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OCTOBER 26, 2012 VOLUME 48, NUMBER 20 INSIDE: Page 5: Lancaster Catholic students mourn loss of friend Page 8: LeSean McCoy returns to McDevitt Page 13: Matthew 25 Collection will assist needy in our diocese Pages 14-23: Voters’ Guide One Body, One Family In Faith Bishop McFadden Gathers High School Seniors to Open Year of Faith By Jen Reed The Catholic Witness Bishop Joseph P. McFadden told some 850 diocesan high school se- niors invited to the diocese’s open- ing Mass for the Year of Faith that he brought them together to show them they’re not alone in their faith. “Look around. There are other young people like yourselves who are called by the Lord to embrace our faith,” he told the seniors, who along with several hundred other faithful, filled Holy Name of Jesus Church in Harrisburg for the Oct. 11 Mass. “We are one body, one family,” the bishop said. “We come from differ- ent schools, yes, but as we come to- gether today, we come really as the sons and daughters of God.” Filling most of the pews in the church, the seniors came by bus from seven schools – Bishop McDevitt, CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS Delone, Lancaster Catholic, Leba- More than 800 diocesan high school seniors gathered for the diocese’s opening Mass for the Year of Faith at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Harrisburg Oct. 11. Bishop Joseph P. McFadden told the students he brought them together for the Mass to More YEAR OF FAITH, page 12 show them they’re not alone in their faith. A woman holds a banner honoring St. Pilgrims Flock to Rome Kateri Tekakwitha as pilgrims gather for a canonization Mass to Celebrate Their New Saints celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. By Cindy Wooden Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadel- Peter’s Square at the Catholic News Service phia, a member of the Prairie Band Potawa- Vatican Oct. 21. tomi Tribe, told Catholic News Service that he Wearing Native American beads and feath- and his fellow Native American Catholics have ers, Hawaiian leis, classic Filipino shirts, or been praying for St. Kateri’s canonization for a German dirndls, Catholics from around the very long time. globe gathered in St. Peter’s Square to cel- The saint was born to an Algonquin Christian ebrate the recognition of seven new saints. mother and a Mohawk father, who died when One of the pilgrims who came to celebrate she was young. She resisted strong pressure the canonization of St. Kateri Tekakawita from the Mohawks to abandon her faith, so she Oct. 21 was Blessed Sacrament Father Dana could be considered a model for those facing Pelotte, twin brother of the late Bishop Donald religious persecution, the archbishop said. E. Pelotte of Gallup, N.M., the first American St. Kateri, who died in 1680 at the age of Indian bishop of the United States. 24, also is a model for the new evangelization, “I think the canonization will have a tremen- Archbishop Chaput said. “She was a young, dous spiritual effect on the native peoples – I vibrant member of her community, but she was really do. Being a native person has so much different from the rest of them because of her spiritual beauty,” and the canonization of Kat- unique personal relationship with Jesus Christ, eri, the first indigenous saint of North America, which is what sanctity is generally about – it’s will strengthen that, said the priest, whose fa- about taking Christ seriously in a personal ther was of Abenaki descent. way, in a way that goes beyond where most of Attending a reception sponsored by the U.S. us go.” Embassy to the Holy See in the Vatican Muse- Clarence “Boogie” Kahilihwa and Gloria ums’ garden Oct. 19, Father Pelotte was con- Marks were two of nine patient-residents who stantly approached by American Indian pil- came to the canonization from Kalaupapa, Ha- grims who told him of their love for his brother waii, where the new St. Marianne Cope min- and how pleased he would be by the canoniza- istered among people with Hansen’s disease, tion. “I know he’s here in spirit with us today,” which is commonly called leprosy. CNS/PAUL HARING Father Pelotte told each one of them. More NEW SAINTS, page 2 2 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, OCTOBER 26, 2012 Faith and Life New Saints Continued from 1 Kahilihwa said St. Marianne left as her legacy “how she felt toward hu- manity,” and that her message is “nev- er underestimate” the value of person, no matter what their sickness is; “and don’t be afraid to challenge the un- challenged and down low.” “I could have gone out a long time ago, but I chose to stay” to help care for older members of the community, he said. Kahilihwa also said part of St. Mari- anne’s legacy is the affirmation that there is no such thing as “a leper,” be- cause leprosy “is a disease, not a per- son.” Marks, like Kahilihwa, came to Rome in 2009 for the canonization of St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai, who founded the Kalaupapa commu- nity and who later was among those cared for by St. Marianne. “I’m really proud because [there are] two of them from the same county, the smallest county in Hawaii,” she said. “Those two put Hawaii on the map. So it’s very, very important to us.” U.S. citizens and residents also CNS/PAUL HARING turned out in large numbers for the The banners of seven new saints hang from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica for a canonization Mass led by Pope Benedict canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod, a XVI St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 21. Among those canonized were two North Americans – St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Philippine teenager and catechist who an American Indian born in upstate New York who died in Canada in 1680, and St. Marianne Cope, who worked with leprosy was martyred in 1672 in Guam, which patients on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. is a territory of the United States. the Mass with retired Cardinal Ricardo through the use of visual aids, putting with the Jesuits in Guam, and he car- At a thanksgiving Mass Oct. 22 at Vidal of Cebu, Philippines, composed the doctrines and teachings to music ried his faith with him, just as many the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s a song in honor of St. Pedro 12 years so as to enable the natives to learn the Philippine emigrants do today when Basilica, Archbishop Anthony Sablan ago on the occasion of the youth’s be- doctrines of the Church more easily,” they go abroad to study or work, he Apuron of Agana, Guam, called St. Pedro a wonderful model for Catholic atification. Archbishop Apuron sang it Archbishop Apuron said. said. youth. “May it never be said that we during the homily, demonstrating that Discalced Augustinian Father Alex “Faith is part of our DNA,” Father who had the privilege of witnessing he, too, saw the martyred saint as a Remolino, a Philippine priest working Remolino said. “Wherever we go, we the canonization of San Pedro did not model. in Rome, said that in addition to being bring the Gospel. It’s not just part of make it heaven!” he told the pilgrims, “San Pedro proclaimed his faith a model for youth, “St. Pedro is a pa- our culture, but part of our character.” who included many young people. using human means to attract the tron saint of our emigrants.” (Contributing to this story were Car- The archbishop, who concelebrated Chamorros (native people of Guam) St. Pedro left the Philippines to work ol Glatz and Francis X. Rocca.) Remembering All Souls Photographer’s Note: By Chris Heisey The Catholic Witness This image taken in the Harris- burg Cemetery captures the infra- red spectrum of light that is invis- ible to the human eye. It’s light beyond the red frequency on the color chart, and it’s this absorbed radiation which green-colored foliage so importantly consumes for us every day. And this type of photograph highlights the grow- ing paramount importance of trees, foliage and grass to sus- taining life on this magnificently created planet. Concrete, asphalt and buildings merely bounce the unseen radiation to our bodies and warm our atmosphere. Harrisburg Cemetery graces the bluffs above the state capitol where more than 40,000 are bur- ied, many dating back more than 300 years. These graves of Rev- olutionary War veterans prove the price Pennsylvanians paid in gaining independence from Great CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS Britain 230 years ago. OCTOBER 26, 2012, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS - 3 Local Church News Will You Help a Save The Date: Seminarian Become a Catholic Charities Come and See Dinner Mark your calendars now for the annual Catholic Charities Come and See Priest for Our Diocese? Dinner. The event will take place on Monday, November 19 at the Cardinal Keeler Center in Harrisburg. A reception and auction begins at 5 p.m. followed by a demonstration at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The guest presenter will Since 2004, the number of Harrisburg seminarians has tripled in size. This be Father Leo Patalinghug, an accomplished writer and popular conference year, 41 men are discerning and studying for the Diocese of Harrisburg. The speaker, who will provide an entertaining demonstration that evening. Father average annual cost to fund a seminarian is $40,000. As the numbers of semi- Leo is the author of Grace Before Meals: Recipes for Family Life.

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