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BALTIMORE (CNS)—Acknowledging wide divisions in the country over issues such as health care, immigration reform, taxes and abortion, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) called for civility to return to the public debate. Contemporary challenges are great, but that they can be Cardinal Daniel N. addressed without DiNardo anger and with love Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston‑Houston said in his first address as USCCB president during the bishops’ fall general assembly. “We are facing a time that seems more divided than ever,” Cardinal DiNardo said. “Divisions over health care, conscience protections, immigration and refugees, abortion, physician-assisted suicide, gender ideologies, the meaning of marriage and all the other headlines continue to be hotly debated. But our role continues to be witnessing the Gospel.” See related He explained that column, page 4. the National Catholic War Council, created by the U.S. bishops in 1917 in the response to the world refugee crisis that emerged from World War I and the forerunner to the USCCB, was formed to address great national and international needs at a time not unlike today. He said the history of the Catholic Church in America is full of examples of the work of “holy men and women” responding to social challenges. He particularly mentioned Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey, who ministered alongside homeless and poor The joyous reunion of a parent and child shows as Bershlmaws “Alo” Koko greets his mother, Nasra Anglo, with a bouquet of red roses on Oct. 19 at people in Detroit and who will be beatified Indianapolis International Airport. Alo, a refugee of Sudan who came to the United States in January, was reunited with nine members of his family on on Nov. 18. that October evening. (Submitted photo) “The history of Christianity is also the story of reconciliation. In 2017, we mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Begun as a moment of painful division, it stands as Latest ‘great American story’ highlights a journey toward healing, from conflict to communion,” Cardinal DiNardo said. He continued, “Civility begins in the mentor’s commitment to refugee family womb. If we cannot come to love and (Editor’s note: This is the first in an awaited moment of thanksgiving. Ever See DIVIDED, page 2 occassional series.) since 2001 when their family fled their homeland of Sudan as refugees, By John Shaughnessy they’ve held the dream of coming to the United States to start a new life—one For nearly an hour, the young man without fear, one with freedom. stood anxiously by the exit of And 16 years later, on the night of Concourse B at Indianapolis International Oct. 19 in Indianapolis, the dream finally Airport. Holding a bouquet of red roses, came true with the assistance of the he repeatedly strained to see down the archdiocese’s Refugee and Immigrant long corridor, waiting and hoping for his Services program—a program of Catholic family to appear. Charities Indianapolis that has helped Finally—at last!—he saw them in 20,000 people during the past 40 years. the distance, and all his anxiety and Alo, whose real name is Bershlmaws During his first year of adjusting to life in the tension disappeared as his face burst into Koko, arrived in Indianapolis in January United States, Sudanese refugee Bershlmaws a smile. Then he stood on his toes and of this year. He and his family had spent “Alo” Koko, left, has relied upon the guidance waved at them as his eyes glowed. 16 years in Egypt while waiting for and friendship of Fritz French, a member Within seconds, he embraced his clearance by the U.S. government so they of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in father, and greeted four of his sisters, his could come to America. Reunited with his Indianapolis who serves as a volunteer mentor two brothers and his nephew—all the family again on that October evening, Alo for the archdiocese’s Refugee and Immigrant time making his way toward his mother. softly said, “Everything is good. I’m just Services program of Catholic Charities Handing her the bouquet of red roses, so happy to see my family.” Indianapolis. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) he wrapped his mother in his arms in Still, the reunion is just part of the story the same extended motion. Her face for the 23-year-old Alo. So is the first year Helping people ‘at the ground level’ reflected all the joy and all the emotion of his life in the United States, a year of When Alo arrived in the United States, of a mother reunited with her child. change, challenge and cultural shock in he faced the challenges that confront For the young man nicknamed which he has been helped by his Catholic many refugees—separation from family, “Alo” and his family, it was a long- Charities volunteer mentor, Fritz French. See REFUGEE, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 Nuncio: Bishops must focus on Schedule of youths, evangelization, Jesus Archbishop Charles C. Thompson ______BALTIMORE (CNS)—There are spiritual fathers, even if this means demands three things bishops must always keep on our time and our energy.” November 17-30, 2017 in mind as they exercise their episcopal The USCCB Committee on ministry, according to Archbishop Evangelization and Catechesis is November 18 — 8 p.m. November 28 — 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s nuncio to beginning discussions on how best to Closing Mass for NCYC, Lucas Oil Clergy Advent Day of Prayer, Our Lady the United States: youths, the mission of reach out to and address the challenge of Stadium, Indianapolis of Fatima Retreat House, Indianapolis evangelization and “the Lord himself.” the growing numbers of people who are “The Holy Father has demanded unaffiliated or identify as “none” when it November 20 — 8:45 a.m. November 29 — 10 a.m. of bishops that their mission requires comes to religious affiliation. Leadership Team Weekly Meeting Mass with high school seniors of the passion,” Archbishop Pierre said in an “The committee hopes to study the archdiocese, SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, November 21 — 8:30 a.m. address to the U.S. bishops on Nov. 13, issue and learn more about the ‘nones’ 1347 N. Meridian St., the first day of their fall general assembly so as to offer to the bishops a greater Mass with Our Lady of the Greenwood Indianapolis in Baltimore. “We need to have the understanding of why people are leaving the School students, Our Lady of the passion of young lovers and wise elders.” Church, and no longer identifying with any Greenwood Church, 335 S. Meridian St., November 29 — 4:30 p.m. Pope Francis has warned that religion. This is especially true of younger Greenwood Mass for the Franciscan Friars Province Assembly, Mount St. Francis Center, “the biggest threat of all is gluttony,” people who are leaving the Church,” said November 21 — 1 p.m. 101 St. Anthony Dr., Mt. St. Francis Archbishop Pierre added, in “which all Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford, Priests’ Council Meeting, Catholic Center, appears to proceed normally while in Conn., committee chairman, in a September Indianapolis November 30 — 10 a.m. reality faith is winding down. report included in materials provided to the Leadership Team Weekly Meeting “I ask you for passion—the passion of bishops for the fall meeting. November 27 — 8:45 a.m. evangelization—what are we as bishops On evangelization, Archbishop Pierre Leadership Team Weekly Meeting (Schedule subject to change.) totally passionate about?” he said. As reminded the bishops that Pope Francis the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had sent them a video message last year. (USCCB) celebrates its centennial in 2017, In that message, “the challenge is to create is shocking and violent, such as in the archbishop added, “I think this is a a culture of encounter which encourages DIVIDED Charlottesville [Va., in August]. More fundamental question that the illustrious individuals to share the rich tradition of continued from page 1 often it is subtle and systematic. But past of your conference gives as Christ as experience, to break down walls and build racism always destroys lives, and it has no the center of your life and your Church.” bridges,” he said. “The Church in America protect innocent life from the moment place in the Christian heart,” he said. In focusing on youths, Archbishop Pierre is called to come out of its comfort zone God creates it, how can we properly care The cardinal called for a “bold national said, “Pastors, parents and teachers know and become a leaven of communion. We for each other as we come of age? Or dialogue ... a frank and honest commitment the difficulties of transmitting the faith in need to become fully a community of when we come to old age?” to address the root causes of racism. our day, which is not so much the nature of disciples filled with love and enthusiasm The cardinal lamented that abortion “Americans don’t like to talk about it. change as the change in age. Young people for the spread of the Gospel.” continues despite the existence of Nonetheless, it is time to act. Our common struggle not only with existential questions The archbishop gave two recent alternatives to save the life of unborn humanity demands it of us. Jesus demands but practical ones, like finding work.” examples of U.S.-born holy men: Blessed children. it of us,” Cardinal DiNardo said. He noted that “50 percent of Catholics Stanley Rother and Capuchin Franciscan Cardinal DiNardo also laid out several He discussed the work of Bishop George under 30 identify as ‘nones’ [having Father Solanus Casey, whose beatification policy stances for the country to pursue. V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, chairman no religious affiliation] ... and nearly is to take place in Detroit the weekend He said hospitals and health care of the bishops’ new Ad Hoc Committee 14 million Hispanics born Catholic but following the bishops’ meeting. workers “deserve conscience protections Against Racism. The committee will meet raised here have become nones.” “It was this land that gave birth to so they never have to participate in the with people throughout the country to Archbishop Pierre said, “Perhaps we Blessed Father Stanley Rother, even in the taking of a human life.” learn how the Church in America can best could become discouraged. However, face of martyrdom, even though he gave The cardinal called for “good and respond “in ending this evil,” he added. we are a people of hope. Our hope his life for his people, even though he could affordable health care” for poor people Beyond such challenges, Cardinal is basically in the Lord and the Holy have given up,” Archbishop Pierre said. and action to address the country’s DiNardo said, society has had to respond Spirit. Are we passionate about our Father Solanus “made time for people. opioid abuse epidemic. to a series of natural disasters, including youths? If so, this means being open He listened to the pilgrims, and he To applause, Cardinal DiNardo urged hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico to accompanying them personally as touched the sick with great compassion,” lawmakers to enact comprehensive and the U.S. Virgin Islands, wildfires in Archbishop Pierre immigration reform and protections for California and earthquakes in Mexico. added. It was, he said, the country’s 800,000 young adults who Such tragedies have brought the “this love for the Lord have been protected from deportation Church in America together, he said, and his people [that under the Deferred Action for Childhood “and has reminded me of how wonderful caused] light to rise in Arrivals (Dreamers) program. the gifts of faith, hope and love truly are. darkness.” President Donald Trump in September “We need to constantly put forward Setting the example called for an end to the program, these virtues, especially in light of for Catholics in their handing off to Congress the solution to violence from what is a long and dioceses “by example the immigration status of young adults growing list of mass shootings in our of our personal brought to this country illegally as schools, offices, churches and places of relationship with children, and giving the lawmakers a recreation,” he explained. Jesus” are among six-month window to act. “The time is long past due to end the “the most essential Acknowledging that a country has madness of outrageous weapons, be they activities to be carried the right to defend its borders, Cardinal stockpiled on a continent or in a hotel out in our pastoral DiNardo reminded the country’s leaders room,” the cardinal said. ministry,” he noted. that it should be done in a humane way. Cardinal DiNardo said the love of “There is always one “We join our Holy Father in declaring Jesus is “stronger than all the challenges more task to be done. that a pro-life immigration policy is ahead.” There is always a risk one that does not tear families apart, it “My brothers, let us follow our of being functionally protects families,” he said. Holy Father ever more closely, going a manager, but Jesus Racism, too, has risen to become forth to be with our people in every calls us to a lonely a major challenge for the country, the circumstance of pastoral life,” he said. place to pray. The USCCB president said. “Drawing strength and wisdom from Cardinal Pietro Parolin, left, Vatican secretary of state, and need for silence, “In our towns and in our cities, these past hundred years, let us sound Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, concelebrate Mass on Nov. 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the and contemplation as civility ebbs, we have seen bolder our hands and voices joyfully. And let us Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore on the eve of the fall cannot be greater as expressions of racism, with some taking always remind our people, and ourselves, general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. an antidote to the pride in this grave sin. Sometimes it that with God, all things are possible.” † (CNS photo/Bob Roller) busyness of life.” †

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Members of St. Rita Parish’s Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary hold hands while praying Deacon Wilfredo de la Rosa, left, and Archbishop Charles C. Thompson elevate the Eucharist during the the Lord’s Prayer on Oct. 22 during their organizations’ 70th anniversary Mass at St. Rita Church in Oct. 22 Mass. Concelebrating are Father Jerome Robinson, left, of the Archdiocese of Mobile, Ala., and Indianapolis. (Photos by Mike Krokos) Father Kenneth Taylor. Deacon Oliver Jackson (partially obscured), right, assisted at the Mass. Knights, Ladies of St. Peter Claver celebrate 70 years of faith By Mike Krokos life,” Archbishop Thompson said, “so and tied to the Church. Everywhere the much so, that people who were out to Clavers have gone, they’re connected to Members of the Knights of Peter destroy his dignity came to realize the a parish.” Claver and its Ladies Auxiliary were great dignity of this man’s faith, this St. Rita Parish also began a trend encouraged to follow their namesake’s man’s conviction, moved by love and for both the men’s and women’s example of displaying conviction as they mercy for all humankind.” organizations, he added. live out their lives of faith in service to The conviction we must have in our “This one is the original council others. lives, the archbishop noted, “stands and court for the city of Indianapolis, Archbishop Charles C. Thompson in direct contrast to apprehension, then others came along afterward,” offered that encouragement in his homily indifference and disloyalty.” Father Taylor said. during an Oct. 22 Mass at St. Rita “One who possesses conviction stands In closing, Archbishop Thompson Church in Indianapolis celebrating the firm in resolve amid adversity, challenge offered words of encouragement for the 70th anniversary of the parish’s Knights and uncertainty,” he said. organizations. of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary “Given today’s climate of gun “It is my hope that the Knights and (St. Rita Council #97 and Christ the King violence, injustice, terrorism, Ladies of St. Peter Claver will continue Court #97). racism, hate crimes, opioid crisis, to carry forth that conviction of faith and “St. Peter Claver, referring to himself and scapegoating of immigrants and hope that leads others to encounter the as the ‘slave of slaves forever’ … displayed refugees, a person of faith necessarily person of Jesus Christ, the very presence incredible conviction in carrying forth needs to possess conviction.” we celebrate here and now in word and his mission to the poor, the vulnerable, Mel Blaylock, a member of St. Rita sacrament,” he said. the mistreated, and those cast aside by Council #97, said this was the second ‘Amid the demands of this world, let Grand Lady Judith Johnson of the Ladies society,” the archbishop said. time he had been to a Mass celebrated by us never compromise what belongs to Auxiliary proclaims the second reading during Born in Spain, St. Peter Claver was Archbishop Thompson. God—that is you and me.” † the Oct. 22 Mass. a missionary who travelled to South “He’s very inspirational,” said America in 1610. He was the first Jesuit Blaylock, who has been a Knight for priest ordained in Cartagena, Colombia, a 15 years and a member of St. Rita port of entry for West African slaves. He Parish for 12 years. ministered aboard the ships and ashore Rosemary Lee, a member of Christ before the slaves were sold, feeding, the King Court #97, was excited to have will you take the comforting and baptizing them. It is Archbishop Thompson at the Knights’ and estimated that St. Peter Claver catechized Ladies’ celebration, too. UNITED CATHOLIC APPEAL and baptized 300,000 slaves. He is also “I just had to touch him because it’s a the patron of missionary work among blessing for me,” she said. African-Americans. Father Kenneth Taylor, pastor of “His conviction enabled him to do St. Rita Parish, noted that the Knights with a spirit of joy and enthusiasm for of Peter Claver is the largest black for God’s unconditional love and mercy in Catholic fraternal organization in the the face of such adversity, oppression country, and was founded in 1909 in 10 12 and even indignity toward the dignity New Orleans “as a way to keep the of the person and the sacredness of black Catholic men tied to the faith challenge?

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Opinion Reflection/Daniel Conway 100th anniversary of bishops’ conference urges ‘looking Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus forward’ as well as ‘looking back’ Archbishop Charles C. Thompson’s Archbishop Pierre went on to remind first fall meeting of the United States bishops—once again in the Holy Father’s Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) words—that their mission requires as archbishop of Indianapolis was an “passion.” Editorial historic occasion, the “We need to have the passion of young 100th anniversary of lovers and wise elders, a passion that the founding of the turns ideas into viable utopias, a passion bishops’ conference. for the work of our hands, a passion One hundred years that makes us constant pilgrims in our ago, in response churches,” he said. “I ask you for passion, to the immense the passion of evangelization.” human suffering These stirring words, and the and displacement of experience of this historic meeting, people brought about prompted Archbishop Thompson to say: by the First World “I am also reminded of a prayer found War, the American bishops came together in the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, as never before to bring the Gospel imploring the Lord to not leave the message of hope and joy to immigrants shepherd without a flock nor the flock who came to the New World seeking without a shepherd, which only increases security and a better life. my gratitude for the wonderful clergy, Much has changed in the past religious and laity that make up the 100 years, but the bishops’ mission is Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Together, as the same: to be the welcoming arms of members of both the local and universal Jesus Christ for all who come to this Church, we are the Body of Christ called country seeking freedom, justice and to give witness as missionary disciples to economic well-being. The bishops’ the joy of the Gospel.” stance toward immigration was not There was plenty of passion on display A homeless man is seen feeding pigeons as he sits on a sidewalk on Oct. 30 in New York City. always understood, or popular, a as the American bishops discussed at Pope Francis will celebrate the Catholic Church’s first World Day of the Poor on Nov. 19. century ago. But it was grounded in the length the challenges we face today in the (CNS photo/Jason Szenes, EPA) Church’s absolute conviction that every areas of abortion, immigration reform, human person is made in God’s image racism, gun violence, physician-assisted and is, therefore, worthy of dignity and suicide, protection for the rights of respect. conscience among health care providers We must serve the poor As Archbishop Thompson reflected and employers and other “headline issues” “The poor are not a problem,” command. Perhaps that fact is little on this anniversary, he noted, “Our of our time. Political advocacy is crucial, Pope Francis said when he announced known by the general public, but celebration of the centenary of the but so is the moral education of our the first World Day of the Poor. “They Catholic organizations throughout the United States Conference of Catholic people and, above all, the conversion of are a resource from which to draw as we archdiocese are doing wonderful things Bishops marks a wonderful milestone hearts. strive to accept and practice in our lives for the poor. in the collegiality and unity of the As the apostolic nuncio reminded the essence of the Gospel.” Catholic Charities has offices in U.S. bishops with one another and the the bishops, Pope Francis urges all of The first observance of the World Day Indianapolis, Bloomington, Terre Holy Father. us to beware of “the gray pragmatism of the Poor is on Nov. 19. Haute, New Albany and Tell City. Last “Marking the 100th anniversary of of the daily life of the Church, in which Concern for the poor has been a year, those offices served a total of our conference, noting that each bishop all appears to proceed normally, while top priority of the Church from the 90,415 unduplicated clients (209,519 is a successor to the Apostles, impresses in reality faith is wearing down and beginning. In his Letter to the Galatians, duplicated clients) with more than upon me the link of my own ministry degenerating into small-mindedness.” written about the year 54 or 55, St. Paul 20 kinds of special services from food with all those who have gone before, Once again, passion, not pragmatism, is recounted the meeting he had with the distribution, to clothing assistance, to are currently serving and to come after what should characterize the ministry of “pillars” of the Church at which they shelter, and health-related services. It me. The Church in the United States bishops, the successors of the Apostles approved Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles. did that with a paid staff of 219 plus has known some incredible shepherds, called to be in “a permanent state of “Only, we were to be mindful of the 2,056 volunteers. not the least of which includes Bishop mission.” poor, which is the very thing I was eager However, Catholic Charities is Benedict Joseph Flaget of Bardstown Archbishop Thompson’s reflections to do,” he said (Gal 2:10). hardly the only Catholic organization [Ky.] and Bishop Simon Bruté of on his own call to passionate ministry Indeed, Paul was mindful of the that serves the poor. The Society of Vincennes [Ind].” on behalf of the people of central and poor. During his travels, he took up a St. Vincent de Paul is probably the best Pope Francis’ personal representative southern Indiana says it all: “Perhaps collection that he gave to the Church in known. It feeds and clothes the hungry, in the United States, Archbishop a personal renewal to the universal call Jerusalem, designated for the poor there. provides beds for those without, gives Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio, to holiness and mission is the best way Of course, Jesus himself came into appliances like refrigerators and brought greetings from the Holy Father. for me to celebrate this grand centennial the world as a poor man, lived as a washers, makes house visits with food, But he also brought a challenge. Quoting moment in the history of the Catholic poor man, and died as a poor man. and has a medical clinic available. Pope Francis’ remarks during his recent Church in the United States. To that end, I He urged all of us to be poor, if not in The amazing thing about the trip to Colombia, the nuncio said, “The ask all to please pray for me.” actual poverty, at least in spirit, for his Indianapolis archdiocesan Council of essential things in life and in the Church first beatitude was “Blessed be the poor the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is are never written in stone, but remain a (Daniel Conway is a member of in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of that it it is operated almost entirely by living legacy.” The Criterion’s editorial committee.) † heaven” (Mt 5:3). volunteers. At the beginning of his ministry, Many Catholic faith communities in his hometown of Nazareth, he in central and southern Indiana have proclaimed, “The Spirit of the Lord is St. Vincent de Paul parish conferences, U.S. refugee admissions and ceilings upon me, because he has anointed me to so it is located in 57 places, including 1980-2018 bring glad tidings to the poor” (Lk 4:18). five distribution centers and three U.S. refugee admissions and ceilings 1980-2018 And he told the rich young man, “If you food pantries. Its Beggars for the Poor would be perfect, go sell what you have ministry takes a truck to a Methodist 250K 231,700 and give to the poor, and you will have church in Indianapolis every Saturday Annual Ceiling treasure in heaven” (Mt 19:21). to provide meals for the homeless. 207,116 Number of Admitted Refugees The Acts of the Apostles tells us The homeless and the hungry are 200K that the early Christians “sold their also given meals at the SS. Peter and possessions and goods and distributed Paul Cathedral Kitchen and Food them to all, as any had need” Pantry in Indianapolis in the building 150K (Acts 2:45). behind the cathedral. It serves meals Our current Holy Father, Pope every day of the week. 125,000 112,000

Francis, has emphasized service to the The Church is obeying Christ’s 122,066 100K 90,000 99,974 90,000 85,000 poor from the moment he became pope. command to serve the poor. But Pope 80,000 70,000 Now, in his message for the World Day Francis wants us to do more. He wrote, 84,995 73,147 of the Poor, he tells us, “Let us love, “If we want to help change history 53,813 73,311 50,000 61,218 not with words, but with deeds,” which and promote real development, we 50K 48,856 is what St. John wrote (1 Jn 3:18). And need to hear the cry of the poor and St. James wrote, “Faith by itself, if it has commit ourselves to ending their not works, is dead” (Jas 2:17). marginalization.” 0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Fortunately, our Church here in We must all do our part. Note: Data series began following the enactment of the Refugee Act of 1980. President Donald Trump lowered the 2017 ceiling from 110,000 to 50,000 after taking office. central and southern Indiana can Source: Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration © 2017 Catholic News Service affirm that it is following Christ’s —John F. Fink The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 Page 5 ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO CHARLES C. THOMPSON

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Giving thanks, giving generously transforms us “Consider this: whoever sows God loves a cheerful giver because giving, are costly. They deprive us of the amazing thing is that the more we sparingly will also reap sparingly, he loves to see us achieve our greatest something precious, in spite of the give away, the more we receive back and whoever sows bountifully will potential as his children. God loves fact that we deliberately share it with in the form of spiritual gifts and graces also reap bountifully. Each must do as to see us grow in our love for him someone else. that can truly make us happy. already determined, without sadness or and for one another. God loves to see How do we become cheerful givers? Children reluctantly learn to share, compulsion, for God loves a cheerful us become more Christ-like, more Practice. Watch little children. Sharing and adults are sometimes worse. As we giver. Moreover, God is able to make generous and self-sacrificing because is not something kids do naturally. get older, we cling to things (especially every grace abundant for you, so that in he knows that this is what will bring Parents teach their children to share money and material things) out of all things, always having all you need, us the most genuine satisfaction. with others. Often it’s not easy, but concern for status, comfort or security. you may have an abundance for every True happiness is living generously the more children learn to share with Letting go can be very difficult but, good work” (2 Cor 9:6-8). for others. Profound sadness and their sisters and brothers and their as the saints show us, it’s essential if dissatisfaction result when we live only friends, the more fun they have. Selfish we want to grow in holiness and to November is often called “gratitude for ourselves. behavior (“This is my ball, and you experience lasting joy. month.” It’s the time of year when we That’s why the greatest saints can’t play with it.”) leads to unhappy God loves a cheerful giver, but are reminded to give thanks for all the are also the most generous. The list playtimes. But sharing makes play gifts from grumpy people are also gifts we have received. is endless—St. Martin of Tours, possible and enjoyable. accepted. Why? Because we all have But November could also be called St. Francis of Assisi, St. Rose The same is true for adults. We can to start somewhere, and when we “giving month” because it’s the time Philippine Duchesne, St. Teresa of lock ourselves into gated communities give, the better we are and the better when so many charitable organizations Calcutta and so many more. These are and cling to what we have, or we can we feel. reach out to us, challenging us to give models of generosity and joy—what the share with those who are less fortunate Practice giving—even if it hurts. generously. New Testament calls “cheerful giving.” than we are. The choice is ours. But The more you give away, the more We’ve heard the saying many times: We should not get the wrong idea. self-centered living is not the way to graces will return to you. And even if “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor 9:7). Cheerful giving doesn’t mean giving happiness or joy. you start out as a grumpy giver, time And it’s true. When we are able to without pain or sacrifice. Giving of As St. Paul teaches, “God is able to and experience will transform you into give without sadness or compulsion, self, giving of time and talent, and make every grace abundant for you, so a cheerful giver. If you don’t believe we experience true joy. Giving is giving of material things all cost us that in all things, always having all you me, ask any truly generous person. transformational. The more generously something. That’s what we mean by need, you may have an abundance for Give without sadness or compulsion we give, the better persons we become. “sacrificial giving.” If a gift costs us every good work” (2 Cor 9:8). Having as grateful, generous stewards of all And, amazingly, the more we sacrifice, nothing, there’s no merit in giving it all we need means that we have the God’s gifts. Before you know it, you’ll the better we feel. away. Gifts of substance, or sacrificial ability to share freely with others. And be a cheerful giver, too. †

Dar gracias y dar generosamente nos transforman la vida “Sepan que el que siembra sacrificamos, mejor nos sentimos. decir, los obsequios penitenciales, son recibimos en forma de dones y mezquinamente, tendrá una cosecha Dios ama a las personas que dan costosos puesto que nos privan de algo gracias espirituales que nos hacen muy pobre; en cambio, el que con alegría porque le encanta ver valioso, pese al hecho de compartirlos verdaderamente felices. siembra con generosidad, cosechará que alcanzamos nuestro máximo deliberadamente con alguien. Los niños aprenden a compartir a abundantemente. Que cada uno dé potencial como Sus hijos. Le encanta ¿Cómo podemos convertirnos en regañadientes, y los adultos a veces conforme a lo que ha resuelto en su vernos crecer en nuestro amor por Él personas que dan con alegría? Es son incluso peores. Con el paso de corazón, no de mala gana o por la y por el prójimo. A Dios le encanta cuestión de práctica. Observen a los la edad, nos aferramos a las cosas fuerza, porque Dios ama al que da ver que nos transformamos y nos niños. Compartir no es algo que los (especialmente al dinero y a lo material) con alegría. Por otra parte, Dios tiene asemejamos a Cristo, que somos niños hagan naturalmente; los padres puesto que nos preocupamos por el poder para colmarlos de todos sus más generosos y abnegados, porque enseñan a sus hijos a compartir con los estatus, la comodidad o la seguridad. dones, a fin de que siempre tengan sabe que esto es lo que nos aportará demás. Esto por lo general no resulta Deshacerse de las cosas puede resultar lo que les hace falta, y aún les sobre la satisfacción más genuina. La fácil, pero conforme los niños aprenden muy difícil, pero, siguiendo el ejemplo para hacer toda clase de buenas felicidad verdadera proviene de vivir a compartir con sus hermanos y sus de los santos, es un aspecto esencial si obras” (2 Cor 9:6-8). generosamente para los demás. El amigos, se divierten más. Las conductas deseamos crecer en nuestra santidad y resultado de vivir únicamente para egoístas (“Esta es mi pelota y tú no sentir la alegría eterna. El mes de noviembre a nosotros mismos es una profunda puedes jugar con ella.”) conllevan a Dios ama al que da con alegría menudo se denomina “el mes del tristeza e insatisfacción. sesiones de juego desagradables. Pero pero también acepta los dones de los agradecimiento.” Es la época del Es por ello que los grandes santos compartir es lo que facilita el juego y gruñones. ¿Por qué? Porque tenemos año en la que se nos recuerda que también son los más generosos. La hace que sea agradable. que empezar de alguna forma y, cuando debemos dar gracias por todos los lista es interminable: San Martín de Lo mismo sucede con los adultos. damos, nos convertimos en mejores dones que hemos recibido. Tours, San Francisco de Asís, Santa Podemos encerrarnos en urbanizaciones personas y nos sentimos mejor. Pero también podríamos llamar al Rosa Filipina Duchesne, Santa Teresa enrejadas y aferrarnos a lo que tenemos, Practique dar, aunque le duela. mes de noviembre el “mes del dar” de Calcuta y muchos más. Todos ellos o podemos compartir con los menos Mientras más entregue, más gracias porque es el momento en el que muchas son modelos de generosidad y alegría, afortunados que nosotros. La elección recibirá. Y aunque empiece dando organizaciones de caridad emprenden lo que el Nuevo Testamento denomina es nuestra. Sin embargo, vivir de un a regañadientes, el tiempo y la sus campañas y nos invitan a dar “dar con alegría.” modo egocentrista no conduce a la experiencia lo transformarán en una generosamente. Pero no debemos malinterpretar el alegría ni a la felicidad. persona que da con alegría. Si no Muchas veces hemos escuchado mensaje: dar con alegría no significa Tal como nos enseña san Pablo: me cree, pregúntele a una persona que: “Dios ama al que da con alegría” que no entrañe dolor o sacrificio. “Dios tiene poder para colmarlos de verdaderamente generosa. (2 Cor 9:7). Y es cierto. Cuando La entrega del propio ser, el dedicar todos sus dones, a fin de que siempre No dé de mala gana ni somos capaces de dar sin sentirnos tiempo y ofrecer talentos, y donar tengan lo que les hace falta, y aún les por obligación; hágalo como obligados o de mala gana, sentimos cosas materiales, son actividades que sobre para hacer toda clase de buenas administradores agradecidos y la verdadera alegría. Dar es un nos cuestan algo. Este es el significado obras” (2 Cor 9:8). Tener todo lo generosos que somos de todos los acto de transformación. Mientras del «obsequio penitencial». Entregar que necesitamos significa que somos dones de Dios. Y cuando menos se más generosamente damos, nos un obsequio que no nos ha costado capaces de compartir libremente lo espere, se habrá convertido usted convertimos en mejores personas y, nada no tiene ningún mérito. Los con los demás. Y lo maravilloso también en una persona que da con sorprendentemente, mientras más obsequios o dones trascendentales, es es que mientras más damos, más alegría. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017

For a list of events for the next four weeks as reported to Events Calendar The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/events.

November 23 December 1 December 2 Information: 317-257-4297, Indianapolis. St. Nicholas 4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis. St. Matthew the Apostle Women’s Care Center, St. Michael Church, [email protected]. Celebration, German style Class of ’63 monthly Church, 4100 E. 56th St., 4901 W. 86th St., Indianapolis. 145 St. Michael Blvd., dinner, beer and wine, concert gathering, 6 p.m. Mass, Indianapolis. Thanksgiving First Friday Mass, 5 p.m., Brookville. First Saturday Holy Name of Jesus Parish featuring the Indianapolis optional dinner afterward. Day Mass and Food Father Thomas Haan Marian Devotional Prayer gymnasium, 21 N. 16th St., Maennerchor, doors open Information: 317-408-6396. Blessing, 9 a.m. Information: presiding, optional tour of Group, Mass, prayers, rosary, Indianapolis. Altar Society 5:30 p.m., adults $15, children 317-257-4297, bulletin@ center to follow. Information: confession, meditation, 8 a.m. Christmas Bazaar and 3-12 $7, 2 and under free, December 11-14 saintmatt.org. 317-829-6800, www. Information: 765-647-5462. Chili Luncheon, exhibitors nonperishable food donations Our Lady of the Most Holy womenscarecenter.org. and vendor booths, cookie accepted to benefit the David Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens St., St. Louis de Montfort Parish, Terre Haute Helpers of God’s decorating, crafts, white S. Moore Food Pantry. Advance Indianapolis. The Four Last Craig Willy Hall, 11441 SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Precious Infants, elephant booth, homemade reservations only by Nov. 30. Things: Death, Judgement, Hague Road, Fishers, Ind., chapel, 1347 N. Meridian 7:30 a.m. Mass at the Carmelite desserts, noon-4:30 p.m., Santa Tickets and information: 317- Heaven, Hell, parish mission (Lafayette Diocese). Free St., Indianapolis. Lumen Dei Monastery, 59 Allendale, and Mrs. Claus visit 2-3 p.m. 638-5551, or sacredheartindy.org, presented by Father Paul Thanksgiving Meal, turkey, Catholic Business Group, Terre Haute; 8:45 a.m. car Information: p108cmaster@ click on donate. Landerwerlen, talks mashed potatoes, stuffing, 6:30 a.m. Mass, 7:15- pool from St. Patrick Parish, sbcglobal.net. twice daily, 8:15 a.m. and vegetables, rolls and dessert, 8:30 a.m. breakfast at Lincoln 1807 Poplar St., Terre Haute, December 9 6:45 p.m., 7:30 a.m. Mass in 11 a.m.-2 p.m., all Square Pancake House, to Bloomington Planned December 5 Sisters of Providence Ordinary Form and 5:45 p.m. are invited. Information: 2330 N. Meridian, Parenthood, 421 S. College Mission 27 Resale, 132 Leota Motherhouse Grounds, in Extraordinary Form, 317-517-4256. Indianapolis. Information: Ave., arriving 10:15 a.m.; St., Indianapolis. Senior 1 Sisters of Providence, Saint confessions at 7 a.m. and 317-435-3447 or lumen.dei@ return to St. Patrick Parish Discount Day, every Tuesday, Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary- 5:15 p.m. (optional). November 27 comcast.net. around noon. Information: seniors get 30 percent off of-the-Woods. Christmas Fun Information: 317-636-4478 or Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Tom McBroom, 812-841-0060, clothing, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., at the Woods, sleigh rides, [email protected]. House, 5353 E. 56th St., Our Lady of the Greenwood [email protected]. ministry supports Indianapolis crafts, cookie-decorating, Indianapolis. Serra Club Church, 335 S. Meridian St., St. Vincent de Paul Society face painting, wagon rides, December 12 Dinner Meeting, Father Greenwood. First Friday Benedict Inn Retreat & Food Pantry and Changing visit Santa, sing-a-long and St. Paul Hermitage, Anthony Hollowell presenting celebration of the Most Conference Center, Lives Forever program. more, 1-4 p.m., $5 per person, 501 N. 17th Ave., Beech on his vocation journey, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mass, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Information: 317-687-8260. children age 3 and under Grove. Ave Maria Guild, 5:40 p.m. rosary followed by 5:45 p.m., exposition of the Grove. Shop Inn-Spired free, no registration required. Christmas Party and Pitch-In, dinner, $15. Information: 317- Blessed Sacrament, following Christmas Sale, deals for December 6 Information: 812-535-2931, noon. Information: 317-223- 748-1478 or smclaughlin@ Mass until 9 p.m., sacrament your holiday shopping needs, Archbishop Edward [email protected] or spsmw.org/ 3687, [email protected]. holyspirit.cc. of reconciliation available. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., have your T. O’Meara Catholic Center, providence-center/events/. Information: 317-888-2861 or picture taken with Santa for $5 1400 N. Meridian St., Church of the Immaculate November 30 [email protected]. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Information: Indianapolis. Solo Seniors, December 10 Conception, 1 Sisters of St. Michael the Archangel 317-788-7581. Catholic, educational, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Providence, Saint Mary-of- Church, 3354 W. 30th St., St. Lawrence Church, charitable and social singles, 4625 N. Kenwood Ave., the-Woods. St. Mary-of-the- Indianapolis. Monthly 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. December 3 50 and over, single, separated, Indianapolis. Mass in French, Woods. Monthly Taizé Prayer Ecumenical Taizé Prayer First Friday Charismatic St. Matthew the Apostle widowed or divorced. New 12:30 p.m. Information: Service, theme “Praying for Service, sung prayers, Renewal Praise and Mass, Church, 4100 E. 56th St., members welcome. 6 p.m. 317-627-7729 or acfadi2014@ Peace in the World and in Our meditation and readings. praise and worship 7 p.m., Indianapolis. Advent Evening Information: 317-243-0777. gmail.com. Hearts,” 7-8 p.m., silent and 7-8 p.m. Information: Mass 7:30 p.m. Information: of Reflection, music, readings, spoken prayers, simple music, 317-926-7359 or rectory@ 317-546-7328, mkeyes@ prayer and reflections, 6 p.m., Sacred Heart of Jesus, Parish St. Therese of the Infant Jesus silence. Information: 812-535- saintmichaelindy.org. indy.rr.com. refreshments to follow. Hall, 1125 S. Meridian St., (Little Flower) Church, 2952, [email protected]. †

For a complete list of retreats as reported to VIPs The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats. Retreats and Programs Terence and Bea (Acayan) Evans, members of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in December 1-2 Information, registration: in partnership with Our Lady Indianapolis, will celebrate their 50th wedding Our Lady of Fatima Retreat archindy.org/precana. of Fatima Retreat House, anniversary on Nov. 18. House, 5353 E. 56th St., Ken Ogorek presenting, join The couple was married at St. John the Indianapolis. Pre-Cana December 4 the sisters for evening prayer Evangelist Church in Indianapolis on Nov. 18, 1967. Preparation Conference, Benedict Inn Retreat & followed by dinner, presentation They have one child: Tara Ann McNamara. $255 with overnight Conference Center, 1402 and discussion, 5-9 p.m., $35. The couple also has five grandchildren and one accommodations (two rooms), Southern Ave., Beech Grove. Information and registration: great-grandchild. $185 for commuters, includes Advent (an “FBI” program: 317-545-7681, ext. 107 www. The couple will celebrate with Mass and a dinner meals, snacks and materials. Faith Building Institutions), archindy.org/fatima. † hosted by their daughter and grandchildren. †

Michael and Paula (Brake) Thompson, members of Christ the King Parish in Archdiocesan Black Catholic Ministry to Indianapolis, will celebrate their 50th wedding host two events in early December anniversary on Nov. 23. The couple was married at St. John the Baptist The Black Catholic Ministry of the will be held at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Nov. 23, 1967. archdiocesan Office of Intercultural Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., in They have two children: Geoffrey and Ministry is sponsoring two events in Indianapolis, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with Matthew Thompson. early December. Mass following. The couple also has six grandchildren. † Archbishop Charles C. Thompson The theme of the retreat is “We will be the main celebrant at an African Are the Light of the World” with Catholic Mass at St. Rita Church, Dr. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow and Divine 1733 Dr. Andrew J. Brown Ave., in Word Missionaries Father Charles Indianapolis, at 3 p.m. on Dec. 3. A. Smith presenting. The Mass will include Scripture, The cost is $25, which includes music and dance from a variety of lunch. African countries. Registration is requested by A reception featuring foods from the contacting Pearlette Springer at 317- African and African-American tradition 236-1474 or [email protected]. will follow. All are welcome. Online registration is available on the On Dec. 9 the Black Catholic Black Catholic Ministry of Indianapolis Women’s Advent Day of Retreat Facebook page. †

New Albany Deanery to present The Vigil Project tour and performance on Dec. 1 New Albany Deanery Catholic families. Youth Ministries will present The Vigil There is no admission charge, Project’s “To Save Us All Tour” at although a freewill offering will be St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Church, 5719 accepted. Seating is first come, first St. Mary Road, in Floyds Knobs, from served. 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. The performance will be followed by The Vigil Project is a group of a reception in Assumption Hall. Catholic musicians that tour during For more information, contact Sandy Student coat of arms Advent focusing on prayer, reflection and Winstead at 812-923-8355 or e-mail Students of Marie Kline’s seventh-grade religion class at St. Nicholas School in Ripley County community through music and media. [email protected]. proudly display their personal coat of arms designed in honor of Archbishop Charles C. This is an all-ages event with Learn more about The Vigil Project Thompson in this September photo. Each student added their favorite Bible quote and Christian separate viewing rooms for young at www.thevigilproject.com. † symbols. (Submitted photo) The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 Page 7 Detroit at ‘fever pitch’ over beatification of Father Solanus DETROIT (CNS)—For decades during understandable. But really, I think it’s across the Great Depression and afterward, the whole country and other parts of the Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey world, too. I think Father’s humility and was the “go-to” guy for those who were sick, his accessibility help people feel that they poor, afflicted or discouraged in their faith. belong to him, and he belongs to them.” Standing at the doors of St. Bonaventure Born and raised in Wisconsin, Monastery on Detroit’s east side, the holy Father Solanus joined the Capuchin friar would welcome order in 1897. Rejected by the diocesan dozens—if not seminary due to low grades, he hundreds—of visitors nevertheless continued his studies toward per day: families with the priesthood, and in 1904 was ordained an ill child, destitute a “simplex” priest in Milwaukee—a fathers desperate to designation that meant he couldn’t hear make ends meet, loved confessions or preach doctrinal sermons. ones distraught over a While some priests might have been relative’s drifting from discouraged by a lack of faculties, the faith. which left him to do menial tasks such Fr. Solanus Casey, And no matter the as answering the monastery door and O.F.M. Cap. situation—whether a recording Mass intentions, Father Solanus healing was imminent happily accepted God’s will for him. People pray during a healing service in late June at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit, where or not—he would tell them the same “Father was able to be such a powerful dozens gather every Wednesday to pray for the intercession of Father Solanus Casey, a Capuchin thing: “Thank God ahead of time.” vehicle for God’s marvelous healing and Franciscan friar who will be beatified on Nov. 18. (CNS photo/Dan Meloy, The Michigan Catholic) Now that Father Solanus is set to be works because he was so transparent. beatified on Nov. 18 at Detroit’s Ford There was so little of Father Solanus practical charity he extended.” that Father would be beatified, and Field, home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions, personally to get in the way,” Soon, however, reports of miraculous eventually that he’ll be canonized,” said the entire city is heeding his advice. Archbishop Vigneron said. “That’s really favors attributed to the holy friar’s prayers Archbishop Vigneron, who inherited the “I think excitement is at a fever pitch. the secret behind his humbly accepting began to spread throughout the region. cause from his predecessor, Cardinal Adam Everybody is so enthused about it. I get never being able to preach, never being A critically ill child would recover. A J. Maida. “I have no doubt about that.” people asking me about the occasion able to hear confessions. He simply desperately needed rent check would However, the possibility “became all the time,” said Detroit Archbishop accepted who he was and said, ‘I’m happy arrive. A son serving in the war would very real” when the Capuchins told the Allen H. Vigneron in an interview with to do whatever God wants of me.’ ” miraculously escape danger. archbishop about the miraculous healing The Michigan Catholic, the archdiocesan As the monastery doorkeeper— To all who sought his help, of a Panamanian woman that took newspaper. “The quick way the tickets first in churches and friaries around Father Solanus’ trademark assurance was place in 2012. Suffering from a severe were all assigned is a strong sense of the New York City and later in Detroit— as simple as it was constant: He’d ask skin disease—an affliction from which enthusiasm of the whole community.” Father Solanus quickly gained a them first to pray, have faith and enroll Father Solanus himself died—she visited Indeed, it took just hours for the reputation as a compassionate listener their names in the Capuchins’ Mass the friar’s tomb and prayed for healing. 66,000-seat Ford Field to “sell out” for and intercessor during the Great intentions, and then, if he discerned God Almost instantaneously, her disease the historic Mass—though the tickets Depression, and soon, dozens would would favorably answer a prayer, would vanished. were free—with eager Detroiters snapping arrive daily at the doors seeking “just a reply simply, “Don’t worry, everything On May 4, Pope Francis announced the up the chance to be in attendance to moment with Father.” will be fine.” healing was authenticated as a miracle, thank God for the gift of the friar’s “Father Solanus responded very The late Cardinal John Dearden of paving the way for Father Solanus’ extraordinary life and intercession. generously in some tough economic Detroit opened the cause for canonization beatification. Though the woman has “People feel a strong connection to times, times that were very difficult for for Father Solanus in 1976, a movement wished to remain anonymous, she will Father. It’s like having someone in your ordinary working people,” Archbishop that’s been championed by each Detroit be present for the beatification Mass on family beatified,” Archbishop Vigneron Vigneron said. “He brought to them archbishop since. Nov. 18, along with others who have said. “Of course, in our region that’s very a sense of God’s presence besides the “I’ve always had confidence received favors. †

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson and the Catholic Community Foundation invite you to

Archdiocesan Christmas Tree Lighting & Prayer Service Thursday, December 7, 2017 • Catholic Center Assembly Hall 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46202 Prayer service begins at 6 p.m. • Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Reception to follow.

Just as the Vatican in early December lights the Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square and the Holy Father reflects on the Nativity, so, too, will Archbishop Thompson lead an Archdiocesan Christmas tree lighting and prayer service. At this special event, we will prepare our hearts for Jesus’ coming as the Light of the World and celebrate those who have shared their own light by establishing memorial endowments in the names of loved ones. For a donation of $10 or more, you can dedicate a luminaria in memory of a loved one, which will be lit at the prayer service. Their legacy will live on as the gifts will be invested in the Catholic Community Foundation to support the growth of parish, school, and agency ministries.

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson To RSVP by Wednesday, November 29, and/or to make a donation, please visit www.archindy.org/CCF/EveningOfLights Page 8 The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017

“My next effort is to help him REFUGEE get a high school equivalency. continued from page 1 I do see his potential of getting a college degree someday. poor command of the English language, He’s been sending money adjustments to an unfamiliar culture, and back to his family since he’s no knowledge of how to navigate life in a been working. He’s had barely new country. enough money to live on, but he Trying to meet such challenges, still sent money back. It’s really Refugee and Immigrant Services of admirable.” Catholic Charities Indianapolis has provided its usual support of housing, food, Sharing the journey clothing and job readiness classes for Alo. On the October night The program has also linked Alo with when Alo’s family arrived in French—a longtime business professional Indianapolis, French drove him who has allegiances to Immaculate to the airport. Heart of Mary Parish and St. Luke the Inside the airport, French Evangelist Parish, both in Indianapolis. bought Alo a cup of coffee and French was looking for an opportunity tried to calm him as Alo kept to “help people at the ground level, to checking his watch and kept roll up my sleeves in a personal way.” As heading to the concourse exit. the father of a 21-year-old daughter and And when it was clear that Bershlmaws “Alo” Koko, in the white jacket, poses for a photo with nine members of his family, shortly after Alo’s a 19-year-old son, the 58-year-old French the family’s plane had arrived on parents, two brothers, four of his sisters and his nephew arrived at Indianapolis International Airport on Oct. 19. feels drawn to the challenges that Alo time and more than 40 minutes Refugees of Sudan since 2001, the family members finally received clearance from the federal government to come faces at a young age. had passed without any sight to the United States this year. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) “I treat him like a son, trying to push of the family, French went to him in the right direction,” French says. the American Airlines counter where his Francis started on Sept. 27—a two-year Obviously we can’t help everyone, but “I helped him get into a single apartment, suspicion was confirmed: no one at the campaign in which the pope encouraged people who are born into some very and how to get checks from the bank. arrival gate had told Alo’s nine relatives all Catholics to find their own way of fortunate situations have to help people He had no idea what a check was. I try how to leave the airport after their journey supporting and welcoming refugees and who are most desperate. It’s clearly to help him with the practical things, from Egypt to Germany to Chicago to migrants. humanitarian.” like how to pay his electrical bill and get Indianapolis. In his seven months of helping Alo, On a personal level, French’s ultimate rental insurance. Minutes later, after an American French has learned how much of a goal is for Alo “to do all of this on his “These are all simple things, but for a Airlines counter agent made a call to the difference that kind of approach can make own, so he won’t have to rely on me.” In guy who doesn’t speak English, it’s hard. gate agent at French’s request, the family in the lives of refugees—and the people the meantime, French plans to be there for When you first meet him, you realize he’s strode down the concourse toward Alo. who support and assist them. Alo and his family. Their reunion at the a little scared of where he is, and what’s There, French took photos of the family airport has left a lasting impact on French. going on.” being reunited, including Alo hugging his ‘The great American story’ So has the fulfillment of their dream of Through it all, Alo has been working a mom. “I really didn’t know about the refugee coming to America—a dream that became full-time job at a warehouse distribution Then French guided the family program, but for me it’s very rewarding,” a reality after 16 years. center since shortly after arriving in members to the baggage area. And shortly says French, who meets with Alo two or “There’s been a lot of ups and downs Indianapolis. He’s also started to take afterward, he and Catholic Charities three times a week. “You see the humanity for Alo and his family,” French says. English language classes. intern Tracy Pizano led the last leg of the of the people, and you hope you’re helping “When he finally heard they were coming, “He’s had to grow up pretty quickly,” family’s journey that night—driving to the them in some way. It’s made me more he said, ‘My family is coming!’ He’s not French says. “The language barrier has Indianapolis apartment complex that is the sympathetic to the plight of the refugees.” someone who expresses a lot of emotion, gotten a little better. His mother tongue family’s new home. The experience has also taught French but there was a lot of emotion for him. is Arabic, and he also speaks a second, During every step of that evening, a sense of perspective and humility. And it’s exciting for me, too. Helping Sudanese language. Just because of the Alo never said much about what French “We all live comfortable lives here someone get integrated into a new country language barrier, I’m not sure of the was doing, but it was evident how much [in America],” he says. “You realize how is huge. impact I’m having, but he does listen. I he trusted his mentor and relied on his fortunate you are to be born where you “When you bring it down to a personal talk to him about the importance of being guidance. are, and in this time where you are. Not level, Alo is a great young man, and his a hard worker. He’s gotten a pay increase. Indeed, every effort, every small touch everybody has been that fortunate. family has been through a lot. They have That’s awesome. that French made seemed to reflect the “It’s a moral imperative that rich an opportunity to make a fresh start here. “Share the Journey” campaign that Pope countries help people who are desperate. That’s the great American story.” † Mentors play a key role in helping refugees and migrants

By John Shaughnessy expectations of the new country, and you feel isolated They show them how to use their oven, dishwasher and alone. and garbage disposal. They get ice cream, go to the Imagine moving to a new country to live a life you “Some may hear this and think, ‘All young adults park, carve pumpkins and go sledding. And sometimes have always dreamed of, yet it’s a country where you do this when they leave their parent’s home.’ This is it is just sitting together, trying to communicate with don’t know the language and you don’t understand the a different situation for a refugee. Many times, they one another. Being present, smiling and showing Jesus culture or how to navigate the bureaucracy. are trying to heal from the traumatic years previously Christ through the mentor’s presence is sometimes all And in the midst of this experienced fleeing their home countries and simply that is needed.” dramatic life change—a change trying to stay alive.” that makes you feel excited, lost Q. Do most refugees have a mentor, and is there a and overwhelmed at the same Q. What does it mean to a refugee to have a need for more? time—someone offers to guide you mentor who can help make the transition to life in a A. “We have been blessed to have an outpouring of through the challenges of daily new country easier? volunteers over the last two years. Almost all of our life, and the challenges of starting A. “Having a mentor in our refugee sister’s and clients during 2017 have had a mentor. We are always a new life. brother’s lives is huge. Mentors are able to build lasting looking for mentors for our new arrivals, and we have That’s the difference a volunteer relationships with our newly arrived sisters and brothers. several other volunteer needs such as tutoring in English, mentor can make to a refugee or Having a mentor can help them from fearing the helping in the donation room and helping with our Beth Russell migrant arriving in the United States, unknown in their new country, and helping them learn to immigration services.” says Beth Russell, supervisor of become self-sufficient so they can rebuild their lives. A outreach and education for the Refugee and Immigrant mentor helps them maintain their dignity by welcoming Q. Considering all the controversy surrounding Services program of Catholic Charities Indianapolis. them and sharing about the community, the culture and travel bans and a decrease in the number of refugees In 2016, Catholic Charities Indianapolis helped English.” being accepted by the United States this year, what 676 refugees and migrants by offering food, clothing, has this year been like for the archdiocese’s Refugee housing and job readiness classes. Refugee and Q. What are some of the everyday ways a mentor and Immigrant Services program? Immigrant Services also worked to match the refugees can make a difference? A. “This year has been filled with unexpected and migrants with volunteer mentors. “They help them with the practical skills they learn scenarios, and the uncertainty of what the future holds In an interview with The Criterion, Russell talked during their orientation, employment and acculturation for our brothers and sisters who have been waiting for about the refugee experience and the difference that classes through Catholic Charities. Some skills mentors years to be resettled to a third country. We have been mentors can make to them. help with are learning how to write a check, fill out an blessed as a program because we have not had to cut any envelope, make an emergency phone call, call the school staff positions during this time, and we have had many Q. Talk about the refugee experience and the if their child will be out sick, open mail—and help learn opportunities to help educate our community about who challenge of making a new life in a new country. what mail is important to keep or which can be thrown we are serving. A. “In most refugee situations, families are torn apart away. “It is important for people to understand who we are either by death or physical separation. Many times, the “Sometimes mentors will take the clients to places serving, and that we belong to our brothers and sisters— families do not know whether their loved ones are alive throughout the city they would not know about or even those who live across the world from us. Please or not. Imagine being a young adult, separated from get to see because of the limitations of not having pray for those we serve, those serving, for families to be your family, home, country, culture and language, and transportation other than the bus system or walking. reunited, and for the conversion of those persecuting our you find yourself in a new country where everything is Mentors have shown our sisters and brothers downtown, brothers and sisters. Until they have conversion, these different, you are grieving those losses, and you know the canal, Eagle Creek Park, museums, the [Indianapolis] situations will not stop.” your parents and siblings are across the world. zoo, the Indiana State Fair and other local events. “You now have the responsibility of learning a new Sometimes sharing in meals together is a great way they (For more information about being a mentor or language, working, paying rent and utilities, trying can learn about one another’s culture. volunteering for the Refugee and Immigrant Services to figure out how to balance getting an education and “Mentors also take them to the grocery store and program of Catholic Charities Indianapolis, contact working, becoming part of a community and meeting the help them learn about different fruits and veggies. Beth Russell at [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 Page 9 Corrections Ministry conference promotes collaboration, compassion By Katie Rutter about becoming involved, discerning Special to The Criterion involvement,” said Lynne Weisenbach, the coordinator of the COLUMBUS—With a steady, even archdiocese’s new voice, Misty Wallace related the worst Corrections Ministry. day of her life. On Oct. 18, 1992, at the The conference age of 18, she stopped in a parking lot on began with a the southwest side of Indianapolis to use celebration of Mass, a pay phone. Moments after hanging up, then participants a stranger shot her in the head, took her heard informative and purse and left her for dead. inspiring talks, visited Wallace recounted the attack, a information tables for miraculous recovery and her struggle for Fr. Ron Cloutier local organizations emotional healing to about 100 people and broke into gathered at St. Bartholomew Parish topic-geared workshops. in Columbus on Oct. 28 during “It’s really important to bring people an archdiocesan conference titled together in this ministry so they know “Corrections: A Ministry of Hope that others are working alongside them, & Salvation.” Her audience, previously they know what the best practices are, unaware of her experience, first expressed they know what other Protestant or shock then sympathy. Christian groups are doing as well [so] One face in the room, however, was we can collaborate with these ministries,” full of sadness and regret. He had heard explained Deacon Michael Braun, director the story dozens of times, but Keith of pastoral ministries for the archdiocese. Blackburn was still visibly moved. He Though many of those ministering Misty Wallace and Keith Blackburn, now partners in ministering to the incarcerated, share about their was the shooter. in jails and prisons may never know the journey to redemption and forgiveness after Blackburn’s attempted murder of Wallace 15 years ago. “What kind of monster,” he asked the fruits of their labor or have a dramatic The pair spoke on Oct. 28 at the archdiocesan Corrections Ministry conference at St. Bartholomew crowd when Wallace finished her story, story like Wallace and Blackburn, the Parish in Columbus. (Submitted photos by Katie Rutter) “would go into a parking lot and do what attendees were reassured that this type of you have heard I have done?” ministry is crucial. are being ministered to, but Both victim and shooter have “Most of those that we minister to equally it impacts us, the undergone a long journey of conversion think that God gave up on them a long ministers.” and forgiveness. Today, they work side by time ago, and then you show up,” said Weisenbach spoke of side in a ministry called Bridges to Life, Father Ron Cloutier, one of the keynote two distinct ways to serve an organization that brings victims into speakers and director of Correctional convicted community prisons to share their stories with inmates. Ministries for the Archdiocese of members: working inside “The inmates can relate because either Galveston-Houston in Texas. of prisons, and working they’ve committed that certain crime, or “And that’s why they’re happy to see with those who have they’re familiar with that crime,” Wallace you, because what they see in you is been released. While said. She is now the Indianapolis regional Emmanuel, God’s presence,” he said. volunteers are needed in coordinator for the organization. Presenters continually spoke about the both ministries, she cited “It’s understanding their crime, taking spiritual and emotional darkness present a “profound need” for accountability, being responsible for the in prisons and jails—a darkness that people to help the formerly crime, then moving forward and giving no small number of people experience. incarcerated re-enter society. back to the community in a positive According to the Indiana Department of “Things are stacked Edward Witulski, a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, way,” she said, knowing from experience Corrections, more than 25,000 people are against these people when listens during the archdiocesan Corrections Ministry conference that redemption is possible for even the currently incarcerated in the state. Records they get out, and yet on Oct. 28 at St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbus. hardest of hearts. also show that more than 11,500 people they really do want to be “I got to look her in the face and say, were admitted into the state’s correctional successful,” she said. “A lot of them have John Bennett, a member of St. Francis of ‘I’m sorry,’ ” Blackburn said. “It was facilities in 2016 alone. turned a corner, and they do have the will Assisi Parish in Santa Claus, Ind., in the [through] Bridges to Life that she knew “The Church has to be missionary,” to make it, but they don’t necessarily have Evansville Diocese. John and his wife that I was sincere, and her forgiveness said Father Cloutier. “We have to get out the skill to make it.” Stella have volunteered at a local prison wasn’t wasted on me.” of our rectories. We have to go after the There are a whole host of obstacles for 20 years. The conference was the first of its lost and forgotten.” for returning citizens, Weisenbach noted, Wallace freely acknowledged that, as kind sponsored by the Archdiocese of “The words of Christ that were shared including large problems like lack of a victim herself, she first wanted nothing Indianapolis. Its purpose was to inform with me had such an impact on my life, employment and small issues like not to do with ministering to inmates. But and encourage those who want to minister strengthened me,” said Tim Stevenson, knowing what to do if transportation fails. after six years of working in prisons, to the incarcerated. one of the breakout leaders. Now a “If the bus doesn’t come and they have she knows that her witness has helped to “This is geared toward two audiences: member of St. Bartholomew Parish, to make it to the parole officer by 10 a.m. change lives. those who are currently involved in the he previously served time for a felony and they don’t make it, then they’re back “The thing that’s powerful is seeing ministry, and those who are thinking conviction. in,” Weisenbach explained. hope in their eyes and in their hearts to “You shouldn’t turn your back on The statewide recidivism rate, that is, be able to make the right choices,” said someone for being incarcerated,” he those who are returned to incarceration Wallace. “Ultimately, that’s what it is, ‘It’s just an incredibly asserted. within three years of release, was nearly choosing to do the right things.” The daylong conference evolved out 40 percent last year, according to the The Corrections Ministry office aims powerful ministry, and I’m of an effort by the Church in central and Department of Corrections. When former to make the conference an annual event. hopeful that we can increase southern Indiana to more effectively engage inmates are paired with mentors or assisted The office also maintains contact with the number of people who in prison ministry. Although many Catholics by re-entry organizations, however, that all of the prisons and most of the jails are in the ministry. There were volunteering in jails and prisons, no number can drop significantly. within the borders of the Archdiocese formal structure existed to recruit, connect “We have a God of second chances, so of Indianapolis to facilitate connections is no doubt that it impacts and support these missionaries. we can really help these men and women between those incarcerated and those the people who are being To remedy the situation, a task returning to society by helping them desiring to minister. ministered to, but equally it force was founded last year to develop overcome the barriers to re-entry,” said “We’re all God’s family. We’re all impacts us, the recommendations on the topic, and Deacon Braun. one,” said Weisenbach. “This is really Weisenbach became the coordinator of a In the Gospel of St. Matthew, Jesus about hope and salvation.” ministers.’ newly-formed archdiocesan Corrections directly states that he was “in prison and — Lynne Ministry office. She now aims to keep the you visited me” when any of his followers (Katie Rutter is a freelance writer and Weisenbach, conference attendees connected and add did this “for one of these least brothers member of St. Charles Borromeo Parish archdiocesan to their number. of mine” (Mt 25:36, 40). Many of those in Bloomington. For more information coordinator “It’s just an incredibly powerful present for the conference cited this passage about the archdiocesan Corrections of corrections ministry, and I’m hopeful that we can as the reason that they began volunteering. Ministry, go to www.archindy.org/ ministry increase the number of people who are in “Prison ministry is one of the easiest corrections or contact Lynne Weisenbach the ministry,” Weisenbach said. “There is to get into because just by you coming at [email protected] or no doubt that it impacts the people who in, you give them hope,” explained 317-592-4012.) † Free seminar for professional advisors on charitable planning set for Dec. 5 and 6 Special to The Criterion two hours of ethics credits. Indianapolis. He teaches courses on law On Dec. 6, the seminar will be offered Topics of discussion will include and philanthropy, nonprofit organization at the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara The archdiocese’s Catholic Community Catholic Community Foundations (fund law and planned giving. Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., Foundation (CCF) is offering a free types, fund agreements, endowment law, Purcell, a member of the American in Indianapolis. continuing education seminar on Dec. 5 and comparison to private foundations); and Indiana State Bar Associations, also For both seminars, registration opens in Jeffersonville and again on Dec. 6 in Ethics in Charitable Estate Planning; and serves as a member of the Tax Exempt at 8:30 a.m. The program begins at Indianapolis for professional advisors, Gift Planning with Retirement Plans. Advisory Council for the Internal 9 a.m. and concludes by 12:30 p.m. A including attorneys, accountants, Purcell currently serves as senior Revenue Service (Great Lakes States), continental breakfast and box lunch will financial advisors and life insurance counsel for philanthropy for the Fellowship and has served on the board of directors be provided at both events. representatives. of Catholic University Students. He is also for the Partnership for Philanthropic Registration is available online at Nationally recognized speaker Phil an adjunct faculty member for the Indiana Planning. www.archindy.org/CCF/ProfDevelopment. Purcell, an attorney, will present the University School of Law in Bloomington On Dec. 5, the seminar will be For more information, contact Rhobie seminar, which will provide three credit and the Indiana University Center on offered at the McCauley Centre, Bentley at 800-382-9836, ext. 1482, hours of continuing education, including Philanthropy and Fundraising School in 702 North Shore Dr., in Jeffersonville. 317-236-1482 or [email protected]. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 ‘One family’ of God celebrates feast of St. Martin de Porres

By Mike Krokos

It’s about family. More specifically, it’s about God’s family and how its rich diversity can come together to celebrate as brothers and sisters in faith. That was the message a joyful Nkeka Jemie shared after taking part in the annual archdiocesan St. Martin de Porres Mass celebrated on Nov. 3 at St. Lawrence Church in Indianapolis. “I am very, very excited” to be a part of this, said a smiling Jemie, a native of Nigeria, who has been a member of St. Lawrence Parish for 10 years and serves as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion at the Indianapolis North Deanery faith community. The celebration offered a way “of defining unity, and blending everybody—black, white, [people of all] colors—because we are one family,” said Jemie, who attended the celebration with her sister Amaka Ogbuehi, who was visiting from Lagos, Nigeria. “We are God’s children, so we are one.” An estimated 200 people attended the liturgy, which included a choir which sang hymns in English and Spanish. The prayers of the faithful were also offered in several languages. A Dominican brother who lived from 1579 to 1639 in Lima, Peru, Martin de Porres was the son of a Spanish Father Thomas Schliessmann, center, prays the eucharistic prayer during the annual archdiocesan St. Martin de Porres Mass celebrated nobleman and a freed Panamanian slave of African descent. on Nov. 3 at St. Lawrence Church in Indianapolis. Joining him at the altar are Father Martin Rodriguez, left, Father Kenneth Taylor, He grew up in poverty and struggled with the stigma Deacons Oliver Jackson and Emilio Ferrer-Soto, and Fathers Christopher Wadelton and Todd Goodson. (Photos by Mike Krokos) of being of mixed race in a time of great prejudice. But he showed great compassion for all people, no matter St. Martin de Porres, he noted, their race or background. offered a faith-filled example on After starting to work at age 12 as an apprentice to a following these two tenets. barber—who also served as a surgeon in those days— “St. Martin lived a life at the heart he was accepted a few years later as a lay helper in of the Gospel. He loved. He loved as the Dominican order. After nine years, the community, Christ loved,” Father Schliessmann impressed with his prayer life, humility and love, invited said. him to profess vows. Christ tells us that, first and In his ministry for the Dominicans, he answered the foremost, we, too, are to love God, the door for visitors, maintained the linen closet, cared for priest continued. the medical needs of the friars, and distributed bread to “And it is no surprise then that if hunger beggars. we truly love God—we will love who Outside the monastery, St. Martin founded an God loves—which is every person God orphanage, visited the sick and dying, visited criminals in has made,” Father Schliessmann said. prison, and cared for African slaves at the New World’s “God has made every person in his busiest port of Lima. image and likeness. In his homily reflecting on the Gospel reading “St. Martin loved—and loves—who from Matthew (Mt 22:34-40) selected for the liturgy, God loves.” Father Thomas Schliessmann noted that although the The liturgy, which came only Pharisees and Sadducees attempted to trap Jesus, he used a few days after the Solemnity the opportunity as a teaching moment to highlight two of All Saints, reminds us that commandments. we are all called to be saints, “Loving the Lord God—the Lord our God—is Father Schliessmann noted. the primary activity of life and worship,” said Father “St. Martin teaches us that being Schliessmann, who is pastor of St. Lawrence and was the a saint is what Christ means by true principal celebrant of the liturgy. A second commandment, power,” he said. “Power is not in “to love our neighbor as ourselves, is found and making people do what we want. emphasized in the Letter to the Romans [chapter 13], Holiness is embracing both: boldness Galatians [chapter five] and James [chapter two]. and humility; intercultural diversity “In Christ’s answer to the officials, he invites everyone and unity.” Amaka Ogbuehi, left, and her sister, Nneka Jemie, both natives of Nigeria, hold hands to enter the heart of God’s revelation. That heart is to Saul Llacsa, archdiocesan while praying the Lord’s Prayer during the Nov. 3 Mass. love,” he continued. coordinator of Hispanic ministry, said at the end of the Mass that St. Martin de Porres, who was canonized in 1962 by St. John XXIII and is the patron of people of mixed race and those who work for social justice, is one of his favorite saints. He also noted that his feast day is an appropriate time to celebrate our rich, cultural diversity. “The Church welcomes us, every single day, and in every moment,” Llacsa said. “The Church welcomes everybody, every language, every Carmen Rosa Hurtado, a member of St. Monica Parish in race, because we are all Indianapolis, proclaims the first reading in Spanish during the children of God, and we annual St. Martin de Porres Mass celebrated on Nov. 3. are all one family.” † Members of a combined choir sing a hymn during the Nov. 3 Mass.

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By David Gibson seem at first glance like an expression An older man, out in the morning for of the devotional his first mile-and-a-half walk of the day, life. Yet they tend to silently recites the Jesus Prayer: “Lord couple prayer with Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on spiritual reflection me”—or, “have mercy on me, a sinner.” and conversation At about the same time of day, centered on somewhere a mother and her toddler the concrete are driving to their parish to participate circumstances in its biweekly mothers’ group. Prayer, parents face. They spiritual reflection and conversation about offer opportunities parenthood’s challenges and rewards lie at to explore the the heart of such groups’ activities. parental, Christian Each of these people is involved vocation. uniquely in the devotional life, which Such groups today assumes countless forms among help to extend the Catholics. “There is no one Catholic Sunday Eucharist spirituality or way of approaching God into the days of in ascetical practices, prayer forms or the week as their devotions,” U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell members nourish once said. each other and During his walk, the older man may share parenthood recite the Jesus Prayer 10 times, now and experiences in then altering its words somewhat. Thus, compassionate, he asks Jesus to bestow mercy not just supportive ways. “on me,” but also “on us” as his thoughts The bishops in turn to others whose needs equal and the U.S. explained outweigh his own. in a 2003 document A young man prays during a 2010 novena service at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Popular devotions such This prayer focuses his attention, that “popular as the rosary, the Divine Mercy chaplet, lectio divina and prayers to the saints help Catholics view the world through the eyes of calling to mind the Lord’s faithful devotional practices God. (CNS photo/Rafael Crisostomo, El Pregonero) presence and companionship. He recalls do not replace the that Jesus, after the resurrection, “drew liturgical life of the Church; rather they familiar biblical phrase like “God so sees it,” and “forming within us ‘the near and walked with” two disciples extend it into daily life.” The bishops loved the world that he gave his only mind of Christ.’ ” making their way to the town of affirmed that “what is crucial is that Son” (Jn 3:16). Thus, a desire to view others and the Emmaus (Lk 24:15). popular devotions be in harmony with the Pope Benedict XVI outlined the four world through God’s eyes is a goal of This recollection extends his prayer liturgy, drawing inspiration from it and simple steps of “lectio divina” in #87 “lectio divina.” Naturally, this desire into the surrounding world. He begins ultimately leading back to it.” of “The Word of the Lord,” his 2010 prompts us to expand as persons. Clearly, naming others who gladly might welcome Scripture serves as a basic resource for apostolic exhortation. a devotional life does not leave us as it Jesus’ companionship. Or he shifts many individual and communal devotions. “Lectio divina” opens “with the found us. attention to a small group of fellow An ancient devotional practice that is reading (“lectio”) of a biblical passage, he I presume that this aim of “lectio divina” parishioners who that day are devoting popular today is known as “lectio divina” noted. One asks, “What does the biblical is an aim of most, perhaps all, devotions— their prayers and supportive energies to (“divine reading”). In it, the person text say in itself?” like the Stations of the Cross, prayers to a the care of yet another parishioner whose praying approaches Scripture as God’s The second step is to meditate particular saint whose example is energizing health has veered startlingly off course. living word. on the text and ask, “What does the and motivating, eucharistic adoration, Such service to a sick person possesses Like many devotions, “lectio divina” biblical text say to us?” Pope Benedict novenas, the Divine Mercy chaplet, the the capacity to become prayerfully can be practiced alone or with others. A explained that here each person “must rosary and other Marian devotions. devotional, forming a small community of married couple might pray and meditate let himself or herself be moved and In “lectio divina,” Pope Benedict wrote faith among concerned, worried friends. In together in this way, as might a prayer or challenged.” that we overcome “our deafness to those “The Joy of the Gospel,” his 2013 apostolic retreat group. Prayer is the third step, he continued. words that do not fit our own opinions,” exhortation, Pope Francis spoke of devotions Basic to “lectio divina” is the Its question is, “What do we say to the and we allow ourselves to “be struck that “are fleshy” and “have a face,” and that conviction that God addresses us through Lord in response to his word?” Or, what by the inexhaustible freshness of God’s neither are “detached from responsibility for Scripture. To get started, it is only is our prayer now? word” (#46). our brothers and sisters” nor “divorced from” necessary to select a biblical passage Contemplation is the fourth step. It a larger community (#90). to spend time with—perhaps the good aims “at creating within us a truly wise (David Gibson served on Catholic News Parish groups for mothers might not Samaritan parable (Lk 10:29-37) or a and discerning vision of reality as God Service’s editorial staff for 37 years.) † Cultures influence the devotional life of Catholics around the world By Barbara Fraser Although the relationship is personal, it is celebrated singing, clapping and the trilling sound that women in community. make with their tongues to express joy. Three times during October, tens of thousands of “It’s not something that’s done in private,” Luciani Pilgrimages are the more serious side of celebration, people pour into the narrow downtown streets of Lima, says, “because people don’t understand religion as being she says. Peru, accompanying the figure of the Lord of the separate from the rest of their lives.” A pilgrimage site more than six kilometers from her Miracles in a procession around the city. The devotion, The Lord of the Miracles devotion dates to the home in Musoma commemorates the arrival of the first one of the largest in Latin America, is also celebrated in mid-1600s, when an African slave painted a crucifixion missionaries to the diocese more than a century ago. cities such as Los Angeles and Rome. scene on a wall in Lima. The archbishop sent workers “The long, hot, dusty walk to a pilgrimage site reciting “In Latin America, popular piety is part of the culture,” to destroy, erase or paint over the image, but each effort the rosary is something parishes and groups do together,” says Rafael Luciani, a Venezuelan lay theologian at Boston was miraculously frustrated. Mach says. “Youths often make these journeys.” College in Boston. “There is a personal relationship In 1687, a violent earthquake leveled the city, but left In Manila, in the Philippines, hundreds of thousands of between the person and God through the image that is the wall with the image unscathed. The devotion received Catholics throng the streets in January, trying to get close carried in a procession or is in the church or the home.” official approval, and for centuries, a replica of the original enough to touch the Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of image has been carried in procession every October. The Christ carrying the cross, which dates to the early 1600s. devotion is organized by a lay confraternity—another Kissing, holding or touching the statue is “connecting characteristic of popular religious devotions, Luciani says. to the divine, to touch and be touched by heaven itself,” Other countries have their own devotions—Our Lady Msgr. Jose Clemente Ignacio of the Minor Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico is one of the best known—and of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, told the local devotions may draw even more faithful than the more Philippine Daily Inquirer in 2013. famous celebrations. Pastors in U.S. parishes where immigrants settle should Processions, whether around the neighborhood or to a recognize that religious traditions vary from country to distant pilgrimage site, are a mainstay of popular devotions. country, even in the same part of the world, Luciani says. “The person goes along, telling God about their For example, although devotion to Our Lady Guadalupe is problems or their joys, and they join their everyday life well-known, it is mainly a Mexican devotion. to that relationship with God,” Luciani says. “Pastors must understand that this is part of [people’s] In Africa, religious celebrations often are culture,” Luciani says of popular devotions. “That’s a Members of St. Patrick Parish in Indianapolis carry an image accompanied by music and dancing, says Liz Mach, challenge for the Church in places that are multicultural.” of El Senor de los Milagros (“The Lord of the Miracles”) during a 2008 procession along a street near the Indianapolis South who has worked in Tanzania for most of her 41 years as Deanery faith community. Devotion to this image of Jesus is a Maryknoll lay missioner. (Barbara Fraser is a freelance journalist based in Lima, popular primarily among Peruvian Catholics. (Submitted photo) The Sunday liturgy may last several hours, with Peru. Her website is barbara-fraser.com.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Making A Difference/ Richard John Neuhaus: From radical to liberal to neo-conservative Tony Magliano Respecting life means Two weeks ago, I wrote about the When the Democratic Party embraced was meant to be an interfaith magazine, Berrigan brothers and their anti-war abortion on demand, he said, “I did not but with a definite conservative bent, linking all life issues efforts beginning in the 1960s. This week, leave the Democratic Party, it left me.” reflecting Neuhaus’ agenda. He wrote I’ll tell about another He wasn’t alone, of course. Among much of it himself. You are not pro-life if you are not firebrand in the ’60s, others who made the same jump was Then, in 1990, Neuhaus became a pro-peace. but he ended up Michael Novak, who once identified Catholic. Cardinal O’Connor received Killing another human being, even the much different, still himself as a democratic socialist. He, too, him into the full communion of the enemy, even a murderer, flies in the face passionate but less became a noted neo-conservative. Church, with Jesuit theologian and of the Author of life; it runs completely radical. After he became a staunch pro-life future Cardinal Avery Dulles as his against the teachings Richard John advocate, Neuhaus became friends with sponsor. He was quickly ordained a of the Prince of Peace: Neuhaus was a New York Cardinal John J. O’Connor, Catholic priest, and appointed associate “But to you who Lutheran minister introducing him to his network of pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish hear I say, love your in Brooklyn in the conservatives. Cardinal O’Connor, in in Manhattan. He continued in that enemies, do good to 1960s. He was one of the clergymen turn, gave Neuhaus entrée to the Vatican’s capacity until his death. those who hate you, who marched to Selma with Martin leaders, including Pope John Paul II. But his real ministry continued to bless those who curse Luther King Jr. for civil rights. He ran for When he was in Rome, Neuhaus dined be his Institute on Religion and Public you, pray for those Congress as a liberal Democrat, but lost. with the pope, who found this Lutheran Life and the magazine First Things. He who mistreat you. … He was a delegate to the 1968 Democratic minister compatible. conducted seminars on topics of his Do to others as you convention, where he was arrested with In 1987, Neuhaus, still a Lutheran, choice for the institute, and he published would have them do Dick Gregory for leading a protest march published his book The Catholic religious conservatives in his magazine. to you” (Lk 6:27-28, 31). after the peace plank they supported was Moment. Its thesis was that the Catholic He was a leader in the ecumenical You are not pro-peace, if you are not rejected. Church in the United States was poised movement, especially with Evangelicals. pro-life. By the early 1970s, though, he began to assume “its rightful role in the In 1994, he and Charles Colson were the If you promote—for any reason to change, to become less radical. The culture-forming task of constructing a principal co-signers of a document titled whatsoever—the killing of the most tipping point occurred in 1973 when religiously informed public philosophy “Evangelicals and Catholics Together.” It innocent, the most defenseless human the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade for the American experiment in ordered spelled out the need for Protestants and beings among us—our unborn brothers that abortion was legal. Protection of liberty.” Catholics to deliver a common witness to and sisters—then you are waging war in the unborn became for him the new civil In 1989, Neuhaus founded the Institute the modern world. the womb. You are not pro-peace. rights movement. on Religion and Public Life and the Father Richard John Neuhaus died And even if you and I are not actively In political terms, he transformed from monthly magazine First Things, which he on Jan. 8, 2009. His institute and his engaged in pushing the abortion agenda, but radical to liberal to neo-conservative. was to continue to edit until his death. It magazine survive. † are indifferent to it and silent about it, we are no different than those who were indifferent That All May Be One/Fr. Rick Ginther and silent when the Nazis took away the Jews and others to extermination camps. Volunteer, make time to fulfill the mission of loving your neighbor Holocaust survivor, the late Elie Wiesel, in his inspiring Nobel Peace Prize Part of a diocesan priest’s daily prayer is cooperation among men, the Church must folks in need right now? Are any of acceptance speech said, “I swore never to the Liturgy of the Hours. One part of this be present and active in the community the efforts linked to the efforts of other be silent whenever and wherever human is the Office of Readings: Psalms, followed of nations. It must work through its own Christian communities, mosques, beings endure suffering and humiliation. by a Scripture reading and a reading public organizations with the full and synagogues or temple? We must always take sides. Neutrality from other writers in sincere cooperation of all Christians in Some of my fondest memories of helps the oppressor, never the victim. the Church (ancient their one desire to serve all mankind. parish life in Tell City, Richmond, Terre Silence encourages the tormentor, never the through the 1960’s). “This end will be more effectively Haute and Indianapolis are the times tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. On a recent day the achieved if the faithful are themselves Christians and people of other faiths When human lives are endangered, when second reading came conscious of their human and Christian worked together addressing human needs. human dignity is in jeopardy, national from “Gaudium et responsibilities and seek to awaken Are you involved through volunteering, borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.” Spes” (“The Pastoral among those in their own walk of organizing or contributing? To leave it So then, what about the endangered Constitution on the life a readiness to cooperate with the solely to “others” to work cooperatively lives of so many migrants fleeing Church in the Modern international community. for local regional, national or international death-dealing poverty, drug gangs and war? World”). “Finally, it is to be hoped that, in relief is not enough. Are we genuinely concerned enough about Appropriately, carrying out their responsibilities in the Yes, Catholic Relief Services, the dangerous threats upon their God- ecumenical and interreligious writings international community, Catholics will the Catholic Campaign for Human given lives and dignity to see our national often reference “Unitatis Redintegratio” seek to cooperate actively and constructively Development, Catholic Charities and borders and sensitivities as irrelevant? Or and “Nostra Aetate,” two decrees of the with other Christians, who profess the the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are we building higher barriers and longer Second Vatican Council. same Gospel of love, and with all men who are all worthy channels, and each has walls to silence their suffering? However, other Vatican II documents hunger and thirst for true peace.” its connections to ecumenical and As Christians, as followers of Jesus— point toward this essential work of the Though these quotes have a interreligious partners. who showed care for everyone, regardless Church. Paragraphs 88-90 of “Gaudium “worldwide” thrust, they invite us to But what makes the Gospel real, what of status—what does it really mean to et Spes” do just that. And they are quite reflect on our own communities. says “We care together” is the more local respect life? timely as we enter the holiday seasons So many times folks have asked me: and tangible cooperative efforts in which It means that all life—including the when we pay greater attention to the basic “How can I be involved in ecumenical you participate yourself. environment—but especially human life, needs of human beings. work, or interreligious work? I am not a Look around. There are ecumenical is a precious gift from the Creator. And “…[A] method of collecting and theologian! But what can I contribute?” and interreligious cooperative therefore, no one, absolutely no one, is distributing contributions [for the poor Ecumenical and interreligious work opportunities. Help fulfill the mission expendable. Everyone counts in the eyes and needy] should be established in each finds expression in our cooperative of loving your neighbor, along with and of God. Remember Jesus’ wonderful diocese and nation and on a worldwide efforts for justice. During these winter through your neighbor! parable of the one lost sheep. level. Wherever it seems appropriate, months when food, clothing and housing The poor, the hungry, the thirsty, the there should be joint action between insecurity is the most visible and (Father Rick Ginther is director of the homeless, the unborn, the war-torn, the Catholics and other Christians. The spirit pronounced, this is especially true. archdiocesan Office of Ecumenism. He is migrant, the sick, the dying, the old, the of charity … in fact demands them. Do you know what your parish or also the pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes young, the drug addict, the prostitute, “In order to foster and encourage religious community is doing to assist Parish in Indianapolis.) † the uneducated, the unemployed, the underemployed, the uninsured, the prisoner, and yes, even the enemy are our Worship and Evangelization Outreach/Gabriela Ross brothers and sisters in Christ. Therefore, no one category of persons, Have a purpose, proclaim the Gospel when breaking bread around the table no single life issue is irrelevant. They all When Catholics gather around their around us, we come to find that pumpkin our call to be the laity: the Church in the matter. They are not to be ranked. They table, there should be “something pie, turkey and gravy are opportunities for world. We are making our homes places are to be linked! And remember, a chain different” about the experience, something fellowship and grace. A Catholic meal is where God’s grace is present: a domestic is as strong as its weakest link. that would leave a full of moments that lead to holiness! Church. It makes the best case, the most sense, guest feeling like this We pause to pray before we eat, giving The next time we sit down at a to pray and work extremely hard to the best particular meal was thanks for the blessing of food and those Catholic table to share a meal, let us do so of our ability for all the life issues. This something special. who gather to share it. We remember with purpose. Let us remember that God consistent concern for all life makes our As Catholics, we those who are in need of nourishment and created food; the time to work and the position the most logical and strongest, and believe that everything love—our brothers and sisters in Christ. time to rest; and he created each one of places us on the highest moral ground. in creation has the When we make the time of the meal a us, who bear his image and likeness. St. Pope John Paul sums this all up handprint of its priority and put away other distractions, May we grow holier by breaking bread perfectly: “Where life is involved, the service Creator and glorifies we have room in our hearts to share our together in our homes, and so prepare of charity must be profoundly consistent. him. lives, our stories and our faith. our hearts to celebrate the Eucharist more It cannot tolerate bias and discrimination, For example, This is what Pope Francis calls the intentionally at our parish home, and for human life is sacred and inviolable at sunsets remind us of God’s beauty, “art of accompaniment,” that is, to see the ultimately enjoy the eternal wedding feast every stage and in every situation; it is an snowflakes remind us of God’s attention presence of God in the life of another and of the Lamb at the banquet of heaven. indivisible good. We need then to ‘show care’ to detail, and water reminds us of Divine be the light of Christ to them. Let’s give glory to God! Bon Appétit. for all life and for the life of everyone.” Mercy. This is a way to proclaim the Gospel Seeing the world with Catholic eyes leads in our homes, or wherever we gather to (Gabriela Ross serves as coordinator (Tony Magliano is an internationally us to seek the sacred that is intertwined and share a meal—with God at the center. of catechetical resources within the syndicated social justice and peace sometimes hidden within creation. The same When we approach the Catholic table archdiocesan Secretariat for Worship and columnist. He is available to speak at is true of our Catholic table. with this kind of intentionality, we are Evangelization. She can be reached at: diocesan or parish gatherings. Tony can When we open our hearts to the sacred doing something holy. We are living out [email protected].) † be reached at [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 Page 13

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, November 20 Friday, November 24 1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, St. Andrew Dũng-lạc, priest Sunday, November 19, 2017 54-57, 62-63 and companions, martyrs • Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Psalm 119:53, 61, 134, 150, 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 • 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 155, 158 (Response) 1 Chronicles 29:10-12 • Matthew 25:14-30 Luke 18:35-43 Luke 19:45-48

The Book of Proverbs provides the might be a long, tiring and difficult Tuesday, November 21 Saturday, November 25 first reading for Mass this weekend. process, as Christ might not appear as The Presentation of the Blessed St. Catherine of Alexandria, This book was composed when God’s quickly as they would like. Virgin Mary virgin and martyr chosen people had experienced massive For its third and last reading, 2 Maccabees 6:18-31 1 Maccabees 6:1-13 changes as a result of the military the Church this weekend presents Psalm 3:2-8 Psalm 9:2-4, 6, 16, 19 conquest of the St. Matthew’s Gospel. The story in Luke 19:1-10 Luke 20:27-40 Holy Land and essence also appears in Mark. much of the Eastern The story builds on the same theme Mediterranean world as that given in First Thessalonians. Wednesday, November 22 Sunday, November 26 by Alexander the The present order will end one day. St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of Great (356-323 B.C.), Every human will die. No one can 2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 the Universe the young Greek predict exactly when natural death will Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 king from Macedonia. come. Alexander did Life can change suddenly and Luke 19:11-28 Psalm 23:1-3, 5-6 not live long enough unexpectedly, as Americans realized 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 to fully enjoy the after Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan bombed Thursday, November 23 Matthew 25:31-46 successes of his victorious armies. But his Pearl Harbor, or on Sept. 11, 2001, when St. Clement I, pope and martyr conquests allowed Greek and philosophy terrorists destroyed so many lives, or St. Columban, abbot to deeply influence peoples across the more recently when hurricanes devastated Blessed Miguel Pro, priest and Middle East. so many places. This most often introduced ideas that The reading from Matthew counsels martyr were contrary to traditional Hebrew Christians to remember the uncertainty of 1 Maccabees 2:15-29 theology. Committed Jews had to life, as well as the certainty of the end of Psalm 50:1-2, 5-6, 14-15 struggle to keep their faith alive, and they life. Luke 19:41-44 especially struggled to relay their tradition God has given each Christian skills to oncoming generations. and talents. He has revealed to them Proverbs was written as a part of the way to live. He has sent Jesus to Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle this effort. Along with other books them as Redeemer. No one can waste of the Hebrew Scriptures, Proverbs time or ignore the fact of life and its Agoraphobia can lessen a person’s attempted to blend human logic with uncertainty. They must live as good Jewish theology, to say that ancient disciples. Hebrew beliefs were not illogical. (In obligation to attend Sunday Mass the Greek mind, human reasoning was Reflection Togetherness seems to have suffering from the same condition you supreme.) The Church will soon conclude its Qbecome such an integral part of have described. The reading from Proverbs proclaimed liturgical year. Its great celebration Catholicism. So some people wonder at by the Church on this weekend obliquely and final message will be the feast of those like myself who prefer to sit at the I have been attending one Catholic makes reference to the fact that marriages Christ the King, the only answer to end of the pew, are shy Qparish in my hometown for several under the Greek arrangement usually were every question, worry and need. about grasping hands, years now. As far as I know, this is the contrived. This is fact. One day, at a time known shudder at the thought only Catholic church where parishioners Quite disturbing for Jews was the fact to God alone, life will change for each of being hugged or do not shake hands at the sign of peace. I that wives were not much better than of us individually. Our societies also will have difficulty with can understand churchgoers declining to servants, even slaves. The concept of love, change. extemporaneous small shake hands if they have a cold or other freely and gladly exchanged between Jesus has promised one day to return talk. For me, being ailment, or during times of widespread spouses, was not expected by any means in glory. How and when this return will squashed in the center sickness. in Greek life. occur is not known to us, but the Lord of a pew is agonizing, However, at this particular parish, the Proverbs tried to elevate the Jewish will return. and there is no way I congregation will not even turn around notion of human dignity, a dignity In the meantime, even as changes can focus on the Mass and greet others—let alone, shake hands. including women as well as men. suddenly come upon us, God in that situation. It is not really a big deal for me, but I do St. Paul’s First Epistle to the strengthens, guides and redeems us, as About once every two or three months, find it a little odd. Is there an explanation Thessalonians supplies the second Paul assures us in First Thessalonians. I feel compelled to go into our parish’s for this, or are parishes simply not reading. In the early days of the In Jesus, we have the lesson of how adoration chapel during Mass and follow required to follow the practice of shaking Church, the general presumption was to live. In Jesus, we truly have life. the prayers and readings from there—or hands? (Oregon) that Jesus would return to Earth soon We are heirs to heaven, but we must I find it necessary to stay at home and to vanquish evil and vindicate good. respond, committing ourselves, without follow the Sunday Mass on television The “General Instruction of Paul had to remind the Christians of hesitation, to the Lord Jesus, Christ the from my den. If that counts as missing A the Roman Missal” in #82 Thessalonica that following the Gospel King. † Mass, there’s just nothing that I can do indicates that the rite of peace should about it. be a regular part of the liturgy in which Agoraphobia is no joke, and even those “the faithful express to each other My Journey to God of us with milder forms suffer greatly. But their ecclesial communion and mutual I believe that we are also loved by God. charity” before receiving the Eucharist. (Virginia) As to the actual gesture to be used, the general instruction leaves that up I’m Praying for You No, your behavior does not to national bishops’ conferences to be A count as missing Mass. And determined in accord with local culture By Ann Wolski yes, you are surely loved by God. and customs. Agoraphobia is a real disease, affecting For the United States, the I’m praying for you as many as 1.9 million U.S. adults at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has I’m praying God will cure the some level in a 12-month period. It is noted that this would typically be done by malignant cells rampaging through characterized by significant anxiety in shaking hands. So while this ritual can be your body. places where crowds gather, especially eliminated in particular circumstances—a I’m praying God will steady the in situations where one might feel flu epidemic, for example—it should not surgeon’s healing hands. trapped and unable to escape. be skipped regularly. I’m praying God will fill your heart This disease can justify one’s The Roman Missal does allow, though, with His love so you are not alone. absence from Mass as certainly as some discretion for the celebrant to I’m praying God will strengthen your would a high fever or a contagious determine the appropriateness of this body and soul for the battle ahead. cold. If it is more comfortable for you action in certain circumstances. I’m praying God will grant you peace to pray in a side chapel, by all means In 2014, the Vatican’s Congregation for whatever the outcome might be. do that. Perhaps you might want to for Divine Worship and the Discipline I’m praying God will help me mention your situation to your pastor of the Sacraments reminded Catholics overcome this anger and grief to help him to understand, and you that a certain restraint should mark the so that I can be the comforting might benefit from his pastoral care. ritual so as not to distract from receiving friend you need me to be. Or, if sometimes you find it necessary Communion, that the gesture of peace simply to stay at home and pray, do that. should be extended by the faithful only I credit you for your desire to share in the to those nearest them and that such (Ann Wolski is a member of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis. A Eucharist to the extent you are able. abuses as “the movement of the faithful general view taken on May 13, 2016, shows the furnishings from the papal hospital Your letter serves, too, as a reminder from their places” should be avoided. room at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic in which St. John Paul II stayed after the to us all to forgo judging the behavior of assassination attempt on him in 1981. The reconstructed room was part of the others—those, for example, who insist (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth “Suffering has Meaning” exhibition at the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home on sitting at the end of a nearly vacant Doyle at [email protected] and Museum in Wadowice, Poland.) (CNS photo/Jacek Bednarczyk, EPA) pew or those who choose to stand in the 30 Columbia Circle Dr., Albany, New York back of the church. They could well be 12203.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017

Rest in peace Please submit in writing to our Erickson. Daughter of Santino office by 10 a.m. Thursday and Joyce Catalino. Sister of before the week of publication; Dawn Tobey, Marie McQuade, be sure to state date of death. John and Steve Catalino. Obituaries of archdiocesan GAVIN, Delores, 82, priests serving our archdiocese St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, are listed elsewhere in Oct. 7. Mother of Laura Pfund, The Criterion. Order priests Deborah West, Robert and and religious sisters and Thomas Gavin. Grandmother brothers are included here, of 10. Great-grandmother of unless they are natives of the 13. archdiocese or have other HEMKE, Raymond G., 95, connec­tions to it; those are All Saints, Dearborn County, separate obituaries on this Nov. 5. Brother of Mary Ann page. Disch. Uncle of several. BEDEL, Emma G., 72, HENSON, Herbert, 59, Our St. Ambrose, Seymour, Nov. 5. Lady of Lourdes, Indianapolis, Mother of Michael Jaeger. Oct. 23. Husband of Darla Sister of Edith Beckman, Anne Henson. Father of Ryan and Gay and Doris Bedel. Scott Henson. Brother of Sue BENSON, Mary H., 70, Carter, Teresa Chestnut, Lisa Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Spearman, Darrell Delph and Christ, Indianapolis, Oct. 29. Michael Jackson. Grandfather Mother of Jonathan and of nine. Stephen Benson. Sister of HOFFMAN, Donald C., William Rubeck. Grandmother 97, St. Luke the Evangelist, of four. Great-grandmother of Indianapolis, Oct. 31. Husband Autumn leaves one. of Elizabeth Hoffman. Brother St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill is seen amid autumn leaves in Washington on Nov. 8. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) BERLIER, Henrietta, 97, of Barbara Dodd. Uncle of Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, several. MATHIAS, Isabella W., 93, Kathleen Nolan, Jeanette grandmother of one. Father of Kyle Elizabeth Davis, Oct. 22. Mother of Marjorie JONES, Richard R., Sr., Lindeman, Mary White and St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Sharp, Sue and Mark Siener. TWEEDY, Jack F., 87, Kimberlee Young, Jay and Gray 77, St. Mary, New Albany, (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Michael Berlier. Grandmother Grandmother of 11. Great- St. Anne, New Castle, Oct. 22. Tweedy. Grandfather of six. Oct. 27. Husband of Marilyn Oct. 31. Mother of Janet of nine. Great-grandmother Jones. Father of Ginny Dean, grandmother of 17. Great-great- Husband of Bernice Tweedy. Great-grandfather of four. † of 14. Chadwick, Sandra Greenwell, Beth Ott, Kevin and Rick Lisa Sokolowski, Linda CAITO, Betty, 81, St. Therese Jones. Brother of Keith Jones. Stephens, Mark and Wayne of the Infant Jesus (Little Grandfather of nine. Great- Conventual Franciscan Father Kenneth Mathias. Sister of Thelma Flower), Indianapolis, Oct. 28. grandfather of 15. Bruce, Marcella and Ruth Gering served as a hospital chaplain CONEN, Robert J., 90, KEENAN, Timothy R., 69, Heldman and Ann Mudd. St. Paul, Tell City, Oct. 29. St. Ambrose, Seymour, Oct. 30. Grandmother of 12. Great- Conventual Franciscan Father Kenneth Gering In addition to serving at his community’s Husband of Etta Jean Conen. Husband of Patricia Keenan. grandmother of 17. died on Nov. 1 in New Albany. He was 89. minor seminary, Father Kenneth also Father of Cathy Franey and Father of Amy and Patrick The Mass of Christian Burial was ministered in the archdiocese as a chaplain Bruce Conen. Grandfather of Keenan. Brother of Barbara MILLER, Mary B., 73, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Nov. 3. celebrated on Nov. 10 at the chapel of the from 1988-94 at Terre Haute Regional four. Great-grandfather of one. Bridgeman and Michael Conventual Franciscans at Mount St. Francis. Hospital and Union Hospital, both in Terre Keenan. Grandfather of one. Sister of Margaret Lindop, DAVIS, Alice A., 86, Our Nancy Miller Morse, Jeannie Burial followed in the friars’ cemetery. Haute. He served as administrator of Most Lady of Lourdes, Indianapolis, LEGGINS, Rita S., 84, Miller Wilson, Franciscan Kenneth Louis Gering was born on Precious Blood Parish in New Middleton, Oct. 21. Wife of John Davis. St. Roch, Indianapolis, Oct. 26. Sister Eileen, Suzan, Bill and Nov. 16, 1927, in Louisville, Ky. He graduated St. Joseph Parish in Corydon and St. Peter Mother of Kathleen Miller, Mother of Sherri Altman, Robert Miller. Aunt of several. from St. Xavier High School in 1945, and then Parish in Harrison County from 1994-95. From Michael and Thomas Davis. Suzey Hovenstine, Ann Knight, served for four years in the U.S. Navy. 1996 until his death, Father Kenneth served as Sister of Robert Field. Jennifer White, Patrick Raftery, MILLER, Margaret E., Father Kenneth entered the Conventual chaplain at Providence Retirement Home in Grandmother of nine. Great- Brian, Joe and Wayne Leggins. 91, Our Lady of Lourdes, New Albany. grandmother of six. Sister of Nancy Sutton and Indianapolis, Oct. 27. Mother Franciscans’ Our Lady of Consolation of Denise Miller Byers, Mark, Province, based at Mount St. Francis, in Father Kenneth also ministered as the ECKRICH, Mary T., 68, James Sheets. Grandmother of 18. Great-grandmother of 22. Michael and Paul Miller. 1951, professed simple vows on July 9, 1952, chaplain for the Knights of Columbus in St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Grandmother of 10. Great- and solemn vows on July 11 1955. He was Lanesville and New Albany and a chapter of (Little Flower), Indianapolis, LYNCH, Marian S., 88, grandmother of 16. ordained a priest on Feb. 23, 1958. the Legion of Mary in New Albany. Oct. 23. Daughter of Mary Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Helen Eckrich. Sister of Betsy Jeffersonville, Sept. 28. Wife of RILEY, Evelyn R., 87, After serving for two years in parish He is survived by his sisters Mary Rose Glowinski, Christina Tebbe, James Lynch. Mother of J. Tim St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, ministry in Louisville, Father Kenneth served Gaus Brown of The Villages, Fla., JoAnn Cathy Walter, Kevin Klaiber, and Kevin Lynch. Oct. 21. Mother of Mary for 13 years as dean and science teacher in the Miller of Louisville Ky., and his brother Switalski, Kathleen, James and former minor seminary at Mount St. Francis. Robert Gering of Mount Joy, Pa. Mark, Matthew III and Thomas MARSHALL, Teresa M., 58, Kevin Riley. Grandmother of Eckrich. Aunt of several. St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Oct. 28. Beginning in 1973, Father Kenneth began Memorial gifts may be sent to the 11. Great-grandmother of nine. ERICKSON, Carla S., 50, Daughter of Virgina Marshall. ministry as a hospital chaplain, serving in a Conventual Franciscan Friars at The Province St. Jude, Indianapolis, Nov. 1. Sister of Glenda Munger, SIENER, Rita M., 87, St. John hospital in Chicago. He would remain in this of Our Lady of Consolation, Development Wife of Jay Erickson. Mother Sharon Orem, Bruce and John Paul II, Sellersburg, Nov. 2. ministry for the rest of his life except for two Office, 103 St. Anthony Drive, Mount of Jack, Lucas and Samuel Marshall. Aunt of several. Mother of Christine Mikel, brief periods of parish ministry. St. Francis, IN 47146. † Pope puts John Paul I on path to sainthood, declares him ‘venerable’ VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis decision on Nov. 9. It marks the first rumors and conspiracy theories, running he had been hospitalized eight times and recognized that Pope John Paul I, who major step on the path to sainthood for the the gamut from murder to culpable operated on four times throughout his life. served only 33 days as pope, lived the pope who died in 1978 at the age of 65, neglect. The Vatican doctor insisted then, Despite his weak health and poverty, his Christian virtues in a heroic way. shocking the world and a Church that had as the Vatican continues to insist, that father encouraged him to enter the minor The Vatican announced Pope Francis’ just mourned the death of Blessed Paul VI. Pope John Paul died of a heart attack. seminary. He did so, but would return to Pope Francis would have to recognize His papal motto, “Humilitas” his hometown in the summers and often a miracle attributed to the late pope’s (“Humility”) not only emphasized a was seen working in the fields in his black intercession in order for him to be Christian virtue, but also reflected his cassock. beatified, the next step toward sainthood. down-to-earth personality and humble He was ordained a priest in 1935 and A second miracle would be needed for beginnings. was appointed bishop of Vittorio Veneto canonization. “The Lord recommended it so in December 1958 by St. John XXIII. Stefania Falasca, vice postulator of much: Be humble. Even if you have More than 10 years later, he was named Pope John Paul’s sainthood cause, said done great things, say: ‘We are useless patriarch of Venice by Blessed Paul VI one “presumed extraordinary healing” servants.’ On the contrary, the tendency and was created a cardinal in 1973. had already been investigated by a in all of us is rather the opposite: to During his time as patriarch of Venice, diocese and a second possibility is being show off. Lowly, lowly: This is the then-Cardinal Luciani was known for his studied, but the Vatican does not begin its Christian virtue which concerns us,” he dedication to the poor and the disabled. investigations until a sainthood candidate said on Sept. 6, 1978. In February 1976, he called on all is declared venerable. Born Albino Luciani in the small Italian priests in his diocese to sell gold and Although his was one of the shortest mountain town of Canale D’Agordo on silver objects for the Don Orione Day papacies in history, Pope John Paul left a Oct. 17, 1912, the future pope and his two Center for people with disabilities. lasting impression on the Church that fondly brothers and one sister lived in poverty and Leading by example, he started the fund remembers him as “the smiling pope.” sometimes went to bed hungry. drive by putting up for auction a pectoral “He smiled for only 33 days,” read His father, a bricklayer by trade, would cross and gold chain—given to him by the front page of the Italian newspaper, often travel to Switzerland and Germany St. John XXIII—that had once belonged to Corriere della Sera, while the Catholic in search of work. Pope Pius XII. Pope John Paul I, known as the smiling pope, Telegraph of the Archdiocese of During a general audience on Sept. 13, His contribution, he wrote, “is a is pictured at the Vatican in 1978. Pope Francis Cincinnati reported: “Saddened Church 1978, the pope told pilgrims he was sickly small thing compared to the use it will has advanced the sainthood cause of Pope seeking another Pope John Paul.” as a child and his mother would take him have. Perhaps it is worth something if John Paul I with a decree recognizing his The surprise of his death after just over “from one doctor to another” and watch it helps people understand that the real heroic virtues. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano) a month in office opened a floodgate of over him “whole nights.” He also said treasures of the Church are the poor.” † The Criterion Friday, November 17, 2017 Page 15

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Benedictine sisters of Ferdinand with ties to archdiocese celebrate jubilees Compiled by Natalie Hoefer monastery in 1955 and made her monastic profession in 1957. She served as a Four Benedictine sisters who teacher at the former St. Meinrad School celebrated special anniversaries of in St. Meinrad. She currently serves at the their religious profession at Monastery monastery in the ministry of prayer. Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Benedictine Sister Mary Agnes Ind., in the Evansville Diocese, also have Sermersheim entered the monastery in ties to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. 1955 and made her monastic profession At the monastery on Oct. 29, in 1957. She served as a teacher at the Benedictine Sister Sylvia Gehlhausen former St. Meinrad School in St. Meinrad. marked the 70th anniversary of her She currently serves as sacristan, works profession of monastic vows, and in the liturgy office and helps with health Benedictine Sisters Jan Youart, Mary care at the monastery. Agnes Sermersheim and Corda Trouy Benedictine Sister Corda Trouy, a celebrated their 60th anniversary. native of New Albany, entered St. Joseph Benedictine Sister Sylvia Gehlhausen Monastery in St. Marys, Pa., in 1955 and entered the monastery in 1940 and made her monastic profession in 1957. made monastic profession in 1942. In She transferred to Monastery Immaculate the archdiocese, she served as a teacher Conception in 1998 and served as a at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs School in religious education instructor at St. Martin Floyd County, at the former St. Meinrad of Tours Parish in Siberia. She currently School in St. Meinrad, and at the former serves in the Evansville Diocese as a St. Bernard School in Cannelton. religious education teacher, and at the She currently serves as a minister of monastery ministering to the senior sisters Benedictine Sisters Mary Agnes Sermersheim, left, Corda Trouy, Sylvia Gehlhausen and Jan Youart, hospitality at the monastery. in Hildegard Health Center, offering each of whom have ties to the archdiocese, smile with Sisters Mary Ann Schepers and Christine Benedictine Sister Jan Youart, hospitality at the sisters’ Kordes Hall retreat Kempf on Oct. 29 as the six sisters of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, in the a native of Shelbyville, entered the center, and working in supportive services. † Evansville Diocese, celebrated special anniversaries of profession of their vows. (Submitted photo) Taking smartphone snapshots during Mass ‘is an awful thing,’ Pope Francis says VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Mass is not a show, but help people understand the true value and significance People should reflect on this, he said, and if they a beautiful, transformative encounter with the true loving of the liturgy as an essential part of growing closer to complain, “ ‘Oh Father, Mass is boring.’ What are you presence of Christ, Pope Francis said. God. saying? The Lord is boring? ‘No, not the Mass, but the That is why people need to focus their hearts on God, A major theme highlighted by the Second Vatican priest.’ Ah, well, may the priest be converted,” but just not focus their smartphones for pictures during Mass, he Council was that the liturgical formation of the lay faithful never forget that the Lord is always there. said. is “indispensable for a true renewal,” Pope Francis said. Catholics need to learn or rediscover many of the When the priest celebrating Mass says, “Let us lift up “And this is precisely the aim of this catechetical series that basics about the Mass, and how the sacraments allow our hearts,” he is not saying, “lift up our cellphones and we begin today—to grow in understanding the great gift people to “see and touch” Christ’s body and wounds take a picture. No. It’s an awful thing” to do, the pope God gave us in the Eucharist.” so as to be able to recognize him, just as the Apostle said on Nov. 8 during his weekly general audience in The Eucharist is a wonderful way Jesus Christ makes St. Thomas did. St. Peter’s Square. himself truly present in people’s lives, the pope said. He said the series would include answering the “It makes me so sad when I celebrate [Mass] in the To take part in the Mass is to relive the Lord’s following questions: square or in the basilica and I see so many cellphones in passion and redemptive death, where, on the altar, he is • Why make the sign of the cross at the beginning of the air. And not just by the lay faithful, some priests and present and offers himself for the salvation of the world, Mass? Why is it important to teach children how to make bishops, too,” he said. Pope Francis said. the sign of the cross properly and what does it mean? “Please, Mass is not a show. It is going to encounter the “The Lord is there with us and present,” he said. “But • What are the Mass readings for and why are they passion, the resurrection of the Lord,” he said to applause. so many times we go, we look around, we chitchat with included in the Mass? The pope’s remarks were part of a new series of each other while the priest celebrates the Eucharist.” • What does it mean for people to participate in the audience talks on the Mass. The series, he said, should If the president or any other famous or important Lord’s sacrifice and come to his table? person were to show up, he said, it would be a given • What are people seeking? Is it the overflowing fount “that we all would be near him, we would want to greet of living water for eternal life? him. But think about it, when you go to Mass, the Lord is • Do people understand the importance of praise and there and you, you are distracted, [your mind] wanders. thanksgiving with the Eucharist and that receiving it Yet, it is the Lord!” “makes us one body in Christ”? †

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Left, the cemetery of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the-Woods was visited during the archdiocesan pilgrimage on Nov. 2, All Souls Day. The pilgrimage also included the shrine of St. Mother Theodore Guérin, also at Saint Mary-of-the- Woods, St. Joseph University Church in Terre Haute and Calvary Cemetery in Indianapolis. (Submitted photos)

Below, participants in an archdiocesan pilgrimage on Nov. 2, All Souls Day, view the graves of priests who A statue of St. Mother Theodore served in central and southern Guérin stands on the grounds Indiana at Calvary Cemetery in of the motherhouse of the Indianapolis. Sisters of Providence.

Participants in an archdiocesan pilgrimage on Nov. 2, All Souls Day, pose at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence on the campus of the motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Father Eric Augenstein, second from left in the back row, helped lead the pilgrimage. ‘An Evening of Lights’ will honor the lives of loved ones By Natalie Hoefer O’Meara Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., in will be luminaries purchased for a small donation, Indianapolis, at 6 p.m. on Dec. 7, with doors opening at featuring the names of loved ones whom donors wish The holidays can be difficult for those who are 5:30 p.m. to memorialize. grieving the loss of a loved one. Archbishop Charles C. Thompson will lead a prayer “The holiday season is meant To honor the lives of those who have died and to help service, which will include Scripture, a reflection, music for joy, laughter and celebration in those who mourn, the Catholic Community Foundation by the Vox spending time with family,” says (CCF) is offering its first “An Evening of Lights” event Sacra schola CCF director Elisa Smith. “But for in the Assembly Hall of the Archbishop Edward T. cantoraum, the those who are grieving someone, blessing of a the holidays can bring sadness and Nativity scene, loneliness to the surface. and the lighting “It is important for those people and blessing to know that the Church is here of a Christmas sharing that sadness with them. We tree. Archbishop Charles want them to know that we haven’t Lighting C. Thompson forgotten their loved ones, and the room that the holidays can be a time to celebrate their loved one’s lives as their light and legacy live on forever.” Creating those legacies is the work of the CCF, which OBERAMMERGAU has a number of tribute and memorial endowments for PASSION PLAY 2020 parishes, schools and Catholic agencies established by individuals in memory of a loved one. 12-DAY TOUR TO JUNE 28 – Luminaries for the event can be purchased in advance SWITZERLAND JULY 9 at www.archindy.org/CCF/eveningoflights. The minimum donation asked is $10, although more can be given. With BOOK GERMANY 2020 each luminaria purchased, donors can list the name of NOW! AUSTRIA a loved one they wish to have printed on the luminaria, ITALY which they may take home after the program. Sign up by January 2 The money collected for the event will be invested and Save $150! in the Catholic Community Foundation to support the Limited Space growth of parish, school and agency ministries. Contact Becky at Available! The deadline for purchasing a luminaria is Nov. 29. (317) 402-6982 or All are invited to the event, even if no luminaria is [email protected] purchased. Reservations are requested and may be made JOIN US FOR A TRAVEL for more information. at www.archindy.org/CCF/eveningoflights. PRESENTATION Smith says the CCF staff hopes “that people find a WHEN | Thursday, December 7 special comfort in knowing that their loved ones are remembered by the Church in a special way during the 6:30pm Advent and holiday season.” WHERE | Tilson Conference Center 1530 American Way (For questions or more information, call the Catholic Greenwood, IN 46143 Community Foundation at 800-382-9836, ext. 1482, 317-236-1482, or e-mail [email protected].) †