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ARCHBISHOP BUECHLEIN ...... 5 EDITORIAL ...... 4 QUESTION CORNER ...... 11 The SUNDAY AND DAILY READINGS. . 11 Serving the CChurchCriterion in Centralr andi Southert n Indianae Since 1960rion www.archindy.org May 9, 2003 Vol. XXXXII, No. 30 75¢ Spirit of Service raises more than $200,000 for Catholic Social Ser vices By Brandon A. Evans Indianapolis, Robert Tully of Roncalli High School and Carl Erskine, the keynote St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis, Jerry and Rosemary speaker at the Spirit of Former Brooklyn Dodgers star pitcher Carl Erskine has Semler of St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis, and Tom Service Awards Dinner, a history of leading teams to victory. His most recent suc- Pottratz of St. Lawrence Parish in Indianapolis. Photos by Rich Clark holds up a medal that cess was helping Catholic Social Services raise a record The corporate honoree was Cannon IV. Jerry Jones co- his son, Jimmy, who has $202,275. founded the company along with his late father, Richard Down syndrome, won in The Anderson, Ind., resident spoke at the 2003 Spirit of Jones. the Special Olympics. Service Awards Dinner on April 29 at the Indiana Roof The $202,275 raised from the event will be used by Erskine said Jimmy’s Ballroom in Indianapolis. CSS to provide counseling and outreach services to fami- medal means more to The Catholic Social Services (CSS) sponsored dinner lies and children, the aging and those in need of emer- him than the ring he honored five individuals and one corporation for their gency and special services. received for winning the commitment to service to the community. The money raised through the Spirit of Service Awards 1955 World Series with The honorees were Clara Warner of St. Rita Parish in See SERVICE, page 8 the Brooklyn Dodgers. Abortion law Pope tells Spanish youth life spent takes effect after serving Christ is worth living eight-year battle By Mary Ann Wyand MADRID, Spain (CNS)—An obvi- ously aging Pope John Paul II made his Indiana’s 1995 informed consent law, fifth visit to Spain May 3-4, sharing his intended to educate women about abortion conviction that a life spent in the service procedures, risks and alternatives, finally of God and one’s neighbors is the only CNS photo from Reuters went into effect on April 30 after an eight- type of life worth living. year legal battle by abortion providers In a May 3 evening meeting with opposed to the required 18-hour waiting more than 700,000 Spanish young peo- period and in-person counseling by med- ple and again at a May 4 Mass for the ical personnel. canonization of five Spanish priests and “The state’s legitimate and compelling religious, the pope called on Spaniards to interests in protecting fetal life and mater- live their faith with courage, to sow har- nal health justify the informed consent mony in their nation, to stand up for requirements of Public Law 187,” Marion Christian values in the new Europe and Superior Court Judge Gerald Zore said in to work for peace in the world. his ruling last week. The pope seemed a bit unsteady as he “Public Law 187 is a reasonable effort stood on a moving platform pushed to encourage informed consent based on along a red carpet at the airport welcom- reflective thought in the abortion context,” ing ceremony. He was on his feet for the he wrote in his decision. playing of the Spanish and Vatican “As for the balance of harms and the anthems, but read his speech seated. public interest, where the constitutionality Behind the pope, 21 boys dressed in of a statute is at stake, the public interest Swiss Guard uniforms served as a color- is always presumed to favor the statute,” ful honor guard. And when the crowd Judge Zore wrote. “Plaintiffs have not launched the standard Spanish chant, shown a reasonable likelihood of succeed- “John Paul II, the world loves you,” he ing on the merits of their case at trial.” responded, “Of Spain, it’s true.” He also noted that “federal courts have The pope, who will celebrate his 83rd already adjudicated all of Public Law 187 birthday on May 18, told young people to be valid, notwithstanding the fact that a at the evening rally that he was ordained woman’s right to abortion is clearly pro- at the age of 26 and has been a priest for tected under federal law and notwithstand- more than 56 years. ing the rigorous scrutiny of abortion regu- “Ahs,” laughter and cheers burst from lations commanded by Roe vs. Wade the crowd when the pope flashed the (1973) and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey youths a big grin and said, “Now you (1992).” can figure out how old the pope is.” Judge Zore’s ruling before the start of They chanted, “The pope is young.” the second day of testimony in Marion “I am a youth of 83 years,” he Superior Court, Civil Division 7, in responded to more cheers and more Pope John Paul II closes his eyes in reflection during the celebration of Mass in Madrid on May 4. Indianapolis denied a petition for a chants. He proclaimed five new Spanish saints during the service and called on Spaniards to live their faith See CONSENT, page 2 See POPE, page 12 with courage. Panel explores ethics of pre-emptive war WASHINGTON (CNS)—The use of “pre- vulnerabilities in the face of global terrorism, He warned that the combination of U.S. ventive force” such as the U.S. invasion of said Powers at a May 1 colloquium on the world primacy and U.S. vulnerability “could Iraq ought to be evaluated from the perspec- ethical issues of pre-emptive war hosted by lead to one kind of legacy: a sort of muscu- tive of what sort of legacy it leaves and Wesley Theological Seminary and its lar unilateralism in our foreign policy which viewed in light of the post-9/11 stress the Churches’ Center for Theology and Public includes preventative force and an over- nation is undergoing, according to two speak- Policy. reliance on short-term military solutions to ers at a theology and public policy forum. But those post-Sept. 11, 2001, fears are deal with a troubled and sometimes threaten- “While a doctrine of preventive war may leading the nation to embrace a formula of ing world.” derive in part from an ethic of responsibil- instilling fear of the United States as a pro- Such a policy would blur the distinctions ity—to protect ourselves and the world from tection from catastrophic attacks that echoes between legitimate defense and aggression, catastrophic attacks—it also has elements of the philosophy of the brutal Roman emperor said Powers, as well as make the world even an ethic of fear,” said Gerry Powers, director Caligula: “Let them hate us if they will, pro- more turbulent and unstable, be inconsistent of the Office of International Justice and vided only that they fear us,” he said. with the moral certainty required before Peace at the U.S. Conference of Catholic “That formula might work for the New force is justified and “be seen by many as a Bishops. York Yankees, but it did not work for the form of neocolonialism and endorsement of That “ethic of fear” comes from the Romans and it will not work for us,” Powers the notion that might makes right.” understandable preoccupation of the people said. “It will not work because it creates a Such a legacy is inconsistent with of the United States with their own fears and cycle of fear that fuels a cycle of violence.” See WAR, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003

objection to the hearing. from a referring physician in their area.” difficult decision a woman will ever have The temporary restraining order was Dr. Gary Wright, a physician and ethi- to make because she must live with the CONSENT then extended until April 30 to allow cist on the staff of St. Vincent Hospital in reality that the abortion has killed her continued from page 1 enough time for selection of a new Indianapolis, testified on behalf of the unborn child. preliminary injunction sought by the judge. In late March, the plaintiffs and informed consent law for two hours on Studies indicate that one-third of Clinic for Women and other abortion the State of Indiana selected Marion April 29 in Judge Zore’s court. women want to inflict harm upon them- providers. He also denied the plaintiffs’ Superior Court Judge Gerald Zore to “The informed consent information selves after undergoing an abortion, he request for a stay pending interlocutory— hear the case. can be given to the woman by her refer- said. Women who have had abortions also temporary or provisional—appeal. The abortion providers had hoped to ring physician, by a delegated agent such are more likely to experience infertility or Abortion providers first appealed the prove that Indiana’s informed consent law as a nurse midwife, nurse practitioner or serious medical complications that include law after the Indiana General Assembly violates the state constitution and places physician assistant, or by the physician pre-term labor and placenta previa during passed the informed consent legislation an undue hardship on poor women seek- who is going to perform the abortion,” post-abortion pregnancies. and former Gov. Evan Bayh signed the ing an abortion. Wright said. “Only in the last scenario “Abortion is traumatic for women,” he bill into law in 1995. State Sen. R. Michael Young (R-Dist. would a second trip to an abortion clinic said. “Most women do not choose abor- The case advanced through county, 35), a former state representative who co- be necessary.” tion easily. I don’t believe any abortion state and district appellate courts, where authored the House version of Senate Bill Wright said he also testified about the provider readily describes the reality of the law was repeatedly upheld through the 311, which became Public Law 187, said merits of the 18-hour waiting period post-abortion trauma. Therein lies the crux years, all the way to the U.S. Supreme on March 17 that there is nothing uncon- required by Public Law 187. of the informed consent process with Court, where the justices declined to stitutional about this law. “My position as an expert witness was regard to abortion. Terminating a preg- review it in late February. “No one is prohibited from having an that abortion is a unique medical situation, nancy is not an empowering choice. It is a The high court’s decision not to rule on abortion,” Young said. “All the bill does is with both the health and welfare of the desperate, last resort by women who are the case automatically caused the give women medical information by woman and the life of the unborn child at incredibly vulnerable. Therefore, we need informed consent law to go into effect, but which they can make an informed deci- risk,” he said, “so it requires the most to protect their interests.” abortion providers quickly appealed the sion and some time to reflect on their sober reflective period between the deci- Reacting to the implementation of law again in Marion Superior Court on the decision. It just says, ‘Here’s the informa- sion to have an abortion and the actual Public Law 187 after eight years of legal basis that it placed an undue hardship on tion. Think about it for a little bit.’ ” time of the medical procedure.” wrangling, Servants of the Gospel of Life poor women and women without access to Young said abortion providers don’t Wright said the 18-hour waiting period Sister Diane Carollo, director of the arch- transportation by requiring two trips to an seem to want women to make an informed enables the woman to have the necessary diocesan Office of Pro-Life Activities, abortion clinic. choice about abortion. time to process information about other said Judge Zore’s ruling to allow the law The abortion providers also challenged “It is frustrating,” he said about the options, including adoption, available to go into effect is a victory for the people the constitutionality of the law, which was temporary restraining order in March, “but financial and social resources, and finan- of Indiana, a victory for lawmakers and a only in effect for a week. I think it makes the other side look very cial obligations of the birth father. victory for women’s rights. The Clinic for Women in Indianapolis bad because of their attempts to make sure “Informed consent is not an event “At least now, by law, women must be and other abortion providers sought and that women aren’t fully informed before where the woman signs a piece of paper,” informed of the risks and implications of gained a temporary restraining order on they make one of the most important deci- he said. “It is a period of discernment and surgical abortions,” Sister Diane said. March 3 from Marion Superior Court sions of their lives. reflection which requires three founda- “The recent medical findings that embed- Judge David Dreyer, who set a prelimi- “Their whole argument has always tional components—information, compre- ded bones of aborted babies, left behind in nary injunction hearing for March 11. been that it puts an extra burden on poor hension and voluntariness.” the wombs of women, cause infertility, On March 4, Marion County prosecutor women by making them go to the abortion The pro-life physician said he has infections and other medical problems Carl J. Brizzi, acting on behalf of the State clinic twice,” Young said. “The courts talked with women who suffer from long- dramatically highlight the need for the of Indiana and Attorney General Steve shot that argument down and said the bill term physical and psychological problems informed consent law.The time has come Carter, filed a motion for a change of never required that, and it never has. caused by abortion, and he believes that for all the facts about abortion to be made venue from the judge as well as an Women can receive in-person counseling terminating a pregnancy is the most available to women.” †

presumption against use of force, he added. of cooperative security and as lacking the actions in Iraq. “The case for preventive force is based on checks and balances that would come with “Support for a pre-emptive strike gives WAR a very different understanding of the just-war acting as part of a broader mandate, he said. unsettled people something to grasp,” she continued from page 1 tradition as a permissive doctrine that begins A second presenter at the colloquium, said. Christian vision, according to Powers. with a presumption against injustice or for a Elizabeth Bounds, said an underlying sense Psychologists know that people who are In all their statements on Iraq over the just political order,” Powers said. “The bish- of anxiety in the United States, which has feeling great stress cannot bear uncertainty, past decade and in their statements about the ops’ starting point assumes a sharp distinc- not eased significantly since the Sept. 11 ter- Bounds said. So that perceived sense of Sept. 11 attacks, Catholic bishops have been tion between war and politics that preventive rorist attacks, is a factor in how the public powerlessness will have to be addressed at a clear that the United States has a moral right force doctrines blur.” views the pre-emptive strike against Iraq. very basic level before people can look with and obligation to defend against mass terror- The U.S. bishops and the Vatican also Bounds, an associate professor of clear eyes at the broader implications of a ism, he explained. But the Church’s teach- have questioned the wisdom of acting unilat- Christian ethics at Candler Theological policy of pre-emptive war. ings on just war begin with a strong erally as being counter to a Christian vision Seminary of Emory University in Atlanta, Churches are the natural place to address described a sense of insecurity and unease the public’s unsettled feelings, she said, stemming from the terrorist attacks as well adding that efforts like the reconciliation as the unsettled economic times as influenc- program of the Mennonite Churches would Archdiocesan priest resigns ing the public support for President Bush’s be one path. † Father Jack Okon, 58, who has been removed from ministry. on administrative leave since June 2002, The archdiocese continues to urge Iraqi women line up has resigned from active ministry. His people to come forward to report sexual with their sick resignation follows an investigation by misconduct so that it can reach out to the children to receive the Archdiocese of Indianapolis of alle- victims with pastoral care. Anyone who treatment and gations of sexual misconduct with believes that he or she has been a vic- CNS photo from Reuters medicine at a young boys nearly 30 years ago. tim—or who knows of anyone who has pediatric hospital in Father Okon, who was ordained in been a victim—of such misconduct Baghdad on May 4. 1970, denies the allegations. should contact the archdiocesan assis- Humanitarian aid is Father Okon’s resignation came in tance coordinator, Suzanne L. Magnant, slowly reaching response to recommendations of the Chancellor, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Iraqis after more Archdiocesan Review Board and P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206- than 10 years of U.N. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein’s own 1410 or call her at 317-236-7325 or 800- sanctions which review of the case in consultation with 382-9836, ext. 7325. resulted in the canon lawyers and other advisers. Archbishop Buechlein has asked all deaths of thousands “Resignation from active ministry” persons to pray for both the victims of of infants. means that Father Okon will cease to sexual abuse and those accused and function as a priest and is permanently their families. †

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OPINION Letters to the Editor Honoring war veterans it all with hardly a scratch. On her roster was Rex Knight’s father, Randall J. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 The front-page article in the Feb. 28 Knight. Knight’s hope in writing this issue of The Criterion alerted me to the book was to bring inspiration to younger Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher William R. Bruns, Associate Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus patriotism in our local parishes. Reading persons and to pay tribute to those older the report of James O’Donnell, a survivor persons who served. of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in Knight, along with his wife, Linda, World War II, and the history of the ship serve as volunteer youth ministers at and its crew, prompted me to want to St. Mary Parish Editorial share the good news from St. Mary Parish The book can be purchased online in Mitchell. from Hellgate Press at Rex A. Knight has written and pub- [email protected] or Barnes and lished Riding on Luck: The Sage of the Noble and other bookstores. USS Lang (DD-399). Commissioned Sr. Carlita Koch, O.S.B. March 30, 1939, the “Lucky Lang” engaged the enemy in the Pacific at (Sister Carlita is pastoral associate and Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Kwajalein, coordinator of religious education for CNS file photo by Nancy Wiechec Saipan, Leyte and Okinawa. She survived St. Mary Parish in Mitchell.) †

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Box 1717, uhpolding is a quaint little resort declared the bread to be his body, who tesy and respect. Indianapolis, IN 46206-1717. Readers village nestled in a valley sur- can have any further doubt? Since he R The editors reserve the right to select with access to e-mail may send letters to rounded by high mountains in Bavaria, himself has said quite categorically, [email protected]. Germany. Its parish church is high ‘This is my blood,’ who would dare to the letters that will be published and to above the village, at the top of a steep question it and say that it is not his hill. On a side altar inside the church, blood? Therefore, it is with complete among numerous gilded statues and assurance that we receive the bread Spirituality for Today/Fr. John Catoir paintings, is the statue of the and wine as the body and blood of “Ruhpolding Madonna,” dating from Christ.” around the year 1200. A unique aspect The Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 The limits of human freedom of the statue is that a tabernacle is formally adopted the term “transubstan- built in the middle of the statue, where tiation” as the way Christ becomes pre- Cardinal Newman was a champion of extraordinary means to sustain life in the Blessed Sacrament is kept. sent in the Holy Eucharist. This doc- freedom of conscience, but he also the case of a dying patient? It is not Pope John Paul II would consider trine, reaffirmed by the Council of Trent knew its limits. He immoral to withdraw life support from this most appropriate. In his 14th in the 16th century and again by the wrote, “Conscience those who are near death; one does not encyclical, which he signed on Holy Second Vatican Council in the 20th cen- is not a license [to do have to sustain life artificially for Thursday, he described Mary as “the tury, asserts that, by the consecration of as you please]. On months or even years, thus denying a first tabernacle in history,” the vessel the bread and wine by a validly the contrary, it is a patient the right to die with dignity. As “in which the Son of God, still invisi- ordained priest, there takes place a stern mother. One long as there is no direct attack on the ble to our human gaze, allowed him- change of the whole substance of the must be concerned person’s life, it is permitted to withdraw self to be adored by Elizabeth” at the bread into the substance of the body of about God’s law and the life-support systems, allowing nature time of the Visitation. Christ and of the whole substance of the the common good.” to take its course. In his encyclical, titled Ecclesia de wine into the substance of his blood. The unbridled The head of the family has the Eucharistia, the pope reaffirmed the The accidental properties of the exaltation of human authority to make this decision in good Church’s traditional teachings about bread and wine remain. The bread still freedom has led to great harm in soci- conscience after consulting other family the real presence of Christ in the looks and tastes like bread and the ety. The drug subculture attests to that. members and medical experts. Eucharist, on the need for validly wine still looks and tastes like wine. There are other moral limits that cannot Removing the feeding tube, however, ordained ministers for its celebration, But their substance has been changed be ignored and still be in good con- is another matter. Once it is inserted, its and on the importance of following the when the priest says, “This is my science. removal may have criminal implica- Church’s liturgical norms. body” and “This is the cup of my In civil law, we have the classic tions. I am not going to make any gen- As the pope said, the Eucharist is blood.” example of the constitutional right of eral statements except to say all deci- the greatest gift Christ left to those of In his new encyclical, Pope John free speech. You are free to say what- sions involving another human life go us who are members of his Church. Paul emphasizes more than the doc- ever you want in America, but within beyond one’s private right to freedom of From its beginning, the Church has trine of transubstantiation. In some limits. You are not free to yell “Fire!” in conscience. believed and taught that the bread and places, he says, people focus so much a crowded theater when there is no fire. Dorothy Day was courageous in exer- wine received in the Eucharist after on the Eucharist as a “fraternal ban- It could lead to panic and human injury. cising her conscience, but she always consecration by a priest is truly the quet” that they forget its sacrificial Inciting a riot is a crime. remained focused on God’s will. In a body and blood of Christ. St. Justin, meaning. The Mass, he said, “makes On a different issue, American law 1935 issue of The Catholic Worker, she for example, in his First Apology writ- Christ’s one, definitive redemptive permits abortion. Normally, the law is wrote: ten in the second century, described sacrifice present in time” so that those supposed to protect the sanctity of life. “The early Christians started with the the confection of the Eucharist and its who participate in it do so as if we In the United States, however, one can works of mercy, and it was this tech- distribution at the Sunday liturgy. He were in Jerusalem with Jesus. murder an infant in the womb with nique which converted the world. wrote: “Not as common bread and He also wrote that he has observed impunity. Ironically, one second after Starting with the corporal works of common drink do we receive these, abuses in the way the Eucharist is pre- the birth of a baby the law protects the mercy, to feed the hungry, shelter the but we have been taught that this food sented and adored. He reaffirmed infant as a person, with legal rights homeless, etc., and concluding with the is the flesh and blood of that Jesus Church teaching that those who have under the law. spiritual works of mercy: to instruct the who was made flesh.” committed a serious sin must go to It is immoral to stop a beating heart ignorant, to counsel the doubtful, etc.” St. Augustine asserted: “The bread confession before receiving no matter what the law says. One might She continued, “Not all works are which you see on the altar, once it is Communion, and he said that another be allowed to follow freedom when within the reach of all, that is under- sanctified by the word of God, is the document will be coming on the oblig- there is a doubt, but the only doubt in stood. But, that we should take part in body of Christ. And that chalice, or ation to follow Church rules for the the case of abortion has to do with the some of them is a matter of obligation, a rather what the chalice contains, once celebration of Mass and adoration of time life begins. The precise time it ‘strict precept’ imposed by the natural it is sanctified by the word of God, is the Eucharist. If we have a proper takes the male sperm and female ovum and divine law.” the blood of Christ.” understanding of the Eucharist, we to unite and become a human person is Use the gift of freedom well, and The ancient Jerusalem Catecheses should welcome that second document unknown. Douching immediately after a always respect the rights of others. said, “Since Christ himself has when it comes. rape is considered to be morally permis- — John F. Fink sible even in Catholic hospitals. (Father John Catoir is a columnist for What about withholding Catholic news Service.) † The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B.

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR How my parents fostered my vocation his year, the Fourth Sunday of custom was discontinued after the same. Mom and Dad were both active decision, but she left the matter up to Easter is Mother’s Day. And Second Vatican Council, when Mom volunteers in the life of our newly God and me. It meant a lot that she was Pope John Paul II has designated went home to God in July of 1982 we founded parish—so much so that I might concerned enough to make that special T found the manutergium in an envelope have thought it was the norm. it as the World Day of Prayer for visit to be sure I knew what I was doing. Vocations to the Priesthood. The coinci- along with other things she had set aside And my parents were circumspect in And they were there for me after my dence of the two occasions is a happy for her funeral. Although the custom had attending to my desire to be a priest. ordination in 1964. I was sent to study in one. And I am reminded of an old cus- disappeared, my family made sure the They were there for me, but they also Rome for two years. Every week, a letter tom that connected ordination to the cloth was with her in the coffin. gave me plenty of room to discern and would arrive, and once in awhile there priesthood and mothers. Once in awhile, some of you parents pursue God’s call with appropriate inde- would be a care package. When I was When I was ordained a priest on and grandparents ask me how to foster pendence. But, once I was in the semi- appointed president-rector of the semi- May 3, 1964, the rite of ordination was vocations in your family. As a matter of nary, they also saw to it that I stayed nary theologate in 1971, my folks were a bit different. Besides being celebrated fact, the possibility of a vocation to within the boundaries of what the semi- concerned about the burden it might be. in Latin, after the anointing of our hands priesthood (or religious life or a lay min- nary way of life required. There wasn’t a When I was appointed head of both the with sacred chrism, they were wrapped istry role in the Church) depends a lot on week that I didn’t receive a newsy letter college seminary and theological semi- in a white linen cloth called a the family environment. For sure, the from Mom. nary in 1982, Mom and Dad were really manutergium (Latin for “covering of the faith of our parents, lived in word and I have a clear recollection of a special concerned. Mom didn’t usually send visit from Mom one Sunday afternoon in hand”). An unusual practice was associ- deed, provides the context in which Valentines, but that year I got one with a May of 1957. (Dad was at a St. Vincent ated with it. As the ceremony pro- someone who is called to the priesthood quotation of St. Augustine: “No burden de Paul meeting, so Mom drove over is too great for loving hearts.” I still gressed, the cloth was removed and more readily perceives God’s grace. from Jasper by herself.) I wasn’t sur- keep that card in my breviary. Some- whisked away by a Saint Meinrad monk It was true for me. Maybe it will help prised by the visit because earlier in the times I think it was merciful that God to be washed and ironed before the end if I tell how my parents helped me week I had written a letter to her and called Mom home before I was named a of the ordination. The cloth was then become a priest. I suppose mothers more Dad telling them that I thought God was bishop! presented to our respective mothers after naturally nurture a vocation, though I calling me to be a Benedictine priest Anyway, that’s how Mom and Dad the Mass. It was a long-standing custom would not describe my mom as someone rather than a diocesan priest. Mom had a helped me. I am forever grateful. I talk that upon the death of the mother of a who was particularly expressive in her few questions about my impending to them in prayer every day. † priest her hands were wrapped with the piety. She just lived it. And, not to same manutergium during the wake. exclude the importance of my dad, so The practice sounds a bit unusual in did he. Neither one was pushy about our Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for May our day, but the intent was to underscore faith, but they didn’t pull any punches Seminarians: that they will be faithful to prayer and study , and persevere in their the role of our mothers in pursuing our either. They lived the faith and they desire to serve God and the Church as priests. vocation to the priesthood. Although the expected my brother and I to do the De como mis padres fomentaron mi vocación

ste año el cuarto domingo de mamá se fue al cielo en Julio de 1982, yo pensaba que esa era la norma. que yo supiera lo que estaba haciendo Pascua es el Día de las Madres. encontramos el manutergium en un Y mis padres fueron prudentes en Y me apoyaron después de mi Y el Papa Juan Pablo II lo ha sobre junto con otras cosas que ella relación a mi deseo de ser sacerdote. ordenamiento en 1964. Fui enviado a E había apartado para su funeral. designado como el Día Mundial de Me apoyaron pero también me dieron Roma a estudiar por dos años. Todas Oración por las Vocaciones Aunque la costumbre ya no estaba en bastante espacio para discernir y seguir las semanas recibía una carta y de vez Sacerdotales. La coincidencia de las vigencia, mi familia se encargó de que el llamado de Dios con la en cuando un paquete que me dos ocasiones es afortunada. Y el paño estuviera junto a ella en el independencia adecuada. Pero una vez demostraba su cariño. Cuando fui recuerdo una vieja costumbre que rela- ataúd. De vez en cuando algunos que estuve en el seminario, también se designado presidente-rector del ciona la ordenación sacerdotal y las padres y abuelos me preguntan cómo ocuparon de que estuviera dentro de los seminario teologal en 1971, mis padres madres. fomentar las vocaciones dentro de sus límites que la vida del seminario se preocuparon sobre la carga que ello Cuando me ordené como sacerdote el familias. De hecho, la posibilidad de requería. No pasó una semana que no podría representar. Cuando fui 3 de mayo de 1964 el ritual de la una vocación sacerdotal (o de vida recibiera una carta con novedades de designado director del seminario ordenación era un poco diferente. religiosa o del papel del ministerio mamá. universitario y del seminario teológico Además, siendo que se celebraba en laico en la Iglesia) depende mucho del Recuerdo claramente una visita en 1982, mamá y papá se preocuparon latín, luego de ungir nuestras manos entorno familiar. Con toda seguridad, especial de mamá un domingo por la verdaderamente. Mamá no solía enviar con el sagrado crisma las envolvíamos la fe de nuestros padres, vivida en tarde en mayo de 1957. (Papá estaba tarjetas por el día de San Valentín pero palabra y obras, provee el contexto en en un paño de lino llamado en una reunión en San Vicente de Paul, ese día recibí una con una cita de San el cual alguien llamado al sacerdocio Agustín: “Ninguna carga es demasiado manutergium (lo cual significa en latín de modo que mamá condujo sola desde pueda percibir con mayor claridad la pesada para un corazón lleno de amor”. “cobertura de las manos”). Se asociaba Jasper). No me sorprendió la visita gracia de Dios. Aún conservo esa tarjeta en mi con una práctica poco común. A porque a principios de semana le había A mí me ocurrió éso. Tal vez les breviario. ¡A veces pienso que Dios medida que se desarrollaba la escrito una carta a papá diciéndole que ayude si les cuento cómo mis padres pensaba que Dios me estaba llamando a fue misericordioso al llamar a mamá ceremonia, el paño era retirado y me ayudaron a convertirme en antes de que me nombraran obispo! llevado por un monje de San Meinrad ser un monje benedictino en vez de un sacerdote. Supongo que las madres sacerdote diocesano. Mamá tenía Bueno, así es como mamá y papá me para ser lavado y planchado antes del ayudaron. Y se los agradeceré por alimentan una vocación de forma más algunas preguntas sobre mi inminente final del ordenamiento. Al final de la natural aunque yo no describiría a siempre. Hablo con ellos todos los días decisión pero dejó el asunto en las Misa se entregaba el paño a nuestras mamá como alguien particularmente por medio de la oración. † manos de Dios y las mías. Para mí respectivas madres. Era una costumbre expresiva en su devoción. significaba mucho que ella estuviese lo de vieja data que a la muerte de la Simplemente la vivía. Y sin excluir la suficientemente preocupada para hacer madre de un sacerdote, sus manos se importancia de mi padre, también él lo Traducido por: Language Training Center, esa visita especial para asegurarse de Indianapolis envolvieran con el mismo manutergium hacía. Ninguno de los dos era durante el velatorio. La práctica luce un insistente con en relación a nuestra fe, poco inusual en nuestros días, pero la pero tampoco tenían pelos en la intención era subrayar el papel de lengua. Ellos vivían la fe y esperaban Las intenciones vocationales del Arzobispo Buechlein para marzo nuestras madres de llevar adelante que mi hermano y yo hiciésemos lo Los jóvenes: que ellos acepten el ánimo del Espíritu Santo, para que puedan discernir nuestra vocación sacerdotal. Aunque la mismo. Mamá y papá eran voluntarios su papel en la Iglesia, especialmente la llamada de Dios a hacerse sacerdote y entrar en costumbre fue descontinuada después activos en la vida de nuestra parroquia una vida religiosa. del Segundo Concilio Vaticano, cuando recientemente fundada, tanto así que Page 6 The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003

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The Catholic Choir of Indianapolis will sing at the Olive Branch Road, in Greenwood. The event will be an in its 27th year, will present “Pinocchio” during two week- 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses at Our Lady of the Green- evening of fellowship, reflection and praise through the ends in May at the Old Centrum Building, 520 East 12th St., wood Church, 335 S. Meridian St., in Greenwood, on enjoyment of music. For more information, call 317-859- in Indianapolis. The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on May 11. The choir will also sing at the 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. 4673 or log on to www.susanjansen.net. May 9, 7:30 p.m. on May 10, 2 p.m. on May 11, 7:30 p.m. Masses at Holy Rosary Church, 520 Stevens St., in on May 17 and 2 p.m. on May 18. Among the actors are Indianapolis, on June 7 during the parish’s annual Italian St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers, in conjunction students from St. Monica School, St. Roch School and Street Festival. The choir’s annual Spring Concert will with the Indiana Blood Center, will host a blood drive from Roncalli High School, all in Indianapolis. Roncalli freshman begin at 3 p.m. on June 22 at Marian College, 3200 Cold 7:30 a.m. to noon on May 15 in the auditorium at its Beech Kevin Sheehan, a member of Our Lady of the Greenwood Spring Road, in Indianapolis. For more information, call Grove campus, 1600 Albany St. Donors should allow an Parish in Greenwood, will star as Geppetto. Tickets are $7 317-328-6038. hour for a mini-physical, medical history review, donation per person, with children 5 and under admitted for $1 each. and post-donation rest period. All donors will also receive Advance tickets are available for $6 per person. For more St. Vincent Pediatric Rehabilitation Center, 1707 W. 86th free cholesterol screenings. All donors must be at least 17 information or for advance tickets, call 317-253-2455. † St., in Indianapolis, recently opened its International Adop- years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. tion Clinic. The clinic, for families who have adopted chil- For more information, call 317-782-7997, ext. 2997. dren from overseas, offers an array of services from both U.S. Conference of developmental and infectious disease pediatricians. All ser- The Ladies Guild of Knights of Columbus, Greenwood vices are directed toward the adopted children’s physical, Chapter 6138, will sponsor a baby shower for St. Eliza- Catholic Bishops’ Office emotional and spiritual needs. Although self-referral is per- beth’s Pregnancy and Adoption Services of Indianapolis missible, the clinic serves as a specialty consultation to the at 1 p.m. on May 18 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 695 for Film and Broadcasting child’s primary care physician. For more information, call Pushville Road, in Greenwood. Kristen Grill from St. Eliza- the clinic at 317-415-5545. beth’s will speak, and there will be refreshments. Admission movie ratings is a baby item or expectant mother item. The most needed There will be a Pro-Life Symposium for Spanish- items are clothes (infant to 2 years) for summer, diapers, It Runs in the Family (MGM) speaking members of the archdiocese from 2 p.m. to infant shoes, crib sheets, mobiles, wipes, Enfamil with iron Rated A-III (Adults) because of recurring drug abuse 6 p.m. on May 17 in the Assembly Hall of the Archbishop and new car seats. Monetary donations and gift certificates and sexual situations, as well as minimal vulgarities O’Meara Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., in Indian- are appreciated, along with swimming suits for the mothers. and an instance of rough language. apolis. Participants need to be fluent in Spanish. Servants of For more information, call Anne Bedan at 317-535-8789. Rated PG-13 (Parents are strongly cautioned. Some the Gospel of Life Sister Diane Carollo, director of the arch- material may be inappropriate for children under diocesan Office of Pro-Life Activities, will present “Why Students from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades 13) by the Motion Picture Association of America Pro-Life?” Father Michael O’Mara, pastor of St. Mary of Holy Name School, 89 N. 17th Ave., in Beech Grove, (MPAA). Parish in Indianapolis, will present “Ethical Aspects on will present “Musicale ’03” at 7:30 p.m. on May 9. The Human Life.” Franciscan Father Thomas Fox, associate pas- music will be light and varied with show tunes, golden The Lizzie McGuire Movie (Disney) tor of St. Patrick Parish in Indianapolis, will present “The oldies and some current pop tunes. Tickets are $2 per person Rated A-II (Adults and Adolescents) because of Church’s Position on the Culture of Death.” Norberto and or $5 per family, and may be purchased at the door. The pro- minor romantic complications. Maria Teresa Aguaya will present “Responsible Parent- gram is directed by Jerry Craney, music director at the Rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) by the hood.” There will be a video shown titled “The Miracle of school. For more information call 317-784-9078. MPAA. Life” and youth will perform an educational play about abortion. For more information, call the Office of Pro-Life The Young Actors Theatre, a not-for-profit organization People I Know (Miramax) Activities at 317-236-1521 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1521. Rated A-III (Adults) because of minimal violence, recurring drug abuse, rough language and vulgarities Clergy and congregational leaders are invited to a VIPs . . . as well as brief sexual images and fleeting nudity. Mental Illness Ministry Conference titled “Mending the Rated R (Restricted) by the MPAA. Mind and Mending the Soul” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Father Steven Schaftlein, May 15 at North United Methodist Church, 3808 N. pastor of St. Mary Parish in The Real Cancun (New Line) Meridian St., in Indianapolis. Besides speakers, there will be Greensburg, will celebrate his Rated O (Morally Offensive) because of a glamoriz- eight elective workshops, with topics ranging from teen-age 25th anniversary of ordination ing attitude toward casual sex, recurring raunchy sex- depression to addictions to post-traumatic stress syndrome. to the priesthood with a Mass ual situations with nudity, incessant alcohol abuse, For more information, call 317-767-7653. at 11 a.m. on May 18 at the excessive rough language, as well as vulgarities and parish. The Mass will be fol- lewd, sexually explicit language. Katrina Rae, a contemporary Christian singer, song- lowed by a reception and pro- Rated R (Restricted) by the MPAA. writer and recording artist, will present her musical faith gram until 3:30 p.m. in the journey, “Changed By His Glory,” at 7 p.m. on May 10 at school gymnasium. Father X2: X-Men United (Fox) St. Jude Parish, 5353 McFarland Road, in Indianapolis. The Schaftlein has served as asso- Rated A-II (Adults and Adolescents) because of program is free, though a free-will offering will be accepted. ciate pastor of St. Mary Parish recurring comic book-style violence and some crass For more information, call the parish office at 317-786- in New Albany, associate pas- language. 4371. tor of St. Andrew Parish in Richmond, pastor of St. Anne Rated PG-13 (Parents are strongly cautioned. Some Parish in New Castle, administrator of St. Rose Parish in material may be inappropriate for children under There will be a Christian Coffeehouse at 6:30 p.m. on Knightstown, pastor of St. Maurice Parish in Decatur 13) by the MPAA. † May 9 at SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi Parish, 5901 W. County and pastor of St. Mary Parish in Greensburg. †

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The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003 Page 7 Three Catholic teachers receive fellowships for summer pursuits By Jennifer Lindberg from the fellowship money, having recently used the digital camera for class It’s a summer vacation they’ll never projects. forget. Usually, Shain teaches a science class What they once only dreamed about during the summer. This year, she wanted Photos by Jennifer Lindberg doing is paid for in full as three teachers a break from teaching and applied for the from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis each fellowship. She said it was the right received a $7,500 Teacher Creativity match between a personal interest and Fellowship from Lilly Endowment Inc. something she could incorporate into the The endowment allows teachers to pur- curriculum. sue their own summer plan for personal “I can spend some time doing some- and professional renewal. thing for school and learning in the Margaret Shain, a science teacher at process, but also something that provides Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in a new learning opportunity for me,” Shain New Albany, will be touring the New said. England states and the Canadian Atlantic For O’Hearn, the chance to study Maritimes looking for all types of flower- Gothic architecture will make the Gothic ing plants. She plans to catalog the plants novels she teaches in American and and use them in the school’s science cur- British literature more understandable. riculum next year. “The landscape in the Gothic novel Two English teachers from Brebeuf always mirrors the mood of the novel,” Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis O’Hearn said. “It’s always dreary or on also received fellowships. Tamara some moor or by a castle. I’m also inter- O’Hearn will study Gothic architecture in ested in the old Gothic structures, and the France, England and Italy, and Erin best are in Europe.” Hawkins will hike 266.4 miles on Traveling through France, Italy and Indiana’s four largest trails while working England, O’Hearn will stay at some cas- on original poems about Indiana land- tles and learn more about architecture. scapes. She said the trip will give her the back- Only 120 teachers out of 800 appli- ground to explain to her students how the cants from across the state were awarded architecture in the novels they are reading fellowships. relates to the story. Teachers must have at least three years Hawkins is getting in shape for the Tamara O’Hearn, left, and Erin Hawkins, who teach English at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in of teaching or administrative experience more than 250 miles she will hike across Indianapolis, each received a Teacher Creativity Fellowship from Lilly Endowment Inc. O’Hearn will to apply for a fellowship and pledge to Indiana this summer by exercising on her study Gothic architecture in France, England and Italy, and Hawkins will hike 266.4 miles on Indiana’s continue teaching in Indiana for at least treadmill. four largest trails while writing poems about Indiana landscapes. one more year. She’ll also use her hiking experience Studying flowering plants over the as the inspiration to write four original summer is a personal interest for Shain poems about Indiana’s landscape. that began when she took a botany class a Many times, students don’t like to few years ago. write poems about Indiana because they At Marian, However, she wasn’t able to go study as think it’s boring, she said. much as she would have liked because she By learning how to take stock of the you can learn took the class while still teaching school. Indiana landscape herself, she can help how to run a “This will allow me to come up with a the students be more creative at poetry nice catalog of plants or pictures that kids writing, she said. global can use,” Shain said. “Usually, I’ve always had a second job Shain will use her recently purchased in the summer,” Hawkins said. “And I’m business. digital camera and laptop computer to always indoors. This will let me spend help her with the fieldwork. more time outdoors and see what Indiana Her students are already benefiting has to offer.” † As the national managing partner for Deloitte & Touche's global strategic clients division, John Cardis has a unique perspective on the world that was devel- oped right her e in Indiana at Marian College. "I earned more than a degr ee fr om Marian. I ear ned a frame- work for ongoing character development and decision- making that helped pr opel me to a leadership role."

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Margaret Shain, a science teacher at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in New Albany, will use her INDIANAPOLIS Teacher Creativity Fellowship Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to spend her summer touring the New England states and the Canadian Atlantic Maritimes to pursue a personal interest in botany. She will www.marian.edu use what she learns in the classroom during the next school year. Page 8 The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003

Life in said] to myself, could there be anything in SERVICE this world as a reward better than that?” prison continued from page 1 Years after receiving that ring, his son, Jimmy, was competing in the Special Ranjha Masih is led Dinner has more than doubled since the Olympics in swimming. from court in shack-

CNS file photo by Stephen Steele event began five years ago, said James At the end of the race, Erskine said, les during his trial in Schellinger, the event chair. “They hauled him out of the water, they Faisalabad, Pakistan, “I’m intrigued by the title ‘Spirit of stood him up on the award stand, on the in October 2001. He Service,’ ” Erskine said. “I think service is top level, and they hung this gold medal was sentenced on April 26 to life in a spiritual experience.” around his neck. He won a 50-meter prison and fined He said that it is hard to tell who gains freestyle.” $900 for violating the more benefits from service—those served Erskine held up the shimmering medal. country’s blasphemy or those serving. He also said that those “Let me tell you, I think this is better,” he laws. Prosecutors who volunteer their time for others truly said. charged that Ranjha, have the “eyes to see” the need around “They expected us to win,” he said of a Catholic, threw them. the Dodgers 1955 victory. “They expected stones at Quranic “A lot of people walk through life … us to win. Who expected this kind of per- verses written on an and they do not see, realize, understand, formance [from Jimmy]?” outdoor wall during that all around them are people who are in “Any time you give somebody encour- a 1998 memorial need,” he said. “And they either don’t want agement, as was given Jackie and was procession for a to see it or just fail to see it.” given Jimmy, you have the eyes to see and local bishop. Erskine pitched for the Brooklyn do that,” Erskine said. Dodgers from 1948-57 and for the Los Bart Peterson, mayor of Indianapolis, Angeles Dodgers from 1958-59. He pitched attended the dinner and said that the two no-hitters and broke the World Series award winners “represent the spirit of ser- strikeout record for a single game with vice, they represent the spirit of 14 strikeouts in 1953. Indianapolis.” Erskine spent his retirement coaching Peterson told the more than 700 people Let Us Share The Gift Of Faith baseball and becoming involved in his in attendance that the services provided by community and various charitable causes. CSS are essential and make differences in We Have Received Erskine entertained the crowd with base- peoples’ lives each day. ball stories from the past and some from his He said that he is often asked what has personal life. He spoke of the days when, been the most surprising thing for him Catholic social teaching proclaims we are keepers of as he put it, baseballs were white and so since he took office. were all of the players. “I had no idea how much good work is our brothers and sisters. We believe that we are one “We were a segregated country,” he said. going on in our community,” Peterson human family whatever our national, racial, ethnic, But then, in 1947, Branch Rickey, the said, “how many people are reaching out president and general manager of the beyond themselves, helping people who and economic differences. Dodgers, made history by putting the first they could never reasonably expect any- black major league ball player, Jackie thing in return from. Robinson, on the field. “And I can think of no better example “Jackie experienced what none of us of that than Catholic Social Services,” he could imagine,” Erskine said, “being added. accused just because he was different.” David Bethuram, executive director of Erskine said he has great admiration for CSS and the Office for Family Ministries, the courage Robinson displayed in breaking said that CSS helped more than 60,800 the color barrier in baseball. people last year. Among those people, In 1960, Erskine became the father of 11,550 were helped with temporary shel- his fourth child, Jimmy. But, right away, he ter, food, clothing and job assistance, knew something was wrong. while 558 people were helped in the Elder The doctor told him that Jimmy was a Care program. “mongoloid”—an archaic term for saying “More people than ever before are that Jimmy had Down syndrome. requesting our services,” he said. At first, Erskine was frustrated to have a “Because of the generosity of our donors child with such physical barriers ahead of and volunteers, we’ve been able to con- him, after just leaving a team of great ath- tinue to provide quality service to the letes. increasing numbers of individuals and Then it hit him. “Jimmy’s facing about families in need.” the same kind of barriers Jackie did,” he Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein was said. “What a parallel.” there to personally give each Spirit of Raising Jimmy wasn’t easy. It was a Service award to the recipients. cause for celebration when Jimmy could tie “Jesus Christ and our Church call each his shoes by himself—at 18 years old. of us to be attentive to the poor, to be Jimmy is now 43 and works at an advocates for the disenfranchised, to serve Applebee’s Restaurant, setting up tables those who society rejects,” the archbishop before opening. His boss says that people said. work with each other better when Jimmy is “Jesus always put those in the margin around. of society … at the center of his concern “He has come so far,” Erskine said. and his ministry, and we’re called to do Near the end of his presentation, Erskine the same,” he said. showed the audience his World Series Ring The archbishop congratulated the Through prayer, reflection, and solidarity with the that he had retrieved from a lock box for award winners and called them role the event. The Brooklyn Dodgers won the models. poor we can respond to the needs of others. World Series in 1955. “Your service to others encourages all “I look at this ring, I think about the day of us,” he said. “Your lives and your gifts they handed them to the team, I remember of self provide all of us with examples of the look on the team’s faces,” he said. “[I charity in a very real world.” † Join in prayer with Pope John Paul II for our suffering brothers and sisters and remember them by saying Photos by Rich Clark

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THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH 1400 N. Meridian St. • Indianapolis, IN 46206 Carl Erskine, second from left in the back row, retired Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, stands next to Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein. Both spoke at the Spirit of Service Awards Dinner held on April 29 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. Tom Pottratz, back left, Jerry Jones, back right, Jerry Semler, front, from left, Rosemary Semler, Clara Warner and Robert Tully received Spirit of Service Awards. A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2003 by Catholic News FaithAlive! Service. Gary Diocese promotes cultural diversity and unity

By Brian T. Olszewski non-Catholics. Bishop Melczek provided a historical Northwest Indiana is similar to other perspective on the blending of cultures by urban areas in the United States—a mural highlighting two models: the “melting of various cultures and ethnic and racial pot” and the “mosaic.” Northwest Indiana Catholic backgrounds. The former, he noted, encouraged What the mural doesn’t always reveal “newly arrived people to shed the culture are the tensions and hostilities that have that had hitherto identified them and to arisen among the people who comprise it. learn everything which was deemed to be

When he was appointed apostolic ‘truly American.’ ” CNS photo by Jon L. Hendricks, administrator of the Diocese of Gary in The bishop said, “Of course, it was the 1992, Bishop Dale J. Melczek was well people of wealth and power, serving as aware of the racial and ethnic divisions the gatekeepers of America, who held up that had infected the diocese. this image and defined what it meant.” From that point through his appoint- Of the mosaic model, he wrote: “Just ment as diocesan bishop in 1996 and up as a mosaic is made up of many differ- to the present, he has made addressing ently shaped colored pieces whose place- “the sin of racism” a pastoral priority. ment together composes a picture that In June 2002, he issued his first pas- would not look as beautiful or unique toral letter—“The Many Faces of Our were the pieces all the same shape and Church: A Letter to Our Catholic Faithful color, so the many ethnic/racial groups Regarding Our Cultural Diversity”—as a can be viewed as being good in and of preliminary step to a letter on racism. themselves. It is precisely the existence But “The Many Faces of Our Church” and mix of these groups that renders the was more than a letter to be read and then richness of detail that gives shape to the shelved. Bishop Melczek asked the faithful portrait of America in general, and north- to read and then to “prayerfully consider west Indiana in particular.” and discuss its contents with others.” He said “mystification”—when the tra- Talking about it, however, was not ditions, customs, rituals and patterns enough. unique to one culture are alien to those “The Many Faces of Our Church: A Letter to Our Catholic Faithful Regarding Our Cultural Diversity” was The bishop offered points upon which outside that culture—is one of the roots more than a letter to be read and then shelved by Catholics in the Diocese of Gary, Ind. Bishop Dale J. he asked the Catholic community to act, of racism. Melczek asked the faithful to read and then act on ways to address and celebrate cultural diversity. for example, the writing of a parish cul- “Just as fear is usually not far from the tural history for publication in the dioce- door of ignorance, so that which is alien encouraged parishes to gather for multi- that it was a process, not a one-shot pro- san newspaper, sponsoring an event in can cause feelings of insecurity and easily ethnic events—involving food and song, gram. January or February 2003 that would be viewed as a threat,” he wrote. for example—in order to experience each “This letter marks the start of a three- acknowledge and affirm “the ethnic/racial The “demystification” process begins other’s world. year journey,” he wrote. “At times, we diversity of the parish,” and hosting litur- when members of one culture invite “Such a process enables the other to will make great strides, while at other gical, educational and social opportunities members of another into their world, begin to see the world from another per- times we will move more slowly. open to members of other parishes and to Bishop Melczek said. To that end, he son’s perspective and to feel more com- However far we progress, keep in mind fortable in that world,” he noted. “It is by that, more than anything else, Jesus calls participation in the world of another cul- us—his disciples—to live and witness A diocese is a ‘global village’ ture that the process of demystification together in unity and charity.” takes place.” In the pastoral letter’s introduction, By David Gibson groups. But, build we must.” Bishop Melczek issued a study guide Bishop Melczek said that in 2003 he There is a need for a welcoming spirit and had facilitators trained to lead study would “issue another pastoral letter The Diocese of Winona, Minn., has in parishes so new arrivals feel at home. sessions on the pastoral letter. Five regarding the sin of racism, which is become a global village, Bishop Bernard But just a welcome isn’t enough. People 90-minute discussion sessions were held clearly the greatest threat in our own day Harrington of Winona, Minn., wrote want to feel they belong, and that this is in the fall of 2002 and during Lent in to cooperation among cultures and races, recently. “their parish,” too. And everyone wants 2003. and which prevents the image of God He was referring to the growing cul- respect—in this case, respect that honors The discussion sessions were based from being clearly visible in our commu- tural diversity of the diocese located in their cultural heritage. upon questions that included: nal life.” southeastern Minnesota. The U.S. bishops said in 2000 that, Do you think the model of the mosaic For the bishop and the 185,000 “Generations harking back to Irish, while “misunderstanding, ignorance, could serve as a good means of viewing Catholics in the Diocese of Gary, the German and Polish settlers have been competition and fear” often stand in the northwest Indiana? process of addressing the sin of—and the joined by new immigrants from Mexico, way, there is a need “to get beyond ethnic How do you feel about the pattern of infection caused by—racism is well Sudan and Vietnam,” he noted. “The face communities living side by side within cultural segregation within our region? under way. of our liturgy has changed as Spanish and our own parishes without any connection Is there another side to the reaction of bilingual Masses become more common. with each other.” flight (from changing neighborhoods)? (Brian T. Olszewski is the editor of the At times, parishes are strained in the Lest the pastoral letter become “read Northwest Indiana Catholic, the newspa- effort to build bridges to connect cultural (David Gibson edits Faith Alive!) † and dead,” Bishop Melczek emphasized per of the Diocese of Gary.) † Discussion Point Parish builds cultural bridges This Week’s Question “The spirit of the Church at St. Hugo [Parish in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.] speaks to our reaching out Describe a way that your parish builds bridges among across cultural lines. Like our pastor, Msgr. Anthony its differing cultural-group members. Tocco, we are very open and welcoming. Our church “We have a priest [at Holy Cross Parish in Omaha, was designed with a huge physical gathering space, Neb.] who is originally from the Philippines. We have which is always well utilized. We have a large cultur- a First Friday Mass and social in celebration of the ally mixed school. We also have an annual Filipino city’s Filipino community.” (Jerry Gubbels, Omaha, celebration.” (Bob Williams, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) Neb.) Lend Us Your Voice “We [Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Parish in

Carrollton, Ga.] have a large Spanish community. We An upcoming edition asks: The Church is universal— Northwest Indiana Catholic offer Spanish-language religious education for our worldwide. When or where did you have a direct Spanish students.” (Alan Talley, Carrollton, Ga.) experience of the Church’s universality? “By serving them, loving them and respecting the dif- To respond for possible publication, write to Faith ferent cultures of the parish.” (Father John C. Aurilia, Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. Immaculate Conception Parish, Hendersonville, N.C.) 20017-1100. † CNS photo by Jon L. Hendricks, Page 10 The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Research for the Church/ James D. Davidson Important events: Franciscan Order founded Why is Mass Twenty-eighth in a series 4,564 members. important in Christianizing the natives in St. Francis also founded the Second the New World. Father Junipero Serra, attendance Pope Innocent III gave his approval to Order of St. Francis for women in 1212. founder of California’s missions, was a the religious order founded by St. Francis This order came to be known as the Poor Franciscan. of Assisi, known for- Clares for its first superior, St. Clare. As his order grew, Francis reluctantly declining? mally as the Order of Then he wrote a rule for laypeople who accepted the fact that he would have to Friars Minor, on wanted to share in the goals and life of revise his original rule. Pope Honorius III It is a well-established fact that there April 16, 1209. That’s the Franciscans. This group, originally approved the new rule on Nov. 29, 1223. has been a dramatic decline in Mass atten- the 28th on my list of known as the Third Order of Francis- After that, Francis let others handle the dance in the last the 50 most important cans, is known today as the Secular affairs of the order and he withdrew from 50 years. In the 1950s, events in Catholic his- Franciscan Order. Today, it has about the world. His health and his eyesight were about 75 percent of tory. 780,000 members worldwide, 18,000 in deteriorating. In September 1224, he Catholics attended The small band of the U.S. received the stigmata, the wounds of Christ. Mass on a weekly 12 humble men who Having founded his order, Francis trav- Francis died on Oct. 3, 1226, and Pope basis. Since then, the accompanied Francis eled to other countries. In 1214, he tried Gregory IX canonized him only two years percentage of to Rome has grown to become the largest to go to the Holy Land but was ship- later. He has always been one of the Catholics attending religious order in the Catholic Church wrecked. He made it to Egypt during the Church’s most beloved saints. St. Bona- Mass each week when one includes the various orders that Fifth Crusade and met with the Muslim venture wrote his official biography in slipped to 66 percent split off from the original. The Friars sultan, who was so impressed with the lit- 1263. in 1970, 53 percent in Minors by themselves are second only to tle friar that he permitted him to visit the Three Franciscan friars have become the mid-1980s, about 40 percent in the the Jesuits, with 17,556 members (as of sacred shrines in the Holy Land. That was popes: Sixtus IV (1471-84), Sixtus V mid-1990s and only 37 percent in 1999. the year 2000; the Jesuits had 21,633). later to lead to the Franciscans being (1585-90) and Clement XIV (1769-1774). The percentage of Catholics attending The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a granted the Custody of the Holy Land, a The order has also produced some Mass each week is now about half of what branch of the order that was established as role that is continuing today. great saints and theologians. Among them it was 50 years ago. a separate jurisdiction in 1528, is fourth It was also to lead to missionary work are St. Bonaventure, St. Anthony of How are we to explain this trend? There on the list with 11,340 members. Another on the part of Franciscans. By the 15th Padua, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. Law- are two leading hypotheses. One is that the branch, the Order of Friars Minor and 16th centuries, Franciscan friars were rence of Bridisi, John Duns Scotus, and decline is largely a function of societal Conventuals, is 12th on the list with working in China and Africa and were Roger Bacon. † conditions outside the Church. According to this perspective, the decline reflects the Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes increased secularization of American soci- ety and/or the cultural revolution of the 1960s, when the culture shifted from an Digging in the garden of earthly delights emphasis on compliance with institutional norms and values to an emphasis on per- Sin is so attractive, isn’t it? They say the bilities of this fact simply boggle the mind. are public knowledge, not to mention their sonal freedom. reason babies are so cute is because they’re The second film is a quest by six young other moral lapses. And we all know about If this hypothesis were true, we might so much bother we men to help a nerdy friend lose his virginity. the executives of giant corporations whose expect church attendance rates to decline probably wouldn’t More drunkenness and debauchery. Does greed is matched only by their hubris, and for the society as a whole and in other want to bother with this theme sound familiar? Where is an the clergy whose failings continue to scan- religious groups as well as the Catholic them if they weren’t. X rating when we need one? dalize the faithful. Church. But, neither of these things has It’s the same with Now, while I have not seen either film Sin seems to be so flagrant and so dra- occurred. sin—knowing the con- and would rather die than do so, their matic in these times, not to mention so pub- There has been no major change in sequences and all, premises sound outrageous to me. lic, that most of our confessions on Satur- church attendance rates for the society as we’d probably never Ordinarily, I don’t approve of criticizing day afternoons must pale by comparison. a whole since Gallup began polling on sin if sinning weren’t something I have not seen personally, but in Our taking the Lord’s name in vain, losing this issue back to the late 1930s. Since so darn appealing. this case I believe I’ll make an exception. our tempers or neglecting to share our that time, church attendance rates have That is, until lately. Frankly, I thought we’d gone about as worldly goods with the poor hardly qualify. held steady at 41 percent. Although we’ve been heading down this far as we could go. We’ve ratcheted up But here’s the sneaky way the devil Also, church attendance rates have not road for some time, it seems to me we’ve from mild distaste in watching people eat works. He lulls us into believing a) that he declined for Protestants. In the late 1950s finally hit a point where sin is no longer worms to guilty squirming at the sight of probably does not exist, and b) that we’re and early 1960s, about 44 percent of attractive but, as it should be truthfully “survivors” cruelly blackballing each other. not so bad after all. The Enron guys or O.J. Protestants attended church every week. depicted, downright disgusting. We’ve seen strangers trying to get each Simpson or Saddam Hussein are really in By the mid-1960s, that figure had slipped I refer to two movies made recently as other out on dates (that is, into bed for it when the final judgment comes, we to 37, 38 or 39 percent (depending on the reported in Time magazine and elsewhere. together), sometimes with the help of their think, but we’re undoubtedly on the fast year of the survey). With only minor fluc- One is entitled The Real Cancun and is parents! track to heaven. tuations, it has remained quite stable ever now in theaters. The other, The Quest, has We’ve watched pathetic people hoping Well no, not really. Sin is sin, and intent since. not yet been released. for some imagined kind of celebrity by is everything. We’ll get our lumps one day. Over this same time period, however, The Cancun epic involves the Mexican making fools of themselves and each other. Still, the failings we see on public view Mass attendance has continued to decline. spring break antics of 16 young women and And, we’ve observed that greatest of all today are so offensive that we might just As a result, I lean toward the alternative men behaving badly. Among other ingredi- pathetic “celebrities,” Monica Lewinsky, give up sin altogether. What a thought. hypothesis that the decline has more to do ents of the film, there’s the obligatory vir- adding her lack of talent to a vulgar dating with changing conditions in the Church. gin whom everyone tries to corrupt, con- show as a kind of host/matchmaker/madam. (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the With the decline of the Catholic ghetto stant boozing and a bonus feature in the And then, speaking of Monica, there are Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular of the 1940s and ’50s, the structure of form of female twins. The titillating possi- the politicians whose sexual shenanigans columnist for The Criterion.) † American Catholicism changed dramati- cally. Catholics are no longer segregated from the rest of society and no longer as Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister dependent on the Church. Catholics’ image of the Creator as a Limiting motherly accountability judgmental God who would condemn peo- ple to hell if they missed Mass has given Last week, I mentioned that mothers are prepare for the worst. Have the patience of opportunities for personal growth—and way to an image of God as much more on the front lines of grief. This week, for a saint and the expertise of a peacemaker. free hugs for life, if you play your cards willing to forgive people who do not make Mother’s Day, I write Be indispensable one minute and an embar- right. it to Mass every week. about mothers reaping rassment the next. Have the stamina of a I took umbrage over the following nota- There also has been a marked decline the joys of mother- pack mule and the expertise of a cook, tion under “Responsibilities,” so I omitted in episcopal authority. Father Andrew hood despite tremen- housekeeper, teacher, nurse, time manager, it: “Must assume final, complete account- Greeley traces this decline to Pope Paul dous responsibilities. chauffeur, gardener, money manager, psy- ability for the quality of the end product.” VI’s decision in 1968 to uphold the A few weeks ago, chologist and party planner—usually work- I don’t believe mothers are completely Church’s ban on artificial means of birth among the spam that ing under pressure. Must be good example responsible for the outcome of children. control. I contend that it has numerous swamps my computer of religious, social, political and environ- Too many other influences affect children’s sources, including the rising levels of edu- daily, there was an mental duties. lives. cation among laypeople. Whatever its ori- “advertisement” for Possibility for Advancement/ Recently I read in a New York Times gins, the decline in episcopal authority the job of “Mother, Promotion: Virtually none—until death book review about A Potent Spell: Mother preceded last year’s sex scandal and Mom, Mama, Mommy.” The anonymous and “The Eternal Reward.” During lifetime, Love and the Power of Fear by Janna almost certainly has continued in its wake. author hit the mark with the following top- must stay in same position without com- Malmud Smith. The reviewer, Ann Hulbert As a result, Church leaders are no longer ics, which I’ve radically revised here, with plaining, constantly retraining yourself and (author of Raising America: Experts, able to command the high levels of reli- many personal additions (some tongue-in- updating skills so that those in your charge Parents, and a Century of Advice about gious practice that existed in the 1950s. cheek): can ultimately surpass you. Children) ends her review with, “Mothers Protestants and other Americans have Job Description: Lifetime team players Previous Experience: None. On-the-job are emphatically burden bearers.” not experienced these changes, and their needed for challenging permanent work in training on continually exhausting basis. Although how children turn out affects rates of church attendance have not often-chaotic environment. Need excellent Wages/Compensation: Get this—you us all deeply, the burden of responsibility declined. These changes are peculiar to communication and organizational skills. pay them, with frequent raises and bonuses, for the success or failure of our children is American Catholicism and, I believe, go a Must be willing to work variable hours all plus college expenses (assuming college one burden too many. However, we are long way toward explaining the decline in week with frequent 24-hour shifts. Travel will help them become financially indepen- accountable to God. Mass attendance among Catholics. required for camping, sports, school and dent). After death, you give them what’s medical/health events. (Travel expenses not left. (Oddly, you will actually enjoy this (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of (James D. Davidson is professor of soci- reimbursed.) and wish you could do more.) Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is ology at Purdue University in West Responsibilities: Hope for the best, but Benefits: This job supplies limitless a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † Lafayette, Ind.) † The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003 Page 11

Fourth Sunday of Easter/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, May 12 Friday, May 16 Sunday, May 11, 2003 Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs Acts 13:26-33 Pancras, martyr Psalm 2:6-11 • Acts of the Apostles 4:8-12 This title is not unique to this particu- Acts 11:1-18 John 14:1-6 lar reading or to John’s Gospel. It • 1 John 3:1-2 Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3-4 • John 10:11-18 occurred elsewhere in the New Testament. John 10:1-10 Saturday, May 17 Still, the treatment here of this imagery Acts 13:44-52 The Acts of the Apostles again is the is magnificent and most compelling. It lit- Tuesday, May 13 Psalm 98:1-4 source of an Easter season weekend’s first erally soars in its message. Jesus not only Acts 11:19-26 John 14:7-14 reading. leads the sheep, but also risks everything, In this weekend’s even life itself, for the sheep. Psalm 87:1-7 reading, Peter once Jesus is God’s gift. John 10:22-30 Sunday, May 18 more is the spokesman A secondary lesson is in the fact that Fifth Sunday of Easter for the Apostles. The we are sheep. Sheep are not aggressive. Wednesday, May 14 Acts 9:26-31 reading notes that They are not predators. They easily are Matthias, Apostle Psalm 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 Peter is filled with the the prey of vicious enemies. Indeed, ene- Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 1 John 3:18-24 Holy Spirit. In other mies hunt for them and capitalize on their words, Simon Peter is innocence and vulnerability. Thus it is Psalm 113:1-8 John 15:1-8 not speaking on his with humans, exposed to the dangers of John 15:9-17 own. He is inspired. sin and to the meanness of sinful persons. Peter refers to a miracle. He has The Lord is our shield. Thursday, May 15 restored a crippled person to wholeness. Isidore the Farmer Peter emphasizes that this miraculous Reflection event came not as the result of his own For weeks, the Church has celebrated Acts 13:13-25 power, or of any earthly, human power, the Resurrection. It still celebrates this Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27 but rather through the power of Jesus. weekend. In these readings, the Church John 13:16-20 Peter makes it clear that the Jesus reminds us that the Resurrection was not whose power cured the crippled man of just a stupendous event that came and the disability is indeed the Jesus of went long ago. Nazareth who was crucified on Calvary. Instead, it is with us now. Essential to Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen He was the gift of God, the Savior. He is eternal life itself is a contemporary, total the cornerstone of eternal life itself. He and absolute commitment to God, alone is the source of God’s favor and through the Lord Jesus. Papal documents explain everlasting life. As First John tells us in the second The First Epistle of John provides the reading, in Jesus we become children of second reading. God. God is more than our Creator. He is Church’s view of evolution These three epistles, given the name our loving Father, but our access to God of John, the Apostle, are alike in their is in our faith in Jesus. It would be a big help if you would astronomer, Galileo, was punished by deep theology as well as in their superb Jesus is our Good Shepherd. Few Qexplain our present Catholic teach- the Church, held under house arrest and use of language. would ever deny for a moment the ing about evolution. forbidden to distribute his writings This reading declares true believers to majesty and compassion of Jesus. Years ago, we were because he taught that the sun did not be “children of God.” It is a powerful Understandably, the Lord’s power was told that evolution revolve around the Earth. This was con- term. It should not be tossed aside or with Peter as Peter restored the crippled denied God’s creation sidered to contradict the Bible, which discounted. Through Jesus, and in Jesus, man to wholeness. of the human race. speaks rather of the sun moving, going believers become much more than What we humans everlastingly ignore is Then we read that our up and coming down around the Earth. merely the creatures of God. They our own vulnerability and limitations. We present pope See, for instance, Jos 10:12-13.) become God’s children. are much at the mercy of unfriendly and approved belief in the Theologians of Galileo’s day, said In a most special sense, God is their devious forces. Some of these forces have theory of evolution. Pope John Paul in his 1996 address, did Father. The Scriptures have many other human faces. Others do not. Nevertheless, What is the story? not make this proper distinction and titles and names for God. He is the mas- these forces are real and lie in wait to (Indiana) thus made Scripture “say what it does ter, the creator, the king and the almighty. destroy us. We must admit this fact. not intend to say.” In this reading, God is the Father. The Jesus is our strong, loving and giving The evolution you speak of is, I The Bible cannot be forced to answer title conveys the relationship between a Good Shepherd. He leads us to eternal Aassume, the evolving of human bod- scientific questions, like evolution or the child and an earthly father. life. In Jesus, we aptly place our trust. ies from other living beings that lived movement of the stars, for example. As its final reading, this weekend’s Indeed, no one else is worthy of our trust. on earth before human beings appeared. Thus, says Pope John Paul, theologians Liturgy of the Word offers the passage He lives! His Resurrection has an A lot of conflicting interpretations of and Scripture scholars cannot do their from St. John’s Gospel in which Jesus is effect even today, for each of us, every- Catholic doctrines about this subject jobs properly unless they keep informed described as the Good Shepherd. where, at every time. † have floated around during the past about what is happening in the sciences. 200 years or so, some of them without Second, the evolution theory, or any either scientific or theological founda- other established hypothesis, always My Journey to God tion. needs to be tested against the facts. As Today it is clear that no Catholic information gathers that fits the theory, dogma conflicts with such a theory of its explanation of how life, including Wondrous the Things He Does evolution. As long ago as 1950, Pope human life, developed on our planet Pius XII, in his encyclical “Humani becomes more and more probable. Steep me in reverence, beloved Lord. Generis,” maintained that the Church According to Pope John Paul, and by Your little child has wakened to Your has no problem with the study of evolu- far most Catholic officials and theolo- smile. tion by scientists and theologians. gians today, the facts converging from With each breath I draw, may You be The research, he said, which “inquires many fields of human knowledge (geol- adored. into the origin of the human body as com- ogy, anthropology, psychology and so Grant me courage to meet each test, each ing from pre-existent and living matter,” on) create a progressively “significant trial. creates no difficulty for Catholic belief as argument in favor of this theory.” long as we accept that the spiritual “part” The complete text of this papal mes- Songs drift like silver gems through of our nature, what we call the soul, is sage is available from Catholic News gauzy sun, immediately created by God (#36). Service. From sweet-throated larks flying heaven On Oct. 22, 1996, addressing the Send requests to CNS in care of high. Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Origins, CNS Documentary Service, Life-giving rain is His boon from the sky. John Paul II agreed that new knowledge 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, Wondrous the things for us our God has leads us now to recognize that the D.C., 20017-1100. Ask for the Dec. 5, done! theory of evolution is more than a 1996, issue of Origins. hypothesis, more than a mere scientific We believe, of course, and the Brothers and sisters, kneel down by His conjecture or assumption. Church teaches that God created the side. The pope makes two important points world. How he did it or how the ener- Reach out, touch the thong of His holy in this address. gies placed in the cosmos by the Creator

shoe. CNS photo from NASA via Reuters First, we must exercise extreme cau- work to move all things toward greater Goodness will flow into me, into you. This picture of Earth was taken by the sixth tion when we attempt to find answers to complexity—or simplicity—is not part In love and peace may His children abide. and final Apollo lunar-landing mission on scientific questions in the Bible. of our faith. Dec. 7, 1972. NASA released the image to cel- Four years earlier, the Holy Father Siblings-in-Christ, what a joy to recall ebrate Earth Day, observed on April 22. attributed the Church’s condemnation of (A free brochure answering questions Those lovely words, “The Lord God According to NASA, the photo not only repre- Galileo to the fact that the majority of that Catholics ask about the sacrament of made us all!” sents a milestone in space exploration, but theologians did not make a proper dis- penance is available by sending a also a giant stepping-stone in the quest to tinction between holy Scripture itself stamped, self-addressed envelope to By Anna-Margaret O’Sullivan understand and protect our home planet. and the interpretation given to it by Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL Bible scholars and other theologians. 61651. Questions may be sent to Father (Anna-Margaret O’Sullivan is a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin.) (Most everyone must be aware by Dietzen at the same address or by e-mail now that the great 17th-century in care of [email protected].) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003

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CNS photo from AFP CNS photo from the arrival of “Looking back and remembering those Pope John Paul II years of my life, I can assure you that it is to the Cuatro worth it to dedicate yourself to the cause of Vientos air base Christ and, for love of him, to consecrate in Madrid on yourself to serving humanity,” he told the May 3. During his young people, many of whom were not meeting with the even born when he was elected pope in youth of Spain, 1978. the pope encour- When the chants continued to interrupt aged them to his speech, despite the fact the event had dedicate already gone an hour overtime, the pope themselves to the asked, “How long are we going to stay cause of Christ here? I must finish.” and to the The pope told them to be like the saints service of he was about to canonize, unafraid of pro- humanity. claiming the Gospel message to all. “It is everyone’s task,” he said. “Christ is the true answer to every question about the human person and his destiny.” Arriving at the airport, the pope said the new Spanish saints were examples of strong faith, love for one’s neighbors and a com- mitment to building a society based on peaceful coexistence. At the canonization Mass in the city’s Plaza de Colon, he encouraged Spanish Catholics to proudly continue their coun- try’s history of evangelization and be wit- nesses of Jesus Christ throughout the world. An estimated 1 million people attended the Church communities maintain their fidelity king thanked the pope for his affection and racism and intolerance.” Mass. to the Gospel,” he said. “New fruits of holi- encouragement “in the happiest moments Pope John Paul, who proclaimed The new saints, all of whom died in the ness will be born if the family remains and also at the hardest and most difficult 2002-03 the Year of the Rosary, encour- 20th century, are Father Pedro Poveda, mar- united as an authentic sanctuary of love and times. aged the young people to use the Marian tyr and founder of the Teresian Association life. “We also thank you, Holy Father, for prayer to learn the art of contemplation for lay people; Jesuit Father Jose Maria Do not abandon your Christian roots,” he your repeated condemnation of terrorism, and discover the ways they must put their Rubio, a famed preacher and worker among told the country. “Only in this way will you which is intrinsically perverse and never jus- faith into practice. Madrid’s poor; Sister Genoveva Torres be able to bring to the world and to Europe tifiable, and from which we Spaniards in Recitation of the rosary can be the key Morales, founder of the Sisters of the the cultural richness of your history.” particular suffer,” King Juan Carlos said, for creating “a Europe faithful to its Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Angels, As the European Union moves toward referring to Basque separatists accused of Christian roots, not closed in on itself, but known as the Angelicas; Sister Maria the adoption of a constitution, the conti- killing more than 830 people since 1968. open to dialogue and to collaboration with Guerrero Gonzalez, known as Sister Angela nent’s “rich and fruitful Christian roots” Although he did not mention the struggle the other peoples of the Earth.” de la Cruz, founder of the Sisters of the must be recognized and strengthened, he for Basque independence, the pope did tell The departure ceremony at Madrid’s Cross; and Discalced Carmelite Sister had said at the arrival ceremony. the young people on May 3 he was con- international airport did not include for- Maria Pidal Chico de Guzman, known as “I am sure Spain will bring the rich cul- cerned about the hatred and death provoked mal speeches. Instead, the pope delivered Sister Maravillas de Jesus, a mystic and tural and historic heritage of its Catholic by violence, terrorism and war. his farewell message at the end of the founder of several cloistered monasteries. roots and its values to the integration of “Respond to blind violence and inhuman May 4 Mass, once again encouraging They gave their lives to God and to serv- Europe,” the pope said in the presence of hatred with the fascinating power of love,” Spain—a country where the vast majority ing others and today’s Catholics must do King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofia and Prime he told them. “Defeat enmity with the power of people are baptized Catholic, but most the same, the pope said at the Mass. Minister Jose Maria Aznar. of forgiveness. Keep yourselves away from do not go to church—to revitalize its “Other fruits of holiness will be born if Welcoming the pope at the airport, the every form of exaggerated nationalism, Christian faith. †

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By Mary Ann Wyand that.” Schutte said Hough wanted to accept Death penalty opponents from several the severe consequences for what he did faith traditions stood in the rain in front of and live out his life in prison. the Governor’s Residence in Indianapolis “And we’re killing him just because Ann Wyand Photo by Mary on May 1 to speak out against capital we can,” Schutte said. “There is no rea- punishment during the final hours leading son. There is no justification for it.” up to the state-ordered execution of Schutte said he is happy that people of Indiana death row inmate Kevin L. different faith traditions are speaking out Hough at the Michigan City penitentiary. against the death penalty. They knew Hough would die by chem- “I find in that great reason to be opti- ical injection because all his legal appeals mistic,” he said. “More and more states, had been exhausted, but they stood in the more and more state legislatures, more rain and held protest signs anyway. and more governors, more and more Hough had asked Indiana Gov. Frank courts, are realizing that the death penalty O’Bannon to commute his death sentence doesn’t work. Quite aside from whether to life in prison without parole, but the we should do it or not, it simply doesn’t governor denied his request. work. It’s terribly expensive, it’s racist St. Roch parishioner Steve Schutte of and there’s too much margin for error.” Indianapolis, an attorney and vice presi- Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein also dent of the Indiana Information Center on spoke out against the execution of Hough the Abolition of Capital Punishment, in an April 28 letter to Gov. O’Bannon. joinedBLADDER a small group of death penalty CONTROL“I write to you again to ask for opponents in front of the Governor’s clemency for a condemned man,” St. Roch parishioner Steve Schutte of Indianapolis, left, an attorney and vice president of the Indiana Residence last weekPROBLEMS? to protest the May 2 Archbishop Buechlein said in the letter. Information Center on the Abolition of Capital Punishment, talks with Michael Hartt of Indianapolis, a execution. “Please spare the life of Kevin L. Hough.” Quaker, in front of the Governor’s Residence in Indianapolis on May 1 as they peacefully protest the “It’s very disturbing that as a society Citing Church teachings, the arch- state-ordered execution of Indiana death row inmate Kevin Hough on May 2 at the Michigan City prison. we have chosen to kill people just bishop noted, “As you know from our because we can,” Schutte said. “Kevin previous correspondence and meetings, St. Susanna parishioner Karen “Amnesty International is concerned Hough is the perfect example of that. the Roman Catholic Church believes that Burkhart of Plainfield, the Indiana death by evidence raised by Kevin Hough’s cur- He’s a poor and essentially defenseless executing Mr. Hough will only continue penalty abolition coordinator for Amnesty rent appeal lawyers calling into serious man, and yet, because we can, we’ve cho- the cycle of violence and further the cul- International, said the execution of Kevin question the quality of his legal represen- sen to kill him.” ture of death that is infecting our society.” Hough by the state of Indiana constitutes tation at trial and during his initial Hough was the 10th Indiana death row The archbishop said he is praying for a violation of fundamental human rights. appeals,” she said. “His lead trial counsel, inmate to be executed since the state re- the victims in this case—Martin Rubrake, “Amnesty International has the utmost later suspended from practice due to instituted capital punishment in 1977. Ted Bosler and Antoni Bartkowiak—and sympathy for the victims of violent crime repeated neglect of his clients, is said to “You can’t teach someone that stealing for their families. Hough was convicted and their families,” Burkhart said, “but have failed to raise favorable evidence is wrong by stealing from them,” Schutte of murdering the men in Fort Wayne in opposes the death penalty in all cases.” available in Kevin Hough’s case or to said. “You can’t teach someone that lying 1985. Burkhart said international human have objected to improper arguments by is wrong by lying to them. And you can’t “We recognize the importance of justly rights standards require that capital defen- the prosecution.” teach people that killing is wrong by punishing people who commit crimes, but dants be provided adequate legal repre- Burkhart said the same lawyers repre- killing, especially killing someone just we believe the appropriate punishment for sentation at all stages of the proceedings, sented Hough in his initial appeals and because we can. We don’t have to kill murder would be life imprisonment with- including the appeal stage, above and allowed issues to be procedurally Kevin Hough. He’s no danger to anyone out the possibility of parole,” the arch- beyond the protection afforded in non- defaulted for federal review as a result of any longer and everyone agrees with bishop said. capital cases. failing to raise them in the state courts. †

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By Lindsey Mersch pours into their hearts, they live more and more for Christ active orders must always have prayer as the basis for and for his Body, the Church. The more fervently, there- all their work. Being in love with the Lord and expressing their love fore, they join themselves to Christ by this gift of their We should pray to know if this is God’s will for us. relationship with God is the main goal of all the religious whole life, the fuller does the Church’s life become and Even if this isn’t our vocation, we should pray for we know. the more vigorous and fruitful its apostolate” (“Perfectae those who are called. So, as you see, “The harvest is plen- By giving their lives to God, Caritatis,” “Decree on the Up-to-date Renewal of tiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of priests, brothers and sisters will be Religious Life,” Oct. 28, 1965). the harvest to send out laborers into this harvest” truly blessed. They have expressed The call to the priesthood or the religious life is a (Mt 9:37-38). their love for God by saying yes to vocation to follow Christ most perfectly on earth. him when he called them to religious The priestly and religious life’s goals are ones that we, (Lindsey Mersch is a home school student and member of life. as Catholic Christians, all share: to follow Christ and ulti- St. Michael Parish in Brookville. Her essay was a winner We know that they are holy mately to be with God in heaven forever. in the ninth-grade division of the Indianapolis Serra because when we speak to them or Everyone must try to find out what God calls him or Club’s annual vocations essay contest. Four other win- are near them we feel happy and hon- her to. The consecrated life calls for great generosity and ning essays will be published in coming weeks.) † ored. selflessness. Those in religious life are examples to all people. They There are communities for men and for women. In remind us of the importance of placing God first in our both, the members live a community life according to a lives. particular rule. MorningSide of College Park... The religious life consists in following the three evan- The contemplative orders spend their days in prayer. the dawn of a new beginning. gelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience. In Other religious communities dedicate themselves to a RETIREMENT LIVING AT ITS BEST order to keep each one, they willingly give up certain more active service of God and neighbor by engaging in things in their life: money, possessions, marriage and lib- various works of mercy, both corporal and spiritual. NO BUY-IN OR ENDOWMENT FEES erty. These active orders may operate schools, hospitals, “Under the impulse of love, which the Holy Spirit orphanages, visit prisons or care for the dying. The 3 MEALS SERVED DAILY PETS WELCOME/GARAGES AVAILABLE EXTENSIVE SOCIAL CALENDAR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM Nursing MANY OTHER EXCITING AMENITIES Home 8810 Colby Boulevard 317-872-4567 www.seniorhousing.net/morningside Section–Continued Fax 317-876-2896

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Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Blessed Sacrament Chapel, 1347 St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. Information: 317-353-9404. St. Meinrad, one mile east of N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Andrew J. Brown Ave., Indiana- St. Thomas More Church, 1200 Cordiafonte House of Prayer, the Archabbey on Highway 62. Civitas Dei, Mass, 6:30 a.m., polis. Sister-to-Sister Celebra- N. Indiana St., Mooresville. 3650 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Monte Cassino pilgrimage, breakfast, Indianapolis Athletic tion, closing reflection, Mass, Perpetual adoration. Information: Cordiafonte House of Prayer, Silent prayer day, 9 a.m.- “Mary, Guest at the Wedding Club, 350 N. Meridian St., $20 10 a.m. Information: 317-543- 317-831-4142. 3650 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. 2:30 p.m., bring lunch, free-will Feast,” Benedictine Father first-time guest $10. Information: 4828. Tuesday silent prayer hour, offering. Registration: 317-543- Godfrey Mullen, presenter, 317-767-2775 or e-mail civitas- Weekly 7 p.m. Information: 317-543- 0154. 2 p.m. EST. Information: [email protected] St. Matthew Church, 4100 E. 0154. www.saintmeinrad.edu/news/. 56th St., Indianapolis. Pro-Life Sundays Mount Saint Francis Retreat St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. Ministry, living rosary for Holy Rosary Church, 520 Wednesdays Center, 101 St. Anthony Dr., Mary’s King’s Village Schoen- Andrew J. Brown Ave., Indiana- respect for life, after 11:30 a.m. Stevens St., Indianapolis. Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. Mount St. Francis. Mother- statt, Rexville (located on 925 polis. Youth and Young Adult Mass. Information: 317-257- Tridentine Mass, 9:30 a.m. Infor- 30th St. (behind St. Michael Daughter Day, 9:30 a.m- South, .8 mile east of 421 South, Women’s Night, 7 p.m. Informa- 4297. mation: 317-636-4478. Church), Indianapolis. Marian 12:30 p.m., free-will offering. 12 miles south of Versailles), tion: 317-543-4828. prayers for priests, 3-4 p.m. Information: 812-923-8817 or “Schoenstatt Spirituality,” Holy Cross Parish, 125 N. St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. Information: 317-271-8016. e-mail [email protected]. 2:30 p.m., Mass, 3:30 p.m., with May 16-18 Oriental St., Indianapolis. Andrew J. Brown Ave., Indiana- Father Elmer Burwinkel. Infor- Mount Saint Francis Retreat Health Fair, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. polis. Mass in Vietnamese, Our Lady of the Greenwood Michaela Farm, Oldenburg. mation: 812-689-3551 or e-mail Center, 101 St. Anthony Dr., Information: 317-637-2620, ext. 2 p.m. Church, Chapel, 335 S. Meridian Volunteer work day, 9 a.m.- [email protected] or log on Mount St. Francis. Women’s 406, or jerlenbaugh@holy- St., Greenwood. Rosary and crossindy.org Christ the King Church, 1827 Chaplet of Divine Mercy, 7 p.m. Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana- Knights of Columbus Hall, 695 polis. Exposition of the Blessed Immaculate Heart of Mary Pushville Road, Greenwood. Sacrament, 7:30-9 p.m., rosary Church, 5692 Central Ave., Have you from Ladies Guild of Knights of for world peace, 8 p.m. Indianapolis. Marian Movement Columbus, Greenwood Chapter of Priests prayer cenacle for #6138, baby shower for St. Gabriel Church, 6000 W. laity, 1 p.m. Information: 317- ever received someone St. Elizabeth’s Pregnancy and 34th St., Indianapolis. Spanish 253-1678. Adoption Services of Indiana- Mass, 5 p.m. money in you didn’t polis, 1 p.m., admission, baby Holy Rosary Church, 520 item or expectant mother item. Mondays Stevens St., Indianapolis. Information: 317-535-8789. St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Adoration of the Blessed Sacra- the mail know? 523 S. Merrill St., Fortville. ment, between Masses, noon- May 19 Rosary, 7:30 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Information: 317-636- St. Joseph University Parish, 113 4478. This has been a common experience with diocesan seminarians in Indiana S. 5th St., Terre Haute. The Our Lady of the Greenwood University of Notre Dame Folk Church, Chapel, 335 S. Meridian SS. Francis and Clare Church, since 1986 when the Knights of Columbus i n Indiana began sending them Choir, “An Evening of Sacred St., Greenwood. Prayer group, 5901 Olive Branch Road, checks at Christmas time. Music,” 7:30 p.m. Information: 7:30 p.m. Greenwood. Adoration of the The money comes from a S.O.S. Fund which stands for Support Our 812-232-8400. Blessed Sacrament, 7 a.m.- St. Roch Church, 3600 S. Penn- 9 p.m., rosary and Divine Mercy Seminarians. Indiana Knights add a dol lar or two to their dues payments St. Matthew Church, 4100 E. sylvania St., Indianapolis. Holy Chaplet, 11 a.m. Information: and to date, have given away more than $300,000 to diocesan seminarians. 56th St., Indianapolis. Young hour, 7 p.m. 317-859-HOPE. Widowed Group meeting, There are no strings attached to these checks. It is simply another way the 7:30 p.m. Marian Center, 3356 W. 30th St., St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. Knights of Columbus encourage vocations to the religious life. Indianapolis. Prayer group, Andrew J. Brown Ave., Indiana- May 20 prayers for priests and religious, polis. Young adult Bible study, This Christmas, each diocesan seminarian, maybe a young man from your Holiday Inn Select, 3850 9 a.m. Information: 317-257- 6:15-7:15 p.m. Information: 317- parish, received a check for $425.00 from the Knights. These are men from Depauw Blvd., Indianapolis. 2569. 632-9349. your parish. St. Vincent Hospital Guild, fash- ion show, 11:30 a.m., $20 per Cordiafonte House of Prayer, St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Please pray for religious vocations... and encourage young men and women person. Reservations: 317-873- 3650 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Chapel, 46th and Illinois streets, you know to consider this kind of career. 6993. Monday silent prayer group, Indianapolis. Prayer service for 7 p.m. Information: 317-543- peace, 6:30-7:15 p.m. Best wishes for the year from the Indiana State Council of May 24 0154. the Knights of Columbus! Marian College, Allison St. Thomas More Church, 1200 Mansion, 3200 Cold Spring Tuesdays N. Indiana, Mooresville. Mass, Dale Heger, Indiana State Deputy Road, Indianapolis. Garlic mus- St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe 6:30 p.m. Information: 317-831- Dr. John B. Toepp, State Vocations Chairman tard pull, bring gloves and lunch, Road W., Sellersburg. Shep- 4142. drinks provided, 9 a.m. Informa- herds of Christ rosary, prayers —See ACTIVE LIST, page 17 tion: 317-955-6028. after 7 p.m. Mass. The Criterion Friday, May 9, 2003 Page 17

St. Nicholas Church, 6461 E. 317-784-5454. Indianapolis. Catholic Charis- The Active List, continued from page 16 St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. matic Renewal of Central Mass, praise and worship, 8 St. Jude Church, 5353 McFar- Indiana, Mass and healing ser- Thursdays 405 U.S. 52, Cedar Grove. 5 p.m., Benediction, 5:30 p.m., a.m., then SACRED gathering land Road, Indianapolis. vice, 7 p.m. in the school. Rosary, 6:15 p.m. Information: Our Lady of the Greenwood Eucharistic adoration after 8 a.m. Mass, 5:45 p.m. Information: Mass-5 p.m. 317-244-9002. 317-783-1445. Third Saturdays Church, Chapel, 335 S. Meridian Second Mondays St., Greenwood. Faith-sharing St. Michael the Archangel Church at Mount St. Francis. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic group, 7:30-9 p.m. Information: Christ the King Church, 1827 First Saturdays Church, 3354 W. 30th St., Holy hour for vocations to Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., 317-856-7442. Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indiana- Our Lady of the Greenwood Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s priesthood and religious life, Indianapolis. Catholic Widowed polis. Exposition of the Blessed Church, 335 S. Meridian St., Precious Infants monthly pro-life 7 p.m. Organization, 7-9:30 p.m. Infor- St. Lawrence Church, Chapel, Sacrament after 7:15 a.m. Mass- Greenwood. Devotions, Mass, ministry, Mass for Life by arch- 5:30 p.m. Benediction and ser- sacrament of reconciliation, mation: 317-784-1102. 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Second Thursdays diocesan Office of Pro-Life Adoration of the Blessed vice. rosary, mediations, 8 a.m. St. Luke Church, 7575 Holliday Calvary Mausoleum Chapel, 435 Activities, 8:30 a.m., drive to Sacrament, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Clinic for Women (abortion Mass. Holy Rosary Church, 520 Holy Angels Church, 740 W. Dr. E., Indianapolis. Holy hour Troy Ave., Indianapolis. Mass, Stevens St., Indianapolis. 28th St., Indianapolis. Expo- for priestly and religious voca- 2 p.m. clinic), 3607 W. 16th St., Indian- apolis, for rosary, return to St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. Adoration of the Blessed Sacra- sition of the Blessed Sacrament, tions, 7 p.m. ment after 5:45 p.m. Mass-9 a.m. 11 a.m.-noon. Third Thursdays church for Benediction. Andrew J. Brown Ave., Indiana- Third Sundays polis. Adult Bible study, 6 p.m. Saturday. Information: 317-636- Our Lady of Peace Mausoleum Information: 317-632-9349. 4478. St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Christ the King Church, 1827 Chapel, 9001 Haverstick Road, Fourth Wednesdays (Little Flower) Church, Chapel, Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana- Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m. St. Thomas More Church, 1200 St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 4720 E. 13th St., Indianapolis. polis. Exposition of the Blessed N. Indiana St., Mooresville. St., New Albany. Shepherds of 5333 E. Washington St., Indian- Apostolate of Fatima holy hour, Sacrament, 2 p.m.-7 a.m. St. Elizabeth’s Pregnancy and Mass and anointing of the sick, Christ prayers for lay and reli- apolis. Exposition of the Blessed 2 p.m. Monday, rosary, 8 p.m. Open Adoption Services, 2500 6:30 p.m. Information: 317-831- gious vocations, 7 p.m. Sacrament, prayer service, until midnight. Churchman Ave., Indianapolis. 4142. 7:30 p.m. St. Anthony Church, 379 N. Daughters of Isabella, Madonna St. Malachy Church, 326 N. Warman Ave., Indianapolis. Third Mondays Circle meeting, noon, dessert Fourth Sundays St. Matthew Parish, 4100 E. 56th Green St., Brownsburg. Liturgy St. Anthony Church, 379 N. Reconciliation, 7:45 a.m., Mass, and beverages served. Informa- St. Patrick Church, 1807 Poplar St., Indianapolis. Young tion: 317-849-5840. of the Hours, 7 p.m. Information: Warman Ave., Indianapolis. 8:15 a.m. followed by rosary. St., Terre Haute. Tridentine Exposition of the Blessed Widowed Group, sponsored by 317-852-3195. Mass, 3 p.m. Information: 812- Sacrament after 5:30 p.m. Mass, St. Thomas More Church, 1200 archdiocesan Office for Family St. Joseph Church, 1375 S. 232-8518. Christ the King Chapel, 1827 hour of silent prayer and reflec- N. Indiana St., Mooresville. Ministries, 7:30 p.m. Childcare Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. Kessler Blvd., E. Dr., Indiana- tion followed by Benediction of Mass, 8:35 a.m. Information: available. Information: 317-236- Adoration of Blessed Sacrament, Last Sundays polis. Marian prayers for priests, the Blessed Sacrament. 317-831-4142. 1586. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Mass, 5:45 p.m. Holy Rosary Church, 520 5:30-6:30 a.m. Information: 317-244-9002. St. Joseph Church, 1375 S. St. Mary Church, 415 E. Eighth Third Wednesdays Stevens St., Indianapolis. Fatima Knights of Columbus, Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. St., New Albany. Eucharistic Holy Name Church, 89 N. 17th Third Fridays Novena to Our Lady of 1040 N. Post Road, Indiana- Adoration of the Blessed adoration and confessions after Ave., Beech Grove. Holy hour Marian College, St. Francis Hall Perpetual Help, 11:15 a.m. Infor- polis. Euchre, 7 p.m. Informa- Sacrament, 4 p.m., rosary, 9 p.m. Mass. and rosary, 6 p.m. Information: Chapel, 3200 Cold Spring Road, mation: 317-636-4478. † tion: 317-638-8416.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Parish Hall, 1125 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Adult religious education, 7:30 p.m. Informa- I NDIANAPOLIS tion: 317-638-5551. B EECH G ROVE

Cordiafonte House of Prayer, 3650 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Thursday silent prayer group, 9:30 a.m. Information: 317-543- We restore joints 0154. Fridays St. Susanna Church, 1210 E. & inspire strength. Main St., Plainfield. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, In your mind, you’re the same person you’ve always been. Ready to walk, run, play and compete 8 a.m.-7 p.m. like you always have. It’s your body that won’t cooperate. Maybe it’s an old sports injury. Or a St. Lawrence Church, Chapel, recent fall. Or even arthritis. There are hundreds of reasons you may not be as active as you 6944 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. Adoration of the Blessed Sacra- used to be. Fortunately, there’s one place you can count on to help. The Center for Joint ment, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Benedic- Replacement Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers, Beech Grove and Indianapolis. tion and Mass.

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St. Patrick Church, 950 Prospect Inspired to learn more? For information on our comprehensive St., Indianapolis. Mass in Orthopedics program, including the Center for Joint Replacement English, 4 p.m. Surgery, call (317) 782-7997. St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Joe Road W., Sellersburg. “Be Not Afraid” holy hour, 3:30- 4:30 p.m. Monthly First Fridays St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1723 “I” St., Bedford. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after 8:30 a.m. Mass-9 p.m., reconciliation, 4-6 p.m.

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Kovacs, Kelly Linedecker and Sister of Jo Ellen Remenyik. Steve Martin. Sister of Mary SPUDIS, Elizabeth, 78, Pat Flaherty. Grandmother of St. Pius X, Indianapolis, eight. April 17. Mother of Peggy Rest in peace MENDEZ, David, 83, Holy Hohnhaus and Kathryne Riha.

Cross, Indianapolis, April 23. Sister of Kathryne McDonnell, CNS photo from Crosiers Please submit in writing to our HARBESON, Theresa, 76, Husband of Teresa Mendez. Patricia and Frank Burke. office by 10 a.m. Mon. the St. Mary, Lanesville, April 25. Father of Patricia Place, Grandmother of four. week of publication; be sure to Wife of Donald Harbeson. Sandra Switzer, Debbie STAHL, Annabell M., 86, state date of death. Obituaries Mother of Mary Smith, Donald Wiseman, Cindy, David Jr. and Holy Name, Beech Grove, Jerome Mendez. Brother of of archdiocesan priests and Jr., Kevin, Neil and Thomas April 20. Mother of Kathleen Antonia Spagnolo, Louisa religious sisters serving our Harbeson. Sister of Cora Becht, Arkins, Joan, Charles, Dr. Velez and Marcel Mendez. archdiocese are listed elsewhere Martha Bleau, Dorothy Philpot Gerald, James and Thomas Grandfather of 13. Great- in The Criterion. Order priests and Clarence Bezy. Grand- Stahl. Grandmother of 17. and brothers are included here, grandfather of 13. mother of 15. Great-grand- Great-grandmother of 18. unless they are natives of the mother of three. PRANGER, William K., Sr., Great-great-grandmother of archdiocese or have other HOUSTON, Mildred 69, Holy Cross, April 24. two. connections to it. (Brunner), 88, St. Ambrose, Husband of Beverley Pranger. STEINER, Robert G., 87, BOUCHER, Barbara, 69, Seymour, April 14. Mother of Father of Cynthia Nyland, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Helen Butzloff, Glenn, James Cathy Riccardi, Denise St. Paul, New Alsace, April 21. April 23. Wife of John Boucher. and Robert Houston. Sister of Sanders, Donald, Robert, Husband of Emma R. Steiner. Mother of Mary (Boucher) Ruth Sisson, Jerry and Larry Samuel and William Pranger Stepfather of Marilyn Centers, Jones, Charles and John Brunner. Grandmother of 14. Jr. Brother of Donna Jaynes, Darry Miller, Michael and Boucher. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of 12. Harold and Ronald Pranger. Richard Bockhorst. Step-grand- father of seven. Step-great- CLARK, CATHERINE, 52, Grandfather of 12. Great- JONES, Roy Lee, 39, grandfather of six. Our Lady of Providence, St. Michael, Bradford, April 21. grandfather of eight. Brownstown, April 18. Mother Husband of Becky (Slueher) RAY, Robert E., 77, TENNIS, Mary F. Rosella, 79, of John Holz and Kimberly Jones. Father of Amanda, Scott, St. Susanna, Plainfield, April 25. Sacred Heart, Clinton, April 14. Heary. Grandmother of two. Tony and Will Jones. Son of Husband of Alice Lucille Mother of “Red” Matthews. COLLINS, John Martin, 73, Donnie and Shirley Jones. (Malone) Ray. Father of Sarah Stepmother of Sheila Smith and St. Gabriel, Indianapolis, Brother of Ruth Hackman, Brown, Mary Beth Carr, Therese Ron Tennis. Sister of Cynthia April 13. Husband of Joan Anita Stumler, Linda, Keith, Cokain, Lisa Ann Hovious, Watts and John Ferrari. Collins. Father of Mary Kevin, Mark and Robert Jones. Christopher, Gregory, Mark, Grandmother of several. Harmston, Teresa Maropoulos, KARRES, Vernon, 62, Holy Ray, Robert and Steven Ray. WAGNER, Anthony W., 43, Diane Wennberg, David and Spirit, Indianapolis, April 25. Brother of Dolores Edwards, St. Maurice, Napoleon, Tim Collins. Grandfather of Brother of Jim and Myron Inez Gallager, John, Jordan and April 15. Son of William and five. Karres. Justin Ray. Grandfather of 25. Mary Delores Wagner. Brother Ascension of the Lord CORYELL, Dorothy Jean, KRAFT, Dorothy Ann Great-grandfather of five. of Karen Horan, Rose Kramer, A painting at St. Peter and Paul Church in Mauren, Liechtenstein, “Dot,” 75, St. Christopher, (Hedgewald), 76, St. Mary, RENNER, Ethel Laura, 92, Dennis, Gary and Ronald depicts Christ’s ascension. The solemnity of the Ascension of Indianapolis, April 19. Wife of New Albany, April 30. Wife of St. Roch, Indianapolis, Wagner. the Lord celebrates the completion of Christ’s mission on earth Gary Coryell. Mother of Susan Paul Kraft Sr. Mother of Nancy April 30. Mother of Carole WILLIAMS, Richard T., 75, and his entry into heaven. It is observed on May 29 this year Jean Coryell. Sister of Norma (Kraft) Molnar, Charles, G. Durrett and Nancy Johnson. St. Louis, Batesville, May 1. (June 1 in some dioceses), and is a holy day of obligation. Jean Bayt. Grandmother of one. Bradley, John, Joseph, Kurt, Grandmother of eight. Great- Husband of Miriam Williams. DAVIDSON, Kenneth, 69, Paul Jr. and Robert Kraft. grandmother of seven. Father of Cecilia Gazda, Melanie St. Mary, Lanesville, March 9. Grandmother of 23. Great- ROSS, Jane, 82, Christ the Russo, Ted and Tom Williams. Husband of Loretta (Balluff) grandmother of three. King, Indianapolis, April 26. Grandfather of eight. † Leon Fritsch, father of priest, Davidson. Father of Carolyn LIPPS, Blanche Antionette, died on April 29 at Brazil Gotch, JoAnna Jarbo, Laurie, 95, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Providence Sister Frances Rees Jeffrey, Kenneth and Scott April 23.Mother of Dr. Carol Leon “Lee” A. Fritsch, a Cemetery in Brazil. Davidson. Brother of Joan Freeman, Dr. Katherine ministered in schools and parishes member of Annunciation Parish Leon Fritsch was a pilot in Reeves. Grandfather of eight. Pedersen and Dr. Ben Lipps. Providence Sister Frances Indianapolis from 1975-76. in Brazil and the father of the U.S. Air Force and a vet- Grandmother of six. Great- DeLISLE, F. Richard, “Dick,” Rees, also known as Sister Sister Frances also served in Father Michael Fritsch, died on eran of World War II. He was a 91, Our Lady of the Greenwood, grandmother of five. Mary Pauline, died on April 24 a family prayer ministry in dio- April 29 at St. Vincent Clay member of the Knights of Greenwood, May 2. Husband of LOGAN, Mary Frances in Karcher Hall at Saint Mary- ceses in Tennessee, Kentucky, Hospital in Brazil. He was 79. Columbus, American Legion Edith E. DeLisle. Father of (Faust), 86, Holy Name, Beech The Mass of Christian of-the-Woods. She was 67. Ohio and Indiana as well as in and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Dianna Harris. Brother of Selma Grove, April 22. Mother of Sara Burial was celebrated on May 3 The Mass of Christian parish ministry as a pastoral Surviving are his wife, Rita Keller. Grandfather of three. Elizabeth Baker, Julia Kay Burial was celebrated on associate and adult religious at Annunciation Church in Fritsch of Brazil; two sons, Great-grandfather of four. Great- Luther, Mary Margaret Martin, April 30 in the Church of the education coordinator. Brazil. great-grandfather of one. Patricia Sue Mathena, Jane Ann Immaculate Conception at From 1980-81, she served as Father Fritsch, the pastor of Father Fritsch and Donald DISHER, Mary F., 69, Holy Rivas, Alice Christine, Daniel Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. pastoral associate at St. Michael St. John the Apostle Parish in Fritsch of Brazil; a brother, Cross, Indianapolis, April 19. Mark, Timothy S. and Thomas Burial followed in the sisters’ Parish in Cannelton and St. Pius Bloomington, was the principal James Fritsch of Batesville; two Mother of Raymond Bedwell, Francis Logan. Sister of cemetery. Parish in Troy. She ministered celebrant for the funeral Mass. grandchildren and two great- Chrys Wilkins, Michael and Dolores, Donald, Edward and The former Frances Ann as pastoral associate at Burial followed at Clearview grandchildren. † Ryan Fischer. Sister of Marjorie Larry Faust. Grandmother of 22. Rees was born on Dec. 20, St. Matthew Parish in Perkins and Robert Cassetty. Great-grandmother of 21. Great- 1935, in Jasper, Ind. She Indianapolis in 1991-93. James D. Villa, father of priest, Grandmother of one. Great- great-grandmother of five. entered the congregation of the From 1993-2003, Sister grandmother of two. LYNCH, Mary, “Sally,” 80, Sisters of Providence on Jan. 6, Frances ministered in therapeu- died on April 19 at Terre Haute DUM, Lois, 75, Christ the Christ the King, Indianapolis, 1953, professed first vows on tic massage at the Hermitage James D. Villa, a member of Burial followed in Roselawn King, Indianapolis, April 25. April 23. Mother of Jeanne Aug. 15, 1955, and professed Retreat Center, now the Cemetery. Wife of Anton W. Dum. Mother Conner, Peggy Kline, Anne final vows on Aug. 15, 1960. Cordiafonte House of Prayer, in St. Patrick Parish in Terre of Susan Kent, Sandy Panyard, Wagner and William Lynch. Sister Frances taught in ele- Indianapolis. Haute and the father of Father James D. Villa was a veteran Gary, Michael and Steven Dum. Sister of Virginia Grande and mentary schools staffed by the Surviving are a sister, Ann Joseph Villa, died on April 19 of World War II. Sister of Jo Ellen Remenyik. Lawrence “Bo” Connor. Sisters of Providence in Robison of Brownsburg, and a at his residence. He was 83. Survivors, in addition to Grandmother of 10. Grandmother of 15. Great- Indiana, Illinois, California and brother, Ray Rees of Jasper, The Mass of Christian Father Villa, are two sons, Burial was celebrated on James D. Villa Jr. of Fort FREEMAN, Dr. William, 70, grandmother of two. Michigan for 21 years. In the Ind., as well as nieces and April 22 at St. Patrick Church Wayne and John Villa of St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyds MARTIN, Nancy (Williams), archdiocese, she taught at the nephews, grand-nieces and in Terre Haute. Chicago; a daughter, Nancy Knobs, April 28. Husband of 60, Holy Cross, Indianapolis, former Holy Trinity School in grand-nephews, and great-grand Colleen Freeman. Father of April 10. Wife of Frank Martin. New Albany from 1966-68 and nieces and great-grand- Father Villa, the pastor of Adams of Indianapolis; two Michelle and Steven Freeman. Mother of Beth Hasl, Julie at Holy Spirit School in nephews. † Sacred Heart Parish in Clinton sisters, Irene Dal Sasso and and St. Joseph Parish in Rock- Ruth Ann Ferrare, both of ville and the administrator of Clinton; several grandchildren St. Joseph Parish in Universal, and several great-grandchil- celebrated the funeral Mass. dren. † ‘‘Help us Thinking Franciscan Sister Marie Elizabeth to help others'' About Buying Hieb taught school for 48 years A Mass of Christian Burial St. Bridget School and the for- A Home? for Franciscan Sister Marie mer St. Francis de Sales School With the economy and interest rates Elizabeth Hieb was celebrated in Indianapolis, and St. Paul Need as fluid as they are, you may be a bit on May 1 in the motherhouse School in New Alsace. confused about when and how to buy. chapel of the congregation of She also taught at St. Joseph for the Sisters of the Third Order of School in Evansville, Ind., in Catholic Home Loan will give you the St. Francis in Oldenburg. the Evansville Diocese, and in honest answers you need to make Burial followed in the sis- Ohio. educated decisions when buying. ters’ cemetery. 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