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Good can Christians celebrate the Friday was for a day but Eas- resurrection of Jesus when ter is forever. The Church is his body, the Church, is di- passing through its Good CNS photo vided, plagued by scandals Friday, but Christ will have The resurrection of Christ is depicted in a mural in the in Ireland and Germany? the last word and it will be a sanctuary of Holy Family Church in the West Bank city of Confirmations Pro-life forces are split, mar- word of victory. Our task is Ramallah. riages are down, divorces to have faith and trust in the are up; addictions abound, prior to the first Easter. It ap- Lord and to live Christ in the the people who formed the day afternoon but was walk- St. Francis of Assisi, Bradford – Sunday, corporate greed on Wall peared that the forces of dark- midst of darkness. real Easter parade. Their lives ing about alive on Sunday April 11 at 2 p.m. Confirmation classes include Street hurts Main Street and ness had won: treachery was The proof of Easter is were made new through the morning. What this meant to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Lewis Run; St. the list goes on. in high places, Judas, a cho- in the empty tomb and in energy of the risen Christ. His disciples and the world Augustine, Austin; St. Bernard, Bradford; St. Where is the good news sen apostle, had betrayed the the changed lives of people: The resurrection is like the for more than 2,000 years is Bibiana, Galeton; St. Eulalia, Coudersport; St. of Christianity? Has the master for money. If there had Mary Magdalene, Peter, Mat- first eruption of a mighty vol- the story of Christianity. It Francis of Assisi, Bradford; and St. Gabriel the darkness overcome the been a Jerusalem newspaper at thew, Benedict, Francis of cano, exploding and shooting is a story of conversion from Archangel, Port Allegany. light? the time, can you imagine the Assisi, Elizabeth Ann Seton, from the depths of the earth. Paul and Augustine to us. It is This Easter we need a sensationalized version of that Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Christ rises from the dead, Blessed Sacrament, Erie – Thursday, April history lesson. We need betrayal? We can imagine the and countless other follow- conquering sin and death. Je- 15 at 7 p.m. to look closely on the days headlines. But not even a cho- ers of the Lord. These are sus of Nazareth died on a Fri- See EASTER, page 2 DuBois Central Catholic – Saturday, April 17 at 11 a.m. Confirmation classes include St. Bernard, Falls Creek; St. Catherine of Siena, fortable. I was Catholic.” DuBois; St. Joseph, DuBois; and St. Michael the Her father was friendly with everyone at the Archangel, DuBois. church but when the priests tried talking him Home at last into letting her attend the parish school he re- St. Patrick, Franklin – Saturday, April 17 at fused. 5:15 p.m. But she said she never gave up hope she was going to be able to participate in the Catholic St. Leo Magnus, Ridgway – Sunday, April 18 St. Hippolyte parishioner faith. at 10 a.m. “Years ago, you respected your parents and fulfills lifelong dream of you didn’t want to do anything to upset the St. Boniface, Kersey – Sunday, April 18 at 2 boat,” she said. “I thought, well, when I was 18, p.m. Confirmation classes include St. Boniface, becoming Catholic I would be an adult and I could do it without Kersey, and St. Joseph, Force. getting them too upset.” When she was 16, she met my husband, who By Jason Koshinskie was of a different faith. FaithLife editor “He and his family didn’t think too kindly Erie Serra Club 50th anniversary – about Catholics,” she said. “So I just kind of April 14 FRENCHTOWN – Each Easter and every put it on the back burner. We go married when I Christmas, Lorna Waddell says she’s felt like a was 18. I just never gave up praying that I could Bishop Donald Trautman will celebrate the 50th little kid outside a window looking inside a candy At 82, Lorna Waddell will spend this Easter as come into the Catholic Church.” anniversary Mass for the Erie Serra Club at 6 p.m. store—everything was there and she couldn’t have a member of the Catholic Church for the first In March 2009, her husband passed away. on Wednesday, April 14 in the it. time. A parishioner at St. Hippolyte in French- “I kept praying saying, ‘Show me the way,’” chapel of St. Mark Seminary That candy store window was actually a church town, she has already made a Cursillo and is a Waddell said. “I woke up one day and it was in Erie. window. member of the parish’s Bible study group. just like now was the time.” Erie Serra is an organiza- Now, at 82, she’s fulfilled a lifelong dream of She went to see Father Dennis Veltri, pastor tion of Catholic men and becoming Catholic. This Easter will be her first as babysitter most of the time. of St. Hippolyte Parish in Frenchtown and Our women committed to growing a member of the Catholic Church. “She was a young lady who was Catholic, a Lady of Lourdes Mission in Cochranton. in holiness and fostering voca- “Never give up hope because God’s time is not very nice girl,” Waddell recalled. What struck Father Veltri were the influ- tions to the priesthood and religious life. our time,” she said. On Saturdays, her babysitter would clean for ence of religious women early in her life, her She was born and raised on Long Island, N.Y. the nuns at St. Vigilio. While she was cleaning, Catholic friends and the training she had in dif- 15th annual Catholic Charities Ball – The area where she lived was primarily Catholic the nuns would take care of Waddell. ferent aspects of the faith. The strongest note, and Lutheran. “I had a lot of friends. My best friend, when however, was that out of respect to her family April 16 “My father, he believed in God but he didn’t she was making her First Holy Communion, I and husband she carried her wish and a strong The annual ball, which is Catholic Charities’ sin- believe in church or religion or anything,” Wad- studied it with her,” she said. “We were in and desire alive only in her heart. gle-largest fundraiser of the year, will be held Sat- dell said. out of the church all the time. I just felt part of it, urday, April 16 at the Bayfront Convention Center Her parents ran a store in town, so she had a but I wasn’t. Everybody just made me feel com- See BECOMING CATHOLIC, page 2 in Erie from 7-11 p.m.. Proceeds will go to families in need. Last year’s ball raised a record of more than $53,000. U.S. bishops applaud health care Diocese to celebrate bishop’s Hors d’oeuvres are included and anniversaries April 13 a cash bar will be expansion; call for vigilance ERIE – The Erie Diocese is getting ready to celebrate. available. Tick- By Catholic News Service fully human and fosters their because there is compelling Bishop Donald Trautman, along with the diocesan church, ets are $75 each. human dignity” (U.S. Catholic evidence that it would expand will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination Call 814.824.1250 WASHINGTON – The Catechism for Adults, p. 454). the role of the federal govern- on Tuesday, April 13 with a 2:30 p.m. Mass at St. Peter Cathe- or visit www.Eri- U.S. Conference of Catholic Included among those ele- ment in funding and facilitat- dral in Erie. eRCD.org for more Bishops praised new health ments is the provision of nec- ing abortion and plans that On April 16, 1985, Bishop Trautman was consecrated bishop information. reform legislation for expand- essary and appropriate health cover abortion. The statute at St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo. He served as an auxiliary ing health care to more Amer- care. appropriates billions of dol- bishop in his home diocese for the next five years. Pope Benedict XVI icans but said the Catholic For too long, this question lars in new funding without The Mass will also mark his 20th anniversary as bishop of the community will be watching has gone unaddressed in our explicitly prohibiting the use Erie Diocese.