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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Alleluia! “The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone” (cf. Psalm 118). Jesus Christ the Cornerstone has risen, indeed! We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ! The fact that this year’s Easter Sunday falls on April 1 should not cause anyone to be fooled by the great message of hope emanating from the empty tomb. Having spent 40 days of Lenten prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for the sacred Triduum celebrations of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we now rejoice in his victory over sin and death. By this one great act of redemption, he has freed us from the lasting effects of sinful pride and disobedience. The Risen Christ has broken the chains of evil that sought to bind us for all eternity in fear, guilt and shame. With Jesus Christ as our cornerstone, we need not live in the shadows of darkness. We have been set free from the slavery of sin. The significance of Easter is so incredible that it takes us 50 days, 10 more days than our Lenten days of preparation, to pull out all the stops of rejoicing in this Good News of Salvation. I pray that this Easter Season may be rich in divine grace, peace, hope and joy for everyone throughout our archdiocese. The Lord has risen. Alleluia! To him be the power and the glory now and forever.

Blessings in Christ,

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson The “Risen Christ” is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Aloysius Church in Great Neck, N.Y. Easter, the feast of the Resurrection, is on April 1 this year. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Mensaje de Pascua del Arzobispo Charles C. Thompson Queridos hermanas y hermanos en Cristo: en preparación para las celebraciones maravillosa que tardamos 50 días, 10 más del triduo sagrado de la pasión, muerte que en la preparación para la Cuaresma, ¡Aleluya! “La piedra que desecharon y resurrección de Jesucristo, nos para desentrañar la alegría de la Buena los constructores es ahora la piedra regocijamos en su victoria sobre el pecado Nueva de la salvación. angular” (cf. Salmo 118). Jesucristo, la y la muerte. Rezo para que esta temporada de piedra angular, ¡en verdad ha resucitado! Mediante este excepcional acto de Pascua sea rica en gracia divina, paz, ¡Celebremos la resurrección de nuestro redención Él nos ha liberado de los efectos esperanza y alegría para todos en nuestra Señor Jesucristo! perdurables del orgullo y la desobediencia arquidiócesis. El hecho de que este año el Domingo pecaminosos. Cristo Resucitado ha roto las El Señor ha resucitado. ¡Aleluya! Suyo de Resurrección sea el 1 de abril, también cadenas del mal que procuraban atarnos es el poder y la gloria ahora y por siempre. Día de los Inocentes en Estados Unidos, al temor, la culpa y la vergüenza por toda no debe ser motivo de confusión con la eternidad. Con Jesucristo como nuestra La bendición de Cristo, respecto al mensaje de esperanza que piedra angular ya no tenemos que vivir en emana del sepulcro vacío. las sombras de la oscuridad. Nos hemos Tras haber pasado 40 días de oración, liberado de la esclavitud del pecado. ayuno y obras de caridad cuaresmales La importancia de la Pascua es tan Arzobispo Charles C. Thompson Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018

Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson ______March 30 – April 14, 2018

March 30 — 3 p.m. April 8 — 10:30 a.m. Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, Disability Awareness Mass at SS. Peter SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis March 31 — 8:30 p.m. April 8 — 5:30 p.m. Easter Vigil, SS. Peter and Paul Confirmation in Extraordinary Form for Cathedral, Indianapolis youths of Our Lady of the Most Holy

Rosary at Holy Rosary Church, April 3 — 10:30 a.m. Indianapolis Mass at Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School, Indianapolis April 10 — 7 p.m. Confirmation of youths of Good Shepherd April 4 — 7 p.m. Parish and St. Parish, Confirmation of St. Simon the Apostle Indianapolis, and St. Parish, Parish youths at SS. Peter and Paul Greenfield, at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis April 5 — 7 p.m. April 12 — 8 a.m. Confirmation of youths of St. Thomas Judicatories Meeting, Indiana Aquinas Parish, Indianapolis, and of Interchurch Center, Indianapolis St. , Fortville, at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, April 14 — 11 a.m. Indianapolis Confirmation of youths of St. Bartholomew Parish, Columbus, April 7 — 10 a.m. and Prince of Peace Parish, Madison, at Transitional diaconate at Palm Sunday procession St. Bartholomew Church A boy holds up crosses made from palm fronds during a Palm Sunday procession on March 25 the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, St. Meinrad in Managua, Nicaragua. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters) (Schedule subject to change.) ‘Cry out,’ tells young people at Palm Sunday Mass (CNS)—Celebrating Palm Sunday Holding 5-foot tall palm branches, the young adults disfigure the face of Jesus and turn him into a ‘criminal.’ ” Mass with thousands of young people, urged led the procession to the obelisk in the center of Theirs, he said, was “the voice of those who twist them to continue singing and shouting “hosanna” in the St. Peter’s Square. They were joined by others carrying reality and invent stories for their own benefit, without world, proclaiming the lordship of Jesus and following his olive branches and by bishops and cardinals holding concern for the good name of others” and “the cry of example of outreach to the poor and suffering. “palmurelli,” which are intricately woven palm fronds. those who have no problem in seeking ways to gain The crowd that shouted “hosanna” as Jesus entered In his homily, Pope Francis said that the Palm Sunday power and to silence dissonant voices.” Jerusalem included all those for whom Jesus was a Mass, which begins with the singing of “hosanna” and Pope Francis told the young people gathered in the square source of joy, those he healed and forgave, and those he then moves to the reading of Jesus’ Passion, combines that in the face of such attempts to demolish hope, kill welcomed after they had been excluded from society, the “stories of joy and suffering, mistakes and successes, dreams and suppress joy, Christians must look to Christ’s pope said in his homily on March 25. which are part of our daily lives as disciples.” cross and “let ourselves be challenged by his final cry. He But others were irritated by Jesus and tried to silence The acclamation of the crowd praising Jesus as he died crying out his love for each of us: young and old, his followers, the pope said. In the same way, people enters Jerusalem gives way to the shouts of “crucify and sinners, the people of his times and of our own.” today will try to silence young people who continue to him” as Jesus’ suffering and death draw near, the pope “We have been saved by his cross, and no one can follow Jesus, because “a joyful young person is hard to noted. “It somehow expresses the contradictory feelings repress the joy of the ,” he said. “No one, in any manipulate.” that we too, the men and women of today, experience: situation whatsoever, is far from the Father’s merciful “There are many ways to silence young people and the capacity for great love, but also for great hatred; the gaze.” † make them invisible,” the pope said. There are “many capacity for courageous self‑sacrifice, but also the ability ways to anesthetize them, to make them keep quiet, ask to ‘wash our hands.’ ” nothing, question nothing. There are many ways to sedate The Gospel also demonstrates how the joy Jesus them, to keep them from getting involved, to make their awakened in some is “a source of anger and irritation for dreams flat and dreary, petty and plaintive.” others,” Pope Francis said, and the same is true today. Pope Francis asked the young people “not to keep Joy is seen in all those “who had followed Jesus quiet. Even if others keep quiet, if we older people and because they felt his compassion for their pain and leaders keep quiet, if the whole world keeps quiet and misery,” the pope said. “How could they not praise the loses its joy, I ask you: Will you cry out?” one who had restored their dignity and hope? Theirs is Gabriella Zuniga, 16, and her sister Valentina Zuniga, the joy of so many forgiven sinners who are able to trust 15, were among the thousands in St. Peter’s Square. The and hope once again.” sisters, students at Stoneman Douglas High School in But others in Jerusalem, “those who consider Parkland, Fla., had participated on March 24 in the local themselves righteous and ‘faithful’ to the law and its Rome “March for Our Lives,” calling for gun control. ritual precepts” and “those who have forgotten the many The Palm Sunday Mass marked the local celebration of chances they themselves had been given” find such joy World Youth Day and included the more than 300 young intolerable, the pope said. adults who, at the Vatican’s invitation, had spent a week “How hard it is for the comfortable and the discussing the hopes, desires and challenges facing the self‑righteous to understand the joy and the celebration of world’s young people and ways the Church should respond. God’s mercy,” he said. “How hard it is for those who trust At the end of the Mass, they formally presented their only in themselves, and look down on others, to share in final document to the pope. It will be used, along with this joy.” input from the world’s bishops’ conferences, in drafting The shouts of “crucify him” did not begin the working document for the Synod of Bishops in spontaneously, the pope said, but were incited by those Pope Francis holds palm fronds as he celebrates Palm Sunday October, which will focus on young people, faith and who slandered and gave false witness against Jesus, Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on March 25. vocational discernment. “ ‘spinning’ facts and painting them such that they (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool)

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Sometimes, that approach involves “A big part of our ministry at the Buchinger has playing a game called “Stump the parish and the school is supporting our watched Father Priest” with the second-grade students families,” said Father Wadelton, who also Wadelton greet who are preparing to receive their first makes a point of being present to students children and parents Communion, a light-hearted approach he at nearby Holy Cross Central School in as they arrive at uses to “teach the faith in the form of a Indianapolis. “My motivation is seeing the school in the game.” our families struggling and wanting to do morning. She’s Other times, it’s a weekly session more for them. It was very meaningful noticed the impact of “Donuts and Jesus,” a before-school to the community that their priest was his smile has when get‑together with junior high students at willing to step up on their behalf.” he stops to talk with 7 on most Friday mornings—a time when It’s all part of the commitment that students during lunch he uses a conversational approach to talk has led Father Wadelton to be chosen in the cafeteria. with them about “how they see their faith, for the “Lead, Learn, Proclaim” Award And she’s seen the and where God is in their lives.” from the National Catholic Educational patience he shows During Catholic Schools Week in January, Gina Fleming, superintendent Then there was the recent memorable Association (NCEA)—an award which with children as he of Catholic schools in the archdiocese, presents an award to moment when the pastor of St. Philip Neri recognizes “excellence and distinguished helps them serve at Father Christopher Wadelton, pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish in Parish in Indianapolis—where the school service in Catholic school education.” He the altar during the Indianapolis, honoring him as an archdiocesan nominee for the national “Lead, Learn, Proclaim” Award from the National Catholic Educational population is 98 percent Hispanic— will receive the honor on April 3 during Masses he celebrates. Association (NCEA). Since then, Father Wadelton has been chosen for the showed the children and their families just the NCEA’s convention in Cincinnati. “He’s a very national honor which recognizes “excellence and distinguished service how far he will go to support them. “I was very surprised,” Father Wadelton warm and welcoming in Catholic school education.” He will receive the award on April 3 at the On the morning of March 6, says. “I didn’t consider my activity at the person,” she says. NCEA convention in Cincinnati. (Submitted photo) Father Wadelton was among more than school anything special.” “No matter who he a dozen protestors who were arrested by He may be among the few who is talking to, he speaks to them as an old them with props and involving them Indianapolis Metropolitan Police in an act don’t, according to Gina Fleming, the friend and that puts them at ease. with questions.” of civil disobedience. superintendent of Catholic schools in “He’s a great example of someone who He wants the children to see that the the archdiocese. practices what he preaches. Not only can life of a priest is “good and enjoyable,” “Perhaps my favorite story students look to him for help, he’s also just as he learned when he was a boy ‘He’s a very warm and welcoming of Father Chris dates back to a great example of what we want all our at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in person. No matter who he is talking about four years ago,” Fleming students to become.” Indianapolis and Father Stephen Banet to, he speaks to them as an old friend says. “He baptized 42 students Serving as a role model for students is exemplified that joy to students there. at Holy Cross Central School, a designed emphasis for Father Wadelton. Now, Father Wadelton hopes his and that puts them at ease. He’s a great most of whom had no previous He has two main goals as a priest to the approach to life will inspire the children example of someone who practices connection to the Catholic children at the two schools, starting with at Holy Cross and St. Philip Neri schools what he preaches. Not only can Church. I joked with him the “a ministry of presence.” to someday consider vocations to the students look to him for following year, stating he was “I want the kids to see me when priesthood and religious life. help, he’s also a great slacking, for he only baptized they get dropped off at school or when It’s an approach of faith that offers another 39. they’re in the cafeteria,” says Father lessons to anyone. example of what we “Obviously, those are Wadelton, who was ordained in 2009. “I want them to see in me the Gospel want all our students to remarkable numbers, and are “The other is as a teacher of the faith. message of unconditional love, peace and become.’ indicative of his outreach, love In my homilies, I try to teach the core acceptance—to bring healing where there and support of children and values of the faith, trying to engage is trouble.” † —Kari Buchinger, the principal their families.” of St. Philip Neri School in Kari Buchinger sees that Indianapolis outreach, love and support daily as the principal of

Pope Francis’ prayer intentions for April

• For Those who have Responsibility in Economic Matters—That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths.

(To see Pope Francis’ monthly intentions, go to www.ewtn.com/faith/papalPrayer.htm.) †

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Opinion

Be Our Guest/Paul Kachinski Grace offered on Divine Mercy Sunday is a beautiful gift from Christ Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher In the Diary of St. Maria Faustina The plenary indulgence offered by the Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Kowalska-Divine Mercy in My Soul, Church requires: 1) Confession within paragraph 699, Jesus gives us an 20 days before or after the feast day; extraordinary promise: “The soul that then on the feast day: 2) Communion; will go to confession and receive holy 3) prayers for the Holy Father; and 4) no Communion shall obtain complete attachment to sin, even venial sin. Editorial forgiveness of sins and punishment. On The extraordinary promise that day all the divine floodgates through requires only a state of grace through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul confession, and then the reception of fear to draw near to me, even though its holy Communion on Divine Mercy sins be as scarlet.” Sunday. The extraordinary promise is like By meeting those two conditions, a plenary indulgence with no strings we are brand new creations; we were attached. The only requirements are that dead and are now alive, lost and now we one be in a state of grace by going to are found by Our Father. Divine Mercy confession on or before Divine Mercy Sunday is a beautiful day of grace, Sunday, and then receive holy tremendously exceptional graces, and a Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday, truly wonderful gift from Our Father. which is celebrated on April 8 this year. The extraordinary promise is only And bam—“complete forgiveness of sins applicable to the person who receives and punishment!” holy Communion in a state of grace Divine Mercy Sunday is a beautiful on Divine Mercy Sunday. It cannot be day of grace. What a gift God has given applied to others or to the holy souls in us in the Divine Mercy message. The purgatory. extraordinary promise has been compared My advice is to take advantage of this to a “second” baptism because our first spectacular grace because “on that day baptism left absolutely no sin on the soul, all the divine floodgates through which and therefore there was no punishment graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to eradicate. The extraordinary promise to draw near to me, even though its sins leaves absolutely no sin on the soul, be as scarlet.” A woman kisses the Stone of Unction, or Stone of Anointing, representing where the body and therefore no punishment of sin to Thank God and rejoice, praise God and of Jesus was prepared for burial after the crucifixion, in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in eradicate. celebrate! Jerusalem’s Old City on Feb. 28. (CNS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters) The extraordinary promise is an Jesus, I trust in you! outpouring of grace given to us by Jesus, and is different than the plenary (Paul Kachinski is a member of Why Jesus died for us indulgence offered by the Church. St. Parish in Indianapolis.) † Why did Jesus allow himself to be sacrifice for all. Jesus, and only Jesus, arrested and be crucified, probably in the could do so, because only he was both spring of 784 on the Roman calendar? God and man. And did he really think that God had That was why God the Father sent Letters to the Editor abandoned him while he was dying on his eternally begotten Son to Earth, to the cross? restore the harmony with God that had Before Jesus went to Jerusalem, to existed before sin disrupted it. In that Fish Fry Fiestas build community celebrate the Jewish feast of Passover way, he showed his love for us. according to a different Jewish calendar But didn’t Jesus feel abandoned by with good food, faith and fellowship a week before the usual observance, he God? On the cross, he called out, “My and his Apostles were hiding from the God, my God, why have you abandoned Kudos to St. Lawrence Parish on food, faith and fellowship. authorities in a village called Ephraim, me?” (Mt 27:46, Mk 15:34). No, he the north side of Indianapolis for Our brothers and sisters from the south about 12 miles from Jerusalem at the didn’t feel abandoned. He was praying fully implementing the tenets of the only reinforced what it is to be truly edge of the Judean Desert. He went there Psalm 22. V Encuentro meetings. “catholic.” after he raised Lazarus from the dead, If this had been Jesus calling to Their Fish Fry Fiestas during the and the Sadducees decided to get the his Father in abandonment, he would Fridays of Lent were truly amazing. Mary Schott Romans to kill him. have called out, “Father, why have you Gringo and Hispanic alike enjoyed good Indianapolis Why didn’t he escape there again? It forsaken me?” He always called God would have taken him about 15 minutes Abba (Father) when he prayed. He did to climb the Mount of Olives from the so again with his final word, “Father, Column on Sister Madeleva shows Garden of Gethsemane, and be on his into your hands I commend my spirit” way on a road that ran from there to the (Lk 23:46). depth of her vocation, reader says Judean Desert. Psalm 22 begins with that lament He didn’t do that because he chose to of extreme anguish, but it ends with I just wanted to convey my thanks interesting life, but I had no idea of the be crucified. As he had told his Apostles, assurance of God’s triumphal reign. to Editor Emeritus John F. Fink for his full depth and impact of her career before even if they refused to accept it, that was The middle, though, sounds like the column on Holy Cross Sister Madeleva reading his piece. his Father’s will. description of the Passion that Jesus Wolff, former president of Mary’s Amplifying her name is a great service Of course, he could have gotten away. was undergoing. There is, for example, College, in the March 23 issue of to Catholics and non-Catholics alike. He said, “Do you think that I cannot pray the old translation that said, “They have The Criterion. to my Father, who would at once send pierced my hands and my feet; I can I have her “Four Last Things” Dan Carpenter me more than 12 legions of angels?” count all my bones.” However, a more collection with its preface about her Indianapolis (Mt 26:53). But he didn’t do that. He was recent translation is, “So wasted are my determined to follow his Father’s will. hands and feet that I can count all my Jesus didn’t escape after his bones” (Ps 22:17-18). prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. That’s followed by, “They divide my John’s Gospel tells us that Jesus garments among them; for my clothing explained why: “What should I say? they cast lots” (Ps 22:19). All four Letters Policy ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But it tell us that the soldiers cast was for this purpose that I came to this lots for Jesus’ clothing, but only John’s Letters from readers are published in letters from readers as necessary based on hour” (Jn 12:27). Gospel says that they divided Jesus’ The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s space limitations, pastoral sensitivity and It’s not that he wasn’t tempted to run clothing into four shares, one for each of commitment to “the responsible exchange content (including spelling and grammar). when the time came. Just as any human the soldiers. of freely-held and expressed opinion In order to encourage opinions from a would do, he wanted to get out of it. So why did Jesus have to die? among variety of readers, frequent writers will In his agony in the garden, knowing Because of God the Father’s great love the People of God” (Communio et ordinarily be limited to one letter every full well what was soon to happen, he for us. He sent his Son precisely to die Progressio, 116). three months. Concise letters (usually less Letters from readers are welcome and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take for us. His death by crucifixion—which than 300 words) are more likely to be every effort will be made to include letters this cup away from me.” But then he Cicero called “the most cruel and printed. from as many people and representing quickly added, “Still, not my will, but disgusting penalty”—was Jesus’ purpose Letters must be signed, but, for serious yours be done” (Lk 22:42, Mt 26:39, and mission. It was the reason that God as many viewpoints as possible. Letters should be informed, relevant, well- reasons, names may be withheld. Mk 14:36). became human. Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” And God’s will was that our Today, on Good Friday, we expressed and temperate in tone. They must reflect a basic sense of courtesy and The Criterion, 1400 N. 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Easter joy is born anew through the Resurrection “The joy of the Gospel fills the this holy day and his resurrection three This is why on Easter Sunday we This Easter, let’s thank God for the hearts and lives of all who encounter days later. rejoice in the cross of Christ, why we gift of freedom. Let’s resolve to be Jesus. Those who accept his offer of In the coming weeks, throughout sing alleluia, and why we give thanks to good stewards of this precious gift. salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, the Easter season, we will hear once God for the gift of his saving grace. We And let’s combine our experiences of inner emptiness and loneliness. With again the wonderful stories of Jesus’ have been liberated by the risen Christ. Easter joy constantly born anew with Christ, joy is constantly born anew” appearances to his disciples and As a result, no one can ever take away a sober recognition that our freedom is (Pope Francis, “Evangelii Gaudium,” #1). friends—in the garden near the empty our fundamental rights or our dignity as something we can easily lose sight of if tomb, in the upper room behind locked the free daughters and sons of the living we begin to take it for granted. The publication date for this column doors, by the Sea of Galilee where the God! Our freedom was paid for by the is March 30, Good Friday. This may be Lord cooked breakfast for his disciples, The freedom we have been given as cross of Christ. It has been maintained the saddest day of the Church’s year, and on the road to Emmaus where he a result of Christ’s death on the cross for 2,000 years by the blood of the but it is not joyless. Good Friday is was recognized in the breaking of the is a gift that has to be nurtured and martyrs and by the selfless love joyful because it celebrates a beginning, bread. developed. Left untended, freedom and sacrifices of all those faithful not an ending. It is an affirmation of These joy-filled encounters with too easily becomes confused with Christians who have gone before us. life and of the love that is stronger than Jesus, the risen Lord, are made possible license, the notion that we can do Let us rejoice and be glad that we are death itself. in spite of his ignominious death on whatever we want without suffering truly free! But let’s also remember We are right to be sad today as the cross. His selfless sacrifice on any consequences. We mistake freedom that we are responsible for taking we recall the humiliation, torture and Good Friday earned forgiveness for our for a sense of entitlement that persuades care of our freedom and for sharing it brutality of our Lord’s death on a cross. sins and allowed Easter joy to fill our us that we deserve everything that has generously. But we’re also right to seek and find the hearts in the place of guilt or sorrow or been given to us—without regard to the Let’s nurture our freedom, and Easter joy that is constantly born anew despair. sacrifices of others. share it with others, by being faithful during this sacred time. Good Friday reminds us that we But true freedom is the opposite witnesses to the resurrection of our Our faith tells us that the death of have been ransomed by the cross of of an irresponsible sense of license or Lord Jesus Christ. The cross of Christ Jesus set us free. Because he suffered Christ. The unending love of God has entitlement. True freedom is a gift that has saved us and set us free. That’s and died for us, we are “free from sin, shattered the walls of our prisons and we must cherish and take seriously. reason enough to be joyful even sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness.” shown us the way out. Sin and death True freedom, when we recognize it, is on Good Friday. But the muted joy That in itself should be cause for joy. have been overcome by the selfless a source of joy and gratitude because we experience today will increase But the real source of our joy is the love of Christ, and no one ever has we know how rare it is and how easy it exponentially. personal encounter with Jesus that was to be condemned to unending death is to lose this precious gift as a result of Very soon, in just two days, we will made possible because of his death on again. our own carelessness. shout Alleluia! Christ our joy is risen! †

La alegría de la Pascua renace con la Resurrección

“La alegría del Evangelio llena el sagrado y su resurrección tres días más el aleluya y por lo que le agradecemos libertad. Decidámonos a ser buenos corazón y la vida entera de los que se tarde. a Dios por el obsequio de su gracia administradores de este precioso encuentran con Jesús. Quienes se dejan En las próximas semanas, durante salvadora. Cristo resucitado nos ha obsequio y combinemos nuestra salvar por Él son liberados del pecado, toda la temporada de la Pascua, liberado y, gracias a ello, ¡nadie experiencia de la alegría pascual de la tristeza, del vacío interior, del escucharemos una vez más los jamás podrá despojarnos de nuestros que siempre nace y renace, con el aislamiento. Con Jesucristo siempre maravillosos relatos de las apariciones derechos fundamentales ni de nuestra reconocimiento aleccionador de que nace y renace la alegría” (Papa de Jesús a sus discípulos y amigos: en dignidad como hijos libres del Dios nuestra libertad es algo que podemos Francisco, “Evangelii Gaudium,” #1). el jardín, cerca del sepulcro vacío, en vivo! perder de vista fácilmente si no le el cenáculo a puertas cerradas, junto La libertad que hemos recibido a damos su justo valor. La fecha de publicación de esta al Mar de Galilea donde el Señor dio causa de la muerte de Cristo en la cruz La cruz de Cristo pagó nuestra columna es el 30 de marzo, Viernes desayuno a sus discípulos y en el es un obsequio que debemos cultivar y libertad, la cual hemos conservado Santo. Este es el día más triste del año camino a Emaús, donde lo reconocieron desarrollar. Si se descuida, la libertad durante 2,000 años mediante la eclesiástico, pero no carece de alegría. al partir el pan. puede llegar a confundirse fácilmente sangre de los mártires, el amor El Viernes Santo entraña alegría porque Estos encuentros jubilosos con Jesús, con el libertinaje, la noción de que desinteresado y los sacrificios de todos celebra el comienzo, no el final. Es el Señor resucitado, son posibles a podemos hacer lo que queramos, sin los fieles cristianos que han partido una confirmación de la vida y de que pesar de su muerte ignominiosa en la sufrir consecuencias. Malinterpretamos antes que nosotros. Alegrémonos y el amor es más fuerte que la muerte cruz. El sacrificio desinteresado que la libertad como un sentido de contentémonos de ser verdaderamente misma. hizo el Viernes Santo conquistó el derecho que nos convence de que nos libres. Pero recordemos también que Tenemos toda la razón de estar perdón de nuestros pecados y permitió merecemos todo lo que nos han dado, somos responsables de ocuparnos tristes hoy al recordar la humillación, la que la alegría pascual llenara nuestros sin importar los sacrificios que hayan de nuestra libertad y de compartir tortura y la brutalidad de la muerte de corazones, en vez de la culpabilidad, la hecho los demás. generosamente. nuestro Señor en la cruz. Pero también tristeza o la desesperación. Pero la verdadera libertad es lo Cultivemos nuestra libertad y tenemos razón de buscar y encontrar la El Viernes Santo nos recuerda que opuesto al libertinaje o a creer que compartámosla con los demás, alegría que nace y renace durante esta hemos sido redimidos por la cruz de algo nos corresponde por derecho. La mediante nuestro testimonio fiel de época sagrada. Cristo. El amor infinito de Dios ha verdadera libertad es un obsequio que la resurrección de nuestro Señor Nuestra fe nos dice que la muerte de destruido los muros de nuestra prisión debemos atesorar y tomar en serio. Jesucristo. La cruz de Cristo nos ha Jesús nos ha hecho libres; puesto que y nos ha enseñado la vía de escape. Cuando finalmente la reconocemos, salvado y nos ha hecho libres, y esto sufrió y murió por nosotros, hemos sido El amor desinteresado de Cristo ha la verdadera libertad es una fuente de es motivo suficiente para estar alegres, “liberados del pecado, de la tristeza, vencido sobre el pecado y la muerte, y alegría y gratitud porque sabemos lo incluso el Viernes Santo. Pero la tenue del vacío interior.” Esto en sí mismo ya nunca nadie estará condenado a la valiosa y rara que es, y lo fácil que alegría que sentimos hoy, aumentará debería ser motivo de alegría. Pero la muerte eterna. es perderla a consecuencia de nuestro exponencialmente. verdadera fuente de nuestra alegría es Es por ello que el Domingo de descuido. Muy pronto, en apenas dos días, el encuentro personal con Jesús que fue Resurrección nos regocijamos en la Démosle gracias a Dios durante exclamaremos ¡aleluya! ¡Cristo nuestra posible gracias a su muerte en este día cruz de Cristo, por lo que entonamos esta Pascua por el obsequio de la alegría ha resucitado! † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018

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

April 3 St. Lawrence Church, Group, Mass, prayers, rosary, the-Woods, St. Mary-of- New Albany. Divine Mercy April 13 Mission 27 Resale, 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. confession, meditation, 8 a.m. the-Woods. Monthly Taizé Service, reconciliation The Commons, 300 132 Leota St., Indianapolis. First Friday Charismatic Information: 765-647-5462. Prayer Service, theme available, 3-4 p.m. Washington St., Columbus. Senior Discount Day, every Renewal Praise and Mass, “Praying for Peace in the Information: 812-944-1184. St. Bartholomew Parish 12th Tuesday, seniors get praise and worship 7 p.m., Riviera Club, 5640 N. Illinois World and in Our Hearts,” Annual Concert Series: 30 percent off clothing, Mass 7:30 p.m. Information: St., Indianapolis. St. Vincent 7-8 p.m., silent and spoken April 10 The Real Group, Swedish 9 a.m.-6 p.m., ministry 317-546-7328, mkeyes@ de Paul Food Pantry Spring prayers, simple music, St. Paul Hermitage, a cappella vocal jazz supports Indianapolis indy.rr.com. Boutique and Blood Drive, silence. Information: 501 N. 17th Ave., Beech quintet, 7 p.m. Tickets: St. Vincent de Paul Society 40 artisans and vendors, food 812-535-2952, provctr@ Grove. Ave Maria Guild, www.therealgroup.se Food Pantry and Changing Women’s Care Center, for purchase, cash bar, spsmw.org. 12:30 p.m. Information: 317- Information: www. Lives Forever program. 4901 W. 86th St., Indianapolis. non-perishable food and 223-3687, [email protected]. saintbartholomew.org under Information: 317-687-8260. First Friday Mass, 5 p.m., hygiene products accepted in St. Church, “Music Ministry,” or bminut@ Father Brian Dudzinski lieu of admission charge, 4625 N. Kenwood Ave., SS. Francis and Clare of stbparish.net. April 4 presiding, optional tour of 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Indiana Blood Indianapolis. Mass in French, Assisi Parish, Junipero Serra Knights of Columbus center to follow. Information: Mobile on site 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 12:30 p.m. Information: 317- Room, 5901 Olive Branch April 14 Council 3433, 2100 E. 317-829-6800, www. register: bit.ly/stVindePaul. 627-7729 or acfadi2014@ Road, Greenwood. Catholics Holy Name of Jesus Parish, 71st St., Indianapolis. womenscarecenter.org. Information: 317-403-1385, gmail.com. Returning Home Sessions, 21 N. 16th St., Beech Grove. Solo Seniors, Catholic, [email protected]. six consecutive Tuesdays Altar Society Spring educational, charitable and April 7 St. Therese of the Infant Jesus through May 15, for non- Rummage Sale, linens, knick- social singles, 50 and over, Valley Grill, 2107 N. 3rd St., April 8 (Little Flower) Church, practicing Catholics who are knacks, clothes, electronics, single, separated, widowed Terre Haute. “Wounded Providence Spirituality & 4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis. considering returning to the household items, jewelry, or divorced. New members Warriors to Lourdes” Conference Center, 1 Sisters Class of ’63 monthly Church, 7-8:30 p.m., free. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., free admission. welcome. 6 p.m. Information: Benefit Luncheon, sponsored of Providence, Saint Mary-of- gathering, 6 p.m. Mass, Information: 317-859-4673, Information: 317-784-6860, 317-243-0777. by the Knights of Columbus the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the- optional dinner afterward. ext. 119, [email protected]. [email protected]. St. Mother Theodore Guérin Woods. Bikers, Brunch and Information: 317-408-6396. April 6 Council #541, buffet, silent a Blessing, Providence Sister April 12 April 15 Our Lady of the Greenwood auction, entertainment, Paula Damiano presenting, Holy Name of Jesus Church, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Church, 335 S. Meridian St., 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $30 per person, all motorcycle riders invited, 21 N. 16th St., Beech Grove. Theater, 200 Hill Dr., 4218 Michigan Road, Greenwood. First Friday table sponsorships available 10:30 a.m. blessing followed Divine Mercy Sunday St. Meinrad. Thomas Lecture Shelbyville. Knights of celebration of the Most for $200, $300 or $500. by Sunday Brunch in Services, 3 p.m. holy hour, on Philosophy and Theology, Columbus Chicken Noodle Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mass, Reservations and information: O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall. Chaplet of the Divine featuring Dr. Caitlin Smith Dinner, chicken and 5:45 p.m., exposition of the thkofc541.com, 812-878-2234. Information on dining prices: Mercy sung, reconciliation Gilson presenting on “Prayer, noodles, mashed potatoes, Blessed Sacrament, following www.provcenter.org. available. Information: Suffering and Self-Presence,” green beans, roll, dessert and Mass until 9 p.m., sacrament St. Michael Church, 317-784-5454. 7 p.m. CT, free, open to the drink, 3:30-6:30 p.m., $8 of reconciliation available. 145 St. Michael Blvd., Church of the Immaculate public. Information: Mary adults, $6 ages 6-12, Information: 317-888-2861 or Brookville. First Saturday Conception, 1 Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Jeanne Schumacher, 5 and under free. Information: [email protected]. Marian Devotional Prayer Providence, Saint Mary-of- Church, 1752 Scheller Lane, 812-357-6501. 317-398-4028.†

Events and retreats can be submitted to The Criterion by logging on to Pregnancy Care Center of SE Indiana www.archindy.org/events/submission, or by mailing us at 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, ATTN: Cindy Clark, or by fax at 317-236-1593. to host annual life walk on April 21 A “Wonderful Walk for Life” is the continue to serve the community and Catholic Charities Bloomington to host theme of a two-mile walk benefiting the defend the life of the unborn. Pregnancy Care Center of SE Indiana This is a free, family-friendly annual breakfast on April 11 at Ivy Tech Community College, event for people of all ages and 50 Walnut St., in Lawrenceburg, at abilities. The work of Catholic Charities therapy, family and couple’s counseling 9 a.m. on April 21. For more information, to register or Bloomington will be showcased during and social skills groups for boys and girls. The goal of the walk is to raise to make a donation, call 812-537-4357 its sixth annual breakfast at St. Paul The event is free; however, reservations $30,000 to enable the care center to or visit www.supportpccindiana.org. † Catholic Center, 1413 E. 17th St., in are requested by April 2 online at Bloomington, from 7:30-9 a.m. on archindy.org/cc/bloomington. April 11. For additional information, contact During breakfast, attendees will hear Cheri Bush at 800-382-9836, ext. 1411, testimonials and learn about the latest 317-236-1411, or [email protected], initiatives and partnerships of Catholic or call Catholic Charities Bloomington Charities Bloomington, including play at 812-332-1262. †

Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend planned in Indianapolis on April 27-29 A Worldwide Marriage Encounter expression; however, couples of all weekend is planned at Our Lady of faith traditions are welcome. Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., A $75 non-refundable fee is required in Indianapolis, on April 27-29. to confirm the application, lodging and The weekend is an opportunity food. to explore, rediscover and reconnect For additional information, contact both as individuals and as a couple, Mark and Jill Levine at 317-888-1892 and to learn about tools to nourish a or [email protected]. sacramental relationship. To register or learn more about Marriage Encounter Weekends Worldwide Marriage Encounters, visit are presented in the Catholic faith wwme.org.†

Lou Holtz to speak at Celebration of Life banquet in Indianapolis on April 12 Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame Super Bowl champion, will be the football coach and ESPN television featured guest. analyst, is the featured keynote All proceeds benefit Life Centers speaker at the Life and their support of men and women Centers’ 2018 facing pregnancy-related issues. Celebration of Tickets are $60 per person. A Life Banquet at table of 10 can be reserved for $600. the J.W. Marriott, Volunteer tickets are $45 each. 10 S. West St., in To purchase tickets or to learn Indianapolis, at more about Life Centers, visit Bubble wrapped? 6:30 p.m. on www.lifecenters.com. April 12. Doors For additional information, Makenzie Judkins, left, creates a giant bubble around her friend Grace Toth during an afternoon of will open at 6 p.m. including sponsorship opportunities, fun with bubbles at the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana’s Math and Science Center in Indianapolis. Lou Holtz Hunter Smith, contact Tom Shevlot at They are members of Brownie Troop #4121 at Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ School in former Indianapolis 317-968-9139 or e-mail tshevlot@ Indianapolis. (Submitted photo) Colts player and lifecenters.com. † The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Page 7 St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities to honor former council members at gala

By Natalie Hoefer Wolford is also impressed with the that I just mentioned, everyone that’s McCauley has also been impressed leadership that accompanied the growth connected with St. Elizabeth Catholic by how St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities in that occurred during his time on the Charities—its staff, volunteers, and last “has evolved with the changing times in New Albany will hold its annual Giving council. but not least its donors,” he said. “I like to terms of their services. … They put in Hope – Changing Lives gala at the Galt “Our executive director and staff are believe that the Spirit of Hope Award goes transitional housing House in Louisville, Ky., at 5:30 p.m. on more professional,” he says. “We have a to all of these people who try to support for after the birth of April 19. good advisory council, and we have an St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities in making a child so they don’t The gala will benefit and celebrate army of volunteers in diverse specialties life easier for the people who need these just go out on the the efforts of St. Elizabeth Catholic that do a tremendous in seeing that services.” street, then added Charities to help those in need in we have the means to really help a lot Phillip McCauley, this year’s other affordable supportive southern Indiana. of these people in the community. That Spirit of Hope Award honoree, also feels housing … . So their It will also provide an opportunity impresses me more than anything—the humbled to receive the award. services are relevant for two former St. Elizabeth Catholic dedication.” “In total truth, I think there’s 100 other to the world today.” Charities Advisory Council members to While most of his service has been people out there more deserving,” he says. McCauley and receive the Spirit of Hope Award. on the council or in helping with the McCauley, a certified public accountant Phillip McCauley his wife Sandy Carl Wolford, 91, first became involved organization’s fundraisers—an activity (CPA), was asked by his friend and former have four children, with the organization in 1989 when it was he’s continued to participate in since St. Elizabeth Maternity Home executive nine grandchildren and are members of the St. Elizabeth Maternity Home. That 1989—Wolford recalls time spent with director Keith Stormes to join the council Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in year, he and his wife Mary helped with clients at St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities’ in 2001. Jeffersonville. While he is Catholic and the organization’s first major fundraiser. annual holiday “What I liked about volunteered to serve a Catholic charitable “The goal was $50,000,” he says. dinner for staff, them is that they were institution, he notes that he has seen the “At the end, we ended up with about council members in-depth, giving help council and the organization “become $62,000.” and those they to people in situations much more ecumenical, and I like that. Wolford eventually went on to serve serve. that really changed We have people not Catholic on the on the St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities “That’s always lives, and especially board. We serve anyone in need.” Advisory Council for nine years, a very nice the children to be born He also likes the fact that, by serving including the last few years as chairman. experience,” he says. “These people are in that situation,” he says. St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities, “you When his council involvement ended, he very appreciative of the help they get Three years later, the maternity home receive more than you give.” McCauley was 87. from St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities. and Catholic Charities merged. says he grew personally from “seeing Wolford has seen To sit down with them and have a meal “At that point and time, their services and working with people of competence, a lot of change in with them and be aware of their needs— expanded,” says McCauley, 74. “The empathy and energy. It was personal the organization over it’s pretty gratifying to know that we’re things that happened as a result that growth that I didn’t expect at all. the years. He started helping them.” really made it rewarding was the amount “It’s quite an honor—to say the least— serving on the council Being named a recipient of this year’s of doing good accompanied with the to have an organization like that say you around the time that Spirit of Hope Award was something resources available. I was just constantly contributed.” the maternity home Wolford says he “certainly didn’t expect. amazed at how much got done with so merged with what was “I look back and see the reason for little. (St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities of New then Catholic Charities [the organization’s] success, and I see “I’ve been around a lot of charities. Albany’s annual Giving Hope–Changing Carl Wolford of South Central its directorship, its professional staff, … Some you donate a dollar to, and Lives fundraiser gala will be held at Indiana in 2004. and of course its council and its army of about 25 cents gets into the mission. the Galt House, 140 N. Fourth St., in “It’s been gratifying to see the growth and dedicated volunteers. I can’t emphasize [At St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities] it Louisville, Ky., on April 19. A social hour see what we’re doing,” says Wolford, who, that enough. They’re available to step in multiplies the other way. You get several begins at 5:30 p.m., and dinner begins at with his wife, is a member of Holy Family and do what has to be done in making times the benefit of a dollar. Ninety-five 7 p.m. The event includes a live and silent Parish in New Albany. “The growth is these services available to the people who percent goes directly in the mission, but auction. While the event is free, donations impressive—the beginning of it with the need them. the effect is much greater than that with will be accepted during the evening. RSVP ministry of crisis pregnancy [housing], to “I feel like the Spirit of Hope Award the volunteers. As a CPA, I was greatly by April 9 by calling 812-949-7305 or what it is today, eight ministries.” that I’m receiving goes to everybody impressed by that.” e-mailing [email protected].) † Going to confession is getting God’s loving embrace, Pope Francis says VATICAN CITY (CNS)—God always Day in Argentina expresses this indelible loves and always remains faithful to his connection as it is customary to give children, despite their sin and idolatry, forget-me-not flowers to moms. Pope Francis said. “This is God’s love, like mom’s. God “The faithful God cannot disavow doesn’t forget us. Never. He can’t; he is himself, cannot disavow us, cannot deny faithful to his covenant,” he said. his love, cannot deny This offers reassurance and hope, his people, he cannot he said, because no matter how awful, because he loves us,” difficult or sinful one’s life is, God “does the pope said in his not forget you because he has this visceral homily on March 22 love.” at morning Mass in It is a love that offers joy, too, the Domus Sanctae especially with the sacrament of Marthae. reconciliation, he said. God’s love is The pope reminded people that when as “visceral” as a they go to confession, “please, let’s not mother’s love for her think that we are going to the dry cleaners child, he said, which means it is a bond to get a stain out. No. We are going to that cannot be forgotten. receive the loving embrace of this faithful He said the celebration of Mother’s God who always waits for us. Always.” † First communionGifts

Remembering His great Sacrifice

Shop online at LindenLeafGifts.com Sisters of Providence • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Open Mon-Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sat/Sun 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Contact us at 812-535-2947 or [email protected] Faith Formation and Catholic Education | Charity and Outreach | Seminarian Education and Clergy Care Page 8 The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Family grieved after King assassination, witnessed aftermath WASHINGTON (CNS)—It has generations and had a long connection been 50 years since civil rights leader to the Josephites, a religious community Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was known for its help of the newly freed assassinated, but Deacon Timothy slaves in America following the Tilghman, his sister and his cousin, still U.S. Civil War. remember the enormous sense of loss Even though Rev. King was a Baptist they felt when they received that news on minister, he transcended religious April 4, 1968. identification for the deacon, his parents, As the 50th anniversary of Rev. King’s his 12 brothers and sisters, his cousins murder approaches, these three family and his fellow black Catholics who saw members also the civil rights leader as an inspirational recalled the turmoil, crusader for justice and peace. bewilderment and The family closely watched Rev. King’s burning buildings they rise to national prominence and applauded witnessed as rioting his efforts in the civil rights movement. stormed through As black Americans, they were Washington and other motivated to become involved in the U.S. cities in the days movement themselves, along with the that followed. leaders of their Church. The deacon, who On Aug. 28, 1963, the deacon’s sister, Deacon Timothy is on the staff of Mary Tilghman Shearad, went to the Tilghman Our Lady of Perpetual March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Help Parish in with their father, Olave Tilghman, Deacon Timothy Tilghman of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Washington shows southeast Washington, was 15 and said the and was thrilled to witness Rev. King’s two middle school students a program from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, grief he experienced was akin to a close famed “I Have a Dream” speech. featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., while the deacon and youths visit the King memorial in family member being violently murdered, Shearad was horrified when she heard Washington on March 14. Deacon Tilghman was 15 when Rev. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. even though his family’s association with the news on April 4, 1968, that Rev. King He accompanied his father as he traveled through Washington to help those who were impacted Rev. King was from afar. had been gunned down in Memphis, during the riots that ensued. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) He wasn’t alone in his sorrow. Tenn., and she sensed tension from people Deacon Tilghman was at St. Benedict all around her in Washington that day. streets in Washington’s northwest section tumultuous Washington streets was a the Moor Catholic School when he heard “There was no calmness in the city,” and witnessed a men’s clothing store pivotal moment in his life. about the assassination. As he walked she told CNS. “You could just feel things explode. “The glass blew out, and I just In the midst of the rioting, he recalled on the school’s playground, he watched brewing.” started running.” witnessing people who were in anguish the nuns and his fellow students, most of The next day, while she was working Shearad’s and Tilghman’s cousin, over the King murder, people who had them young black Catholics like himself, at American Security Bank in downtown Sahon Palmer, was a 22-year-old student lost hope that racial equality and human cry as they absorbed the blow. Washington, the riots began. at Howard University and attending rights would ever become a reality in their “There was a sense of despair, there “The city just exploded,” Shearad said. classes when the riots broke out. She country. was a great sense of loss,” he told “You could look out the window, see fires, recalls watching the city descend into But Deacon Tilghman also said their Catholic News Service (CNS). you could see cars being trampled. It was pandemonium. simple act of kindness of delivering food By the 1960s, Deacon Tilghman and terrifying.” “I was so afraid,” Palmer said. “First, throughout the city appeared to help a his family had been Catholic for several She was at the corner of 14th and I someone had just killed Dr. King, and I distraught population. was heartbroken over that, and all of that “Being able to go out and do things chaos, burning buildings, noise and sirens, with my father took care of that sense of and I was trying to get home from school. despair for me,” he said, “and there was My mother was having a fit.” a sense of hope, there was a sense of joy, Known as the Holy Week Uprising— because we could do something to bring because it occurred during the week something back into somebody’s life—to between Palm Sunday and Easter—the bring some sense of peace and some sense rampage left 39 dead, about 2,600 injured of stability.” and resulted in an estimated $65 million Deacon Tilghman said it was his in property damage in dozens of father’s Catholic values that drove U.S. cities. him to reach out to the people who The riots came while the Tilghman were suffering that day, and it left an family was still grieving the loss of immeasurable impression on him. Rev. King, but they knew they wanted It was the catalyst to his future work to do something, anything, to help, with the Josephites and then later as an Deacon Tilghman said. ordained Catholic deacon. So, he and one of his brothers Rev. King too served as the deacon’s mobilized with their father, traveled inspiration as he established his own through the rioting streets of Washington, ministry. and delivered food to the people impacted “I’m trying to live the faith the way Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, then president of the University of Notre Dame, second by the chaos, confusion and destruction. all of these men did,” Deacon Tilghman from left, joins hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Edgar Chandler, left, and Msgr. Though witnessing the riots was said. “It drove me in 1968, and I’m much Robert J. Hagarty of , far right, in this 1964 file photo. The 50th anniversary of Rev. King’s frightening, Deacon Tilghman said his clearer on what drives and informs me assassination is on April 4. (CNS photo/courtesy University of Notre Dame) journey with his father throughout those today.” † U.S., world urged to help Jordan aid refugees, end Syrian civil war SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan are expected to increase over time. The the right of education for all children. , and we are talking about (CNS)—The United States has a activists want to ensure that children, Prince Ali called on governments, children in slavery, children forced by responsibility to help Jordan as it especially in the most vulnerable areas private donors and others to provide funds war to leave their countries to walk for struggles to support hundreds of of the world, are free, safe, educated and to help traumatized children affected by thousands of miles alone, often with or thousands of Syrian refugees and must healthy. violence throughout Iraq and Syria. without their parents, and children who actively seek to end Kennedy, the daughter of American “It’s a cost and a long-term action. are exploited through trafficking and other Syria’s long civil war, political icon Robert F. Kennedy, pointed But governments, donors, whoever in means,” she said, underscoring the gravity American human to the staggering statistics: 50 million the world needs to realize, whether it’s of the problem. rights advocate children are on the move around the education or dealing with trauma, no “This to me is a reflection of Jesus on Kerry Kennedy told a world, 75 million need help to continue matter how expensive it is, none of it is as the cross, of the suffering that humans conference on forced their education, 152 million are involved expensive as weapons are,” he said. create out of the anger or fear or jealousy, migration. in child labor and 263 million are not in Jordan hosts the second largest refugee and the capacity for universal love to “Stop the violence school. population per capita in the world. It has respond to that, and to try and create that creates the Satyarthi went further. seen its resources of water, electricity, change ... and we are going to hold our refugee crisis,” “The most damning indictment of education and health services taxed governments responsible,” Kennedy said. Kerry Kennedy Kennedy said on today’s so-called techno-civilized world under the weight of hosting more than She pledged to present the issue to March 24 to an can be summed up in three stark and 1.2 million Syrian refugees and thousands the Group of 20 nations, which represent audience that included Nobel laureates, savage words: Slavery still exists,” he of Iraqis, Yemeni and Libyans fleeing the world’s largest economies and the global leaders and children concerned said. conflicts. European Union. about child trafficking, trauma and abuse “What is even more shameful is that “One of the basic tenets of Prince Ali said summit stemming from the violence. “We have children are the worst victims of this. A Catholicism is caring for those who are recommendations also were to be not done what we should to stop that large number of children are not safe. suffering,” Kennedy, president of Robert presented to “international organizations, violence, and we can do that more all over They are seeking refuge. They are forced F. Kennedy Human Rights and author of including United Nations agencies, the world.” from their homes and their countries. Being Catholic Now, told Catholic News and world leaders for adoption and The March 24-27 summit convened Their education is jeopardized. Their Service. implementation in their respective by Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan health is in danger. We cannot wait,” “It’s especially meaningful to me to be countries.” and Kailash Satyarthi of , co-winner Satyarthi said. here during Holy Week in this Holy Land “Children cannot wait,” Satyarthi of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in this Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai of of Jordan where so many stories from the added. “This is a political and moral Dead Sea community called for an action Pakistan shared the Nobel Peace Prize took place,” Kennedy said. urgency. If we collectively protect one plan to protect children on the move, for their work to end the suppression of “We are standing 10 minutes away generation, then other generations will be especially as forced migrations worldwide children and young people and to promote from where Jesus was baptized by able to protect themselves.” † The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Page 9 Guide to assist parishes, individuals in studying pastoral letter

By Natalie Hoefer pastoral study guide. Separate questions are provided for adults and for youths and young adults. The archdiocesan Office of Catechesis has developed a One section of questions exists for ‘The pastoral letter study guide is a concise, six-page study guide for parish or individual use each of the six topics addressed in the great resource that can be used in the in reflecting upon and implementing Archbishop Charles archbishop’s pastoral letter: Human spiritual formation process to assist C. Thompson’s recently released document, “We are One Dignity; Plight of Immigrants, parishes as they prayerfully reflect on in Christ: A Pastoral Letter on Fundamentals of Christian Migrants and Refugees; Drug Abuse; the importance that every life is sacred Anthropology.” Religious Liberty; and Respect for “I see broad potential for [the guide’s] use, ranging Human Life. and should be treated with from individual reflection to activities and assignments In addition to the questions, great dignity.’ that could be given to groups of young people, and says Ogorek, “with each section everything in we invite people to express their —Theresa Chamblee, between,” says Archbishop Charles desire to learn more about the archdiocesan director of social archdiocesan C. Thompson topic. Also, near the end we concerns director of catechesis invite people to consider what Ken Ogorek, whose additional topics might flow from the foundation that staff compiled the Archbishop Thompson has provided.” We are guide. The archbishop is pleased with the availability of the ONE IN The idea came study guide to accompany his pastoral letter. CHRIST about during “The purpose of a pastoral letter is that it be able an Indianapolis to address particular concerns at any given moment,” us see the face of Christ in those we encounter, and we South Deanery Archbishop Thompson explains. in turn becoming the face of Christ to them,” Chamblee ’ meeting on Feb. 27. “While a pastoral letter does not provide all the explains. “But, before that can truly happen, ongoing “We commented on the pastoral letter that came out in answers on a given subject or circumstance, it is spiritual formation rooted in our Catholic moral and The Criterion [on Feb. 16],” says Father Stephen Banet, meant to prompt further reflection, dialogue and social teachings is key. pastor of St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis and dean of discernment toward better understanding and possible “The pastoral letter study guide is a great resource that the south deanery. “The priests said [a study guide] is solutions,” he notes. “The study guide should help to can be used in the spiritual formation process to assist something they could use in their parishes for discussion.” facilitate a process for both individuals and parishes parishes as they prayerfully reflect on the importance The next day, Father Banet reached out to Ogorek with in this regard, especially in terms of providing that every life is sacred and should be treated with great the idea. some type of local or concrete means of conversion, dignity.” Ogorek and his staff embraced the task and within evangelization and response to the concerns outlined Ogorek cites three primary goals for the guide. three weeks compiled a six-page, downloadable study in the pastoral letter.” “I hope people will get the benefit of hearing directly guide. It includes prayers for possible use before a group When she heard that a study guide was being created, from our chief shepherd and catechist on several or individual reviews the questions provided in the archdiocesan director of social concerns Theresa important topics,” he says. Chamblee was grateful. Secondly, he hopes that “reading and prayerfully “When I begin to speak about the inherent dignity reflecting on the pastoral with the help of this guide will of every person from conception to natural death, I find draw people deeper into relationship with Jesus, because ‘I would hope the guide will help people most people would agree that everyone has the right we know that love of neighbor goes hand in hand with put meat on the bones of what it means to life,” she says. “But where the area becomes gray is love of God.” when social issues in correlation to the right to life are Finally, Ogorek says, “I would hope the guide will to love our neighbor and to live out the discussed.” help people put meat on the bones of what it means to reality that “We are one in She sees the study guide as a useful tool in helping love our neighbor and to live out the reality that ‘We are Christ.” ’ parishes and individuals “tackle some tough life and one in Christ.’ ” dignity issues through the lenses of Catholic social and —Ken Ogorek, archdiocesan moral teaching.” (For a copy of the study guide, go to archindy.org/ director of catechesis One of the ministries Chamblee oversees is catechesis/documents/Pastoral-Letter-Reading-Guide. Catholic Charities’ Parish Social Ministry (PSM). The pdf, or go to archindy.org, select “Catechesis” from the new guide will be a “great resource” in this area, she Offices tab, then click on the “Resources” icon, where says. both the pastoral letter and study guide can be found “A large part of PSM is assisting parishes in growing under “Pastoral Letter.” For those without Internet their charitable outreach to those within their parishes access, call the Office of Catechesis at 800-382-9836, and the surrounding community—basically helping all of ext. 1550, or 317-236-1550.) † Young adults’ document asks Church to welcome, listen, involve them VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Young were named delegates to the meeting by Church to not only hold fast to them amid “We encourage the Church to deepen its people want to know they are valued their national bishops’ conference or by unpopularity, but to also proclaim them understanding of the role of women and members of the Catholic Church, and that the Catholic movements to which they with greater depth of teaching.” to empower young women, both lay and their questions and struggles are taken belong. The role of women in society and in consecrated, in the spirit of the Church’s seriously enough that someone will spend The U.S. Conference of Catholic the Church was another lively topic of love for Mary, the mother of Jesus.” time with them discussing issues rather Bishops sent three delegates to the discussion at the meeting, said Laphidil The young adults said in the document than simply repeating “prefabricated” meeting: De La Salle Christian Brother Twumasi, an immigrant from Ghana to that it does little good when Church responses, said delegates to a meeting in Javier Hansen, who teaches at Cathedral Italy who helped present the document to leaders dance around topics or show Rome. High School in El Paso, Texas; Nick the press on March 24. they are embarrassed by them. “We, the “We need a Church that is welcoming Lopez, director of campus ministry for the For many young people today, the young Church, ask that our leaders speak and merciful, which appreciates its roots University of Dallas; and Katie Prejean- document said, the Church’s treatment of in practical terms about controversial and patrimony and which loves everyone, McGrady, a wife, new mother, youth women is an obstacle to their deciding to subjects such as homosexuality and even those who are not following the minister, and a popular speaker from the remain part of the Catholic community. gender issues, about which young people perceived standards,” said the final Diocese of Lake Charles, La. “The Church can play a vital role in are already freely discussing without document of a pre-synod gathering Chris Russo, a 23-year-old working ensuring that these young people are taboo.” organized by the Vatican on March 19-25. in Boston, represented the Ruthenian not marginalized but feel accepted,” the But the key questions for the young The document reflects the input of Catholic Church. And Nicole Perone, document said. “This can happen when adults was what do young Catholics 305 young adults attending the meeting director of adult faith formation for we seek to promote the dignity of women, need from their elders in the Church, in Rome and some 15,000 young people the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn., both in the Church and in wider society. and why are so many young people in who participated through Facebook represented Voices of Faith, an “One key question arises from these so many countries leaving the Church in groups online. international group that highlights the reflections: What are the places where droves? Released on March 24, it was to be contributions of women in the Church. women can flourish within the Church “Young people who are disconnected presented to Pope Francis at the end of The young adults in Rome and those and society?” it said. The young people from or who leave the Church do so after Palm Sunday Mass the next day and in the Facebook groups recognized that, suggested, “The Church can approach experiencing indifference, judgment and was to be used in drafting the working like in society at large, they have different these problems with real discussion and rejection,” the delegates wrote. “One document for the Synod of Bishops opinions on a variety of issues, including open-mindedness to different ideas and could attend, participate in and leave on young people, faith and vocational “contraception, abortion, homosexuality, experiences.” Mass without experiencing a sense of discernment in October, said Cardinal cohabitation, marriage and how the In their specific discussion of community or family as the Body of , secretary general of priesthood is perceived in different “vocation,” the young adults insisted that Christ. Christians profess a living God, the synod. realities in the Church,” the document the approach must be a holistic one of but some attend Masses or belong to With a frantic pace of life, thousands states. God’s call to each individual to follow communities which seem dead.” of life choices and proponents of different It also says that some “may want the him, rather than being read as a discussion In the document, the young adults asked ideas and ideals battling for their Church to change her teaching” or, at of a call to priesthood or religious life. the Church to be more credible, more attention, young people said what they least, they would like “access to a better And while the document made no honest, more transparent and to continue want most from the Church is “attractive, explanation and to more formation on mention of the ordination of women and to admit its failures and express sorrow for coherent and authentic models,” who these questions.” did not clarify further, the delegates said, the way it has dealt with clerical sexual will accompany them in their search for However, they said, even “young “We recognize in particular the unique abuse and the misuse of wealth. meaning and fulfillment. Catholics whose convictions are in challenges faced by young women as they The humility of the Church, it said, But, they warned, “we need rational conflict with official teaching still desire discern their vocation and place in the “will undoubtedly raise its credibility and critical explanations to complex to be part of the Church.” Church. among the world’s young people. If issues—simplistic answers do not Of course, the document said, one “Just as Mary’s ‘yes’ to God’s call is the Church acts in this way, then it will suffice.” cannot ignore the fact that “many young fundamental to the Christian experience, differentiate itself from other institutions Most of the young people meeting in Catholics accept these teachings and find young women today need space to give and authorities which young people, for Rome are very active in the Church and in them a source of joy. They desire the their own ‘yes’ to their vocation,” it said. the most part, already mistrust.” † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Student play brings Shelbyville parish’s history to life

By Sean Gallagher School was founded in 1873, and how the parish’s current church was constructed in SHELBYVILLE—The founding of the early 20th century. St. Parish in Shelbyville 150 years Father Keucher was determined to ago might seem confined to history books. open up participation in the play to all But the students of the Batesville school students. So its pre-school and Deanery faith community’s school made kindergarten students who couldn’t be it come alive in expected to memorize lines showed up on the St. Joe Show, stage at one point as farm animals on a a play performed farm adjacent to St. Vincent Parish. on March 19, the “I’m very proud of our kids,” feast of St. Joseph, Father Keucher said. “They have worked at the sold-out very hard. And it’s been exciting to see Strand Theater in them become more passionate about their Shelbyville. parish.” The play “It was fun. I’m glad to tell everybody was written by the story of St. Joseph,” said Madeline Fr. Michael Keucher Father Michael Huntsman, a third-grade student at Keucher, St. Joseph’s St. Joseph who played Sister James in the administrator, as one of many ways that play, one of the Oldenburg Franciscan St. Joseph will celebrate in 2018 the sisters who staffed St. Vincent School, 150th anniversary of its founding. the same community that later staffed He was especially excited about having St. Joseph School. Students of St. Joseph School in Shelbyville act on March 19 in a scene from the St. Joe Show some of the youngest members of the Third-grader Charlie Fischer played at the Strand Theater in Shelbyville, a play about the founding of St. Joseph Parish written by its parish bring its history to life. Father Francis Rudolf, St. Joseph’s first administrator, Father Michael Keucher. The students playing Franciscan sisters are Macey Robbins, “We were thinking about all the resident pastor and the founder of its left, Leah Smothers and Molly Johnson. Taylor Abell and Tyler Gwinnup, center, act as the mayor different ways that we can celebrate our school. of Shelbyville and his wife, and Charlie Fischer, at right, plays Father Francis Rudolf, founder of parish’s heritage,” Father Keucher said. “It wasn’t hard,” Charlie said. “It was St. Joseph School and the parish’s first resident pastor. (Photos by Sean Gallagher) “At the same time, we want to open up like we were in the past, in history. I was people’s eyes and get them excited for the nervous at first, but then I wasn’t after I future. I thought that this was a perfect got used to it.” way to do both of those things.” St. Joseph fourth-grader Naomi The St. Joe Show told the story of Garringer played Mother Edna in the how, by the late 1860s, St. Vincent de play, the superior of the Oldenburg Paul Parish in Shelby County a few miles Franciscan sisters who staffed St. Vincent outside of Shelbyville, and the school School. it operated at the time, were filled to “It was very exciting,” Naomi said. overflowing. “It was very nice to have all these people Bishop Maurice de Saint Palais, come to see our show. We’re so lucky to shepherd at the time of the Diocese of have a whole play just about our school.” Vincennes, Ind., which later became the Kelly Connolly was one of nearly Archdiocese of Indianapolis, authorized 370 people who attended the play. Father John Gillig, pastor of St. Vincent, She was excited to see her son Eli, a to seek out land in Shelbyville on which a third‑grade student at St. Joseph, play an new parish could be started. early parishioner in the production. Some townspeople in Shelbyville, “I think it was a great experience for including its mayor at the time, had the kids,” said Connolly. “One, they get reservations about starting a Catholic to learn about the history of the parish. I parish there. But other Christians and really appreciate Father Mike taking the a Jewish town leader reached out to time to research it. It was an educational Students of St. Joseph School in Shelbyville portray residents of the central Indiana town in the late Father Gillig to help make the founding of thing for all of us.” 1860s on March 19 at the Strand Theater in Shelbyville in the St. Joe Show, a play about the founding St. Joseph a reality. Many adult parishioners volunteered of the Batesville Deanery faith community 150 years ago. The students are Carson Badger, left, Jack Catholics of the area are portrayed their time to construct the intricate sets for VanWye, Maria Gil and Sammi Aguilar. supporting the starting of a new parish the play and make its costumes. through their prayers and their physical “Everybody has been stepping forward talent, generosity and heart here in our excited they are to be on stage. They’re efforts to build its original church and to help out in whatever ways that they parish. growing in confidence by being on stage. school. possibly can,” Father Keucher said. “The kids have learned a lot through That excitement is evidence of the Holy The play also recounts how St. Joseph “Thanks be to God that we have all this this. What’s really exciting to see is how Spirit.” †

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And they all, save the beloved , had abandoned The bishops of the Second Vatican Jesus as he was dragged from the garden Council and all since have and nailed to the cross. re-emphasized the ancient teaching that Nonetheless, he commissioned these evangelization is the primary task of the highly flawed people to take the Good Church. In fact, St. John Paul II declared News to all nations. in 1990, “I sense that the moment has To explain why they were and we are come to commit all of the Church’s capable of doing this, let’s analyze the energies to a new evangelization.” role of a witness in a court of law. What’s more, we are also told that all A witness is not charged with making of us, regardless of personality type or a coherent, comprehensive case for or skill set, are called to be evangelizers. This against someone who is on trial. The generally makes Catholics squirm. Most of witness is simply called upon to answer us feel unsuited, unprepared, incompetent. a series of questions of what he or she Can’t we leave this to the clergy and the has seen or heard. The role of witnesses religious education professionals? is simply to tell, when prompted, their The universal call to be evangelizers is experience. nothing new. It comes from Jesus himself and the Apostles were and was issued that first Easter morning. eyewitnesses of the risen Christ. More than He commands the women who are the 500 disciples shared in this experience, first to discover his empty tomb to “go according to St. Paul (1 Cor 15:6). They tell” the disciples what they have seen and could bear witness to seeing him bodily. experienced (Mt 28:10). We, today, obviously cannot. Then it’s the turn of the two disciples But the Gospel, the Good News, is that Pope Francis uses incense to reverence an icon of the risen Jesus at the beginning of a 2016 Easter on the road to Emmaus who hasten back all sin is forgiven through the death and Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The universal call to be evangelizers is nothing new, as it to Jerusalem to tell the Apostles what resurrection of Jesus Christ. He, who will comes from Jesus himself and was issued that first Easter morning. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) happened to them (Lk 24:13-35). A few be the judge, died to acquit us all. People weeks later, the Apostles are told by the have only to accept this forgiveness to The greeting of the Lord to the Apostles take a look at your life. It need not be Lord that they will be his witnesses to the experience freedom and profound peace. gathered in the upper room on Easter perfect. If you are like anyone else, ends of the Earth (Acts 1:8). Peter, Thomas, Mary Magdalene and Sunday afternoon was “peace be with you” your life is full of unresolved problems, Like , we protest that we are not all of the witnesses of the resurrection (Jn 20:19). It’s true that on Pentecost, it was unanswered prayers and faults of various eloquent enough. And we point out that knew the sweetness of his forgiveness in St. Peter who gave the speech that led to the shapes and sizes. we don’t know theology well enough to the face of the bitterness of their sin. And baptism of 3,000 people (Acts 2:14-41). But But if there is a quiet peace beneath refute all arguments and demonstrate the so do we. it was the uncontainable joy and excitement the chaos, if there is joy despite the trials, truth of the faith. And we certainly are not Though the fullness of the risen life is of the 12 disciples that had drawn the crowd your words will get the attention of many. saints yet ... our moral imperfections are, yet to come for us, we have experienced (Acts 2:1-13). And especially, if your face reflects in fact, most embarrassing. being reborn through the resurrection of We all have experienced something the love of the Father (“For God so loved Yet Jesus chose witnesses who were Jesus and his gift of the Holy Spirit, the of the Lord’s mercy, the power of his the world ... ”), if people can feel from uneducated and highly imperfect. It is down payment of the treasure reserved for forgiveness, the movement of the Spirit. you the genuine interest and affection that unlikely that either the Apostles or Mary us in heaven. Each one of us has a story of the impact the Father has for you and for them, then Magdalene had theology degrees from So how do we know the resurrection of of Easter on our lives. your testimony will have a great chance Jerusalem Rabbinical Academy. And, Jesus is for real? We gain assurance of it Being witnesses to the Good News of of touching hearts and inspiring faith. when it comes to sanctity, all but the through the faith given to us by God and Easter means being able and willing simply mother of Jesus fall a bit short. the trustworthiness of sacred Scripture. We to share a bit of our story, to give testimony (Marcellino D’Ambrosio, a.k.a. “Dr. Italy,” Mary Magdalene, just a year or two can also believe in the resurrection because from our experience. People can argue with writes from Texas. For more info about prior to the resurrection, had been running we experience its effect in our lives now opinions and reasoning. But they really his resources and pilgrimages to the Holy around in the company of seven demons. through the peace and joy brought by the can’t argue with someone’s experience. Land, visit dritaly.com or connect with him Peter denied Jesus three times just a few Holy Spirit, our Easter gift. If you want your words to be credible, on Twitter @DrItaly.) † Effective evangelization is rooted in the knowledge of Scripture By Nancy de Flon of the bread—the deed—but they were prepared by his words as he “interpreted On the first Easter Sunday, two of to them what referred to him in all the Jesus’ disciples, disillusioned by the Scriptures” (Lk 24:27) events of the past three days, set out from Their journey has been both a physical Jerusalem for Emmaus, about seven miles journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus and away. On the way, they meet a stranger a journey of spiritual enlightenment as who appears totally unaware of what has they encounter the risen Lord. But this transpired in Jerusalem. encounter isn’t simply a happy reunion; Jesus, they tell the stranger, was “a it prepares them to be Jesus’ witnesses to prophet mighty in deed and word,” an the ends of the Earth. They had a journey earthly hero who, they hoped, would to make—now they have a story to tell. “redeem Israel,” and they seem skeptical The next stage of their journey takes about the report of the empty tomb and them to the place of Jesus’ ascension the women’s “vision of angels” into heaven, and then to the upper room (Lk 24:19, 21-23). in Jerusalem, where the Holy Spirit They invite the stranger to stay with will empower them to fulfill the Lord’s them, because evening draws near. As command to be his witnesses to all nations. they sit down to a meal, he takes, blesses This command extends to us as well. and breaks the bread—and “their eyes And we, too, need to have our eyes opened. [are] opened” and they recognize Jesus Jesus’ explanation of the prophecies (Lk 24:31). presupposed the disciples’ familiarity with Suddenly, he vanishes. the Scriptures. How do we get started? Despite the distance they have already Catholics are blessed to belong to This is an American 18th-century painting entitled “Christ on the Road to Emmaus.” On the first traveled, they return immediately to a liturgical Church, in which the daily Easter Sunday, two of Jesus’ disciples, disillusioned by the events of the past three days, set out Jerusalem to tell the other disciples their and weekend readings for Mass are from Jerusalem for Emmaus, several miles away. On the way, they meet a stranger who appears amazing news. predetermined according to the feasts and totally unaware of what has transpired in Jerusalem. (CNS photo/courtesy National Gallery of Art) When their eyes are opened, it isn’t seasons, so that over the course of a year merely a matter of recognition but of the entire paschal mystery, explained and the Bible at random and reading it of God as well as at the eucharistic table. enlightenment. recounted by the New Testament and set independently of any context. Reading and reflecting on the word When they recognize Jesus in the into a wider context by the Old Testament, A variety of resources, in print and ensures that we get the most out of the breaking of the bread, they see more than unfolds before us. online, are available to help us read the banquet God sets before us. a mighty prophet: They see the risen Lord. There is, as I’ve heard said, a “certain day’s readings before the Mass, many of Once again Jesus has proven himself humility” in letting ourselves be thus which have commentaries to further our (Nancy De Flon is editor-at-large at “mighty in deed and word.” The two guided in our reading of the Scriptures— understanding. Paulist Press and the author of The Joy of disciples recognize him in the breaking rather than picking a passage from At the liturgy, we are fed by the word Praying the Psalms.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith and Family/Sean Gallagher Patty Crowley was most important lay woman of her time Stay close to Mary I’ve been writing about Catholic Pat and Patty Crowley married in 1937. large survey of married couples they had in the ups and downs women this month for Women’s History He became a successful lawyer, and the authorized. It showed how painful, and Month. It occurs to me that three of the couple settled down in Wilmette, Ill. They unsuccessful, most Catholic couples found of parenthood four I wrote about had five children, including an infant who the practice of the rhythm method. were women religious, died. They also took in 14 foster children The commission recommended that Like most parents, my wife Cindy and so I’d better write and adopted one of them. the Church’s teaching on contraceptives I have had many ups and downs in our about another lay CFM began after Pat and Patty met be changed, but two years later Pope Paul life as parents. woman. Burnie and his wife Helene at a Cana issued his encyclical “Humanae Vitae” Over the past Patty Crowley was conference in 1948. They located other upholding the Church’s teaching. Some 15 years, we’ve one of the founders couples who had been meeting to solve 25 years later, in an article in National rejoiced so many of the Christian local problems using Cardijn’s Jocist Catholic Reporter, Patty admitted that, times: welcoming Family Movement Method (observe/judge/act) to solve those because of that decision, “I feel betrayed the births of our five (CFM). Sociologist problems. They then called a national by the Church.” boys; watching them and novelist Father said seminar in 1949 that attracted 59 delegates Pat died in 1974, but Patty continued grow as babies; seeing of her, “In terms of lay activism, Patty from 11 cities. her work for social justice and charity. She them take first steps; was the most important woman of her Pat and Patty were elected executive served on the Chicago Housing Authority experiencing their time, and CFM was the most important secretary couple, and they led the and the Chicago Foundation for Women. personalities starting movement of the preconciliar Church.” movement for the next 20 years. It spread She helped found Deborah’s Place, the to blossom; and CFM began as one of the quickly during the 1950s, eventually largest private, multi-service shelter nurturing the minds and bodies that God lay organizations pioneered in by attracting 125,000 couples in the operation for homeless women in Chicago. gave them in school and athletics. Canon Joseph Cardijn’s Young Catholic United States and 26 foreign countries. In Her daughter, Benedictine Sister Patricia Greatest of all for us has been Workers. Holy Cross Father Louis Putz 1957, Pope Pius XII awarded the couple Crowley, was executive director for a time. accompanying them in their journey brought its principles to the University of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal during Patty remained active until her death in of faith: in baptism, first penance, first Notre Dame, and I was privileged to work the World Congress of the Laity in Rome. 2006 at age 92. Communion, confirmation, as well as with him as a student as he spread the Young In 1964, Pope Paul VI invited them to Meanwhile, CFM still exists, but it worshipping with them at Mass and our Catholic Students movement. CFM started join the Papal Birth Control Commission is much smaller than it was prior to the life of prayer at home. after some of those students married and to advise him on the morality of new , at least in the There have been many trials, too. started families, notably Burnie Bauer in contraceptive methods. At a commission English-speaking world. It appears to be Some are an ordinary part of typical South Bend and Patrick Crowley in Chicago. meeting, Patty presented the results of a stronger in other countries. † family life: illnesses that can spread from one boy to another like wildfire; hourly For The Journey/Effie Caldarola or greater squabbles among the boys; their resisting at times what Cindy and I ask them to do. Accompanying immigrant on his journey is ‘an act of love’ Others are crosses that can feel a little Recently, I was invited by a Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), the For example, surveys show most heavier on our shoulders. Experiencing group working with migrants and “Dreamers” program for young people Americans want a path to legal status for the hospitalization of two of our boys asylum‑seekers to attend a hearing for a who grew up American after being DACA recipients. when they were babies stands out. But Mexican man who brought here illegally by their parents, The Clinton and Bush administrations so do the special challenges that some faces deportation. and the unleashing of Immigration and deported millions. President Barack of them face in their education and The idea is Customs Enforcement (ICE) has the Obama earned the nickname “the deporter relationships. And, as parents, we have to to “accompany” intent, Gessen says, of “deporting the in chief” from immigration groups accompany our boys as they get older and someone on his maximum possible number of people.” because of large deportations. experience hardship as a result of their journey through a People are being arrested at the The difference between the Obama own misguided choices. complex legal system, strangest times: when showing up for an administration’s efforts and now is In light of the daily roller coaster ride to be a supportive asylum application, or when, as a spouse that under Obama there were clearly of fatherhood, my heart and mind turn to presence to him of a U.S. citizen, they come to file their articulated priorities. Mary in a special way at this time of year and his family and initial applications for a green card. Many In announcing his executive action on when we focus our attention on her Son’s to demonstrate to of them have “documents” like temporary immigration, Obama said, “Felons, not passion, death and resurrection. the system that ordinary Americans are visas or even Social Security numbers, families. Criminals, not children. Gang We know Mary was there on Calvary interested and watching. according to Gessen. members, not a mom who’s working hard to witness the cruel death of her Son. In I was torn. I feared getting lost finding Many people fear reporting crime to provide for her kids.” the Stations of the Cross, we meditate on the Homeland Security Administration. It because they think it may result in their Whether those principles were realized how she encountered Jesus as he carried was a rush-hour trek 30 minutes from my own incarceration. is debatable. Whether they are any longer his cross. home. So, being the wimpy procrastinator And since the people being targeted our principles is not. The traditional conclusion that Mary I am, I didn’t commit, but instead told often have legitimate reasons to appeal, The man whose hearing I attended has suffered in her heart the torture that Christ God to wake me up if I should go. the courts are becoming clogged and been in this country 25 years. Employed, bore in his body on that first Good Friday I don’t claim a pipeline to God, but deportations have slowed. he and his wife are in the process of becomes a concrete reality for so many I did wake up early and a little voice of During the 2016 presidential primaries, buying a home. They are parishioners at parents who witness their children suffer conscience badgered me to get out of bed. candidate Jeb Bush was criticized for his a largely Hispanic Catholic parish. Their in body, mind or soul. We have a new hunting season in this 2014 statement that migration is often three American children attended the Sometimes the trials that parents country, and the hunted are virtually “an act of love.” Meaning, people often hearing, observing their father stripped of experience in raising their children can anyone who doesn’t have clear citizenship. flee one country for another to keep his dignity in leg shackles. He has been be so great that they are tempted to give In a Feb. 16 essay in The New Yorker, their families safe and provide them with jailed for six months. up hope that they will ever witness the Masha Gessen says the ultimate effect of economic and educational opportunities. He has little recourse. It’s a broken fulfillment of the dreams they had for our recent war on immigration “is to create That seems obvious. Most Americans system, and Congress will not act. them when they were born. a class of people who are never safe.” would probably agree. We want border At such difficult moments, which most The Trump administration’s security, but we also want a humane system; (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News parents will likely experience at one time abandonment of Deferred Action for not amnesty, but a path to citizenship. Service.) † or another, call on Mary’s prayers, which she’s always ready to offer for us. Who The Human Side/Fr. Eugene Hemrick more than her could have lost hope for a child after what she witnessed in those dark days in Jerusalem? Characteristics needed for authentic dialogue in our times Yet, I firmly believe that, through the In his final address, Cardinal Joseph to the exercise and development of the intimacy and friendship on both sides. It grace of God, she held onto her hope that L. Bernardin said, “A dying person highest spiritual and mental powers a man unites them in a mutual adherence to the the great promises for her Son spoken does not have time for the peripheral possesses.” good, and thus excludes all self-seeking.” to her by the angel at the Annunciation or the accidental. History shows that one of Ulysses Trust bonds hearts, promoting would be ultimately fulfilled. He or she is drawn Grant’s greatest powers as a general heart‑to‑heart conversation. It is the And they were—just three days after to the essential, the was crystal clear orders that left little assurance of openness and authenticity. they seemed to be dashed forever. important—yes, the doubt about their meaning. Carefully The fourth characteristic is prudence. The Gospels do not tell us that the eternal.” crafted ideas have produced some of the The pope wrote, “The person who speaks risen Lord visited his Mother. But it Two days before most unimaginable feats ever, whereas is always at pains to learn the sensitivities seems fitting that he would have. Over he died, Msgr. Philip confusing ideas have sometimes caused of his audience, and if reason demands it, the centuries, many of the faithful have J. Murnion, priest and irreparable damage. he adapts himself and the manner of his held as a pious belief that this happened. I sociologist noted for The second characteristic of dialogue presentation to the susceptibilities and the happen to share it. parish studies, wrote is meekness. Pope Paul proclaimed, degree of intelligence of his hearers.” Whether it happened or not, consider to the U.S. bishops: “It would indeed be a disgrace if our Here we are implored to put ourselves the joy that surely flooded Mary’s heart “If I were to sum up my final plea to dialogue were marked by arrogance. ... in the shoes of another and see life from when she knew that her Son was alive and you, it would be: ‘dialogue, dialogue, It is peaceful, has no use for extreme his or her side. We send the message, “I had conquered death forever. Meditate on dialogue!’ ” For Msgr. Murnion, dialogue methods, is patient under contradiction don’t know everything about you; I am how that joy overflowed when she shared was the linchpin needed to keep our and inclines toward generosity.” earnest in entering into your world.” this moment with his disciples who were Church vital. Simply put, meekness dispels ill If more people made these principles her spiritual children. Soon to be canonized, Pope Paul VI, in dispositions that stifle open conversation. of dialogue their dying wish, ’s Seek to stay close to Mary, then, the encyclical “Ecclesiam Suam,” pointed It is inviting, genuine and warm. vision of swords being bent into parents. She will help you with her to the indispensable role dialogue fulfills The third characteristic of dialogue is plowshares would undoubtedly permeate prayers to carry the crosses that inevitably in creating Church renewal and listed its trust, which Pope Paul points out is “not our lives more fully (Is 2:4). come in life with children. And she will four essential characteristics. only in the power of one’s words, but deepen the happiness you experience in First is clearness above all else. also in the goodwill of both parties to (Father Eugene Hemrick writes for your children’s everyday victories and in Pope Paul lauded it as an “invitation the dialogue. Hence dialogue promotes Catholic News Service.) † the fulfillment of their greatest hopes. † The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Page 13

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, April 2 Friday, April 6 Monday within the Octave of Friday within the Octave of The Sunday Readings Easter Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 Acts 2:14, 22-33 Acts 4:1-12 Psalm 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11 Psalm 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a • Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43 Matthew 28:8-15 John 21:1-14 • 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 • John 20:1-9 Tuesday, April 3 Saturday, April 7 A variety of biblical readings occurs immediately alerted Peter and the other Tuesday within the Octave of Saturday within the Octave of in the course of liturgical celebrations for Apostles to her discovery. Easter Easter Easter. For instance, the Liturgy of the Peter and the Beloved Disciple, believed Acts 2:36-41 Acts 4:13-21 Word for the Easter Vigil is unsurpassed to be St. John, hurried to see for themselves. among all the feasts of the year. The Beloved Disciple saw the empty tomb Psalm 33:4-5, 18-20, 22 Psalm 118:1, 14-15, 16ab-21 These reflections and remembered the Lord’s prophecy of John 20:11-18 Mark 16:9-15 center upon the rising from the dead. readings for the Wednesday, April 4 Sunday, April 8 Eucharist celebrated Reflection Wednesday within the Octave Second Sunday of Easter during the day on The Gospel catches it all. The of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday Easter Sunday. resurrection of Jesus, of course, was an The first reading event utterly unique in earthly history. But Acts 3:1-10 Acts 4:32-35 is from the Acts of for the first Christians, the Lord’s rising Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9 Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 the Apostles. As this had a deeply important meaning. They had Luke 24:13-35 1 John 5:1-6 season continues, most no cause to fear. In Jesus, they would live John 20:19-31 often the Church will forever, come what may on Earth. Thursday, April 5 draw from Acts its first Scriptural reading. This weekend, in celebrating Easter, the In this reading, Peter addresses a crowd in Church stands with Mary Magdalene, Peter, Thursday within the Octave of Jerusalem. His sermon, one of several in the and the Beloved Disciple. He lives! Easter early chapters of Acts, capsulized the Gospel Death has been defeated. We can live Acts 3:11-26 message. Jesus is Lord. John the Baptist eternally. The key to life eternal is in our Psalm 8:2a, 5-9 foretold the coming of Jesus. Jesus was the love for God. Luke 24:35-38 gift and representative of God. Jesus died on The second reading, from St. Paul’s First Calvary for the sins of all humanity. Letter to Corinthians, reinforces the notion After dying on Calvary, Jesus rose and that the Lord’s resurrection has profound Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle was seen by witnesses. The Lord sent the implications for each human being Apostles to proclaim the Gospel as they anywhere and at any time. went into places far and near. St. Paul was justifiably and totally The beatitudes are a helpful aid The reading, while crisp and not too overtaken by the realization that through long, focuses attention upon the Lord. He the incarnation, the fact that in the one to prepare for sacrament of penance redeemed the world through his crucifixion. person of Jesus the nature of God and Jesus then rose from the dead. The human nature coexist, all we humans can Recently, I read an article fact benefited the U.S. economy—with resurrection is more than a pious assertion experience communion with God—if we Qin a Catholic magazine that no adverse impact on employment of some vague, unearthly way to say that turn ourselves to God willingly and truly. suggested that, in addition to the opportunities for those who are native-born. the Lord’s power endures from age to age These readings instruct us. Jesus, of Ten Commandments, we should use through Christianity and its adherents. course, is central. He is Lord. He conquered the beatitudes when examining our A few months ago, I went to Jesus rose from the dead in time and pain and death. His wondrous resurrection conscience before going to confession. Qmy grandnephew’s wedding. He space. Witnesses actually saw the risen Lord. is our guarantee of salvation and everlasting I’m afraid that I am in violation of married outside the Church because his St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians peace. several of the beatitudes because of my Catholic parish wanted $1,000 for them provides the second reading. Paul calls the Human beings also enter the story. views on Deferred to get married there. I was sad for this Corinthian Christians to turn to Jesus. They Today, they are seen in retrospective. Most Action for Childhood couple and embarrassed, too. No wonder are with the Lord. The Lord is with them. are saints, highly venerated persons. In their Arrivals program that many couples choose a non-Church Such is the effect of the incarnation, of the humanity, however, they were as we are. (DACA)—the call to be wedding. This couple does intend to have redemption, and of the personal decision to We benefit from noting their great faith merciful, for example, a priest bless their marriage later, and I turn to God. and hope. Are we able to manifest the same? or to “hunger and pray that they do. (Michigan) The Gospel of St. John furnishes the Do we hold dear in our hearts the trust in thirst for justice.” I feel last reading. It is a triumphant story, Christ that was so vivid among them? that it is wrong when I am truly sorry for your revealing the excitement in which it was Only if we are of the same strong faith immigrants come here Agrandnephew’s experience, and written. Mary Magdalene, forever faithful, can we too know the thrill of declaring, “He illegally and take jobs I regret especially that it resulted in his discovered that Jesus’ tomb is empty. She lives!” † that could be held by being married outside the Church. I, too, valid U.S. citizens. But now I don’t know will pray that they have the marriage whether I can hold that position and still be blessed (“convalidated”) by a priest. a good Catholic. (New Jersey) Some parishes do suggest a certain fee My Journey to God for the use of their church buildings for Using the beatitudes (from the a wedding—especially non-parishioners The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (haiku) AGospel of Matthew 5:3-10) at an historic church or chapel. These to help examine one’s conscience is churches are not charging for the By Benedictine Sister Susan Lindstrom a suggestion often made by Catholic sacrament of marriage, but for the use teachers and preachers. The website of the of the building and are often located in My body and blood U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says inner-city areas and depend heavily on to be shared with gratitude that, prior to the sacrament of penance, such revenues for maintaining the facility. in My memory one should reflect prayerfully on his or With regard to the sacrament of marriage, Longing for support her thoughts, words and actions, and it is customary that a parish will recommend I ask them to pray with Me suggests that this examination “should be a donation to cover maintenance, cleanup they can’t stay awake rooted in Scripture, particularly the Ten and other services. No set amount or range Father, take this cup Commandments and the beatitudes.” is usually given, and it is left to the bride Take My pain and fear away While the Ten Commandments are and groom to decide whether to make a Let Me do Your will expressed mainly as prohibitions (don’t donation, which most couples traditionally Peter, did you hear? steal, kill, lie, etc.) they have always seemed do. I prefer that option, because then the The rooster sadly crowing to me to constitute the minimum of what a offering is more likely to match the couple’s Where are you, My friend? Christian is expected to do. The beatitudes, financial circumstances. You say I’m kingly on the other hand, express in an affirmative In many cases, such donations that are I have never claimed this role way what is required of a follower of Jesus: offered are typically modest, especially in When, then, so much fear? being poor in spirit (not coveting riches), comparison to the couple’s other spending— Each whip stroke shocks Me showing mercy, acting as a peacemaker, etc. particularly on the wedding reception. Never have I known such pain I do not think that a Catholic is obliged Finally, as the U.S. bishops’ God, I need Your strength to support the DACA policy as an article conference’s website foryourmarriage. Heavy wooden cross of faith; like many pieces of legislation org notes, “In no case ... should financial object of ridicule or executive orders, it seeks to integrate circumstances prevent a couple from Source of salvation Christian attitudes with what is politically approaching the Church for marriage.” Woman, claim this son feasible and practically wise—and in so That is consistent with the Church’s Code Son, hold your grieving mother doing admits of differing views. of Canon Law, which directs priests to Travel on in faith (Benedictine Sister Susan Lindstrom is a Clearly, though, the sympathies of take special care “that the needy are Forgive them, Father member of the Our Lady of Grace Monastery Church leaders are on the side of welcoming not deprived of the assistance of the for the mindless things they’ve done in Beech Grove. In the Holy Sepulcher in immigrants. And they take this stance based sacraments because of poverty” (#848). shower them with grace Jerusalem, numerous candles illuminate the on the social teachings of the Church, which Into Your hands, God ornate crucifix marking the spot where it is are in part rooted in the beatitudes. (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth My spirit there will find rest believed Christ was crucified.) As to the letter writer’s concerns about Doyle at [email protected] and My mission is done (File photo by Natalie Hoefer) “taking jobs from Americans,” most of 30 Columbia Circle Dr., Albany, New York the research suggests that DACA has in 12203.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018

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BISCHOFF, Arnold J., 74, HORLANDER, Karl F., St. Nicholas, Ripley County, 54, St. , Feb. 27. Brother of Elaine Indianapolis, March 14. Cornett, Rosalyn Walke, Husband of Amy Horlander. Arthur, Daniel, Eugene, Father of Alison, Julia, Irvin and Victor Bischoff. Lucy, Mary, Clem, Finnian, Uncle and great-uncle of George, Matthieu and several. Thomas Horlander. Son of Mary Horlander. Brother of CHIPLIS, Robert, 96, Jim and Tom Horlander. St. Michael the , Indianapolis, March 9. HRABAK, Louise, 91, Father of Jane Barnett, St. Patrick, Terre Haute, Michelle Beemer, Ann Robert Feb. 21. Stepmother of and Jeffrey Chiplis. Brother of Michael Hrabek. Sister of Thomas Chiplis. Elizabeth Scott, Pauline Stensland and Patrick CHRISTIANSEN, Sharon Conlon. Step-grandmother K., 76, Our Lady of of one. Perpetual Help, New Albany, March 15. Mother of HUDSON, Mavis Rose E., Lodie Jones, Kari Smith 1, St. Patrick, Terre Haute, and Brian Christiansen. Feb. 1. Daughter of Bryan Spring snowstorm and Audrey Hudson. Sister of Pamela Hartfield. A snow-covered cross draped in purple is seen during a snowstorm outside the historic St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Granddaughter of Greg and Grandmother of two. Upper Marlboro, Md., on March 21, the second day of spring. The parish was founded in 1824. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) Great‑grandmother of one. Tina Anderson, Carl Hudson and Linda Hudson. EDELEN, Robert H., III, 93, RALSTON, Carmelita , Greenwood, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, HURST, Marie, 74, (Rafael), 91, Christ the King, Franciscan Sister Teclas New Albany, March 3. Brother St. Patrick, Terre Haute, March 6. Husband of Pauline Indianapolis, March 10. of Virginia Bennett. Uncle of Jan. 7. Sister of Wilma Jean Shotts. Father of Heather Mother of Jeanette Ralston Jaehnen ministered in Catholic several. Llewellyn and Mary Anne Faust, Jason, Michael Jr. Utenick. Aunt of several. Cook, James III and John and Nick Shotts. Son of education and photography EGAN, Daniel W., 74, Ralston. Grandmother of Jean and Meredith Shotts. St. Patrick, Terre Haute, JANSEN, Beth A., 57, three. Franciscan Sister Teclas Jaehnen died on March 11 at Dec. 9. Husband of Mary Jo St. Roch, Indianapolis, Brother of Carol Farnsworth, RISCH, Olive R., 88, the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Egan. Father of Mark, March 8. Wife of James Mary Katherine and Jim St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Third Order of St. Francis in Oldenburg. She was 80. Mike and Scott Egan. Son Jansen. Mother of Nathan Shotts. Grandfather of six. Cambridge City, March 14. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on March 15 at of Margaret Donnenhoffer. Mazza. Daughter of Charles Mother of Amelia Golden, SLAYMON, Edna G., the Motherhouse Chapel in Oldenburg. Burial followed at the Brother of Connie Dawson, Mazza. Sister of Kathryn Dorinda Nick, Stephanie 94, St. Mary, Greensburg, sisters’ cemetery. Carol Taiclet and Clarence Bronkella and Michelle Riggs, Lyla Turner and March 19. Mother of Rose Regina Jaehnen was born on March 11, 1937, in Egan, Jr. Grandfather of Mazza. Step-sister of Debbie Bradley Risch. Sister of Jim eight. Russell, Dale, Danny, Katherine Lux and Phillip Cincinnati. Darrell and Edwards. McElfresh. Step-sister of Kohlstaedt. Sister of Luella She entered the Sisters of St. Francis on Feb. 2, 1955, and GREELEY, Maggie, 90, Grandmother of one. Betty McDivitt. Grandmother Knueven and Richard professed final vows on Aug. 12, 1960. St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, of nine. Great-grandmother KRUER, Jacqueline, 73, Hoff. Grandmother of five. Sister Tecla earned a bachelor’s degree in education at March 17. Mother of Anne of seven. Step-grandmother St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Great‑grandmother of three. Marian University in Indianapolis and a master’s degree with a Fossler. Grandmother of one. of two. Step-great- Floyd County, March 13. grandmother of three. Step- TREGO, Nancy L., 75, concentration in chemistry at Xavier University in Cincinnati. GUNDERSON, Renee Wife of Dennis Kruer. Mother During 63 years as a Sister of St. Francis, Sister Teclas great-great-grandmother of St. Jude, Indianapolis, M., 72, St. Therese of the of Elizabeth Mosier, Cheryl ministered as an educator for 25 years in Catholic schools in Infant Jesus (Little Flower), three. March 15. Wife of Steven Smith, Deborah Zoeller and Indiana, Missouri and Ohio. In the archdiocese, she served at Indianapolis, March 4. SCHINDLER, Gregory Trego. Mother of Mary Michael Kruer. Grandmother St. Mary School in Greensburg from 1957-59, at St. Lawrence Sister of Lynne Ann Schaub, of 10. Great-grandmother of D., 42, St. Mary, Navilleton, Paprocki, Darlene Sharp, School in Lawrenceburg from 1959-62, at Our Lady of Diane and David Gunderson. two. March 16. Father of Bella Gary, Mark and Steven Aunt, great-aunt and and Paxten Schindler. Son of Perpetual Help School in New Albany from 1962-64, at NIEMAN, Mary P., 91, Trego, Jr. Sister of Joyce great‑great-aunt of several. James and Barbara Schindler. the Oldenburg Academy of the in St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby Charleson, Marjorie Brother of Bradley, Jamie and Oldenburg from 1968-69 and at the former St. Mary Academy in HELLMICH, Joan L., County, March 10. Mother Clevenger and Betty Joey Schindler. Indianapolis from 1967-68 and 1973-74. 90, St. Louis, Batesville, of Jean Graham and Paul DeMont. Grandmother of 10. In 1980, Sister Tecla studied photography for a year and March 18. Wife of Tom Nieman. Grandmother of SHOTTS, Jean A., 88, Great‑grandmother of six. Hellmich. Mother of Beth seven. Great-grandmother St. Roch, Indianapolis, served as an audio-visual specialist at Good Shepherd Parish in Williams and Tom Hellmich. of 10. March 8. Wife of Meredith WOODSIDE, John M., Cincinnati and as a photographer for her religious community Grandmother of four. Shotts. Mother of Carol 67, St. Luke the Evangelist, and a freelance photographer for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati PERSONETT, Alma M. Indianapolis, March 12. and the Diocese of Covington, Ky. HOLMES, John J., (Holtel), 79, St. Rose, Farnsworth, Mary Katherine Husband of Mary Jo 94, Christ the King, Knightstown, Dec. 19. Wife and Jim Shotts. Grandmother A diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in 1997 eventually led to Indianapolis, March 17. of Glen Personett. Mother of of 11. Great-grandmother of Woodside. Father of Michael her retirement from photography in 2001. She ministered at the Father of Carol Forbes and Andrew and Barry Personett. 25. Great-great-grandmother Woodside. Brother of Susan motherhouse until 2012. Kathy Sheek. Grandfather Sister of Rita Grote, Rose of two. Lemay, Kathy Young and Surviving is a brother, Paul Jaehnen of Oklahoma. of nine. Great‑grandfather Weigel, Katie and Charles SHOTTS, Michael G., Paul Woodside. Grandfather Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of St. Francis, of 15. Holtel. Grandmother of four. Sr., 68, SS. Francis and of two. † P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036-0100. † Bishops disappointed with Congress’ inaction on Conscience Protection Act WASHINGTON (CNS)—The ensure that no one is forced to participate abortions—in their health care plans.” passed an omnibus appropriations bill chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life in abortion.” The Weldon Amendment, included for fiscal year 2018 that includes the and religious freedom committees said it The statement added that those “inside in the annual appropriation for the language of the Conscience Protection was “deeply disappointing” that Congress and outside of Congress who worked Department of Health and Human Act, but the Senate didn’t pass an omitted the Conscience Protection Act to defeat” this legislation “have placed Services since 2005, already allows appropriations bill. from the congressional funding bill for themselves squarely into the category of health care providers as well as insurance In January, the civil rights office of fiscal year 2018. extremists who insist that all Americans plans to refuse to provide abortions, pay the federal Department of Health and “We call on Congress not to give up must be forced to participate in the violent for them or refer women to abortion Human Services put in place new policies until this critical legislation is enacted,” act of abortion.” clinics. to protect conscience rights and religious said a March 22 joint statement from In early March, the Church leaders The Conscience Protection Act is freedom, a move that won praise from Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, asked U.S. Catholics to contact members aimed at protecting individual physicians, Cardinal Dolan and Archbishop Kurtz. chairman of the bishops’ Committee of Congress urging them to enact the nurses or other health care professionals But they also said a legislative solution on Pro-Life Activities, and Archbishop Conscience Protection Act, stressing who refuse to assist in abortions when was needed. Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., chair that “increasing and fierce attacks on asked to do so by their employers. It takes “Conscience protection should not of the Committee for Religious Liberty. conscience rights regarding abortion cry the core policy of Weldon—protecting be subject to political whims, however. The Church leaders said the legislation out for an immediate remedy.” those who decline to perform, pay Permanent legislative relief is essential,” is “an extraordinarily modest bill that “Nurses and other health care providers for, refer for, or provide coverage for the committee leaders said in a statement proposes almost no change to existing and institutions are being forced to abortion—and writes it into permanent in January. They urged action on the conscience protection laws on abortion choose between participating in abortions law. Conscience Protection Act to give victims laws that receive wide public and or leaving health care altogether,” they The measure was introduced in the of discrimination “the ability to defend bipartisan support.” said in a March 6 statement. They also House by Rep. Diane Black, R-Tennessee, their rights in court.” They also said it aims to “provide said “churches and pro-life Americans and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, “No one should be forced to violate victims of discrimination with the ability are being forced to provide coverage for and in the Senate by Sen. James their deeply held convictions about the to defend their rights in court to help elective abortions—including late-term Lankford, R-Oklahoma. The House sanctity of human life,” they added. † The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Page 15 Dialogue seeks to unite churches as ‘the One Body of Christ’

By Patricia Happel Cornwell Rev. Gambrell started at the beginning of Special to The Criterion a faith life: baptism. “As sisters and brothers in Christ NEW ALBANY—Cardinal Joseph sharing a common baptism, we are E. Ritter, who died in 1967, is well known deeply committed to the full unity of for championing to eradicate racism in the the Church,” Rev. Gambrell told the United States. approximately 50 attendees. Perhaps not so well known are his He noted that the churches ecumenical efforts to promote unity participating in the dialogue have among all Christians. In June of 1965, he acknowledged that a valid baptism became what is believed to be the first must include the use of water and Catholic in America to deliver the the invocation of the three persons of commencement address at a Protestant the Trinity. Thus among the churches seminary graduation. The seminarians involved, a person baptized in one were Presbyterian. need not be re-baptized when joining How fitting, then, that two Presbyterian another. ministers recently spoke at the Cardinal Rev. Campbell, who served as Ritter Home in New Albany on the co-chair of the eighth round of dialogues, continued efforts today to further continued the list of similarities. The Christian unity that build upon the legacy churches, she said, agree that the essence of the former archbishop of Indianapolis. of the true Church is based on “the One of them, Rev. Dr. David Gambrell, true preaching of the word, the right put the matter in historical perspective. administration of the sacraments, and “It’s time to reconsider our history ecclesial discipline. and not continue to fight the battles of “The word is what gives the Church the 16th century,” he said, noting that the its identity. Our work is the proclamation At the Cardinal Ritter House annual Irish lecture on March 15, Janice Cooley, right, and Joan abuses that led to the Reformation no of the word. The Church is a sign of Gilley inspect Guy Tedesco’s clay model of a planned lawn sculpture group of Cardinal Joseph longer exist. real union with Christ, and it bodily E. Ritter and children pulling down a wall symbolic of discrimination. Both are members of Our Lady incorporates Christ’s presence in the of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany. (Photos by Patricia Happel Cornwell) ‘Committed to full unity’ community.” The ministers delivered a talk called declaration, all the churches represented “Toward the One Body of Christ: ‘Fruits of the dialogues’ acknowledge that “salvation is always a Roman Catholic-Reformed Dialogue in Agreements reached through the gift of God.” the United States” at the sixth annual ecumenical dialogues go back to the early Cardinal Ritter House Irish coffee lecture years of the talks. ‘The problem no longer exists’ on March 15 in New Albany. “One of the first fruits of the dialogues There has not been as much progress A fruit of the Second Vatican Council, can be found in a common lectionary, regarding Communion, Rev. Gambrell the dialogues have been occurring since the way Scripture readings are chosen said, “but there is a lot of consensus about the council ended in 1965. They include for liturgy,” Rev. Gambrell said. He Eucharist being a remembering of Jesus the United States Conference of Catholic noted the current Catholic lectionary was Christ.” Bishops and four denominations in developed in 1969, following the Second On the issue of the Real Presence and the Reformed tradition, including the Vatican Council, and was adapted for “how Christ is present,” there is still not Presbyterian Church USA. use by the Presbyterian Church in 1970. agreement, he added. That’s where the two speakers come Both churches follow a three-year cycle Ordination of clergy is another topic of in—both Presbyterian ministers were with three readings and a psalm for each progress with room to grow closer. involved in the eighth round of official service. The participants in the eighth dialogues, which spanned from 2012-17. “For three decades now,” he noted, round of talks noted “how very Rev. Gambrell serves as associate for “Catholics and Protestants have been similar ordination rites are in all our worship in the Presbyterian Church USA’s hearing the same readings every Sunday.” churches,” Rev. Campbell said. “We The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Campbell and the Office of Theology and Worship. He is Liturgical texts shared by Catholics recommended that ministers from Rev. Dr. David Gambrell, two Presbyterian also co-editor of a revision to the Book of and Protestants include the wordings of other denominations be invited to ministers, wait to be introduced before Common Worship and author of Breathing the Lord’s Prayer, the Kyrie, the Gloria, participate in one another’s ordination delivering their shared lecture, “Toward the One Spirit into Dust, a collection of hymn the Creed and other prayers. ceremonies.” Body of Christ,” at the annual Cardinal Ritter texts. Rev. Gambrell mentioned a significant A final agreement that evolved out of House Irish coffee event in New Albany on His co-presenter, Rev. Dr. Cynthia point of agreement arising from the the most recent talks, she said, was the March 15. Campbell, is pastor of Highland dialogues: the Joint Declaration on the participating churches’ emphasis that “the Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Ky., Doctrine of Justification, promulgated in Church is the whole body of Christ, not (The Cardinal Ritter Birthplace and former president of McCormick 1999, which he said addressed an issue just the clergy.” Foundation was founded in 2004 to Theological Seminary in Chicago. that “most divided the Church in the The group recommended seeking preserve the cardinal’s birthplace and She is also author of two books, Reformation—the issue of faith versus “the ultimate goal [of] full communion,” promote his legacy of social justice. 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Fred+SonsAd_Criterion_3.375x2.indd 1 2/12/18 2:01 PM Page 16 The Criterion Friday, March 30, 2018 Catholic students join peers From the in march against gun violence WASHINGTON (CNS)—In the hall of alive or with a bullet wound.” Bishop Simon Bruté ARCHIVES Holy Trinity Parish in Washington, elders Others, such as Diego Garcia, a handed markers to younger members of 16-year-old from Chicago’s Brighton Park the parish as they filled in posters with the neighborhood, who organized a group Gospel-based message from the Book of of 50 students from his parish to join the Isaiah that they wanted others to see at the Washington march in solidarity with the March for Our Lives event the next day: Parkland students, said he was concerned “And the children will lead us” (Is 11:6). about the safety of his younger peers. The young Catholics joined the tens “I have two brothers and younger of thousands of students from across the friends. I don’t want anything to happen country who participated on March 24 to any of them,” he said. in a massive demonstration along Though he is not old enough to vote, Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue, the he wanted lawmakers to hear his voice, main road that connects the White House and his pastor helped him do that. to the U.S. Capitol, where both houses of “I’m not 18 so I thought, what can I Congress meet—the institutions many of do?” he said. “I spoke to my priest and them say are to blame for countless young he said, ‘I’ll give you the opportunity to lives lost over the years to gun violence. speak.’ ” By talking to parishioners and The event was organized by survivors making a 34-second video that has been and friends of those who died at Florida’s viewed more than 257,000 times so far, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School he was able to raise enough donations on Feb. 14. A former student shot and for his group to travel to the march in killed 17 people that day, including an Washington. assistant coach and the school’s athletic Though older students say they plan to director. Several more were injured in make their voices heard with their votes the latest mass shooting to take place at a at the ballot in local and national races, he school. Those who showed up to the march said he is encouraging his younger friends Solemn Communion Class at St. Andrew Parish in Richmond said they were there to support the march that “no matter what age you are, you can organizers and to applaud their effort. be a leader in your community.” This photo was taken of the solemn Communion class at the former St. Andrew Parish “They were the spark … finally It was a message not lost on 12-year‑old in Richmond on May 31, 1942. In 1910, Pope St. Pius X published a decree stating someone had to do something about it,” Samantha Field, a student at Nativity that children should receive their once they had attained the age said Sofia Alpizar, a student at George Catholic School in Burke, Va., who was of reason, usually around age 7. Prior to that time, it was customary for children to Washington University. She was in the holding a sign outside St. Patrick’s that receive their first Communion at an older age. pews at St. Patrick’s Parish watching her read: “Your right to own an assault rifle When an earlier first Communion became more common, many parishes retained younger sister Viviana Alpizar and other does not outweigh my right to live.” the practice of a special “solemn Communion” for older children. This ritual was Catholic school students who had gathered What prompted her to take action, she often combined with a consecration to the Blessed Mary. At one time, solemn for reflection and Mass before taking to the said, was having a cousin in preschool Communions were common in parishes throughout central and southern Indiana, but streets. who had to practice a drill in case of a the custom largely ceased by the 1960s. “Don’t let this march be the only thing school shooting. She hoped for a day when you do,” Viviana Alpizar implored, as children like her cousin don’t have to be (Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact other students shared some of the reasons thinking about the violence that could archdiocesan archivest Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or why they were participating. befall them in a place that should be safe. by e-mail at [email protected].) Stephon Wheaton, a 17-year-old from Though students were the protagonists Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in of the demonstration—which spawned Takoma Park, Md., said he was participating similar marches throughout the country— because he had lost his best friend, his many parents and grandparents joined Final brother, to gun violence, a death that left them. him feeling “mad, frustrated and alone.” Younger Catholics had the added Four J’TA Freeman, a junior at support of members of their spiritual Bishop McNamara High School, told communities, including priests, and men bound those gathered at St. Patrick’s that she and women religious, as well as various Sister Jean Dolores experienced gun violence at age 4, when social justice organizations that showed Schmidt, 98, a member of “somebody brutally murdered my uncle.” up to support them. the Sisters of Charity of Violence in the streets and violence in A group from a parish in Maryland the Blessed Virgin Mary schools come from the same source, she carried signs during the demonstration, and longtime chaplain said, and something must be done. including one with the image of Blessed of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball “Bullets have no name, they have no Oscar Romero, whose feast day fell on team and campus icon, race, no gender … they don’t care who the day of the march. The Salvadoran gives a thumbs up after you are. They will hit any and everybody,” archbishop, too, was killed by gunfire on the team defeated the she said. “We need to take these guns off March 24, 1980, while celebrating Mass. University of Nevada Wolf the streets.” Some bishops took to Twitter to Pack in the semifinals of Referencing the alleged gunman in express support for the young participants. the South regional of the the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, she Chicago’s Cardinal Blase J. Cupich 2018 NCAA Tournament said, “It should not be that easy for a said via Twitter he was blessing local on March 24 in Atlanta. 19-year‑old male to put a gun into a guitar “youth joining the March for Our Lives Two days later, the case, get in an Uber, go to the school” and in Washington, D.C. Let us listen to the team beat Kansas State University to reach the snuff out lives so easily. voice of our young people and support Final Four. “It is not OK, it should never be OK. stronger gun-safety measures.” (CNS photo/Brett Davis-USA After this march, I hope, we will need to Also via Twitter, Boston’s Cardinal Sean TODAY Sports via Reuters) take action. The people in charge, they P. O’Malley spoke about the “extraordinary need to hear us,” she said. role” of the Florida students “in focusing the It’s “not OK” that parents like hers mind of the country on this critical social saint mary-of-the-woods, indiana should have to wonder if “I’m going to problem,” and said it “should be a sign of go to school, and I’m going to come back hope for all of us.” † An Introduction to

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