Vol. 73, No. 9 March 17, 2016

Celebrating Our 73rd Year! Bishop Daly: pastoral letter for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy – page 4 Bishop Daly: ‘Give courageous witness’ – page 5 Catholic Youth Celebration – page 14 Guatemala seminary thrives thanks to support from Eastern Washington Catholics – page 8 Catholic Charities purchases Holy Names Sisters’ convent – page 16 Bishop Skylstad, others honored on anniversary of Columbia River pastoral letter – page 17 Pope Francis in Mexico – page 10 ‘Best Lent Ever’ – page 21 PAID Permit No. 17 U.S. POSTAGE Non-Profit Organization SPOKANE, WASH. Current resident or CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SPOKANE INLAND REGISTER P.O. BOX 1453 SPOKANE, WA 99210-1453 Page 2 March 17, 2016 Study. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Parish Center, St. Augustine Parish, 428 W. 19th, Spokane. Bulletin Board Information: call 747-7972, or email: Publisher: Bishop Thomas A. Daly [email protected] The Bulletin Board is a free service to our readers on a space available basis. 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Freya between farmers may receive a just reward for 18th and 19th. their precious labor. witness to love and faith in Jesus ROSARY RALLY, Grotto of Our Lady, THURSDAY-SATURDAY Evangelization: African Christians. Christ amid political-religious Gonzaga University Campus adjoining MARCH 24-26 That Christians in Africa may give confl icts. St. Aloysius Church, 330 E. Boone Ave., MEN’S HOLY WEEK Retreat: “Liv- noon. Prayer that God and the Blessed ing Holy Week in Jesus,” presented by PRAY THE ROSARY Thomas More Church, 505 W. St. Thomas Mother will strengthen and save families. Bishop Carlos Sevilla SJ, Bishop Emer- Monday-Friday • Scriptural Rosary, More Way, Spokane. Information: (509) 434-9922. itus of the Diocese of Yakima. $211/per- Assumption Church, 2098 E. Alder St., TUESDAYS ANNUAL STEAK AND WINE DIN- son, $125/commuters. Immaculate Heart Walla Walla. 7:50 a.m. • Monday-Sat- THROUGH APRIL 19 NER, to benefi t Guardian Angel-St. Boni- Retreat Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr Rd., urday • Scriptural Rosary, St. Thomas ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: face School, Colton. Dinner, 5-8 p.m., fol- Spokane. Information/registration: (509) More Church, 8112 N. Howard St., Spo- “Epic: A Journey,” a study of the history lowed by live auction, games, and more. 448-1224, or online at www.ihrc.net kane, 7 a.m. Monday • St. Francis Xavier of the Catholic Church, from Ascension Tickets: $30, available online at gasb- MONDAY, MARCH 28 Parish, 545 E. Providence Ave., Spokane, Press. 1 and 6:30 p.m., St. Paschal Parish, school.org. Questions/information: call EASTER Monday. No school. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday • Bilingual Rosary 2523 N. Park Rd., Spokane Valley. Infor- (509) 229-3579 or email gasbschool@ TUESDAY, MARCH 29 (English/Spanish), Sacred Heart Church, mation: 926-5428. colton-wa.com GONZAGA UNIVERSITY Visiting 440 N.E. Ash St., Pullman, 6:30 p.m. • St. EVERY TUESDAY, Writers Series: a presentation by Robyn Francis Church, 722 W. Alder St., Walla BEGINNING MARCH 22 SUNDAY, MARCH 20 Schiff, poet and professor at the Universi- Walla, 7 p.m. • St. Paschal Parish Center GRIEF SHARE, a weekly seminar/sup- PALM SUNDAY BREAKFAST. Ticket ty of Iowa. Jepson Center’s Wolff Audito- Chapel, 7404 E. Marietta, Spokane Valley, port group for people grieving a death. donation: adults, $6; children 6-12, $4. 9 rium on the GU campus, 7:30 p.m. 10 a.m. Thursday • Rosary for the Un- St. Thomas More Parish, 505 St. Thomas a.m.-1 p.m. Mary Queen Parish, 3423 E. THURSDAYS, BEGINNING born. Planned Parenthood, 123 E. Indiana More Way, Spokane. 6-8 p.m. Informa- Carlisle Ave. (at Freya). MARCH 31 Ave., Spokane, noon. Saturday • St. Pat- tion/contact: 465-4980. ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER. Noon- “EVERYDAY MYSTICISM: Finding rick Parish, 5021 N. Nelson St., Spokane, EVERY WEDNESDAY 2:30 p.m. Fried chicken, ham, mashed the Divine in Daily Life,” A six week immediately following 8 a.m. Mass. BIBLE STUDY 10 a.m., St. Paschal Par- potatoes and gravy, and more. Adults, $8; DVD lecture series facilitated by Francis- EVERY SUNDAY ish Center, 7404 E. Marietta, Spokane chilldren age 6-10, $5; age 3-5: $3; under can Sister Patricia Novak. Twelve lectures EXTRAORDINARY FORM Latin Valley. age 3: free. Holy Ghost Parish, 3083 Hem- presented by Father Anthony Ciorra, assis- Mass, 10:30 a.m., St. Francis Xavier Par- EVERY THURSDAY lock St., Valley, Wash. tant vice president for Mission and Cath- ish, corner of Empire Ave. and Standard CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER, upstairs TAIZÉ EVENING PRAYER SER- olic Identity at Sacred Heart University in St., Spokane old chapel, St. Aloysius Parish Center, VICE: An hour of quiet, contemplative Fairfi eld, Conn. Finding God in the midst SPANISH COMMUNITY MASS – St. 330 E. Boone Ave., Spokane. 10:30 a.m. prayer and song. 7-8 p.m. Immaculate of daily life; experiencing God in ordinary Joseph, 1503 W. Dean Ave., Spokane. CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER, lower Heart Retreat Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr ways. 6:30-8 p.m., through May 12 (no 12:15 p.m. level conference room of former St. Fran- Rd., Spokane. Information: 448-9736. class May 5). $50/series, $10/session. St. EVERY MONDAY cis of Assisi School building, 1104 W. He- MONDAY, MARCH 21 Joseph Family Center, 1016 N. Superior, CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP – roy, Spokane. 6:30-8 p.m. GONZAGA UNIVERSITY O’Leary Spokane. Register online – www.sjfcon- St. Patrick Parish, 408 W. Poplar St., Wal- SACRED HEART PARISH, BREW- Lecture: “Apis-Pocalypse Now: Can line.org – or call 483-6495. la Walla. 7:30 p.m. STER: Adoration of the Blessed Sacra- Science Save the Honey Bee?” delivered FRIDAY, APRIL 1 EVERY TUESDAY ment, after 7 p.m. Mass through 10 a.m. by National Medal of Science winner May SPOKANE SERRA CLUB First Friday WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY – St. Pat- Friday morning. Berenbaum, an expert on insects and de- Mass, 7 a.m., Bishop White Seminary, rick Parish, 408 W. Poplar St., Walla Wal- EVERY FRIDAY clining bee colonies. Free and open to the 429 E. Sharp Ave., Spokane. la. 9:30-11a.m. SACRED HEART PARISH, BREW- public. 7:30 p.m., John J. Hemmingson CHARISMATIC MASS – St. Michael’s CLARE’S CLAN TOASTMASTERS STER: Adoration of the Blessed Sacra- Center Ballroom on the GU campus. Chapel, Gonzaga University campus, 105 – 6:30-7:30 p.m., Monastery of St. Clare, ment, after 7 p.m. Mass through 10 a.m. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY E. Boone. Praise, worship, fellowship, 4419 N. Hawthorne St., Spokane. All are Saturday morning. MARCH 21-23 6:15 p.m.; Mass, 7:15 p.m. welcome. Information: Sister Rita Louise, SACRED HEART PARISH, BREW- WOMEN’S HOLY WEEK Retreat: FRIDAY-SATURDAY 327-4479. STER: Spanish/English Ultreya, after 7 “Living Holy Week in Jesus,” present- APRIL 1 AND 2 ADORATION, noon, concludes with p.m. Mass. ed by Bishop Carlos Sevilla SJ, Bishop CATHOLIC RENEWAL MINIS- Benediction at 5:30 p.m. St. Peter Church. AA MEETING: “Serenity of the Emeritus of the Diocese of Yakima. $211/ TRIES’ annual conference: “Approach (Parking between 18th and 19th on S. Heart,” noon, Immaculate Heart Retreat person, $125/commuters. Immaculate the Throne of Grace,” presented by Freya, Spokane.) Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr Rd., Spokane. Heart Retreat Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr Conventional Franciscan Father John OUR LADY’S Rosary Makers. Learn Information: (509) 448-1224, or visit the Rd., Spokane. Information/registration: Farao, a prison minister in the Diocese to make rosaries, which are then sent to web site: www.ihrc.net (509) 448-1224, or online at www.ihrc.net of Monterey, Calif. Begins with Mass Africa to help meet the great need there. THURSDAY, MARCH 17 THURSDAY, MARCH 24 on Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday, registration 1-2:30 p.m., Conference Room 1, St. DIVINE MERCY, a Threshold Bible Holy Thursday: Sacred Triduum begins. 8:30 a.m.; concludes with Healing Mass, March 17, 2016 Page 3 4 p.m. $10 registration fee (includes Ave., Spokane. ihrc.net Church, Spokane, on S. Freya between lunch). Information/online registration: BENEFIT BREAKFAST for finan- THURSDAYS, APRIL 14-MAY 19 18th and 19th. catholicrenewalministry.org, or write: cial support of a seminarian and a nov- GRIEFSHARE, a six-week DVD sem- SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Catholic Renewal Ministry, 1018 W. ice, sponsored by Knights of Colum- inar on rebuilding life after losing a WORLD DAY of Prayer for Vocations. Glass, Spokane, WA 99205 bus Council 14922. After all morning spouse, child, sibling, parent, or friend WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 SATURDAY, APRIL 2 Masses. By donation. Cathedral of Our in an environment of understanding, en- PRESENTATION ON ISLAM (Part ROSARY FOR PEACE – St. Charles Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside couragement, comfort, and confi dentiali- II) by Dr. Shannon Dunn, Religious Church, 4515 N. Alberta St., Spokane, af- Ave., Spokane. ty. St. Peter Parish’s parish hall, on Freya Studies Department, Gonzaga Universi- ter 8 a.m. Mass. Exposition of the Blessed WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 between 18th and 19th in Spokane. 6-8 ty. Historical background, the continu- Sacrament during the rosary. DIOCESAN NEW EMPLOYEE Orien- p.m. Book: $25. Concludes May 19. Reg- ities and similarities between Judaism, ROSARY with the Knights of Colum- tation Trainings. 9-11:30 a.m.: “Protect- istration/information: (509) 979-2255 or Christianity, and Islam; questions and bus. St. Francis Xavier Parish, 545 E. ing God’s Children,” for school employ- (509) 443-8030. answers. Free and open to the public. 7 Providence Ave., Spokane, 3 p.m. ees, parish employees, and volunteers. FRIDAY, APRIL 15 p.m., St. Joseph Parish, 4521 N. Arden MONDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 4-8 12:30-2 p.m.: “Bloodborne Pathogen,” COURSE IN Natural Family Planning Rd., Otis Orchards. Information: call the SPRING BREAK. No school. for school employees. 2-3:30 p.m.: “New (NFP) begins. The scientifi cally-based parish offi ce – 926-7133 – or email: TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Employee Orientation,” for school em- Sympto-Thermal method (STM) will be [email protected] MASTER GARDENER Phyllis Ste- ployees. Catholic Pastoral Center, 1023 taught in the context of Pope St. John Paul THURSDAY, APRIL 21 phens gives advice on preparing gardens W. Riverside Ave., Spokane. Information: II’s Theology of the Body. 6:30 p.m., Ca- SPOKANE SERRA CLUB Mass and for summer. Sponsored by the Women’s (509) 358-7330. Register for training on- thedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Board meeting, Bishop White Seminary, Guild. 7 p.m., St. Joseph Parish, 3720 E. line: www.virtusonline.org Riverside Ave., Spokane. Continues May 429 E. Sharp Ave., Spokane. Colbert Rd., Colbert. Light refreshments, SILENT DAY OF PRAYER: “Under- 20 and June 17. Register online: http:// SUNDAY, APRIL 24 too. RSVP: (509) 464-1497 standing Lectio Divina: An Intimate register.ccli.org/. Materials and instruc- POOR CLARE TEA: Celebrate the WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Encounter with the Living God,” pre- tion: $130. Information online at www. Poor Clare Sisters’ 102 years of serving ST. PASCHAL PARISH centennial sented by Father Brian Sattler, adminis- live-the-love.org, or call (509) 590-8576 the Church in Eastern Washington. All committee meeting, Parish Center, 2523 trator of St. Joseph Parish, Colbert. $38/ or (509) 768-1862. are welcome; contributions gratefully ac- N. Park Rd., Spokane Valley, 7 p.m. Infor- person ($48 with use of private room). 9 SATURDAY, APRIL 16 cepted. Noon-2 p.m., The Hemmingson mation: (509) 869-2799. All are welcome. a.m.-3 p.m., Immaculate Heart Retreat DEACON SPOUSES ALONE meet for Center, Multi-Purpose Room, campus of FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr Rd., Spokane. Adoration and prayer. Noon, St. Peter Gonzaga University. SPOKANE SERRA CLUB luncheon Information/registration: (509) 448-1224, meeting, noon, Immaculate Heart Retreat or online at www.ihrc.net Letters to the Editor Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr Rd., Spokane. PRESENTATION ON ISLAM (Part I) FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 8-10 by Dr. Shannon Dunn, Religious Studies A deplorable display they were addressed. Neither is the Demo- MOTHER-DAUGHTER Retreat: Department, Gonzaga University. Histori- cratic Duet free from rude dueling. “God’s Lovely Daughter,” presented by cal background, the continuities and simi- Editor: This deplorable display is an insult to the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church. larities between Judaism, Christianity, and Since when has the art of debate dis- the intelligence of our American citizens, $294/mother-daughter, $64 per additional Islam; questions and answers. Part II on integrated into character assassination? who are fast losing confi dence and admi- daughter. Immaculate Heart Retreat Cen- Wednesday, April 20. Free and open to the When are the real issues and concerns of ration for our once-esteemed government, ter, 6910 S. Ben Burr Rd., Spokane. In- public. 7 p.m., St. Joseph Parish, 4521 N. the American populace going to emerge whose system is gradually being corrod- formation/registration: (509) 448-1224, or Arden Rd., Otis Orchards. Information: during these debates? ed. No longer, it seems, is the grandeur online at www.ihrc.net call the parish offi ce – 926-7133 – or Little time is left to right the wrongs! of our Constitutional edifi ce respected or SATURDAY, APRIL 9 email [email protected] Only two out of the six Republicans in the adhered to. This being the case, we are in SECULAR FRANCISCANS: “From THURSDAY, APRIL 14 recent debate refrained from entering the grave danger of advancing toward anar- Gospel to Life.” Gathers at 1104 W. He- BREAKFAST WITH Bishop Skylstad. boxing arena and retained Presidential de- chy as our way of governing. (Example: roy Ave., Spokane, 9 a.m. Please call to Mass, breakfast, and a talk by the Bishop corum while defending themselves only the stand-off in Burns, Ore.) confi rm. Contact: (509) 991-7937 or (509) Emeritus of the Spokane Diocese: “Being when necessary. Both Dr. Ben Carson and Do we really want this? Then, as loy- 448-0299. Intentionally Catholic: A Basic Decision Gov. John Kasich preferred to conserve al citizens it is our obligation to denounce SUNDAY, APRIL 10 of Life.” 8-10 a.m. $15/person. Immac- their energy to address issues of real con- the privilege of being entertained by box- ROSARY with the Knights of Colum- ulate Heart Retreat Center, 6910 S. Ben cern, whereas the others acted like rowdies ing matches and rise to the occasion of de- bus and families. 8:30 a.m., Cathedral of Burr Rd., Spokane. Information/registra- on the playground, bullying each other over manding delegation worthy of our trust. Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside tion: (509) 448-1224, or online at www. non-essentials. The doctor and the governor Sister Madonna Buder SFCC responded with dignity when, on occasion, Spokane On the Cover The Risen Christ is depicted in the painting “Resurrection” by 15th-century Ital- ian master Andrea Mantegna. Easter, the chief feast in the liturgical calendars of all Christian churches, commemorates Christ’s Resurrection from the dead. Eas- ter is March 27 this year. (CNS from Bridgeman Images) Catholic web sites Vatican City: http://w2.vatican.va United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: http://www. usccb.org Diocese of Spokane: http://www.dioceseofspokane.org Deadline for the next issue The next edition of the Inland Register will be dated April 21, 2016. Deadline: April 13. Regarding Letters to the Editor Well, they really are turkeys, after all The Inland Register welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be no longer Waiting for the 8 a.m. Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Spokane, than 500 words. Letters must be signed, with address and phone number for contact, on Sunday, Feb. 28, was this fl ock of wild turkeys. Whether there for a but names will be withheld upon request. The IR reserves the right to edit letters. visit or offering their “music” for the choir was hard to tell, but there’s a Send letters to: Inland Register, P.O. Box 1453, Spokane, WA 99210-1453 good chance the group was Catholic; after visiting one of the parishes E-mail: [email protected] in Spokane Valley, clearly they were parish-hopping. (IR photo by Jerry Fax: (509) 358-7302 Rolwes, Valley Chapel Photography) Page 4 March 17, 2016

March 6, 2016 mercy continues also in other ways, such as through the healing waters of Lourdes, and in the comforting words Fourth Sunday of Lent of Our Lady of Guadalupe: “Truly I will hear their cry, their sadness, in order to remedy, to cure all their various Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, troubles their miseries, their pains” (Nican Mopohua). Pl1grimage On Dec. 8, 2015, Pope Francis opened the Holy There are three inter-related elements essential to Door of Mercy in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, thus living this Jubilee Year fully. First, we are called to make inaugurating the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy which a pilgrimage. Symbolic of the road each of us walks will last until Nov. 20, 2016. Our Holy Father fervently in life, each of us should make a pilgrimage to at least desires that this Holy Year “be for all believers a true one of the two Holy Doors established in our diocese. moment of encounter with the mercy of God ... a living In reality, the Holy Door is but a symbol of the “gate experience of the closeness of the Father....” (Letter of to the sheepfold” who is Jesus (cf., John 10:9). Pope Pope Francis). Just a few days later, I had the joy of Francis writes that the pilgrimage to the Holy Door will opening the Holy Door of Mercy at the Cathedral of Our be a sign that mercy is also a goal to reach and requires Lady of Lourdes in Spokane, and, exactly two months dedication and sacrifi ce. May pilgrimage be an impetus after that, I opened a second Holy Door of Mercy at St. to conversion: by crossing the threshold of the Holy Patrick Parish in Pasco. Door, we will fi nd the strength to embrace God’s mercy In this holy season of Lent, the Church accompanies and dedicate ourselves to being merciful with others Jesus on the road to Jerusalem. Jesus calls each of us to as the Father has been with us” (MV, 14). Jesus invites move from where we are to where God wants us to be. us, like Peter, to get out of our boats and walk to Jesus He summons us to be united with him in his Passion and across the waves with confi dence saying, “Jesus, I trust Death, so as to share in his Resurrection. He calls us to in You!” (cf., Mt. 14:29). be saints. Jubilee Indulgence Yet we are each aware of our weakness, of our The second essential element is the Jubilee many faults, and the many times we have strayed from Indulgence. An Indulgence is a removal of the temporal the path of holiness. Many of our contemporaries lie punishment due to sins which have already been by the side of the road, wounded by sin, paralyzed by forgiven (cf., Catechism, 1471). Pope Francis has fear, blinded by pride, prejudice, and pain. At times, granted a Plenary Indulgence to each person who makes recognizing the weakness of our own strength, we too such a pilgrimage during this Holy Year as a sign of are tempted to give up hope. Our diocese as a whole, deep desire for true conversion. In order to receive the and each of us, can say with King David, “For I know Indulgence, it is necessary to link one’s pilgrimage to my transgressions; my sin is always before me” (Ps the Holy Door with the Sacraments of Reconciliation 51:15). Nonetheless, from our hearts surges also the cry and to the Eucharist. Further, we must profess our unity of the blind Bartimaeus, begging by the roadside, “Jesus, in the Church by praying the Apostles Creed, and pray Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mk 10:48). for the intentions of the pope with an Our Father, Hail With this letter I wish to add my own voice to that Mary, and Glory Be. of Pope Francis as we echo the words of the apostles, This Jubilee Indulgence can be gained every day, by “Take courage! Get up – He is calling you!” (Mk 10:49). every one of the faithful, in the entire world. In addition, Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. The mercy of God is more than the forgiveness of it can be applied to oneself, or be offered for the dead. John Lateran in Rome Dec. 13. Holy doors around the sins. God’s mercy precedes our sins. Before creation Think of the immense spiritual good that can be shared world were opened at city cathedrals, major churches existed, and for all eternity, God has always been and with all those who have died if each person, each day in and sanctuaries Dec. 13 as part of the Jubilee of Mer- always will be Mercy itself. God’s mercy is creative; it our diocese were to gain an Indulgence for our family cy. (CNS photo by Tony Gentile, Reuters) brings new things to life, and restores life where it has members, friends, and enemies who have died! been lost. There are many who cannot make a pilgrimage to The Feast of Divine Mercy, celebrated this year on We see the fullest expression of Divine Mercy in the Cathedral or to St. Patrick Parish – for example, the April 3, will take on even greater signifi cance, with the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, bringing us sick, the homebound, the elderly, the youth, and those celebrations at the Cathedral and in St. Patrick Parish new life and removing all that separates us from our in prison. Yet no one is excluded. The sick and elderly in Walla Walla, as well as elsewhere. More information destiny: communion with God. On the octave day of can join their sufferings to Christ, receiving Communion about these events will be forthcoming as it becomes Easter the Church celebrates the Feast of Divine Mercy, or attending Mass (even through television, radio, or available. proclaiming with all creation, “His mercy endures internet), and in this way receive the Jubilee Indulgence. This is truly a time of grace for the Diocese of forever” (cf., Ps 136). The incarcerated may obtain the Indulgence in the prison Spokane as a whole and for each one of us. As we Our vocation is a gift of God’s mercy. In this Jubilee chapels. Finally, “each time that one of the faithful proceed through Lent toward the glory of Easter, I pray Year, God is calling our diocese, and each one of us, personally performs one or more of these actions (the that we will hear the call which the Father is addressing to experience anew each day the joy of forgiveness, corporal and spiritual works of mercy), he or she shall to us, and respond with joy. Transformed by his merciful and each day to be transformed into agents of God’s surely obtain the Jubilee Indulgence.” embrace in the sacraments, I pray that we become living mercy for our world. Our diocese as a whole is called Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy instruments of his mercy and lead others to encounter to lead others forth so that they may experience this The third essential element of this Jubilee Year is the mercy of God. mercy themselves. This is the task of education (Latin a life of mercy marked by the Corporal and Spiritual Assuring you of my prayers for you, and entrusting “educere”= “to lead forth”). In fi delity to our vocation Works of Mercy. Our encounter with the mercy of God you to the powerful intercession of Our Lady of and our mission, together as a diocese we shall grow must transform us from being mere recipients to being Lourdes, I remain, in holiness. These are the three priorities which I agents of that mercy. We see this in the lives of Blessed have before my eyes as Bishop of Spokane: vocation, Teresa of Calcutta and St. Vincent de Paul. These two Sincerely yours in Christ, education, and holiness. great Apostles of Mercy are examples for us to follow, Mary is the foremost recipient of the Father’s Mercy, for they experienced God’s mercy themselves and who kept her free from Original Sin from the fi rst worked tirelessly as channels of mercy for others. moment of her conception. Mary has always shared that Divine Mercy Sunday mercy with others, most especially in cooperating with Throughout the year, there will be various events to + Thomas A. Daly the life and mission of her Son, Jesus. Her mission of help our diocese celebrate this Extraordinary Jubilee. Bishop of Spokane March 17, 2016 Page 5 From Bishop Daly From the Archives Give courageous witness Compiled by Father Tom Caswell by Bishop Thomas A. Daly ble penance in the lives of believers. All of these for the Inland Register As Catholics and other Christians prepared to actions prepare us for Easter, the celebration of the enter the fi nal days Risen Christ, who triumphed over sin and death. From the Inland Register – Volume LIV, No. 43 of Lent, word came This is the Good News and our promise of salva- Fifty Years Ago: February 20, 1966 from across the world tion, which St. Peter reminds us is the goal of faith. that four Missionar- Yet, how are we living our Catholic faith? Does Immaculate Heart Retreat House Notes 7th Anniversary; ies of Charity, Bless- our belief in Jesus Christ guide our decisions, our ‘Spiritual hotel ... for heavenly weekends’ ed Mother Teresa’s choices, our very lives? Does Sunday Mass take Immaculate Heart Retreat House (IHRH) (Editor’s note: now Sisters, were brutally priority in our weekend schedules? Do corporal Immaculate Heart Retreat Center) murdered in the coun- works of mercy even enter into our weekly activi- will celebrate its seventh anniver- try of Yemen by ISIS. ties? Are our days so fi lled with distractions that we sary on Sunday, Feb. 20. Father The Sisters run a hos- never take the time to pray the words, “Speak, Lord, David E. Rosage, director, said that pital for the elderly your servant is listening”? Do we look to our world, more than 26,000 persons – many and disabled. All the towns, and our families as places to be Christ for of them non-Catholic – have used patients are Muslim one another? These questions are not left to be an- the modern, airy facilities for re- and have been ex- swered just by those willing to join the Communion treats, Days of Recollection, and tremely grateful for the loving and compassionate of Saints as martyrs. I suspect the Sisters, staff and Evenings of Recollection. Christian Family Movement, Cana care of the Sisters. Sixteen staff and volunteers volunteers knew their lives were at risk, but did not and other conferences have also utilized IHRH. All diocesan were also killed, and the Salesian priest who served expect to lose them simply by giving witness and priests receive their twice-yearly “spiritual re-orientation” at as chaplain was kidnapped. The terrorists desecrat- serving those in need. IHRH. Parish groups sign up for “heavenly weekends,” as Father ed the chapel before they fl ed. As I write this, the Much has been written and said about Pope Rosage calls them, as well as high school students, Sisters, and priest has still not been found. Francis’s reasons for calling the church to celebrate business, professional and “like-occupation” groups. Ministers We are blessed to have four Missionaries of an Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. At the heart and non-Catholics have attended as individuals. Charity living in St. Patrick Parish in Spokane. of our Holy Father’s message is his hope to direct The fi gures – 26,000 persons – are impressive, “but They minister to God’s people, regardless of faith our intentions and actions “on mercy so that we may when you analyze them, there is one disturbing feature or religious affi liation, both here in Spokane and become a more effective sign of the Father’s actions that can’t be ignored,” Father said. “The majority are re- in Pasco. The day after this tragedy occurred, Sis- in our lives ... a time when the witness of believers peaters. The sad truth is that less than 4 percent of the lay ter Lumen MSC called to inform me about what might grow stronger and more effective.” Giving people of the Spokane Diocese make an annual retreat.” had happened. She mentioned that this wasn’t the witness to our faith: How are we doing? Father Rosage feels that making that fi rst closed retreat, fi rst time Sisters were martyred in Yemen. In 1997, As we prepare for Easter, in the safety and beau- with its imposition of silence until the “departure meal,” seems three Missionaries of Charity were killed there for ty of Eastern Washington, let us not forget those to frighten some people. Many make reservations and then, at simply living the Gospel. whose suffering is joined to the passion and death the last moment, call up to cancel out. Why? Living the Gospel is the vocation of every of Jesus Christ. May the renewal of our baptismal “I’m scared!” is the usual answer, he says. Christian. And Lent is the season of refl ection call- promises on Easter Sunday lead us to give witness Father Rosage and veteran retreatants would like to reas- ing forth deeper prayer, generous charity, and hum- with the courage of the martyrs and saints. sure Catholics that “the doors at IHRH swing outward, as well as inward. The only differences in coming here for the week- Confi rmation Schedule for the Diocese of Spokane end, instead of a fi rst-class hotel, are the ‘rates’ – and the spiri- tual benefi ts.” Actually, there are no “rates,” as such, at IHRH. Saturday, April 2, 5 p.m.: Our Lady of the Valley Pasco (Bishop Skylstad) Cost of a private room, private bath, sweeping view, and the Parish, Okanogan (Bishop Daly) Tuesday, May 3, 6 p.m.: Immaculate Conception good, wholesome cooking in which the Dominican Sisters April 30, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m.: St. Patrick Parish, Colville (Bishop Daly) pride themselves, is what any retreatant feels he can afford. Parish, Pasco (Bishop Daly) Friday, May 6, 5:30 p.m.: St. Anthony Parish, Some retreatants have tucked $100 bills into the envelope Sunday, April 3, 10 a.m.: St. Mary of the Rosary Newport (Bishop Daly) for a weekend. College girls living off-campus – and broke – Parish, Chewelah (Bishop Daly) Sunday, May 8, 10:30 a.m.: Our Lady of Fatima have stayed at IHRH for free. No one at IHRH knows who pays Saturday, April 9, 5:30 p.m.: Holy Family Parish, Spokane (Bishop Skylstad) what – except the retreatant. Parish, Clarkston (Bishop Daly) Wednesday, May 11, 6 p.m.: St. Gall Parish, Speaking of the great spiritual renewal which the Church is Sunday, April 10, 10 a.m.: St. John Vianney Colton (Bishop Daly) trying to effect in our times, Father Rosage said that “the retreat Parish, Spokane Valley (Bishop Daly) Thursday, May 12, 7 p.m.: St. Mary Presentation apostolate will do much to guarantee the success of the New Sunday, April 10, 10 a.m.: Sacred Heart Parish, Parish, Deer Park (Bishop Daly) Pentecost. In another seven years, please God, this leaven may Tekoa (Bishop Skylstad) Saturday, May 14, 5:30 p.m.: St. Joseph Parish, ferment the whole mass.” Saturday, April 16, 10:30 a.m.: St. Peter Parish, Otis Orchards (Bishop Daly) Some fermentation has already taken place. Converts at the Spokane (Bishop Daly) Sunday, May 15, 11 a.m.: Cathedral of Our Lady rate of two each month come into the Church via the retreat Saturday, April 16, 4:30 p.m.: St. Thomas More of Lourdes (Bishop Daly) house route. Parish, Spokane (Bishop Daly) Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m.: Our Lady of the Lake Since no person can shoulder all the work entailed in fi - Sunday, April 17, 11 a.m.: St. Augustine Parish, Parish, Suncrest (Bishop Daly) nancing and maintaining IHRH and recruiting retreatants, nu- Spokane (Bishop Daly) Saturday, May 21, 10 a.m., 2 p.m.: St. Patrick merous groups have formed to fi ll specifi c needs. Sunday, April 17, 10 a.m.: Sacred Heart Parish, Parish, Walla Walla (Bishop Skylstad) In March of 1960, a group of 18 women met with Father Ro- Spokane (Bishop Skylstad) Sunday, May 22, 10 a.m.: St. Patrick Parish, sage to offer help in organizing and promoting retreats, and as- Friday, April 22, 6 p.m.: St. Joseph Parish, Walla Walla (Bishop Skylstad) sisting with offi ce work. The IHRH Auxiliary has grown to 50, Colbert (Bishop Daly) Saturday, May 28, 1 p.m.: Sacred Heart Parish, with membership from most city and valley parishes, plus Col- Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m.: St. Joseph and St. Othello (Bishop Daly) bert, Fairchild Air Force Base, Deer Park, and Coeur d’Alene, Anthony parishes, Spokane (Bishop Daly) Sunday, May 29, 8:30 a.m.: St. Michael Parish, Idaho. The Madonna Festival, held each year on Mother’s Day, Saturday, April 23, 4:30 p.m.: Sacred Heart Reardan (Bishop Daly) was inaugurated by this group in 1961. Parish, Pullman (Bishop Daly) Sunday, May 29, 10:30 a.m.: St. Anne Parish, Benefactors helped make the physical plant possible. First Saturday, April 23, 5 p.m., 7 p.m.: Sacred Heart Medical Lake (Bishop Daly) benefactors to support IHRH were the Founders: men and women Parish, Brewster (Bishop Skylstad) Sunday, May 29, 11 a.m.: St. Paul the Apostle who pledged $1,000 toward construction costs. First honors are Sunday, April 24, 11 a.m.: St. Genevieve Parish, Parish, Eltopia (Bishop Skylstad) shared by A.A. Arsenault, Gerald O’Melveny, Richard O’Neill and Twisp (Bishop Skylstad) Sunday, May 29, 2 p.m.: St. Vincent Parish, Mrs. Caroline A. Spuler. Founders now number 336 – with the Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m.: Assumption Connell (Bishop Skylstad) goal of 400 still “a little short,” as Father Rosage wryly puts it. Parish, Spokane (Bishop Daly) Sunday, May 29, 4 p.m.: San Juan Diego “Perhaps more Founders would help us if they realized that Saturday, April 30, 11 a.m., 2 p.m.: St. Patrick Mission, Basin City (Bishop Skylstad) the entire sum needn’t be paid at once. Most donors use the Parish, Pasco (Bishop Daly) Wednesday, June 1, 5:30 p.m.: St. Patrick Parish, ‘piecemeal’ plan – as little as $10 per month.” Saturday, April 30, 5 p.m.: St. Patrick Parish, Colfax (Bishop Daly) (Continued on page 26) Page 6 March 17, 2016 Regional Report Diversity and Religious life presentation draws 134 Sisters at three sites OREGON Archdiocese of Portland No one quite knew what to expect when Sisters shaped by events when they were coming of age PORTLAND, Ore. – Bishop Joseph Tyson of the Diocese of across the Northwest were invited to a one-day pre- and that defi ne their culture, giving it distinct val- Yakima and Archbishop Alexander Sample of the Archdiocese sentation by the co-author of New Generations of ues and meanings. of Portland, Ore., have ordered a Mexican Franciscan to stop Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity, pub- The ethnic mixture of the Church is rapidly ministry in their Pacifi c Northwest dioceses. Father Mario lished by Oxford University Press. The site was the changing, with Hispanics the largest ethnic group Flores Meza has been in the region for several years and has Hawley Conference Center at Providence Health and and Asians, the fastest growing. Among women Re- been ministering without permission, giving retreats, offi ciating Services in Renton, Wash., with videoconferencing ligious, 94 percent in fi nal vows are white, compared at weddings and baptizing children. offered at Providence sites in Portland and Spokane. to 61 percent in initial formation, Sister Mary said. The priest has been performing “illicit and possibly invalid The organizers were surprised when 134 indi- What does that mean for Religious life today? sacraments” the bishops said, saying he has caused “great viduals, representing 14 congregations of women “The new Sisters look like the church. God is confusion among the Christian faithful.” Religious, registered to attend the Feb. 27 event. inviting women who will be able to serve the new His Franciscan superiors have been calling for his return to There were so many in Portland that registrants had church in this country,” she said. “Pope Francis has Jalisco State, Mexico. to be moved to a larger room. opened up the true meaning of Catholic: universal.” Father Flores Meza was given the order to stop ministering They also were delighted when one bishop Cross-generational dialogue is essential, as is after being called to the Pastoral Center in Portland Jan. 18. accepted the invitation: Bishop William Skylstad, receiving and honoring the cultures and traditions The priest had presented himself in Tillamook and Salem, Bishop Emeritus of the Spokane Diocese. of all. “Listen to how they see it. What words and Ore., accompanied by two men who claim to be Franciscan Retired Sisters at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle, images speak to them? What is God’s action within friars. The two bishops say the men “are not professed Religious also participated. and across this generation?” in the Roman Catholic Church.” “Fourteen congregations! Wow, that is so of the Sister Mary described this as the beginning of a PORTLAND, Ore. – For the past six months, Portland’s future,” the author, Sister Mary Johnson of the Sis- whole new era for women Religious. “Where we’re Catholic radio station has sustained a new set of local shows, ters of Notre Dame de Namur, told the attendees. going, there is no map,” she said. including a weekly conversation with Archbishop Alexander Even more signifi cant was the fact that the The book’s authors hope the data they gather Sample. Mater Dei radio is in the air at 88.3 FM in the Portland gathering was co-sponsored by Region 15 of will contribute to the dialogue about how to help area and Salem and at 94.9 and 100.5 in the Eugene area. the Leadership Conference of Women Religious the nation become a true multiracial society. One program, Living Stones (Mondays at 7:30 p.m.), is a (LCWR), the National Religious Vocation Confer- Today there often is talk about the dwindling conversation between two Oregon Catholics who love their ence (NRVC), and the Religious Formation Con- number of Sisters in the world, but there are nearly 1 faith: Ken Hallenius, a University of Portland assistant alumni ference (RFC). million Sisters remaining in the world today, she said. director who holds advanced degrees in theology and has a Why did this topic resonant with so many Sis- “This is a shift in thinking,” she said. “It is not wit well known around campus, teams up with Deacon Harold ters? New Generations of Catholic Sisters came out about dying; it’s about living.” Burke-Sivers, a Portlander who appears regularly on EWTN in in 2014 and is now in its fourth printing. It offers other national Catholic media. The two often discuss practical a comprehensive portrait of women Religious who ways to grow in faith, participate more fully in liturgy, and have entered since 1965. practice charity towards all. Sister Mary, a professor of sociology and reli- – Catholic Sentinel (Oregon Catholic Press) gious studies at Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C., said the follow-up is research on 4,000 women entering today about their needs, Lenten Regulations challenges and contributions. Already she has in- terviewed two dozen Sisters of Providence who en- Lent is the 40-day season of penance in preparation for the tered Mother Joseph Province from other countries, greatest event in human history: the redemption of the human including newer members, transfers, and Sisters race by Jesus Christ. who entered as far back as 1959. Lent began this year on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10, and ends Sister Mary spelled out the challenges present- on Thursday, March 24, followed by the Sacred Triduum, ed by the changing demographics and geography March 24-27. of the 80 million Catholics in the United States – The following are the regulations for Lent: about a quarter of the population. All Christians, by the nature of their lives, are obliged Once dominant in the East, they now are to live in a spirit of penance whereby our exterior acts of equally distributed around the country. This is a prayer, self-denial and charity bear witness to the inner young church, with the majority 20- to 30-year- values of our Faith. old millennials and post-Vatican II Catholics be- The Church specifi es certain practices of penance during the tween the ages of 30-40. Their generations are season of Lent. 1. Self-imposed observance of fasting on all weekdays of Lent is strongly recommended. 2. Catholics are obliged to fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10, and Good Friday, March 25. 3. The Fridays of Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. 4. Catholics age 14 and older are bound by the law of abstinence. 5. The law of fasting obliges Catholics from age 18-59. 6. The law of abstinence forbids the eating of meat. 7. The law of fasting prescribes that only one full meal be taken per day; the other meals should be signifi cantly smaller, but in accord with one’s health needs. Fasting assumes avoidance of food between meals. The “substantial observance” of these laws is a grave obligation; that is: 1. Anyone who neglects all forms of penance, or deliberately shows contempt for the Church’s penitential discipline, may be guilty of serious sin. 2. Occasional failure to observe penitential regulations is not seriously sinful. 3. Proportionately grave circumstances — sickness, dietary needs, social obligation — excuse from the obligation of fast and abstinence, but not from seeking out other forms of penance. March 17, 2016 Page 7 Celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy at one of these parishes: Sunday, April 3, 2016

St. Francis of Assisi Parish 1104 W. Heroy Ave., Spokane 325-1321

Divine Mercy Schedule Good Friday, March 25 Novena Preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday 12-3 p.m.: Prayers, Rosary, Adoration, Benedic- tion, and The Chaplet of Divine Mercy Daily from Good Friday until Divine Mercy 3 p.m.: Novena Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3 9 a.m.-noon: Join us for Divine Mercy Breakfast St. Faustina Kowalska 10 a.m.: Mass, followed by the Sacrament of Apostle of Divine Mercy Anointing of the Sick Our Lord chose to entrust St. Faustina 11:45 a.m.: “Ocean of Mercy” DVD in Confer- Kowalska with a special mission to the ence Room (1 hour long) modern world, “to announce anew to 1 p.m.: Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed mankind the Gospel message of His Sacrament, Sacrament of Reconciliation, mercy, and to set forth new forms of and Family Rosary devotion to God as Mercy to everyone, 2:30 p.m.: “God’s Divine Mercy” – Father Mi- especially those who need it most.” chael Blackburn OFM St. Faustina was canonized in Rome on 3 p.m.: The Hour of Divine Mercy – Chaplet of Divine Mercy, followed by Solemn Ben- April 30, 2000, by Pope John Paul II. ediction Feast of Divine Mercy St. Faustina Kowalska relates that Jesus told her, in a vision, that on the Feast of Mercy, “the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole Jesus, I Trust in You St. Thomas More Parish ocean of graces upon these souls who 505 W. St. Thomas More Way, will approach the font of My mercy. The Spokane • 466-0220 souls that go to Confession (within a St. Anthony Parish week before or on Divine Mercy Sunday) 2320 N. Cedar, Spokane Daily Novena and Chaplet: and receive Holy Communion on Mercy 327-1162 Good Friday, March 25, to Saturday, Sunday shall obtain complete forgiveness April 2, 2016 of sins and punishment … Let no soul fear Divine Mercy Sunday 3 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament to draw near to Me, even though its sins April 3, 2016 (Except Good Friday and Holy Saturday) be as scarlet.” 3:10 p.m. Divine Mercy Daily Novena Preparing for Divine Mercy Sunday Prayer, Chaplet, and Praises Beginning with Good Friday, in a Church Schedule: 3:35 p.m. Silent Meditation and Adoration worldwide preparation for the Feast of 8 and 11 a.m.: Masses in English 3:50 p.m. Benediction Prayers (Except Divine Mercy, according to Our Lord’s 12:30 p.m. Vietnamese Mass Good Friday and Holy Saturday) express wish, it is greatly recommended 1:45 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday: to give honor to the Divine Mercy by Sacrament April 3, 2016 offering a Novena of “the Chaplet of 1:50 p.m. The Joyful Mysteries 2 p.m. Scriptural Rosary Divine Mercy” for both His general and 2:15 p.m. Mysteries of Light 2:20 p.m. “The Mercy Effect: God’s Healing particular intentions. 2:35 p.m. Glorious Mysteries Power in Our Lives,” by Father David St. Mary Parish 3 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy Kruse 304 S. Adams Rd., Spokane Valley Confessions: 3 p.m. Hour of Mercy before the Blessed 1 p.m. – Adoration of the Blessed 1:50-2:50 p.m. Sacrament Sacrament and recitation of the Chaplet Father José Millan • Chaplet (Sung) of Divine Mercy. The service concludes Father Vincent Dao 4 p.m. Blessing of Articles, Benediction and with Benediction. Confessions will be Father Joachim Hiên Veneration of St. Faustina Relic available. A light reception follows. Divine Wilson Hall: 4:30 p.m. Cake and Refreshments to follow Mercy Novena Chaplets available. Breakfast by Youth Group between in the PAC Center Information: 928-3210 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Information: (509) 466-0220 Page 8 March 17, 2016 Financial support from Spokane Diocese Catholics contributes to success of Guatemala seminary by Donna Connell for the Inland Register How blessed we felt when we visit- ed the minor seminary, Seminario Menor Señor San José in Sololá, Guatemala last November. We were four humble travelers: Patt Perlman (chairperson of the Diocesan Guatemala Commission), Jesús Ordaz (parishioner of St. Joseph Parish, Colbert), and Ron and Donna Connell (members of the Guatemala Commission). You would have thought we were dignitaries by the way we were treated at the seminary. We stopped by the seminary to meet Financial support from Eastern Washington Catholics helps make possible this thriving minor seminary in the Diocese of the rector, Father Pedro Poz, and tour the Sololá, Guatemala. (IR photo courtesy of Donna Connell) seminary and meet with some students. The seminary has received fi nancial sup- seminary have become like their family. sion for the feast of St. Joseph. lolá to each of you who pray for them and port from the people of the Spokane Dio- One student explained that he was Earlier we met with Bishop de Villa, support them fi nancially. cese since the school opened in 1961. As there because he felt called to be a priest. who reported that the percentage of stu- (For more information, visit the Gua- a result of the efforts of the seminarian Another said that he wanted to become a dents going from the minor seminary to temala Commission’s web site: www. students, faculty, and God’s grace, the Di- priest because he wants to help his com- the major seminary has improved. The dioceseofspokane.org/diocese-of-solola. ocese of Sololá has more priests than any munity, which currently does not have bishop and director are very selective at If you feel that you would like to help other diocese in Guatemala: one priest for enough priests. both levels so that students are more likely these students and or support the work every 7,000 Catholics. At the conclusion of the program, each to discern that the priesthood is their path. of the seminary, you can make a donation Bishop Gonzalo de Villa has ordained student came up to us and thanked us for He stated that “the help from Spokane is to the seminary through the Guatemala 66 priests in the eight years that he has coming and supporting the seminary. very important” to the seminary. Commission of the Diocese of Spokane. been bishop of the Sololá Diocese. Six Seventeen teachers instruct these Father Poz said that students pay Please make your donation payable to more priests are being ordained this year. young men, following an intense course of about one-third of the actual cost of the the Guatemala Commission. All dona- We were overwhelmed as we entered a study taught in Spanish that also includes seminary. Many cannot pay that much, so tions should be mailed to the Diocese of classroom and 40 students stood and wel- learning three Mayan languages, religion, the funds sent from Eastern Washington Spokane, P.O. Box 1453, Spokane, WA comed us with applause. They proceeded liturgy, and other courses in line with the help with tuition. Annually, the Guatemala 99210-1453. Please note that the dona- with a program of singing, led by a student Department of Education. Students also Commission has budgeted $3,780 in sup- tion is for the seminary on the check’s with a guitar, in which we were invited to participate in community service and help port of students at the seminary. memo line. All funds will be forwarded to join. Students told us that they miss their with work within the seminary. When we Our November trip included many the seminary; donors will receive a con- families (they can go home one weekend visited, they were in the process of taking other such awesome experiences. We ex- fi rmation of their donation as well as our a month), but that fellow students at the exams and planning a community proces- tend the thankfulness of the people of So- and the seminary’s thanks.) March 17, 2016 Page 9 ‘Breakfast with the Bishop’ in April and May at IHRC For the fi rst time, Immacu- late Heart Retreat Center (IHRC) in Spokane will offer a Moth- er-Daughter Retreat titled “God’s Lovely Daughter” the weekend of April 8-10. The retreat – for young wom- en age 12-17 and their mother, grandmother, aunt, etc. – will be under the direction of the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church. As the daughter of St. Joa- chim and the spiritual daughter of God the Father, Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is the model for every young woman in her open- ness to God’s Will – her “yes.” The retreat will include fun, spiritual events, the sacraments and Mass, crafts, conferences, Bishop William Skylstad Father Brian Sattler and more, with some events for the young people and some for Word to meditate, pray and con- as well. the adults. template. The practice changes His April talk is titled “Being Also included will be a can- those who take part in it. Intentionally Catholic – a Basic Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat dlelight outdoor rosary, crowning The day begins at 9 a.m. Decision of Life”; May’s talk is Post-abortive healing for anyone aff ected by abortion. of the Blessed Mother, Adoration with recitation of the rosary, “From Pews to Shoes – Walking Contact us at 509-994-4355 or email [email protected] Online: www.rvspokane.org of the Blessed Sacrament, living and includes two conferences, the Talk.” Cost for each event is rosary, hikes and outdoor Sta- the Sacrament of Reconcili- $15 per person. tions, a special fancy dress dinner, ation, Mass, and lunch, and Bishop William Skylstad is games, and time with the Sisters. concludes with Adoration, end- the former Bishop of the Diocese The weekend begins with ing at 3 p.m. The cost is $38 of Spokane and the Diocese of registration on Friday at 6 p.m. per person; $48 with the use Yakima. He has served as a pas- and extends through lunch on of a private room for the day. tor, a seminary rector, a diocesan Sunday. Cost is $294 for mother Father Sattler is a Spokane administrator, and served as the and daughter and $64 per addi- native who attended Gonzaga vice president and president of tional daughter. University, Mount Angel Semi- the United States Conference of • On Wednesday, April 13, nary, and San Anselmo, Rome. Catholic Bishops. IHRC will host a silent day of He has degrees in philosophy, He retired from the Spokane prayer titled “Understanding Lec- theology and Scripture. Diocese in 2010, but remains ac- tio Divina: An Intimate Encounter • “Breakfast with Bishop tive as a teacher and presenter, with the Living God.” The speak- Skylstad” is scheduled for Thurs- nationally and internationally. er will be Father Brian Sattler, or- day, April 14, and Tuesday, May For information and regis- dained to the priesthood in 2014 17, at IHRC. tration for these and other IHRC and now administrator of St. Jo- The breakfasts begin at 8 programs, visit the web site – seph Parish in Colbert. a.m. and conclude by 10 a.m. www. ihrc.net – or call (509) Lectio Divina is a prayer The morning includes the op- 448-1224. practice that uses Scripture as a portunity to participate in Mass, IHRC is located at 6910 S. context of prayer. It includes four eat breakfast, socialize with the Ben Burr Rd., Spokane. basic steps for reading God’s bishop, and hear a talk from him (Inland Register fi le photos)

Achieving Scouts The evening of Tuesday, Feb. 23, four Boy Scouts, members of St. Mary of the Rosary Par- ish in Chewelah, were awarded their Pope Pius XII Religious Emblems. From left: Wade Baker, Dominick Co leman, Father Jeff Lewis (pastor), Gareth Baker, and Michael Larsen. In addition to the religious emblems, Coleman and Larsen earned their Eagle rank in De- cember. (IR photo courtesy of St. Mary of the Rosary Parish) Page 10 March 17, 2016

Pope Francis arrives to visit Cereso prison in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 17. (CNS photo by Paul Haring) ‘No more death, no more exploitation,’ pope says at U.S.-Mexico border by David Agren measure instead with names, sto- up in a web that ensnares and al- CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico ries and families.” ways destroys the poorest,” Pope (CNS) – Speaking from the sym- The Mass capped a six-day Francis said. bolic platform of the U.S.-Mex- trip to Mexico in which Pope Migration has marked Mex- ico border, Pope Francis plead- Francis traveled to the north- ico for generations, though the ed for the plight of immigrants ern and southern borders and number of Mexicans leaving while warning those refusing to denounced the indignities of the country is now surpassed by offer safe shelter and passage discrimination, corruption and those returning – involuntarily that their actions and inhospita- violence. During the trip he also or otherwise – as poor job pros- ble attitudes were bringing about asked oft-oppressed indigenous pects, an increasingly fortifi ed dishonor and self-destruction as peoples for their forgiveness and border and anti-immigration ini- their hearts hardened and they chastised the privileged political tiatives prompt most to stay put. “lost their sensitivity to pain.” and business classes – saying Ironically, Mexico has as- Recalling the story of Jonah their exclusionary actions were sumed an unlikely role over the and his instructions from God to creating “fertile ground” for chil- past several years: enforcer as it save the sinful city of Nineveh dren to fall into organized crime detains and deports record num- by telling the residents that “in- and drug cartels. bers of Central Americans trying justice has infected their way of Pope Francis delivered his to transit the country – while seeing the world,” Pope Francis’ homily a stone’s throw from the many more of those migrants homily called for compassion, Rio Grande, which has swal- are preyed upon by criminals change and conversion on migra- lowed so many migrants over and corrupt public offi cials and tion issues. the years as they vainly tried to suffer crimes such as kidnap, He alluded to Mexico and enter the United States in search robbery and rape. The Mexican the United States as Ninevah, the of bettering their lot in life and, crackdown came after thousands city he said was showing symp- more recently, escaping violence of Central American children toms of “self-destruction as a enveloping Central America. streamed through Mexico in result of oppression, dishonor, The Mass was celebrated as 2014, seeking to escape forced violence and injustice.” He also a binational event with thousands enlistment in gangs and hoping said mercy was a way to win watching across the Rio Grande in to reunite with parents living in over opponents. El Paso and in a college football the shadows of American society, He also preached urgency. stadium. Pope Francis saluted the working minimum-wage jobs to “We cannot deny the hu- crowds watching at the Sun Bowl support children left with rela- manitarian crisis which in recent stadium and Bishop Mark Seitz tives they hadn’t seen in years. years has meant the migration of of El Paso for providing techno- “Each step, a journey laden thousands of people, whether logical connections that allowed with grave injustices. … They by train or highway or on foot, them to “pray, sing and celebrate are brothers and sisters of those crossing hundreds of kilometers together” and “make us feel like a excluded as a result of poverty through mountains, deserts and single family and the same Chris- and violence, drug traffi cking inhospitable areas,” Pope Fran- tian community.” and criminal organizations,” cis said Feb. 17 to hundreds of The pope focused on migra- Pope Francis said, while laud- thousands of people from both tion, along with the dangers mi- ing the priests, religious and lay sides of the border. grants encounter en route to their Catholics who accompany and “The human tragedy that destinations and the diffi culties protect migrants as they move is forced migration is a global of surviving on the margins of through Mexico – acts of com- phenomenon today. This crisis, society without protections. passion not always popular with which can be measured in num- “Being faced with so many the authorities. bers and statistics, we want to legal vacuums, they get caught (Continued on page 11) March 17, 2016 Page 11 Being human: Pope Francis delights many while frustrating others by Cindy Wooden son seated in a wheelchair. wealth is in the hands of less than der and deport millions of immi- made a splash in the news and on VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “What’s the matter with 20 percent of the population,” he grants. Pope Francis answered, social media. The pope is human. Pope Francis you?” the pope snapped. “Don’t said Feb. 10 at his weekly gener- “If he says these things, this man Thomas Peters, who tweets as demonstrated that in Mexico, as be selfi sh!” al audience at the Vatican. is not Christian.” @AmericanPapist, tweeted, “For he does wherever he goes, and While security offi cers When people call Pope Fran- The pope was less clear in the 1 millionth time, no more most people fi nd it attractive helped the pope back up, Pope cis “the pope of surprises,” they responding to a question about in-fl ight papal news conferences most of the time. Francis caressed the face of the usually say it with a delighted whether “avoiding pregnancy” please!” And a bit later, he added, In Pope Francis, Catholics boy he’d fallen upon. sense of expectation. But there could be considered a “lesser “Seriously, who believes that off- can see a real person trying to live The off-the-cuff Pope Fran- are people in the world who real- evil” when facing the possibili- the-cuff interviews at 30,000 feet his faith in a complicated world. cis is very human, too. That ly don’t like surprises. ty of birth defects from the Zika after a weeklong international trip Sometimes he waves at them and touches people who experience a As far back as the papal trips virus. The pope used the word is a good idea anymore?” they can see the frayed edges of pope really listening to them and of St. John Paul II, journalists “contraception” when referring to Pope Francis’ answer to an- his soutane sleeve. When his sci- who is taking notes as people ask have valued being on the papal Blessed Paul VI allowing women other question, one that did not atica is acting up, he needs extra him questions. It sometimes frus- plane because it is the only time Religious in the Belgian Congo in make the news, also illustrates help going down steps. His aides trates journalists who are given they are guaranteed a chance to the 1960s to take the pill to avoid his human side. He was asked do not keep his reading glasses, his prepared remarks in advance, ask the pope questions. Popes becoming pregnant if they were what he was praying for during so sometimes he fumbles with knowing full well that he may do not hold regular news confer- the victim of rape, which was be- the 20 minutes he sat before the the soutane pocket trying to get use little or none of the printed ences. With Pope Francis, unlike ing used as a weapon of war. image of Our Lady of Guadalupe them out. text. For people who do not usu- with Pope Benedict XVI, the Then, answering the question in Mexico City. Crowds “ahhh” when he ally agree with Pope Francis, the questions are not submitted in about Zika, he said, “Avoiding He said he prayed for so many tenderly strokes the face of an ad-libbing is just a nightmare. advance, and his answers almost pregnancy is not an absolute evil. things that Mary, “poor thing,” obviously sick person, and they And, those spontaneous remarks always make the news. In certain cases, such as the one probably had a headache when applaud when he gives a big hug can be frustratingly incomplete Flying back from Mexico Feb. I mentioned of Blessed Paul VI, he was done. He said he prayed to a child. However, they can be or imprecise. 17, Pope Francis was asked to it was clear.” The answer led to for forgiveness, for the growth of shocked when the human side of But the pope knows that. For react to Donald Trump’s accusa- headlines saying the pope said it the church, for the Mexican peo- the pope is impatience or down- example, when he speaks about tions that the pope is political and, was possible that using birth con- ple, for priests, nuns, bishops. “I right anger like it was Feb. 16 in the growing gap between the since the pope had just celebrated trol in response to Zika could be asked for a lot.” Morelia, Mexico, when one of rich and poor, he openly approxi- Mass at the Mexican-U.S. border, tolerated. But he would not say more or the thousands of people who grab mates. “If I’m not mistaken – the he also was asked to comment on The pope’s responses to jour- give more details. “The things a the pope at public events yanked fi gures are approximate – but Trump’s proposal to build a wall nalists, particularly, to the Trump child tells his mother are kind of him, pulling him on top of a per- more or less 80 percent of human along the entire length of the bor- question and to the Zika question secret,” he explained. Pope Francis at the border: ‘No more exploitation’ (Continued from page 10) ness in every person,” and urged people to follow “They are on the front lines, often risking their Jonah’s example. own lives,” he said. “By their very lives they are “Just as in Jonah’s time, so too today may we prophets of mercy. They are the beating heart and commit ourselves to conversion,” Pope Francis accompanying feet of the church that opens its said. “May we commit ourselves to conversion. arms and sustains.” May we be signs lighting the way and announc- “They are brothers and sisters of those excluded ing salvations.” as a result of poverty and violence, drug traffi ck- Ciudad Juarez once held the dubious distinction ing and criminal organizations,” Pope Francis said. of “murder capital of the world.” More than 10,000 “Injustice is radicalized in the young. They are lives were lost between 2008 and 2012 as drug ‘cannon fodder,’ persecuted and threatened when cartels battled over a coveted smuggling route and they try to fl ee the spiral of violence and hell of young people were seduced by easy money into il- drugs. Then there are the women unjustly robbed legal activities that led to their deaths. of their lives.” The pope’s visit was promoted by civic offi cials Pope Francis ended his homily by returning to as a rebirth for Ciudad Juarez, though priests say the the example of Jonah and his call for conversion in city still suffers vices such as exclusion and violence Nineveh. He called “mercy, which always rejects – in lower numbers than before – and jobs with low wickedness,” a way to win over opponents, saying salaries and long hours in the booming factory for it “always appeals to the latent and numbed good- export economy, all of which strain family life. Page 12 March 17, 2016 Catholic Scout retreat draws from Washington, Idaho, and Montana Catholic Scouts from the Givney, founder of the Knights Spokane Diocese were joined of Columbus. They both shared by Scouts from the Yakima, about the mercy that could be Boise, and Helena dioceses for a found in both of their lives. St. Catholic Scout Retreat held Feb. Kateri and Father McGivney 26-28 at St. Paschal Parish, Spo- were the two spiritual patrons for kane Valley. the weekend. The 18 Scouts and leaders Saturday saw Bishop Thomas gathered to spend the weekend Daly visiting the retreat. Bishop refl ecting on God’s mercy during Daly shared his thoughts about this Jubilee of Mercy. The Di- the Year of Mercy and the impor- ocesan Committee for Catholic tance of prayer in everyone’s life. Scouting organized the retreat Also joining the group on to serve the Catholic Boy Scouts Saturday was Tim McCandless, Bishop Daly paid a visit to the Scouts and Scout leaders from three states who participated in this and Girl Scouts from th e region. the CEO of the Inland North- year’s Catholic Scout retreat. (IR photo from the Diocesan Committee for Catholic Scouting) The retreat used the rosary west Council of the Boy Scouts. as its theme for talking about McCandless met Bishop Daly The Diocesan Committee units throughout the Diocese of the check’s memo line. God’s mercy. Each Scout made and expressed his support to the for Catholic Scouting (DCCS) Spokane. The DCCS is support- The next project for the a progressive rosary through the bishop in helping to continue to is a group of volunteers who are ed by donations. Financial sup- DCCS is to develop a “Guideline weekend. After assembling each build strong Catholic Boy Scout committed to Catholic Scouting port of the DCCS will enable to Catholic Scouting” to present decade, the Scouts would re- units in the Diocese of Spokane, – Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and future development of retreats to Bishop Daly, and to work with fl ect on the various mysteries of as well as the work of the Diocese Camp Fire – by providing op- and workshops and presence at the Knights of Columbus Coun- each decade. The Scouts shared Committee for Catholic Scouting. portunities for Catholic Scouts Scouting activities throughout cils in transferring their Charter their thoughts through short skits One of the best parts about to earn their Catholic Religious Eastern Washington. Donations Units over to the parishes. about each of the mysteries. Scouting is coming home with Awards and to be advocates for can be sent directly to the Dio- Thank you to all who support The scouts enjoyed a pre- new patches. The Scouts and existing Catholic Boy Scout cese of Spokane with DCCS in Scouting units! sentation from Erin Loe on her leaders each completed their passion for St. Kateri Tekak- unique rosary, received the offi - Social justice ministry at St. Joseph Parish, witha, the fi rst Native American cial collector’s retreat patch, and declared a saint by the Catholic the St. Kateri and Venerable Fa- Colbert, supports communities near and far Church, and from Stephen Czer- ther McGivney patches. All of Books are on the move at St. wonka, who spoke about the these are great additions to their Joseph Parish in Colbert. Two Venerable Father Michael Mc- Scouting patch collections. book sales per year are putting fresh reading in parishioners’ hands while funding critical needs in the community. The parish’s Social Justice Ministry, born out of the popular JustFaith program, is supporting social jus- tice activities both far and near. The group holds book sales in January and June each year to support mission projects in our sister diocese in Guatemala. The January sale raised $1,118 to provide supplies for a growing religious education program ad- Proceeds from used book sales at St. Joseph Parish, Colbert, have ministered by Father David Bar- helped fund a variety of ministries in both Eastern Washington onti in the village of Ixtahuacán. and Guatemala. (IR photo courtesy of Jim Tate) Past book sales, which also sell free-trade coffee and chocolate, ing an important cause.” “The goal is to help the par- provided computers, internet Locally, the ministry sup- ticipants become independent service, and a projector for vil- ports Catholic Charities’ Bridges and productive members of soci- lage schools. The Social Justice program by collecting appropri- ety. We do this by providing them Ministry also funded tuition for ate job interview clothes for job with job opportunities, housing, students, and bought medical hunters who cannot afford them. necessary life skills, and contin- supplies for diocese clinics. “The In January, the St. Joseph minis- ued support,” according to case sales have been a great way to try gathered 900 pounds of do- manager Shelly Viers. raise funds,” said parishioner nated clothing. Coming up, the parish’s So- Mary Ann Busch, “Parishioners Bridges is a new program, cial Justice Ministry will collect are keeping their bookshelves focused on getting homeless peo- furniture for Bridges’ clients, and cleaned out and fi nding some ter- ple off the streets and into jobs. start collecting books for their rifi c new reading, while support- Case managers also work to help next book sale, set for June 24- clients transition to a new life- 26. Look for donation hours on style of working and adjusting to the Inland Register schedule or permanent housing. call (509) 998-8189. March 17, 2016 Page 13 Two presentations on Islam scheduled in Otis Orchards Did you know that the Vir- Studies at Gonzaga Universi- The presentations on Islam gin Mary is mentioned more ty. She received her M.A. de- are scheduled for two successive in the Quran than in the Bible? gree from Claremont School of Wednesdays: April 13 (Part 1) The parishioners at St. Joseph Theology prior to completing and April 20 (Part 2), from 7-8:30 Parish in Otis Orchards heard her doctoral degree at Florida p.m. at St. Joseph Parish, 4521 N. this recently in a weekend hom- State University in 2012. Her Arden Rd., Otis Orchards. ily given by a visiting priest. areas of focus include com- Both talks are free and open This prompted the parish Char- parative Islamic and Christian to the public. it y and Justice Committee to ethics, gender and religion, as For more information, call question what we honestly know well as uses of violence in reli- the parish offi ce – 926-7133 – or and don’t know about Islam, and gious discourses. email [email protected]. our fears that might be associat- ed with Muslims in the United Master Gardener to share expertise States and around the world. The bishops at Vatican II at Colbert parish next month wrote, “Although in the course of the centuries many quarrels and The Women’s Guild Fel- hostilities have arisen between lowship and Garden Circles of Christians and Muslims, this sa- St. Joseph Parish, Colbert, are cred Synod urges all to forget the sponsoring a free talk, “Getting past and to strive sincerely for Your Gardens Ready for Sum- mutual understanding.” mer,” by KXLY Radio and Tele- vision Master Gardener Phyllis In response to this, the par- St. Mary School fi rst graders celebrate 100 Days ish’s committee is inviting Shan- Stevens on Tuesday, April 5, at non Dunn Ph.D. from the Reli- 7 p.m. in the parish’s St. Francis On Feb. 9, fi rst graders at St. Mary School, Spokane Valley, gious Studies Department at Gon- Dining Room, 3720 E. Colbert celebrated the fi rst 100 days of school. Their homework zaga University to speak at two Rd. in Colbert. activity was to create a project out of 100 items – any items sessions at the parish in April. Stevens, whose home garden at all. Pictured is just some of the creativity: a cross of Dr. Dunn will give some has been featured on Ed Hume’s hearts, a one-eyed monster of wiggly eyes, an “Up” house historical background on Islam Gardening in America series, of balloons, a tree of pretzels, “Seahawks 24” made from and present the continuities and will be providing valuable pro- Skittles candies, Popsicle sticks re-creating the parish’s similarities between Judaism, fessional advice on preparing original church building, bugs made from pipe cleaners, Christianity, and Islam. She will gardens for the upcoming sum- and a home and fence, also made of Popsicle sticks. (IR mer season. photo courtesy of St. Mary School) also discuss the need for con- Master Gardener Phyllis Ste- versations to address the misun- As a master garde ner and for- vens will speak at St. Joseph derstanding, fear, and anger that mer gardening columnist for the Parish, Colbert, next month. many direct at the Islamic faith Spokesman-Review, Spokane’s (IR photo courtesy of St. Jo- and Muslims. There will be time daily newspaper, Stevens will seph Parish) for discussion and Dr. Dunn will share her many tried and true tips address questions. for a successful and beautiful For more information and to Dr. Shannon Dunn is As- garden this year. RSVP, call (509) 466-4991 or sistant Professor of Religious The presentation is free. email [email protected]

Meeting Bishop Daly Members of the youth group at St. Anthony Parish, Spokane, had a special visitor last autumn. Bishop Daly celebrated Mass with the group and got to know the members a bit. Father José Millan is pastor of St. Anthony; youth minister is Joanne Bovey. (IR photo courtesy of Joanne Bovey) Page 14 March 17, 2016 ‘Mercy Abounds’ at CYC 2016

by Brian Kraut mation mark. for the Inland Register On Sunday morning partic- Nearly 400 gathered at ipants shared their experiences Gonzaga Prep, Spokane, with one another, during which March 4-6 for the annual Cath- they spoke of healing, transfor- olic Youth Celebration, with mation, renewed faith, deeper the theme “MERCY: Recog- commitment, discernment of vo- nize, Receive, Reveal.” There cation, and countless other gifts they encountered the abundant of mercy from God. mercy of God. “Before CYC, God wasn’t Keynote speaker Mary Biel- God, he was miracles. The Eu- ski, a Midwest woman living charist was bread that was sup- Mary Bielski proclaims the immense mercy and love of God. and studying in New Orleans, posed to be holy, prayer was opened the hearts and minds of a chore I was supposed to do, all in attendance through bold and I could imagine opening proclamation of the Gospel and as many doors as I liked, the heartfelt testimony. knocking never changed. CYC She set the tone Friday changed my life. For the fi rst evening by sharing the radical time, high schoolers weren’t love God our Father has for all silly, they were people with humanity. She opened her own stories, with pain, longing for story from her youth, in which the Lord they don’t understand she had made a poor choice that and won’t accept. For the fi rst resulted in her father picking time, I overwhelmingly longed her up at the local police sta- to be in intimate communion tion. A quiet car ride ensued with God. For the fi rst time, I with an awkward walk to her didn’t want to leave the chap- room where her dad encoun- el, I yearned to stay, to pray, tered her in the most merciful to sit in silence with the Lord. way. He asked her to go down- God showed me how beautiful stairs to get a drink of water, a life I have and sparked in me Joshua Haxton, Youth Minister at St. Joseph, Colbert, prays with a group of young men. and while she stepped out he a desire to spread that beauty proceeded to paint with crim- and love throughout this broken son red paint on her wall, “I world. What did CYC mean to love you Mary.” This moment me? It meant everything. To it I defi ned how a parent’s love owe my life.” can’t be shaken, and that God’s Elizabeth Hansen, St. Rose of love is even greater. Lima Parish, Cheney Maybe one of the quotes The Youth Leadership team hung on the wall at Prep cap- that named themselves “Sould- tured this moment best. St. iers” completed the weekend by Augustine said, “Every Saint doing a skit titled “Do Some- has a past, and ever sinner has thing,” adapted from the song by a future.” Futures were bright- Matthew West. The lyrics begin, ened through reconciliation and “I woke up this morning, saw a prayer Friday night. world full of trouble now … So Participants awoke to rain I turned my eyes to Heaven, I Saturday morning, like mercy thought, ‘God, why don’t you do pouring down from heaven, something?’ … He said, ‘I did, I and mercy certainly continued created you.’” to pour. If tears were a visible The concluding message: It’s sign of God’s mercy, it nev- time for us to do something. Mer- er quit raining. This was evi- cy is for all, especially during Israel Gonzales and Kimberly Brooking, members of the Diocesan Youth Leadership Team, per- dent as young men and women this Extraordinary Jubilee Year form a drama in preparation for Adoration. broke into gender groups and of Mercy. were challenged to embrace Father Dan Barnett, rector who God has made them to be of Bishop White Seminary and and to live in holiness. During Vocations Director for the di- this session young people took ocese, has been named a Mis- an opportunity to pray with sionary of Mercy, anointed by each other. They prayed with Pope Francis. Father Barnett a fervent faith seeking God’s celebrated the closing liturgy highest for one another, watch- and sent forth all to bring mer- ing this was like reading the cy to their homes and commu- Acts of the Apostles. nities. Mercy once recognized The weekend continued and received must be revealed with workshops, games, Catho- to the world. lic Trivia with emcee Matthew (Brian Kraut is director of Sewell, a concert with Catholic Parish Support Services for the musicians The Thirsting, and Diocese of Spokane.) Adoration of the Blessed Sacra- (IR photos courtesy of Lind- Daniel Oberreuter and The Thirsting performed their contemporary Catholic music at the Satur- ment. Mass provided the excla- sey McSwain) day Night Concert. March 17, 2016 Page 15 Mary Queen Parish Vincentians continue the mission Shortly after Mary Queen centians of Mary Queen bring ence on the east side of Spokane, parish. They charged $100 for to see you there!” Parish was established at its smiles, encouragement, and, per- its members are called upon by a 100 people, with all the pro- (For more information about current location in east Spokane haps most important, prayers for large and diverse population. ceeds going to the conference. the work of the Vincentians, in 1957, parishioners wanting those being visited. In 2015, the “Over the years, requests Bake sales were organized to contact parish St. Vincent de to live out their faith actively 32 members of the conference for assistance from families and complement fund-raising meals Paul conferences, or email Spo- formed a St. Vincent de Paul did 184 home visits to neighbors individuals as well as referrals the Knights of Columbus hosted kane District Council president conference. Well familiar with in and around the parish. They from other local social service at the parish. Paul Machtolf: svdp.spokane@ the often-desperate needs of their also did 100 hospital visits and providers have increased,” Stout The conference continues to gmail.com. Donations can be neighbors, the newly minted Vin- an equal number of visits to el- said. “We now assist families bring innovation to its fundrais- made directly to the Society of centians knew exactly what they derly and shut-in people. who are having problems pay- ing. Though much of its income St. Vincent de Paul, Spokane had to do. The conference’s primary ing their rent, power, or water is generated though a collection District Council, P.O. Box 2906, “The primary reason a St. mission takes on a fun character bills. We also assist formerly taken up at Masses once a month, Spokane, WA 99220, or to the Vincent conference was es- as Christmas approaches and the homeless families obtain furni- and food is gathered in donation individual parish Conferences. tablished in this parish was to Vincentians prepare breakfasts ture and other essentials to make boxes in the church, this year the Additional information is avail- provide food to families in the and dinners for the big day. a home.” conference is trying something able on the web site: Stout points out that the con- area who need help,” said Susan “We start our planning in new. On Palm Sunday, March svdpspokane.com) Stout, current president of the October,” said Stout. “We begin ference often does its work in 20, the conference will conduct a of the Mary Queen conference. by gathering information on the cooperation with the Spokane silent auction in conjunction with “And that remains our primary families we serve, then plan the District Council of the Society the parish’s annual breakfast. mission today, though we now menus, make our shopping list, and other conferences, as well “Breakfast will be served provide a variety of other help and calculate the costs. Around as other social service pro- from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., during which as well.” Thanksgiving we start asking our grams. Each year, for instance, time prospective bidders may ex- Since its founding in 1833 parishioners to donate frozen tur- Gonzaga Prep shares a part of amine the auction’s offerings,” in Paris, the Society of St. Vin- keys to put in the Christmas din- its Thanksgiving food drive with said Stout. Among items to be cent de Paul has made the home ners. We continue our work until the conference. auctioned are a variety of themed visit its defi ning feature. With we deliver the boxes to about 30 Teamwork is nothing new, baskets, including a power out- it, Vincentians assure those they to 35 families on the Saturday as the Mary Queen Vincentians age survival kit, plus Easter, wine help that they are more than just before Christmas.” have embraced a collaborative and cheese, and Avista prize bas- statistics: They are people who While providing food deliv- model from the beginning. Ear- kets, as well as a luncheon for matter and are cared about. ered on home visits has always ly on, the men of the conference four and other great items. Bid- Mary Queen Vincentians been the conference’s bread and managed the inventory and han- ding for the auction closes at embody the home visit. With butter, its services have expand- dled the home visits, while the 12:30 p.m. and one need not be each one, they bring exactly the ed due to both demand and Mary women handled the fundraising. present to win. sort of care the Society’s found- Queen’s location. Because the Natural entrepreneurs, the wom- “The breakfast will be very ers envisioned. Along with food Mary Queen conference is the en took to catering wedding and tasty and the auction a lot of and household supplies, the Vin- only St. Vincent de Paul pres- funeral receptions held at the fun,” promised Stout. “We hope Page 16 March 17, 2016 Catholic Charities purchases Holy Names Sisters’ convent site In early 2016, Catholic Char- and art studio, as well as an of- ities Spokane signed a purchase fer to employ the site’s physical and sale agreement for approxi- plant and maintenance staff. mately 35 acres of the Sisters of The convent site has an addi- the Holy Names campus, with tional 35 acres of land on which plans to turn the convent building Catholic Charities will build into a program that specifi cally fo- 300 units of low-income family cuses on families who are about housing and 75 units of low-in- to lose their children to Child Pro- come senior housing over the tective Services (CPS) removals next fi ve years in hopes of creat- and to build up to 300 addition- ing a truly inter-generational site al units of affordable housing on where the wisdom, volunteerism the site while still preserving and and involvement of seniors can protecting the vast majority of the have an impact on the lives of acreage of this beautiful wooded young parents and children. site by the river. Washington State Tax Cred- The Sisters plan to conserve it project funding will cover the the remaining 31 acres, which majority cost of all future hous- includes the entire river front- ing developments on the site. age. The Sisters selected Catholic Empire Health Foundation has Charities because of their com- been instrumental in support- mon mission of serving the poor ing this concept for the past two and vulnerable and their commit- years and fi nancially backstop- ment to the stewardship and eco- ping the future operational side logical spirituality of the property. of the program. The initial plan is to serve 18 Catholic Charities intends families on site in the convent to launch the family-based pro- ternatives like this program are overall goal is to reduce the num- glect, abuse, or safety). and keep the chapel an active gram, “The Rising Strong Proj- available. ber of kids who experience the Rather than separating chil- place for Mass as needed or de- ect,” by late 2016. This program By offering the courts and adverse childhood experience of dren from their families and sired by the Catholic community. will dramatically transform and CPS a safe and effective alterna- being removed from their homes treating the individual behaviors The Catholic Charities proposal positively enhance the lives of tive to “separation,” CPS offi cers and families. in isolation, the family remains that was ultimately selected by families and children that en- and caseworkers will be able to By adopting and implement- and receives treatment together. the Sisters also included the op- counter our state’s current foster focus more of their attention on ing proven methods for support- Rising Strong will enable fam- tion for the Sisters currently on care system and don’t need to be the riskiest situations and on in- ing the individuals that comprise ilies to achieve their potential the site to remain in the convent removed from their homes if al- home services and support. The “family,” the outcome of this and put them on track to leading program will be a major reduc- healthy and productive lives; all tion in the number of children the while remaining together. that enter the State’s foster care The permanent housing to be system and allows these families built on site, along with the near- to remain together by providing ly 1000 units Catholic Charities the support, training, life-skills housing already owns and man- classes and treatment that enable ages, will offer future options for the parent(s) to be responsible families graduating from the Ris- and nurturing to their children. ing Strong program to transition Catholic Charities envisions a into permanent housing. campus environment where fam- According to Catholic Chari- ilies who are assessed as capable ties Executive Director Rob Mc- Pears of artists and willing, can receive the skills, Cann, “The acquisition of this Members of the Clarkston’s Valley Art Center senior pastel class, taught by Judy Fairley, intervention, and supervision nec- incredible property is one of the visited Holy Family School, Clarkston, during Catholic Schools Week. The artists taught essary to overcome the issues that most signifi cant moments in the grades 1-6 how to paint a pear using pastels. Pictured with their results: at left, Logan brought them into a court-ordered modern day history of Catholic Schumacher; at right, Ellie Patterson. (IR photo courtesy of Holy Family School) environment in the fi rst place (ne- Charities and our future abilities to serve the poor. More import- ant is the fact that this site, rich in Catholic tradition, can remain a Catholic epicenter for the dio- cese and the faithful.” March 17, 2016 Page 17 Bishop Emeritus of Spokane Diocese, pastoral letter steering committee honored On Friday, March 4, at the Patsy Clark Mansion The UCUT – comprised of the Coeur d’Alene in Spokane, people gathered to honor Bishop Wil- Tribe, Colville Confederated Tribes, Kalispel Tribe liam Skylstad, Bishop Emeritus of the Spokane Di- of Indians, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, and the Spo- ocese, and the steering committee of the Columbia kane Tribe of Indians – was a major sponsor of the River Pastoral Letter, titled “The Columbia River honoring event. Watershed: Caring for Creation and the Common Professor Steve Kolmes, a member of the Steer- Good – An International Pastoral Letter by the ing Committee and who has been involved with im- Catholic Bishops of the Watershed Region.” plementing the pastoral letter through the Ethics & This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Treaty Project, introduced Bishop Skylstad and the pastoral letter. The event marking the anniversary members of the Steering Committee. also served as a reunion for members of the letter’s “Bishop Skylstad’s leadership was really cru- steering committee. cial to all of us taking a compassionate but unblink- The dinner was hosted jointly by the Upper Co- ing look at what we saw,” said Professor Kolmes. lumbia River Group of Sierra Club and the Center “The Pastoral’s goal was to acknowledge rather for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP) to hon- than to blame, to come to a common understanding or “watershed heroes” and to raise funds to advance rather than to polarize.” stewardship of the Spokane River and the Colum- In addition to Bishop Skylstad and Professor bia River. Kolmes, other members of the steering commit- The evening also directed attention to Pope tee were Joseph Burns, Robert J. Castagna, Jesu- Stations for the gardens Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care of Our it Father Scott Coble, J.L. Drouhard, Dr. Frank During the dark days of Lent, Owen Worden has been busy Common Home. Fromherz, Donna Hanson, Dr. John Hart, Dr. Lo- installing outdoor Stations of the Cross within the Walla Upper Columbia United Tribes (UCUT) repre- retta Jancoski, Rev. Pat Monette, Dominican Sister Walla Catholic Tri-Parish gardens, known as “The Song.” sentative Keith Kuchins read a letter from the fi ve Sharon Park, Rev. Ron Patnode, Dr. Mark Petrun- Owen took this work on for his Eagle Scout project and, tribes that constitute UCUT. The stewardship and cio, Holy Names Sister Cecilia Ranger, John Reid with the help of Boy Scout Troop #305, all 14 Stations are justice messages contained within the Columbia (Project Manager), Yvonne Smith, and Wes Towle. installed along the stream-side walking path. Visitors are River Pastoral Letter are important for the people of The text of the letter – in English, Spanish, and welcome at the gardens, located behind Assumption of the the Basin, including tribes and First Nations strug- French – is posted, along with a link to a compan- Blessed Virgin Mary Church at 2098 E. Alder in Walla Wal- gling with the wrenching impacts of the dam-build- ion video, on the web site of the Washington State la. (IR photo courtesy of Nancy Wenzel) ing era. Catholic Conference: www.thewscc.org.

Bishop William Skylstad and other members of the steering committee of the Columbia River Pas- toral Letter were honored earlier this month. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the letter, “Caring for Creation and the Common Good.” (IR photo courtesy of John Osborn) Vatican releases Pope Francis’s Holy Week schedule VATICAN CITY (CNS) ritual at Rome’s Rebibbia prison, morning chrism Mass in the Ba- – The Vatican released Pope where he washed the feet of 12 silica of St. Peter. Francis’s liturgical schedule for male and female inmates. • March 25: Good Friday af- March and April, including Holy The Vatican issued a decree ternoon liturgy of the Lord’s Pas- Week and Easter. Jan. 21 specifying that the Holy sion in the Basilica of St. Peter. The schedule does not say Thursday foot-washing ritual Nighttime Way of the Cross in where he will celebrate the can include “all members of the Rome’s Colosseum. Holy Thursday Mass of the people of God,” including wom- • March 26: Easter vigil at 8:30 Lord’s Supper. en – a practice observed for some p.m. in the Basilica of St. Peter. Greg Burke, vice director time by Pope Francis and many • March 27: Easter morning of the Vatican press offi ce, told priests around the world (Editor’s Mass in St. Peter’s Square, fol- journalists the location will be note: see “Vatican decree: Holy lowed by the papal blessing urbi et announced at a later date. Since Thursday foot-washing ritual not orbi (“to the city and the world”). the start of his pontifi cate, the limited to men,” IR 2/18/16). • April 2: Jubilee Prayer Vig- pope has celebrated the Holy The calendar released by the il in St. Peter’s Square for those Thursday Mass in places that Vatican Feb. 29 included: devoted to the spirituality of Di- highlight a pastoral need. • March 20: Palm Sunday vine Mercy. Last year, the pope celebrat- Mass in St. Peter’s Square. • April 3: Divine Mercy Sun- ed the Mass and foot-washing • March 24: Holy Thursday, day Mass in St. Peter’s Square. Page 18 March 17, 2016 Del Obispo Daly Den un testimonio valiente por el Obispo Thomas A. Daly Al mismo tiempo que muchos Católicos y otros Cristianos se preparaban para comenzar la última etapa de la cuaresma, nos llegó la noticia que cuatro herman- as Misioneras de la Caridad, de la orden de la Madre Teresa, fueron asesinadas brutalmente en Yemen por ISIS. Las hermanas tenían un hospital para los viejitos y de- shabilitados. Todos los pacientes son Musulmanes y han estado muy agradecidos con el cuidado de las hermanas. Otras 16 personas del Bene fi ciaries of Know, Love and Serve equipo y trabajadores fueron tam- Schoolchildren in West Gambia enjoy having chairs and desks for their classroom. St. bién asesinadas y el sacerdote que Paschal and St. John Vianney parishes in Spokane Valley provided educational and other servía como capellán fue secuestrado. Los terroristas maltra- needed items by fi lling a shipping container that was sent last August. St. Paschal Par- taron la capilla antes de escapar. Al momento de escribir este ish’s Know, Love and Service committee has chosen the needs of West Gambia as its artículo, el capellán no ha sido encontrado. Lenten project. Contributions are appreciated and should be directed to Know, Love and Tenemos la bendición de tener cuatro hermanas de la Serve, St. Paschal parish, P.O. Box 141125, Spokane Valley, WA 992154. (IR photo courte- Caridad viviendo en la parroquia de San Patricio en Spokane. sy of Charlotte Mangan) Ellas se encargan de ayudar en Pasco y Spokane a los Hijos de Dios sin importar su fe o religión. El día siguiente de la Diocesan pilgrimage to shrines of France departs tragedia, La Hermana Lumen MSC me llamó para informarme lo que había pasado. También me dijo que esta no es la primera Oct. 2; December pilgrimage to visit Guadalupe vez que matan hermanas en Yemen. En 1997 mataron a tres hermanas de la Caridad solamente por vivir el Evangelio. Bishop Thomas Daly will lead a diocesan pil- Phone: (317) 574-4191 or Toll Free (866) 905- Vivir el Evangelio es la vocación de cada Cristiano. Y el ti- grimage to the shrines of France from Oct. 2-13. 3787; email: [email protected]. empo de la cuaresma es el tiempo en que se nos llama a tener The pilgrimage will include visits to Paris, Or- Pilgrims will be accepted on a fi rst-come, fi rst- mayor oración, caridad y penitencia. Todo esto nos prepara para leans, Chartres, Mont St. Michel, and Lyon. The served basis. la Pascua, la celebración de Cristo Resucitado, la victoria sobre highlight of the trip will be a two-day visit to the In December, Father Gustavo Ruiz Juarez, pas- el pecado y la muerte. Esta es la Buena Nueva y la promesa de la Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. tor of the parishes in Medical Lake, Reardan, and salvación, la cual San Pedro nos recuerda es la meta de nuestra fe. Our Lady of Lourdes is the patroness of the Sprague, will lead a pilgrimage to the Basilica of Pero, ¿Cómo estamos viviendo nuestra Fe Católica? Diocese of Spokane and the namesake of the dio- Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. ¿Nuestra fe en Jesucristo guía nuestras decisiones, opciones, cese’s cathedral church. That eight-day pilgrimage begins Dec. 7 and toda nuestra vida? ¿La Misa del Domingo tiene mayor prioridad Information and registration instructions are concludes Dec. 14. que otras actividades? ¿Tenemos tantas actividades que nunca available online: Escorting the pilgrimage will be Deacon Gon- decimos “habla Señor, que tu siervo escucha”? ¿Acaso vemos Diocese of Spokane: zalo Martínez – recently at St. Rose of Lima Parish, nuestro mundo, pueblos, y familias como lugares donde debe- dioceseofspokane.org/events/lourdes Cheney, and on April 1 to begin ministry at St. Jo- mos ser Cristo para otros? Estas preguntas no deben ser con- The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes: seph Parish, Otis Orchards – and Sylvia Howes of testadas solamente por los que quieren ser mártires. Me supon- www.SpokaneCathedral.com the Pilgrim Pathways tour company. go que las hermanas y trabajadores sabían que sus vidas estaban Further information is available from the tour Details about the pilgrimage are available on- en peligro pero no esperaban morir sirviendo a los necesitados. organizer, Richard Sontag of Tekton Ministries. line at www.pilgrim-pathways.com Mucho se ha escrito acerca del porque el Papa Francisco nos ha llamado a celebrar este año de la Misericordia. El centro del mensaje del Santo Padre es su esperanza de dirigir nuestra intenciones y acciones “hacia la misericordia para que seamos mejores señales de la acción de Dios en nuestras vidas… un tiempo donde el testimonio de los creyentes crezca y se fortalezca mejor.” Dando testimonio de nuestra fe: ¿Qué tal lo estamos haciendo? Al prepararnos para la Pascual, en la seguridad y la hermosura del Este de Washington, no nos olvidemos de aquellos quienes su sufrimiento se han unido al sufrimiento y muerte de Jesucristo. Que la renovación de nuestros votos bautismales el Domingo de Pascua nos lleve a dar testimonio del valor de los mártires y santos. – Tradujo Padre Miguel Mejia

Caregivers push pilgrims in wheelchairs at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France. (CNS photo by Paul Haring) March 17, 2016 Page 19 Supreme Court without Viewpoints Justice Scalia: Will it lack by, said private companies did not need injunction against Obama’s actions. to comply with the contraceptive mandate Without Scalia, a 4-to-4 tie is expect- a tip of the scales? because they were protected under the ed in this case, which would create no new Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The law and affi rm the lower court’s decision. by Carol Zimmermann upholding the provisions but it will not set 1993 law says the government “shall not Charles Wheeler, director of training and WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As the na- a national precedent. substantially burden a person’s exercise legal support for Catholic Legal Immigra- tion looks ahead to upcom- On March 23, the court of religion” unless that burden is the least tion Network in Oakland, California, told ing Supreme Court decisions will hear oral arguments in restrictive means to further a compelling CNS that Scalia’s death “may have made without Justice Antonin Sca- the religious liberty case governmental interest. it harder to get to that magic number” that lia’s input, it may see a lot of Zubik v. Burwell, which in- Since Scalia sided with the family would have blocked the president’s actions. tie scores. volves the Little Sisters of businesses in that decision, some feel the “I’m guardedly optimistic,” he said, That’s because the Feb. the Poor and other religious upcoming religious liberty case will likely saying he hopes the Supreme Court “looks 13 death of one of six Cath- employers contesting the end with a 4-4 vote, which will uphold the to precedent and the bigger picture” to stop olic members of the court – contraceptive mandate of lower court’s decision and mean the con- the deportation plan from proceeding. who was often described as the Affordable Care Act. traceptive mandate for religious groups In 2015, Barack Obama’s executive its most conservative voice The case, supported in will be interpreted differently in different actions expanded a 2012 program known and known for his strict in- a friend of the court brief areas of the country. as Deferred Action for Childhood Arriv- terpretation of the Constitu- by the USCCB and other Mark Rienzi, senior counsel of the als, or DACA, and created the Deferred tion’s intent – may lead to faith groups, will determine Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which Action for Parents of Americans and many 4-4 decisions. whether the Little Sisters of is representing the Little Sisters of the Lawful Permanent Residents, known as Justice Anthony Kenne- the Poor and other ministries Poor, is confi dent the case will win even DAPA. The USCCB supported this plan dy has been described as a swing vote, a can be forced to provide contraceptives without Scalia. In an interview with CNS, and CLINIC, an umbrella organization term he is said to despise, but depending as mandated by the U.S. Department of he emphasized that the 5-4 Hobby Lobby for Catholic legal services providers, was on his vote in upcoming cases before a suc- Health and Human Services. decision came in a case that involved a among 224 organizations that fi led a joint cessor to Scalia steps in, there will either be An “accommodation” for organiza- for-profi t business, not a Religious order. brief urging the Supreme Court to take the split decisions or 5-3 votes with the more tions morally opposed to the contraceptive He also pointed out that anyone who current case. liberal justices forming the majority. coverage was created by the Obama ad- works for the Little Sisters can obtain con- Law experts have pointed out that an- When the court issues split decisions, ministration to allow those religious em- traceptives through the exchanges in the other option the court could take with only the lower court rulings stand and “it will be ployers opposed to the mandate to direct Affordable Care Act. eight justices is to hold cases over for re-ar- as if the court did not even take the case,” a third-party administrator to provide the A completely different case with church gument when it has a full court in place. said Meg Penrose, a law professor at Texas contested coverage to their employees at attention involves immigration. In Unit- In the meantime, Michael Moreland, A&M University’s School of Law. no cost. ed States v. Texas, which is on the docket a law professor at Villanova University, “To me, that’s what’s troubling about The Sisters and other organizations in April, the court will consider whether pointed out what many are trying to wrap a 4-4 ruling,” she said: It goes against the said their religious rights are still infringed the Obama administration was entitled to their heads around: “It’s hard to imagine court’s decision in the fi rst place to take because the alternative steps involve them shield more than 4 million undocumented the Supreme Court without Justice Scalia.” the case. seeing that contraceptives objectionable to immigrants from deportation, a move that And as far as how the court proceeds “This puts everything of critical im- them are provided. was put on hold Nov. 9 by the 5th U.S. without him and how a successor fi lls those portance in a holding pattern,” she said, In 2014, a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, shoes, Penrose put it this way: “Hold on, it noting that the court is not operating at its in a related case, Burwell v. Hobby Lob- upholding a Texas-based federal judge’s will be an interesting ride that’s for sure.” “full strength” when it has a crucial role to “help us as a nation, especially when Scourge of human traffi cking slowly moving out of the shadows dealing with federal law.” by Mark Pattison that said “at least 4,500 U.S. passports were issued to registered Penrose told Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – Even though slavery has been off the sex offenders in fi scal 2008 alone. Typically, a passport is valid that equal votes are “all fi ne and good in books in the United States for more for 10 years, meaning that currently tens of thousands of offend- a balance, but we have real issues facing than 150 years, the practice still exists ers could be traveling abroad as child-sex tourists.” the court” that call for clear direction. In in this country – and elsewhere. He said the International Megan’s Law will work in conjunc- particular, she cited the upcoming Little Precise numbers are tough to tion with the 2000 law – which has been reauthorized several times Sisters of the Poor case, which is just one document, but the United Nations’ since its original passage. That law seeks to stem both sex traffi ck- of the oral arguments on the docket this International Labor Organization ing and labor traffi cking both in the United States and abroad. spring in which the Catholic Church has estimates the number of humans be- The U.S. bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services has two a vested interest. The others involve abor- ing traffi cked in the United States, grants from Cabinet agencies, according to Christopher Ljungq- tion and immigration. Canada and the European Union at uist, MRS coordinator of national outreach and education coor- The abortion case before the court somewhere between 1.5 million and dinator in its anti-traffi cking department. March 7, Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole, 2 million. One, through the Department of Health and Human Services, involves abortion clinics in Texas chal- And that is just a small fraction provides direct services to U.S.-based human traffi cking victims lenging a state law upheld in lower courts of the International Labor Organi- through the national Catholic Charities network. requiring them to comply to standards of zation’s estimated worldwide fi g- The other grant, recently awarded through the State Depart- ambulatory surgical centers and requiring ure, now at 20.9 million and climbing – close to 3 percent of the ment, is “essentially to create and document everything that the abortion doctors to have admitting privi- world’s population. Catholic Church is doing worldwide in the area of maritime leges at a hospital near an abortion clinic. Catholic and religious organizations, as well as the federal human traffi cking,” Ljungquist said. “Stella Maris chaplaincies The law’s opponents say it aims to government – and the government and the Catholic Church work- can work at identifying maritime human traffi cking. We will close abortion clinics and has created an ing jointly on a couple of fronts – are trying to put a dent in a trou- be creating an online e-learning platform in which Catholic or “undue burden” on women who want an blesome global issue that thrives on working in the shadows. non-Catholic actors worldwide will be able to download resourc- abortion, but the state maintains the law is Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), the principal author of the Traf- es. It works on the iPhone or the iPad. “That way we’ll be able to protecting women’s health. The U.S. Con- fi cking Victims Protection Act of 2000, lauded the recent con- ... share best practices.” ference of Catholic Bishops and other re- gressional passage of the International Megan’s Law by the Church groups with investment portfolios also lend aid in the ligious groups submitted a joint friend of House and Senate. effort against human traffi cking. Sometimes it’s with the power the court brief in the case supporting the The new bill, he said in a Feb. 7 Washington Post op-ed es- of persuasion behind the dollars they marshal, and sometimes it’s Texas law. say, “authorizes the creation of a comprehensive, reciprocal no- with direct action. Scalia was expected to provide a fi fth tifi cation system between U.S. and foreign law enforcement re- The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has a pro- vote in this case to uphold the require- garding the travels of those required by law to be on government gram called Celebration Without Exploitation. “We really set that ments. A 4-4 vote will leave in place the sex-offender registries.” up as a result of work that the ICCR staff and members had done 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Smith cited a 2010 Government Accountability Offi ce report (Continued on page 25) Page 20 March 17, 2016 Media Watch Story of ‘Lusitania’ sinking is ‘sad but an enjoyable read’; biography offers insight into Benedictine Sister by Father Tom Caswell the other Sisters stuck a blooming fl ower for the Inland Register in one of the dishes. Joan kept her name Book Reviews in and won the position. My favorite book by Erik Larson There is much about her life as a Re- is The Devil in the White City, with its ligious and a spiritual writer throughout dramatic crime story at the World’s Fair the book. But my favorite story is near in Chicago in the 1890s. The non-fi ction the end of the book. Joan at a given point book combines a vivid murder mystery feels she is getting distant from real peo- with all the excitement and information on ple and decides to answer every letter she the buildings of the fair and their creators. receives from people who have read one It becomes a memorable book. of her books. In a given year this might Larson’s latest non-fi ction book is be 1,000 letters. So Joan fi nds herself giv- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lu- ing a workshop in Perth, Australia when a sitania. The story focuses on early May young couple come in late, dusty and dirty, in 1915. The First World War has been as if straight out of the Bush. She thinks happening in Europe for almost a year. maybe they are in the wrong room. At the We follow the people and crew on Cunard coffee break she makes a beeline for them. Line’s giant passenger ship, the Lusitania. She asks where they are from. The young We learn of a number of the guests aboard, woman replies from Alice Springs, 1,500 especially those in First Class. miles away. Joan asks, “How did you get The German government has placed here?” The couple reply that they trav- an advertisement in the New York papers protect the Lusitania as it glides along the violence in western Pennsylvania, with a eled by walking, train, bus, and walking warning anyone traveling to Liverpool Irish Coast near Queenstown. stepfather who was an alcoholic. At age 15 some more. Joan asks them, “Why did you that the ship is traveling in a war zone and Captain Schwieger is able to get a di- she seeks to enter the Erie Benedictines and come such a great distance?” The young might possibly be attacked by German rect torpedo shot at the Lusitania and the is told she is too young, but they do take woman tells Joan that when her mother submarines, called U-Boats. ship sinks in about 20 minutes. young women at 16. Joan returns at 16 and died some seven years ago, she had no The most fascinating sections of the It is often thought that the sinking of is told she should fi nish high school. Her one to talk to. So she wrote Joan, who had book for me are the chapters on the men the Lusitania is the cause of America enter- mother meets with the superior to explain responded with a two-page letter that the in U-Boat U-20. The captain is Walter ing the War. But the U.S does not come into how bright Joan is and how wise it would young woman had framed and takes down Schwieger, who guides his ship, clear- the confl ict for roughly two more years. be to get her out of her home. and reads each year on the anniversary of ly described in detail, from its northern The total number of deaths because of Right about the time she seeks to enter her mother’s death. German coast to the Irish Sea, and the St. the sinking of the Lusitania were 1,195, the order in 1952, she contracts polio. So To this powerful story, Joan later says George Straits into the Atlantic. In this plus 3 German stowaways. Of the total, with the help of family and the Sisters she to herself, “It was a good decision, Joan. large area of sea U-20 is to attack and sink 123 were Americans; 600 passengers were struggles to become a Religious Sister. That is your ministry.” merchant marine ships of the Allies or never found. She is told by a superior that she will The book Joan Chittister gives hope neutral parties. Erik Larson has a way of making histo- be able to enter the Writers’ Workshop at and example for any reader. Don’t miss Captain William Thomas Turner is in ry come alive with a fascinating narrative. the University of Iowa. Joan has always this treasure. charge of the Lusitania. We read of his ca- The footnotes at the end, which I scanned wanted to become a writer. After waiting Movie Reviews reer up until the fateful May 1915 sailing after reading the book, have many an in- six months or so she is told that she will The German entry for Best Foreign of the ship. He comes across as a capa- teresting detail. not go to the University of Iowa in the fall Film at the Academy Awards was titled ble, no-nonsense leader. Since this is after Dead Wake is a sad story but an enjoy- and she will be the third dishwasher at the Labyrinth of Lies. The fi lm was not among the sinking of the Titanic there are safety able read. It is published by Crown Pub- Order’s Summer Camp for girls. Some- the fi ve nominees in the end. And it played drills and enough emergency small boats lishers, New York, at $28 in hardcover. how in the disappointment Joan is able to only two weeks at the Magic Lantern The- for passengers and crew. follow the strange request of obedience. ater in Spokane. There are sections on President Wood- ***** But it is a fi lm to put on your stream- row Wilson and his personal life after the With the assistance of Orbis Press of Later, when giving some talks where a ing or DVD list. The story is set in Frank- death of his wife and eventual second Maryknoll, N.Y., Tom Roberts, who for group of professors from Penn State Uni- fort in the 1950s. A young prosecutor, Jo- marriage. All this is within the context years was associated with the National versity are present, she is asked by them to hann Radmann (Alexander Fehling), fi nds of the War and the possibility of United Catholic Reporter, has produced a won- come and get a Ph.D. in Communications. a society that has never heard about the States’ involvement. derful new biography of the famed Bene- She does not want to do it because the or- Nazi concentration camps. With the help There is a secret War Room in London dictine spiritual writer Sister Joan Chittis- der only has a high school and she sees no of a supervisor he begins a search for wit- that is cracking the code between German ter. The book is titled Joan Chittister: Her need for a higher degree. But the superior nesses to the unspeakable events that took ships. Sadly, the information from the se- Journey from Certainty to Faith. The list tells her to do it, as the university will take place where millions, especially Jews, cret effort does not get to Captain Turner. price is $28 in hardcover. care of all the costs. So she teaches the were systematically killed in factory-like Also, no British war vessels are sent to Joan grows up in the midst of domestic fi rst four days in the order’s high school setting with poisonous gas or gunfi re. in Erie and then travels more than 100 Johann struggles to get the basics of miles to Penn State for Friday and Satur- what happened out to the German public. day, returning home on Sunday. It’s amaz- In the beginning he is told of a teacher ing, but she completes her degree in two who was a former SS guard. The informa- years, and the degree helps her greatly in tion and the search for witnesses eventual- the leadership roles to which she is elected ly lead to a visit to the ruins of Auschwitz. through the years. Another part of the investigation leads When she is asked to take a leader- to the discovery that Dr. Mengele returns ship role with the 50 independent Bene- home to Germany from his safe haven in dictine groups, she refuses. As part of a South America occasionally to be with his workshop, the Sisters had planted seeds sick father. in banana split-like plastic containers. Today, German school children of a Joan knew nothing about seed germina- certain age are required to visit a concen- tion. She said if one of the seeds bloomed tration camp and see what ordinary people in three days she would leave her name did to other human beings. in the group for possible election. One of (Continued on page 25) March 17, 2016 Page 21 Quadragesimo anno The Best of Best Lent Ever The Question Box as a Christmas gift. It also hap- the Jesus theme. The Christolo- pened to be the pastor’s present gy is not dense or abstract, and by Father I.J. Mikulski at St. Rose in Reno, where I for that is it to be commended. Q. Your answers seem to say picked up my copy. Its bold pur- Each chapter of 2-4 pages con- we can reason our way to faith, ple cover signaled that this could cludes with “a point to ponder,” but many believe they are saved be shelved until Lent, and that’s a Scripture quote, a refl ection by faith: “The just man shall live what I did. question, and a prayer, all co- by faith” (Rom 1: 17). It’s a gift I already was familiar with alescing around the day’s topic. from God. How do you explain Matthew Kelly from his book You can work this much of the that to sincere inquirers such as Rediscover Catholicism. I knew program, especially giving time many of us are? I await your re- he was an articulate layman to the refl ection question and a sponse. from the South – that is, the follow-up response. But Kelly A. Kindly allow the Q.B. scriv- southern hemisphere. He’s Aus- probably knows this isn’t going ener to respond with a question: tralian. Unlike past years when to happen, and so, there is more. Why must it be “either-or,” faith or reason? Why not “both- my personal spiritual work had Now, I open up my Kindle and,” faith and reason? Both are gifts from God. to be coordinated with pastoral Fire for the daily e-mail from A person cannot be led into faith by logical reason, but a by Father Mark Pautler responsibility, I had the time and Kelly’s Best Lent Ever of his Dy- person can overcome obstacles to faith by reason. The fi nal step for the Inland Register was willing to give the time to namic Catholic website. The mes- into faith may be just a millimeter long, but it’s still a leap of Ash Wednesday arrived early work the program of Rediscover. sage features a one-minute video faith into the unknown. The will to take that leap into faith is a this year (Feb. 10). All the better Kelly’s approach is simple: 40 clip by Matthew (and props to the great grace – a gift from God. to get it out of the way so we can chapters for 40 days, with each guy who is Joe the plumber,) an Using human reason to research the development of doc- enjoy Easter. Truth be told, we Sunday as a day of review and excerpt from the day’s installment trines, we can get rid of a lot of dis-information that clutters the don’t enjoy Easter despite the li- anticipation. You might say that of Rediscover, and then a second path to faith. Once the obstructions are removed by reason, the turgical insistence on 50 days of Kelly is responding to the invi- video clip by a team member of person is open to a little nudge, or a huge shove, to take the leap feasting. We do enjoy Lent, iron- tation of Pope Francis: “I invite Dynamic Catholic, usually an at- into faith. ic as that may be. The Catholic all Christians, everywhere, at tractive millennial who refl ects Listen to converts to the Catholic faith. Each person has a instinct to observe Lent survives, this very moment, to a renewed upon the message, his or her com- different story, but the essential parts are the same. and even thrives. personal encounter with Jesus ments more effective to the de- Q. We’re seeing casinos gaining ground in nearly every As my fi rst year of retire- Christ, or at least an openness to gree they are personal. state. What is the Catholic position on gambling? I haven’t ment, 2016 was my fi rst Lent in letting him encounter them; I ask But wait, there’s more. There heard priests’ sermons on this topic, so maybe you can set retirement. “What program will all of you to do this unfailingly are comments from the “com- the record straight. the parish offer?” “How will we each day” (Evangelii Gaudium, munity,” the followers of Best- A. Gambling is not sinful. Traditional Catholic theology organize the Easter Vigil?” I’m 3). Chapter by chapter, Redis- LentEver. These usually take the rates gambling as a kind of contract. If you want to impress not asking these questions this cover presents the person of form of a lead agent expressing your friends, tell them it’s an aleatory contract (from the Latin year. There is just one: “What Christ or some dimension of his how he or she is touched by, alea, for “chance”). When you walk in the door you’re willing will I do for Lent?” message and ministry – the man, struggles with, or has grown from to take a chance. What fell into my hands was the teacher, the miracle worker, the day’s refl ection. Follow-up Moral theologians, who have never met an issue they could the book by Matthew Kelly, Re- the healer, the reconciler, the comments express prayers, affi r- not subdivide, present these safeguards: 1. The game must be discover Jesus. It was a freebie. Son of the Father, the radical. mation and (usually) agreement totally honest, with no attempt to deceive – e.g., no loaded The book was handed out at St. That latter quality is a thread with the prime post. Or other sto- dice, marked deck, etc. The odds of winning and losing must Mary Parish (Spokane Valley) running through variations of (Continued on page 27) be known. 2. Equal opportunity for all players to win or lose. 3. Civil authorities must approve. (Of course. They get a percent- Daily Mass Readings age, too.) Proceed with caution. Compulsive gambling is a known progressive behavior disorder in which an individual has a March 2016 2 Sat Acts 4:13-21; Mk 16:9-15 psychologically uncontrollable preoccupation and urge to 17 Thu Gn 17:3-9; Jn 8:51-59 3 +Sun Acts 5:12-16; Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17- gamble. It can easily become a disease, like alcoholism or 18 Fri Jer 20:10-13; Jn 10-31-42 19; Jn 20:19-31 drug addiction. 19 Sat 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Rom 4:13, 16- 4 Mon Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26- 18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or lk 2:41-51a 38 Q. The real story of God’s creation in Genesis is beau- 20 +Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 5 Tue Acts 4:32-37; Jn 3:7b-15 tiful. Moses relates the simple story as he was inspired. We Lk 19:28-40 Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14- 6 Wed Acts 5:17-26; Jn 3:16-21 cannot improve on God’s words, so why do people keep de- 23:56 or 23:1-49 7 Thu Acts 5:27-33; Jn 3:31-36 bating Evolution vs. Creation to make it something for civil 21 Mon Is 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11 8 Fri Acts 5:34-42; Jn 6:1-15 law to decide? 22 Tue Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 9 Sat Acts 6:1-7; Jn 6:16-21 A. If you have some evidence that Moses wrote any part of 23 Wed Is 50:4-9a; Mt 26:14-25 10 +Sun Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Rv 5:11-14; Jn Genesis you should bring that to the attention of the community 24 Holy Thursday (Evening Mass of the Lord’s 21:1-19 or 21:1-14 of Scripture scholars. Supper) Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26a; 11 Mon Acts 6:8-15; Jn 6:22-29 A great deal of exhaustive study has been done since the Jn 13:1-15 12 Tue Acts 7:51-8:1a; Jn 6:30-35 1943 encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu gave the green light 25 Good Friday Is 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16, 13 Wed Acts 8:1b-8; Jn 6:35-40 to encourage Biblical research. Scholars generally agree 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 14 Thu Acts 8:26-40; Jn 6:44-51 that at least three, maybe six or eight, different versions 26 Holy Saturday Gn 1:1-2:2; Gn 22:1-18; Ex 15 Fri Acts 9:1-20; Jn 6:52-59 overlap in the first five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, 14:15-15:1; Is 54:5-14; Is 55:1-11; Bar 3:9-15, 16 Sat Acts 9:31-42; Jn 6:60-69 Numbers, Deuteronomy. 32-4:4; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Rom 6:3-11; Lk 17 +Sun Acts 13:14, 43-52; Rv 7:9, 14b-17; Jn Good Scripture scholars go about their work like detectives 24:1-12 10:27-30 sifting through ancient languages looking for clues. They know 27 +Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 18 Mon Acts 11:1-18; Jn 10:1-10 Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic well enough to fi nish crossword 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 19 Tue Acts 11:19-26; Jn 10:22-30 puzzles in those languages. 28 Mon Acts 2:14, 22-33; Mt 28:8-15 20 Wed Acts 12:24-13:5a; Jn 12:44-50 About 20 years ago a group of fi ve men, none of them fa- 29 Tue Acts 2:36-41; Jn 20:11-18 21 Thu Acts 13:13-25; Jn 13:16-20 miliar with Biblical languages, took it upon themselves to edit 30 Wed Acts 3:1-10; Lk 24:13-35 22 Fri Acts 13:26-33; Jn 14:1-6 and publish their own Bible for their denomination, The New 31 Thu Acts 3:11-26; Lk 24:35-48 23 Sat Acts 13:44-52; Jn 14:7-14 World Translation. It’s of such poor quality that no other de- April 2016 24 +Sun Acts 14:21-27; Rv 21:1-5a; Jn 13:31- nomination will use it. 1 Fri Acts 4:1-12; Jn 21:1-14 33a, 34-35 But I digress. Page 22 March 17, 2016 Word on Fire Where to fi nd The Doritos commercial and Resurrection by Father Ron Rolheiser OMI the revival of voluntarism Something there is that needs a crucifi xion. Everything that’s good eventually gets by Bishop Robert Barron reason. William of Occam, for example, famously scapegoated and crucifi ed. How? I’m sure by now you’ve heard about the ab- distinguished between God’s potentia absoluta (ab- By that curious, perverse dictate surd reaction of the solute power) and his potentia ordinata (ordained somehow innate within human National Abortion power). The former is what God, in the pure sense life that assures that there’s always Rights Action League of the term, could do, his totally rangy capacity; someone or something that cannot (NARAL) to the light- while the latter designates what God actually did. leave well enough alone, but, for hearted Super Bowl So, for example, God in fact commanded us not reasons of its own, must hunt commercial produced to commit adultery and he in fact made a world in down and lash out at what’s good. to advertise Doritos. which circles cannot be squares and vice versa. But What’s good, what’s of God, will In the 30-second in his absolute power, presumably, he could have always at some point be misunderstood, envied, hated, pursued, clip, a pregnant moth- determined that adultery is a virtue and that square falsely accused, and eventually nailed to some cross. Every er, undergoing an ul- circles are possible. This late medieval theorizing body of Christ inevitably suffers the same fate as Jesus: death tra-sound, is annoyed was picked up on by the founder of modern phi- through misunderstanding, ignorance, and jealousy. by her husband, who losophy, René Descartes, who speculated that 2+2 But there’s a fl ipside as well: Resurrection always eventually is absent-mindedly in point of fact is equal to 4, but that God could trumps crucifi xion. What’s good eventually triumphs. Thus, munching Doritos determine, should he please, that it be equal to 5. while nothing that’s of God will avoid crucifi xion, no body of while their baby’s A philosopher who had no sympathy for this Christ stays in the tomb for long. God always rolls back the image is displayed on the screen. But as the father nonsense was St. Thomas Aquinas, who held that stone and, soon enough, new life bursts forth and we see why moves the corn chip, the baby in the womb moves God’s freedom is grounded in the truth of his being. that original life had to be crucifi ed. (“Wasn’t it necessary that with it; and when the mother throws the bag across God can indeed do anything, but he can’t do the im- the Christ should so have to suffer and die?”) Resurrection the room, the child reacts so keenly and purposive- possible, precisely because the impossible is a mo- invariably follows crucifi xion. Every crucifi ed body will rise ly that he decides this is the moment to be born. dality of non-being. To say that God cannot make again. Our hope takes its root in that. Cute, funny, harmless, right? Oh, not accord- 2+2 equal to 5 or turn adultery into a virtue is not But how does this happen? Where do we see the ing to NARAL, who complained (and one is com- to limit God; it is to say that whatever he wills is Resurrection? How do we experience Resurrection after a pelled here to stifl e laughter) that the commercial consistent with the integrity of his own being. In a crucifi xion? dangerously “humanized” the fetus. We are tempt- word, Aquinas insisted that the will and the intellect Scripture is subtle, though clear, on this. Where can we expect ed to ask, “What do you think was gestating in the are partners and that freedom, accordingly, ought al- to experience resurrection? The Gospel tells us that, on the morning womb? A monkey? A rabbit?” ways to be consistent with the truth of things. of the Resurrection, the women-followers of Jesus set out for the It has, of course, long been established scientif- In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI, who as an aca- tomb of Jesus, carrying spices, expecting to anoint and embalm a ically that even a conceptus (a fertilized ovum) is demic was very familiar with the controversy I have dead body. Well-intentioned but misguided, what they fi nd is not a already in full possession of human DNA distinct just rehearsed, gave an oration at the University of dead body, but an empty tomb and an angel challenging them with from that of his parents. Moreover, the developing Regensburg that came down on the side of Thomas these words: “Why are you looking for the living among the dead? embryo has a heartbeat and her own circulatory Aquinas. The central theme of his presentation was Go instead into Galilee and you will fi nd him there!” system 22 days after conception; at 20 weeks, the the essential role that reason ought to play in rela- Go instead into Galilee. Why Galilee? What’s Galilee? And baby in the womb is capable of hearing his moth- tion to religion. At the heart of his argument was how do we get there? er’s voice, and responding to light, music, and other the concern that voluntarism was asserting itself In the Gospels, Galilee is not simply a geographical location, external stimuli. So though the Doritos commercial in the religious realm (God’s absolute power) and a place on a map. It is fi rst of all a place in the heart. As well, is, of course, playful, it exaggerates something that this was conducing to violence, since without Galilee refers to the dream and to the road of discipleship that quite real. a common consensus regarding the truth, all that the disciples once walked with Jesus and to that place and time Yet according to NARAL, the child in the rival groups can do is resort to force, the assertion when their hearts most burned with hope and enthusiasm. And womb should not be “humanized,” lest the abso- of the will. now, after the crucifi xion, just when they feel that the dream is lute right to murder that child at any stage of its I hope it is becoming clear why I feel this some- dead, that their faith is only fantasy, they are told to go back to pre-natal development should be denied. And mind what arcane academic discussion is of crucial rel- the place where it all began: “Go back to Galilee. He will meet you, that right, in our country, extends even to the evance in our time. As silly as it is to say that 2+2 you there!” moment when the baby is emerging from the womb could be equal to 5, it is just as silly to say that And they do go back to Galilee, both to the geographical (partial birth abortion), indeed to the time after his a child in the womb is anything but human. What location and to that special place in their hearts where once birth, since many states place no restrictions on the makes both assertions possible is the claim that will burned the dream of discipleship. And just as promised, Jesus killing of a newborn who has miraculously sur- (whether God’s or our own) supposedly trumps in- appears to them. He doesn’t appear exactly as he was before, or vived the abortion procedure (cf. born alive legis- tellect, that the sheer desire that something be true as frequently as they would like him to, but he does appear as lation). For many people, the bottom line is this: can make it true. And what makes all of this more more than a ghost and a memory. The Christ that appears to them all objective evidence to the contrary, the unborn than merely silly is, as Pope Benedict saw, that the after the resurrection is in a different modality, but he’s physical are not human because defenders of abortion don’t divorce between will and mind unleashes violence, enough to eat fi sh in their presence, real enough to be touched as a want them to be. indeed potentia absoluta. human being, and powerful enough to change their lives forever. And here, philosophically speaking, is the rub. The revival of voluntarism is on rather massive Ultimately that’s what the Resurrection asks us to do: To go back There is an ancient and enduring philosophical po- display in our society and the principle of the pri- to Galilee, to return to the dream, hope, and discipleship that had sition that goes by the name of voluntarism, which macy of the will is behind much of our discussion once infl amed us but has now been lost through disillusionment. is to say, the systematic favoring of the will over the of moral issues. As has always been the case, this This parallels what happens on the road to Emmaus in Luke’s intellect. In the Middle Ages, this view is on display has led to a distortion of speech and to the unchain- Gospel, where we are told that on the day of the Resurrection, in certain theologians, who insisted that God’s will ing of some pretty dark forces. two disciples were walking away from Jerusalem towards is his primary attribute and therefore that the divine (Bishop Barron is auxiliary bishop of the Arch- Emmaus, with their faces downcast. An entire spirituality could choice trumps all, including the evident truths of diocese of Los Angeles.) be unpackaged from that simple line: For Luke, Jerusalem means the dream, the hope, and the religious center from which all is to begin and where ultimately, all is to culminate. And the disciples are “walking away” from this place, away from Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat their dream, towards Emmaus (Emmaus was a Roman Spa), a Post-abortive healing for anyone aff ected by abortion. place of human comfort, a Las Vegas, or Monte Carlo. Since Contact us at 509-994-4355 or email [email protected] their dream has been crucifi ed, the disciples are understandably discouraged and are walking away from it, towards some Online: www.rvspokane.org human solace, despairing in their hope: “But we had hoped!” (Continued on page 26) March 17, 2016 Page 23 Heart speaks to heart! The Catholic Difference Father Henri Nouwen’s ‘The After Justice Scalia Return of the Prodigal Son’ by George Weigel Great Tradition on which it was grounded.) He was by John Fencik The death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 13 a devoted husband and father, and his friendships for the Inland Register – unexpected and, for extended far beyond the range of those who agreed One of the most prolifi c spiritual writers of the 20th many reasons, tragic with his jurisprudence. A man of honor and a century was the late Father Henri – draws a curtain on dedicated public servant, he was, with Henry Hyde, Nouwen. In 1983, while in France, the life and public one of the two most infl uential Catholics in national he saw a copy of a Rembrandt service of one of affairs during his years in Washington. He will be painting titled “The Return of the the most important sorely missed, not only by those of us privileged Prodigal Son.” It led him to go to Catholic fi gures in to know him, but by anyone who cares about Saint Petersburg, Russia to see America over the past intelligence and integrity in public life. the original. His contemplative half-century. Justice There will be an enormous political struggle encounter with this magnifi cent Scalia was regarded, over fi lling his seat on the Court. It is far too early painting led him to write the by admirers and to know how that struggle will resolve itself. book The Return of the Prodigal detractors alike, as the But it’s not too early to do Justice Scalia one last Son. In this spiritual refl ection, most consequential jurist of his time. He brought honor and ask the question: Why is that struggle so Father Nouwen invites the earthly a remarkable intellect, a clear concept of judging, crucial? Why has the Supreme Court become such pilgrim to consider the three main a distinguished literary style, and a biting wit to a Leviathan in our national public life? characters of the Lucan parable as his work on the U.S. Supreme Court. His utter Something is wrong here. Last June, one man, found in the painting which gives demolition of the majority opinion in Obergefell vs. Justice Anthony Kennedy, decided on behalf of 322 a portrayal of the son returning home: the wayward son, the Hodges, the decision that invented a constitutional million Americans that the Constitution included a merciful father, and the angry elder son. right for people of the same sex to “marry,” is a “right” for people of the same sex to “marry” each Many people can relate to Father Nouwen’s works, because masterpiece of devastation – as was Scalia’s dissent other. Put aside the fact that his reasoning was so he wrote about his own internal spiritual struggles. It has been from Chief Justice John Roberts’s opinion saving specious (indeed vacuous) that the keener proponents well documented that he endured serious bouts of depression Obamacare by reinventing it as a kind-of-tax. of “same-sex marriage” were dismayed by it, and are and loneliness. These issues presented him with the dilemma But it would be a grave mistake to think of trying to fi nd another case that would put their “right” in that they seemed opposed to the message of the Gospel and Justice Scalia’s jurisprudence as essentially on fi rmer constitutional ground. Put aside the fact, his own faith. His success probably was based on his ability to negative. Rather, his judging was based on previously noted, that after Justice Scalia’s dissent see himself as just another person on this earthly pilgrimage. convictions about who should make the laws and from Kennedy’s opinion, the dental records were By sharing his own spiritual issues, Father Nouwen sought to how judges should function in a system of judicial needed to identify the remains. The real question was, assist others on their journey. In the pages of The Return of the review. In a democracy, he believed, legislators, is, and ought to be this: Why was one man deciding this Prodigal Son, he invites the reader to see into the very depth of chosen by the people, are free to craft laws within for the entire country? Why was a deeply controverted his own spiritual life and relationship with God. the bounds set by the Constitution. The judge’s issue being removed from the deliberation of the In the section on the person of prodigal son, Nouwen task is to interpret both Constitution and statutes people and their legislators and decided by unelected presents this challenge: “To whom do I belong? To God or to according to their text, and according to the text’s and unaccountable judges? (Yes, I know, Supreme the world?” (42) The problem is that we are more attracted to meaning as that meaning was understood when the Court justices can be impeached; but if you believe the fl eeting, conditional love of the world that will always leave text was adopted. Any other method of judging, that a remedy for Obergefell – or in just about any us unsatisfi ed and incomplete – still searching for the world’s he thought, inevitably turned the Supreme Court other imaginable instance – I have a nice bridge in answer. Father Nouwen addresses the feeling of emptiness that into a Super-Congress, in which nine unelected Brooklyn to sell you.) seems to be so prevalent in the lives of so many people. With lawyers who were not subject to periodic elections America would honor the memory of the great the explosion of social media and “instant” celebrity status, ruled the country. That seemed to him a very bad Antonin Scalia if the 2016 presidential campaign, people are no longer content with being an ordinary, everyday idea. More to the point, it was not the idea of which will now, inevitably and bitterly, engage the person. We have become bored! Like the son, we are looking for governance inscribed in the Constitution. question of his successor, would seriously debate real happiness often in places that will never bring fulfi llment: Justice Scalia was not only a distinguished the prior questions: Why have these Supreme “Why do I keep leaving home where I am called a child of God, jurist; he was a wonderful man, full of vitality Court nominations become so important, and what the Beloved of my Father?” (43) and humor. He made no secret of his intense can be done to restore balance to the American Father Nouwen challenges us to look at the motivations Catholicism, bred in him in his youth. (Nor did he constitutional order? behind our everyday actions – using our God-given gifts for hesitate to express his concerns when the Church (George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics earthly adulation, instead of seeking fi rst the Kingdom of God – seemed to him to be coming unmoored from the and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.) the intimacy of my heart’s encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ (a phrase popular with both Pope Benedict and Pope Francis). Chapter Three is titled “The Younger Son’s Return” – the image Rembrandt captured in his masterpiece. It is often said that forgiveness may be the most diffi cult human act – especially unconditional forgiveness. The son seeks reconciliation, but not from a loving and compassionate father. No, he seeks a return for mere survival. (52) Father Nouwen says it is the sinner coming back to God seeking just a “minimal punishment” (52) that enables him to survive. This God is ever the “harsh, judgmental God.” (53) Even in this return, there is no depth of intimacy or respect, because to truly receive the mercy and compassion of our Father in Christ is too diffi cult for one to accept. Can God really forgive me? My sins are certainly far too great for him to embrace me ever again as his son or daughter. Writes Father Nouwen: “There is something in us humans that keeps us clinging to our sins and prevents us from letting God erase our past and offer us a completely new beginning.” (53) Of course, that would require abandonment to God, in letting him scoop us up into his arms – like the Good Shepherd carrying home the lost lamb. This is an important lesson, for often in life we must be the Father to others by our own unconditional compassion and mercy. (Continued on page 27) Page 24 March 17, 2016 From the Gonzaga Prep announces Arrupe and Ignatian Scholars Gonzaga Prep, Spokane, has announced the re- Keyes, Cataldo School; Edward Patterson, Cataldo cipients of the Arrupe and Ignatian Scholars. School; Evan Simmons, St. Aloysius School; De- International Wire The top 10 percent of the freshman class was clan Sklut, Sacajawea Middle School; and Amara invited to apply for the Arrupe Scholar designa- Vogel, Cataldo School VATICAN CITY – The four Missionaries of Charity mur- tion. This invitation, for a renewable merit-based Those applying for, but not receiving, the Ar- dered March 4 in Yemen “are the martyrs of today,” Pope Fran- scholarship, was only offered to a select number rupe Scholar designation were awarded the Igna- cis said. “They gave their blood for the church.” After reciting of students based on an applicant’s placement tian Scholar designation. These students take ad- the Angelus with thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s test score, grade point average, and strong aca- vantage of their education by pursuing an academic Square March 6, Pope Francis publicly offered his condolences demic potential. excellence that is in the service of others. to the Missionaries of Charity and prayed that Blessed Teresa The limited number of Arrupe Scholars are se- Ignatian Scholars of Kolkata would “accompany to paradise these daughters of lected by a committee of administrators and teach- Samuel Anderson, Holy Family School; Mat- hers, martyrs of charity, and that she would intercede for peace ers. This recognition is given based on the student’s thew Auble, St. Aloysius School; Chase Becker, As- and a sacred respect for human life.” The four Missionaries of academic excellence and essay describing how a sumption School; Katherine Blaylock, Holy Family Charity and 12 other people were killed by uniformed gunmen, Jesuit education will assist in the student’s educa- School; Christopher Browne, Assumption School; who entered the home the Sisters operate for the elderly and tional journey. The student was also highly recom- Gwendolyn Carlson, Cataldo School; Madelaine disabled in Aden. The superior of the Missionaries of Charity at mended as a person for others. Condon, Cataldo School; Matias Crespo, Holy Fam- the home survived by hiding, according to the Vatican’s Fides Each Arrupe Scholar has been awarded a ily School; Blythe DeWitt, Trinity School; Jared Kil- news agency. Father Tom Uzhunnalil, an Indian Salesian priest $1,000 scholarship towards tuition each year, total- day, Evergreen Middle School; Yvette Kraft, homes- who had been living at the home since Holy Family Parish in ing in $4,000 over their course of time at Prep. chool; Anders Mark, All Saints School; Darian Mul- Aden was sacked and burned in September, was missing after Arrupe Scholars len, Sacajawea Middle School; Lucy Nester, Cheney the attack. Although the Sisters would not make news head- Khaleia Assih, Glover Middle School; Jonas Middle School; Caleb Peterson, homeschool; Nick- lines, Pope Francis said, the martyred Sisters “gave their blood Bears, St. Aloysius School; Carolyn Bozin, Five olaus Swenson, Couer d’Alene Charter Academy; for the church.” Mile Prairie; Alexandria Horton, Cataldo School; Matthew Thompson, St. Aloysius School; and Julia VATICAN CITY – At the end of a Lenten retreat focused Xzandre Jean-Francois, All Saints School; Jacob Wright, All Saints School. on questions in the Gospels, Servite Father Ermes Ronchi told Pope Francis and senior members of the Roman Curia that it is Catholic Charities’ Immigration and Refugee Legal tempting to bristle when the faithful ask challenging questions, but he is certain it is a sign of how seriously they take the faith. Services continues to serve in Eastern Washington “It gives me hope to see how, among the people of God, ques- by Matthew Larsen and may have to travel back to tions continue to grow and no one is content with the same old Catholic Charities Immigra- their home country in order to answers,” Father Ronchi told the retreatants March 11 during his tion and Refugee Legal Services obtain an immigrant visa and last talk before the pope and Curia members returned to the Vat- has a long history of serving then return to the United States. ican. “When everyone silently accepted the word of a priest was immigrants in the Spokane Dio- We recognize this barrier and of- it a time of greater faith,” he asked. “I think the opposite is true cese. From the newest members fer our services on a sliding scale and even if this means more work for us, it is also an ‘alleluia,’ a of the community, seeking to fee based on a client’s income. ‘fi nally.’” Mary’s question – “How can this be?” – in response to resettle and begin a new life, to We offer numerous services the Annunciation was Father Ronchi’s focus for the fi nal medi- those who have been here many including family-based immi- tation at the March 6-11 retreat at a center run by the Pauline Fa- years and are now ready for cit- gration, such as work authoriza- thers in Ariccia, 20 miles southeast of Rome. “Being perplexed, izenship, Catholic Charities has tions, adjustment of status, and asking questions is a way of standing before the Lord with all of stood ready to help them achieve citizenship. W e assist people one’s human dignity,” the Servite said. Like Mary, “I accept the their American dream. with humanitarian-based immi- mystery, but at the same time I use my intelligence.” We meet with clients who are gration including VAWA, U-Vi- VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis was scheduled to pre- working through the diffi cult le- sas and Asylums. We also assist side over a consistory to approve the canonization of fi ve men gal path to becoming permanent employers to bring skilled work- and women, including Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, the Vatican residents and citizens. We also ers to the United States through announced. The March 15 consistory would determine the ap- help those who are victims of various guest worker programs. gard, we stand with our Bishops proval of canonization of Argentine “gaucho priest,” Blessed abuse fi nd freedom and stability We believe that every person in the United States in seeking Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero and Blessed Jose Sanchez in their lives. Our clients struggle is to be treated not just with re- reform that provides for the hu- del Rio, a 14-year-old Mexican boy martyred for refusing to with the reality of poverty and spect but with concern for his or man rights of all immigrants. renounce his faith during the Cristero War of the 1920s, the separation from family mem- her rights. This is the common We recognize through our Vatican said March 7. The meeting of cardinals and promot- bers who remain in their home good of which Catholics often work that the immigrant is often ers of the sainthood causes, also known as an “ordinary pub- countries. In this, Catholic Char- speak, showing concern on a so- invisible. We meet with individ- lic consistory,” formally ends the process of approving a new ities stands ready to assist those cietal level for the rights of the uals who have been in the United saint. Although the canonization dates are often announced at among us who are most in need. individual. We recognize through States for many years, living and the consistory, it is widely believed Blessed Teresa’s canoniza- Our clients come to us through our Immigration program the working and praying beside us, tion will take place Sept. 4. That date celebrates the Jubilee of the many parishes in our diocese. need to uphold the rights of the without permanent lawful status. Workers and Volunteers of Mercy and comes the day before the From Pasco, Othello, and Wal- immigrant. While there are many We work under the existing law 19th anniversary of her death, Sept. 5, 1997. On Dec. 17, Pope la Walla in the south, to Okano- things that we can do to help oth- to help them navigate the com- Francis approved a second miracle attributed to Blessed Tere- gan, Brewster, and Oroville and ers, we also recognize the need plicated immigration system. sa’s intercession. That miracle involved the healing of a now Tonasket in the north, we are able for immigration reform, precise- If you know of anyone in 42-year-old mechanical engineer in Santos, Brazil, who was in to travel to meet with clients and ly because so many people’s fun- your parish or community who a coma after being diagnosed with a viral brain infection that assist them with their immigration damental rights are being under- needs immigration help, please resulted in multiple brain abscesses. needs. We are also able to meet mined. Oftentimes, undocument- have them contact our offi ce for a VATICAN CITY – Although God is all-powerful, when it clients in our Spokane offi ce. ed parents of US citizens are left consultation, at (509) 455-4961. comes to sins, he has one weakness: a bad memory, Pope Fran- Unfortunately, a reality of with no options and children who We also ask for your prayers for cis said. “Once he forgives you, he forgets. This is great,” the achieving one’s immigration have only known America as all migrants and refugees. pope told a group of seminarians, new priests and priests who dream is that it can be very cost- their home face little opportuni- (Larsen is an immigration hear confessions in the major basilicas of Rome. “Every faith- ly. Immigrants have to work with ty since they cannot even obtain attorney for Catholic Charities ful penitent, after receiving absolution from the priest, has the different government agencies work authorization. In this re- Spokane.) certainty through faith that their sins no longer exist, they have been canceled by divine mercy,” he told the group March 4. The forgiveness of sins offered in the sacrament of reconciliation is Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat open to all and is “the greatest of the ‘holy doors’” that remain Post-abortive healing for anyone aff ected by abortion. wide open to those wounded by sin and who wish to experience Contact us at 509-994-4355 or email [email protected] God’s love and mercy, the pope said. — from Catholic News Service Online: www.rvspokane.org March 17, 2016 Page 25 Media Watch and an independent spirit, Mary stays on the prop- erty for 15 years. From the (Continued from page 20) The story also involves a motorcycle accident, Labyrinth of Lies is not a great fi lm, but it is a a convent, and a famed musical career. For me, the good fi lm well worth seeing. movie also was a meditation on life and death. National Wire The fi lm is rated R-restricted because of a brief As usual, Maggie Smith is outstanding in a role scene of sexuality. Catholic News Service has not far from her familiar “grande dame” appearance on WHEELING, W.Va. – West Virginia has become the third rated the fi lm. Downton Abbey. state to outlaw second-trimester dismemberment abortion after ***** Alex Jennings as the mild mannered playwright the state Legislature voted March 10 to override Gov. Earl Ray The new British fi lm The Lady in the Van uses is excellent. The fi lm has him portrayed as two Tomblin’s veto of the Unborn Child Protection from Dismember- a certain whimsy to tell the story of a British writer characters: the writer and the neighbor who lives ment Abortion Act. “The West Virginia Legislature and the pro-life of stage plays who allows a homeless woman to his daily life. For me, the double character didn’t people in our state have been very strong in showing their support live in her van on his driveway. do much and seemed too artifi cial. for the protection of human life,” Bishop Michael J. Bransfi eld of The story is said to be virtually true. A home- In very secular England this is a fi lm that is Wheeling-Charleston said in a statement. “I commend all those less woman named Mary Shepherd (Dame Mag- about the Catholic faith as interpreted by the wom- who have worked so hard not only in the passing of this bill, but to gie Smith) parks her old van in various locations an in the van. override the governor’s veto as well,” he said. Tomblin vetoed the on the street of a tony London suburb named The fi lm is defi nitely worth seeing, talking bill March 9. The next day, the House of Delegates voted 85-15 to Camden Town. Mary is not a popular fi xture in about, and remembering. override the veto and the Senate voted 25-9. the neighborhood. She appears messy and dirty The Lady in the Van is rated PG-13 by the Mo- NEW YORK – “The most massive failure of the Catholic at times. tion Picture Association of America because of community at all levels in the past 20 years has been to address Eventually playwright Alex Bennett (Alec Jen- adult situations. Catholic News Service has not yet the question of our ongoing involvement in the Middle East,” ac- nings) allows Mary to park on his property in an rated the fi lm. cording to San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy. “What is par- area he calls the garden. With cleanliness issues (Father Caswell is Inland Register archivist.) ticularly fascinating and troubling is all three recent popes were clearly opposed to the wars, yet at no level in the Catholic com- Human traffi cking munity was there any major opposition or sustained witness,” he said. “It’s like the dog that didn’t bark.” He spoke March 7 at a (Continued from page 19) San Francisco, the archdiocesan initiatives,” Traskey said in an forum in New York sponsored by Commonweal magazine on the over the years starting with the newspaper. email to Catholic News Service. topic “Prophecy Without Contempt” and in a subsequent inter- Super Bowl the last four or fi ve Some signs include a travel- “This group has really been in- view with Catholic News Service. Bishop McElroy said there has years,” said David Schilling, an er who pays in cash one day at a spired by Pope Francis’s com- been no sustained discussion or opposition in society as a whole, ICCR senior program director time; a hotel guest escorts vari- mitment to eradicating human as two wars dragged on to become the longest in American his- working on human rights, human ous men into his room; or some- traffi cking, which led to joining tory. He attributed the lack of discourse to the absence of a mili- traffi cking, modern slavery issues one who is rarely left alone has together alongside the Pontifi cal tary draft and the subsequent distancing of the fi ghting from the and global supply chain work. little control of his or her own Academy of Sciences to support consciousness of the people. “The suffering is not here,” he said. “Our role as a national staff money and identifi cation. two youth symposia at the Vati- Paraphrasing historian David Kennedy, the bishop said, “Ameri- that works with its members is to Coalition members also ad- can enabling youth delegates to ca has created a capacity to fi ght wars endlessly because the cost help in terms of organizing. But vised hotel managers, security fi ght modern slavery and raise to U.S. society is small, not wrenching, in terms of casualties and the organizing has been done in and housekeeping staff on how to global awareness about human as a portion of the U.S. economy.” the areas where the Super Bowl address traffi cking if they suspect traffi cking.” WASHINGTON – The House Foreign Affairs Committee is,” Schilling said. “There was it’s taking place in their build- MRS’s Ljungquist said one March 2 unanimously passed a bipartisan measure condemning a tremendous amount of work ings. The coalition also pledged nettlesome problem is that as genocide the killing of Christians, Yezidis and other ethnic and done with the Tri-State Coalition to stay active year-round, as San much traffi cking takes place religious minorities by Islamic State militants in the Middle East. on Responsible Investment” – Francisco is considered a major within the immigrant com- The House body also passed a second measure unanimously call- which has 20-25 Catholic mem- hub for human traffi cking munity, with people working ing for an international tribunal to hold the Syrian government bers – “with anti-traffi cking co- Foundations and Donors In- in indentured servitude-like led by President Bashar Assad accountable for war crimes for alitions in New Jersey and did terested in Catholic Activities, a conditions as housekeepers or “terrible atrocities” committed against the country’s own people. a superior job” when the Super consortium of Catholic nonprof- farmworkers for other mem- The resolution on genocide, introduced by Rep. Jeff Fortenber- Bowl was held at MetLife Stadi- its commonly called FADICA, bers of their own ethnic group. ry (R-Neb.), “expresses the sense of Congress that the atrocities um in February 2014. has established its own human “There is a fear of their own committed by ISIS against Christians, Yezidis, and other ethnic For this year’s Super Bowl, traffi cking affi nity group with marginal status under U.S. law,” and religious minorities constitute war crimes, crimes against held Feb. 7 in Santa Clara, Cal- roughly a dozen member orga- he said. Their oppressors have humanity and genocide.” “ISIS commits mass murder, behead- ifornia, a coalition of nine wom- nizations working against the been “indoctrinating them into ings, crucifi xions, rape, torture, enslavement and the kidnapping en’s Religious orders in the San practice, according to FADICA thinking that they’re benefi ting of children, among other atrocities,” said the committee’s chair- Francisco Bay worked over the spokeswoman Lauren Traskey. from the traffi cking situation.” man, Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.). “And zero indigenous Christian past six months, leaving fl iers “They are involved in ef- ICCR’s Schilling said more communities remain in areas under ISIS control.” and posters in almost 300 area forts to end traffi cking, support work can be done on the legis- HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. – Bishop Mark L. Bartchak of hotels, publicizing the warn- victims and survivors – such as lative front. “ We were strong Altoona-Johnstown committed the Pennsylvania diocese to be ing signs that indicate someone through the funding of safe hous- exponents and supporters of the transparent in its efforts related to the sexual abuse of minors by might be a human traffi cking es – and raise public awareness California supply chain trans- clergy and to make public the names of all priests found to have victim, according to Catholic through independent funding parency (law) requiring any a credible allegation of abuse against them and the status of each company doing business in Cal- man within the diocese. The pledge came during an afternoon ifornia and having sales of $100 news conference March 3 at diocesan offi ces in Hollidaysburg, million or more to put on their two days after a state grand jury issued a report saying that at least website what they’re going to 50 priests or religious leaders were involved in the sexual abuse do to combat human traffi cking of hundreds of children over several decades and that diocesan in their supply chain,” he said. leaders systematically concealed the abuse to protect the church’s “Last year the Modern Slavery image. The bishop apologized to abuse victims, their families, Law was passed by the UK par- people of the diocese and priests. Bishop Bartchak also said that liament requiring transparency. the diocese will continue sending to law enforcement authorities You don’t have to be UK-based written reports of allegations it receives of “any type of sexual to have to report.” misconduct involving a minor” by a living or deceased clergy- A similar bill in Congress, man or Religious, “whether or not the victim is now a minor and the Business Supply Chain whether or not the victim or another person already has made the Transparency on Traffi cking and report.” The grand jury report commended Bishop Bartchak for Slavery Act of 2015, has nine cooperating with the state’s investigation and offered recommen- House co-sponsors, and the Sen- dations for the diocese to consider in its handling of abuse allega- ate version has just four. Both tions, including keeping the needs of abuse victims foremost. were referred to committee last — from Catholic News Service summer, where they languish. Page 26 March 17, 2016 From the Archives Father Rosage counts the four Domin- the stained glass panels left Munich on have – but did not. The bullet mysteri- ican Sisters who staff IHRH as “four of the long journey to the Pacifi c Northwest. ously veered away from what would have (Continued from page 5) our most precious blessings”: Sister Mary One of the Mayer craftsmen accompanied been its normal course, leaving the face of Sponsors also give fi nancial support Brigid, Superior; and Sisters Ludolha, the windows. He and his cargo crossed Mary untouched. to the retreat house – individuals or parish Theodula, and Tiburtia. the Atlantic and completed the journey to The Sauers also discovered that under groups contributing $25 to underwrite the Father believes more fi rmly than ever Spokane by rail. the yellow glass which had been added to actual cost of retreats for those who can on the eve of IHRH’s seventh anniversary For six months, he carefully super- the outside of the windows high above the pay little or nothing. Thanks to sponsors, that in this day of spiritual renewal there vised local tradesmen as they assembled main altar – St. Matthew, St. Mark, Christ unwed mothers from DePorres Manor and is no better prescription for spiritual refor- and installed the panels, like delicate and the High Priest, St. Luke, and St. John – a St. Ann Maternity Home, women from St. mation than a retreat. He suggests you dial vibrant jigsaw puzzle pieces. Some of the layer of black lacquer had been applied to Margaret’s Hall, men from the House of KE5-3513 for your spiritual prescription. windows required particular skill to in- the outside of the glass itself, apparently Charity, and many high school students “Everybody’s seeking peace of mind,” stall. They were designed with panels, or to dim the light that came through the win- have been able to obtain spiritual refresh- he said. “Well, we have it right here at the “plates,” installed two deep, which yield dows into the church. The lacquer etched ment at IHRH. During 1965, sponsors retreat house, and it’s available to anyone!” rich hues of blue and red. The fi gure of the into the patina of the glass, but miracu- picked up the tab for 41 non-paying re- Blessed Virgin in the St. Bernadette win- lously, the damage was not irreversible. treatants. With more than 209 non-payers, From the Inland Register – dow is an example of this technique. The Sauers are convinced that these operational costs went $4,000 in the red. Volume 48, No. 13 Plating also is used in the red robes of windows have a unique beauty, even Another group of fi nancial supports are Twenty-fi ve Years Ago: March 21, 1991 Christ in the Sacred Heart window, and among the family of windows in the Ca- the “Room Donors” and “Room-and-Fur- in the faces of the four Evangelists and thedral. There are recurring themes in the nishings Donors,” at $2,000 and $2,500 Cathedral windows: Making, unmaking, Christ the High Priest above the high altar. border art and a luminous quality to the respectively. Only eight rooms remain and remaking religious treasures Tragically, the members of the Mayer glass that is incomparable. The stained “unclaimed” and Father Rosage hopes by Jan Tedesco, for the Inland Register family were killed in bombing raids during glass in the faces of the Evangelists and of this situation will not exist long. Plaques At the Cathedral of Our Lady of World War II – their skill and secrets are Christ is some of the fi nest detailed work affi xed to each room’s wall attest to the Lourdes, there are more than 30 of them: lost forever. One would have to travel to in glass that the Sauers have ever seen. donor’s generosity. dazzling and vibrant stained glass win- the cathedral in Helena, Mont., to see the And that is why this patient, tor- Captains are the “recruiters.” IHRH dows that dominate a visitor’s fi rst im- nearest other examples of “Mayer Magic.” toise-paced craft is so rewarding. Over the can provide private rooms for 50 persons, pressions of the church. The smallest of While the Cathedral windows have past 20 years, Floyd and Chris Sauer have but someone has to be sure they’re neither the windows measures only two feet by been valued at $1.5 million, time has not worked in numerous churches in the area: unfi lled nor over-fi lled. Captains recruit fi ve feet. The largest – the three rose win- respected these treasures. The constant in Spokane and Pomeroy, Wash; Coeur retreatants from their parishes or profes- dows – are 20 feet in diameter, and weigh expansion and contraction of the glass in d’Alene, Lewiston, and Sandpoint, Idaho; sional fi elds, etc. two tons each. summer and winter, vibrations from pass- and Kalispell, Mont. Not only does each IHRH “Lady Captains” man the vac- The Cathedral’s windows were crafted ing trucks, low-fl ying airplanes, and pow- set of windows have its unique appeal and uum cleaners, mops, squeegees, dust by artisans of the Mayer family in Munich erful organ music all contributed to weak- character, but each individual window has cloths and linen closets at IHRH. Each at the turn of the century, employing tech- ening the putty used to seal the seams be- its own history. week during the year a different captain niques handed down since the 12th century. tween glass plates and between the larger For instance, the Cathedral’s Mayer and her crew of “Marthas” help clean the Glass is heated to the liquid stage. The window panels. windows were installed using four sepa- 50 rooms, 50 beds, 50 lavatories, central colors are then added while the glass is Worse yet, the windows have suffered rate methods. Some of the windows were lounge, halls, dining room, chapel, et al. still in a molten state: black, brown, green much abuse over the years. set into the masonry from the outside, and Now 50 strong, the Marthas “are abso- and red. As it cools, the glass is “mouth- In 1983, several windows, including some from the inside; some were installed lutely indispensable,” Father Rosage said. blown” and “hand-rolled” into a fl at sheet. the Nativity rose window and the window in wood framework, and others in steel. “Without them, we’d have to spend thou- The fi gures and faces are drawn in black, dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, were When panels must be replaced, it is sands of dollars annually to keep the re- and rich gold tones, achieved by using a vandalized by gunfi re from a .22 caliber nearly impossible to duplicate the colors treat house clean and inviting.” stain containing silver, and are used in pistol. In 1985, two of the prophet win- in the original European panels. It took six One IHRH “plus factor” not too wide- the halos framing the fi gure of God and dows in the east apse were broken by weeks to locate a manufacturer in Germa- ly known outside the coterie of veteran his saints. Finally, the window is fi red in a stones; and in 1986, all of the panes were ny that produced a paint that would match retreatants is the “conference room” adja- kiln and the color is permanently bonded covered by smoke in the church fi re. the blues of the Blessed Virgin’s robes in cent to the chapel. Here literally thousands to the glass. The technique, while tedious, Once deterioration begins, the process the titular window. of human problems have been solved – or produces windows of incomparable clari- accelerates. When dirt and other corro- The Sauers are never sure what chal- made bearable. Father Rosage and the re- ty and brilliance. sives penetrate between the glass panels, lenges they will encounter until they climb treat masters have had plenty of experience It took years for the artisans of the Mu- paint begins to fl ake away, glass separates the scaffolding and begin their painstak- in treating life’s multiple abrasions, such as nich studio to design and manufacture the from the lead and steel joints, panes buck- ing work. Every window contributes to soothing tensions and getting husband and Cathedral’s windows. In 1904, as work on le, stress fractures appear in the glass, the understanding of their craft. wives back on the matrimonial track. the church building neared completion, more dirt and pollutants infi ltrate the The restoration project is being funded plates – and on and on. through “Catholic Campaign ’90s,” sup- To reverse this process and reclaim ported by parishioners and friends who Where to fi nd Resurrection the original magnifi cence of its windows, have been inspired by the beauty of the the Cathedral Parish has embarked upon a windows and the Christian mysteries they (Continued from page 22) restoration project that will take two years depict. Over the past year, approximately They never get to Emmaus. Jesus appears to them on the road, reshapes their to complete. $100,000 has been pledged, but it will take hope in the light of their disillusionment, and turns them back towards Jerusalem. Windows are being carefully disman- another $100,000 to completely repair, re- That is one of the essential messages of Easter: Whenever we are discouraged tled. The plates are separated, cleaned and store and protect what Father James Rib- in our faith, whenever our hopes seem to be crucifi ed, we need to go back to rejoined; solder joints and lead seams re- ble, rector of the Cathedral, calls “bread Galilee and Jerusalem – that is, back to the dream and the road of discipleship set; and structural supports strengthened. for the spirit” in Spokane’s inner city. that we had embarked upon before things went wrong. The temptation, of course, The work is being done by glass arti- Worshippers do not mind having to whenever the kingdom doesn’t seem to work, is to abandon discipleship for sans Floyd and Chris Sauer of Elk, Wash. navigate scaffolding. They are no longer human consolation, to head off instead for Emmaus, for the consolation of Las They can be seen on scaffolding both in- distracted by the hydraulic lifts in the Vegas or Monte Carlo. side and outside the Cathedral, literally sanctuary. But, as we know, we never quite get to Las Vegas or Monte Carlo. In one restoring the windows piece by piece. Work goes on through the week, and guise or another, Christ always meets us on the road to those places, burns holes The fi nal stage will be to cover each each Sunday there are new surprises as, in our hearts, explains our latest crucifi xion to us, and sends us back – and to our window with a protective covering to ensure inch by inch, the glory of the Cathedral abandoned discipleship. Once there, it all makes sense again. safety from projectiles and other hazards. windows is revealed and renewed. As (Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser is president of the Oblate School of Theology in one woman exclaimed as they studied the San Antonio, Texas.) The restoration project has uncovered newly-restored St. Bernadette window, “I small miracles. never knew there were roses at Our Lady’s For instance, the bullet which entered feet!” Truly, the wonder of the Cathedral Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat the fi xture of the Blessed Virgin in the windows is being restored. Post-abortive healing for anyone aff ected by abortion. Contact us at 509-994-4355 window of Our Lady of Lourdes struck or email [email protected] Online: www.rvspokane.org the window in such a way that it should (Father Caswell is Inland Regis- have marred Our Lady’s face. Should ter archivist.) March 17, 2016 Page 27 CRS project manager reminds Catholic school students of the ‘power of a small act of kindness’ “Don’t underestimate the fund small grants to parishes and power of a small act of kindness.” community organizations for This advice from Thomas Awia- hunger and nutrition. po, a project manager for Catholic In 2015, local grants were Relief Services in his native Gha- made to Holy Rosary Parish, na, is more than just well-mean- Pomeroy; Immaculate Concep- ing counsel. Thomas knows fi rst- tion Parish, Republic; Holy Fam- hand that a small act of caring can ily Parish, Clarkston; Assump- change the course of someone’s tion Parish, Walla Walla; St. Jo- life and give them hope. seph Parish, Otis Orchards; Our Awipapo came to Spokane Lady of Fatima Parish, Spokane; in late February to share his ex- Brewster Food Bank; Othello periences in support of Catholic Food Bank; Emergency Food Relief Services’ Rice Bowl, the Bank of Ione; Loon Lake Food Lenten tradition of prayer, fast- Pantry; North County Food Pan- ing and almsgiving that helps try, Elk; and Meals on Wheels in Catholics journey toward the Spokane. Thomas Awiapo, project manager for Catholic Relief Services, spoke to students at Cataldo School, celebration of Easter. He spoke Be sure to turn your Rice Spokane, on Friday, Feb. 26. (IR photo courtesy of Catholic Charities Spokane) to students at Cataldo and St. Bowl in to your parish during Aloysius schools, and Gonzaga runs programs for Catholic Re- with smiles on their faces thanks Of that sum, 25 percent of CRS Holy Week. Prep High School, as well as at lief Services back in his home to you.” Last year, over $10 Rice Bowl contributions stay in (Awiapo can be seen telling liturgies at St. Aloysius Parish, region. Married, with four chil- Million was raised nationwide Eastern Washington, where they his story on YouTube.) from Feb. 26-29. dren, he jokes that now his job through CRS Rice Bowl, he said. When he was a young child, includes “tricking children into Students were especially the second of four brothers, Awi- going to school.” He advised the struck when Awiapo shared that Obituaries apo’s parents both died. The boys students to thank God for the gift he doesn’t know what his real relied on the care of extended of parents and to be sure to give birthday is, or exactly how old Sister Carol (Mary Elisia) Qualley SNJM family, but there simply wasn’t their parents a big hug when they he is. Because he was born in Holy Names Sister Carol enough food in their small village, got home. He also held up the his parents’ simple home and his Qualley, former pastoral admin- and he watched his two younger value of education, pointing to parents could not read or write, istrator of three parishes in the brothers die slow and painful his own life story: “Education is he never had a birth certifi cate. Spokane Diocese, died March 5 deaths from malnutrition. His liberation.” At Gonzaga Prep, students pre- at Hospice House in Spokane. She older brother, Awiapo remembers, Every year during Lent, Awi- sented him with a Happy Birth- was 87 years old. simply left, and Thomas doesn’t apo leaves his family to come day cupcake, complete with a The funeral Mass was cele- know to this day where he went to the United States to share his candle to blow out, reasoning brated March 9 at the Convent of or what became of him. story and encourage people to that if he didn’t know his birth the Holy Names, Spokane. One day, Awiapo smelled remember the poor and hungry date, it might be today. Carol was born Dec. 23, 1928, food cooking in the village. around the world through CRS Seventy-fi ve percent of do- in Seattle to John and Martha Co- He followed the smell to a new Rice Bowl. “If you have ever nations to CRS Rice Bowl from bine Qualley. She was educated at school that had been set up with wondered whether your pennies the Spokane Diocese are sent Sacred Heart, Immaculate High the support of Catholic Relief and dimes given to CRS Rice to Catholic Relief Services for School, and Holy Names Academy, Services. Hoping to be fed, he Bowl really make a difference, I their work in over 100 countries all in Seattle, and graduated from discovered instead that to re- am here in front of you as living around the world in hunger and Holy Names Academy, Spokane. ceive the meal being prepared, proof that your sacrifi ces during nutrition, maternal and child She entered the Holy Names community in 1947 and later he would have to attend class Lent changed my life and gave health, agriculture, education, earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Education, an fi rst. Today, he smiles and says, me hope. And today, there are microenterprise, emergency re- MRE in Religious Studies, and certifi cates in Clinical Pastoral “they tricked me.” Soon, he was other children around the world sponse, and vulnerable children. Education from Tacoma General Hospital. attending school every day, as As Sister Mary Elisia, she taught music in parochial elemen- long as a meal was offered. Prodigal Son tary Schools from 1949-1973 in Portland, St. Helen’s, and Eu- A few years later, a local gene, Ore., and Everett, Pomeroy, Seattle and Spokane, Wash. priest arranged for him to attend (Continued from page 23) During this time, Sister was noted for her desire to learn a Catholic boarding high school. As we approach Holy Week in this Year of Mercy, let us be ever- more about her art, for her successful teaching methods, and After graduation, a community mindful of that image of the father running to the son and restoring for her compositions for children, several of which have of Religious Sisters sent him to him to his family – the same powerful restoring grace that we realize been published. college. Now he holds a Master’s in the Sacrament of Reconciliation! During her time in Seattle, the focus of her ministry changed Degree in Public Administration (John Fencik is director of Catholic Funeral and Cemetery from teaching to pastoral work in hospitals and parishes: St. from Cal State – East Bay and Services of Spokane.) Mary’s and St. Joseph’s, Seattle; St. Thomas, St. Richard’s and St. Charles, in Montana. Best Lent Ever In 1984, she spent time at the memorable mission of Holy Cross in Alaska. That was followed, from 1985-90, by her role (Continued from page 21) an unsettling rebuke of AA and other twelve-step as the pastoral administrator and presence in the parishes in ries may appear. The site is active. Even as you programs. Subsequent responses pointed out that Kettle Falls, Northport, and Colville, Wash. are reading, a “one new comment” notice may the twelve-step program can be very much God She assisted with the resettlement of Vietnamese refugees, appear. Here is a window into faith-sharing in centered. A third post added, “You must have been served meals at Catholic Charities, and engaged in outreach to the digital age. It may even be a window into the badly hurt.” the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. She spent at the shrine at lives of our people who may not fi nd meaning I am writing this article at the mid-point of Lent, Lourdes, France, assisting those hopeful of cures in the hospi- and an emotional resonance with their lives in and you will read it just before Holy Week. Maybe tality of the baths, the dining area, and in the town itself. the liturgy and in our preaching. Whatever this a few of you follow BestLentEver. Most don’t. Do Throughout the ’90s in Spokane, Sister Carol volunteered forum does, something is happening. People are not run out and sign up on my recommendation, be- at St. Joseph Parish, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Our Place being touched and people are touching one an- cause I don’t recommend it. What I recommend is Community Ministries, and within her Religious community. other. This is not where I look for theological that you follow through with whatever disciplines Sister Carol retired to the Convent of the Holy Names, Spo- depth and insight. (Turn to Father Ron Rolhe- of prayer fasting and almsgiving you have under- kane, in 2003, and then moved with her Religious Sisters to iser or Bishop Robert Barron after reading my taken, revive them, or prune them down to what Brookdale South Regal, Spokane, in November 2013. column). I see how people seek and share the you really can manage, and may this be your best Memorial gifts may be made to the Sisters of the Holy strength to live their faith. Lent ever. Names Retirement Fund, 2911 W. Fort Wright Dr., Spokane, One of these sharing sessions sections espe- (Father Pautler is Judicial Vicar and Chancel- WA 99224. cially caught my attention. A primary post was lor of the Diocese of Spokane.) Page 28 March 17, 2016

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