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CriterionOnline.com November 11, 2016 Vol. LVII, No. 6 75¢ Cardinal-designate ‘God’s will’ leads Tobin gives thanks Cardinal-designate to archdiocese as he A bond Tobin to new post heads to Newark in Newark, N.J. By John Shaughnessy My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, of love Referring to “my beloved Archdiocese of Indianapolis,” Cardinal-designate One of my favorite descriptions of the Joseph W. Tobin continued to express his experience of faith is “a willingness to love and gratitude for the people of central be surprised by God.” By that standard, and southern Indiana even while he noted the last weeks have been exceptionally that he believes “God’s will” has led him “faith-filled.” to become the new archbishop of the The first jolt came on Oct. 9, when Archdiocese of Newark. I learned that Pope Francis had named Cardinal-designate Tobin’s emotions me to the College of Cardinals. The were captured in remarks he made at the second tremor arrived on Oct. 22, beginning of a press when I received a phone call from the See related stories conference at the ambassador of the Holy See to the United Cathedral Basilica on pages 3 and 16, States, the papal nuncio, who informed of the Sacred Heart me that Pope Francis had appointed me editorial and of Jesus in Newark as the Archbishop of Newark, N.J. This reflections, page 4. on Nov. 7. That assignment was announced publicly was the day he was today (Nov. 7), and I will be installed in officially announced as the new spiritual Newark on Jan. 6, 2017. leader of the archdiocese which is in Receiving that second shock, I northern New Jersey. immediately thought of you, the people “The news of my appointment to the of this great Archdiocese whose pastoral Archdiocese of Newark evoked both shock care was entrusted to me four years ago. and sadness,” Cardinal-designate Tobin I remembered how you welcomed me, said. offered your support in so many ways, “I recently marked four years as the forgave my mistakes and limitations and Archbishop of Indianapolis and had come always assured me of your love and the to love deeply the people of central and precious backing of your prayer. The Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin addresses the media during a Nov. 7 press conference at the southern Indiana. It is gut-wrenching to thought of leaving you devastated me. I Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, N.J., in which he was introduced as the new think of leaving the wonderful clergy, have had many sleepless nights and shed shepherd of the Archdiocese of Newark. (Photo by Deacon Al Frank, Archdiocese of Newark) religious and faithful of that local Church, more than a few tears. as well as the many friends I have among I had always understood my vocation become a missionary disciple and pastor have to wait as long as you did before I people of other faiths and those of no as that of a missionary disciple, one in another local Church. I hope that you was named. faith.” whom Jesus called to be with Him so that will commission me—send me forth You may know that the Archdiocese At the same time, the 64-year-old He might send me out to preach and heal. with your blessing to preach and heal in had already planned a special cardinal designate accepted his assignment Becoming your archbishop, I realized the Archdiocese of Newark. I know that celebration on Saturday, Dec. 3, to Newark as God’s plan for him. that this missionary also had to become I will leave a considerable chunk of my to celebrate the feast of our patron, “I have understood that God has called a pastor. The model for all pastoral heart here in the Catholic communities of St. Francis Xavier, and to ask a blessing me to live my baptism as a missionary ministry is Jesus the Good Shepherd, central and southern Indiana. I trust that on a new cardinal. Now, that celebration disciple: one who is called by Jesus to be who “knows his own” and his “own God will fill that void with overflowing will also be a moment for us to say with him and to be sent forth to preach know him” (Jn 10:14). Since Oct. 18, gratitude for the gift of sharing a portion goodbye in faith. We will remain united and to heal,” he said. “I accept this 2012, all of you, the beloved People of of the pilgrimage with you. in the communion of saints as well as in assignment to Newark and understand God, became “my” people. The Archdiocese is not helpless in the breaking of the bread. it as God’s will for me. God’s grace has God created among us bonds of love, the face of this change. Just as what sustained me so far, and I trust I will have mercy, forgiveness and joy. Together we happened after the resignation of Your brother in Christ the Redeemer, what I need to serve well the people of accepted our call to work together to Archbishop Daniel (M. Buechlein), the God in this great archdiocese.” respond in love to God, who loved us Church will provide stable leadership The press conference was part of first. We are an outward-looking Church, for the Archdiocese until the new the whirlwind that has been Cardinal- asking where God was opening a door. Archbishop is named. I believe you will designate Tobin’s life since he was Now Pope Francis has asked me to receive a good pastor, and you will not + Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R. See Newark, page 8 Local Church will miss caring shepherd and his ‘humble and joyful servant’s heart’

By Natalie Hoefer

The word crept through the social media grapevine during the first weekend of November, rumors that Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin was being reassigned to head the Archdiocese of Newark. N.J. The rumors proved to be true. On the morning of Nov. 7, a statement from Cardinal-designate Tobin appeared on the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ website confirming the news. The Criterion reached out to Catholics throughout the Church in central and southern Indiana to gather reaction to the news: priests, religious, lay Catholics, and those who work closely with Cardinal-designate Tobin. Cindy Clark, executive assistant for the archdiocesan Catholic Communications The responses run the gamut of emotions, but a Center, left, Theresa Brydon, executive assistant to the archbishop, and Carolyn common thread appeared: the Catholic community Noone, archdiocesan director of special events, watch a livestream of a Nov. 7 press here is praying for Cardinal-designate Tobin in his new conference in Newark, N.J., introducing Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin as the missionary field. new archbishop of Newark, N.J. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) See REACTION, page 9 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Local Holy Doors of Mercy close on Nov. 13, other means of plenary indulgence are still possible through Nov. 20

Criterion staff report office at 317-634-4519. The doors will be closed at the end of the 10:30 a.m. Mass Incarcerated people While the Holy Year of Mercy officially on Nov. 13. who are unable to visit a ends on Nov. 20 with the closing of the • Archabbey Church of Our Lady of pilgrimage church Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Einsiedeln: 5 a.m.-10 p.m. every day, • Make a profession of faith the Doors of Mercy in the Archdiocese of bearing in mind that prayer services and (either the Apostles’ or Indianapolis and throughout the world will Mass take place in the archabbey multiple Nicene Creed). be closed on Nov. 13. Plenary indulgences times a day. The doors will be closed • Pray for the pope’s are still possible via the other means listed at the end of the 9:30 a.m. (CT) Mass, intentions and the pope below, but anyone wishing to walk through attended by students of Saint Meinrad himself. the Holy Doors of Mercy at Seminary and School of Theology. • Fulfill the above conditions SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in In order to receive a plenary in a jail or prison chapel. Indianapolis or the Archabbey Church of indulgence by visiting one of these If they cannot do this or if Our Lady of Einsiedeln at Saint Meinrad pilgrimage churches, Catholics need to the facility does not have a in St. Meinrad must do so on or before fulfill the following conditions: chapel, they can be carried the doors close on Nov. 13. See below for • Pass through the holy doors of the out in a prisoner’s cell. more information. pilgrimage church. • Only if possible, receive • Make a profession of faith in the church Communion and meditate General conditions (either the Apostles’ or Nicene Creed). on mercy during a period Only one plenary indulgence may be • Pray for the pope’s intentions and the either 20 days before or received per day. A single participation pope himself. after making the profession in the sacrament of penance can apply to • Meditate on mercy while receiving of faith and praying for the any reception of a plenary indulgence 20 Communion during a period either pope and his intentions. days before or after going to confession. 20 days before or after visiting the • Only if possible, participate However, reception of Communion and pilgrimage church. in the sacrament of penance praying for the pope and his intentions are • Participate in the sacrament of penance during a period either 20 days required for each plenary indulgence. during a period either 20 days before or before or after making the For more information on indulgences, after visiting the pilgrimage church. profession of faith and praying “This is the Lord’s gate: let us enter through it and obtain mercy consult paragraphs #1471-#1479 of the for the pope and his intentions. and forgiveness,” then-Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin declares as Catechism of the Catholic Church. The sick and elderly who are unable to he opens the doors of mercy at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in visit a pilgrimage church Perform a spiritual or Indianapolis on Dec. 13, 2015. The local Holy Doors of Mercy close Four ways of receiving a Holy Year of • Make a profession of faith (either the corporal work of mercy on Nov. 13. (Criterion file photo by Natalie Hoefer) Mercy plenary indulgence Apostles’ or Nicene Creed). • Spiritual works of mercy: • Pray for the pope’s intentions and the • Counsel the doubtful • Make a profession of faith (either the Visiting a pilgrimage church pope himself. • Instruct the ignorant Apostles’ or Nicene Creed) during a Cardinal-designate Joseph W. • Only if possible, receive Communion • Admonish sinners period either 20 days before or after Tobin has designated SS. Peter and and meditate on mercy during a period • Comfort the afflicted performing a work of mercy. Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., either 20 days before or after making the • Forgive offenses • Receive Communion and meditate in Indianapolis, and the Archabbey profession of faith and praying for the • Bear wrongs patiently upon mercy for each work of mercy Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, 200 pope and his intentions. • Pray for the living and the dead that a person does in order to receive an Hill Drive, in St. Meinrad, as the two • If receiving Communion is not possible, indulgence. pilgrimage churches for the Archdiocese then a person may also participate in • Corporal Works of Mercy: • Participate in the sacrament of penance of Indianapolis. a televised Mass or one shown on the • Feed the hungry during a period either 20 days before The hours the holy doors are available Internet. • Give drink to the thirsty or after performing a work of mercy. are as follows: • Only if possible, participate in the • Clothe the naked One participation in the sacrament of • SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral: Mon.-Fri. sacrament of penance during a period • Shelter the homeless penance can apply to any work of mercy 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 4-6:30 p.m. and Sun. either 20 days before or after making the • Visit the sick performed during the period through 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For a large group or profession of faith and praying for the • Visit the imprisoned which a person seeks to receive an to request a special time, call the parish pope and his intentions. • Bury the dead indulgence. † Pope Francis issues new statutes for Pontifical Academy for Life VTA ICAN CITY (CNS)—After existence, mutual respect between genders related to the academy’s brief may be members who are physicians and medical expressing his hope for renewed energy and and generations, defense of the dignity of appointed to five-year terms. researchers. The statement provided a broader scope of study and activity at the each human being, promotion of a quality The new statutes are take effect on Jan. 1. explicit, concrete consequences of Church Pontifical Academy of human life that integrates its material and They repeat the previous norms’ teaching on the sacredness of human life, for Life, Pope Francis spiritual value with a view to an authentic statement that members “are chosen, including an obligation not to perform has issued new statutes ‘human ecology’ that helps recover the without any religious discrimination, “destructive research on the embryo or for the research and original balance of creation between the from among ecclesiastical, religious and fetus, elective abortion, or euthanasia.” † advisory body. human person and the entire universe.” lay personalities of various nationalities The main goal The biggest change in the rules who are experts in the disciplines of the academy, as governing the academy is that members no pertaining to human life—medicine, the founded in 1994 by longer will be appointed for life. Instead, biological sciences, theology, philosophy, Official St. John Paul II, is they will be nominated for five-year terms, anthropology, law, sociology, etc.” still “the defense and which can be renewed. However, once an The new rules also repeated the Appointment Archbishop promotion of the value academy member turns 80, the term expires. requirement that members “undertake to Effective Nov. 4, 2016 Vincenzo Paglia of human life and the The academy will continue to have a promote and defend the principles regarding dignity of the person,” according to the new nine-member governing council—led by the value of life and the dignity of the Rev. Jeffrey Godecker appointed statutes, which were published on Nov. 5 at its new president, Archbishop Vincenzo human person interpreted in conformity Director of Ongoing Formation for Priests the Vatican. Paglia—which will determine specific with the magisterium of the Church.” for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The new statutes add, however, that topics of focus. The council also is However, the new rules remove achieving the goal includes studying ways responsible for naming “young-researcher a request that members sign the (This appointment is from the office of to promote “the care of the dignity of members” of the academy. People under “Declaration of the Servants of Life,” the Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., the human person at the different ages of the age of 35 doing research in areas a statement geared particularly to Archbishop of Indianapolis.) †

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UCA campaign will impact lives throughout the archdiocese (Editor’s note: Though some parishes organizations throughout the archdiocese discerning the priesthood. • $200 pays for book bags and school opted to use the weekend of Nov. 5-6 as that provide help no single parish could • $30 covers the cost for one person to supplies for four children residing in a their Intention Weekend due to parish independently offer. attend a divorce support group. homeless shelter. scheduling conflicts, the campaign Here are some examples of how • $50 pays for 200 meals for those in • $400 covers the cost of books for a officially begins this weekend.) different United Catholic Appeal need. seminarian for one semester. donation amounts can impact lives in • $60 sends a young adult to an annual • $1,000 helps host a fun and spiritual Criterion staff report central and southern Indiana as an act retreat. event for more than 200 persons with of mercy. • $75 provides education and cultural special needs. This weekend, Nov. 12-13, is the • $5 provides a full-day immersion to a family in the Refugee annual United Catholic Appeal: Christ transportation pass to and from a Resettlement program. (For more information on the United Our Hope intention weekend. medical or screening appointment for • $100 helps provide a month of health Catholic Appeal, log on to The goal for this year’s appeal is one person. benefits for retired priests. www.archindy.org/uca or call the Office $6.4 million. The money will be • $20 provides a copy of the book • $125 pays for a child to participate in of Stewardship and Development at 317- distributed to various ministries and To Save 1,000 Souls to a young man one week of summer camp. 236-1415 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1415.) † Canon law provides for the governance of the archdiocese during transition

By Sean Gallagher administrator as we await our new local At that time, the archdiocesan priests unless one year has passed and no new shepherd.” who serve on a board called the College archbishop has been appointed. The Nov. 7 announcement of the Father Newton explained how the of Consultors will meet to elect a priest of With the consent of the College of appointment of Cardinal-designate Joseph archdiocese will be governed during the the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to serve Consultors, the archdiocesan administrator W. Tobin as Archbishop of Newark, N.J., time from the announcement of Cardinal- as the archdiocesan administrator until a can authorize the ordination of priests or has left the Archdiocese of Indianapolis designate Tobin’s appointment to Newark new archbishop is appointed. deacons of the archdiocese. for the time without an archbishop. and the choosing of a new archbishop of Once elected, the archdiocesan On the other hand, the archdiocesan But the Church’s Code of Canon Indianapolis. administrator has the authority of a bishop, administrator may not merge parishes Law provides for the steady day-to-day The following is a summary of that overseeing the day-to-day governance of or grant excardination or incardination leadership of the archdiocese until the explanation. the archdiocese, but making no significant to clergy—allowing archdiocesan clergy pope appoints a new shepherd to lead the At the time of the announcement of changes that should be left to the discretion to become priests of a religious order or Church in central and southern Indiana. Cardinal-designate Tobin’s appointment of the next archbishop. another diocese or allowing clergy from Father Joseph to the Archdiocese of Newark, he ceased For example, he may celebrate the a religious order or another diocese to Newton, who leads to be the archbishop of Indianapolis and sacrament of confirmation and may become an archdiocesan priest. the archdiocese’s became its archdiocesan administrator. also appoint priests to serve in parishes The archdiocesan administrator ceases Metropolitan Tribunal Cardinal-designate Tobin’s authority as associate pastors or administrators. from his office in ordinary circumstances as vicar judicial, said as such is more limited than when he He may not appoint them as pastors when a new archbishop is installed. † that the guidance served as archbishop. The main canonical canon law gives the principle that governs the archdiocese in archdiocese in this the absence of an archbishop is that “no situation is a blessing. innovation is to be made” (Canon 428 §1). “The law tells us For example, Cardinal-designate Tobin Fr. Joseph Newton that it is going to be cannot make any significant changes to all right, there are the archdiocese that should be left to the real and practical next archbishop, such as doing “anything mechanisms in place that see to it that the which could in any way prejudice the people of the archdiocese are taken care rights of the diocese or of the bishop” of, that their needs are met, and that the (Can. 428 §2), like merging parishes. sacramental life of the Church continues,” Using the authority given to him in he said. “We are sad at the loss of canon law, Cardinal-designate Tobin [Cardinal-designate] Tobin, but the law delegated his authority to issue various gives us the room to grieve, to process, dispensations and allowances—often to heal and to hope, knowing that we are related to marriage cases—to Msgr. in the good hands of an archdiocesan William F. Stumpf, Father Joseph Feltz and Father Newton. This delegated authority remains in place until a new archbishop is appointed. Also at the time of the announcement of his appointment, Msgr. Stumpf and Father Feltz ceased to serve in their respective offices of vicar Everything we general and vicar for clergy. do is rooted in However, with regard to the role of the vicar judicial, canon law love and stipulates that it is to remain in place for continuation of the administration of justice; thus Mercy Father Newton will continue to minister as vicar judicial. Msgr. Stumpf will also continue to serve as moderator Join us of the curia, overseeing the in November for various archdiocesan offices and agencies. Cardinal-designate Intention Weekend Tobin has also, according to the allowance given him by canon law, granted him the authority of vicar general, although without the title of the office. Father Feltz will continue The cathedra, the ceremonial seat of the archbishop of to serve as vice-chancellor and Indianapolis, sits empty in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral director of the archdiocesan in Indianapolis on Nov. 8, the day after Cardinal-designate Office of Clergy, Religious and Joseph W. Tobin was announced as the new archbishop Parish Life Coordinators. of Newark, N.J. While the cathedra will remain unused Cardinal-designate Tobin until the appointment of a new archbishop of Indianapolis, will cease to be archdiocesan the Church’s Code of Canon Law provides for the steady administrator when he is day-to-day governance of the Church in central and southern installed as Archbishop of Indiana in the interim. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) Newark on Jan. 6. www.archindy.org/UCA Page 4 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016

Opinion Reflection/John Shaughnessy Archbishop Tobin’s legacy:

Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Sharing his best ‘gift’ Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor Leave it to a mother to give day the child will leave her to start a new Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus perspective—and even a touch of comfort. path in life. In preparing for The Criterion’s And what are the words this mother coverage of Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin lives by? “Everything is a gift.” being installed as I’ve tried to embrace that sentiment a cardinal by Pope during the recent weeks since Pope Editorial Francis on Nov. 19 Francis announced that Archbishop in Rome, I began Tobin—our archbishop!—would become reviewing stories that a cardinal. our staff has written The joy that was felt for him about him in the four throughout the archdiocese—and the hope years he has served as that he would be the first cardinal to lead the spiritual leader of the archdiocese—was as profound and the archdiocese. palpable as his reaction was humble and That research led shocked. Then came the second shock, me to a story about Marie Tobin, the that Cardinal-designate Tobin was being now-93-year-old mother of 13 children, reassigned to lead the Archdiocese of including her oldest child whom she calls Newark. “Joe.” In between those bookends of stunning The story—written at the time her son news were two moments that showed was appointed as archbishop in 2012— the amazing impact that Archbishop mentioned the special devotion she has to Tobin has had on many people in the Jesus, Mary, St. Joseph and St. Thérèse of archdiocese, moments that also revealed Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin shares a laugh during his comments at the Lisieux, who is also known as the “Little the tremendous impact that the people of Miter Society Reception at the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center Flower.” It also included this quote from the archdiocese have had on him. in Indianapolis on Oct. 18. On Nov. 7, he was named to lead the Archdiocese of Mrs. Tobin, “My favorite saying of the The first moment occurred a day after Newark, N.J. (Criterion photo by Natalie Hoefer) Little Flower is, ‘Everything is a gift.’ ” Archbishop Tobin learned that Pope Then in a recent interview about her Francis had named him as one of 17 new son being named a cardinal on Oct. 9, she cardinals. Cardinal-designate Tobin, thanks noted, “He so loves Indiana. I would be In a press conference on Oct. 10, afraid that he wouldn’t have heart left [if Archbishop Tobin talked about the for your faith-filled leadership he had to leave.] I couldn’t imagine how archdiocese being his teacher in the last sad he would be. I can’t imagine.” four years, and how it’s helped to form “I remember how you welcomed me, and encouraging parishes to help other She then added: “I gave him to God a him. But the most telling moment came offered me support in so many ways, parishes eliminate debt as a sign of unity long time ago when he was ordained. And in a one-on-one interview following the forgave my mistakes and limitations and and solidarity. I know the Lord loves a cheerful giver. So press conference when he was asked, always assured me of your love and the What resulted, thanks to Cardinal- I would be happy wherever he is, because “When you look at these four years of precious backing of your prayer. The designate Tobin’s leadership, was a I can’t go back on that.” your life in the archdiocese, leading up to thought of leaving you devastated me. Church that took to heart Pope Francis’ Her words reveal a great deal about the announcement by Pope Francis, what I have had many sleepness nights and message for all baptized Christians her deep faith—and the strength of all goes through your mind?” shed more than a few tears.” to embrace the Lord’s call to be mothers. A woman gives life to a child, At a time that most people would —Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin “missionary disciples” and “spirit-filled and then spends years nurturing, caring, consider a great personal moment, in his letter dated Nov. 7 to the faithful evangelizers.” agonizing, comforting and praying for See Reflection, page 15 of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis There were challenges, too. The that child—all the time knowing that one announcing his appointment as shepherd Connected in the Spirit process comes to of the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J. mind, where tough decisions were made Reflection/Natalie Hoefer about the future of parishes throughout Like many of you, we are still trying central and southern Indiana. There was to digest the stunning news that our also his conversation last fall with Comfort is found in viewing shepherd, Cardinal-designate Joseph Gov. Mike Pence about the resettling of W. Tobin, has been appointed to lead the a Syrian refugee family to Indiana. The Archdiocese of Newark, N.J. governor in November of 2015 said that decision through lens of mercy To say we are shocked and saddened he would prevent refugees from settling I was devastated when I heard the news while he was enchained in prison. only begins to describe the way we in Indiana until the federal government that Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin Consider the reasons we have to feel as we prepare to say goodbye to could ensure proper security measures was being moved to Newark. Nothing rejoice: having been blessed by Cardinal- Cardinal-designate Tobin, who will be were in place. The cardinal-designate about the move made sense to me. designate Tobin’s pastoral leadership for installed in Newark on Jan. 6, 2017. was asked by the governor not to permit Surely Pope four years. Reading his wise words once In October of 2012, we were resettlement. Francis knows how a week in his column in The Criterion. introduced to then-Archbishop Tobin, Cardinal-designate Tobin said the much his friend loves Knowing the gift of feeling like the only whose previous appointment was at the governor invited him to “pray and it here, loves his flock person in the room when he’s talking with Vatican, where he served as secretary seek God’s guidance, which I gladly in central and southern you, even if a long line of people await of the Congregation for Institutes of did.” The family was welcomed Indiana, loves being their turn. Having his example of mercy Consecrated Life and Societies of by the archdiocese’s Refugee and close to “the mother in ignoring the governor’s ban on Syrian Apostolic Life. In that position, he was Immigrant Services, and is now living in of all Tobins.” And to refugees by providing a home for a young second in charge of the Vatican dicastery Indianapolis. move him after only couple and their two small children. These that helps oversee the life and ministry As we approach Thanksgiving, many four years? And to set are a cause for rejoicing in the Lord, who of more than 1 million religious women of us will spend time with family and the date of his new loaned us this shepherd for a time! and men. friends and reflect on how God has appointment such that our archdiocese will Our sadness in having to send him off He arrived eager to serve the people blessed our lives and our families. This have no claim to his being a cardinal? It is real. But so was the sorrow of the first of central and southern Indiana with year, it also seems like an appropriate seemed like such a dour note upon which Christian communities in saying farewell a shepherd’s heart, and he has indeed time to thank Cardinal-designate Tobin to end the Holy Year of Mercy. to the missionary Apostles. The departing done that and so much more—while for his years of service and leadership in But God’s ways are not our ways. Apostles always asked for the prayers of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ central and southern Indiana, and thank When has God not made a plan that flies the community they were leaving. So, too, through a ministry that included a love God for the blessings he has given us in the face of human logic? What greater should we pray for Cardinal-designate of family, humor and grace-filled faith. through his witness and leadership. lesson have we learned from this holy Tobin, for God’s grace to help him be He has followed Pope Francis’ lead to We encourage everyone to mark year, but that our God is a God of mercy? the shepherd the Archdiocese of Newark reach out to his flock, and has ministered Dec. 3 on their calendars. At 11 a.m. that All the human reasons that argue needs. And for the Newark Catholic in all corners of our archdiocese. day, there will be a Mass at SS. Peter against this decision to move Cardinal- community, that their faith flourishes and His mission here included answering and Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian designate Tobin to Newark, they all fade in furthers the kingdom under Cardinal- a question he posed to us after his St., in Indianapolis, for all the faithful to light of the mercy of this decision: mercy designate Tobin’s leadership. arrival: “Where is the Holy Spirit calling wish Cardinal-designate Tobin well as he for our Catholic brothers and sisters of the Christ himself admonished us not to us to open doors in our archdiocese?” leaves us and prepares to begin the next Archdiocese of Newark. Their archdiocese worry. So rather than be anxious about and the response that was developed. chapter in his ministry on the East Coast. has struggled with some hardships. They the situation, let us rejoice in the Lord, Cardinal-designate Tobin asked the We expect many hugs, handshakes are in need of the compassionate, pastoral pray for the archbishop and the people local Church to focus on six areas: and even some tears, but even if you leadership that Cardinal-designate Tobin he’ll lead, and, as the Holy Year of Mercy evangelizing the young Church; can’t make it, we ask you to remember can offer. Through the sorrow, comfort can closes, focus on the primacy of mercy strengthening marriage and family life; Cardinal-designate Tobin in your be found in viewing this decision through over—and beyond—human logic. welcoming immigrants; visiting those prayers. the lens of mercy. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, we entrust in prison; moving beyond our “comfort You can rest assured we will always We may be truly grieving to see him Cardinal-designate Tobin to your care. zones” in order to develop a global be in his. go, but his own motto comes to mind perspective on world affairs and on the when considering how to move forward: (Natalie Hoefer is a reporter for evangelizing mission of our Church; —Mike Krokos “Rejoice in the Lord.” These are the The Criterion, newspaper of the words St. Paul wrote to the Philippians Archdiocese of Indianapolis.) † The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Page 5

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November is a special time of thanksgiving

don’t know who first coined this I believe there’s a connection between and fears in this life. Saints are not the contrary, it means that God gives phrase, but I like the term “gratitude gratitude and holiness. A grateful person perfect, but they desire perfection and us the grace during our years on Earth Imonth” which is often applied to is not self-centered. That’s because he or they pursue it with open and grateful to live good lives and to become holy. the month of November—perhaps she recognizes that we are all indebted hearts. None of us is perfect in our response because it’s the month when we observe to God and to many other people (living Earlier this month, we observed The to the Lord’s invitation to follow the uniquely American holiday of and deceased) who have made it possible Commemoration of All the Faithful him on the way to holiness, but all Thanksgiving. for us to live, to be healthy and happy, Departed (All Souls Day, Nov. 2). This of us are called to be grateful for the November is also the month that and to share in the freedom that comes is the one day in the Church Year that opportunities we are given to achieve many thousands of religious and other from being human beings made in the calls particular attention to those who some degree of holiness in accordance non-profit organizations send out their image and likeness of God. have died, but who are still struggling with God’s call. year-end giving appeals. We may not When I am grateful, my eyes are open to atone for their sins and become Put another way, we might say that be always grateful for the number of and I recognize the truth about myself holy enough to enter into the fullness the greatest tragedy in life is our failure solicitations we receive, but we should and our world. I am not the center of the of God’s eternal love. All Souls Day to take advantage of all the opportunities thank God for all the good works that universe. I am a member of the family reminds us that everyone is called to God gives us to be grateful, loving are carried out by our nation’s diverse of God, and I give thanks for all the gifts holiness—to become a saint—and that and generous people. Considering the and effective network of charitable I have received from a generous and our opportunities for growing closer extraordinary length, breadth and depth organizations. loving Father. to God don’t automatically end when of God’s mercy, which is extended to November could also be called Holy people are grateful people. They we die. God’s mercy is stronger than us at every conceivable moment in our “holiness month” because it’s the time of are also humble and forgiving, always death, and through our prayers on their lives, it’s a tragedy indeed if our hearts year when we remember all the hidden ready to help others, always conscious behalf his grace reaches beyond the remain hardened and we fail to grab onto saints, the holy men and women who that they are called to follow in the grave to the “poor souls” who repent the Lord’s outstretched hand. lived exemplary lives of closeness to footsteps of the holy people who have their sins and deeply desire to see the Gratitude and holiness are signs that God and their neighbors without being gone before us, including Jesus, his face of God. we are close to God. This November, officially recognized by the Church or mother Mary and all the saints. Leon Bloy, the French novelist who let’s pray for the strength to be grateful anyone else as saints. We give thanks It’s difficult to imagine a saint who is was quoted by Pope Francis during his in the face of life’s challenges. Let’s for these unofficial but very real saints bitter, angry, resentful or totally focused first homily as pope, says that “the only pray for one another—living and because their lives inspire us, and on self. Holiness requires an awareness real failure, the only great tragedy in life, deceased. And let’s be on the lookout because their good works live on long of our giftedness and the desire to give is not to become a saint.” for those moments of grace that God after they have joined the company of thanks for all that God has given us in This doesn’t mean that we’re all gives us to grow in holiness and saints in heaven. spite of our genuine sufferings, sorrows condemned to failure or tragedy. On thanksgiving. †

Noviembre es una época especial para dar gracias

Quizás se deba a que es el mes Considero que existe una relación perfectos, pero aspiran a la perfección de nosotros es perfecto en nuestra en el que celebramos la festividad entre agradecimiento y santidad. Una y la buscan con corazones abiertos y respuesta a la invitación del Señor a característicamente estadounidense persona agradecida no es egocéntrica. agradecidos. seguirlo en el camino a la santidad, del Día de Acción de Gracias, pero Esto se debe a que reconoce que todos A comienzos de este mes pero todos estamos llamados a estar lo cierto es que me encanta el título tenemos una deuda con Dios y con observamos el Día de los Santos agradecidos por las oportunidades que de autoría desconocida: “el mes muchas otras personas (vivas o difuntas) Difuntos, el 2 de noviembre. En este día se nos han dado para lograr un cierto del agradecimiento,” que a menudo ya que gracias a ellos podemos vivir, del calendario eclesiástico evocamos grado de santidad en correspondencia acompaña al mes de noviembre. estar saludables y ser felices, así como a aquellos que han fallecido, pero con el llamado de Dios. Noviembre también es el mes también participar en el disfrute de la que todavía tienen dificultades para Para expresarlo de otra forma: en el que miles de organizaciones libertad que significa ser seres humanos expiar sus pecados y alcanzar el grado podríamos que decir que la tragedia religiosas y sin fines de lucro envían hechos a imagen y semejanza de Dios. de santidad necesario para gozar de de la vida es nuestra incapacidad para sus campañas de recaudación de fondos Cuando soy agradecido mis ojos están la plenitud del amor eterno de Dios. aprovechar todas las oportunidades de final de año. Tal vez no siempre nos abiertos y reconozco la verdad sobre mí El Día de los Santos Difuntos nos que Dios nos da de ser personas sintamos agradecidos por la cantidad de mismo y el mundo que me rodea: que recuerda que todos estamos llamados agradecidas, amorosas y generosas. solicitudes que recibimos, pero debemos no soy el centro del universo sino parte a la santidad, a ser santos, y que las Si tomamos en cuenta la extensión, agradecer a Dios por la excelente labor de la familia de Dios, y doy gracias por oportunidades para acercarnos más a la vastedad y la profundidad de la que realiza la red muy diversa y eficaz todos los dones que he recibido de mi Dios no desaparecen instantáneamente misericordia divina que recibimos en de organizaciones benéficas de nuestro generoso y amantísimo Padre. con la muerte. La misericordia de Dios cada momento imaginable de nuestras país. Las personas santas son agradecidas. es más fuerte que la muerte y a través vidas, efectivamente sería una tragedia También podríamos denominar el También son humildes e indulgentes, de nuestras oraciones por ellos Su que nuestros corazones permanecieran mes de noviembre como el “mes de la siempre listas para ayudar a otros, gracia va más allá de la tumba hasta las endurecidos y no lográramos asir la santidad” porque es el momento del siempre conscientes de su llamado a “pobres almas” que se arrepienten de mano que Dios nos extiende. año en el que recordamos a todos los seguir los pasos de las personas santas sus pecados y desean con vehemencia La gratitud y la santidad son indicios santos silentes, los hombres y mujeres que nos han precedido, inclusive de ver el rostro de Dios. de nuestra cercanía con Dios. En este santos que vivieron vidas ejemplares Jesús, de su madre María y de todos los León Bloy, el novelista francés que el noviembre, recemos por la fortaleza para en estrecha proximidad con Dios y santos. papa Francisco citó durante su primera estar agradecidos frente a los desafíos su prójimo, pero que no gozan del Resulta difícil imaginarse a un santo homilía como Papa, dice que “el único que nos presenta la vida. Recemos por reconocimiento oficial de la Iglesia ni de que sea amargado, odioso, resentido fracaso verdadero, la única tragedia es unos y por otros, vivos y difuntos, y nadie como «santos». Damos gracias por o completamente centrado en sí no ser santo.” mantengámonos alerta para detectar esos santos privados pero muy reales, ya mismo. La santidad exige que estemos Esto no significa que todos estemos esos momentos de gracia que Dios que sus vidas son fuente de inspiración conscientes de nuestros dones y el condenados al fracaso o a la tragedia. nos da para crecer en santidad y en para nosotros y porque su buena obra deseo de expresar gratitud por todo lo Al contrario: significa que durante agradecimiento. † continúa todavía, mucho después de que Dios nos ha dado, inclusive a pesar nuestro paso por el mundo, Dios nos haberse reunido con el coro celestial de de nuestro genuino sufrimiento, penas concede la gracia de vivir vidas buenas los demás santos. y temores en la vida. Los santos no son y convertirnos en santos. Ninguno Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa Page 6 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016

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

November 16 Foundation, Inc., light lunch Hall, 2100 E. 71st St., Thomas Loya and Marie Mass, 10 a.m. Mass with Holidays College Gathering Marian University, Evans at 11:15 a.m., program at Indianapolis. Catholic Business Romagnano. Information, luncheon following, RSVP for sponsored by the New Albany Center Health Science 11:30 a.m., RSVP by Nov. 10 to Exchange, presenter John Ryan, registration: 800-462- lunch by Nov. 8, all friends, Deanery Catholic Youth Building, Lecture Hall 1, Joanna Feltz, jfeltz@archindy. president of the Society of St. 7426, TheDivineMercy.org/ current and former parishioners Ministers, for college students, 3200 Cold Spring Road, org, 317-236-1588. Vincent de Paul, Indianapolis Cleveland. invited. Information, RSVP: food, games, 3-6 p.m. Indianapolis. “Building Council, Mass, breakfast 317-783-1358. Information: 812-923-8355, Bridges, Not Walls in the November 17 and program, 7-9 a.m., $15 Helpers of God’s Precious [email protected]. 21st Century World of St. Joseph Parish, 1375 members, $21 non-members, Infants, Indianapolis. Mass Immaculate Heart of Mary, Migration,” presented by S. Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. breakfast included. Reservations and Divine Mercy Chaplet at 5692 Central Ave., Indianapolis. November 24 Building Bridges, Not Walls Third Thursday Adoration, and information: www. 8:30 a.m. at St. Michael the A Community Discussion on St. Louis de Montfort Parish, in the 21st Century World of interceding for women catholicbusinessexchange.org. Archangel Church, 3354 W. Immigration, sponsored by the Craig Willy Hall, 11441 Hague Migration author John Francis experiencing crisis pregnancy, 11 30th St., followed by prayer Outreach Commission, 3:30- Road, Fishers (Lafayette Burke, part of the Richard a.m.-7 p.m., Mass at 5:45 p.m. November 19 at a local abortion center, and 5 p.m., panel discussion about Diocese). Free Thanksgiving G. Lugar Franciscan Center Church of the Immaculate continued prayer at the church immigration relative to the Dinner, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., all are for Global Studies Speaker Our Lady of Peace Cemetery Conception, 1 Sisters of for those who wish to remain. Latino community in Marion welcome. Information: 317- Series, free, 7 p.m., reception and Mausoleum, 9001 Providence, Saint Mary-of- County, no registration required. 517-4256. and book-signing to follow. Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the- November 19-20 Information: 317-997-1589, Information: Pierre Atlas, 317- Monthly Mass, 2 p.m. Woods. Feast of Our Lady St. Margaret Mary Parish, [email protected]. November 27 955-6336, [email protected]. Information: 317-574-8898 or of Providence Mass, 11 a.m. 2405 S. 7th St., Terre Haute. St. Gabriel the Archangel www.catholiccemeteries.cc. Information: 812-535-2952, Annual Craft Fair, Noodle November 22 Church, 6000 W. 34th St., Calvary Mausoleum Chapel, [email protected], or events. Sale, Bake Sale and Raffle, St. Michael the Archangel Indianapolis. Feast Day of 435 W. Troy Ave., Indianapolis. White Violet Center for sistersofprovidence.org. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat., breakfast Church, 3354 W. 30th St., the Vietnamese Community Monthly Mass, 2 p.m. Eco-Justice, 1 Sisters of and lunch available; 9 a.m.-1 Indianapolis. Monthly Taizé Mass, 1 p.m. Information: 317- Information: 317-784-4439 or Providence, Saint Mary-of- St. Basil the Great Church, p.m. Sun., lunch available, free Prayer Service, held monthly 760-7664, Father Minh Duong, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the- 8700 Brecksville Road, admission, homemade noodles, on fourth Tuesday, candle- [email protected]. Woods. Cooking 103: Meat, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland baked goods, crafts and raffle lit service with readings, Catholic Charities, 803 roasting, braising, searing and Divine Mercy Conference, baskets. Information or to meditation and music, 7 p.m. November 29 N. Monroe St., Bloomington. more, 5:30-8:30 p.m., $35, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $12 order noodles and cheeseballs, Information: 317-926-7359, St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 Planned Giving Informational registration deadline Nov. includes breakfast and contact Melissa Coad, 812- [email protected]. Central Ave., Indianapolis. Session, sponsored by the 10. Information: 812-535- lunch, featuring Mass with 232-3512, [email protected]. The Empty Chair Workshop: archdiocesan Office of 2931, [email protected], or Cleveland Auxiliary Bishop November 23 Coping with Grief and the Stewardship and Development, sistersofprovidence.org. Emeritus Roger Gries and November 20 Mount Saint Francis Center Holidays, sponsored by speaker Joanna S. Feltz, director talks by Marians of the Good Shepherd Church, 2905 for Spirituality (Youth Center), St. Vincent Hospice, 6-8 p.m., of Planned Giving, Catholic November 18 Immaculate Conception S. Carson Ave., Indianapolis. 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount no fee or registration required. Community Northside Knights of Columbus Father Chris Alar, Father 20th Dedication Anniversary St. Francis. Home for the Information: 317-283-5508.†

For a complete list of retreats as reported to Retreats and Programs The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats. Planned giving seminar set for Nov. 18

November 28 and lunch, register by Nov. 28. Conference Center, 1402 at St. Mary Parish in New Albany Providence Spirituality & Information, registration: 317- Southern Ave., Beech Grove. Catholic Community Foundation, offer the presentation. An overview of Conference Center, 1 Providence 545-7681, ext. 107, marcia. Opening the Door to Advent, Inc., in conjunction with St. Elizabeth Catholic Community Foundation will Way, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, [email protected] or presenter Benedictine Sister Julie Catholic Charities and the New Albany also be given. St. Mary-of-the-Woods. www.archindy.org/fatima. Sewell, offered 9 a.m.-noon and Deanery, will offer a free educational A light lunch will be served at Celtic Spirituality with the again noon-3 p.m., $35 includes session on the basics of estate planning 11:15 a.m., and an optional tour of the Poems of John O’Donohue, November 29-30 lunch, come before or after for at St. Mary Parish cafeteria, 415 E. St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities campus Providence Sister Ann Sullivan Sisters of St. Benedict of retreat time for $20. Information Eighth St., in New Albany, from will begin at 12:45 p.m. presenting, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Ferdinand, Monastery of the and registration: 317-788-7581, 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. on Nov. 18. Register for the event by Nov. 16 by $45 includes lunch, register Immaculate Conception, 802 www.benedictinn.org. The session will address options contacting Mark Casper at mcasper@ by Nov. 28. Information, E. 10th St., Ferdinand. “How available for leaving a legacy, including stecharities.org or 812-949-7305, or registration: 812-535-2952, to Read the Gospel of December 5 information on permanent charitable Joanna Feltz at [email protected] or [email protected], or events. John with Understanding” Benedict Inn Retreat & IRA rollovers. Attorney Tim Naville will 317-236-1588. † sistersofprovidence.org. Benedictine Father Eugene Conference Center, 1402 Hensell presenting, 6:45- Southern Ave., Beech Grove. November 29 8:15 p.m. Eastern time, each Advent: Holy Waiting in an Our Lady of Fatima Retreat evening, $15 for one session Impatient World (an “FBI” Sisters of Providence to celebrate Nov. 19 House, 5353 E. 56th. St., or $25 for both. Information, program: Faith Building Indianapolis. “Poems, Prayers registration: 800-880-2777, Institutions), presenter Denise Mass on Feast of Our Lady of Providence and Stories for Growing 812-367-1411, ext. 2915, or McGonigal, 6-9 p.m. with Older” day of reflection, www.thedome.org/programs. optional Mass at 5:15 p.m., $35 The Sisters of Providence of Saint 2014, the shrine was rededicated in the Father Jeffrey Godecker includes dinner. Information Mary-of-the-Woods will offer a special vestibule of the church. presenting, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 December 3 and registration: 317-788-7581, Mass in honor of the feast of Our The Sisters of Providence and p.m., $42 includes breakfast Benedict Inn Retreat & www.benedictinn.org. † Lady of Providence at the Church of others gather at the shrine to pray for the Immaculate Conception, 1 Sisters the many intentions sent to it. Special of Providence, at Saint Mary-of-the- prayers are offered for the needs of all Woods, in St. Mary of the Woods, at 11 families, asking for the protection and Weekend retreat for separated and a.m. on Nov. 19. intercessions of Our Lady of Providence In May 1925, the Sisters of as Queen of the Home. divorced Catholics set for Nov. 18-20 Providence established the National For more information, call 812-535- “Being and Belonging,” an annual understanding of the healing process and Shrine of Our Lady of Providence. In 2952 or e-mail [email protected]. † retreat for divorced and separated increase their sense of belonging. They individuals that is open to all faiths, discover and affirm that God is present in will be held at Our Lady of Fatima both struggles and in hope. Retreat House, 5353 E. 56th St., in For more information, including Donation cards available at Meijer to Indianapolis, on Nov. 18-20. pricing, contact Deb VanVelse at 317- Participants are invited to relax and 236-1586, 800-382-9836, ext. 1586, or help St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry journey with others, listening to their by e-mail at [email protected]. stories and exploring a common loss. To register, call Our Lady of Fatima Through Dec. 31, $10 “Simply Indianapolis St. Vincent de Paul Food The program helps deepen participants’ Retreat House at 317-545-7681. † Give” donation cards are available Pantry, which feeds 11,000 people for purchase at the Meijer store each week. located at 5550 N. Keystone Ave., For more information, log onto in Indianapolis. The cards will be www.meijercommunity.com or call Martha and used to replenish the shelves of the 317-241-5773. † Mary honorees After a ceremony on Oct. 23 at the VIPs Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady Thomas and Jane (Peter) Huber, members of of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, St. Michael Parish in Cannelton, will celebrate their Lauren LaCoy, left, and Katie Sahm smile 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 12. with the handmade mugs they received The couple was married in St. Paul Church in for being chosen as the Martha and Tell City on Nov. 12, 1966. Mary Award winners. The annual awards are given to young adult women with a They have three children, Julie Bishop, Emily heart for prayer (Mary) and a heart for Lieb and Laura Noble. service (Martha), and are sponsored by They also have eight grandchildren. † the Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery. (Submitted photo) The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Page 7 Thompson takes pride in ICC’s work to aid the poor, vulnerable

By John Shaughnessy

Nel Thompson’s face lights up when she tells the story about her parents. “They were up in years, and it was a day where it was 30 below with the wind chill. And there was snow,” she recalls about her mom and dad, Katie and Ed Lamperski. “We called them up to check on them. They were gone. “They went to church.” Thompson shares that story to show the foundation and inspiration for her 42-year—and counting—career of dedication and commitment to the archdiocese and the broader Church. “My mom was ahead of her time,” says Thompson, administrative assistant for the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC), the public policy voice of the Church in Indiana regarding state and national matters. “She was ahead of that saying, ‘What would Jesus do?’ She would always tell us that. That’s always in the back of my mind.” During her 42 years of serving the Indiana Catholic Conference, Nel Thompson has always taken pride in the ICC’s efforts to stand up for the poor and the While that consistency marks vulnerable. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) Thompson’s life and her faith, it’s also the quality she appreciates most about the Irishman and a German. Who else can do know them by their first name. It’s been Dan, have been married for 39 years. work of the ICC. that and still keep smiling and happy in a privilege to work with the bishops. I’ve Now, the Indiana Catholic Conference “The one thing that sticks with me one’s job?” always enjoyed working with them.” is marking 50 years. about the ICC and the Catholic Church Thompson smiles as she recalls one of She has the same regard and respect “My hope for the conference is that it in general is, it’s always constant,” says her favorite moments with the 19 bishops for the three executive directors she has continues on with the good work it’s been Thompson, a member of St. Mark the of Indiana she has worked for through the worked with during her 42 years. doing, and that more people will become Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. “We years, including four archbishops of the “All three have provided very good more aware of the conference, and be work year after year for the poor, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. leadership, and they’ve been so faith-filled involved in what we do,” she says. vulnerable, and the common good and This favorite moment unfolded when and dedicated, and they love the Church At 62, Thompson hopes to be a part of well-being of the people of Indiana. she reached her 10th anniversary of work and what they do at the Statehouse. Each that effort for a few more years. “Even though other things change, that for the conference. To mark the occasion, had their own different personality and “I just enjoy what I do. There came remains the same. And the conference’s then-conference director Des Ryan and their different way of coming about it, a time when I thought, ‘You know, it’s dedication to getting that word out to other staff members were taking her to but their dedication is always the same. really a neat thing that my job can also the legislature is always constant. The lunch. But before the meal, Ryan had a They’ve been good bosses to work for.” be a ministry.’ The Church and the work Church’s position is not always the meeting with then-Archbishop Edward It’s been a career that began in an era coincided. That’s always been an added popular position or what the legislature T. O’Meara. As the meeting ended, both of carbon paper, typewriters and bulk plus for me. You go to work every day, will go with, but that’s what I pride the men talked about their lunch plans. mailings, a career in which she has handled but you also go to work for the Church conference on—the dedication.” “The archbishop said, ‘Oh, I’ll meet the changes to Facebook, electronic every day. Thompson personifies that dedication, you there,’ to Des,” Thompson says. “Des communications and websites. It’s also “You’re part of something larger than according to Glenn Tebbe, executive came back to the office and told me about been a time when she and her husband, yourself.” † director of the ICC. it. I said, ‘That will be fine.’ So we went “I could not function without her,” says to lunch, and I remember the archbishop Tebbe, who has led the conference and ordering barbecued ribs, and there was represented the bishops of Indiana in public barbecue sauce and everything. To me, I policy concerns for the past 13 years. thought, ‘Wow, what a human way to see “I depend on her to handle the a bishop. That’s kind of an honor to see operations and the general daily matters. him in that light as well as a bishop.’ ” She has been the constant for three Thompson smiles again as she directors—Ray Rufo, Des Ryan and continues, “A lot of Catholics probably me. She has put up with an Italian, an can’t say that the bishops of the state

‘I depend on her to handle the operations and the general daily matters. She has been the constant for three directors—Ray Rufo, Des Ryan and me. She has put up with an Italian, an Irishman and a German. Who else can do that and still keep smiling and happy in one’s job?’

—Glenn Tebbe, executive director of the Indiana Catholic Conference

In this photo from February of 1996, Jesuit Father Fred Kammer, president of Catholic Charities USA, left, ICC executive director Des Ryan, ICC administrative assistant Nel Thompson, ICC director of Copyright © 2015, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. research and communications Coleen Williams, and Tom Colbert, director of Catholic Social Services in All rights reserved. Photo: © Peter Howard/CCHD. central Indiana, chat in the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis. (Archive photo) Page 8 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016

Indiana, while Catholics in the Archdiocese of Newark NEWARK surpass 50 percent of the area’s total population. continued from page 1 The Archdiocese of Newark also is home to an extensively diverse population, a thread that has weaved named as one of 17 new cardinals by Pope Francis on through Cardinal-designate Tobin’s ministry since he was Oct. 9. Thirteen days later, he was told he was being ordained as a Redemptorist priest in 1978. reassigned from the Indianapolis archdiocese to the Newark “My service of the Church obliged me to live many archdiocese. He will be installed as a cardinal by Pope years in cultures different from the Irish-American Francis on Nov. 19 at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. ambient of my family,” he noted. “So I am excited to While it’s been a time marked by “gut-wrenching” lead an archdiocese where each Sunday the Eucharist is emotion, Cardinal-designate Tobin also displayed his celebrated in 20 languages.” self-effacing Irish humor at one point during the press Cardinal-designate Tobin is fluent in five languages— conference when he recalled the events of the past month. English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. He “I am not sure my central nervous system can take displayed his proficiency in Spanish during the press much more news,” he said with a smile. “So you will conference when he was asked a question in that language forgive me the occasional stutter or facial tick.” and provided a fluent answer comfortably, mentioning his Before appointing Cardinal-designate Tobin, Pope previous involvement with Hispanic communities, which Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop John he has served in Detroit, Chicago and Indianapolis. J. Myers, who has served as Newark’s spiritual leader since The cardinal-designate said he didn’t have a vision 2001. Archbishop Myers is 75, the age at which canon law for the Archdiocese of Newark “right now, but with the requires bishops to submit their resignations to the pope. help of the Holy Spirit, we will have one.” He did share Cardinal-designate Tobin is only the second archbishop his conviction that the vision will partly follow Pope in the history of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to be Francis’ “image of a field hospital dedicated to healing reassigned to another archdiocese. Archbishop Joseph the wounds of human hearts.” E. Ritter, born in New Albany, was appointed to lead the “In describing the mission of the Church, the Holy Father Archdiocese of St. Louis in 1946 after having led the outlines the tasks of the Archdiocese of Newark: to heal the Church in central and southern Indiana since 1934. wounded hearts, to open doors, to free people, to say that The demographic differences between the archdioceses God is good, that God forgives all, that God is our Father, of Indianapolis and Newark are dramatic. that God is tender, that God is always waiting for us.” Cardinal-designate Tobin is moving from an Later, he noted, “I invite the bishops, priests, deacons, archdiocese that has about 224,000 Catholics in religious and faithful of the Archdiocese of Newark to 39 counties to an archdiocese that has 1.5 million pray for me, that in my service to you, I might speak Catholics in four counties. the Good News with such authenticity that you may Catholics in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis account recognize in my words the voice of the Good Shepherd.” for about 11 percent of all people in central and southern It’s a message he delivered—and lived—consistently for four years as the spiritual leader of the Archdiocese of Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin prays in the chapel at the Indianapolis. Archdiocesan Center in Newark, N.J., before addressing the media He also mentioned the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on Nov. 7, the day he was introduced as the new shepherd of the consistently throughout the press conference, often using the Archdiocese of Newark. (Photo by Deacon Al Frank, Archdiocese of Newark) word, “we” in his comments. He also answered one question about his reassignment by saying affectionately, “I thought the Archdiocese of Indianapolis was a pretty good place.” To another question, he noted with pride that 1,000 to 1,100 people became new Catholics each year at the Easter Vigil during the four years he led the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Near the end of his prepared remarks at the press conference, Cardinal-designate Tobin made one more reference to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, expressing his gratitude for his four years of leading the Church in central and southern Indiana: “I am grateful to my beloved Archdiocese of Indianapolis, her clergy, religious and faithful: in thanksgiving for all we have been able to do together, for the love and respect we share, for the unity that we will continue to enjoy in the communion of saints and the In the background, behind the empty podium from which breaking of the bread.” Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin usually speaks at the Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin speaks with media members Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis, he (For more coverage of Cardinal-designate Tobin’s after the Nov. 7 press conference in which he was introduced as is seen on a live-feed addressing those assembled during a press appointment to the Archdiocese of Newark, visit the new shepherd of the Archdiocese of Newark. (Photo by Deacon Al conference in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 7. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) www.archindy.org.) † Frank, Archdiocese of Newark)

Online Lay Ministry Formation Pope: World needs a justice system 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: open to hope, not just punishment

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“No doubt, I’m going to miss my REACTION archbishop. He had the ability to make continued from page 1 everyone feel like they’re his friend. He’s really a jewel. We’re going to miss him, A ‘humble and joyful servant’s heart’ but I’m happy for New Jersey.” Moving into an archdiocese where Robert Rudolph says the move came Mass is celebrated in 20 languages, as no surprise to him. The Criterion Cardinal-elect Tobin will be able to use interviewed him after the 12:10 p.m. the skills he’s developed in working with Mass on Nov. 7 at St. John the Evangelist Catholics around the world, as well as Church in Indianapolis. those in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis “I was in a way saddened, but to me who hail from numerous countries. it was not unexpected,” he says. “I didn’t “I got to know the archbishop as being think Pope Francis would leave a cardinal a really good supporter of the Intercultural here in Indianapolis, to tell you the truth. Ministry, opening his heart to people “We’ve had three bishops in the last 10 not from this area,” says Sally Stovall, a years. I think it’s disconcerting. You want leader of the African Catholic community to have some continuity. But I’m sure in the archdiocese. whoever [the pope] sends next will be just “He’s been there, been committed as loved.” to not just the African community, but Like Rudolph, Benedictine Sister Carol the Hispanic community, the Filipino Faulkner of Our Lady of Grace Monastery community, the French-speaking in Beech Grove says she has “sadness in community. I don’t think the pope my heart when thinking about Cardinal- would have selected him if he didn’t elect Tobin moving from our archdiocese. feel confident that he could handle that He has been an outstanding pastoral [appointment], but it is a loss for us.” leader. He is a gifted and generous person. Stovall expressed her gratitude … I have learned much from his sincerity Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin talks with inmates of the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis after to Cardinal-designate Tobin, too, as and compassion. ” celebrating a Mother’s Day Mass for them on May 10, 2015. (File photo by Natalie Hoefer) a member of Holy Angels Parish in Sister Carol also serves on the Indianapolis, a predominantly African- Archdiocesan Pastoral Council. ask Archbishop Tobin to take on greater God with a generous heart and good American parish which has been without “Serving on the Archdiocesan challenges, but I hoped it would not spirit. a church building for several years. Pastoral Council has been a privilege happen so soon,” he says. “I am sad “We owe our love, prayers and support “He supported us when everyone for me. Cardinal-elect Tobin genuinely to see him go. The Lord needs him to to Archbishop Tobin as he begins his new else said it wasn’t going to happen,” she appreciated the advice and council that serve others, but the Lord will certainly journey in Newark, and we thank God for says of his decision to allow the parish was given at these meetings. I am sorry take care of us in the Archdiocese of the wonderfully awesome memories he to build a new church. “We wish him that he will not be the one to see the Indianapolis as well.” has left for us.” well. Newark doesn’t know what they’re Pastoral Plan developed and implemented, Msgr. William F. Stumpf, archdiocesan getting—they’re so blessed.” but I trust that his successor will also ‘I will miss him immensely’ vicar general under Cardinal-designate Gabriela Ross, archdiocesan desire input from all sectors of the At the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Tobin and moderator of the curia, says coordinator of catechetical resources, archdiocese.” Catholic Center in Indianapolis, the Cardinal-designate Tobin came to the says she is grateful for Cardinal-designate archdiocesan employees who worked Archdiocese of Indianapolis at a Tobin’s “humble and joyful servant’s heart ‘A marvelous servant to priests’ in close proximity with the cardinal- needed time, following the retirement when it comes to serving the Spanish- Cardinal-designate Tobin was “a very designate watched the livestream feed of Archbishop Emeritus Daniel speaking faithful, and I know that will be faithful priest and a faithful bishop,” not of the press conference from Newark M. Buechlein. an ever bigger blessing in Newark, where just to the lay Catholics of the archdiocese together in the center’s assembly hall Through no fault of his own, says there are even more Spanish speakers.” but also to its priests, says retired Father on Nov. 7. Between them and the large Msgr. Stumpf, “Archbishop Daniel’s Shortly after Cardinal-designate Michael Welch. screen with the live feed stood the empty declining health had an impact on Tobin arrived in Indianapolis, Dabrice “He’s just been a marvelous servant to podium from which Cardinal-designate him and also the archdiocese,” he Bartet, a member of St. Monica Parish the priests, taking care of his priests,” he Tobin usually addressed them. says. “[Cardinal-designate Tobin] just in Indianapolis and also of the French- says. “I truly believe he’s going to where he reinvigorated everybody. His love of speaking Catholic community here, “I was thinking that the archbishop is needed the most,” says Ann Tully, who God is just so real, and his humility and approached him about instituting a would probably be leaving us. I think a lot serves in the archdiocesan Metropolitan humanness have been so captivating for French-speaking Mass in the archdiocese. of us in the archdiocese thought that, but Tribunal and watched the live stream. “I every one of us.” “It’s amazing how open he is to other were hoping it was not so soon. think he has brought a gift of joy to us. I Msgr. Stumpf cites the cardinal- cultures and understands the need for “I was watching the feed [from the just want to be able to support him and let designate as “the first bishop I’ve ever people to worship taking their language Newark press conference] this morning, him know that we have deeply felt that gift known that’s really caused us to start and culture into consideration,” she and I think I sensed a little bit of sadness he’s given to us, and that he will always be thinking about what is our contribution says. “He worked to help all the [ethnic and a little bit of anxiety. But also, as he in our hearts and in our prayers.” globally,” and that “he’s so aware of those Catholic] communities come together and said in his letter to us, that’s the challenge Archdiocesan chancellor Annette who are marginalized and those who are in be integrated into the parishes.” of faithfully following Christ and “Mickey” Lentz says she will miss need. We’ve always been aware of that, but Bartet worked with Cardinal-designate following where he needs to go, because Cardinal-designate Tobin “immensely.” he’s helped bring that more to the forefront Tobin as a member of the Archdiocesan he’s very faithful.” “I have been privileged to walk for us, that it’s core to the Gospel. … Pastoral Council that he reinstituted to Father Jonathan Meyer, pastor of All this journey of leadership alongside “Ultimately, we need to continue to be stay informed of needs throughout central Saints Parish in Dearborn County, says Archbishop Tobin, not working for but the people he has continually called us and southern Indiana. When she heard the his “heart goes out to [Cardinal-designate with [him],” she says. “He has been both to be. He’s called us to be humble. He’s news of his new appointment, she says Tobin]. I know what it’s like to have to a treasured colleague and friend.” called us to be joyful. He’s called us to be she was sad but “knew it was coming at change an assignment very abruptly.” She says that he made an impact “not real people of prayer. some point, just not so soon. Two-and-a-half years ago, he was only on our Church community, but on “I think if we can each try to keep “We have been blessed to have him all asked to leave three parishes in Jennings those involved in the Church elsewhere. doing those things, too, we’re going to these years,” she says. “Now it’s time for County that he had led for five years to Whether at a Notre Dame football game, find better ways to look at the Church, him to go serve another community who become the pastor of All Saints Parish in a parade featuring him as ‘Irish Man of not only in our backyard but around the needs him. We will miss him, and I’m Dearborn County. the Year’ or at the lovely Church events world.” sure he’ll miss us.” Father Meyer recognizes the in rural Indiana, the result was the same. Archdiocese of Newark as having “a People recognize what a good man he (Sean Gallagher and John Shaughnessy ‘I’m going to miss my archbishop’ lot of turmoil. They need a healer, and I is—holistic in his thinking and serving contributed to this article.) † The Archdiocese of Newark may have think he has a healer’s heart. … Newark more Catholics than the Archdiocese of is going to see a tremendous grace and Indianapolis, but its four counties are blessing because of the obedience of his saint mary-of-the-woods, indiana small in comparison to the geographical call there, but also because of the gifts area Cardinal-designate Tobin traversed that he has.” among the 39 counties of central and Retired Msgr. Frederick Easton southern Indiana. acknowledges that he will miss Cardinal- CelticCeltic SpiritualitySpirituality In Richmond, Rick Ruhl, principal of designate Tobin as a “model to emulate.” Seton Catholic Jr./Sr. High School, says “He gives us priests an example of the news came as a surprise to him. true pastoral ministry, of reaching out to with John O’Donohue “I was stunned at the news initially,” people. And he does it with such ease,” he says. “I’m extremely grateful for all he says. “He’s a living example of being Archbishop Tobin has done for Catholics a shepherd, a living example of being a Saturday, Dec. 3; 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. throughout the archdiocese. I think he’s Christian.” had a tremendous impact since his arrival. While some may question why the It’s a classic case of ‘our loss is their decision to move Cardinal-designate gain.’ ” Tobin was made, Msgr. Easton notes that Sister Ann Sullivan will explore the writings of the late John Patrick Byrne, a past president of [Cardinal-designate Tobin] “sees beyond O’Donohue, the best known of the Irish poets of our day. the archdiocesan Catholic Community the human in the Church to the working Foundation and member of St. Mary-of- of the Holy Spirit within it, despite the the-Knobs Parish in Floyd County, says human elements. He always rises above Register at Events.SistersofProvidence.org he too “was really surprised and [felt] an the Church political stuff and teaches us or Call 812-535-2952 element of disappointment.” to do the same. We need to let go of that Cost: $45 (includes lunch) He appreciated that when Cardinal- and know that we will get through it all.” designate Tobin “came down to our area, Conventual Franciscan Father Mark he really wanted to meet everyone he Weaver, pastor of St. Joseph University could. There wasn’t a separation. He was Parish in Terre Haute, agrees. really one of us. “I had no doubt that the pope would Page 10 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Clergy deliver history of black Catholic movement to Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS)—A across the country. They were the guests delegation of black Catholic priests paid of the National Black Sisters Conference, a visit to the University of Notre Dame’s which had formed two years earlier. Theodore Hesburgh Library in South Father Taylor, who also was present in Bend to entrust the archives there with 1970, called it amazing to see the return historical documents about African- of the historical documents to a place that American Catholic priests, sisters, was instrumental in building the black brothers, deacons, seminarians and Catholic movement in its infancy. laypeople. “November as Black Catholic History The group visited the archives on Month is a project of the black Catholic Oct. 24 in advance of Black Catholic clergy, so this is a perfect time to accept History Month in November. The the invitation to place our chronicle with observance was established in 1990 the Notre Dame archives on the American by the National Black Catholic Clergy Catholic Heritage,” he said. Caucus. The Notre Dame visit was one step Members of the delegation included toward a greater appreciation of the black Father Kenneth Taylor, president of Catholic movement to be explored in National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus 2018. and a priest of the Archdiocese of Father Williams, who is chairman Indianapolis who is pastor of Holy of the National Black Catholic Clergy Angels and St. Rita parishes, both in Caucus’ 50th anniversary committee, Indianapolis; Precious Blood Father said the group was “putting things in Clarence Williams, caucus vice president place” as the anniversary approaches. The and archivist; Father Theodore Parker, anniversary will mark the beginning of a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit; the black Catholic movement that began Father Kenneth Taylor, president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, pushes a cart of and Deacon Melvin Tardy, an academic “with the clergy leading it,” he added. archival material earmarked for the Theodore Hesburgh Library on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., on Oct. 25. Assisting him is Holy Cross Brother Roy Smith of adviser at Notre Dame. The priests met with the National Notre Dame. Brother Roy is a native of Indianapolis. (CNS photo/courtesy Catholic African World Network) The materials they delivered will be Interracial Justice Conference in Detroit preserved in the library’s archives and be the week after the April 4, 1968, articles that will continue to build the black Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad available for study. assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther Catholic collection now at Notre Dame. who died on May 18, 2015, at age 84, was The three priests were nostalgic about King in Memphis, Tenn. “These priests “We are open to the contribution of considered the pre-eminent bringing the documentation to Notre asked that those Negro priests present others who wish to preserve our black chronicler of black Catholic history. He Dame because of their personal histories could gather as a caucus to share their Catholic history and invite their wrote six books, including The History with the university. feeling and thoughts of the Negro mood,” participation,” Father Taylor said. “In a of Black Catholics in the United States, “It is hard to believe that we were said a news release on the delegation’s special way, we dedicate our efforts in the published in 1990. He was working on a here as seminarians in 1970, and began visit to Notre Dame. memory of [Benedictine Father] Cyprian revised edition of the book at the time of the National Black Catholic Seminarians The result of those meetings in the late Davis, who recently died.” The priest his death. Association. And now we return almost 1960s “was a statement on the racism of was the leading example, he said, about He also had also written what is 50 years later as priests. Things have the Catholic Church and the formation” the need “to value the contribution of considered the definitive biography come full circle,” said Father Parker. He of the National Black Catholic Clergy our unique Catholic journey. He was the of Mother Henriette Delille, the black had served on the coordinating committee Caucus, said the news release. “The rest is keeper of the archives, and now that he is foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family of the seminarians association. history.” no longer here to protect and preserve, we in antebellum New Orleans. Her sainthood The group’s first meeting at Notre The clergy caucus has a standing must take up that responsibility.” cause was opened in 1988, and she was Dame drew 70 black seminarians from committee to review documents and Father Cyprian, a monk of Saint declared venerable in 2010. † New film captures history and lives of Franciscan sisters in Oldenburg By John Shaughnessy longtime Indianapolis news anchor Debby a book, but as she walked around the end, they appreciated her persistence— Knox captures the theme of the film grounds of the Franciscan motherhouse in and the final product. When Jeannine “Andy” Murphy drove when she delivers these words about the Oldenburg, she thought, “This is such a “We were very taken by the way she to Oldenburg with three friends from high early days of the 165-year history of this visual story.” captured our history,” says Franciscan school, the Indianapolis writer thought the Franciscan order: “No one could have So Murphy enlisted the help of Knox Sister Margie Niemer, counselor on the trip would just be a fun time to connect ever imagined the future accomplishments and a film crew, working together with leadership team of the order. “I thought it with one of their old teachers. these sisters would provide for generations them on the project that took 2 1/2 years to was well-done, and it will be inspiring for Instead, that visit three years ago led of families and communities, not just in complete. others to see. We’re celebrating 165 years Murphy on another journey that would a small town in mid-America, but in an “I don’t consider myself a filmmaker, of our history this year, and so this is very change the direction of her life—deepening expansive commitment that reached all I consider myself a writer with a good nice. All the sisters who were involved her faith and leading her to create her first corners of the world.” story,” Murphy says. “I hoped it would found it to be a pleasant experience.” film, A Sign of the Cross. For Murphy, it’s a story she felt be a graceful, intelligent film that would For Murphy, it was a faith-changing That film about the history and the lives compelled to share after that visit with show the world what this humble group experience. of the Franciscan sisters of Oldenburg Franciscan Sister Lavonne Long, who was of women is all about. There’s something “When you spend time with these will have its television debut at 4 p.m. a high school English teacher for Murphy, magnetic about them in their goodness and sisters, and you see faith being lived, it has on Nov. 13 on WFYI-Channel 20 in a 1960 graduate of Father Thomas Scecina their kindness. They are what we should an impact on you,” says Murphy, a member Indianapolis. Memorial High School in Indianapolis. all try to be—intelligent, kind, caring, with of Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis. “It As the narrator of A Sign of the Cross, Initially, Murphy considered writing a character of goodness, a character of brought me closer to prayer. service, a character of humility.” “You walk away thinking these women Actually, Murphy asked the leadership have it right, and maybe we should lead team of the Franciscan sisters in Oldenburg our lives like them. 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With the help and input of Franciscan Sister Margie Niemer, left, Jeannine “Andy” Murphy created A Sign of the Cross, a film that captures the lives and the 165-year history of the Franciscan sisters in IS-5987722 Oldenburg. (Submitted photo) Page 11

A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2016 by FaithAlive! Catholic News Service. Faith-filled women played key role in early growth of the Church By Marcellino D’Ambrosio gods or sacrifice their lives. They died together rather than surrender their faith In recent years, some have charged that the role of in Christ. Their story, and the story of women in the early Church was glossed over or, even Agnes, the child martyr of Rome, are worse, deliberately suppressed. The best-selling novel The among the most famous accounts of Da Vinci Code is a case in point of such a mindset. martyrdom in the early Church. But anything beyond a superficial reading of the New Literature extolling feminine Testament shows this allegation to be groundless. True, heroism was something utterly new none of the Twelve Apostles selected by Jesus were in Western literature. Up until this women. But the four Gospels don’t hide the fact that most point, epic stories featured men of them fled when Jesus was arrested. who conquered by killing. In these Who was left to stand bravely at the foot of the cross? stories of martyrdom, women won a Primarily, women. crown by dying. The example of such One was Jesus’s mother, honored ever since as the courageous love of those considered greatest of all creatures. Another, Mary Magdalene, was the “weaker sex” had a considerable dubbed “Apostle to the Apostles” since she, the first to see impact on the pagan masses. the risen Christ, was sent by the Lord to bring the good Behind every great man stands a news to the Twelve. great woman, so the saying goes. So But how about the next few centuries after the first it is that some of the greatest Fathers generation, the period when the New Testament took shape of the Church owed their vocation to and the creed was hammered out? This was the era of the women. St. Augustine’s father was a early Church Fathers. But one may ask, were there also pagan, and is said to have become a early Church Mothers? Christian only on his deathbed. In any The men called “Church Fathers” were teachers who case, he died in Augustine’s teen years guarded the faith taught by the Apostles. Their teaching, and had little impact on the boy’s life. put down in writing, survived to guide the Church through His devout mother, Monica, on the ages. the other hand, persevered in prayer Women in the early Church did not generally leave throughout her son’s rebellious years behind doctrinal writings. But their lives had such a and introduced Augustine to Bishop powerful impact that their stories were written, recited and Ambrose, who ultimately baptized A mosaic of the early third-century martyrs Perpetua and Felicity adorns a chapel wall in sung from their day down to ours. him. Augustine later wrote over 4 the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington in this One of the most powerful evangelistic forces in the million words on just about every Sept. 28 photo. The Church’s praising of brave women who heroically went to death for first few centuries was the extraordinary care given by conceivable topic. We’d have none of their faith was a new phenomenon in Western literature at the time. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) Christians to the poor and the sick. them had it not been for Monica. Two great epidemics ravaged the Roman empire in the A generation before Augustine, a young woman was born to this man, known as St. Gregory of Nyssa, to become one 2nd and 3rd century. Infected pagans were often abandoned a Christian family in what is now eastern Turkey. Macrina, the of the greatest Christian teachers of the fourth century. by family afraid of infection. Christians, on the other hand, eldest of 10, dedicated her life to the education of her siblings. Gregory came to comfort the dying Macrina, but found risked their lives to nurse the sick and bury the dead. The eldest boy, Basil, returned from higher studies in Athens himself instead pouring out his heart and troubles upon the The emperor Julian the Apostate, who abandoned the very impressed with himself. Macrina, not so impressed, pillar whom he’d relied on all of his life. She challenged Christian faith for paganism, appealed to pagan priests to challenged her brother to seek true greatness in Christ. him to forsake self-pity, rejoice in his trials and “play the emulate Christian charity lest even more Romans abandon Prompted by the example and words of Macrina, Basil man.” the traditional gods for “the Galilean.” As it turned out, forsook the vanities of the world to live the life of a monk. Mothers give life, nurture it and make it grow. If the Christian women were the mainstay of what the emperor Later made bishop, Basil wrote a book whose words made Church grew from a mere handful to multitudes despite ridiculed as “this army of nurses.” Many of these nurses their way into the creed. When we profess faith in the brutal persecution, it was every bit as much due to the were infected with the plague, and thus quietly laid down Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life each Sunday, we early Church Mothers as to the early Church Fathers. their lives for friends and strangers alike. are quoting Macrina’s little brother, St. Basil the Great. Other Christian women laid down their lives publicly in Another of Macrina’s brothers found religion quite (Marcellino D’Ambrosio is co-founder of Crossroads the arena. Perpetua and her slave, Felicity, were both nursing boring. Once again, the words and example of his older Productions, an apostolate of Catholic renewal and babies when they were given the choice to sacrifice to the sister helped prompt a conversion that ultimately propelled evangelization.) † New Testament shows the important place women had in the early Church By Daniel Mulhall Claudia appears in 2 Timothy 4:21, during Paul’s Women have played an essential role in the Church imprisonment in Rome. Little is known about throughout its history. Mary, the Mother of God, and Claudia other than her name. However, a footnote Mary Magdalene, the first person to witness to the in the New American Bible suggests that Western risen Jesus, are known through the stories found in the tradition holds Claudia to be the mother of Linus, Gospels. the second pope. If so, she likely belonged to a Less is known about other women mentioned in the prestigious Roman family. New Testament. However, from St. Paul’s writings, the Paul mentions Lois and Eunice as being the Apostles clearly depended on women and their families grandmother and mother of Timothy, the disciple to for hospitality and support to spread the message of whom two of Paul’s letters were written. Paul prays that Christ. Timothy has the “sincere faith” held and taught by his Lydia lived in Philippi, where she sold purple cloth. grandmother and mother (2 Tm 1:5; 3:14-15). As Lois (Purple was the color of royalty, and costly.) She listened and Eunice had learned the Gospel from Paul himself, to Paul and “opened her heart” to him. After her baptism, Timothy could place all of his trust in it. They were early she invited Paul to stay in her house (Acts 16:12-15). catechists. Damaris, present when Paul preached in Athens, Paul trusted Phoebe to carry his letter to the came to believe in Jesus (Acts 17:34). She is linked to Christians in Rome. Paul calls her “our sister,” and says Dionysius the Areopagite, a prominent Athenian citizen that she has been “a benefactor” and “a minister” of the who, according to tradition, became the first bishop Church (Rom 16:1-2). in Athens. So Damaris assumedly was a significant Other women named in the New Testament include figure in Athens as well. The Greek Orthodox Church Rhoda, a maid who was overjoyed to hear Peter’s voice celebrates her as a saint. as he knocked on the gateway door (Acts 12:13-16); Prisca (called Priscilla in Acts 18) was married Tabitha (or Dorcas), a doer of good works whom Peter to Aquila. They were Jews from Rome. Paul lived raises from the dead (Acts 9:36-42); and Tryphaena and and worked with them in Corinth, and after Paul’s Tryphosa, whom Paul greets as “workers in the Lord” expulsion from Corinth, they travelled with him to (Rom 16:12). Antioch. Paul, like Christ, did not hesitate to preach to women, In Romans, Paul praises their work in spreading who after “opening their hearts” to the word of God, the Gospel: “Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers were willing even to “risk their necks” for the Church— in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to and as history later reveals, give up their lives as martyrs. whom not only I am grateful, but also all the Churches St. Mary Magdalene is depicted in a stained-glass window in of the Gentiles” (Rom 16:3-4). Paul also mentions them (Daniel S. Mulhall is a catechist living in Louisville, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. She is one of many in 1 Corinthians 16:19 and 2 Timothy 4:19. Kentucky.) † woman mentioned in the New Testament who played important roles in the early Church. (CNS photo/ Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot) Page 12 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something/Christina Capecchi 20th-century Church: Pope Paul issues ‘Humanae Vitae’ A cure for election (Sixteenth in a series of columns) prohibition of artificial contraception. The reaction the encyclical received overload, a During the discussion on the topic, Pope was unprecedented in the Church. Blessed Paul VI issued the encyclical Paul intervened to remove that item from Theologians dissented openly, and priests quest for peace “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”) the agenda. He said that the Commission began advising husbands and wives to use It’s almost as if November’s Mass on July 29, 1968. This was an important on Population and Family Life, appointed their own judgment in matters of birth readings were written for election-weary event, not because by St. John XXIII in 1963, would study the control. Today, polls indicate that most Catholics, with their foreboding tones and the encyclical said issue after the council ended. Catholics ignore the ban on contraception. calls for “perseverance” and “endurance” something new, but Therefore, the document said only this: The decades following the amid distress. because of what “In questions of birth regulation, the sons of promulgation of “Humanae Vitae” were “They will seize you happened after the the Church, faithful to these principles, are marked by bitter disagreements among and persecute you” letter was issued. forbidden to use methods disapproved of by theologians, some faithfully upholding (Lk 21:12), St. Luke Both supporters and the teaching authority of the Church in its the pope’s decision and others entirely warns. opponents of the interpretation of the divine law” (#51). rejecting it. Soon, dissent from traditional “Let us then throw encyclical agree that The majority of the members of the Catholic teachings became commonplace. off the works of the theological dissent commission voted to permit medical It spread from the issue of darkness and put on the that exists in the Catholic Church today methods of birth control—the pill that made contraception to the Church’s teachings armor of light” began with the rejection of “Humanae a woman temporarily sterile. However, what on premarital sex, homosexual acts, and (Rom 13:12), St. Paul Vitae” by a large segment of Catholics. the commission advised the pope was not other matters having to do with sex. exhorts. The Catholic Church has always made public for a long time. During the Eventually, even those who are pro-choice Polls confirm what Facebook makes condemned artificial contraception as a delay before Pope Paul made his decision, on abortion have come to consider clear: We were disgusted by this presidential method of birth control. By the 1960s, many theologians advised Catholics that themselves faithful Catholics. campaign. And when the two candidates though, various scientific breakthroughs, the Church position would be changed, and Eventually the expression “cafeteria registered record highs in unfavorable ratings, especially “the pill,” offered women methods many Catholics acted accordingly. Catholic” entered the lexicon, meaning we knew many would be unhappy no matter of birth control other than barrier methods. The encyclical, however, when it a Catholic who chooses only those the victor. Some theologians believed that these finally was released, did not change the teachings of the Church that he or she Election Day, in many ways, resolved methods would be morally permissible. Church’s teaching. It said that every act wishes to accept. “Humanae Vitae” put very little. The commercials have ceased and During the Second Vatican Council’s of sexual intercourse must remain open the authority of the pope in crisis. the yard signs have been taken down, but the debate on the document “Gaudium et Spes” to the transmission of life, and forbade Pope Paul clearly did not expect this discord lingers. (“Pastoral Constitution on the Church any act that would render either a man reaction. Although he lived another 10 The interviews I conducted this fall in the Modern World”), some bishops or woman sterile, either temporarily or years, he never again wrote another revealed a disenchanted electorate. I spoke asked for reconsideration of the Church’s permanently. encyclical. † to a 69-year-old farmer in Iowa who was harvesting soybeans. This year had Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes brought his highest yield ever—83 bushels an acre—a measure of consolation amid It’s great when we’re literally kissing cousins in families political turmoil. “I’m getting to a point where I don’t like to turn the news on,” he Cousins are important, if secondary, know I have no clue to their identity. But successful path through life. Most attend told me. “I’d rather think about the beans.” members of our family. The primary they know who I am because I’m the church regularly, and few are divorced. But it was hard to escape, and even at the ones, of course, are second-oldest cousin, one of those old They do like to drink, however, and grain elevator, he found himself discussing our spouses, parents guys up there with our two really elderly enjoy a lively social life. It began with Donald Trump’s tax returns. He shook his and children. But aunties. Up here in the stratosphere, so to Grandpa taking his farm family to town head at the daily allegations of sexual assault. cousins show up speak, we don’t even need name tags. for the Saturday night outing. While he “Is this what our country has come to?” in genealogies and Now, my “sister and brother cousins” and “the boys” visited the saloon, the A college student hanging out at Barnes history books and come in as many varieties as any group of ladies would shop and the kids would & Noble on a Friday afternoon lamented other important real siblings. As I said, there’s the wide range watch the free outdoor movie displayed the relationship young voters now have with official stuff, so we in age, but in many other ways as well. on the wall of a building. Everyone went American politics. “For a lot of my peers, know they matter. One cousin is a long-distance trucker home happy, but safe. it’s become tainted,” he said, casting his eyes Some folks have who travels across the northern Midwest. This family is neither unique nor downward. “Many first-time voters feel like very few cousins, or One is an internationally-known especially gifted, but they represent the they have to pick the lesser of two evils.” none. Some hardly know their cousins, microbiologist, who has a lab at Cornell typical immigrant desire to prevail in a new Surely, he added, the discourse during if at all, and so have no real relationship where he does research on Lord-knows- country and a new life. When they came here the final weeks before Election Day had to them. These people are to be pitied, what. Several are teachers, including one from Norway, they spoke no English and had marked a rock bottom in the history of our I think, because they are missing out on Ph.D. Two or three others are also nurses. to farm a poor acreage to make a living. But presidential campaigns. “It can’t get worse.” some great family memories. Of course, Two cousins are steelworkers, who they trusted in God’s love, worked hard and An Ohio 20-something making his way since I am an “only,” my cousins are like climb around on spidery construction sites inspired their kids to do the same. in New York City—the kind of earnest the sisters and brothers I never had. high above the ground. One of them had I like to think of my cousins and our Catholic who has always been concerned I’m grateful that my dad’s family is not a bad accident once, and now he works family as a microcosm of God’s family. about the arc of the moral universe— only huge but close. My dad, the oldest, was on the ground, a wise decision it seems We’re all different, but we’re all made in tweeted grimly: “2016 has only confirmed 20 years older than his youngest brother. So to me. Still another cousin was the state God’s image and likeness. And if we keep my suspicion that ‘unity’ is a sly rhetorical I am downright filial with the 41 first cousins historian of Iowa before he retired. on trusting in God’s love and working device used to silence difficult criticism.” on his side. Actually, I probably know only Other cousins are farmers, managers, hard and valuing family, we’ll stay on the A 30-year-old Target supervisor told me half that number very well, because some of office workers and salespeople. Whatever right path. she’d boycotted TV since early October. them are younger than my own kids. their professions, they seem to do well “It’s been a lot more peaceful,” she said. The At our annual family reunion, and are satisfied with their work. They (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the presidential campaign found her relying, youngsters will come up to me and say, help support their families, educate their Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular more than ever, on her morning devotional, “I’m so-and-so’s child” because they children and generally set them on a columnist for The Criterion.) † “an armor against negativity.” She smiled brightly: “I have faith! I have faith in God Spirituality for Today/Fr. John Catoir that everything’s going to be OK.” I found a reprieve from all the noise last week on a solo road trip across Wisconsin. Parish community should help us build up our spiritual life I felt blanketed by a patchwork of autumn There are two things to remember As a community of faith, hope and The diocesan Catholic Guild for the Blind foliage—burning crimson and rusted gold about your spiritual life: 1) It extends love, the parish community teaches the held regional meetings there for members. amid deep greens, white slices of birch way beyond your prayer life to the way parishioners how to live in the Holy As a teen, I watched blind people being forming the stitches. The quiet refrain rang you treat others, Spirit. It exists as a sign of the kingdom brought to the parish hall, and I was through my head: “How great thou art.” the way you spend of God in the world. curious. It is a time for prayer, for humor and your money, the way The parish also points to and I volunteered to help, and spent many generosity, for little deeds that make the you maintain your anticipates the kingdom of heaven by enjoyable years working with the blind. world feel right again. In a word: mercy. self-respect and even realizing and extending the reign of God We even took them bowling. A guide rail I circled back to November’s Mass to your politics; 2) through our worship and service in all was all they needed to enjoy the sound of readings, and this time the power of hope It also includes the areas of life. their ball crashing into the pins. stood out amid looming turmoil. We hear way you relate to God Granted, I’m talking about an ideal Because they met in our parish every of “redemption” and “forgiveness,” of the through your local here. We all know some terrible, week, a whole world opened up to me. Lord’s house being raised up as the highest parish. discouraging stories from parish life or I discovered how brave a human being mountain, toward which “all nations shall The parish Mass ministry, but still, parishes are called to could be despite suffering a serious stream” (Is 2:2). on Sunday is an act of worship, and strive for holiness. One way we do this disability. It is a time to trust in the bigger picture, participating joyfully in this primary is by creating community subgroups, In summary, a person’s spirituality, in that which we cannot see but believe, St. duty of the people of God is essential for which serve the common good and the far from being simply his or her private Paul reminds us. “For in him all the fullness achieving holiness. How any particular special personal needs of its members. prayer life, is basically one’s whole life was pleased to dwell, and through him to parish or individual builds the spiritual Prayer groups, senior citizen in and with God. The parish community reconcile all things for him” (Col 1:19-20). life will vary of course, but the goal is gatherings, hobby clubs, Scouting groups, is there to offer support and aid us on our In a splintered era, Christ offers us clear: We are all called to love God with grief ministries and the like: All of these journey. fullness that is not of this world. our whole heart, mind and soul. activities have their own distinctive way We need to face life’s challenges by He is the glue when the center threatens For Catholics, the parish exists to help of serving the diverse needs of the body trusting God in all circumstances, and to fall through. “He is before all things, individuals carry out the mission that of Christ. We use the various talents of helping one another make this a better and in him all things hold together.” Jesus proclaimed for his people—namely, our volunteers to form special group world. to proclaim the kingdom of God, and ministries. (Christina Capecchi is a freelance to become living examples of Christ in I grew up in the parish of St. Joan of (Father John Catoir writes for Catholic writer from Inver Grove Heights, Minn., service to God and to one another. Arc in Jackson Heights in Queens, N.Y. News Service.) † and the editor of SisterStory.org.) † The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Page 13

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, November 14 Friday, November 18 Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5 The Dedication of the Basilicas Sunday, November 13, 2016 Psalm 1:1-4, 6 of SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles • Malachi 3:19-20a Luke 18:35-43 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, • 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 virgin • Luke 21:5-19 Tuesday, November 15 Revelation 10:8-11 St. Albert the Great, bishop Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, The Book of Malachi is the source hostile culture and even of hostile laws. and doctor of the Church 111, 131 of this weekend’s first reading. Malachi Paul urges Christians to be brave. God is Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22 Luke 19:45-48 was not a proper name for a person in with them. He will receive them in glory. Psalm 15:2-4b, 5 ancient Israel. Rather, St. Luke’s Gospel, the third reading, Luke 19:1-10 Saturday, November 19 it was an abbreviation follows in this theme. While sin has Revelation 11:4-12 of an informal title, reaped a whirlwind, relief is on the Wednesday, November 16 Psalm 144:1-2, 9-10 “Messenger of God.” way. A new day will come dramatically This prophet is and decisively. It will occur in nature. St. Margaret of Scotland Luke 20:27-40 thoroughly in step Earthquakes will shake the Earth. Plagues St. Gertrude, virgin with all the other will rage. Revelation 4:1-11 Sunday, November 20 prophets whose Among humans, close relatives Psalm 150:1b-6 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King writings we now will betray each other. Danger will be Luke 19:11-28 of the Universe possess in saying everywhere. that humans are None of this, however, will threaten 2 Samuel 5:1-3 responsible for their own misery and those who truly trust the Lord. Not even Thursday, November 17 Psalm 122:1-5 disappointment in life. Their sinfulness a hair of their heads will be harmed. God St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Colossians 1:12-20 or indifference to God leads them into will triumph. Those who love God will religious Luke 23:35-43 trouble. triumph. Revelation 5:1-10 Sin takes its toll. One day, sinners Psalm 149:1b-6a, 9b will have to pay the piper. Part of the Reflection viciousness of temptation is that we are The Church is concluding its year of Luke 19:41-44 lulled into diminishing the effects of our instruction and worship. Next weekend, sins. it will rejoice that God’s salvation and St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the mercy has been poured forth on the world, Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle Thessalonians supplies the next reading. in and through Christ the King. Paul must have had an interesting So, the Church’s last statement of this personality. He hardly was withdrawing fading year is its excited proclamation John the Baptist may have been cleansed and quiet, yet, for all his assertiveness, that, despite all the negative forces in the he had the humility that rises from world, despite the attacks of the devil, of original sin while in his mother’s womb genuine wisdom and true faith. He even despite all the sin, Christ is king, knows that he owes everything to God’s standing as a rock of security on the edge Recently, I heard a priest say on Baptist, who both have feast days marking mercy, and he knows that the greatest of a raging sea. Qtelevision that some theologians their births; Long ago, St. Augustine reward in life is in being at peace with For years now, Americans, and others now believe that John the Baptist was noted that the reason for this is the God. He offers himself as an example, in the world, have lived in uneasiness if born without original Church’s common belief that John entered because God will save others as God not fear. The sights of the crashing towers sin. This was new the world freed (in the womb) from saved him. in New York, the bleeding victims of Paris information for me, original sin. In this reading, Paul goes to his and Istanbul, and the slain in Iraq and but then I looked at the well-schooled Hebrew roots, essentially Syria, haunt us. Gospel of Luke where My husband was an officer in repeating the theme stated centuries These grim realities should teach the angel Gabriel tells QVietnam, and he gave an order that earlier by Malachi and the other prophets. us. As the prophets warned, as Paul Zechariah that his son probably killed several of the enemy. He Sin has brought grief to humanity, but emphatically declared, sin brings us death. John will be “filled says that, if he had to do it over, he would God does not leave humanity to its None of us can foretell the future, with the Holy Spirit do it again in order to save his men. But peril. God sent messengers to the world including our own, with exactitude. Our even from his mother’s he doesn’t expect to ever go to heaven. Is repeatedly to lead people away from their deaths may not come as the result of such womb ” (Lk 1:15). he right? (North Carolina) foolish sinfulness. In the greatest act of evil, terrifying circumstances, but we will I asked my local priest and he said love, God has sent his Son, Jesus, to the die nevertheless. that many people are great and holy, but At the time of the Vietnam conflict, world. Come what may, however, if we are in only Mary was born without original Aopinions varied as to its moral Jesus did not come and go. He left Christ, if we are with God, we shall live. sin. What is the current thinking of the propriety, although Blessed Paul VI argued the Church to be guided by the Apostles, If we are in Christ, we will live forever. It Church? Is there something new that I strongly for the cessation of the conflict by whom the Lord commissioned to lead all is Christian redemption. missed? (New Jersey) negotiation and consistently tried to bring to everlasting life. Why then should we fear? Where, the warring parties to the table. In 1968, In the first generations of Christianity, death, is your victory? Where your Other than Jesus, only the Virgin the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a pastoral disciples of Christ felt at the mercy of a sting? † AMary was conceived without original letter calling upon Congress to allow sin. That is the defined doctrine of the selective conscientious objection. Church, which is celebrated on the At the same time, Catholics were My Journey to God solemnity of the Immaculate Conception never prohibited from participating in the of the Blessed Virgin Mary. With regard to hostilities. So it could well be that your John the Baptist, there has never been any husband felt that the war, and his own definitive declaration by the Church (by participation in it, were morally justified way of a conciliar statement or infallible in preserving freedom and preventing Don’t Give Up papal pronouncement) that he was born Communist aggression. free of original sin. The Catechism of the Catholic Church By Mary Beth Hand However—and it may not be generally does say that even in a just war, “non- known by Catholics—there is a common combatants, wounded soldiers and I am sad that you’re not here, and long-held belief within the Church prisoners must be respected and treated Left with lots of fear. that John may have at least been cleansed humanely. Actions deliberately contrary Where to go, what to do— of original sin at a very early point in his to the law of nations and to its universal Want to ask that of you. life. That belief is based on the scriptural principles are crimes, as are the orders Wish it was me instead. passage that you cite (Gabriel’s words to that command such actions. Blind Angry yelling of “Why?” in my head. Zechariah) and also in Luke 1:41 where, obedience does not suffice to excuse those My heart needs to heal, upon Mary’s visiting Elizabeth, the baby who carry them out” (#2313). To learn how to deal (John) recognized Jesus and “leaped” The My Lai massacre, for example, With life without you around, in Elizabeth’s womb. The Catholic fails any moral test, but it does not seem, Keep my feet on the ground. Encyclopedia says: “As the presence of from what you say, that your husband was God will help day-to-day, any sin whatever is incompatible with the involved in any such atrocity. He sought Take some of the pain away. indwelling of the Holy Ghost in the soul, only to protect the men in his charge who In time there will be peace, it follows that at this moment John was were under attack. The hurt will cease. cleansed from the stain of original sin.” It saddens me that he feels he has Don’t give up. It should be noted, however, that “this forfeited any chance of eternal salvation. moment” took place after the conception I can’t even imagine what a heavy burden (Mary Beth Hand is a member of of John the Baptist while he was still that must be. Why not suggest that he Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis. She being formed in his mother’s womb. talk with a priest, be assured of God’s wrote this poem in 2009 in coping with Therefore, if he was indeed cleansed of mercy and perhaps confess any moral the death of her father. Franciscan original sin at that point, he still would misjudgments he may have made, if there friars pray in the cemetery at the not have been conceived free from it. were any? Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land Nearly every saint’s feast day is in Washington to mark All Souls’ Day celebrated on the day of the person’s (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth death, the day presumed to mark that Doyle at [email protected] and on Nov. 2.) (CNS photo/Bob Roller) saint’s entrance into heaven. The only two 30 Columbia Circle Dr. Albany, New York exceptions are Our Lady and John the 12203.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016

Rest in peace Please submit in writing to our FISH, Dean, 62, St. Mary, office by 10 a.m. Thursday Rushville, Oct. 9. Husband before the week of publication; of Marcia Fish. Father of be sure to state date of death. Megan Fish. Brother of Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our arch- David, Jeff, Mark and Mike diocese are listed elsewhere in Fish. (Correction) The Criterion. Order priests GRANNAN, Mildred, 91, and religious sisters and St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, brothers are included here, Oct. 31. Wife of Elbert unless they are natives of the Grannan. Mother of Regina archdiocese or have other Peterson, David, Michael connec­tions to it; those are separate obituaries on this and Stephen Grannan. page. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of 12. BRIGHT, James, 90, HUTT, Elizabeth A., 73, St. Mary, New Albany, St. Anthony of Padua, Oct. 24. Father of Jackie Clarksville, Oct. 17. Wife Grubbs, Cindy Matheny, of Robert Hutt. Mother of Phyllis Vernia, Jim and Tammy Heck, Keri Rapp, Joseph Bright. Step-father Cynthia Wallace, Mary, of three. Brother of Mary Bobby and Donnie Hutt. Ann Mayfield. Grandfather Grandmother of 16. of nine. Step-grandfather KIRCHMAN, John, 61, of five. Great-grandfather St. Bartholomew, Columbus, of six. Oct. 21. Husband of Lisa All Souls Day BRINKWORTH, Mary Kirchman, Father of Kim Fall colors and US. flags decorate graves on All Souls Day, Nov. 2, at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram, N.Y. Ann, 85, Holy Family, Fox, Karen and Sean (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic) New Albany, Nov. 2. Kirchman. Brother of Mother of Leslie Treat, Dominican Sister Lori Kirchman, Marilee Provost, Miller. Father of Gretchen Joan, Bill, Jim and John of Patty Boner, Theresa Christine Wolf, Greg, John Gary, Jeff and Tom Diallo and Sarah Miller. Son O’Connor. Uncle of several. Weisenbach and Chris and Steven Stoner. Sister of Brinkworth. Sister of Betty David, Mark and Michael of Oren and Sylvia Miller. Redmond. Uncle and great- Sue Miller, Julie Peterman Jean Applegate, James Kirchman. Grandfather of PACE, Phyllis S., 72, Brother of Karen Kerr and uncle of several. and Phil Wass. Grandmother and Richard Braitling. three. St. Anthony of Padua, Jo Williams. Grandfather of of eight. Grandmother of 10. Great- LEPPERT, Jacqueline, 52, Clarksville, Oct. 16. Mother SCHMELZ, Freda (Lamb), two. grandmother of eight. St. Michael the Archangel, of Christina Faulkner, Brian, 95, Holy Family, New TAYLOR, Frieda, 89, MITCHELL, Syrilda, Jeffrey, Jerry and Todd Albany, Oct. 27. Mother of St. Paul, Tell City, Oct. 30. CLARK, Thomas C., 71, Indianapolis, Oct. 13. Zimmerman. Sister of Cindy Nancy Bierbaum, Dorothy Mother of Grant Taylor. Christ the King, Indianapolis, Mother of Matthew and 66, St. Mary, New Albany, VerPloeg, Gerry and Walter Gilkey, Sue and James Sister of Millie Harth, Evelyn Oct. 27. Husband of Dixie Patrick Leppert. Sister Oct. 27. Mother of Delecia Lee. Grandmother of nine. Weiss and Dallas LeMaire. Clark. Father of Christian of Janet Boone, Cindy and Sheagan Mitchell. Schmelz. Sister of Donna and Quincy Clark. Brother McCarthy, Mary Wahr and Sister of Pamela King, Terry PATTON, Bruce N., 59, Gibson, Jean Grose, Gladys Grandmother of three. Great- of Linda Brosvenor, Gregory Shafer. Knight, Gloria Proctor, Inez, SS. Francis and Clare of Jones, Marie Wright, Gale, grandmother of four. Connie Merkel and Jennie MCATEE, Walter B., 87, Karen, Yolonda and Geno Assisi, Greenwood, Gerald and Gordon Lamb. WHEATLEY, Hubert O’Connor. Grandfather of St. Michael the Archangel, Mitchell. Grandmother of Oct. 27. Husband of Wendy Grandmother of 14. Great- E., 76, St. Vincent de Paul, two. Indianapolis, Oct. 12. Father three. Patton. Father of Brittany grandmother of 35. Great- Bedford, Nov. 1. Husband Caldwell, Darah and Jenna great-grandmother of 25. CREWS, Barbara J., of Elaine Cox, Teri Smith, MULLINS, Lucille of Cassandra Wheatley. Patton. Son of Marcia 88, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Susan and Andrew McAtee. Allard M., 76, St. Ann, SCHROEDER, Gregory Father of James Wheatley. Huguenard. Step-son of Oct. 25. Mother of Cindy Brother of Frances Atwood. Indianapolis, Nov. 1. L., 68, Our Lady of Perpetual Brother of Theresa Arnold, David Huguenard. Brother Fesselmeyer, Jim, Mike and Grandfather of eight. Great- Mother of Veronica Carlisle Help, New Albany, Oct. 26. Barbara Flamion, Mary of Carrie Bonds. Tony Crews. Sister of Mary grandfather of two. and David Allard. Sister Husband of Marcia Kelly, Carroll, Jerry, Joe Grandfather of two. Ballstaedt. Grandmother of MCCANN, Donnie R., of Joyce Hoopengarner, Schroeder. Father of Andres, and Richard Wheatley. 10. Great-grandmother of 72, St. Paul, Tell City, Marsha James, Karen PENDER, William H., John, Quinton and Tyson Grandfather of one. nine. Oct. 27. Husband of Flo Whitehouse, Jerry and Tom 77, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Schroeder. Son of Marie WRIGHT, Max, 88, Lahrman. Grandmother of Oct. 21. Husband of Schroeder. Brother of Cathy DILGER, Anna M. McCann. Father of Amber St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, five. Great-grandmother of Patricia Pender. Father of Trowbridge, Chuck, Danny, (Rahman), 77, St. John Fallowfield. Brother of Richmond, Oct. 24. Husband five. Sally Knippenberg and David, Frank, Mark, Mike, Paul II, Clark County, Arlene Dunn, Linda Hardy, of Gail Wright. Father of Nicholas Pender. Paul and Rick Schroeder. Oct. 28. Wife of Norbert Patty Settles, Bobby, Mike O’CONNOR, Daniel Dawn Anderson, Brian, Mark Grandfather of six. Dilger. Mother of Myra and Tony McCann. J., 69, St. Malachy, REDMOND, Joseph M., and Michael Wright. Brother Coomes and Sandy Juliot. MILLER, Terry W., 63, Brownsburg, Oct. 17. 50, St. Jude, Indianapolis, STONER, Carole L. of Joyce Bostick and Dale Sister of Donald Rahman. St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Husband of Sommai Oct. 28. Son of Paul and (Wass), 74, Prince of Peace, Wright. Grandfather of 10. Grandmother of three. Oct. 16. Husband of Joanne O’Connor. Brother of Carol Redmond. Brother Madison, Oct. 30. Mother of Great-grandfather of 14. † Speaker urges ‘ethical alternatives’ to use of fetal DNA By Patricia Happel Cornwell lines from animals to those of [voluntarily canonized in 2004. Special to The Criterion aborted] human babies.” Catholic teaching would The speaker urged parents in the have allowed for a SELLERSBURG—The St. Gianna audience to ask their pediatricians what hysterectomy in such a Culture of Life Group at St. John Paul II vaccines are made from and if there case in order to save the Parish in Clark County hosted a speaker are “moral alternatives” available, such life of the mother, but on Oct. 22 on the controversial use of as vaccines made with non-fetal cells. Molla chose to save the “electively aborted” Deisher believes that some vaccines are child instead of herself. human DNA in the “contaminated” with fetal DNA and may The parish’s creation of childhood cause genetic mutations in some children St. Gianna group, vaccines. Dr. Theresa who receive them. formed in the early Deisher presented a “Most families are being given these 2000s, has about 15 technical explanation [fetal DNA-based] vaccines, and are not members, according to of her premise to an being told that there are alternatives,” Phyllis Burkholder, its audience of adults and Deisher said. president. The group children. The speaker said that the independent has an activity nearly Speaker Theresa Deisher discusses how commercial vaccines made Deisher’s talk National Catholic Bioethics Center in monthly, including from the cells of aborted human fetuses are both unethical and Theresa Deisher centered on the Philadelphia “proposes that all vaccines speakers and selling unnecessary during an Oct. 22 presentation at the St. Paul campus of premise that be manufactured with animal DNA, that roses on Respect Life St. John Paul II Parish in Clark County. (Photo by Patricia Happel Cornwell) commercial vaccines made from the cells there be disclosure [to the public] of the Sunday. A future of aborted human fetuses, which she sources of vaccines in their packaging, project will be to knit baby booties to line molecular and cellular physiology from includes in the term “human trafficking,” that model legislation be written and that the sidewalk in front of an abortion center Stanford University in California, and has are both unethical and unnecessary. She alternative vaccines be made available.” in Louisville. worked in “commercial biotechnology” said that vaccines made from animal cells The St. Gianna Culture of Life Group “Our mission is to protect life from for 20 years. In 2008, she founded both are less profitable to manufacture. is named for St. Gianna Beretta Molla, birth to natural death,” she said. “As a for-profit corporation and a nonprofit “There is continued interest in an Italian doctor and mother, who chose St. John Paul II taught in his encyclical biomedical research organization to deal harvesting tissue from aborted babies for to have surgery to remove only a uterine ‘The Gospel of Life,’ we need to have a with stem-cell research. research and clinical trials,” Deiser said. tumor while preserving the life of her well-formed conscience in order to build a “Some organs are taken from fetuses unborn fourth child. new culture of life.” (Patricia Happel Cornwell is a freelance between 16 and 26 weeks of gestation. She died at the age of 39, a week after St. Gianna member Esther Endris writer and a member of St. Joseph Parish … Scientists have moved from using cell the child was born in 1962. She was introduced Deisher, who has a Ph.D. in in Corydon.) † The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Page 15 Foundation of faith: Religious patch cracks left in wake of disaster

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—When the permeated priceless works of art, books the seminarians Benedictine monks in Norcia led residents and manuscripts. Rushing waters 20 were assigned to the in prayer before the ruins of their feet high carried away roads, cars and outskirts of town to medieval city, they showed one way the supplies, and filled homes and businesses help a working class Church steps into action in times of crisis. with oily muck. neighborhood, Cardinal First responders encouraged the The disaster prompted hundreds of Betori said. religious, recognizing they could do their students, workers and professionals to go For those folks, “we job better when the distraught receive help the city, earning them the name, “the really were angels,” emotional or spiritual rescue, too. SOS, mud angels.” Some of their testimony he said, “unexpected after all, means “save our souls.” and details were published in the Vatican apparitions, a presence In fact, the one disaster that cameras newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, and that was a pure gift.” don’t easily capture is the shattering of on Internet news sites. He said he’s “proud people’s resolve and the collapse of courage Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia- to have been among when everything they have is gone. Citta della Pieve was among the mud the people and not the “Certainly the crumbled walls and the angels, according to the Vatican newspaper. books, not to diminish missing roofs” are a problem, Archbishop He was a 24-year-old priest who the importance of Renato Boccardo of Spoleto-Norcia had been ordained in Florence just culture, especially in Nuns stand next to a partially collapsed wall on Oct. 30 following an said, but the most serious concern is the two months prior. He and a handful of Florence, but it seems to earthquake in Norcia, Italy. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) people—“people who have been living teenagers broke into a garage where tanks me that for a seminarian, for two months in a state of continual fear of acetylene were illegally stored. With a priest, a bishop, it is much more important L’Osservatore Romano said three and worry, and are under considerable the water quickly rising, they pulled out to be able to say ‘I served the people.’ ” Italian cardinals and at least six bishops psychological stress and losing hope.” the tanks to lessen the potential and power He helped residents dig through the had been “mud angels.” Indian Cardinal He told Vatican Radio the day after the of an explosion, he said. sludge for their precious possessions, Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi, then a Oct. 30 tremors that the people he talks to Cardinal Giuseppe Betori of Florence, like a metal box filled with a married 27-year-old theology student in Rome, are tired of starting over. Some have rebuilt who was 19 at the time, said seeing “the couple’s love letters. Hit with a bad case even contributed by donating blood. their homes twice already from past quakes. suffering, the loss on the Florentines’ of the flu, he ended laid up on a cot for a Responding to Italy’s latest disaster— “The temptation to give up is there,” he faces” was unforgettable. week, “doing nothing more for Florence” the series of earthquakes—Archbishop said, and the Church’s job is to “sustain hope, He and many other seminarians and until Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Boccardo has organized a “task force of listen to people vent and dry their tears.” young priests studying in Rome went to archbishop of the city in 2008. hope,” assigning available priests to live As central Italy quaked, a city further Florence with the encouragement of their Now, he says, he always recalls among those left homeless. north was celebrating its own rebirth from rector who believed the experience would “that the first staff I held in my hand in One of his priests, Father Marco ruin and honoring the perseverance and be “formative.” In fact, the cardinal told Florence was the handle of a shovel. It Rufini, has been living in a car like other selflessness of those who helped save it. the Italian news agency ANSA, it turned helps me, let’s say, stay measured” when townsfolk in Norcia. He told Vatican Florence—the cradle of the out to be a course in theology “with a he processes into church with a pastoral Radio on Nov. 1 that even though the Renaissance—was commemorating the shovel in my hand.” staff in hand, reminded of “those days town has lost its churches, “the house of 50th anniversary of the day the Arno They slept in a theater and wore boots and filled with mud and water.” God isn’t the wall, but the people.” River burst its banks on Nov. 4, 1966. overalls like all the other volunteers, he said. Cardinal Betori was to celebrate a If people are on their knees in sorrow Water, silt and debris smashed into While media attention buzzed Mass Nov. 4 at the Church of Santa or pain, then the Church needs to kneel septic systems and tanks of fuel oil and around those salvaging books from the Croce, together with other prelates who down with them—“to work on that edifice gas, creating a black-brown sludge that national library in the historic center, had been “mud angels” in their youth. made of living stones,” he said. †

and southern Indiana. At the time of the Tobin with Pope Francis, according to group of pilgrims from the archdiocese REFLECTION announcement, the archbishop was serving Father Hollowell. up the steep inclines of Siena on the way continued from page 4 in a high-ranking role in the Vatican. “One trait that intimately connects to the town’s cathedral for Sunday Mass. “So we invited him over to the NAC,” them and stands above all others is the When he passed an older Italian woman Archbishop Tobin instinctively turned his recalled Father Hollowell, who is still primacy of relationship. They respect the struggling to make it up one of the hills, thoughts to the people in the archdiocese studying in Rome. “He parked his car mysterious uniqueness of each individual, the archbishop stopped to talk with her. who “still suffer from some of the in the parking lot, and because it was regardless of where they come from.” Then he picked her up and carried her up results of Connected in the Spirit”—the raining, he pulled out an umbrella. Two That focus shined through in nearly the hill. planning process that has led to closings seconds after opening it, a strong gust every encounter that Archbishop Tobin While “everything is a gift” is a way and mergers of parishes. The pain of his came and completely destroyed the has had at an archdiocesan event or a visit of life for Marie Tobin, her oldest son’s people still weighed heavily upon him umbrella. to a parish. People have lined up to meet approach to life has always seemed to even in this moment. “He just kept walking, oblivious to the him and talk with him, and he has often offer an extended version of that motto: The second moment unfolded in a pellets of water pummeling him. Some stayed late, taking the time with them “Everything is a gift of time, always with recent exchange of e-mails I had with Vatican top brass would be dismayed because they mean that much to him. the goal of leading people closer to each Father Anthony Hollowell, who was and flustered by such an experience, It also shined through in his approach other and ultimately closer to God.” ordained a priest by Archbishop Tobin but his disregard for inconvenience in to leading the archdiocese’s efforts to In terms of time, Archbishop Tobin’s earlier this year. Father Hollowell recalled this moment commanded my immediate make a difference in people’s lives. four years in the archdiocese are far too the wonderful, telling story of the first respect and admiration.” Speaking for so many people who worked short for many of us. time he met the archbishop. So did what happened next. with him and became friends with him, The gift is that we have had the great The scene happened in Rome where “It was the first time I had met chancellor Annette “Mickey” Lentz once blessing of sharing these four years Father Hollowell was studying at the him. And he gave us his cell phone noted, “I feel I work alongside him, not together. Pontifical North American College (NAC) number afterward and told us to call him for him. You don’t always get those kinds in 2012 when it was announced that if we needed anything. From day one, he of relationships. It’s very special.” (John Shaughnessy is assistant editor Archbishop Tobin had been appointed as treated us like his sons.” And it shined through during a of The Criterion, newspaper of the the spiritual leader of the Church in central It’s an emphasis that bonds Archbishop pilgrimage to Italy in 2013 as he led a Archdiocese of Indianapolis.) †

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Page 16 The Criterion Friday, November 11, 2016 Emotional shepherd celebrates last Mass as archbishop at Jennings County parish By Sean Gallagher Archdiocese of Newark was made the following day, he ceased to be archbishop JENNINGS COUNTY—It seemed of Indianapolis. fitting that an emotional Cardinal- But he still retains a soft spot in the designate Joseph W. Tobin celebrated his heart of many St. Anne parishioners, last Mass as archbishop of Indianapolis whose faith community is at the heart at St. Anne Parish in Jennings County, of the archdiocese and who now cherish which lies close to the geographic heart the privilege of having worshipped of the Church in central and southern with him in his last Mass as archbishop Indiana. of the Church in central and southern The Mass took place on Nov. 6, less Indiana. than a day before it was announced “It’s kind of exciting, something at the Vatican and in Washington that we’ll always treasure,” said St. Anne Pope Francis had named him the new parishioner David Gasper, 24, whose archbishop of Newark, N.J. ancestors helped found the parish. “It’s Although unable to confirm his exciting to know that, if Pope Francis has appointment during the Mass because it called him to something bigger and better, had not yet been officially announced, his final step was here. Cardinal-designate Tobin acknowledged “It’s something special to hold in our during the final moments of the liturgy hearts as part of the tradition at St. Anne. that many of the worshippers may have It’s something that I’ll never forget.” heard media reports about him over the Gasper’s wife Jessica was happy to weekend. have worshipped with Cardinal-designate “But I have to tell you this—if I was to Tobin in his final Mass as archbishop, but celebrate my last Mass as the archbishop also expressed mixed feelings about the of Indianapolis, I’d be really blessed to news. celebrate it with you,” he said, his voice “I’m really sad for him, because he’s marked by emotion. grown close to the whole state of Indiana He remained close to tears when and made close connections with people,” giving the final blessing of the Mass she said. “It will be tough for him to say to the approximately 200 worshippers goodbye, but he’ll do great things and who had gathered that day to celebrate influence so many more people in the the 175th anniversary of the founding world. So, I think it’s wonderful.” of the Seymour Deanery faith Russell Sherman likewise was sad to community. learn that the archdiocese’s shepherd was St. Anne Parish reaches back to the being called elsewhere, but will keep earliest days of the Church in Indiana, good memories of him. being founded in 1841, just seven years “It was a little disappointing, An emotional Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin speaks at the end of a Nov. 6 Mass at St. Anne after the establishment of the Diocese because he’s such a great leader for Church in Jennings County. The liturgy, which celebrated the 175th anniversary of the founding of Vincennes, which later became the the archdiocese,” he said. “He’s very of the Seymour Deanery faith community, was the last celebrated by Cardinal-designate Tobin as Archdiocese of Indianapolis. personable in the way he makes eye archbishop of Indianapolis. (Photos by Sean Gallagher) Nestled in the rolling hills of southern contact with you. He’s a great servant for Indiana and surrounded by farms, many us here in Indiana. He’ll be missed.” of which are cultivated today by the Father Jerry Byrd, pastor of St. Anne descendants of the original German Parish as well as St. Joseph Parish in Catholics who first settled the land, Jennings County and St. Mary Parish in the parish is also emblematic of the North Vernon, was filled with emotion distinct character of the Archdiocese of after the liturgy, knowing that he was Indianapolis. losing his spiritual father. Cardinal-designate Tobin had “It was very powerful,” said Father originally been scheduled to celebrate the Byrd of the Mass. “I don’t have a lot of anniversary Mass during the summer, but words. There’s a lot going through my a scheduling conflict brought about its mind right now. I’m honored to be the move to Nov. 6. pastor here and to have the archbishop Cardinal-designate Tobin left St. Anne here.” Parish that afternoon, and that evening Looking back on the rescheduling boarded a flight in Indianapolis for of the anniversary Mass to Nov. 6, Newark. Father Byrd said in amazement, “It’s When the official announcement God’s providence.” about his appointment to lead the (An article on the 175th anniversary of the founding of St. Anne Parish in Jennings County will be published in an Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin gives a high five to a young worshipper after a Nov. 6 Mass at upcoming issue of St. Anne Church in Jennings County, the last he celebrated as archbishop of Indianapolis. Master of The Criterion.) † ceremonies Loral Tansy is pictured following Cardinal-designate Tobin.

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