jubilee Year raised in the • Polish Bishop Tomasz Peta, 49, apos- The pope addressed each new bishop souls of many Christians.” tolic administrator of Astana, briefly in his homily, offering thanks for Through 46-year-old Auxiliary Bishop Kazakstan. the service they have given in the past and Djura Dzudzar of Mukacheve, Ukraine, • Italian Bishop Marcelo Sanchez prayers for their new ministries. Pope John Paul said he wanted to send Sorondo, 58, chancellor of the Pope John Paul II ordains Msgr. Timothy P. He thanked Archbishop Broglio, who greetings to the entire Ukrainian nation, “a Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Broglio an archbishop March 19. Archbishop had served as chief of staff to Cardinal country which, God willing, I will have the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Broglio, a native of Cleveland, was appointed Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of joy of visiting soon.” • Italian Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, 53, nuncio to the Dominican Republic and apostolic state. He prayed that the new archbishop The pope is scheduled to visit Ukraine secretary of the Pontifical Council for delegate in Puerto Rico. would be “a witness of the affection of the in late June. Justice and Peace. † Lenten Dining Guide

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Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduled March 27, 7 p.m. at Holy Name, Beech Grove April 3, 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph, Jennings County communal penance services for Lent. The following is a March 27, 7 p.m. at SS. Francis and Clare, Greenwood April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Bartholomew, Columbus list of services that have been reported to The Criterion. March 29, 7 p.m. at St. Ann April 8, 4 p.m. at St. Jude Terre Haute Deanery Batesville Deanery March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Rockville March 27, 7 p.m. at St. Peter, Franklin County Indianapolis West Deanery April 3, 1:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart, Terre Haute April 1, 2 p.m. at St. Denis, Millhousen March 26, 7:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel April 5, 7:30 p.m. at St. Benedict, Terre Haute April 1, 4 p.m. at St. Maurice, Napoleon March 28, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph April 8, 6 p.m. at St. Patrick, Terre Haute April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg March 29, 7 p.m. for St. Malachy, Brownsburg; April 9, 7:30 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary, Terre Haute † April 6, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Greensburg St. Susanna, Plainfield; and Mary, Queen of Peace, Danville, at Mary, Queen of Peace, Danville Connersville Deanery March 30, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More, Mooresville March 25, 11:30 a.m. at St. Rose, Knightstown April 1, 2 p.m. at Holy Trinity 200,000 People Will Read This March 26, 7 p.m. at Holy Guardian Angels, Cedar Grove April 5, 7 p.m. at Holy Angels March 29, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Brookville April 8, 2 p.m. at St. Anthony Space In One Week. March 31, noon at St. Mary, Richmond Imagine what that could do for your business! April 2, 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth, Cambridge City New Albany Deanery Call us and find out. March 25, 4 p.m. at St. Joseph, Corydon Indianapolis East Deanery March 28, 7 p.m. for Sacred Heart, Jeffersonville, and 317-236-1572 March 26, 7 p.m. at St. Simon the Apostle St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, at Sacred Heart, March 27, 7 p.m. for Holy Cross, SS. Peter and Paul Jeffersonville Cathedral and St. Mary at St. Mary April 1, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Hill, Sellersburg March 29, 1 p.m. at St. Philip Neri April 1, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Lanesville March 29, 7 p.m. at Little Flower April 4, 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds April 1, 4 p.m. at St. Bernadette Knobs Saturdays during Lent, 4-5 p.m. at St. Rita April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Paul, Sellersburg Simply April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Navilleton THE BEST Indianapolis North Deanery April 5, 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, New March 27, 7 p.m. at St. Pius X Albany Fresh Fish March 27, 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke April 8, 7 p.m. at Holy Family, New Albany March 28, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew the Apostle & Seafood March 28, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Seymour Deanery April 9, 7:30 p.m. at St. Lawrence March 25, 7 p.m. for St. Ambrose, Seymour, and Our ANYWHERE! Lady of Providence, Brownstown, at St. Ambrose, • Yellow Fin Tuna • King Crab Legs Indianapolis South Deanery Seymour March 25, 3 p.m. for Good Shepherd, Holy Rosary, March 25, 2 p.m. for St. Rose of Lima, Franklin, and Holy • Atlantic Salmon • Clams & Oysters Sacred Heart and St. Patrick at Sacred Heart Trinity, Edinburgh, at Holy Trinity, Edinburgh • Florida Grouper • Lobster Tail March 26, 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark March 29, 7:30 p.m. at St. Ann, Jennings County • Rainbow Trout • Cooked/Raw Shrimp • Red Snapper • Hard/Soft Shell Crab Options for Don’t settle for grocery store quality! Hours 11-6 Mon-Sat 5500 N. Emerson Avenue, Indianapolis Lenten dining 317-251-1448 Official New Orleans House unique gifts! Anniversaries • Golfer Gourmet • Coffee Mugs

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The Active List

The Criterion welcomes announcements of archdiocesan Kevin Morris, “Rocky Roads: St. John the Evangelist Rectory, Church and parish open-to-the-public activities for “The Is There an Easy Path to Heaven?” 126 W. Georgia St., Active List.” Please be brief—listing date, location, event, Indianapolis. Mass, sponsor, cost and time. Include a phone number for verifi- SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 12:10 p.m., Scripture discus- cation. No announcements will be taken by telephone. 1347 N. Meridian St., Indian- sion, 12:40-1:15 p.m. Notices must be in our office by 10 a.m. Monday the week apolis. Vespers (evening Information: 317-635-2021. of (Friday) publication: The Criterion; The Active List; prayer) each Sunday through 1400 N. Meridian St. (hand deliver); P.O. Box 1717; Easter, 5 p.m. March 28 Indianapolis, IN 46206 (mail); 317-236-1593 (fax); Knights of Columbus Hall, 225 [email protected] (e-mail). Holy Spirit Church, 7243 E. E. Market St., Jeffersonville. 10th St., Indianapolis. Vespers, Daughters of Isabella, Our March 23 St. Joan of Arc Church, 4217 Benediction, Lenten reflection, Lady of Guadalupe, Circle 95, “Almsgiving,” Father Joseph St. Gabriel Parish, 6000 W. Central Ave., Indianapolis. card party, 7 p.m., admission Riedman, 7 p.m. Information: 34th St., Indianapolis. Lenten Rosary followed by Stations of $2.50 Information: 502-327- the Cross, 7 p.m. 317-351-1701. 7438. fish fry, 5-7:30 p.m., pizza, fish and sandwiches, carryout avail- March 24 Mary’s Schoenstatt, Rexville, Holy Rosary Church, 520 able. Information: 317-291- (located on 925 South, .8 mile St. Bernadette Church, 4838 Stevens St., Indianapolis. 7014. east of 421 South, 12 miles Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis. “Spirituality and Spaghetti,” south of Versailles). “Instru- St. Gabriel Parish, 6000 W. Easter boutique and bake sale, adult religious education, “How ment Compartment,” 2:30 p.m., 34th St., Indianapolis. Six- the Catholic Church Is the "If you gain the wisdom of Solomon, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: 317- followed by Mass, 3:30 p.m., week adult education series, Same and How It Is Different do you still have to go to school?" 356-5867. Father Elmer Burwinkel. “Catechism of the Catholic From Other Churches,” 6 p.m., Information: 812-689-3551. Church,” 7:45-9 p.m., no pre- Holy Trinity Church, 2618 W. free-will offering. Information: © 2001 CNS Graphics 317-636-4478. registration required. St. Clair St., Indianapolis. March 25-29 Information: 317-291-7014. Spring bazaar. Information: Carollo. “The Primeval Holy Name Church, 89 N. 17th St. John the Evangelist, 126 W. April 6 317-636-8874 or 317-634- History,” 7-8:30 p.m. Little Flower Social Hall, 1404 Little Flower School, basement, Ave., Beech Grove. Mission, Georgia St., Indianapolis. 2289. Information and registrations: N. Bosart Ave., Indianapolis. 1401 N. Bosart St., presenter, Father of Mercy Lenten organ recital, 12:40 317-543-4921. Spring card party luncheon, $6, Indianapolis. Fish fry, 4:30-8 David Wilton, 7 p.m. p.m. Information: 317-637- March 25 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Reservations: p.m., dinner $5, children’s Transportation: 317-787-1944 3941. St. Bernadette Church, 4838 March 31-April 1 317-357-3121 or 317-359- menu. Mass 5:30 p.m., Stations or 317-783-4960. Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis. March 29 Oldenburg Academy, 1 Twister 5717. of the Cross, 6:15 p.m. Easter boutique and bake sale, Information: 317-357-8352. March 27 St. Paul Parish, 814 Jefferson Circle, Oldenburg. One-act 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: 317- Mount St. Francis Retreat St., Tell City. Lenten theology play, “The Last Supper,” April 8 356-5867. Center, 101 St. Anthony Dr., night out, Franciscan Father St. John Church, 331 S. Knights of Columbus, 511 E. 7:30 p.m. Mount St. Francis. Lenten Thomas Richstatter, Buckeye St., Osgood. One-act Thompson Rd., Indianapolis. St. Roch Parish Life Center, Catholic Widowed Organi- prayer program and Mass, “Journeying Through Baptism April 1 play, “The Last Supper,” 3605 S. Meridian St., Indian- zation, social, 5 p.m. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., no registration, to Mature Adult Faith,” $7.50 St. Francis Xavier Church, 7:30 p.m. apolis. Women’s Club, dessert free-will offering, bring “brown dinner and presentation, regis- Information: 317-784-4207. Hwy 31 and Hwy 160, card party, 1:30 p.m. bag lunch.” Information: 812- tration 6 p.m., dinner 6:20 p.m. Recurring Henryville. Smorgasbord, craft Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Information: 317-787-5602. 923-8817. Reservations: 812-547-7994. booth, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Daily SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., Indian- Father Hillman Hall, St. Holy Spirit Church, 7243 E. St. Lawrence Parish, social Our Lady of the Greenwood St. Nicholas Parish Hall, 6461 apolis. Adoration of the Andrew Parish, 235 S. 5th St., 10th St., Indianapolis. Fourth room, 6944 E. 46th St., Parish, 335 S. Meridian St., Blessed Sacrament, 12:30-7 Richmond. Lenten day of in series, Father John Maung, Indianapolis. “Journey E. St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. Greenwood. Perpetual adora- p.m. followed by Benediction reflection, registration 12:30 “The Passion and Death of Through the Old Testament,” Breakfast, proceeds to mission tion. and Stations of the Cross. p.m., salad luncheon 1 p.m., Jesus,” 7-8:30 p.m. 13-week course by Servants of group trip to South Dakota, 7 presentation 2 p.m., Father Information: 317-351-1701. the Gospel of Life Sister Diane a.m.-noon, free-will offering. Holy Rosary Church, 520 Stevens St., Indianapolis. St. Mary Church, 415 E. 8th Tridentine (Latin) Mass, Mon.- St., New Albany. Jerry Morin’s Fri., noon; Wed., Fri., 5:30 p.m. concert and Medjugorje conver- Information: 317-636-4478. Cold Flu ? or bugging you sion story, 7-9 p.m., free-will St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 offering. 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Charismatic Renewal of Central walk to Clinic for Women Holy Hour for Life, 10:30- The Active List, continued from page 14 Indiana, Mass and healing ser- (abortion clinic), 2951 E. 38th 11:30 a.m., faith sharing and vice, 7 p.m. St., rosary; return to church for Scripture reflection, 11:30 a.m.- Tridentine Mass, 10 a.m. Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m. Monthly Benediction. 12:30 p.m. Information: Third Saturdays Servants of the Gospel of Life St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. St. Susanna Church, 1210 E. Third Fridays St. Andrew Church, 4052 E. Fourth Saturdays Sister Diane Carollo, director of Main St., Plainfield. Adoration Andrew J. Brown Ave., St. Francis Hall Chapel, Marian 38th St., Indianapolis. Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe the archdiocesan Office of Pro- Indianapolis. Mass in of the Blessed Sacrament, 8 College, 3200 Cold Spring Rd., Life by archdiocesan Office of Convent Chapel, 8300 Roy Life Activities, 317-236-1521 or Vietnamese, 2 p.m. a.m.-6:30 p.m. Indianapolis. Catholic Pro-Life Activities, 8:30 a.m.; Road, Indianapolis, Eucharistic 800-382-9836, ext. 1521. † St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe St. Lawrence Chapel, 6944 E. Road W., Sellersburg. “Be Not 46th St., Indianapolis. Afraid” holy hour, 6 p.m., con- Adoration of the Blessed fessions, Benediction. Sacrament, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $13.00 Off All SAS Shoes & Purses Benediction and Mass. Christ the King Church, 1827 TRI-COUNTY March 23 – 31 Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- Affiliated Women’s Services, apolis. Exposition of the Inc. (abortion clinic), 2215 Blessed Sacrament, 7:30-9 p.m.; Distributors Dr., Indianapolis. ASPHALT rosary for world peace, 8 p.m. Pro-life rosary, 10 a.m. Serving Indiana Since 1948 St. Gabriel Church, 6000 W. Christ the King Chapel, 1827 34th St., Indianapolis. Spanish Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- Mass, 5 p.m. — FREE ESTIMATES — apolis. Marian prayers for Free Time priests, 5:30-6:30 a.m. for women Mondays • RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS Time Out Our Lady of the Greenwood Saturdays • SEALCOATING for men Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., Clinic for Women (abortion Greenwood. Prayer group, 7:30 clinic), E. 38th St. and Parker p.m. Discounts for senior citizens Ave., Indianapolis. Pro-life Your Comfort rosary, 9:30 a.m. and non-profit organizations St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Shoe Store 523 S. Merrill St., Fortville. LICENSED & BONDED BY THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS Holy Rosary Church, 520 Whisper Rosary, 7:30 p.m. for women Stevens St., Indianapolis. Tridentine Mass, 9 a.m. CALL: 317-849-9901 Tuesdays SHOE 620 MAIN ST., St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe St. Patrick Church, 950 317-356-1334 STORE Rd. W., Sellersburg. Shepherds ECKSTEIN BEECH GROVE, IN of Christ rosary, prayers after 7 Prospect St., Indianapolis. Mass in English, 4 p.m. 317-862-2967 TUES.-FRI. 9-6, SAT. 9-4 317-786-7086 p.m. Mass. CLOSED SUN. & MON. Holy Name Parish, 89 N. 17th St., Beech Grove. Prayer group, 2:30-3:30 p.m. St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 Central Ave., Indianapolis. Bible sharing, 7 p.m. Leading the way to Information: 317-283-5508. Wednesdays Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. 30th St. (behind St. Michael a healthier community. Church), Indianapolis. Marian prayers for priests, 3-4 p.m. Information: 317-271-8016. Our Lady of the Greenwood Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., Greenwood. Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 7 p.m. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Catholic Social Services pro- gram, 6-8 p.m. Information: 317-236-1538. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 5692 Central Ave., Indianapolis. Marian Movement of Priests prayer cenacle, 1 p.m. Information: 317-257-2266. Thursdays St. Lawrence Chapel, 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Adoration of the Blessed Since its earliest Sacrament, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mass. beginnings, St. Francis St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth St., New Albany. Shepherds of Christ prayers for lay and reli- Hospital & Health Centers has gious vocations, 7 p.m. St. Malachy Church, 326 N. been committed to its community. To meet Green St., Brownsburg. Liturgy of the Hours, 7 p.m. Information: 317-852-3195. the needs of those it serves, St. Francis offers a full Christ the King Chapel, 1827 Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- range of services including cardiac care, bone marrow transplants, apolis. Marian prayers for priests, 5:30-6:30 a.m. OB and women’s services and orthopedic surgery, for which it was recently rated Fatima K of C, 1040 N. Post Road, Indianapolis. Euchre, 7 p.m. Information: 317-638- "Best in the Nation." Call (317) 782-7997 for more information. 8416. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Hall, 1125 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Adult religious education, 7:30 p.m. Information: 317-638-5551. Fridays Beech Grove · Indianapolis · Mooresville St. Joan of Arc Church, 4217 www.stfrancishospitals.org Central Ave., Indianapolis. Lenten Friday rosary and Page 16 The Criterion Friday, March 23, 2001

But she warned women to be careful in picking their only other woman on the faculty came to truly know the battles. priest faculty members because they all “worked WOMEN “No matter how much I lift my voice, I will not be together and played together.” continued from page 1 heard if I am perceived as having a single issue that I will But unless Church employees relate to one another bring to the table in anger,” she said. beyond the basic work ethic, “we know each other simply “I am middle-aged, between 50 and 60 years old, sea- Gooch also noted that men often interact among them- as functionaries,” said Sister Bernadette, who is a member soned, experienced, in the prime of my life and extremely selves “by bantering, teasing or putting each other down,” of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Louis. That situa- well-educated,” she added. which women do not want to join in or be subjected to. tion, she said, can present a major obstacle to collabora- Gooch got a chuckle of recognition from her audience “We don’t want to be one of the guys,” she said. “We tive efforts. when she said, “I’m always trying to show up for every- want to be treated justly and with respect.” Sister Catherine Kallhoff, a School Sister of Notre thing.” After small-group discussions, participants in the Dame who is director of total education in the Diocese of “My strongest affirmation,” she said, “is when my meeting reported on their own recommendations for St. Cloud, Minn., said bluntly, “Canon law needs to be ideas are acted upon and used.” improving Church collaboration. changed. It is used to keep women in their place. But she also said she sometimes witnessed “sexist “There needs to be more visible support [from the “As women, we have no decision-making power,” she decisions, attitudes or comments” and sometimes found bishops] for the collaborative mode,” said Sister Maria said. “Men and women need to collaborate on this ques- that “the comments of men are often taken more seri- Iglesias, a Sister of Charity who was representing Las tion and come to what is best for the Church.” ously” than those of women. Hermanas, a Catholic Hispanic women’s group. Annual Mary Ross Agosta, director of communications for the “When decisions are made before I come to the meet- presbyteral meetings in dioceses “should not be clergy Archdiocese of Miami, said some young priests seem to ing” or “when I learn things in public that I should have only—ever,” she added. have problems with women in diocesan leadership positions. known in advance,” she said, “it’s like a bucket of ice Sister Bernadette Murphy, director of the Secretariat She suggested that seminaries include some sort of water thrown in my face.” for Educational and Formational Services in the internship in diocesan offices to help candidates for the It is important, Gooch added, to “wait until everyone is Los Angeles Archdiocese, said that when she worked at priesthood become “comfortable with working with around the table before the discussion takes place.” St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, Calif., she and the women as supervisors.” † Living together is not training for marriage, priest says BALTIMORE (Zenit)—Steve and Terrie Nelson never tionship outside of marriage. “It was mostly for conve- Living with someone is a way of getting to know what they planned to “live in sin.” nience,” said Steve, in an article in the National Catholic are really like.” They grew up in the same Baltimore parish, St. Thomas Register. They did acknowledge that the research is against them, More, dated as high school seniors and all through college. When they went to their parish to register for the sacra- but they insist, “Research shows that those who choose not After graduation, they moved back with their parents and ment of marriage, the deacon who was helping them fill out to live together first tend to have more conservative views plunged into their new careers, Terry in nursing and Steve forms noticed that they lived at the same address. and are less likely to see divorce as an option. Therefore, in computers. The deacon, Tom Mann, notified the pastor, Msgr. Victor that group has a lower divorce rate as a result of their val- But after several months, things changed. Steve, stressed Galeone, who had recently finished a set of parish guide- ues, not because they didn’t live together.” with living at home, wanted his own place but needed a lines for cohabiting couples seeking marriage. After their meeting with Deacon Mann, Steve and Terrie roommate to share expenses. Terrie, fed up with the room- “Cohabiting is far from harmless,” said Msgr. Galeone. talked, wrestled with their consciences, and went over and mate scene since college, suggested they move in together. “Did you know that sociological studies show that living over the literature he’d given them. Steve agreed. together before marriage increases the risk of divorce—by They surfed the Web and read recent sociological studies They rented an apartment and thus joined the more than as much as 50 percent? Former cohabiters have higher lev- from several major secular universities, including “The 4 million American couples, according to the U.S. Census els of conflict, abuse and violence, plus overall lower levels Marriage Project” from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Bureau, who cohabit, that is, live together in a sexual rela- of happiness.” Cohabitation, he contends, is “training for The findings were dismal. Cohabiters who married had divorce.” substantially more divorce, instability, conflict, violence— In his parish, he said, cohabiting couples who continue and the women and children were always on the losing end. to live together must get married “in a small, quiet cere- The Rutgers’ researchers concluded, “Living together is not ANNOUNCING THE NEXT mony without flowers, music or gowns. Marriage is a cou- a good way to prepare for marriage or to avoid divorce.” ple’s natural and canonical right, but unless they separate It was an emotional time, remembers Terrie. “It’s a shock Senior Financial Info Seminar and live apart, there’ll be no big traditional wedding. The when you realize you’re doing wrong, especially when you Important Updated Financial Information big wedding would be a false sign.” didn’t think you were,” she said. When Deacon Mann broke the news to Terrie and Steve, It was the scholarly evidence that initially convinced No charge or obligation, just solid information Terrie cried. Mann explained not only the sinful nature of Steve and Terrie; then prayer and Scripture study converted that will help you choose the best financial road cohabitation, but also its grave sociological risks. The cou- their hearts. Love for each other and the desire to help each before and during retirement. ple said they needed time to think. They left the deacon’s other do the right thing made them separate and put their office in stunned silence, carrying some literature about the sexual relationship on hold. WHEN: SATURDAY, March 31, 2001 dangers of cohabitation. Terrie moved back into her parents’ home. “It was There are those who disagree with Msgr. Galeone’s and Starts promptly at hard,” she remembers, “really hard.” Steve stayed at the 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Deacon Mann’s position—and, indeed, with the magis- apartment and the couple scooted their wedding date for- Continental Breakfast Served From 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. terium’s—that cohabitation is intrinsically harmful. Secular ward to May. marriage specialists often claim cohabitation can be, and They spent five months living separately, going through WHERE: HOLIDAY INN EAST often is, helpful. In fact, they say, with the 50 percent marriage preparation, material on marital communication 6990 E. 21st Street divorce rate, it’s a popular assumption that a “trial mar- skills and a Pre-Cana weekend. 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PETERS, Dr. Elmer E., 85, Donald Kim Rothenberger. Great-grandmother of 26. TAYLOR, Mildred Frances St. Michael, Brookville, March Daughter of Ruth M. Wank. SONS, Rose Ellen, 73, (O’Neill), St. Benedict, Terre 7. Husband of Agnes Peters. SARGENT, Philip M., 60, St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, Haute, March 1. Mother of Father of Eleanor, Mary Susan, St. Gabriel, Connersville, March 13. Wife of Johnnie L. Patricia Cannon and Deborah Rest in peace Andy, Dr. John, Nick and Joe March 4. Husband of Elaine Sons. Mother of Jeffrey and Wolfley. Grandmother of six. Peters. Brother of Maryrose (Pitsick) Sargent. Father of Timothy Sons. Sister of Betty Great-grandmother of nine. Truman. Grandfather of nine. Kellie Drew and Scott Sargent. Kornegy and Tom Stein. THERIAC, Mary Anita, 54, Please submit in writing to our Veerkamp. Sister of Doris Great-grandfather of one. office by 10 a.m. Mon. the Harrison. Grandmother of 15. Grandfather of four. Brother of Grandmother of five. St. Anthony of Padua, week of publication; be sure to Step-grandmother of 16. Great- PETRO, Robert Joseph, 49, David and Harold Sargent. Half SPERKA, Alice D., 69, Our Clarksville, Jan. 31. Wife of state date of death. Obituaries grandmother of 25. Step-grand- Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, brother of Pearl Beuman and Lady of the Greenwood, Larry Theriac. Mother of Margie of archdiocesan priests and mother of 22. Great-great- March 3. Father of Nick Rusie, Pat Sargent. Greenwood, Jan. 23. Wife of Banet, Julie Glinn, Bill and religious sisters serving our grandmother of several. Kimberly, John, Kevin, Robert SEARS, Mitchell, 17, Holy Louis P. Sperka. Mother of Marty Theriac. Sister of Patty Jr. and Steven Petro. Brother of archdiocese are listed elsewhere LARISON, Joan O., 76, Name, Beech Grove, Feb. 20. Valerie, Mark, Robert and Cardoso, Charlene Ettel, Betty in The Criterion. Order priests Diane Purcell and Michael Son of Cathy (Wright) and Thomas Sperka. Sister of Racippo, Kathleen and Richard St. Joseph, Indianapolis, Jan. 26. Petro. Grandfather of six. and brothers are included here, Wife of Raymond W. Larison. Eugene Sears. Brother of Nicole Anthony Darmofal. Blum. Grandmother of five. unless they are natives of the Mother of David Larison. POHLMAN, Eric J., 35, and Chris Long, Jessica, Jason Grandmother of four. WALTERMAN, Betty L., 71, archdiocese or have other Grandmother of two. Great- Prince of Peace, Madison, and Michael Sears. Grandson of STANDIFORD, Dwight J., 77, St. Mary, Greensburg, March 2. connections to it. grandmother of four. March 7. Husband of Melissa Mildred Morgan, Leslie Wright, Mary, Queen of Peace, Wife of Lowell E. Walterman. B. Pohlman. Father of Kirsten Reva and Ernest Sears. HOUGHLIN, Mary Beulah, LITCHELL, Martha, 80, Danville, Feb. 22. Husband of Mother of Rolanna Kathy 83, St. Mary, New Albany, and Zachary Pohlman. Son of SHARP, Betty J. (Feckar), 72, Helen Standiford. Father of Melcher and Max Walterman. St. Mary, Richmond, March 6. Carol and Dick Pohlman. March 11. Mother of Mary Sister of Mary Grillo, Marcia Our Lady of the Greenwood, Judy Albrecht, Joanne La Sister of Scott Vanderbur. Frances Briles, James and Brother of Mary Ellen Lyons Greenwood, Jan. 16. Mother of Bounty, Cindy McCarthy, Jan Grandmother of 10. Great- Fitzwater, Helen, Charles, and Alice Wickman. Patrick Houghlin. Sister of Emmett, Joseph, Richard and Kathleen Gibson, Judith Wall and John Standiford. grandmother of 10. Elnora Barker, Deanie Houser Thomas Mitchell. RISCHE, Mary Francis Gordon, Carol Kirk, David, Grandfather of seven. Great- WEBER, Thomas Joseph, 60, and Shirley King. Grandmother (Miller), 75, Our Lady of the Martin, Richard and Thomas grandfather of four. MATTHEWS, Richard C., 53, St. Pius, Troy, Feb. 15. of 13. Great-grandmother of 10. Greenwood, Greenwood, Jan. Sharp. Sister of Mary Rose STEPHON, Louis R., Sr., 79, Husband of Mary F. (Raley) St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, 28. Mother of Donna Corley, Byrne, Rita Grady and Sister HOUSTON, William E., 81, Holy Name, Beech Grove, Feb. Weber. Father of Ellen March 12. Husband of Ann Linda Duke, Brenda Radefeld, Charles Helene Feckar. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Terre 17. Husband of N. Jane (Holl) Qvistgaard, Paul and Rick Matthews. Father of Mandy and Lynn Spivey and Hank Rische. Grandmother of 14. Great- Haute, March 4. Father of Brent Stephon. Father of Julie Weber. Brother of Elizabeth Brian Matthews. Son of Grace Sister of Hazel Pate, Edward grandmother of 10. Houston. Brother of Phyllis Skibinski, Danny, Jack and Cheaney and Elaine Schmits. Wick. Brother of Janice Perry, Miller, Nina and Peggy Everett. Ave. Grandfather of several. Jeff, Jim, Ronnie and Steve SHIMER, Geneva, 84, Christ Louis Stephon Jr. Brother of Grandfather of four. Grandmother of 12. Great- the King, Indianapolis, March 7. Ethel Borbas, Mary Feyti, Irene HULL, Robert A., 78, Holy Wick. WONDER, Patricia A., 52, grandmother of 11. Wife of Herbert Shimer. Mother Hanna, Eleanor Shumate and Spirit, Indianapolis, March 4. Our Lady of the Greenwood, MEYER, Emily K., 16, RISK, Richard, 64, St. Mary, of Pat Cripe, Sandra Schroder John Stephon. Grandfather of Brother of Frank Hull. Greenwood, Feb. 20. Wife of St. Maurice, St. Maurice, Rushville, March 2. Husband of and Mary Agnes Woods. Sister nine. Jeffry L. Wonder. Mother of HYDERKHAN, Lloyd, 73, March 16. Daughter of Carolyn Risk. Father of Tracy of Louise O’Malley, Mabel Marlene and Dennis Meyer. STOEN, Margie R., 76, Aaron and Colin Wonder. Sister St. Michael, Greenfield, and Richard Risk. Sharick and Frances Wolfe. St. Paul, Tell City, Dec. 26. March 9. Husband of Florence Sister of Catherine, Nancy, of Daniel Chodzinski. ROHANA, Joseph, 76, Christ Grandmother of three. Father of Sandy Daugherty, Melanie, Paula and Al Meyer. WEIPER, Josephine, 88, Hyderkhan. Father of Donna the King, Indianapolis, March 2. SIMPSON, Sherry Rose, 65, Jim, Larry, Skip and Ted Stoen. Granddaughter of Loretta St. Anne, Hamburg, March 9. Marshall, Mary Smith, Husband of Dalal Rohana. St. Anthony of Padua, Clarks- Sister of David and Richard Nobbe, Marie and Victor Aunt of several. Gabrielle Swartz, Christian, Father of Dr. Rudolph Rouhana, ville, March 6. Mother of Debra Rausch. Grandmother of six. Lloyd, Sasha, Scott, Stewart Meyer. Dr. Marcel and Raymond Harpenau, Gina and Leah SULLIVAN, James J., 66, WEWE, Catherine A., 91, and Yuri Hyderkhan. MOORE, Mary Katherine Rohana. Brother of Rosette Simpson. Sister of L. Patrick St. Bridget, Liberty, March 8. (O’Donnell), 88, St. Barnabas, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Feb. 28. KENISON, Elnora L. Arraja, Josephine Charles and and Michael Millhollan. Father of Jamica Austin, Jenni Wife of Bernard Wewe. Mother (Frederick), 78, Our Lady of Indianapolis, March 17. Sister Julia Kalil. Half-brother of Grandmother of one. of Donald Wewe. Grandmother of Fran Bourne, Loretta and Cooper, Jacquelyn Wirey, Jason the Greenwood, Greenwood, Georgette, Noha, George, Tony SNYDER, Irene, 87, and Joseph Sullivan. Son of of one. March 10. Wife of John W. John O’Donnell. Aunt of sev- and Victor Rohana. Grandfather eral. St. Michael, Cannelton, Dec. 30. Louise (Habig) Sullivan. WYCOFF, Evelyn F., 81, Holy “Duke” Kenison. Mother of of five. Mother of Frances Masterson, Brother of Maureen Golden, Spirit, Indianapolis, March 2. Donna Kozlowski, David and NEFF, Anne C., 94, ROTHENBERGER, Donna Jane Scarbrough, James, John, Lois Harmon, John and Sister of Hattie Mae Matthew- John Kenison Jr. Grandmother St. Gabriel, Connersville, Jeanne (Wank), 53, St. Monica, Robert and Roy Snyder. Sister of Michael Sullivan. Grandfather son and Ralph Wycoff. Aunt of of six. Great-grandmother of March 8. Mother of Karen Indianapolis, March 6. Wife of Jean Roy. Grandmother of 13. of six. several. † four. Porter. Sister of Mae Horyn and KENNEY, John C., 70, Holy Eleanor Parr. Grandmother of Spirit, Indianapolis, March 12. three. Husband of Mary (Deardorf) O’BRIEN, June, 77, St. Kenney. Father of Anne, Mary, Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Feb. A-1 Glass Block, Inc. Susan, Teresa, James and Joseph 26. Mother of Jeanna O’Brien. Kenney. Brother of Dr. David Grandmother of three. Replacement ‘‘Help us Kenney. Grandfather of six. O’Neal, Blanche E., 80, to help others'' KLAES, Mary, 75, St. St. Andrew, Indianapolis, Basement Ambrose, Seymour, March 4. March 3. Mother of Claudette Windows Wife of Marvin Klaes. Mother Frazier and Regina Jones. Sister of Julie Bradley, Kathy Clark, of Ethel Strickland. Grand- Installed With Need Patti Hurley, Marian Lanham, mother of one. Air Vents Bill, Chris and Don Klaes. PADGETT, Anna Mary, 99, Sister of Florence Kelly and St. Michael, Greenfield, March for John Vance. Grandmother of 11. Mother of Jean Gardner and Best quality work 12. Great-grandmother of 2. 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He served in the on March 14 in Cincinnati. He U.S. Army Reserve. ATTENTION VETERANS was 64. Survivors include his wife, The funeral Mass was held Corinne McManus Gerwe; Complimentary Grave Space Available on March 19 at St. Stephen sons Scott, Gregg and Evan Church in Cincinnati. Gerwe; stepson Guy Adams; For all honorable discharged veterans He lived in Saluda, N.C. father, Louis J. Gerwe; brothers In the Gerwe earned a master’s Gary, Bill and Joe Gerwe; and degree in public administration sisters Lyn Krauss and Louise at Xavier University in Bruemmer. † Garden of the Guardian Angels Former State Rep. Richard D. Wathen Calvary and Our Lady of Peace Cemeteries are offering a died on March 14 in Dover, N.H. complimentary grave space to all veterans. We will also explain additional benefits that are Former State Rep. Richard He graduated from B. Wathen, a native of Princeton University and the available to you as a veteran. Jeffersonville, died on March Indiana University School of Spaces are limited, so act now! 14 in Dover, N.H. He was 83. Law, then enlisted in the U.S. His funeral Mass was held Navy. After serving in World on March 19 at St. Augustine War II, he worked for the CIA Calvary Cemetery Our Lady of Peace Church in Jeffersonville. for four years, then returned to Wathen represented Jeffersonville. 435 W. Troy 9001 Haverstick Road Indiana’s 71st District, which Survivors include his wife, covers much of Clark County, Amelie Walmsley Wathen, and 317-784-4439 317-574-8898 from 1972 to 1990, when he two sons, three stepdaughters retired from public service. and 13 grandchildren. † Page 18 The Criterion Friday, March 23, 2001

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Marquette receives $1 million to CRS sends food to thousands of NewsNews briefsbriefs establish media ethics program displaced people in Sudan U.S. MILWAUKEE (CNS)—The Scripps Howard NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS)—Catholic Relief Services Foundation of Cincinnati has given $1 million to Sudan sent food to thousands of displaced people in south- Marquette University’s College of Communication to ern Sudan’s Diocese of Rumbek after renewed fighting Catholic University wins Division establish the William R. Burleigh and E.W. Scripps pro- between government-backed soldiers and the Sudan fessorship and the William R. Burleigh media ethics pro- Peoples’ Liberation Army. Responding to an urgent appeal III basketball championship gram. The purpose of the endowment is to establish and by Bishop Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek for food, water and SALEM, Va. (CNS)—The Catholic University of strengthen the study and practice of ethics in the commu- other relief supplies, in mid-March CRS Sudan delivered 60 America won the NCAA Division III national championship nications industry and to enrich the academic and techni- tons of lentils, vegetable oil, bulgar wheat and other sup- in men’s basketball March 17, defeating William Paterson cal preparation of communications students and faculty. plies to the Bahr el Ghazal region in the western part of University 76-62. Unlike big-name basketball programs in Burleigh is chairman and retired president and CEO of the southern Sudan, said David Snyder, media relations adviser Division I, like Duke, Kentucky or Georgetown, Division III E.W. Scripps Company, which was founded by E.W. with CRS, the U.S. bishops’ international relief and devel- schools offer no athletic scholarships, play in much smaller Scripps in 1878. Burleigh earned a bachelor’s degree from opment agency. The Sudan program is CRS’ biggest project, arenas and rarely if ever show up on live television. But what was then called the College of Journalism at with most of the funding coming from the U.S. Agency for Division III still has a national championship tournament Marquette in 1957. International Development, he said. and a Final Four weekend, held this year in Salem in south- west Virginia. Catholic University in 1998 and 1999 advanced to the final 16 of the tournament, and last year WORLD Balkan Catholic leaders pledge to made the final eight before this year’s triumph. work for democracy, pluralism Holy See decries Italian threat to WARSAW, Poland (CNS)—Catholic Church leaders in Milwaukee archdiocese developing cut power to Vatican Radio the Balkans have agreed to work more closely for programs for Hispanic influx “democracy and pluralism’’ a decade after the outbreak of VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Holy See denounced a war in former Yugoslavia. A Church spokesman said they MILWAUKEE (CNS)—It wasn’t so long ago that some- threat by Italy’s environmental minister to cut off elec- also would give greater support to Catholic charities oper- one searching for a Mass in Spanish in the Milwaukee tricity to Vatican Radio over alleged electromagnetic ating in the region, whose “valuable work” was often Archdiocese would have few options, most of them congre- pollution and said ongoing bilateral negotiations were ignored by the international community. In a statement, gated on Milwaukee’s near-south side or near-north side. the proper means to resolve the dispute. In a statement bishops’ conference presidents from Albania, Bosnia, Today, Masses in Spanish are regularly offered in each of March 17, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman, Croatia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia said they had debated the archdiocese’s 10 counties, indicating the ever-growing called it “surprising” that an Italian government official how the Church could help build “just, stable and democ- Hispanic presence in Wisconsin. From 1990 to 2000, the spread misinformation and suggested “initiatives that ratic societies” in the Balkans, while responding to current number of Hispanics in the archdiocese increased from are contrary to the spirit of negotiations.” Willer challenges facing local Catholic communities. 71,456 to 134,358, according to statistics compiled by the Bordon, the environmental minister, said March 16 he archdiocesan Office for Parish Planning and Collaboration. would order the Italian electricity company to suspend PEOPLE Hispanics in Wisconsin number 140,235, accounting for 2.6 service within 15 days if the radio’s transmission anten- percent of the state’s population. nae continued to violate Italy’s very strict radiation stan- dards. Retired Cardinal Cassidy reviews Philadelphia Archdiocese plans to decade of ecumenical progress revitalize neighborhoods Pope urges Mideast bishops to VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Australian Cardinal Edward PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—“There is Hope” is painted in keep Catholics from leaving I. Cassidy is ready to go home after 48 years abroad, but he will return to Australia having had experiences that at bold letters on the side of a soon-to-be-demolished theater VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II called for in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. Once called the one time would have seemed a dream. The 76-year-old an immediate return to negotiations by Israelis and Starlight Theater, it served as the backdrop to a news con- cardinal retired in early March after 11 years as president Palestinians and urged bishops from the Middle East to do ference on the playground of nearby Visitation B.V.M. of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity all they can to keep Catholics from leaving the region. The Church, where Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. Bevi- and as president of the Commission for Religious pope said the combination of violence and economic hard- lacqua announced a new archdiocesan initiative aimed at Relations with the Jews. In a mid-March interview, he said ship was continuing to threaten the historic presence of bringing hope to the city’s neighborhoods. “Even within the widespread participation in ecumenical celebrations dur- Christians in the Holy Land. He made the remarks in a most troubled communities in our city there are many rea- ing the Holy Year and Pope John Paul II’s March 2000 sons to hope,” he said in announcing the formation of a new speech March 17 to bishops of the Middle East, who were visit to the Holy Land were “events that would have archdiocesan Office for Community Development. making their ad limina visits to the Vatican. The pope said seemed our dreams” when he took over the office in 1989. the recent escalation of violence in the Holy Land had “sorely tested the hopes for peace.” Updates for Mass is an opportunity Xavier vice president is named to examine goals of liturgy Cardinal hails Pope John Paul’s president of Marymount University MANTECA, Calif. (CNS)—The Vatican’s first revision establishment of World Youth Days ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS)—James E. Bundschuh, vice in 25 years of the General Instruction of the Roman president for academic affairs at Xavier University in Missal gives Catholics an opportunity to take a new look VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II’s institu- Cincinnati, will become the fifth president of Marymount at the liturgy and reforms initiated by the Second Vatican tion of World Youth Days in 1985 was “one of the most University in Arlington, effective July 1. Bundschuh, who Council, said the U.S. bishops’ top liturgy official. Father prophetic decisions of his pontificate,” said Cardinal J. is also a professor of chemistry at Xavier, succeeds Sister James P. Moroney, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Francis Stafford. Given the events’ extraordinary success, Eymard Gallagher, a member of the Religious of the Secretariat for Liturgy, discussed the revised rules in a today’s Church leaders would do well to learn from the Sacred Heart of Mary, who has served as Marymount’s February talk to about 1,000 participants at a Stockton pope how to reach young people, said the U.S. prelate, president since 1993. Bundschuh is the first lay president diocesan liturgy workshop in Manteca. Stockton Bishop president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Cardinal of Marymount. The university was founded by the Stephen E. Blaire invited Father Moroney to give the Stafford spoke March 16 at a Rome conference on World Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in 1950 and its first workshop for laity and a session for priests as the first Youth Days sponsored by the Italian bishops’ youth office four presidents have been members of that order. major events of the diocese’s observance of 2001 as a and Regina Apostolorum university, run by the Bundschuh joined Xavier University as vice president for “Year of Liturgical Catechesis.” Legionaries of Christ. academic affairs in 1993. †

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