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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In the light of “a worrying negative prejudice” against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document affirming the absolute secrecy of everything said in confession and calling on priests to defend it at all costs, even at the cost of their lives. Pope Francis The need for the absolute secrecy of confession “comes directly from revealed divine law and has its roots in the very nature of the sacrament to the point that no exception whatsoever can be admitted in the ecclesial sphere and even less in the civil one,” a new Vatican document said. The “note of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the importance of the internal forum and the inviolability of the sacramental seal” was approved by Pope Francis on June 21 and published by the Vatican on July 1. The note was signed by Archbishop Charles C. Thompson looks on as Gina Fleming, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, speaks during Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of the a June 27 media gathering at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican court dealing with matters of conscience. Some recent challenges to the secret of confession have come from states Archbishop Thompson, archdiocesan school trying to react to the Catholic Church’s clerical sexual abuse crisis, the note superintendent address issues involving acknowledged. The document did not mention any specific proposed legislation, such as that working its way through Brebeuf and Cathedral high schools the California legislature or proposed in By Natalie Hoefer and John Shaughnessy teaching on the dignity of marriage as before some sad, hard decisions have to Australia in response to a government one man and one woman. That is our be made.” inquiry into the sex abuse crisis. Noting that he tries to be Church teaching. The archbishop shared these “The priest, in fact, comes to know of “Christ‑centered” in every decision “In this particular case we’re dealing comments during a meeting with the sins of the penitent ‘non ut homo sed he makes, Archbishop Charles with, those are ministers in our Church. reporters inside SS. Peter and Paul ut Deus’—not as a man, but as God— C. Thompson stressed two major points Teachers, guidance counselors, other Cathedral. Superintendent of Catholic to the point that he simply ‘does not as he met with reporters on June 27. leaders, leaders of the schools and other schools Gina Fleming joined the know’ what was said in the confessional The news gathering was to leaders in the archdiocese are bound to archbishop in responding to questions. because he did not listen as a man, discuss the recent choices made live out these principles.” Here are some of the major points but precisely in the name of God,” the by Cathedral High School and On June 20, Brebeuf announced its made by Archbishop Thompson and Vatican document said. Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School decision to continue the employment Fleming: “A confessor’s defense of the concerning expectations of teachers, of a teacher in a same-sex marriage—a sacramental seal, if necessary, even to the guidance counselors, administrators and choice that resulted in the archdiocese The influence of Pope Francis. See CONFESSION, page 2 other leaders in Catholic schools. no longer recognizing the school as Comments by Archbishop Thompson Both choices by the two Indianapolis Catholic. “I’d like to point out that private schools involved teachers in On June 23, Cathedral announced Pope Francis uses that wonderful word, same-sex marriages. that it had rescinded the contract of a ‘accompaniment.’ He’s given us some The schools’ choices were made teacher in a same-sex marriage because wonderful images to work with, and it’s in relation to the archdiocese’s of the contract’s morality clause. the wonderful tone of the Church. But requirement that all Catholic schools The archbishop noted that in both we have to understand accompaniment. must state in their contracts that these situations involving the teachers, the Accompaniment implies movement. “ministerial witnesses” must “convey archdiocese only responded when the Pope Francis says you meet people and be supportive of all teachings of the situations were brought to its attention. where they are, but we don’t leave them Catholic Church,” including its teaching “This is not a witch hunt. We don’t there. We have to accompany them. on the “dignity of marriage as one man go looking for these situations,” he said. “We walk them more fully toward and one woman.” “When they’re brought to my attention Christ. But I think sometimes people Making his first point, the archbishop though, it is my responsibility, my hear accompaniment as, ‘meet people said, “I should tell you, I’m from a big duty to oversee the living of the faith, where they are, and just accept them family. I’ve got dear family members, especially of all ministerial witnesses. right there.’ We’re called to do more dear friends with same-sex attraction. “Our first desire is how do we than that. Our society places great So it’s as personal to me as it is to help reconcile the person’s situation emphasis on tolerance. It’s kind of like, anyone. And they know I love them with the Church’s teaching. When ‘live and let live.’ But Jesus calls us to unconditionally. And they know I it comes to us that there’s a public more than tolerance. Jesus calls us to respect their dignity as a person.” situation that’s contrary to the Church’s love. And love is sacrificial. The second point focused on Church teaching, that’s when we address it,” “Jesus says we have to sacrifice our teaching on marriage. Archbishop Thompson continued. own lives, sacrifice our own well-being While stressing that “one’s [sexual] “We’re trying to address how to for the sake of the Gospel. So our goal orientation is not a sin,” the archbishop reconcile it in order to go forward. is how do we lead people to Christ as said the issue involving the two schools There come moments however when best we can. These are difficult times. “is about public witness of Church you can only accompany people so far See MEDIA, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019

Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson ______July 6, 2019

July 6 – 5:30 p.m. Wedding at St. Boniface Church, Louisville, Ky. (Schedule subject to change.)

sacramental forgiveness, although sincere CONFESSION repentance and a resolution to not sin continued from page 1 again are part of “the very structure” of the sacrament. point of shedding blood,” the note said, When the victim of a crime mentions “is not only an obligatory act of allegiance it in confession, the document said, the Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria, Ill., looks on as Joan Sheen Cunningham, niece of the late to the penitent but is much more: it is confessor should instruct the person about Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, sprinkles holy water on the new tomb bearing the remains of her uncle a necessary witness—a martyrdom—to his or her rights and about the practical at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on June 27. Archbishop Sheen’s remains were transferred from the unique and universal saving power of steps the person can take with both civil St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City to the Peoria cathedral. (CNS photo/Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post) Christ and his Church.” and Church authorities to report the The new Vatican document also crime. placed the question of secrecy in the “We must be watchful that the Archbishop Sheen’s remains moved larger context of a “cultural and moral sacramental seal is never violated by ‘involution’ ” that seems incapable of anyone and that the necessary reserve to Peoria; sainthood cause is reopened “recognizing and respecting” essential connected to the exercise of Church PEORIA, Ill. (CNS)—As a small Bishop Jenky encouraged prayers elements of human existence and life in ministers is always jealously safeguarded, group of witnesses silently looked on, for Archbishop Sheen’s cause and the Church. having as its only purpose the truth the mortal remains of Archbishop Fulton expressed the hope that a beatification Too often, it said, “the judgment of and integral good of the person,” the J. Sheen were interred at St. Mary’s ceremony could be scheduled in Peoria public opinion” is invoked as the highest document said. Cathedral in Peoria late in the afternoon during the 100th anniversary year of court, and people feel free to publish or “Any political action of legislative of June 27, completing a transfer from Archbishop Sheen’s priestly ordination. broadcast anything with the excuse of initiative aimed at breaking the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York that Archbishop Sheen was ordained on letting the public be the judge without inviolability of the sacramental seal,” it began early that morning. Sept. 20, 1919. concern for a person’s conscience, said, “would be an unacceptable offense Peoria Bishop Daniel R. Jenky was Present at both the disinterment of her reputation and right to defend him- or against the liberty of the Church, which among those present as the casket uncle’s remains in New York and their herself. does not receive its legitimacy from arrived by hearse at the cathedral where arrival at the cathedral in Peoria was Joan “In such a context,” the note said, individual states, but from God.” Archbishop Sheen was ordained a priest Sheen Cunningham, Archbishop Sheen’s “there seems to be confirmation of a The note from the Apostolic nearly a century ago. closest living relative who petitioned the certain worrying negative prejudice Penitentiary said the secrecy extends The bishop blessed with holy water New York court system for the transfer in against the Catholic Church,” both to communications between a person a container holding the casket as it was 2016. because of “the tensions that can be seen and his or her spiritual director when carried up the cathedral steps by nine Efforts by the New York Archdiocese within the hierarchy and resulting from dealing with matters of conscience. seminarians, and again after it was placed and the trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral the recent scandals of abuse horribly In fact, it noted Church practice that in a new tomb at a side altar dedicated to block the transfer ended when the perpetrated by some members of the spiritual directors of seminarians, like to Mary under the title of Our Lady of New York Court of Appeals rejected their clergy.” their confessors, are not permitted to Perpetual Help. final appeal on June 7. The archdiocese The prejudice, it said, “sometimes intervene in seminary staff discussions Earlier in the day, Bishop Jenky has since cooperated with the Diocese of translates into an unjustifiable ‘demand’ about whether a candidate should be announced that the sainthood cause Peoria in ensuring the transfer followed that the Church itself, in some matters, ordained. for the famed preacher, media pioneer, both civil law and Church law. conform its own juridical system to the And, it said, the same kind of author and missionary had resumed Among the Church law requirements civil laws of the states in which it lives as “professional secret” or confidentiality after being suspended for five years was that the transfer be done without the only possible ‘guarantee of honesty found in relations between some pending the resolution of a legal dispute any solemnity. It was not publicized in and integrity.’ ” professionals and their clients or over the location of Archbishop Sheen’s advance, and no liturgical ceremony or The Catholic Church “always has patients is valid also for Church remains. public gathering took place during the safeguarded the sacramental seal with all officials acting on behalf of the Vatican The Peoria Diocese opened transfer. However, after the diocesan its moral and juridical strength,” the note in certain cases, particularly when Archbishop Sheen’s cause for interment, Bishop Jenky led the small said. “It is indispensable for the sanctity the case is covered under “pontifical canonization in 2002. His heroic virtue group of priests, women religious and of the sacrament and for the freedom of secret.” † and life of sanctity were recognized in officials present in a song to Mary. conscience of the penitent.” 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI, who granted “Let us conclude as I know Fulton Sheen When administering the sacrament of him the title “Venerable.” would want us to,” said Bishop Jenky as he reconciliation, it said, a priest acts not as Official Appointments Since his death on Dec. 9, 1979, at age began to sing the “Salve Regina.” himself but “in the person of Christ.” Not 84, Archbishop Sheen had been interred “I thought everything done here was only is he not free to divulge anything Effective August 7, 2019 in a basement crypt under the main altar perfect, just perfect,” Cunningham said about the confession to anyone, including of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. afterward. “Very reverent. I know my the penitent outside the confessional, but Mary Clare Schaffner appointed to a Diocese of Peoria officials are hopeful uncle would like it, and I’m sure he’s he even is “obliged to suppress every three-year term as parish life coordinator that Pope Francis will soon receive sleeping very peacefully.” involuntary memory of it.” of St. Agnes Parish in Nashville. evidence of an alleged miracle attributed While Cunningham and her son, A refusal to reveal what was said in to Archbishop Sheen’s intercession. Paul—who also was present—both live in a confession can never be described as Very Rev. Daniel J. Staublin, VF, Already approved by medical experts New York, she noted Archbishop Sheen complicity with or covering up evil, the appointed priest moderator of St. Agnes and theological advisers to the Vatican’s “has a tremendous amount of family” in note said, insisting that confession is “the Parish in Nashville while continuing his Congregation for Saints’ Causes, it his native Peoria area who are pleased at one real antidote to evil” because it is the assignments as pastor of St. Ambrose involves the healing in 2010 of a newborn the return of his remains and the effort the place where a person can abandon him- or Parish in Seymour and Dean of the infant who was without vital signs for Diocese of Peoria has made to that end. herself to God and repent. Seymour Deanery. more than 60 minutes. While the events surrounding the The document specified that when a Authentication of the miracle by transfer were kept private and discreet, penitent confesses to a sin that is a crime, (These appointments are from the office Pope Francis could then lead him to call the public was invited to visit the tomb the priest can never make turning him- or of the Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, for Archbishop Sheen’s beatification. starting on June 28. † herself in a condition of being granted Archbishop of Indianapolis.) †

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Meridian St. • Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Page 3 Pope Francis gives relics of St. Peter to Orthodox patriarch VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In Patriarch Bartholomew had sent a what Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch delegation led by Archbishop Job of Bartholomew of Constantinople described Telmessos to the Vatican for the feast day as a “brave and bold” gesture, Pope celebrations. After the solemn Mass, Pope Francis gave the patriarch a famous Francis and Archbishop Job went down to reliquary containing bone fragments St. Peter’s tomb under the high altar to pray. believed to belong to St. Peter. Then, the archbishop recounted, Pope The only time the bronze reliquary has Francis asked him to wait for him because been displayed publicly was in November he had a gift for his “brother” Patriarch 2013, when Pope Francis had it present for Bartholomew. The pope came back public veneration at the closing Mass for the and led the archbishop to his little blue Year of Faith, opened by Pope Benedict XVI. Ford Focus and they were driven to the The bronze case contains nine of Apostolic Palace. the bone fragments discovered during They entered the chapel of the old excavations of the necropolis under papal apartment, where Pope Francis St. Peter’s Basilica that began in the 1940s. chose not to live, and “the pope took the In the 1960s, archaeologist Margherita reliquary that his predecessor Paul VI had Guarducci published a paper asserting placed in the little chapel and offered it to that she had found St. Peter’s bones near his guest,” according to Vatican News. the site identified as his tomb. “For us, this was an extraordinary and While no pope has ever declared unexpected event that we could not have the bones to be authentic, St. Paul VI hoped for,” Vatican News quoted the announced in 1968 that the “relics” of archbishop as saying. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople prays before a reliquary containing bone shards St. Peter had been “identified in a way He phoned Patriarch Bartholomew as that are believed to belong to St. Peter on June 30 in Istanbul, Turkey. Pope Francis gave the reliquary, which we can hold to be convincing.” soon as he could to tell him the news. commissioned by St. Paul VI, to the patriarch. (CNS photo/courtesy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) Pope Paul took nine of the bone Arrangements quickly were made for fragments, commissioned the bronze Msgr. Andrea Palmieri, undersecretary concrete unity,” Archbishop Job said. fragments of the relics of St. Peter. reliquary, and kept the relics in his private of the Pontifical Council for Promoting At a ceremony on June 30 to “I was deeply moved,” the patriarch chapel in the papal apartments. Christian Unity, to accompany the relics receive the relics and venerate them, said, according to the news published on Pope Francis removed them from the to the Phanar, the Orthodox patriarchate’s Patriarch Bartholomew said, “Pope the patriarchate’s Facebook page along chapel on June 29, the feast of saints headquarters in Istanbul. Francis made this grand, fraternal and with 15 photos. “It was a brave and bold Peter and Paul. It was “another gigantic step toward historic gesture” of giving the Orthodox initiative of Pope Francis.” † Holy Father to celebrate Mass with migrants, refugees on July 8 VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis population of 6,000 and just 70 miles Upon her arrival at the port, Carola work of rescue volunteers who risk their will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica from Tunisia, after seeing newspaper Rackete, the captain, was arrested on lives to save others. with migrants, refugees and volunteer headlines describing the drowning of June 29 by Italian authorities and could During a 2018 Mass commemorating rescue teams, the Vatican said. immigrants at sea. face three years to 10 years in prison. the fifth anniversary of his visit to According to the Vatican, the Mass While celebrating Mass there, While Italian Interior Minister Matteo Lampedusa, the pope expressed his on July 8 will mark the sixth anniversary Pope Francis said the purpose of his Salvini applauded her arrest, several gratitude to a Spanish rescue team of the pope’s visit to the southern Italian visit was not only to pray for those who European countries denounced her stationed in the Mediterranean Sea “for island of Lampedusa. lost their lives at sea, but also “to try to detainment, stating that as a ship captain, embodying in our day the parable of “Around 250 people will participate awaken people’s consciences.” Rackete fulfilled her duty by rescuing the the good Samaritan, who stopped to in the celebration,” which will take place “Maybe we think, ‘Oh, poor soul,’ migrants. save the life of the poor man beaten by at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s but we continue on our way,” he said. 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Opinion Be Our Guest/Sr. Constance Veit, L.S.P. Learning to listen

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher and listening to learn Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus In June, we observed the 75th anniversary let them sink in, even though they are much of D-Day, the massive invasion in longer than what we are used to in the social Normandy, France, that led to the Allied media. We have to realize that the wisdom victory in Europe needed for life bursts the confines of our Editorial in World War II. present-day media resources” (#195). Extensive media How well our Holy Father understands coverage allowed us the tendency of our media-saturated to participate in the culture to render us impatient and events surrounding this inattentive to those in whose company we anniversary from afar. find ourselves as we incessantly fix our I was touched by eyes on our mobile devices! several stories of But listening is a two-way street. The French young people pope also tells older adults that they who tend the graves must know how to listen to the young of the fallen at the Normandy American and offer themselves as role models! He cemetery, as well as a group of high speaks of listening and accompaniment as school students in North Carolina who charisms in the Church—gifts given to an raised $25,000 to send two veterans to individual for the good of all. Normandy for the celebrations. A group of delegates to last October’s I was especially struck by one of the “Synod on Young People, the Faith and speakers who suggested that we should Vocational Discernment” specified what honor the D-Day survivors and learn from they look for in role models. The qualities them by listening to them and sharing with of a good mentor, they said, include: “being them. “A continual challenge that we must a faithful Christian who engages with all acknowledge is that we must learn from the Church and the world; someone who the past,” he said. “And a great part of constantly seeks holiness; someone who is a that is that we need to listen—to listen to confident without judging” (#246). those who fought, and importantly, to be Similarly, “someone who actively U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 30 in continually reminded of why they fought.” listens to the needs of young people and Panmunjom, South Korea, at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas. After praying the Listening in order to remember and responds in kind; someone deeply loving Angelus with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on June 30, Pope Francis called the historic learn from the past—this is also a constant and self-aware; someone who recognizes meeting a “good example of a culture of encounter.” (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters) theme in the writings of Pope Francis, his or her limits and knows the joys and especially “Christus Vivit,” his recent sorrows of the spiritual journey.” apostolic exhortation on young people. The young people said that an especially President Trump, Kim Jong Un Quoting from the Book of Proverbs, important quality in mentors is “the he encourages young people, “ ‘Listen acknowledgement of their own humanity— and a ‘culture of encounter’ to your father who begot you, and do the fact that they are human beings who While there has been mixed reaction leader should also help us to make not despise your mother when she is old’ make mistakes: not perfect people but to President Donald J. Trump becoming certain that we offer heartfelt prayers [Ps 23:22]. It is really a matter of being forgiven sinners” (#246). Role models the first sitting U.S. president to set foot as the nations move forward in their open to receiving a wisdom passed down should walk alongside youth, they said, in North Korea, one prominent voice discussions. from generation to generation,” he writes, respecting their freedom and nurturing seeds made sure to applaud the action. Throughout his papacy, “a wisdom familiar with human weakness of faith, without expecting to see immediate Pope Francis called the June 30 Pope Francis has spoken of a “culture and not deserving to vanish before the fruits. Finally, “a mentor should believe meeting between the president and of encounter” as a common goal for novelties” of our current culture (#190). wholeheartedly in a young person’s ability to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a each of us on our journey of faith, Pope Francis tells seniors that they participate in the life of the Church” (#246). positive step toward world peace. And encouraging people to be fearless in should be “memory keepers.” He This summer as we find ourselves we join him in offering our prayers for a the ways they look beyond themselves envisions elders “as a permanent choir of gathered at picnics, vacation destinations successful resolution to the often-tense to the needs of others. “Faith is an a great spiritual sanctuary, where prayers and family reunions, let’s honor this ideal relationship that has persisted for more encounter with Jesus, and we must do of supplication and songs of praise of listening in order to remember and than 60 years between the United States what Jesus does: encounter others,” the support the larger community that works learn from the past. and the Democratic People’s Republic Holy Father has said. and struggles in the field of life” (#196). Let’s share our memories, experiences, of Korea. To take it a step further, Pope Francis To young people, Pope Francis says, hopes and dreams across the generations After praying the Angelus with has noted that the idea of reaching “It is a good thing to let older people tell and celebrate our common experiences as pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at out and fostering dialogue—and even their long stories, which sometimes seem children of one heavenly Father! the Vatican on June 30, the pope called friendships—outside our comfort zone legendary or fanciful—they are the dreams the historic meeting a “good example of is what encountering our brothers and of old people—yet are often full of rich (Little Sisters of the Poor Sister Constance a culture of encounter.” sisters is all about. experiences, of eloquent symbols, of hidden Veit is director of communications for the The Holy Father was referring to the Too many in our world seem content messages. These stories take time to tell, and Little Sisters of the Poor in the meeting that took place in the “DMZ,” to let a “culture of insults” (a phrase we should be prepared to listen patiently and United States.) † the demilitarized zone that has separated about the use of social media recently North and South Korea since the Korean referenced by Pope Francis on Pentecost War ended in 1953. Sunday) dictate how they see our After shaking hands with Kim, brothers and sisters who are different Letter to the Editor President Trump crossed briefly into than us. North Korea, becoming the first sitting “In today’s world, lack of harmony Bishop McKnight’s pastoral understanding, U.S. president to do so. The two leaders has led to stark divisions. There are then had an hourlong conversation in a those who have too much and those who honesty are appreciated, reader says building known as “Freedom House” on have nothing, those who want to live to Thank you for publishing the article in members of the hierarchy were complicit the South Korean side of the border. The be 100 years old and those who cannot the June 14 issue of The Criterion about in the Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, even be born,” and there are those who, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ scandal. Bishop McKnight’s honesty is also was present for a short period of the more they use social media, the less spring meeting. appreciated. time. social they become, he said. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of This is a good beginning. According to a story posted on “We need the Spirit of unity to Jefferson City, Mo., demonstrates his Catholic News Service, the Holy Father regenerate us as Church, as God’s people pastoral understanding from his listening Patrick Murphy also sent greetings to Trump and Kim and as a human family,” he said. sessions of the laity’s frustration because Indianapolis and prayed “that this significant gesture A spirit of unity. It must be at the constitutes a further step in the path of heart of all discussions concerning God’s peace, not only in that peninsula but for people. the whole world.” If we are to heal the brokenness so Letters Policy After the meeting, both leaders evident where our human family is Letters from readers are published in from readers as necessary based on space agreed to set up teams to resume talks concerned, we must continue to find The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s limitations, pastoral sensitivity and content commitment to “the responsible exchange of (including spelling and grammar). In order to that broke down in February over common ground and not focus on our freely-held and expressed opinion among encourage opinions from a variety of readers, North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. differences. the People of God” (Communio et frequent writers will ordinarily be limited to If there is one thing people of faith As Pope Francis has said on more Progressio, 116). one letter every three months. Concise letters should be able to agree on, it is that than one occasion, we must strive to Letters from readers are welcome and (usually less than 300 words) are more likely we need world leaders who strive to build bridges, not walls. every effort will be made to include letters to be printed. from as many people and representing as Letters must be signed, but, for serious make peace—not war—a priority of With the world watching and so many many viewpoints as possible. Letters should reasons, names may be withheld. their agendas. We realize in today’s offering their petitions for peace, we be informed, relevant, well-expressed and Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” ever‑changing political climate around hope and pray President Trump and Kim temperate in tone. They must reflect a basic The Criterion, 1400 N. Meridian Street, the globe that this is no easy task. Jong Un are listening. sense of courtesy and respect. Indianap­olis, IN 46202-2367. Readers The editors reserve the right to select the with access to e-mail may send letters to Meetings like the sitdown between letters that will be published and to edit letters [email protected]. † President Trump and the North Korean —Mike Krokos The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Page 5 ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO CHARLES C. THOMPSON

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Peace with justice is our hope for Independence Day “[Jesus] spoke to us a message of peace societies are frustrated in their ability to Jesus. We welcome strangers, and we right of American citizens to bear arms, and taught us to live as brothers and flourish and grow. work to make everyone feel at home. and the responsibility of governments to sisters. His message took form in the vision Peace is what allows nations to flourish, We support our nation’s efforts to regulate the sale and use of firearms as of our founding fathers as they fashioned but the precondition for all genuine peace secure our borders, and to regulate the a matter of public safety. We celebrate a nation where we might live as one. His is justice—the right-ordering of human processes that govern immigration and both the diversity of languages, message lives on in our midst as our task affairs to ensure equity, impartiality and refugee resettlement. cultures and races in our nation, and for today and a promise for tomorrow” fairness among individuals and groups. However, we insist that in all the importance of bringing everyone (Preface for Independence Day I). St. Paul tells us that God’s peace instances the rights of individuals and together in unity and peace. We both “surpasses all understanding” and that families be protected, and we place love the poor, and long for the day Yesterday, July 4, we observed it includes “whatever is true, whatever concern for human dignity above when no man, woman or child will be our most significant national holiday, is honorable, whatever is just, whatever political or practical expediency. homeless, hungry or deprived of quality Independence Day. is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is We take this responsibility so health care. Although the Fourth of July is not gracious” (Phil 4:7-8). seriously that Church teaching points This paradoxical view is found in a religious feast day, the Church does As a nation, one of our highest out that as citizens we may be obliged the teaching of Jesus, especially in propose prayers and readings that are goods must be the preservation of in conscience not to follow laws or the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1-12), where appropriate for use during Mass on this peace-with-justice within our borders regulations that are contrary to the countercultural values such as poverty, national day of celebration. The reflections and in relationship to other nations. fundamental rights of persons or the mourning, meekness and persecution are below are based on the readings for the Without peace, our efforts to nurture teaching of the Gospel (See Catechism fundamentally aligned with mercy, purity Mass for Peace and Justice: Is 9:1–6; and grow as individuals, families and of the Catholic Church, #2242). This of heart, peacemaking and the hunger Phil 4:6–9; Ps 72:2, 3–4ab, 7–8, 11–12, communities are severely threatened. is peace-with-justice, the absolute and thirst for righteousness. Peace-with- 13–14; and Mt 5:1–12a. As I observed last year in my conviction that respect for human justice comes when human dignity is The freedom that we enjoy as pastoral letter, “We are One in Christ: rights and dignity are essential to the placed before utilitarian values of politics, citizens of the United States of America A Pastoral Letter on Fundamentals right-ordering of human society and economics or social engineering. True is truly something to celebrate. of Christian Anthropology,” in our the safeguarding of our most cherished peace is found where justice and charity Freedom is a gift from God offered to pursuit of peace, Christians are called principles and values as a nation. are embraced in defense of human rights every man, woman and child regardless to build bridges, not walls. Whether in In my pastoral letter, I also noted and dignity for all. of race, nationality, or economic or politics, race relations, economic crises what I call “the Catholic both/and.” Let’s continue this holiday weekend social standing. Governments exist to or disputes among families or local For example, we respect both the right with both heartfelt gratitude to God and safeguard and defend human freedom, communities, we are challenged to be of sovereign nations to control their to all those who have given so much to nurture it and allow it to grow. peacemakers, to find common ground borders, and the right of individuals to preserve our freedom as Americans, Without freedom, human persons are and to engage in respectful dialogue. and families to migrate and to be and a commitment to pursuing peace- stifled in their God-given potential, and I also observed that our Church treated with dignity and respect. We with-justice in both our personal lives extends to all the unconditional love of acknowledge both the constitutional and the political arena. †

Paz con justicia es nuestra esperanza para el Día de la Independencia “[Jesús] nos dejó un mensaje de paz y La paz es lo que permite que las se sientan como en casa. Apoyamos los la responsabilidad de los gobiernos de nos enseñó a vivir como hermanos. Su sociedades se fortalezcan, pero el esfuerzos de nuestro país para resguardar reglamentar la venta y el uso de armas mensaje cuajó en la visión de nuestros prerrequisito para la paz genuina es la las fronteras y para reglamentar los de fuego por razones de seguridad padres fundadores de modelar una justicia: el ordenamiento justo de todas procesos que rigen el proceso de pública. Celebramos tanto la diversidad nación en la que pudiéramos vivir en las cuestiones humanas para garantizar inmigración y de reubicación de los de idiomas, culturas y razas en nuestro unidad. Su mensaje vive entre nosotros la equidad, la imparcialidad y la equidad refugiados. país como la importancia de que todos como nuestro deber en la actualidad y entre las personas y los grupos. San Pablo Sin embargo, insistimos en que se estemos unidos y en paz. Amamos a los la promesa del mañana” (Prefacio I del nos dice que la paz de Dios “sobrepasa protejan los derechos de las personas y pobres y anhelamos el día en que ningún Día de la Independencia). todo entendimiento” y eso incluye “todo las familias en todas las circunstancias, hombre, mujer o niño tenga que vivir sin lo verdadero, todo lo respetable, todo lo y anteponemos la defensa de la dignidad un techo que lo cobije, tenga hambre o Ayer, día 4 de julio, observamos justo, todo lo puro, todo lo amable, todo humana a la conveniencia política o esté privado de una atención médica de la fiesta nacional más significativa de lo digno de admiración” (Fil 4:7 -8). práctica. calidad. nuestro país: el Día de la Independencia. Como país, uno de nuestros bienes Tomamos tan en serio esta Encontramos esta visión Aunque el Cuatro de Julio no es supremos debe ser la preservación de responsabilidad que las enseñanzas de paradójica en las enseñanzas de Jesús, una solemnidad religiosa, la Iglesia la paz con justicia dentro de nuestras la Iglesia señalan que los ciudadanos especialmente en las Bienaventuranzas sugiere oraciones y lecturas adecuadas fronteras y en relación con los demás tienen la obligación de atender a su (Mt 5:1-12) en las que los valores para la misa en este día de celebración países. Sin la paz se ven gravemente conciencia y no obedecer las leyes y contrarios a la cultura, tales como nacional. Las siguientes reflexiones se amenazados nuestros esfuerzos de las normativas que sean contrarias a los pobreza, dolor, mansedumbre y basan en las lecturas para la misa por cultivarnos y crecer como personas, derechos fundamentales de las personas persecución están fundamentalmente la paz y la justicia: Is 9:1-6; Fil 4:6-9; familias y comunidades. o a las enseñanzas del Evangelio (véase alineados con la misericordia, la pureza Sal 72:2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 11-12, 13-14; y Tal como señalé el año pasado en Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, #2242). de corazón, el fomento de la paz, y el Mt 5:1-12a. mi carta pastoral titulada Somos uno Esta es la paz con justicia: la convicción hambre y la sed de rectitud. La paz con La libertad de la que gozamos como con Jesucristo: Carta pastoral sobre absoluta de que el respeto a los derechos justicia deviene cuando anteponemos la ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos los fundamentos de la antropología y a la dignidad humanos son esenciales dignidad humana a los valores utilitarios de América es algo que en verdad es cristiana, en nuestra búsqueda de la para el ordenamiento justo de la sociedad de política, economía o ingeniería social. digno de celebrar. La libertad es un paz, los cristianos estamos llamados a y la preservación de los principios y La verdadera paz se encuentra allí donde don que Dios ofrece a cada hombre, construir puentes, no muros. Ya sea en valores que más apreciamos como nación. la justicia y la caridad prevalecen en mujer y niño, sin distinción de raza, la política, en las relaciones raciales, en En mi carta pastoral también hablé defensa de los derechos humanos y de la nacionalidad, situación económica las crisis económicas, en las disputas sobre lo que llamo los “cristianos dignidad para todos. o social. Los gobiernos existen para familiares o de comunidades locales, del tanto y el como.” Por ejemplo, Continuemos este fin de semana proteger y defender la libertad humana, tenemos el desafío de ser pacificadores, respetamos tanto el derecho de los países festivo tanto con un sentido para alimentarla y para favorecer de encontrar un punto medio y de soberanos a controlar sus fronteras como agradecimiento hacia Dios y todos que crezca. Sin libertad, las personas participar en un diálogo respetuoso. el derecho de las personas y las familias los que han dado tanto para preservar humanas quedan reprimidas en el También indiqué que nuestra Iglesia a emigrar y ser tratadas con dignidad y nuestra libertado como estadounidenses, potencial que Dios les ha otorgado extiende a todos el amor incondicional respeto. Reconocemos tanto el derecho como con nuestro compromiso de buscar y se frustra la posibilidad de que las de Jesús. Recibimos a los extranjeros constitucional de los ciudadanos la paz con justicia en nuestras vidas sociedades florezcan y progresen. y nos esforzamos por lograr que todos estadounidenses de portar armas como personales y en el terreno político. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019

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

July 9 Indianapolis. Solo Seniors, July 12-13 cake wheel, games, dinner band, silence and confessions, 8:30 a.m. followed by prayer Church of the Immaculate Catholic, educational, St. Benedict Parish, tickets $11 adults, $5 children. child care availabale. Information at the Clinic for Women Conception, 1 Sisters of charitable and social singles, 111 S. 9th St., Terre Haute. Information: 812-738-2742. and child care reservations: Chris abortion center, 3607 W. 16th St., Providence, Saint Mary-of- 50 and over, single, separated, Community Festival, 5 p.m.- Rogers, [email protected], concluding between 10:30- the-Woods, St. Mary-of- widowed or divorced. New midnight, church tours, live St. Lawrence Parish, 812-923-8355. 10:45 a.m., with continued the-Woods. Monthly Taizé members welcome. 6 p.m. music, children’s games, 542 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. prayer at the church for Prayer Service, 7-8 p.m., Information: 317-243-0777. poker, food booths, beer Chicken Fest, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., July 18 those who wish to remain. silent and spoken prayers, garden, 50/50 raffle, silent chicken dinners, $12 adults, St. Joseph Church, Information: [email protected]. simple music, silence. July 11-13 auction, quilt drawing, capital $10 ages 10 and younger, 1401 S. Mickley Ave., Information: 812-535-2952, Holy Spirit Parish, 7243 prize raffle, $3 admission major raffle, split the pot, Indianapolis. Third Thursday July 20-21 [email protected]. E. 10th St., Indianapolis. Parish for ages 12 and older. bid-n-buy. Information: Adoration, interceding for All Saints Parish, Dearborn Festival, Thurs. 6-11 p.m., Information: 812-232-8421, 812-537-3992. women experiencing crisis County, St. John the Baptist St. Paul Hermitage, Fri. 6 p.m.-midnight, www.stbenedictth.org. pregnancy, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Campus, 25743 State Rte. 1, 501 N. 17th Ave., Beech Sat. 1 p.m.-midnight, food, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, with Mass at 5:45 p.m. Guilford. Summer Festival, Grove. Ave Maria Guild, beer garden, bingo, carnival July 13 4625 N. Kenwood Ave., Sat. 5 p.m.-midnight, 12:30 p.m. Information: 317- rides, live entertainment, St. Maria Goretti Parish, Indianapolis. Mass in French, July 19 Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m., chicken 223-3687, [email protected]. Texas poker, black jack, 17102 Spring Mill Road, 12:30 p.m. Information: Hickory Hall Polo Club, dinners, exhibit on the Holy $10 admission per adult Westfield (Lafayette Diocese). 317-627-7729 or acfadi2014@ 7551 E. 100 N., Whitestown Land through mysteries of the July 10 refunded in food and drink Italian Festival, 4:30 p.m. gmail.com. (in the Lafayette diocese). rosary, $10,000 big money raffle, Knights of Columbus Mater vouchers, children younger Mass, 5:30 p.m., food, live Polo at Sunset, proceeds kiddie land, beer garden, country Dei Council #437, McGowan than 18 must be accompanied music, games, inflatables, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus benefiting Knights of store, grand prize and quilt Hall, 1305 N. Delaware St., by an adult. Information: 9:45 p.m. fireworks. (Little Flower) Church, Columbus Veterans Services raffles, B & G ice cream truck. Indianapolis. Theology on Tap, 317-353-9404. Information, food and 4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis. and USO of Indiana, Information: 812-576-4302. sponsored by the archdiocesan raffle tickets, wristbands: Class of ’63 monthly 5 p.m. gates open, Young Adult and College July 12 www.smgonline.org. gathering, 6 p.m. Mass, 6 p.m. matches, wine pull, July 21 Campus Ministry, doors open St. Michael the Archangel optional dinner afterward. silent and live auction, food, St. Mark the Evangelist 6:15 p.m., 7 p.m. presentation Parish, 3354 W. 30th St., July 14 Information: 317-408-6396. candy drop, $20 per carload. Parish, 535 E. Edgewood followed by social time, all Indianapolis. Mid-Summer’s Harrison County Fairgrounds, Information: indypolo.com. Ave., Indianapolis. Mental faiths welcome, free admission Eve Party, 6:30-10 p.m., 341 S. Capital Ave., Corydon. July 16 Health and Spirituality, and parking, food and drink food, live music, coffee klatch, St. Joseph Tri-Parish Picnic, Mount St. Francis Center for July 20 presented by Eskenazi available for purchase. children’s activities, art show 10 a.m.-3 p.m., chicken and Spirituality, 101 St. Anthony St. Michael the Archangel Health’s Jim Dilger after Information: indycatholic.org, with music, art, poetry, jewelry, ham dinners with homemade Dr., Mt. St. Francis. “Abide” Church, 3354 W. 30th St., 11:45 a.m. Mass, pitch- 317-261-3373. story-telling and crafts, $5 noodles, dressing and pie, Adoration Service, sponsored Indianapolis. Helpers of in lunch, sponsored by fee to display, sell or perform $11 adults, $5 children, by Catalyst Catholic, 7-8 p.m., God’s Precious Infants, parish’s Inclusion Ministry. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic at art show, free admission. Kubota and big money raffle, every third Tues. of the month, Indianapolis. Third Saturday Information: 317-787-8246, Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., Information: 317-926-7359. quilts, bingo, instant bingo, featuring guest speaker, praise of the month, Mass at [email protected]. †

For a complete list of retreats as reported to The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats. day, access to common areas Indianapolis. Day of Silence, Retreats and Programs and grounds. Depending on 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $35 per day, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat availability, overnight stay includes breakfast and lunch, House, 5353 E. 56th St., July 19-21 costs additional $28, $9 cold Indianapolis. A Holy Land costs additional $28, $9 cold room to use throughout the Indianapolis. Divine Wine Saint Meinrad Archabbey plate dinner when available. Retreat: Savoring the plate dinner when available. day, access to common areas and Art with Heart, guided Guest House and Retreat Information and registration: Graces, Msgr. Paul Koetter Information and registration: and grounds. Depending on painting program, 6-9 p.m., Center, 200 Hill Dr., Khristine Meyer, 317-545- and Father Eric Johnson Khristine Meyer, 317-545- availability, overnight stay $45 per session, includes wine, St. Meinrad. Literature, 7681, [email protected], presenting, Fri. 7 p.m.- 7681, [email protected], costs additional $28, $9 cold snacks and painting supplies, God and Us, Benedictine www.archindy.org/fatima. Sat. 2:30 p.m., $150 per www.archindy.org/fatima. plate dinner when available. limited to 20 participants. Brother Kolbe Wolniakowski person or $275 per married Information and registration: Information and registration: presenting, $255 single, July 26-27 couple, includes overnight August 1 Khristine Meyer, 317-545- Khristine Meyer, 317-545- $425 double. Information: Mount St. Francis Center for accommodations, evening Our Lady of Fatima Retreat 7681, [email protected], 7681, [email protected], 812-357-6585 or mzoeller@ Spirituality, Loftus House, snacks, breakfast and lunch. House, 5353 E. 56th St., www.archindy.org/fatima. www.archindy.org/fatima. † saintmeinrad.edu. 101 St. Anthony Dr., Mt. Information and registration: St. Francis. Quilter’s Retreat, Khristine Meyer, 317-545- July 20 featuring blind quilter Diane 7681, [email protected], Events and retreats can be submitted to The Criterion by logging on to Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Rose, Fri., 9 a.m.-Sat. 5 p.m., www.archindy.org/fatima. www.archindy.org/events/submission, or by mailing us at 1400 N. Meridian St., House, 5353 E. 56th St., $150 includes private room Indianapolis, IN 46202, ATTN: Cindy Clark, or by fax at 317-236-1593. Indianapolis. Day of Silence, and four meals. Information July 30 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $35 per day, and registration: 812-923- Our Lady of Fatima Retreat includes breakfast and lunch, 8817, www.mountsaintfrancis. House, 5353 E. 56th St., Carmelites in Terre Haute invite all to room to use throughout the org/registration. Indianapolis. Day of Silence, day, access to common areas 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $35 per day, monastery for novena, Mass on July 8-16 and grounds. Depending on Our Lady of Fatima Retreat includes breakfast and lunch, availability, overnight stay House, 5353 E. 56th St., room to use throughout the Dominican Father Emmerich Vogt is as: “Do you have difficulty saying no?” the featured presider and homilist at the “Do you work or eat compulsively?” annual nine days of prayer and Masses in “Is your life miserable because of honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at someone else’s behavior?” “Do you feel the Carmelite Monastery, 59 Allendale, in like you are the only one holding your Terre Haute, from July 8-16. family together?” Services will begin at 7 p.m. The nine days of prayer and Masses with the rosary and a novena prayer, will culminate on July 16, the feast of followed by Mass. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Reconciliation will be available For additional information, e-mail starting at 6 p.m. [email protected] or call 812- Father Emmerich will focus his 299-1410 before noon. homilies on the theme of “Spiritual Learn more about the Carmelite Healing,” reflecting on such questions Monastery at www.heartsawake.org. †

All Saints Parish to host exhibit on rosary mysteries during parish festivals “The Rosary: A Journey through Handicap accessibility to the exhibit the Holy Land” is the theme of an is only available at St. John the Baptist exhibit planned during the festivals at Campus. three campuses of All Saints Parish in The display uses Scripture, photos, Dearborn County. art and other items from the Holy Land Knights say ‘thanks for serving’ The display will be open to the public to make each mystery a way to enter on Saturdays from 6-9 p.m. and on into the sacred sites of the region. On May 16 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Batesville, several Knights of Columbus councils Sundays from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. as follows: The parish is also partnering with in southeastern Indiana hosted a spaghetti dinner for priests, religious and staff in thanks for • July 20-21 at St. John the Baptist a Christian shop in Bethlehem to sell their service to the Batesville Deanery. The dinner was sponsored by Knights of Columbus Campus, 25743 State Route 1, olive wood items from the councils #250 of Batesville/Greensburg, #1461 of Batesville, #1231 Lawrenceburg and #8487 of Guilford. Holy Land. Osgood. Sitting, from left, are Fathers Paul Landwerlen, Stephen Donahue and Francis Eckstein. • July 27-28 at St. Martin Campus, There is no entry fee for the exhibit, Standing, from left, are Father William Ehalt, Deacon Thomas Hill, Fathers Michael Kuecher and 8044 Yorkridge Road, Guilford. and all are welcome. Stanley Pondo, Deacon Ronald Freyer, Fathers Lucia Boccacci and John Meyer, and parish life • Aug. 10-11 at St. Paul Campus, For more information, call 812-576- coordinator Gary Taylor. (Submitted photo) 9798 N. Dearborn Road, Guilford. 4302 or visit www.allsaintscatholic.net. † The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Page 7 Bishop helps migrant family at border cross into U.S. on asylum trek

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Bishop Mark Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, was able on J. Seitz of El Paso, June 27 to help a migrant family seeking Texas, shares asylum successfully cross an international a smile with a bridge from Mexico into the United States. Honduran girl, Cesia, as he walks Under current policy, migrants and prays with a seeking asylum must stay on the other group of migrants side of the border while their claims are at the Lerdo heard, a provision of the “Remain in International Mexico” program instituted by the Trump Bridge in El Paso administration this year. on June 27. The “There are supposed to be exceptions migrants were that are not being respected,” said seeking asylum in Bishop Seitz, who spoke with immigration the U.S. (CNS photo/Jose Luis officials about allowing the family to enter. Gonzalez, Reuters) One of the migrants the border bishop accompanied has a cognitive disability and another suffers from a heart problem, news agency Reuters reported on June 27. It’s unclear how many people were able to enter. For the moment, the family is being held at a facility on the U.S. side of the border while their claim is processed, said a video released by the Diocese of El Paso after the event. Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Hope Border Institute, which helped coordinate the effort, said on June 27 that the family is supposed to remain under custody at least one night. “We, their lawyers, nobody is able to contact them, we’re going to be out of communication,” Corbett said in the video. “So, it’s fingers crossed. They’re in. They’re in the United States. They’re himself to Bishop Seitz from among the “Right now, I’m just so very grateful attention to anti-immigrant attitudes in the at least safe tonight. We hope that crowd and tells him he is Cuban and was to God,” he said. “These days, when so United States and the dangers that have continues.” in detention for a month—in Mexico— many things can seem to work against resulted and the loss of lives, particularly Along with other U.S. prelates, and not allowed to shower. those who are seeking refuge in our of children along the border. Bishop Seitz Bishop Seitz has argued that the policy “Pray for us,” the man asked him after country, today something went well. walked the bridge and also prayed with forcing asylum-seekers and others to showing the bishop a black eye and telling Today, somebody listened, and they were migrants and other Catholics on the other stay in the Mexican border towns while him that he was robbed and beaten after able to pass through. They will be able side of the border. waiting for their cases to be processed being released in Mexico. The bishop then to go through their asylum process here “These people we accompanied today exposes them to danger. Before crossing gave him a blessing. in the United States with loved ones in have suffered more than any of us can the bridge, the bishop spoke with a group The video later shows a relieved safety and security. We’re so grateful imagine in their short lifetimes, and now of people who had not been able to enter. Bishop Seitz after the family he for that.” they can experience at least a moment of The video shows a man who introduces accompanied was allowed into the U.S. Earlier in the day, he had called peace,” he said. † ‘Migrants are persons like us’: Border bishops HOLY SPIRIT offer prayers after deaths 7243 East Tenth St., Indpls. WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholic bishops from both sides of the border near McAllen, Texas, issued a joint FESTIVAL & statement expressing condolences to the families of migrant children and parents who recently drowned trying to cross the MONTE CARLO river into the United States. Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and July 11th, 12th & 13th Bishop Eugenio Lira Rugarcia, of the neighboring Diocese of Matamoros, Mexico, issued the statement in BIG CASH JACKPOTS – 50/50 DRAWINGS English and Spanish on June 28, Every Night at 8:00 p.m and 11:00 p.m. saying their respective border Bishop Daniel dioceses “express with much pain the E. Flores GRAND RAFFLE with GRAND PRIZE of $5,000 sorrow of the whole community upon NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN hearing of the parents and children that have recently lost their lives upon crossing the Rio Grande River, seeking a MUSIC NIGHTLY IN THE ROSE GARDEN! better life.” They mentioned, in particular, the deaths of “Silent Auction Booth featuring unique items and memorabilia” 25-year-old Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month‑old daughter Angie Valeria, Salvadorans Family Dinner - 5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. whose bodies were photographed after they drowned in — Fish and Chips the river that flows across Texas and Mexico and forms Friday part of the U.S-Mexico border. Saturday — Fiesta Night — Burritos, Rice & Beans “We offer our condolences to the families and loved Adults $8 Children $4 (under 12). ones of those who have died, and we recall that over the course of years countless persons have lost their lives in a similar manner, many whose names are known to God Advance Ride Tickets available until 4:00 PM, July 11th alone,” the statement said. Advance Ride or Drawing Tickets Available at Above Address. – Call 353-9404 for Details. The statements also mentioned the recent deaths of a mother in her 20s and her three children, whose bodies were found by authorities on federal land near the Special: Children’s “One-Price-Ride” Matinee – Saturday 1:00-5:00 PM U.S. side of the river close to McAllen on June 28. H H H H They have not been identified. Games Rides Beer Garden Entertainment The border community of Brownsville, where H  H H H Bishop Flores serves, held a vigil late Sunday to Monte Carlo 6 PM to Close Bingo 7 PM every night remember the deaths of the Salvadoran father and daughter, whose bodies were repatriated to El Salvador No minors under 18 admitted unless accompanied by an adult. Minimum $10 per person purchase required (over age 13). for burial the weekend of June 27-28. “United to the families that suffer these sorrows, ADDITIONAL PARKING with whom we have been able personally to speak FESTIVAL & at the Indiana Black Expo (formerly Crossroads Bible College), and pray, we ask God the Father for the eternal rest 601 N. Shortridge Road—after 8pm Thursday or anytime Saturday and Sunday. of their deceased loved ones, and we ask that he fill MONTE CARLO Or, anytime at the southeast corner of Get Fit Athletic Club. Shuttle service available loved ones who remain with strength and hope in from 5:30 p.m. until close every night. Uniformed patrol in parking lot all festival hours. these difficult moments,” the bishops said in their Holyspiritfestival1 LIC. #150362 & LIC. #148815 statement. † Page 8 The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Esperanza Threads ‘sews’ seeds of hope in new generation CLEVELAND (CNS)—The stack of To make it through 19 years, Esperanza navy blue, double extra-large T-shirts next Threads has had to adjust to the changing to Ombeni Ebila’s work station at Esperanza needs of the communities in need of Threads grew steadily throughout her employment. At its start, it helped women morning shift. She had sewn dozens of them transition from prison. Later, it focused and enjoyed every minute of it. on refugees from around the world being “It’s a cool place,” said Ebila of resettled by the diocesan Catholic Charities Cleveland, who is originally from Baraka, Migration and Refugee Services. As the Congo, and lived 13 years in a refugee camp number of refugees and immigrants has in Namibia in southern Africa. “The staff is declined since 2017 because of revised so good. The environment here is fine. Every immigration policies, Sister Mary Eileen day, we find we can learn new things.” has strengthened connections with Ebila, 32, is just two weeks into her Cleveland neighborhood groups and job at Esperanza Threads, which was nonprofit organizations that are in touch established in 2000 and helps prepare with city residents in need of jobs. people from various walks of life for Emily Tiell, job developer with Catholic employment in the sewing industry. Ebila Charities Migration and Refugee Services, went through Esperanza Threads’ three- chairs Esperanza Threads’ board of directors. week training program, took a job at a She said the program has remained flexible private vendor and returned to the nonprofit over the years to meet changing needs. organization because she likes the people. “I get to see the end result. I get to see “Esperanza” is Spanish for “hope,” and somebody who doesn’t have a skill at all Ursuline Sister Mary Eileen Boyle, 70, learn a skill and then I see them get the who founded the program and has been job. I like being able to see people happy its executive director throughout much and supporting themselves and their of its history, has helped inspire hope in family,” Tiell said. the lives of hundreds of women and men The program works with a $180,000 who learned in-demand skills and found annual budget. It has been supported employment in the sewing industry and by foundations, religious congregations beyond. and the Catholic Campaign for Human Blanca Martinez, 52, who came to Development, the U.S. bishops’ domestic Cleveland from San Miguel, El Salvador, anti-poverty program. The goal is to become in 1999, is another example of someone self-sufficient, and that’s why there’s a who has benefited. One of Esperanza stronger effort to market the clothing and Employee Ombeni Ebila, an immigrant from Baraka, Congo, sews a T-shirt at Esperanza Threads in Threads’ three 21-hour-a-week sewers, accessory lines, Sister Mary Eileen said. Cleveland on June 26. (CNS photo/Dennis Sadowski) Martinez has been employed for five years. Esperanza Threads is based in a “I like sewing. We have different building on the grounds of Our Lady with their time with Esperanza,” he in order to stay on [the job] they have to products always. I’m always learning,” of Mount Carmel Parish in the Gordon told Catholic News Service (CNS). meet those benchmarks.” said the mother of two adult sons and a Square Arts District in Cleveland’s “Sister doesn’t suggest candidates Esperanza Threads has taken to 15-year-old daughter. Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, home to unless she feels they can meet the marketing its apparel line more widely, Such feelings satisfy Sister Mary people of mixed economic backgrounds. day‑to-day rigors of production that we focusing on parishes and churches whose Eileen as well as Leah Haynes, who “Over the years, we have created have here.” members might prefer locally made joined Esperanza Threads in January 2018 a curriculum that we feel really About 40 people complete training clothing that is responsibly sourced. as creative director. Haynes is responsible is responding to what the sewing annually. In 2018, about 70 percent of “We’re appealing to religious for clothing design and online marketing manufacturers are looking for in order to graduates landed jobs in the sewing organizations, Catholic and other and sales through a revamped website. hire. We have tried really hard to get those industry, and another 15 percent settled denominations, who want shirts made The three workers, including Amal skills down so they know what they’re into other employment, Sister Mary but who understood that by supporting a Hassan, 54, who came to Cleveland doing,” Sister Mary Eileen said. Eileen said. group like ours, even though the shirts are from the Palestinian territories, produce She credited the volunteer instructors “We don’t just teach sewing here,” more expensive than those that are made lines of baby, girls and women’s apparel, for helping the students develop their Sister Mary Eileen told CNS. “We run in China, that this is giving work here accessories, socks and custom-designed skills in the limited time classes meet. this like it’s a business, so that they where people are receiving a fair wage,” T-shirts. Items are made of responsibly National Safety Apparel of Cleveland, understand you have to show up on time. Sister Mary Eileen said. sourced organic or conventional cotton. with 360 employees, readily hires people We have them clock in. ... They clock The next class is expected to start in “We make our clothes so that they last,” who have successfully completed the in and clock out even for the breaks so mid-July. Sister Mary Eileen, Tiell and explained Haynes, 25. “On one hand, we’re training. Sal Geraci, the company’s chief they’re getting into the habit. Haynes are identifying trainees who working to help people. On the other hand, operating officer, credited Sister Mary “They can’t be talking on the phones have the right attitude and interest in we’re working to help the environment Eileen for ensuring students’ skills match except during the breaks. And they have developing a sewing career. because fast fashion is really detrimental. So industry needs. to really apply themselves because in the “There are sewing jobs to be had,” being able to produce items that are going “They come to us with a good set sewing industry they put benchmarks of Haynes said. “We just need somebody to to last a long time is important to us.” of skills that are ingrained and taught how fast you work making something and train.” †

for our teachers, for our guidance them. I pray for every school. I pray for responsibilities. So that was implemented MEDIA counselors—that process has been going every student. I pray for every parent. I in our archdiocesan schools four years continued from page 1 on for two years.” pray for everyone gathered today. As I ask ago.” Fleming noted, “When someone is not everywhere I go, I hope they pray for me. We’re navigating through some very living according to Church teaching, we “I tell people we have to always be Timeline of Brebeuf/Cathedral issue. challenging times for our Church and for do try to walk with them. We try to give open to the Holy Spirit. I ask people to Comment by Gina Fleming our society.” them the information that they need in pray for me so I’m listening to the Spirit. “Two years ago, we began a terms of the Church teaching, and then I have to listen to the Holy Spirit, not conversation with all five of our private Responsibility and reconciliation. also spiritual guidance and direction, just for me, because I have the ultimate Catholic schools. The two that were Comments by Archbishop Thompson as well as opportunities to rectify their responsibility of being the teacher of the struggling continued conversation with and Fleming personal situation.” faith, preserving the integrity of the faith us.” “First and foremost, it is my here in central and southern Indiana. It’s “It was through much prayerful responsibility as archbishop to oversee Possible appeal by Brebeuf and an awesome responsibility that I take discernment over the course of that two Catholic identity throughout the whether Pope Francis would support very, very seriously. So I ask people to years, and really, much conversation on archdiocese, of any entity. We engaged the archbishop. Comment by pray for me that I listen to the Holy Spirit, what it truly means to be ministers of in a rather long relationship trying Archbishop Thompson not just for me but the people the faith and how we would uphold that to accompany the schools toward “I believe he does. Over the process I serve.” in our Catholic schools, that led to the reconciliation with these principles— of all this, I don’t do this without a great schools to make their own decisions as especially this public witness of deal of prayer, discernment, dialogue, The basis of his decisions. Comment by to whether they would wish to retain that ministerial witnesses. Job descriptions seeking consultation. And not just Archbishop Thompson Catholic identity.” consultation within the archdiocese “Our decisions have to always but much broader than that. I love be made, as I always try to say, to Help for students with same-sex Pope Francis. The Holy Father has spoken be Christ‑centered. We don’t make attraction. Comment by Gina Fleming ‘Accompaniment implies some wonderful, beautiful words about decisions based on finances. We don’t “We know that we have students in movement. Pope Francis accompaniment, dialogue, encounter, make decisions based on being popular our schools today who are struggling says you meet people where acceptance, but he hasn’t changed the or what is easy. … How do we remain with their sexual identity, who are they are, but we don’t leave teachings on marriage. He hasn’t changed Christ‑centered?” experiencing questions around their own one aspect of Church teaching on sexual identity. We are doing research, them there. marriage.” Regarding ‘ministerial language.’ we are holding conferences for teachers We have to Comment by Gina Fleming and school leaders to ensure that they accompany His reaction to the prayer vigil by “It was actually four years ago under understand what it means to walk beside them. We members of the Cathedral High School Archbishop [Joseph W.] Tobin when the these young people and to be there for walk them family that happened later on June 27. ministerial language in contracts were them.” Comment by Archbishop Thompson first implemented in their current format.” more fully “My understanding is they’re gathering “This language was intended for two (To see the entire press gathering, go to toward to pray today, like a human chain to purposes. One was to first affirm the role www.archindy.org/archbishop/press-2019- Christ.’ pray. Prayer is always good. I pray for of ministers of the faith as vital ministers video.html. For key facts and frequently everyone. I pray for people who are in Church ministry. And the other was asked questions relating to these issues, — Archbishop Charles C. Thompson sharing their disappointment with me. to ensure that we all had a common or go to www.archindy.org/archbishop/press- People who encourage me, I pray for shared language around our roles and 2019-faq.html.) † The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Page 9 Supreme Court stops citizenship question in census, for now WASHINGTON (CNS)—The U.S. bishops, in a July 2 statement, praised the Supreme Court’s decision on June 27 to block the Trump administration’s added citizenship question to the 2020 census, and said “the inclusion of a citizenship question must ensure genuine reasons” for it. The 5-4 ruling—written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined in part by the other justices—sent the case back to a lower court saying the administration’s reason for adding the citizenship question “seems to have been contrived.” The day the decision was announced, President Donald J. Trump tweeted that he was asking his lawyers if they can “delay the census, no matter how long” until the “Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision.” The case is not completely closed because the government still has the chance to offer more acceptable reasons for the added question, but it is a race against time because the process of starting to print the 600 million documents for next year’s count was scheduled to start on July 1. Trump told reporters on July 1 at the White House: “It’s very important to find out if somebody is a citizen as opposed to an illegal.” The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) statement on the high court’s decision said: “All persons in the United States should be counted in the census regardless of their immigration status.” It also reiterated its previous statement on the issue by stressing that “questions regarding citizenship should not be A protester holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 after the court ruled on adding a citizenship question to the included in the census. We hope 2020 census. The 5-4 ruling, which was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined in part by the other justices, said the Trump Bishop Frank that this view will prevail, whether administration’s reason for adding the citizenship question “seems to have been contrived.” (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters) J. Dewane by administrative action or judicial determination.” questionnaire with a citizenship question, a point which the added question would cause a “net differential undercount The statement was issued by Bishop Frank J. Dewane she said “has been proven in study after study.” of people who live in noncitizen and Hispanic households,” of Venice, Fla., chairman of the USCCB Committee on Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh said and would result in a “drastic and unwarranted reduction in Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Bishop citizenship questions were common in other countries and funding in states and cities with large populations of such Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, had been on the U.S. forms over the years. persons” and also would impact social service agencies. chairman of the Committee on Both Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito said the In a USCCB statement issued on the day of oral Migration. decision by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to add arguments for the census case, Bishops Dewane and Vasquez The census case hit a potential a citizenship question—for the first time since 1950 to stressed the importance of an accurate census count. twist in late May, a month after oral improve compliance with the Voting Rights Act—seemed “The Catholic Church and other service providers arguments, when newly submitted reasonable. But Justice Elena Kagan said Ross’ reason for rely on the national census to provide an accurate count evidence from the files of a deceased adding this question seemed “contrived.” in order to effectively serve those in need,” said Bishop Republican strategist put the citizenship In its defense, U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco Dewane. question in another light: as a means said the information it would provide would help enforce Bishop Vasquez said all people should be counted in to create an advantage for whites and the Voting Rights Act. When asked about the question the census, regardless of their citizenship, and he said Bishop Joe Republicans in future elections. leading to potentially less participation, he said: “There is “proposed questions regarding immigration status will S. Vasquez Then in late June, a federal always going to be a trade-off.” obstruct accurate census estimates and ultimately harm appeals court in Maryland allowed a Lawyers for New York, immigrant advocacy groups immigrant families and the communities they live in.” lower court to study the background of these files. and the House of Representatives stressed that the By one government estimate, about 6.5 million people The government had asked the Supreme Court to question would prevent noncitizens from filling out the might decide not to participate in the census with the rule on the census dispute by the end of June, so that it census and have a negative financial and political impact added citizenship question. can finalize the census questionnaire and get the forms on communities with large immigrant populations. The census is rooted in the text of the Constitution, printed in time for distribution next year. A similar argument was raised in a friend-of-the-court brief which requires an “actual enumeration” of the population During oral arguments about the added census opposed to the citizenship question filed by Catholic Charities every 10 years. It determines federal funding for roads question in April, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said: “There’s of the Archdiocese of New York and Catholic Charities of and schools, congressional districting and number of no doubt people will respond less” to the census Brooklyn and Queens in New York. The brief stressed that congressional representatives. † Program works to heal Iraqi Christians suffering in mind and soul BEIRUT (CNS)—After enduring Patriarchal Seminary of St. Peter in Irbil, Psychologist Samar Sayhoun said that, in the summer of 2014. persecution, violence and uprooting, was “like an oasis” of peace, said Father after listening to the participants’ stories “She loves to sing and dance, smile a group of Iraqi clergy religious and Hachem, who serves as director of the of suffering, she was inspired by their and laugh,” the psychologist recounted. laypeople are on the council of churches’ theological and faith and attachment That’s why it was important for the path to healing. ecumenical department. to their Church. In pastors to talk about forgiveness, about “They are Sessions centered around different relaying what they having a new life, after such a dramatic suffering, in their Scriptural themes, beginning with Jesus’ had experienced, trauma, Sayoun said. “This is the minds and in their inquiry before the high priest Annas, in some participants resurrection.” souls,” said Melkite which Jesus asked, “Why do you strike spoke of the sounds Some religious shared how “so many Father Gabriel me?” (Jn 18:23) This opening focus, of bombs, of seeing Muslims are coming to them to hear about Hachem, part of a Father Hachem explained, was to help the spattered blood and Christ and are converting to Christianity, team from Lebanon participants express the injustice they felt beheaded corpses, of course without announcing it to their that conducted trauma because of their persecution. of losing family [Muslim] community,” Sayhoun noted. healing sessions in “Why have you forsaken me” (Mt members. Sayhoun stressed that Iraqi Christians Melkite Fr. Gabriel Samar Sayhoun Hachem Irbil, Iraq. 27:46) from the Gospel of St. Matthew “I was so touched need more healing opportunities. The world “cannot was the second theme, focusing on how by their strong faith, “They were so happy that people came remain indifferent. We cannot stand by the participants felt abandoned during the despite everything they went through. to listen to them,” she said, adding that and do nothing,” Father Hachem told traumatic upheaval they experienced. That They rely on their community in the they need interaction with people from Catholic News Service (CNS). was followed by “Father forgive them, Church to be able to support each other, outside, from abroad. There is a “huge need” to verbalize, to they know not what they do” (Lk 23:34) at least emotionally, spiritually. But, “Just to regain their dignity. Just being share about their experiences. “They need from St. Luke’s Gospel, to promote of course, it’s not easy for them,” said respected, being heard, being appreciated” to speak, to be supported, to be heard,” he reconciliation and forgiveness in the Sayhoun, a Maronite Catholic. means a lot to Christians in Iraq, Sayhoun emphasized. hearts of the participants. Some expressed their grief at leaving emphasized. Eighteen people—a mix of priests, The program concluded with, “I am all their life behind when they were At the conclusion of the program, nuns and laypeople—participated in the the resurrection and the life” to help uprooted in a single night by Islamic State funded by Protestant churches and mid-June program. Participants were participants “stand up again,” Father militants. organizations in Europe and the United Chaldean and Syriac Catholic, Syriac Hachem explained. “They don’t even have one photograph States, Father Hachem received notice and Armenian Orthodox as well as The aim was not only to heal the from their past,” Sayhoun said. of a pledge to fund the program through evangelicals. participants, but to equip them with the Sayhoun said she was especially 2019 and 2020. The Lebanese team providing the tools needed to also address the wounds moved by a 31-year-old lay participant That means the council of churches Middle East Council of Churches’ of the faithful, as well as to build an who brought “so much joy” to the can carry out the trauma healing sessions program consisted of two Catholic priests, ecumenical network among Iraqi pastors. sessions, despite her ordeal of fleeing in Syria, Egypt and “again and again” in including Father Hachem, a nun and two Individual spiritual counseling and group Mosul with her family because of Iraq, the priest said. lay psychologists. therapy and individual counseling with the terrorist threats, then being driven out of “For me, it was a sign of hope from the The setting, at the Chaldean Catholic psychologists complemented the sessions. the Ninevah Plain by the Islamic State Holy Spirit,” Father Hachem said. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Unlicensed abortion facility can operate in Indiana at least until hearing

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS)—After a nearly two-year legal battle, an unlicensed abortion facility started booking appointments in a location in South Bend on June 19 and planned to begin offering chemical abortions the week of June 23 amid strong objections from the local community. The story began in 2017, when the Texas-based Whole Woman’s Health Alliance (WWHA) applied for a license to open a chemical abortion facility. The Indiana Department of Health denied the license in early 2018, citing deficiencies in the application and concerns the business was not reputable because some of its affiliated clinics had incurred serious violations. WWHA subsequently filed suit in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Indiana to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s license requirements and other regulation of abortion services. The alliance also asked for a preliminary injunction to suspend those laws so it could operate unregulated until the district court rendered a decision, scheduled for 2020. Students from St. Theodore Guérin High School in Noblesville, Ind., carry a banner during the Indiana March For Life in Indianapolis on Jan. 22, 2018. After Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill a nearly two-year legal battle, an unlicensed abortion facility started booking appointments in a location in South Bend, Ind., on June 19 and planned to filed a motion to dismiss the suit on begin offering chemical abortions the week of June 23 amid strong objections from the local community. (CNS photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion) grounds that the Supreme Court and appellate courts have long upheld the right The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South rally that drew more than 200 people She founded the nonprofit after a of states to license abortion providers. The Bend has a strong defense of life to St. John the Baptist Church, which legal battle against Texas abortion laws state also asked for the court to stay the community in South Bend, many of is just a few blocks from the abortion left her with debt. In one of those cases, preliminary injunction until the case was whom are active in the local and state facility. Hill noted that the state has a Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the decided. Right to Life organizations and the responsibility to license all professions to Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that some However, on May 31, the district Apostolate of Divine Mercy, which keep citizens from harm. Texas laws caused an “undue burden” on court granted WWHA the preliminary have vocally and tenaciously fought the “How anyone can determine that women. injunction to allow it to operate the opening of the facility. having a clinic of this nature where they Hagstrom Miller’s national strategy is South Bend facility without licensing A national pregnancy support center use chemicals to abort a child could not to “shift the stigma around abortion in our or regulation. Two days later, Hill founded in South Bend, the Women’s impose some kind of dangerous concern culture,” and challenge laws in states she appealed that decision to the U.S. Court Care Center, also has acted to oppose for a woman’s health is beyond me,” he considers “extremely hostile” to abortion. of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He also the facility and to provide an alternate, said, pledging to uphold state law. To fund those efforts, she founded asked the district court for an immediate pro-life presence nearby. In 2018, a At the heart of all the legal wrangling the WWHA as a nonprofit to receive stay to prevent the unlicensed abortion rezoning request that would have allowed over WWHA is the nature of the donations. facility from opening until the appeals the Women’s Care Center to locate a business; it has two other abortion For example, money from the TARA court weighed in. care center next door to the abortion facilities, one in Virginia and one in Health Foundation funded WWHA’s On June 7, the district court denied that facility was passed by the South Bend Texas. But one of the main reasons the Indiana license application, according to stay request, so on June 9, the attorney City Council, but vetoed by Mayor Pete Indiana Department of Health denied that foundation’s website. It says it gives general filed a motion at the court of Buttigieg, who is running for president. the license was that the health alliance grants to organizations “that improve appeals to prevent that opening, saying: The center subsequently acquired a failed to list on its application six women’s and girls’ health.” “The district court has declared that commercial site across from the WWHA affiliated clinics in Texas, Minnesota, In 2017, WWHA took in nearly something as ordinary and fundamental as and plans to open a new center there in Maryland and Virginia, some of which $1 million in donations or grants, state licensing—which the state does for July. have had serious violations. according to the group’s IRS 990 Form. everything from nursing homes to day care Local doctors also have voiced strong According to National Right to Life Hagstrom Miller claims that, centers—can be invalidated in the name of objections to a facility that provides News, a 2017 Texas health department while she owns the Whole Woman’s the right to abortion. This ruling turns the chemical abortions because they would be report found numerous health and safety Health for-profit facilities and their right to abortion into a cudgel against state called on to surgically remove dead babies offenses at their locations in that state management company—alternately licensing laws that the Supreme Court long when the abortion medications fail to from 2011 to 2017. These included rusty called Whole Woman’s Health or the ago declared to be perfectly valid.” expel the unborn baby, which happens in equipment, failure to properly disinfect Booyah Group—the nonprofit Whole On June 21, the 7th Circuit announced 6 to 10 percent of chemical abortions. and sterilize instruments between use, Woman’s Health Alliance is not owned it will hear oral arguments in the case In the U.S., the most available and a lack of proper written operation by her, but is controlled by a board of on July 11. At least until that hearing, used drugs for chemical abortions is a procedures, improper storage of hazardous directors. WWHA will be allowed to operate without combination of mifepristone—also known chemicals, unsanitary surfaces and a However, the Indiana Department any regulation. as RU-486—and misoprostol. failure to follow up with patients. of Health found that the lines between Many local residents have voiced Also, chemical abortions can cause Amy Hagstrom Miller, who is the two entities were blurred and that strong objections to an outside group serious complications for the woman, who president and CEO of the Whole Woman’s Hagstrom Miller has actual control of coming into the community, challenging requires competent diagnosis prior to the Health Alliance, claimed that the both businesses. Further, the management Indiana laws and values, and expecting abortion and a physical exam afterward. nonprofit alliance is a separate entity from company she owns provides services to operate without any state oversight Hill, the state’s attorney general, the for-profit abortion chain that she owns for the nonprofit chain as well as the whatsoever. addressed this issue at a June 15 pro-life called Whole Woman’s Health. for‑profit chain. † Vatican to open tombs looking for Online Lay Ministry Formation young woman missing since 1983 The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has partnered with the University of Notre Dame and Catholic Distance University (CDU) to offer not-for-credit online theology classes: VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Vatican Italian news reports in March quoted City State tribunal has ordered the Sgro as saying there was evidence that • Earn certificate in Lay Ministry opening of two tombs in a small Vatican at least one of the tombs below the • Complete 12 courses online with ND STEP program cemetery at the request of the family of angel statue had been opened at some • CDU offers classes on Catechism of the Catholic Church Emanuela Orlandi, a young woman who point, the statue is not the same age • 20% discount for all employees, volunteers, and parishioners disappeared in 1983. as the marble on top of the tombs and For more information, please log on to Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican City someone continues to leave flowers www.archindy.org/layministry resident and the daughter of a Vatican there. employee, disappeared in Rome on Alessandro Gisotti, interim director of June 22, 1983, when she was 15. the Vatican Press Office, said on July 2 In March, the family’s lawyer revealed that the Vatican promoter of justice, the family had been sent a letter with a Gian Piero Milano, and his assistant, REPORT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT NOW photo of an angel above a tomb in the Alessandro Diddi, ordered the opening of If you are a victim of sexual misconduct by a person ministering on behalf of the Church, Vatican’s Teutonic Cemetery, a medieval two tombs. or if you know of anyone who has been a victim of such misconduct, please contact the cemetery now reserved mainly for The decision was made in response archdiocesan victim assistance coordinator. There are two ways to make a report: German-speaking priests and members of to the request of Emanuela Orlandi’s Ethics Point religious orders. family, he said, and their questioning “the 1 Confidential, Online Reporting www.archdioceseofindianapolis.ethicspoint.com or 888-393-6810 The letter said, “Look where the angel possible concealment of her cadaver in is pointing,” according to Laura Sgro, the the small cemetery located within Vatican Carla Hill, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Victim Assistance Coordinator 2 P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1410 lawyer. City State.” She filed a formal petition with the The tombs will be opened by police 317-236-1548 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1548 Vatican to investigate the matter and on July 11 in the presence of the Orlandi [email protected] possibly open the tombs below the family and family members of the people sculpture of the angel. buried there, Gisotti said. † The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Page 11 Diverse faith community embraces new adoration chapel

By Sean Gallagher Father Michael Keucher, pastor of St. Joseph SHELBYVILLE—On a sunny Sunday Parish in afternoon in June, the air was filled Shelbyville, carries with songs praising Christ’s presence in a monstrance the Eucharist as hundreds of Catholics holding the stretching out more than a city block took Blessed Sacrament part in a eucharistic procession in the at the head of neighborhood around St. Joseph Parish in a eucharistic Shelbyville. procession on It was a public expression of the faith June 23 at the of so many parishioners—young and old, Batesville Deanery faith community. those whose families have long roots The procession in the parish and those who have come ended with the more recently as immigrants from Mexico blessing of the or other Central or South American Divine Mercy countries. Chapel, the The love of the Eucharist that united newest perpetual them all on June 23 on the feast of the adoration chapel in Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, the Archdiocese of also known by its traditional Latin title Indianapolis. (Photos by of Corpus Christi, culminated at the Sean Gallagher) end of the procession in the blessing and inaugurating of the parish’s new Divine Mercy Chapel where the Blessed Sacrament will be adored 24 hours per day, seven days per week. It is the 14th perpetual adoration chapel for the Church in central and southern of the grace we need to carry out the Father Keucher chose Indiana. (See article below.) mission of Jesus Christ.” Divine Mercy Sunday as Father Michael Keucher, St. Joseph’s The small Divine Mercy Chapel, the day on which to invite pastor, was smiling from ear to ear after the which can seat about six people, is in parishioners to make a procession and the blessing of the chapel. a renovated room in a building on the weekly commitment to “This has been the greatest celebration campus of St. Joseph Parish. adoration. of the Eucharist that I’ve ever experienced,” Father Keucher said establishing In about a week, said Father Keucher. “To see the faith of the chapel flowed from an increase in nearly all 168 hour the people and not just my dream come eucharistic adoration at St. Joseph over slots per week were true, but the dreams of so many people here the past few years. filled. Some hours have come true, is just a miracle. There are so During that time, a holy hour was two people signed up many tears—tears of joy that folks have prayed daily at noon at the parish. And on for them, others as had. It’s something supernatural.” each first Friday, there would be 24 hours many as five. At least Archbishop Charles C. Thompson was of eucharistic adoration. 80 people are on a list on hand to bless the chapel and be the Not long after Father Keucher of substitutes to fill in Father Michael Keucher, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Shelbyville, first person to pray there in adoration of began ministry at St. Joseph in 2017, when those who have leads prayers before the Blessed Sacrament at a temporary altar the Blessed Sacrament. parishioners came to him expressing their committed to a specific dedicated to St. Joseph during a June 23 eucharistic procession at the “It just shows how the Eucharist desire for a perpetual adoration chapel. hour cannot make it. Batesville Deanery faith community. is so central to our lives,” he said. “I just kept hearing it from different “The hours were “The community here gets that and people and got excited about the idea filled so fast,” said youth ministry and charitable works appreciates that. They certainly give an myself,” he said. “I love adoration.” Father Keucher. “I couldn’t believe it. through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. incredible witness to the centrality of the So last fall, he sought and received I really thought that it wasn’t going to Father Keucher thinks the increased Eucharist. We’re ultimately called to be permission from Archbishop Thompson to happen that way. It really floored me.” activity of Catholics in the broader Christ-centered. begin plans for a chapel at the parish. Lupita Flores was glad to see so many of community of Shelby County is tied to “And what better way to do that than By the spring of this year, the plans her fellow Latino Catholics taking part in the their increase in eucharistic adoration. gathering for the Eucharist and allowing were in place enough to have parishioners eucharistic procession and chapel blessing. “It just sets people on fire,” he said. the Eucharist to be the strength and source sign up for hours. Since the chapel was “It was awesome,” said Flores. “It was “When you spend time with Jesus, he’s going to be dedicated to Divine Mercy, something that we were all waiting for. I going to call you to do stuff. He’s going think that a lot of the community is going to make you a more convicted and active to find the time to spend time with Jesus. member of the Church, his body. “We show our devotion through prayer “There’s a huge connection between and community. We all gather together, the contemplative life of a parish and the and we are one in faith. We’re all brothers active life of a parish. The active life of and sisters. It’s a huge part of who we a parish will only last, thrive and grow if are.” there is a strong contemplative life.” Dottie Soller has been a member of The adoration of the Blessed St. Joseph Parish for some 60 years and Sacrament in the Divine Mercy Chapel at was on hand for the procession and chapel St. Joseph Parish will be a means, Flores blessing. said, of bringing Catholics of diverse “This parish is going to have much cultural backgrounds at St. Joseph and in more life—and it already has a lot of life, Shelby County together toward the unity definitely,” she said. “Shelby County will that Christ willed for the Church. be blessed, and we won’t even know how “It’s going to unite us even more than many blessings God is giving all of us.” we already are,” Flores said. “To see that Other Catholics from Shelby County people have devoted at least one hour of will be praying in the chapel, as members their time each week to be in the chapel of nearby St. Vincent de Paul Parish have with Jesus, and to know that someone also signed up for hours. is going to be there, even in the early Archbishop Charles C. Thompson blesses the Divine Mercy Chapel at St. Joseph Parish in Shelbyville Members of St. Joseph and St. Vincent hours of the morning, is just amazing. It’s on June 23. It is the newest perpetual adoration chapel for the Church in central and southern Indiana. are already working together in other amazing to know that we have all come Uriel Esquivel, an altar server at St. Joseph Parish, stands at right. initiatives, including a rapidly growing together to do that.” † Perpetual adoration chapels in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis When St. Joseph Parish in Shelbyville began a • St. Joseph Parish, 125 E. Broadway, Shelbyville. • St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. St. Nicholas Drive, perpetual adoration chapel on June 23, it became the Information: 317-398-8227, or www.stjoeshelby.org. Sunman. Information: 812-623-2964, or 14th such chapel across the Archdiocese of Indianapolis • St. Louis Parish, 13 St. Louis Place, Batesville. www.stnicholas-sunman.org. where the Blessed Sacrament is adored 24 hours per day, Information: 812-934-3204, or www.stlouis-batesville.org. • St. Patrick Parish, 1807 Poplar St., Terre Haute. seven days per week. • St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, 7575 Holliday Drive, Information: 812-232-8518, or www.saintpat.org. Perpetual adoration chapels in central and southern E., Indianapolis. Information: 317-259-4373, or • St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (“Little Flower”) Parish, Indiana are located at the following parishes: www.stluke.org. 4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis. Information: • St. Michael the Archangel Parish, 3354 W. 30th St., 317-357-8352, or www.littleflowerparish.org. • All Saints Parish, St. John the Baptist Campus, 25743 Indianapolis. Information: 317-926-7359, or • St. Thomas More Parish, 1200 N. Indiana St., State Road 1, Guilford. Information: 812-576-4302, or www.saintmichaelindy.org. Mooresville. Information: 317-831-4142, or www.allsaintscatholic.net. • St. Mary Parish, 1331 E. Hunter Robbins Way, www.stm-church.org. • Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish, 335. S. Meridian St., Greensburg. Information: 812-663-8427, or • St. Vincent de Paul Parish, 1723 “I” St., Bedford. Greenwood. Information: 317-888-2861, or www.stmarysgreensburg.com. Information: 812-275-3493, or www.olgreenwood.org. • St. Mary (Nativity of the Virgin Mary) Parish, www.yourcclc.org/stvincent. † • St. Barnabas Parish, 8300 Rahke Road, Indianapolis. 629 Clay St., North Vernon. Information: 812-346-3604, Information: 317-882-0724, or www.stbindy.org. or www.ccjc3.org. Page 12 The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Perspectives The Theology of Technology/Brett Robinson Amid the Fray/Greg Erlandson Church is the best place for young people to search for more An unexpected Summertime used to be about big are cultural liturgies because they draw blockbuster. It was a fantasy starring a voice, and a blockbuster movies. This summer box upon our deep longing to be part of mechanical shark that terrorized a beach office receipts are sagging, and even the something bigger than ourselves and to full of actors. Today, kids are more likely painful message sequels are having share the experience with other people. to follow the real story of shark attack a hard time. The These cultural liturgies don’t provide survivor Paige Winter in North Carolina, For those who say the Church doesn’t Avengers: Endgame communion with God in the Eucharist, a 17-year‑old girl who has inspired her get it, or the Vatican doesn’t get it, I offer phenomenon is an but they hint at a desire for some kind of peers on social media with her fighting up Msgr. John Kennedy. Msgr. Kennedy exception, but it communion. spirit and zeal for life. Posts about Paige has perhaps the most points to a big shift The cinema has been helpful in giving on social media have exploded and unenviable job in the in our popular culture us a common culture with stories about reached “blockbuster” status. Church today. He is landscape. good and evil or suffering and redemption. Our pressing task is to remind young head of the Vatican The movie industry However, those stories are not always people that their experience on the office that investigates is playing an endgame rooted in the truth of the Gospel and what Internet need not be an empty fantasy full allegations of sexual of its own as it tries to the Church teaches. They are pure fantasy. of dreams and desires about being the abuse by Catholic figure out whether theaters are still viable If what young people are rejecting is next Instagram star or gaining a thousand clergy. in an age of cheaper offerings like Netflix. fantasy, then their desire for something real new followers. “I can honestly The Church should pay attention to this may be experiencing a new awakening. That’s a movie mindset, and the movie tell you that when trend as well. This is the blessing and curse of the industry is dying because young people reading cases involving sexual abuse by The theater has historically been social media age. Smartphones and want to be exposed to the real world and clerics, you never get used to it, and you a communal place of “worship.” Not Instagram feeds dominate the daily habits their place in it. The Church, not the can feel your heart and soul hurting,” he worship in the religious sense but in a of young people, which means that the cinema, has always been the best place to said recently. “There are times when I am secular sense, what James K.A. Smith influence of Hollywood producers is start that search. poring over cases that I want to get up and calls a “cultural liturgy.” These are waning. Young people are searching for scream, that I want to pack up my things activities that form our imaginations and something different, something more (Brett Robinson is director of and leave the office and not come back.” worldviews in particular ways, and they personal and real. They are searching for communications and Catholic media Msgr. Kennedy made this remarkable don’t have to take place in a church. a better sense of themselves. studies at the University of Notre Dame admission in a speech to a room full of Movies, sporting events and concerts The movie Jaws is considered the first McGrath Institute for Church Life.) † Catholic communicators and journalists during the 2019 Catholic Media It’s All Good/Patti Lamb Conference. His speech lasted more than an hour, during which you could have heard the proverbial pin drop. At its end, Even when you’re offline, God takes care of everything else he received a standing ovation. Recently, I encountered a cluster of I received an even greater gift—the I didn’t hear any words, but I felt better The ovation was not for his rhetorical life’s curve balls, and I needed my sister. reminder that I can seek solace in human knowing my concerns were in the right skills, but for his honesty. He spoke frankly I found myself in a pickle when I noticed solutions and earthly crutches to my hands. about the excruciating purgatory of his work. that my phone was heart’s content, but that doesn’t compare Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s thoughts “One of the worst things is seeing dead, even though it with going directly to the source. on this matter are a great reminder. photographs and exchanges of chats showed 25 percent The source, of course, is God, our He once said, “The Lord hears us more or messages that are often presented battery life when Father. The Alpha and the Omega, the readily than we expect; It is our listening in the acts of the case,” he said. “In all I glanced at it five beginning and the end. to God that needs to be improved.” honesty, this work has changed me and minutes prior. He called the oceans and the mountains In this unjust world, I must rely all who work with me. It has taken away My husband and and the planets into being—from more on my personal conversation and another part of my innocence and has kids were gone with nothingness. In his omniscience and communion with God rather than that of overshadowed me with sadness.” their phones, and majesty, he created everything that has human beings. I keep seeking answers on Yet if he is overwhelmed by the we no longer have a ever existed—including you and me. this mortal plane, but that’s not the true constant arrival of files from around home phone line. Oh, Our Creator loves us beyond human source of the answers. the world filled with allegations of and did I mention that one of the kids comprehension, and he’s the source of Of course, we are called to listen to clergy who have violated their vows and took our only functioning charger? truth and peace. one another and support each other. We traumatized the most innocent, he does I wasn’t quite sure how to work The human part of me, however, are at our best when we’re serving and not forget that it is the victims of abuse through this conundrum. repeatedly leans on my own, faulty lifting our brothers and sisters. who deserve our compassion. I desperately wanted to talk with my understanding. But my meltdown that day, when I had While he carries the accounts of these sister and hear her wise counsel and In that especially weak moment, when no phone service, served as the nudge I crimes in his head, “this is nothing compared calming presence. I was home alone, I questioned whether needed to recognize that God is the one I to those who have borne this for years in I plopped down on the kitchen chair, the Maker of the Universe could hear me. should seek first. He’s our most important silence. What of the father, mother or siblings folded my hands, and I did something that “Are you there?” I whispered. contact, and he’s available 24/7 for us. of the child who have to look at that child I should do instinctually. I went straight I prefer an instant response, even in Later that week, a friend shared a and live through this? What can they say? to God. I had no WiFi and no battery life. the form of “yes” or “no.” This world of daily devotional that summarized my Everything has been taken from them.” The good news is that I didn’t need that to instant gratification has clearly gotten the realization: “My relationship with God Compounding the horror is when the reach God. It turns out that we all have a best of me. is my number one focus; I know that if victim is not believed. “Can you imagine direct line when we talk to him from our Maybe that’s why I lean on my family I take care of that, God will take care of what it might be like not to be believed by hearts. and my friends—because I can’t hear God. everything else.” Church authorities?” he asked. That afternoon, I poured my heart out Still, that afternoon, it felt wonderful Msgr. Kennedy said that the office to God—all offline. to reconnect with the ultimate counselor, (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna he heads, the discipline section of the While I didn’t receive the instant whom I repeatedly overlook in my quest Parish in Plainfield, is a regular columnist Congregation for the Doctrine of the gratification of my sister’s reassurance, for immediate answers and swift justice. for The Criterion.) † Faith, is now the largest department in the congregation for the first time since its For the Journey/Effie Caldarola founding in 1542. Seventeen employees are dealing with a tidal wave of complaints, Invitation leads to reflection on Jesus and ‘Lord of the dance’ and he compared his work to that of an emergency room doctor dealing with victim If it’s Thursday night, there’s a free plenty of babies and elementary school until the song ended. after victim after victim. “The Church’s outdoor concert at a local mall. It’s a pretty kids there with young parents, lots of She went back to her seat with friends, heart has been broken in this crisis,” he said. spot—a courtyard right next to an Italian singles looking for something to do and and Ethan went back to swaying to the Msgr. Kennedy’s speech is a reminder restaurant with outdoor plenty of older citizens. But this was not livelier tunes. that those who have been hurt by the seating. Lots of the teenage mall scene. And me? I wondered what would grotesque infidelity of clergy and bishops flowers, a small stage, Ethan, however, has Down syndrome, prompt someone to make a gesture as that are not just the victims and their families, a few iron benches. and that changes up his social life a bit. woman had. In a certain way, it was a though they are the most grievously There’s a different Besides, there were prizes to be won, and risk. Would Ethan accept? Would she look wronged. Nor just the innocent priests and band every Thursday, Ethan loves to compete for those. And foolish? Would he know what to do? bishops who have been betrayed by their and this one wasn’t music? Ethan loves it. Put “Mamma Mia” Jean Vanier, who founded L’Arche brothers. bad. The place was on and he’s all over it, and at a recent communities for the physically and But also all those who are the face of packed by the time we performance with his “Special Musicians” intellectually challenged, once said, “If you the Church in parishes and chanceries, arrived. group, he belted out an impressive “We are blind to the poor, you are blind to God.” on diocesan newspapers and in schools. We met my brother and two of his kids. Will Rock You,” as a Queen fan will. Ethan is poor, but only in the sense that Some of those people have endured both It was a perfect June night, temperatures So, with a few couples dancing around we are all poor in our distinct ways. Each 2002 and 2018 and dozens of scandals in in the 70s, the sun making a slow descent him, Ethan stood in the middle, swaying of us has been alone on the dance floor between, and like Msgr. Kennedy, they behind the jewelry store on the west side to the music and remaining oblivious to sometime. Each of us has been the “other” feel the anger and the depression. of the courtyard. the occasional elderly smooch. who longed for an invitation to dance. Msgr. Kennedy ended his talk on a Around the stage, tape marked off a little Then an interesting thing happened. Sometimes at Mass we sing, “Lord of note of hope, that all the media attention “dance floor,” and a few couples, mostly The band struck up “I Will Always Love the Dance.” I love that image of a dancing given to the scandal will lead to positive older, gamely took advantage of the music. You,” the ballad made famous by Whitney Jesus, dancing for the scribe, the Pharisee, reform. “Perhaps a smaller but a more In the middle of the dancers was my Houston. A cute blond woman, maybe in the fisherman. fearless and authentic Church,” he said. nephew Ethan, who is 16 and has many of her late 20s, dressed for a night out with And I thought maybe I spotted Jesus A Church “that is being pruned, purified, the traits of late adolescence: shaggy hair, her hair in a bun on the top of her head, dancing at the mall that night, with a cute prepared for a new season.” tufts of whiskers that don’t really constitute a got up and asked Ethan to dance. outfit and a blond bun, leading us all as Please God that it be so. beard but badly needed shaving nonetheless, He accepted, and they put their arms the dance went on. a few skin blemishes, baggy shorts. around each other. Obviously, someone (Greg Erlandson, director and editor-in-chief Ethan may have been the only taught Ethan a few steps because he was (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News of Catholic News Service, can be reached at 16-year‑old in attendance. There were smooth and held the woman gracefully Service.) † [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Page 13

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, July 8 Friday, July 12 Sunday, July 7, 2019 Genesis 28:10-22a Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 Psalm 91:1-4, 14-15ab Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, • Isaiah 66:10-4 Matthew 9:18-26 39-40 • Galatians 6:14-18 Matthew 10:16-23 • Luke 10:1-2, 17-20 Tuesday, July 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest Saturday, July 13 The first reading for Mass this mission is spiritual, of and for God. No and martyr, and companions, St. Henry weekend is from the third section of secondary consideration should distract martyrs Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26a Isaiah. The three sections of this book, so the disciples. favored over the years The Lord warns that many people will Genesis 32:23-33 Psalm 105:1-4, 6-7 by pious Jews as well not accept these delegates from God. Psalm 17:1b-3, 6-7, 8b, 15 Matthew 10:24-33 as devout Christians, People are blind and attached to sin. Matthew 9:32-38 saw a great sweep of Those who reject God cannot be coerced Sunday, July 14 Hebrew history, from to do otherwise. This is their freedom. Wednesday, July 10 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary before the Babylonian Nevertheless, those who turn away from conquest, through the God and spurn his redemption bring Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, Time exile of many Jews to doom upon themselves, not as divine 17-24a Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Babylon, the imperial revenge, but as simple consequence of Psalm 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19 Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, capital, and finally their choice to reject God. Matthew 10:1-7 36-37 to the Jews’ return to or Psalm 19:8-11 their ancestral home. Reflection Thursday, July 11 Colossians 1:15-20 This return was bittersweet. Poverty On Thursday, the country and despair stalked the land. Cynicism, commemorated the signing of the St. Benedict, abbot Luke 10:25-37 at best, must have been everywhere. Declaration of Independence in Genesis 44:18-21, 23b-29; Where was God in all this? The prophet Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. 45:1-5 majestically and relentlessly reassured the This document has come to represent Psalm 105:16-21 people that if they are faithful, God will the basic political philosophy of the Matthew 10:7-15 sustain them. United States, that freedom is essential It was a great summons to faith, but for and integral to every person. This the prophet reminded the people of God’s does not mean, however, that freedom mercy and favor so well demonstrated at creates the license to do anything. Laws Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle other times. protect rights as well as liberties, and they St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians set responsibilities. provides the next reading. It proclaims All this fully is within the historic The Church continues to affirm Jesus to be the Lord and Savior. Paul Catholic concept of human nature and of insists that he himself is no bearer of the dignity of each person. No philosophy the existence of purgatory salvation. Jesus, the Christ, is the Savior. or policy in vogue today excels the The Lord is our only hope. (Christ is not Catholic belief in the worth and potential I am a cradle Catholic and have a limited purging of the soul may occur a name but a title. It means the select of of each person. Qalways believed in purgatory. Now I after death. God, chosen to be the Redeemer.) Respecting others and realizing am hearing from some people (including Personally, I find comfort in the St. Luke’s Gospel supplies the last personal potential in the moral sense from some priests) who deny its existence. Church’s teaching on purgatory. It is not reading. Already Jesus is making plans to can be a chore. Original sin has made Can you clarify this for me? (Location a final destination; everyone there will announce the Good News far and wide. us all nearsighted and insecure. It leads withheld) wind up in heaven eventually. Nor do we The crucifixion and resurrection have not us to abuse our freedom and to forfeit know how our concept of time relates to yet occurred at this point in the Gospel, our dignity by sinning. It renders us The Church does eternity—the purification that takes place but the Lord is calling all people to be limited, self-centered and afraid in Aindeed believe in purgatory could even be instantaneous. reconciled with God and to find his peace spiritual matters as well as in other in the existence We just don’t know. and hope. Jesus sends 72 disciples in considerations. of purgatory. The I think that the confusion you speak of pairs to distant places to convey this call. Yet God has not abandoned us to Catechism of the regarding the Catholic belief in purgatory All people are in God’s love. our plight. Seeing us in our needs and Catholic Church says may stem in part from the conflation in some Jesus instructs these disciples to carry our failures, God gave us Jesus, so this: people’s minds of purgatory and limbo. no provisions. God will provide for them. wonderfully extolled by Paul. “All who die in In years past, it was the common belief They must focus their intentions upon We need God. We find God in God’s grace and of Catholics (although never defined their mission of representing Jesus, not Jesus. Redemption in Christ means our friendship, but still imperfectly purified, dogmatically) that children who died upon their earthly needs. restoration from the effects of original are indeed assured of their eternal without being baptized went to a state of It is not an order to these disciples sin. If we earnestly accept the Lord, Jesus salvation; but after death they undergo natural happiness called limbo instead of that they be foolhardy or that they gives us the grace truly to be free, to purification, so as to achieve the holiness to be with God in heaven. dismiss the realities of life on Earth. escape the captivity and the consequences necessary to enter the joy of heaven. The But that was theological speculation, Rather, it makes clear that their primary of sin. † Church gives the name purgatory to this not doctrine; and in 2007, the Church’s final purification of the elect” (#1030-31). International Theological Commission, This belief is reflected even in the with the authorization of Pope Benedict XVI, My Journey to God Old Testament, where we read in the published a document that concluded that Second Book of Maccabees (12:46) that “there are theological and liturgical reasons Judas Maccabeus “made atonement for to hope that infants who die without the dead” that they might be freed from baptism may be saved ... even if there is sin, which suggests a Jewish practice of not an explicit teaching on this question offering prayers and sacrifice to cleanse found in revelation.” the souls of the departed. Then, in the Gospel of St. Matthew (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth (Mt 12:32), Jesus says that certain sins Doyle at [email protected] and “will not be forgiven, either in this age 30 Columbia Circle Dr., Albany, New York or in the age to come,” an indication that 12203.) †

Anthony Mary Zaccaria c. 1502 - 1539 Feast - July 5

Summer Rain The summer rain pockmarks the face of the lake Trained as a medical doctor in northern Italy, Anthony also was drawn By M. Lynell Chamberlain And vanishes in steam from the road that I take. to teaching religion to the poor. He decided to switch vocations and The air’s thick with the scent of dying dust was ordained a priest in 1528. In 1530 he and two Milanese noblemen (M. Lynell Chamberlain is a As I make my way home and day becomes dusk. founded an order of reforming priests, the Clerics Regular of St. Paul, more member of St. John Paul II It’s been another long day of anger and fear, commonly known as Barnabites, after their first headquarters at the Church Parish in Sellersburg. Gut-wrenching loss, heartbreak and tears. of St. Barnabas in Milan. Despite Church opposition, the order won praise Photo: Rain falls on a flower The rumble of thunder and patter of rain for its care of plague victims, and was formally approved by the pope in during a summer shower.) Matches my mood that’s darkened with pain. 1533. Anthony was elected the first provost general but resigned to open (Public domain photo from www.pexels.com.) But as I listen, God speaks to me, a second house in Vicenza. He fell gravely ill while giving a parish mission Out of the shadows of the wet, dripping trees, and died at his mother’s home. He was canonized in 1897. And I feel my pain and personal fears Slowly wash away in the rain of God’s tears. Page 14 The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019

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BEAN, Dotty, 86, St. Gabriel, HANLEY, Dennis L., 74, MYCIO, Anna, 94, St. John Connersville, June 11. Mother St. Patrick, Indianapolis, Paul II, Sellersburg, June 19. of Jennifer Easley, Debbie May 27. Husband of Sharon Grandmother of eight. Faw, Cindy Sizemore, Jim, Hanley. Father of Leslie Great-grandmother of 12. John, Joseph and Patrick Hanley Bate and Julie Such. O’CONNELL, Daniel Bean. Grandmother of 21. Grandfather of six. J., Jr., 89, Good Shepherd, Great-grandmother of 23. HOLLKAMP, Evan A., 23, Indianapolis, June 19. Uncle Great-great-grandmother of St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, of one. five. June 14. Son of Jeff and Carrie PHIPPS, Aurelea A., 84, Hollkamp. Brother of Grant St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, CAITO, August F., 95, Hollkamp. Grandson of Paul Our Lady of the Most June 18. Wife of Phillip and Brenda Hurst and Suzann Phipps. Mother of Debie Holy Rosary, Indianapolis, Hollkamp. McGee, Victoria Shackett, June 20. Father of Barbara JUSTUS, Walter, 25, Mark, Michael, Paul and Phi Tewmey, Michael, Paul and Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Phipps. Sister of Lucille, Tony Caito. Grandfather of 14. June 10. Son of Walt Justus and Mona Lu and Mervin Dixon. Great-grandfather of several. Jane Herrick-Justus. Brother of Grandmother of nine. CURRY, C. Joseph, 72, Jillian Foran. Grandson of Janet Great-grandmother of 10. St. Roch, Indianapolis, June 10. Herrick, Pat Norman and Wally SCHAFER, Pamela Husband of Caroline Curry. Justus. S. (Prickett), 60, St. Lawrence, Father of Anne Coleman and LUHRING, Mary, 96, Indianapolis, June 14. Mother Donald Curry. Brother of Judy St. Nicholas, Ripley County, of Ashley Hardin, Daughters of Hufford. Grandfather of five. June 25. Mother of Cindy Holy Mary of the Heart of Jesus Great-grandfather of two. Herbert, Pam Narwold, Paula Sister Magdalene Marie and Steffey, Jack, Joe, Steve and James Schafer. DAVIS, Mary Martha, 85, Sylvan Luhring. Grandmother SCHMOETZER, Adrian St. Peter Parish, Harrison of 17. Great-grandmother of B., 83, St. Mary, New Albany, County, June 19. Mother of 24. Great-great-grandmother June 19. Mother of Judy Martha Ann Bennett, Mary of one. Johnson, Billie King, Bonnie Slotten, David, Jay and Pat METZ, Anna, 74, St. Mary, Montague, Tammy Pearce, Davis. Grandmother of 14. New Albany, May 26. Mother Lisa Schmoetzer-Velasco, Bishop Donald J. Hying gestures while preaching during his installation Mass at St. Maria Great-grandmother of 17. of Amy Metz Smith and Joseph Bruce, Stephen and Thomas Goretti Church in Madison, Wis., on June 25. Appointed to head the Madison Diocese on April 25, Metz. Sister of Claudia Selter Schmoetzer. Sister of Mary Jo DELUCIO, Ruth, 89, Bishop Hying, 55, a native of Wisconsin, had served as the bishop of Gary, Ind., since 2015. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Paul Hughes. Grandmother Renfro. Grandmother of 18. Great-grandmother of one. (CNS photo/Anthony D. Alonzo, Northwest Indiana Catholic) Richmond, June 21. Mother of five. Great-grandmother of of Sandy Abrams, Johna two. TURNER, Phyllis M., 67, Crabtree, Brenda Kurtz, MITCHELL-MARTIN, St. Mary, Greensburg, June 20. Norma Maule, Debbie Petitt Utonia, 90, Holy Angels, Wife of Jeffrey Turner. Aunt of It’s ‘our moment’ to proclaim and Mike DeLucio. Sister Indianapolis, June 18. Mother several. of Phyllis Lathrop and Patty of Karen Utonia Martin and WALTERS, Violet C., 74, the good news, says new bishop Lehman. Grandmother of 14. Sherlynn Martin. Grandmother St. Maurice, Napoleon, June 20. Great-grandmother of 24. of five. Wife of Thomas Walters. MADISON, Wis. (CNS)—The new Ordained a priest for the Milwaukee Mother of Jennifer Moorman. bishop of Madison told the congregation Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 1989, he DONAHUE, James M., 85, MORGAN, Jerome L., Sr., 71, St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, Grandmother of three. at his installation Mass on June 25 that was a Milwaukee auxiliary from 2011 to St. Michael the Archangel, June 11. Husband of Eluene WOHLHIETER, Joseph the Catholic Church “is forever young” 2015. He is a native of West Allis, Wis. Indianapolis, June 9. Husband Morgan. Father of Prena P., 91, St. Barnabas, and this is “our moment” to proclaim the “Your Excellency, you are being of Martha Donahue. Father Simmons-Morgan, Horace Indianapolis, June 22. Father of good news of Christ. installed during the month of June. The of Christopher and Thomas Toppins, Jerome, Jr., Timko Susan Moore, Patti Stephenson, “In God’s time, 2,000 years is merely month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Donahue. Brother of Donna and Vernall Morgan. Brother Lisa Wohlhieter-Hobbs and the blink of an eye,” Bishop Donald Jesus, which the Holy Father has said is Barion. Grandfather of four. of Dianne Barriere and Joseph Wohlhieter, Jr. Brother J. Hying said in his homily. “So the the highest expression of divine love, the Step-grandfather of three. Delores Moline. Grandfather of Rosie Bussell. Grandfather of Church is always just an hour after ultimate symbol of God’s mercy,” said Great-grandfather of three. of 16. 13. Great-grandfather of 19. † dawn, the sun has just come up, Christ Archbishop Pierre. has risen from the dead, and Mary “Your own episcopal motto ‘Caritas Magdalene is running down the path to numquam excidit,’ ‘Love never fails,’ Supreme Court to take up DACA case, tell the Apostles that the tomb is empty. points to the infinite love of God that “This is our moment to boldly flows from the most Sacred Heart of not abortion law during next term proclaim Christ, to live the faith, and to Jesus, the heart to which you must be move forward the mission of the Church conformed more and more each day.” WASHINGTON (CNS)—In its next The U.S. Conference of Catholic with joyful confidence in the Holy Spirit.” During his homily, Bishop Hying term, the U.S. Supreme Court will Bishops (USCCB) in 2017 called the More than 1,500 people attended the focused on the Gospel reading from examine if the Trump administration cancellation of DACA “reprehensible,” and Mass at St. Maria Goretti Church in John. illegally tried to end a program that said it caused “unnecessary fear for DACA Madison where he was installed as the “Simon, son of John, do you love me? protects young adults brought to the youths and their families.” The USCCB, fifth bishop of the diocese. Overflow [Jn 21:17] ... This simple, yet profound U.S. as minors without documentation. along with several Catholic groups, seating was set up in the narthex and question, posed to Peter by Jesus at the The court announced in a June 28 order organizations and religious orders, have parish hall where Massgoers watched the end of the Gospel, echoes down the that it will consolidate three cases on the since then called for a solution to help installation on televisions. centuries into our own hearts today,” Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals these young adults. The concelebrating archbishops and Bishop Hying said. program, or DACA, in its term that begins Also in its announcements of future bishops included Milwaukee Archbishop “Is it not, in some sense, the most in October. cases, the Supreme Court said it will not Jerome E. Listecki, Cardinal Blase fundamental question of life?” he asked. President Donald J. Trump has been consider a lower court ruling blocking J. Cupich of Chicago, Archbishop Charles “We all want to know that we are loved wanting the high court to overturn an abortion law in Alabama that would C. Thompson of Indianapolis and and valued, both by God and others. appellate court rulings that have kept ban the most common method of Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic We seek some external assurance that in place the DACA program initiated by second-trimester abortions. nuncio to the United States. we have been received, accepted and President Barack Obama in 2012, which Alabama was one in a group of states Toward the start of the Mass, embraced. That our existence matters. has protected nearly 700,000 people that had proposed criminalizing the Archbishop Pierre said he was pleased That we are not alone.” brought to this country as children, dilation and evacuation procedure used to be there, and jokingly asked if his Later in his homily, Bishop Hying commonly known as “Dreamers.” in almost all abortions performed at pronunciation of Hying, sounding addressed many of the different groups Without action from the high court, the 15 weeks of pregnancy and later. With the like “HI-ing,” was correct. The bishop represented at the Mass, including the lower court rulings have kept it in place, high court’s order, the lower court’s ruling responded in the affirmative. priests and seminarians. blocking the president’s effort to end stands, preventing the state from enforcing “I am grateful for your service to the He thanked the priests for their DACA, which he ordered in 2017 when the law. Church of Gary [Indiana], which you ministry and “profound commitment to then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions called Justice Clarence Thomas, the have shepherded so wisely [as bishop]. Christ and to his Church.” DACA “an unconstitutional exercise of only justice who commented on the While you will be sorely missed there, To the laity in the diocese, he said, authority.” order, said the case “serves as a stark the Holy Father has called you to lead “I offer my greetings and my love Although qualifying DACA recipients reminder that our abortion jurisprudence the Church of Madison, whose shepherd to you. You serve the Church in so do not get legal status, they receive a work has spiraled out of control,” but he was taken suddenly.” many generous ways, your prayer, permit and get a reprieve from deportation added that the Alabama case did not Bishop Robert C. Morlino, the fourth your marriages and families, the work and other temporary relief. “present the opportunity to address our bishop of Madison, died last November. you do, the time and treasure you Federal judges who have blocked demonstrably erroneous ‘undue burden’ Named on April 25 by Pope Francis to give are the fire and energy that make ending the program have said the Trump standard” which refers to any obstacle succeed the late bishop, Bishop Hying the Church run forward in the sacred administration needs to provide a clear preventing a woman from obtaining an had headed the Gary Diocese since 2015. mission of Christ.” † explanation of why the program should end. abortion. † The Criterion Friday, July 5, 2019 Page 15 Give your lives for your flocks, pope tells archbishops VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Blessing The 60-year-old archbishop was an bands of wool that archbishops will wear auxiliary bishop in Detroit until he was around their shoulders, Pope Francis said, sent to Guam amid turmoil surrounding “It is a sign that the shepherds do not live sexual abuse allegations against the for themselves but for previous archbishop and concerns about the sheep.” his administration of the archdiocese. “It is a sign that, A Vatican court later found former in order to possess Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron guilty of life, we have to lose the sexual abuse of minors. it, give it away,” the The pallium, given to archbishops by pope said during his the pope, also is a sign of their unity with homily at Mass for him as they minister to a portion of the the feast of Sts. Peter Catholic “flock.” So, Archbishop Byrnes and Paul on June 29. said, it is a sign of his obedience to the Pope Francis The 30 archbishops pope, but also expresses “my obedience, receiving palliums of a sort, to the people of Guam,” and the included: Archbishops Wilton D. Gregory obligation to respond to and assist them. of Washington; Michael J. Byrnes of The archbishop said that when Agana, Guam; Peter A. Comensoli of he arrived in Agana there were six Melbourne, Australia; Peter J. Hundt allegations of clerical sexual abuse and Archbishops Wilton Gregory of Washington, center, and Peter A. Comensoli of Melbourne, Australia, of St. John’s, Newfoundland; and John now there are more than 200. leave in procession after attending Pope Francis’ celebration of Mass marking the feast of Sts. Peter Wilson of Southwark, England. A pallium When asked if there is a particular and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on June 29. After the Mass the pope presented palliums also was blessed for Archbishop Michael group in the archdiocese that he carries as to new archbishops from around the world. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Mulhall of Kingston, Ontario, who lambs on his shoulders, he immediately reportedly was unable to attend. responded, “The victim-survivors are “It’s an acknowledgment of what I Paul and how Jesus chose them despite The palliums are a woolen band that in my daily prayer” and “those are the am called to be, which is the shepherd of their failings and sins. the heads of archdioceses wear around people I carry most in my heart.” God’s people in Melbourne,” he said. Both of them, he said, “made great their shoulders over their Mass vestments. Receiving the pallium, he said, “is a While Pope Francis continues to bless mistakes: Peter denied the Lord, while Benedictine nuns at the Monastery of boost to me. It illustrates a change in our the palliums and give them to archbishops Paul persecuted the Church of God. St. Cecilia in Rome use wool from lambs diocese,” symbolically sealing a new start as his predecessors did, the pope also “We may wonder why the Lord blessed by the pope each year on the Jan. for the archdiocese. decided several years ago that the formal chose not to give us two witnesses of 21 feast of St. Agnes to make the palliums, Archbishop Gregory, speaking at a imposition of the woolen bands would utter integrity, with clean records and which are kept by St. Peter’s tomb until the reception the afternoon before the Mass, be done by apostolic nuncios in the impeccable lives,” he said. But there is a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. said that receiving the pallium “is not archbishops’ archdioceses. lesson there, he continued. The palliums are about 3 inches wide simply an honor, it’s a challenge and a Archbishop Comensoli said celebrating “The starting point of the Christian life and have a 14-inch strip hanging down the responsibility, which I gladly accept at his at both the Vatican and in his archdiocese is not our worthiness; in fact, the Lord front and the back. The strips are finished [the pope’s] invitation.” show two dimensions of the life of the was able to accomplish little with those with black silk, almost like the hooves of The archbishop said, “I look forward to Church: “the Church universal and the who thought they were good and decent,” the sheep the archbishop is symbolically caring for the flock in Washington to the local.” the pope said. “Whenever we consider carrying over his shoulders. best of my ability.” The pope exercises his authority “as ourselves smarter or better than others, “I love the imagery” of the pallium, Archbishop Comensoli, who received chief shepherd for the universal Church” that is the beginning of the end. Archbishop Byrnes told Catholic News the pallium at the end of his “ad limina” by giving the pallium to the archbishop, “The Lord does not work miracles Service (CNS). “Just the way it’s shaped visit to the Vatican, told CNS, “The he said. When the formal imposition takes with those who consider themselves suggests carrying the lamb on your pallium, for me at least, is that sense of place in Melbourne on Aug. 1, the first righteous, but with those who know shoulders.” recognizing why I’m sent. anniversary of Archbishop Comensoli’s themselves needy,” he said. “He is not installation, it will be a sign that each attracted by our goodness; that is not Catholic there has a particular role in the why he loves us. He loves us just as we Serra Club Vocations Essay local community, and his is as bishop. are; he is looking for people who are not In his homily at the Mass, Pope Francis self-sufficient, but ready to open their Teen hopes to ‘set the world ablaze’ focused on the figures of Sts. Peter and hearts to him.” † through her love for Christ By Theresa Sherman is an ever-burning flame for the Catholic Classified Directory faith, not needing words to spread it. 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Father Don Woznicki of Los Angeles is pictured with Carl Kozlowski, co-founder of “Catholic Laughs,” in this undated photo. “Catholic Laughs” is a national traveling comedy show, featuring clean comedy with comics from major late-night shows. (CNS photo/courtesy “Catholic Laughs”) Calling card for ‘Catholic Laughs’ duo is a love of wholesome comedy WASHINGTON (CNS)—Parishes with “Catholic Laughs” and in their can literally laugh their way to the outside gigs. Kozlowski explained their bank, raising up to $4,500 in one night philosophy on clean comedy through the of comedy with the “Catholic Laughs” analogy of a deodorant commercial. An organization. old Secret commercial advertised their “Catholic Laughs” is a national product as “strong enough for a man, but 1980 Kickball Champions traveling comedy show, featuring clean made for a woman.” comedy with comics from major late-night “We are the same way,” Kozlowski This photo captures the archdiocesan Catholic Youth Organization’s 1980 shows. Co-founders Carl Kozlowski said. “We don’t ever dumb down what Cadet “A” Girls Kickball League Champion team from St. Barnabas Parish in and Scott Vinci then spend the evening we are doing. We just make it as funny Indianapolis. The coaches were Dick and Diane Music. cracking jokes along with their guest. as we can, but we know how to control The duo charges either an in-advance, our mouths. We are really creating (Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact negotiable fee to the parish, which the these shows for adult mentality, but archdiocesan archivest Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or parish usually at least doubles in ticket there is never anything you have to be by e-mail at [email protected].) sales, or they split ticket sales at the door. embarrassed about hearing.” It all began when Kozlowski stayed Vinci added that, contrary to popular home sick in the third grade. Without belief, it is not necessarily more difficult his parents to monitor the remote, young for a comedian to keep his act “clean” in Pope Francis to canonize Blessed John Kozlowski was free to roam the channels, the industry. Rather, clean shows cultivate and, being a young hell-raiser, Kozlowski a broader appeal, and usually result in Henry Newman in Rome on Oct. 13 was naturally attracted to “The David more gigs. VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope The others who will be declared saints Letterman Show.” Besides the monetary gain they Francis will declare Blessed John Henry are: “His morning show was so nuts I associate with clean comedy, both Vinci Newman, the 19th-century British • Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, who didn’t believe what I was watching,” and Kozlowski added that their Catholic cardinal, a saint on Oct. 13. was a member of the Missionary Sisters Kozlowski told Catholic News Service upbringing never quite allowed them to The British of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS) in a phone interview from Los depart with clean comedy with a clear theologian will be Born in 1914, she was known to Angeles. conscience. canonized during a Brazilian Catholics as Sister Dulce, the “I have always been a bit devious in “Both my parents are gone, but I still Mass at the Vatican mother of the poor. She founded the first innocent ways, and I figured out I could have this thing in the back of my mind, along with a Swiss Catholic workers’ organization in the state get away with being sick about every what would they want to hear,” Vinci told laywoman, an Indian of Bahia, started a health clinic for poor three weeks so that I could watch that CNS. “There is a part of me that would nun, an Italian nun workers and opened a school for working show.” love to make them proud, and I have and a nun known as families. She created a hospital, an Thus, a love ignited. to feel good about it, and I would love the “Mother Teresa of orphanage and care centers for the elderly For Kozlowski’s now business partner, to have them in the audience laughing Brazil.” and disabled. Vinci, comedy slowly simmered into along.” Blessed John Henry The date for the She was nominated for the Nobel his life before he could remember being Kozlowski recounted that, when he Newman canonization Mass Peace Prize by then-President Jose Sarney conscious of it. was just starting out and most vulnerable was announced on July 1 during an in 1988. St. John Paul II, who called her “I remember one year, I dressed up to falling into the cuss trap, his parents “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting work “an example for humanity,’” met as Groucho Marx for Halloween,” Vinci found creative ways to keep tabs on him, of the pope, cardinals and promoters of her in 1980 during his first trip to Brazil said. “I don’t think anyone else knew ensuring that his comedy remained pure. sainthood causes that formally ends the and, returning in 1991, he visited her in who I was or what I was doing, but I “My dad told everyone every time sainthood process. the hospital. She died in 1992 at the age just thought it was funny because he was I had a show to come see it, partly Born in London in 1801, John Henry of 77 with tens of thousands attending her funny. I was probably 5 or 6.” to encourage me but partly to spy on Newman was ordained an Anglican funeral and even more gathering for her Each spent years working in “Dilbert me. I better not even swear once. It priest in 1825. He later founded the beatification in 2011. jobs,” as Kozlowski dubbed them, along came naturally to me right off the bat,” Oxford Movement, which emphasized the • Blessed Marguerite Bays, a with other jobs, while Kozlowski said. “I Catholic roots of Anglicanism. laywoman from Switzerland known wading through the found that it is an After a series of clashes with Anglican for her spirituality in the face of great sewers at the dead ‘I think it helps build advantage. Even bishops made him a virtual outcast from the physical suffering and for bearing the bottom of the comic community, and it is just an though people are Church of England, he joined the Catholic stigmata of Christ. She died in 1879. world, performing easy fundraiser. They don’t sometimes dirty in Church at the age of 44 and was ordained a • Blessed Josephine Vannini, night after night before have to set up a lot of stuff. clubs, every club Catholic priest in 1846. Pope Leo XIII made co-founder the Daughters of St. Camillus, audiences of slightly that I have had a him a cardinal in 1879 while respecting his who served the sick and elderly. She died intoxicated people in They have a parish hall major opportunity wishes not to be ordained a bishop. in 1911. seen-better-days joints. with a light with, they’re like, A theologian and poet, he died in 1890, • Blessed Mariam Thresia Chiramel Eventually, both and a mic. ‘Wow, you don’t and his sainthood cause was opened in Mankidiyan, the Indian founder of the Kozlowski and Vinci They don’t swear, and you’re 1958. Pope Benedict XVI beatified him in Sisters of the Holy Family, who died in emerged from the funny,’ and they say Birmingham, England, in 2010. 1926. † cesspool at the bottom realize how they appreciate that of the entertainment easy it is until because it stands industry as successful, we come.’ out.” Volunteerism at its best sometimes even Though they are Recognition — Comedian highlights work of both adults and young people, lucrative, craftsmen in dedicated to “Catholic pages 8-9. Scott Vinci Vol. LIX, No. 37 75¢ See your ad here next week! their trade: comedy. Laughs”, both June 28, 2019 Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com The two met at an Kozlowski and Vinci Historic cross on public property Call today to advertise! open mic night in Chicago, and worked continue to try to advance their careers. can stay, court rules WASHINGTON (CNS)—In a 7-2 vote, together for a while before they began Vinci continues to pursue a career the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of preserving a historic cross-shaped memorial in Bladensburg, Md.,not saying endorse the religion.cross did The June 20 ruling reversed a lower court decision last year. “Catholic Laughs.” as a comedic actor, while Kozlowski is “Although the cross has long been a pre-eminent Christian symbol, its use in the Bladensburg “I think it helps build community,” working on a sitcom that chronicles his memorial has a special 317-236-1585 significance,” said Justice Samuel the court’s ruling in Alito an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito. He said the memorial, Vinci said, “and it is just an easy real-life narcolepsy problems. He hopes paying tribute to soldiers who died in World War I, should be seen in the same “historical context” as the white crosses marking the overseas graves of soldiers who had lost their lives in that war. He also said removing the memorial (Photo by Sean Gallagher) fundraiser. They don’t have to set up a the show, called “Dozed and Confused,” “would be seen by many not as a neutral act, but as the manifestation of a hostility Members of St. Barnabas Parish and Friedens United Church of Christ, both in Indianapolis, work together on June 12 in a garden on the grounds of toward religion that has no place in our the Friedens faith community. The produce from the garden, sponsored by St. Barnabas, will be given to people in need who come to a food pantry at Establishment Clause traditions.” St. Anthony Parish on the near west side of Indianapolis. Members of St. Barnabas help operate the pantry. Alito noted that for nearly a century, lot of stuff. They have a parish hall with will premiere on Netflix. He also hosts the 40-foot cross “has expressed the community’s grief at the loss of the young men who perished, its thanks for their Ecumenical gardening initiative sacrifice, and its dedication to the ideals In addition to growing green beans, for which they fought. It has become a peas, cucumbers and peppers, Logsdon prominent community landmark.” will help brothers,that is close to his heart sistersand a part of his is alsoin helping need to nurture a community. a light and a mic. They don’t realize how a radio show, “Man UP,” in which he Several justices wrote separate opinions faith. He and other residents of a in this case, dissented by Justices Ruth By Sean Gallagher “I have a passion for gardening. I neighborhood on the south side of Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. love to see things grow,” Logsdon said. Indianapolis are working together to “This is a great victory for not only Ivy Logsdon walks amid rows of For him, planting seeds, tending grow a vegetable garden to help people The Criterion the American Legion and our veterans, sprouting vegetable plants in a garden plants and harvesting what grows is also in need. but really this is a landmark decision on on a warm June evening. He pulls an act of faith. Logsdon is a member of St. Barnabas easy it is until we come.” and his co-host talk about how men can religious liberty,” said Kelly Shackelford, weeds here, gives advicegardeners to other there. “I see the works of God in creation. Parish in Indianapolis, which sponsors He doesn’t president and chief counsel to First Liberty I really do,” Logsdon said. “When you the garden. It’s a cooperative project Institute, a Texas law firm that represented let the fact plant a seed, it’s a creation. You take with the nearby Friedens United Church that he’s the American Legion in this case. one little tomato seed and you can get of Christ, where the gardenSee isGARDEN located., page 2 Joining him for a news conference in front 88 slow bushels of tomatoes off of it. And then him down Vinci and Kozlowski are committed navigate the crazy changes in the world of Supreme Court on June 20 was Michael you have seeds for the next year if you in doing Moore, commissioner of the American save them.” something Legion Post 136 in Greenbelt, Md., who first visited the memorial when he was 8 years old with his father and learned about the 49 men whose memories are enshrinedSee CROSS there., page 7 to clean comedy, both in their work from a Christian perspective. † Receive Communion every time at Mass as if it were the first time, Pope Francis says VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Every time a Catholic receives Communion, it should be like his or her first Communion, Pope Francis said. Marking the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ on June 23, the pope spoke about the gift of the Eucharist during his midday Angelus address at the Vatican and at the Rome parish of Santa Maria Consolatrice, where he celebrated an evening Mass and led eucharistic Benediction after a Corpus Christi procession. The feast, he told visitors in St. Peter’s Square, is an annual occasion for Catholics “to renew our awe and joy for the stupendous gift of the Lord, which is the Eucharist.” Catholics should concentrate on receiving Communion with gratitude every time they receive it, he said, rather than approaching the altar “in a passive, mechanical way.” “We must get used to receiving the Eucharist and Pope Francis leads Benediction as he marks the feast of Corpus Christi at the end of the Corpus Christi procession through the Casal Bertone neighborhood in Rome on June 23. not go to Communion out of habit,” the pope said. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) “When the priest says to us, ‘The body of Christ,’ we See COMMUNION, page 2 say, ‘Amen.’ But let it be an ‘Amen’ that comes from the