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WASHINGTON (CNS)—As the U.S. bishops prepare to consider a common agreement on baptism with four Protestant Church communities, they “stand at an important juncture” in the quest for Christian unity, according to the chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta said that the “Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism,” to be voted on at the bishops’ fall general assembly on Nov. 15-18 in Baltimore, would affirm “the unity that Christ has given to the baptized members of his body, a unity that is ever fragile and always in need of support from the Archbishop pastors of the Wilton D. Gregory Church.” The proposed agreement, which requires an up or down vote by the bishops and cannot be amended, was drawn up over the past six years by a team of scholars from the Catholic-Reformed dialogue group, made up of representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Christian Reformed Church in North America, Presbyterian Church (USA), Above, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross parishioner Deirdre Elfers of Reformed Church in America and Bright, left, and Christ the King parishioners Chris Tyler and United Church of Christ. Katie Gozdecki of Indianapolis, center, clap during the song “Lean on Me” While other bishops’ conferences around performed by Catholic vocalist Sarah Bauer during the Indianapolis the world have entered into similar Catholic Youth Conference on Nov. 7 at Chatard High School agreements with Protestant communities in in Indianapolis. their regions, the proposed document is unprecedented for the U.S. . Right, Father R. Tony Ricard, the pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea in The agreement has already been ratified New Orleans and Catholic chaplain for the New Orleans , presents the by the Presbyterian Church. If the USCCB keynote address on the “Pursuit of Glory” on Nov. 7 at Bishop Chatard High approves it, any performed in either School. Father Ricard also thanked the Cathedral High School students who Catholic or Presbyterian churches after that helped repair his parish’s church, school and rectory which were damaged would be mutually recognized as long as the by Hurricane Katrina. A life-size poster of Benedict XVI was displayed proper formula is used and documented. on the stage during the youth conference. The other three Protestant communities are to consider the agreement at their national meetings in the coming months. See related editorial on page 4, and Calling baptism “the sacramental gateway into the Christian life,” the agreement says related story and photos on pages 8 and 9. baptism “is to be conferred only once, See BAPTISM, page 3 Awards honor people who use values to make a difference in the world Lentz receives special ‘Seeking the Face of the Lord Award’ By John Shaughnessy Rob Banayote Photo by

On a night of celebration, two “small” moments—one of surprise and the other of spontaneous joy—combined to show the huge impact that Catholic education has on the lives of so many people. Both moments occurred during the Celebrating Catholic School Values: 2010 Scholarship and Career Achievement Awards Dinner on Nov. 3—the 15th annual event that has now raised nearly $4.5 million through the years to provide tuition assistance for disadvantaged students who want to attend archdiocesan schools. The first moment occurred shortly after the celebration at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis had ended—a celebration that honored Shirley Yancey Kloepfer, William Kuntz, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein presents Annette “Mickey” Lentz with the James Schellinger, Dr. Michael Welsh, and the family of “Seeking the Face of the Lord Award,” the highest honor that he has given to Archie and Bettie Smith. only a few people during his 18 years as the spiritual leader of the See AWARDS, page 2 archdiocese. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 AWARDS continued from page 1 Photo by Rob Banayote Photo by While the serving staff started to clear the tables, about 30 members of the Smith family grouped together so a photographer could take their photo. As more friends and family members rushed to be part of the picture, the scene was all smiles and laughs—similar to the earlier response of the 950 people in attendance at the dinner when they learned of the ultimatum that Archie Smith had once given to some of his nine children: “You will finish Catholic high school or you will die.” The photo captured the pride and the joy of a family for two people who had sacrificed and insisted that their children would receive a Catholic education—a choice that many parents have made for their children for generations. The second “small” moment—the surprise—occurred during the heart of the celebration when Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, the vicar general of the archdiocese, called Annette “Mickey” Lentz to the stage. He praised her for her nearly 50 years of dedication to Catholic education as a teacher, a An archdiocesan celebration of Catholic education on Nov. 3 honored four individuals and one family whose Catholic values mark their lives. Standing, from principal and the executive director of left, are honoree James Schellinger, honoree Dr. Michael Welsh, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, honoree Shirley Yancey Kloepfer and honoree William the archdiocesan Office of Catholic Kuntz. Sitting, from left, are honored members of the family of Archie and Bettie Smith—Joseph, Sister Demetria (a member of the Missionary Sisters of Our Education—the position that she left in Lady of Africa), Bernadette, Carrie, Doris, Nellie and Holy Cross Roy Smith. July to dedicate her focus to her new ministry as the archdiocese’s chancellor. backgrounds. Two entered religious life. Roy became a Catholic education has on so many lives in The surprise for Lentz continued when At Prince of Peace Parish in Madison, Holy Cross brother and Demetria professed our community,” Plummer said. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein presented she helps with Spanish Masses, assists her vows as a member of the Missionary “Their witness to the Catholic school her with the “Seeking the Face of the Lord Hispanic families in the Catholic schools Sisters of Our Lady of Africa. values we celebrate tonight gives us cause Award,” the highest honor from the and takes part in parish mission trips to The recipient of this year’s Community to thank God for the blessings we’ve archbishop, which he has given to only a . The former Peace Corps volunteer Service Award, Dr. Michael “Mike” Welsh, received in the past—and confidence to few people during his 18 years of leading also started and leads La Casa Amiga learned from his parents and his hope in the future of Catholic school the archdiocese. Center in Madison, a center that provides grandmothers the importance of using your education in our community.” The scenes surrounding the joy of the Hispanic families with English classes, God-given gifts to help others. Archbishop Buechlein closed the Smith family and the surprise for Lentz computer training, job assistance, and Welsh uses his medical practice to celebration with a blessing and words of reinforced all the qualities that marked a translation services for legal and pursue that goal. He does pro bono surgery gratitude for all the people who are special video that was debuted during the medical needs. on the uninsured at St. Vincent Hospital in committed to Catholic education and who celebration. James “Jim” Schellinger says that one of Indianapolis about once a week. He is also make the need-based scholarships The video, “Our Catholic Schools: the most lasting lessons that he learned from a referral physician for the Free possible. A Legacy of Faith and Leadership” saluted his Catholic faith and his Catholic education Clinic sponsored by his parish, Our Lady “All this effort to provide scholarships the 175 years of Catholic education in the is the importance of “giving back.” of Mount Carmel Parish in Carmel, Ind., in couldn’t bear fruit without the work of the archdiocese, showing the commitment of As the president of CSO Architects in the Lafayette Diocese. many dedicated parents, teachers, parents, the leadership of bishops and Indianapolis, Schellinger has created a The new executive director of administrators, pastors and volunteers who , and the dedication of priests, values-based company that has been the Office of Catholic Education, give so much of themselves every day in lay teachers, and religious sisters and involved in such projects as Circle Centre Harry Plummer, praised the award winners. caring for our children and making sure brothers to providing an excellent, in Indianapolis and the Indianapolis “Through their witness, we can catch a that our Catholic schools are providing the faith-based educational experience International Airport. A member of glimpse of just how great an impact best education possible.” † for children and teenagers. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Then came the moment to honor the Indianapolis, Schellinger has donated 2010 award winners—people who have architectural services to parishes and high Official Appointments Rev. William M. Williams, used their Catholic education and their schools in the archdiocese. returning from sabbatical leave, to faith to make a difference in the lives of The nine children of Archie and pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Parish others. Bettie Smith grew up knowing how Effective Nov. 24, 2010 in Beech Grove. William “Bill” Kuntz has not only important the Catholic faith and Catholic benefited from a Catholic education, he has education were to their parents. Rev. William J. Turner, pastor of Rev. Brian G. Esarey, pastor of extended its benefits to other generations Archie supported the family by working St. Mary () Parish St. Martin Parish in Yorkville and of students. for 41 years as a handyman and chauffeur in Rushville, granted permission for early St. Paul Parish in New Alsace, to In his career, Kuntz has taught, for the Daughters of Charity at St. Vincent retirement. parish sacramental assistance with coached and served as athletic director at Hospital in Indianapolis. He was so residence at St. Lawrence Parish in Roncalli High School in Indianapolis. As impressed by the faith and compassion of Rev. Severin Messick, O.S.B., pastor Indianapolis. members of St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis, the Catholic doctors, nurses and religious of St. Michael Parish in Greenfield, he and his wife, Martha, have been sisters that he became a Catholic. So did appointed temporary administrator of Rev. Bernard Varghese, O.F.M. involved in Christ Renews His Parish, the Bettie. And they insisted on a Catholic St. Mary (Immaculate Conception) Parish Capuchin, associate pastor of St. Louis St. Vincent de Paul Society and the education for their children—Betty, in Rushville while continuing as pastor of Parish in Batesville, to administrator of Catholic Youth Organization. Now a Demetria, Carrie, William, Bernadette, St. Michael Parish in Greenfield. St. Martin Parish in Yorkville and businessman, he is also a member and past Doris, Joseph, Roy and Nellie. St. Paul Parish in New Alsace. president of the Archdiocesan Education Four of the Smith children were Rev. Stanley Pondo, pastor of Commission. among the first black students to integrate Holy Name of Jesus Parish in These appointments are from the Shirley Yancey Kloepfer was honored Holy Angels School in Indianapolis in 1949. Beech Grove, granted time away to office of the Most Rev. Daniel M. for her efforts to create bonds of faith and The children have made careers in complete and defend his dissertation for a Buechlein, O.S.B., Archbishop of friendship between people of different education, health care, law and government. Doctorate of Canon Law degree. Indianapolis. †

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between the Catholic Church and the mi tz BAPTISM historic Protestant communions.” The common agreement on baptism was continued from page 1 one result of the seventh round of the because those who are baptized are Catholic-Reformed dialogue that ended decisively incorporated into the body with a meeting in Henryville, Ind., in She CNS photo/Gregory A. of Christ.” October. For baptisms to be mutually recognized The dialogue also produced a report on by the five Churches, the baptismal rite baptism, titled “These Living Waters,” must use water and the Trinitarian formula, and a document on the Eucharist and “Father, Son and Holy Spirit,” the Lord’s Supper called “This Bread of Life.” document says. It also encourages The dialogue report on Eucharist noted Reformed Church communities to use significant convergences, divergences and baptismal registers, as Catholic parishes areas of mutual appreciation between both already do, and to document the liturgical traditions. formula used in the ceremony. “A surprise was that the Eucharist The agreement encourages continued [and] Lord’s Supper paper was not as dialogue between Catholic and Reformed difficult as I thought it would be,” said leaders “about theology and pastoral Franciscan Father Dennis Tamburello of practice from local to international settings. Siena College, one of the Catholic “Pastoral leaders engaged in such members of the dialogue group, in a dialogue embody our hopes for unity, USCCB news release. “We may not be on collaborative effort and common witness,” the same page, but we are a lot closer to the V. Anthony Maggipinto baptizes an infant at SS. Philip and James Church in St. James, N.Y., in it said. “We believe that respectful dialogue same page than we thought.” this 2008 file photo. As the U.S. Catholic bishops prepare to consider a common agreement on can provide a strong witness to the wider “The Eucharist paper was easier because baptism with four Protestant Church communities, they “stand at an important juncture” in the quest Church about our commitment to a we learned what the nature of a dialogue for Christian unity, according to the chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and relationship in Christ and can stand as a is,” said Capuchin Father Interreligious Affairs. safeguard against the unreflective Weinandy, executive director of the judgments that have, at certain times in our USCCB Secretariat of Doctrine and a Richard Mouw, the president of Gaylord, Mich., Catholic co-chairman, said history, diminished and distorted our dialogue group member. Fuller Theological Seminary and Reformed that as relationships grew among the relations.” “It is not just comparative theology,” co-chairman, said the dialogue is “one of dialogue participants, “the need to be Each Church community also will issue he added. “We accepted that the other the few instances where members of the defensive evaporated,” and mutual its own “reception statement” designed to believed what they believed in good four Churches of Reformed tradition in the friendship and respect grew. explain the new agreement to its own faith. As a result, we never felt the need U.S. have an opportunity to speak with “We all hoped for some tangible result members. The proposed Catholic document to ask, ‘Why do you believe what you one another. to our deliberations,” he said. “It’s will come before the bishops for approval believe?’ Rather, we clarified our “This is a great opportunity for us to important because it moves what we do and can be amended. doctrine with each other so that we dialogue with other Reformed Christians as here out of our academic lives and out of The Catholic reception statement says could find convergences, then we were well as with the Catholic Church,” he the dialogue room into the pews and into that the common agreement “signifies a able to explore the differences to see if added. the life of the Church. I think that’s a renewed dedication to theological dialogue they were Church-dividing.” Retired Bishop Patrick R. Cooney of tremendous outcome of this dialogue.” † Internal matters expected to dominate bishops’ public agenda this fall WASHINGTON (CNS)—When the For Cardinal Francis E. George of agreement on mutual recognition of baptism The bishops also will vote on U.S. bishops gather in Baltimore for their Chicago, the meeting will be his last one as by the Catholic Church and four Protestant whether to draft a policy statement on 2010 fall general assembly, there will be no president. He has held the post for the past Churches (see related story on page 1), physician-assisted suicide. If they agree blockbuster topics on their public agenda, three years. guidelines on stipends and benefits for to do so, the actual document will come unlike in past years when clergy sex abuse If the conference follows past practice, retired bishops, and revised regulations on before them at a later meeting. or the issue of Catholic politicians who Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., USCCB statements and publications. They also will be asked to support abortion took much of their will succeed Cardinal George as president. Up for a vote will be a brief document approve the 2011 USCCB budget, the attention. As USCCB vice president since November giving guidelines for “the provision of 2012 assessment on dioceses to Instead, the Nov. 15-18 meeting of the 2007, Bishop Kicanas will be among sustenance” to retired bishops. Although support conference work, a timeline U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will 10 candidates proposed for the posts of it is designed to give “some degree of for evaluation of the conference be devoted primarily to internal matters— president and vice president. Once uniformity” to policies across the country, it reorganization and a one-year break the election of new conference leaders, a president has been selected, a notes that dioceses “should take upon between the present and the next discussion of how their own statements vice president will be chosen from the themselves the responsibility to interpret and planning cycle. should be produced, budgetary and other nine candidates. implement these guidelines, taking into Among the topics of oral reports structural questions, and information about Even more integral to the account the local economy.” expected to be presented are the how they can better integrate new media day-to-day operations of the USCCB Effective on Jan. 1, the guidelines set a Church’s response following the into diocesan structures. will be the election of a new general minimum stipend of $1,900 a month for earthquake in Haiti, the work of the secretary to succeed Msgr. David Malloy retired bishops, and said he also should be Ad Hoc Committee on Defense of in June 2011. The candidates are provided with “appropriate” housing and Marriage, ways to integrate new media Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, a priest of the board, health and welfare benefits, an office, into diocesan communications Diocese of Austin, Texas, who has been an a car and insurance, and travel expenses to structures, World Youth Day and the associate general secretary at the USCCB various episcopal meetings and events. needs of the U.S. Archdiocese for since 2006, and Msgr. David Kagan, who is A third document before the bishops Military Services. currently serving as vicar general for the in November will codify the procedures Another topic of discussion likely will Diocese of Rockford, Ill. for the review, approval and issuance of be the new report on review and renewal The bishops also will choose a new USCCB statements. The procedures have of the Catholic Campaign for Human USCCB treasurer-elect, and will vote for the been in place informally since the Development, which calls for “stronger chairmen-elect of six committees. conference was reorganized in 2007, and policies and clearer mechanisms” to Among the topics scheduled to come require that the bishops be consulted guide how grants are awarded to Cardinal Bishop before the bishops for debate and vote in before any statement is drafted, except in -fighting groups and strengthen Francis E. George Gerald F. Kicanas their public sessions are a proposed extraordinary circumstances. oversight of how funds are spent. †

Vatican confirms request of five Anglican bishops to join Chur ch FARIS MAILING (CNS)—Five Anglican bishops have the norms established by the Apostolic Constitution decided to join the Catholic Church and step down from their ‘Anglicanorum coetibus,’ and that any further decisions current positions with the , a Vatican regarding this will be communicated at the proper moment.” INCORPORATED spokesman said. Under the arrangement, Anglicans can be received into the Introducing Our Giant Mail Box To Handle Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican Catholic Church as a group while retaining their distinctive The Growing Needs Of Your Business press office, confirmed to reporters a statement issued on patrimony and liturgical practices, including married priests. • Inkjet Addressing Nov. 8 by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Father Lombardi was referring to a statement issued on Automatic inserting Wales welcoming the five bishops. Nov. 8 by the Episcopal Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Father Lombardi said that a “constitution” that would govern Conference of England and Wales that said, “We welcome the Laser Imaging the entry of former bishops of the Anglican Communion was decision of Bishops , , List maintenance being studied. John Broadhurst, Edwin Barnes and David Silk to enter into Premium fulfillment One year ago, Pope Benedict XVI established a special full communion with the Catholic Church through the Mailing consultants structure for Anglicans who want to be in full communion with Ordinariate for England and Wales, which will be established the Roman Catholic Church while preserving aspects of their under the provisions of the apostolic constitution Digital Variable Printing Anglican spiritual and liturgical heritage. The move was seen as ‘Anglicanorum coetibus.’ ” Wide Format Printing a bridge to those unhappy with recent Anglican decisions on the “At our plenary session next week, the Catholic Bishops’ Electronic Imaging ordination of women and the acceptance of homosexuality in Conference of England and Wales will be exploring the some areas. establishment of the ordinariate and the warm welcome we will Analysis of mailing requirements Father Lombardi said, “Regarding the declaration of be extending to those who seek to be part of it. Further five bishops until now belonging to the Anglican Communion information will be made known after the meeting.” who have decided to join the Catholic Church and who The statement was signed by Auxiliary Bishop 317-246-3315 therefore are obliged by conscience to resign from their current of Westminster, the highest-ranking former Anglican priest in 5517 W. Minnesota St Indianapolis pastoral duties in the Church of England, we can confirm that England and Wales. He joined the Catholic Church in 1994 after ., the constitution of a first ordinariate is under study, according to the Church of England agreed to ordain women as priests. † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010

OPINION Be Our Guest/Charles Gardner and Fr. Patrick Beidelman Extraordinary ministers of holy Communion perform a valuable service Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 In a recent question-and-answer Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher column in The Criterion, Father Francis Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Hoffman clarified the procedural guidelines for Communion ministers, but he also offered some opinions that could cause confusion. Editorial As most of us realize, priests and are ordinary ministers of holy Communion who are also directly involved in the immediate preparations for the distribution of Communion— including the breaking of the Charles Gardner Fr. Patrick Beidelman

Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann Eucharistic Bread. At the request of the pastor, the extraordinary ministers. These ministers archbishop also appoints extraordinary also enable the communion procession to ministers of holy Communion be reverent, but not “unreasonably “whenever it seems necessary for the protracted” (Book of Blessings, #1871). pastoral benefit of the faithful” (Book of We are grateful for the valuable Blessings, #1871). service of these extraordinary ministers As Father Hoffman points out, these of holy Communion. May they continue ministers do not join the priest or deacon to take to heart the words they heard at the altar. Only after the priest has from the Book of Blessings when they received Communion do they receive were commissioned: communion from him—or from another “Gracious Lord, you nourish us with minister who has already received. the body and blood of your Son, that we Then the priest hands them the may have eternal life. Bless our brothers vessels they will use to distribute and sisters who have been chosen to give Communion to others. the bread of heaven and the cup of Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference participants, from left, Elaine Miller from These ministers provide important to your faithful people. May St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese, and St. Matthew assistance to many of our priests, who the saving mysteries they distribute lead parishioners Emily Jerger, Delaney Whitlock and Teresa Whitlock, Delaney’s mother and an often celebrate multiple weekend them to the joys of eternal life. We ask adult chaperone, all of Indianapolis, dance to the song “Lean On Me” performed by Catholic Masses. They also enable the faithful to this through Christ our Lord.” vocalist Sarah Bauer on Nov. 7 at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis. receive Communion under both kinds. Even though the General Instruction (Father Patrick Beidelman is the of the Roman Missal affirms that “Christ archdiocesan Director of Liturgy. Youth gathering plants seeds whole and entire is received even under Charles Gardner is the archdiocesan one species,” it also highly encourages executive director for Spiritual Life reception from the cup: and Worship.) † for NCYC 2011 in Indianapolis “Holy Communion has a fuller form t isn’t every day that you get youths also had the opportunity to as a sign when it is distributed under I750 teenagers singing, dancing and attend Mass, take part in eucharistic both kinds. For in this form the sign of Letters Policy praising God in unison. adoration and receive the sacrament of the Eucharistic banquet is more clearly Letters from readers are welcome and But that’s exactly what happened on reconciliation. evident and clear expression is given to should be informed, relevant, well- Nov. 7 at the Indianapolis Catholic The reverence the young people the divine will by which the new and expressed, concise, temperate in tone, Youth Conference 2010 at showed during adoration is something eternal Covenant is ratified in the courteous and respectful. Bishop Chatard High School in that we as a faith community should not Blood of the Lord” (GIRM, #281). The editors reserve the right to select Indianapolis. be afraid to emulate. For those adults The General Instruction’s allowance and edit the letters based on space And God willing, it will who wonder if our young people “get for extraordinary ministers when limitations, pastoral sensitivity and happen again—with thousands of it” when it comes to embracing the “there is a very large number of content. young people from across the Catholic faith, Sunday demonstrated communicants” (#162) needs to be Letters must be signed, but, for serious reasons, names may be withheld. and —when the that many teenagers indeed love their understood in this context. Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” Archdiocese of Indianapolis hosts Church and its traditions. Unlike many other places in the The Criterion, P.O. Box 1410, Indianap olis, the 2011 National Catholic Youth Of course, teenagers being teenagers, world, we are blessed with the IN 46206-1410. Conference at the Indiana Convention there were lots of smiles, laughter and opportunity to receive Communion Readers with access to e-mail may send Center and Lucas Oil Stadium on just plain fun, too, as the young people under both kinds on most occasions, letters to [email protected]. Nov. 17-19, 2011. made the most of the entertaining usually because of the assistance of If Sunday’s gathering, co-sponsored activities offered during breaks in the by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and thematic park located in one of the the Diocese of Lafayette, was a school’s gymnasiums. precursor to what will happen next In the end, though, the day was EdinarC orctleal sor November, then teenagers need to start about growing closer to God, and marking their calendars—and getting reflecting on how he wants teenagers to wTher be 121 cill als elidinare gible t vgible in a poto al elepae ction mom and dad’s permission—to be a “pursue his glory” through their the Ninwfollo og vv.. 20 cons y.ortis part of what will truly be a memorable vocations in life. gathering of what we will call the We can’t forget, though, that Electors by region three “F’s”—faith, friendship and Sunday’s gathering was meant to plant fun—in Indianapolis next fall. a seed for young people. Next rrrrrrrrrrr With energetic young adults like November’s National Catholic Youth rrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrr Dan Harms and Kyle Heimann, who Conference in Indianapolis, with the rrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrr rrrrr make up the speaker/music team theme “Called to Glory,” will serve as 15 rrrrr 62 rrrrrrr 10 rrrrr known as Popple, and Catholic another step in helping young people vocalist Sarah Bauer leading the nurture their life’s vocation. young people, teenagers from both Young people and their parents are the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and encouraged to follow the planning for Diocese of Lafayette spent a good part the 2011 National Catholic Youth rrrrrrrrr rrrrrr of the afternoon listening to how they Conference in Indianapolis by 21 rrr 12 rrrrrr 1r all should be in “Pursuit of Glory,” the logging on to www.archindy.org/youth conference’s theme. or by visiting a specially “I have competed well, I have created Facebook page at finished the race; I have kept the www.facebook.com/GloryInIndy. faith. From now on, the crown of As we celebrate a successful righteousness awaits me” 2010 Indianapolis Catholic Youth (2 Tm 4:7-8a). That Scripture verse Conference and prepare for the national 25 3 served as a starting point for teenagers gathering in 2011, we hope and pray 13 2 as they took part in several workshops that these gatherings will bear 6 2 that helped them better understand how much fruit. to pursue God’s glory in their lives. We also remind people of faith that 5 2 “God is calling us all to something,” we all have vocations in life. 5 2 said Kyle Heimann. God is calling each of us to pursue 5 2 “True happiness is following … his glory. where God is calling us,” added Are we listening? 4 2 Dan Harms. 4 During the daylong gathering, —Mike Krokos The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B. SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR The many myths that surround the immigration debate motions run high concerning the the form of income, property, and sales Catholic Church and bishops do not There is the perception that today’s status of immigration in this country. taxes at the federal and state level. condone unlawful entry or circumventions immigrants are different compared to EThere is pretty much consensus that As far as income tax payments go, of our nation’s immigration laws. The those of 100 years ago. The percentage of something needs to be done to correct poor sources vary in their accounts, but a range bishops believe that reforms are necessary the population that is foreign-born now legislation. of studies find that immigrants pay between for our immigration system to respond to stands at 11.5 percent. In the early Unfortunately, there is a lot of $90 billion and $140 billion a year in the realities of separated families, and 20th century, it was approximately misleading opinion about the impact of federal, state and local taxes. labor demands that compel people to 15 percent. If we view history objectively, immigrants. I am thinking of several Undocumented immigrants pay immigrate to the United States in an we remember that every new wave of perceived myths that cloud the issue. income taxes as well as evidenced by the authorized and unauthorized fashion. immigrants has been met with suspicion There is the perceived myth that Social Security Administration’s “suspense Why is the Church so concerned about and doubt, and yet, ultimately, every past immigrants take jobs and opportunities file”—taxes that cannot be matched to immigration? The Church respects the wave of immigrants has been vindicated. away from Americans. workers’ names and Social Security right of nations to control their borders There is a final perception that most In fact, the largest wave of immigration numbers—which grew by $20 billion and to enact laws in the best interest of its immigrants cross the border illegally. In to the United States coincided with our between 1990 and 1998 citizens. Yet the Church teaches that some fact, around 75 percent of today’s lowest national unemployment rate and (www.Immigrationforum,org/ rights are inherent in the human condition. immigrants have legal permanent fastest economic growth. Immigrant about/articles/taxstudy.htm). These are natural rights, which extend (immigrant) visas. Of the 25 percent that entrepreneurs also create jobs for U.S. and There is the perceived myth that beyond national boundaries. All are undocumented, 40 percent overstayed foreign workers. “immigrants come here to take welfare.” immigrants, legal and illegal, have natural temporary (non-immigrant) visas. While there has been no comprehensive Immigrants come to work and reunite with rights from their inherent dignity as We are talking about real people who study done of immigrant-owned businesses, family members. Immigrant labor force persons. Each person is created in the need and deserve our respect and our there are countless examples: Silicon Valley participation is consistently higher than image of God. understanding in charity. † companies begun by Chinese and Indian native-born, and immigrant workers make The Church in the U.S. is especially immigrants generated more than up a larger share of the U.S. labor force— mindful of the immigrant because we are $19.5 billion in sales and nearly 12.4 percent—than they do the an immigrant Church, made up of people Do you have an intention for 73,000 jobs in 2000 (“Immigration and U.S. population—11.5 percent from all parts of the world. Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? Unemployment: New Evidence,” (U.S. Census). There is a perceived myth that better You may mail it to him at: Alexis de Tocqueville Institution). Aren’t immigrants taking advantage of border enforcement will solve the Today, our immigration laws do not social services and costing taxpayers? Most immigrant problem. From 1986 to 1998, Archbishop Buechlein’s reflect demographic and economic reality. immigrants, except for children, are the U.S. Border Patrol’s budget increased Prayer List Our laws should be reconciled with the employed. Because most work, albeit many six-fold and the number of agents Archdiocese of Indianapolis economic laws of supply and demand. in lower-paying jobs, the ratio between stationed on the southwest border doubled 1400 N. Meridian St. Immigration reform would address a immigrant use of public benefits to the to 8,500. From 1983 to 2004, spending for P.O. Box 1410 range of workforce realities—legalizing a amount of taxes they pay is favorable. In border enforcement quadrupled. Yet the Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 workforce that is here to stay, providing one estimate, immigrants pay about number of unauthorized arrivals increased. more legal visas for workers to come in the $90 billion in taxes and use about $5 billion future, and providing for the temporary in public benefits. Others estimate that employment of foreign workers who help immigrant taxes total $20 to $30 billion Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for November American employers in sectors of the more than the cost of government services. Catholic high schools: that they may be a continued source for promoting the Catholic economy that provide seasonal jobs. There are those who espouse the myth values of service and giving of one’s life as a gift for others, especially as priests or “Immigrants don’t pay taxes” is another that Catholic bishops, i.e. the Church, religious. perceived myth. Immigrants pay taxes in support illegal immigration. In fact, the La gran cantidad de mitos que r odean el debate migratorio xisten fuertes emociones con respecto fuerza laboral que está aquí para quedarse, por ciento) en comparación con la población sin autorización. a la situación migratoria en este país. ofreciendo más visas legales para que estadounidense (11,5 por ciento) (fuente: ¿Por qué a la Iglesia le preocupa tanto la EHay un consenso casi generalizado de vengan trabajadores en el futuro y contem- Censo de EE.UU.). inmigración? La Iglesia respeta el derecho que debe hacerse algo para corregir las plando el empleo temporal de trabajadores ¿Acaso los inmigrantes no se aprovechan de los países de controlar sus fronteras y insuficiencias de la legislación. extranjeros que puedan brindar su aporte a de los servicios de asistencia social y sancionar leyes que beneficien a sus Desafortunadamente, existen muchas los empleadores estadounidenses en sectores representan una carga para los contribu- ciudadanos. No obstante, la Iglesia enseña opiniones engañosas con respecto al impacto económicos que ofrezcan trabajos de yentes? La mayoría de los inmigrantes, que existen algunos derechos inherentes a la que ejercen los inmigrantes. Pienso en varias temporada. salvo los niños, trabajan. Gracias a que la condición humana los cuales son derechos ideas preconcebidas que empañan la Otra idea preconcebida es que “los mayoría trabaja, aunque se trata de empleos naturales que van más allá de las fronteras cuestión. inmigrantes no pagan impuestos.” Los de menor remuneración, la proporción entre nacionales. Todos los inmigrantes, legales e Existe la idea preconcebida de que los inmigrantes pagan impuestos federales y el aprovechamiento de los beneficios ilegales, poseen derechos naturales inmigrantes les quitan los trabajos y las estatales en forma de impuestos sobre la públicos con respecto a la cantidad de derivados de su dignidad inherente como oportunidades a los estadounidenses. renta, sobre la propiedad y sobre las ventas. impuestos que pagan resulta favorable. De personas. Cada uno ha sido creado a imagen De hecho, la oleada migratoria más En cuanto al pago de impuestos sobre la acuerdo a un cálculo, los inmigrantes pagan de Dios. grande hacia Estados Unidos coincidió con renta, existen diferencias en las cifras de las aproximadamente $90 mil millones en Ver al ARZOBISPO, la página 15 nuestra tasa nacional de desempleo más baja distintas fuentes, pero diversos estudios han impuestos y utilizan alrededor de $5 mil y el crecimiento económico más acelerado. concluido que los inmigrantes pagan entre millones en beneficios públicos. Otros ¿Tiene una intención que desee Los inmigrantes empresarios también $90 mil millones y $140 mil millones calculan que los impuestos de los incluir en la lista de oración del generan empleos para trabajadores estadou- anuales en impuestos federales, estatales y inmigrantes ascienden de $20 a $30 mil Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar nidenses y extranjeros. locales. millones más que el costo de los servicios su correspondencia a: Aunque no se ha realizado un estudio Los inmigrantes indocumentados también gubernamentales. extenso sobre empresas propiedad de pagan impuestos, según lo evidencian los Existen quienes alimentan el mito de que Lista de oración del Arzobispo inmigrantes, existen innumerables ejemplos: “archivos suspendidos” de la Administración los obispos católicos, es decir, la Iglesia, Buechlein las compañías de Silicon Valley, establecidas del Seguro Social, los cuales son impuestos apoya la inmigración ilegal. De hecho, ni Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis por inmigrantes chinos e hindúes, generaron que no corresponden con los nombres de los Iglesia ni los obispos católicos excusan el 1400 N. Meridian St. más de $19,5 mil millones en ventas y casi trabajadores y los números de Seguro Social ingreso ilícito ni la evasión de las leyes P.O. Box 1410 73.000 trabajos en el año 2000 (fuente: y cuya cifra aumentó a $20 mil millones migratorias de nuestro país. Los obispos Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 Immigration and Unemployment: New entre 1990 y 1998 (fuente: creen que la reforma es necesaria para que Evidence, (“Inmigración y desempleo: nueva http://www.Immigrationforum,org/about/arti nuestro sistema migratorio pueda responder evidencia”) Alexis de Tocqueville cles/taxstudy.htm). a la realidad de las familias separadas y de Institution). Está la idea preconcebida de que “los las exigencias de trabajo que obligan a las Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, Hoy en día nuestras leyes migratorias no inmigrantes vienen aquí para beneficiarse de personas a inmigrar a Estados Unidos con o Language Training Center, Indianapolis. reflejan la realidad demográfica y la asistencia social”. Los inmigrantes vienen económica. Nuestra legislación debería a trabajar y a reunirse con sus parientes. La La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en noviembre cotejarse con las leyes económicas de la participación de la fuerza laboral inmigrante oferta y la demanda. es consistentemente más elevada que la de Las escuelas secundarias católicas: que ellas sean una fuente continua para Una reforma migratoria abordaría una los nacidos en el país y los trabajadores promover los valores católicos de servir y dedicar su vida como regalo a los demás, serie de realidades con respecto a la fuerza inmigrantes representan una proporción más especialmente en el cargo de sacerdotes o religiosos. laboral mediante la legalización de una elevada de la fuerza laboral de EE.UU. (12,4 Page 6 The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 Events Calendar

November 12 Indianapolis. Theater Match for Katie’s Hope,” November 14 November 18 St. Mary-of-the-Knobs Marian University, department, The Pink bone marrow registration drive, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Parish, “Harvest of Hackelmeier Memorial Library, Panther Strikes Again, Fri., 12:30-4:30 p.m. Information: House, 5353 E. 56th St., Mausoleum Chapel, 9001 N. Abundance,” dinner, music, 3200 Cold Spring Road, 7 p.m., Sat., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., 317-783-7119. Indianapolis. Carmelite Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. 6 p.m.-midnight, $40 per Indianapolis. Richard G. Lugar $5 adults, $2 for Roncalli Secular Order, meeting, Mass, 2 p.m. Information: person. Information: Franciscan Center for Global students and children 14 years Woodstock Country Club, noon-4 p.m. Information: 317-574-8898 or 812-923-3011. Studies, speaker series, old or younger. Information: 1301 W. 38th St., Indianapolis. 317-259-4936 or www.catholiccemeteries.cc. “Personal Insights on 317-787-8277. Little Sisters of the Poor, [email protected]. November 20-21 International Diplomacy,” “Harvest Celebration,” November 19 Mount St. Francis Retreat Northside Knights of Dr. Madeleine Albright, Oldenburg Academy, 6:30 p.m., $175 per person or MKVS, Divine Mercy and Center, 101 St. Anthony Drive, 1 Twister Circle, Oldenburg. Columbus Hall, 2100 E. presenter, noon, free $350 per couple, benefits Glorious Cross Center, Mount St. Francis. Drama Club, Cinderella, 71st St., Indianapolis. Catholic admission. Registration Little Sisters’ ministry to Rexville, located on 925 South, New Albany Deanery 7 p.m., $7 adults, $5 students Business Exchange, Mass, required. Reservations: elderly poor at St. Augustine .8 mile east of 421 South and and children. Information: breakfast and program, Catholic Youth Ministry, http://www.marian.edu/LFCGS Home for the Aged. 12 miles south of Versailles. 812-934-4440. Connie Zittnan, executive “Catholic 101” retreat, /Pages/SpeakerSeries Information: 317-872-6420. Mass, noon, on third Sunday Registration.aspx. director, Mother Theodore $85 per person. Information: November 13 holy hour and pitch-in, Catholic Academies, presenter, 812-945-2000 or St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 N. St. Maurice Parish, 8874 N. groups of 10 pray the St. Pius X Parish, 6:30-8:30 a.m., online [email protected]. Central Ave., Indianapolis. Harrison St., Napoleon. Marian Way, 1 p.m., 7200 Sarto Drive, Indianapolis. reservations only. Reservations Dr. Ray Guarendi, radio host Smorgasbord dinner, Father Elmer Burwinkel, “Are You Being Fed and information: www.catholic November 21 for EWTN program “The celebrant. Information: Spiritually?” Jeff Cavins, 4:30-7 p.m., $8 adults, businessexchange.org. Most Holy Name of Jesus Doctor Is In,” speaker, Mass presenter, 7-9 p.m., no charge. $3 children 7-12 years old. 812-689-3551. Parish, 89 N. 17th Ave., and program, 8:30 a.m.-noon, November 20 Information: 317-257-1085. Information: 812-852-4394 or Beech Grove. Altar Society, lunch, $20 per person for [email protected]. St. Rita Parish, St. Michael the Archangel bazaar and chicken noodle Church, 3354 W. 30th St., November 12- walk-in registration, includes 1733 Dr. Andrew J. Brown dinner, 12:30-4 p.m., holiday lunch. Information: Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s December 5 Slovenian National Home, Ave., Indianapolis. Mass and crafts, white elephant booth, 317-225-8902 or Precious Infants, pro-life Meinrad Archabbey, 2717 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. reception celebrating parish dinner served 12:30-3:30 p.m., [email protected]. history, 10 a.m. Information: Mass, Father Rick Nagel, Library Gallery, “Grape Arbor Dance,” St. Francis Hospital, 21 N. 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. 6-11 p.m., $7 per person or 317-632-9349. celebrant, 8:30 a.m., followed by rosary outside abortion 16th Ave., Beech Grove. Mixed media exhibit, ceramics St. Roch Parish, Family Life $10 includes dinner. Center, 3603 S. Meridian St., November 15 clinic and Benediction at Information: 317-784-5454. by David Rodenberg and Information: 317-632-0619 or Indianapolis. Single Seniors Iceland Skating Rink, church. Information: still-life paintings by www.sloveniannational meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 and 1701 UPS Drive, Louisville, Ky. Archdiocesan Office for Richmond Catholic Michael Bartholomew. homeindy.org. Information: 800-987-7311 or over. Information: New Albany Deanery Pro-Life Ministry, Community, 701 N. “A” St., 317-784-4207. Catholic Youth Ministries, 317-236-1569 or Charismatic www.saintmeinrad.edu. St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. Richmond. junior high “Broom Ball 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. prayer group, 7 p.m. November 12-13 St. Simon the Apostle Parish, Outing,” 6-8 p.m., $5 per Missionaries of Christ, Information: St. Augustine Home for the 8155 Oaklandon Road, youth. Information: St. Michael Parish, [email protected]. Aged, 2345 W. 86th St., Indianapolis. 11th annual “Practical Training in 812-945-2000 or 11400 Farmers Lane N.E., Indianapolis. “Christmas “Royal Extravaganza,” Evangelization,” 7:45 a.m.- [email protected]. Bradford. “Spaghetti Supper Bazaar,” gift items, lunch, 6 p.m., $75 per person. 5:30 p.m., $40 per person, and Bazaar,” 3:30-7:30 p.m. Saint Meinrad Archabbey 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Information: 317-826-6000. $7 lunch if pre-registered by November 17 Information: 812-364-6646 or Church, 200 Hill Drive, 317-872-6420. Nov. 3. Information: Calvary Cemetery, Mausoleum [email protected]. St. Meinrad. Organ concert, St. Jude Parish, 812-623-8007 or Chapel, 435 W. Troy Ave., David Jackson, organist, Roncalli High School, 5353 McFarland Road, www.HealingThroughThe Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m. Huber Plantation Hall, 3 p.m., no charge. Information: 3300 Prague Road, Indianapolis. “Be a PowerOfJesusChrist.org. Information: 317-784-4439. 19816 Huber Road, Starlight. 812-357-6501. †

Retreats and Programs Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. 11th annual Interfaith Thanksgiving “Understanding Birth Order,” November 12-14 Franciscan Sister Sharonlu Sheridan, presenter, Service is Nov. 23 at the cathedral Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., $45 per person includes Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. lunch. Information: 812-933-6437 or SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish, and feature the Indianapolis Children’s “Marriage Retreat,” Father Clem Davis [email protected]. 1347 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis Choir, the cathedral’s Laudis Cantores and retreat team, facilitators, $280 per November 14 will host its 11th annual Interfaith choir, and the choir of the Congregation couple. Information: 317-788-7581 or Thanksgiving Service on Nov. 23. Beth-El Zedeck. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. [email protected]. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein Representatives of the Buddhist, “Coffee Talk–Praying the Catholic Social will preside at the prayer service. Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center, Justice Principles,” Franciscan Sister Marge Rev. Richard Spleth, a regional Sikh communities in Indianapolis will 8220 W. State Road 48, Bloomington. Wissman, presenter, 10:45 a.m.-noon, free-will “St. Faustina and Divine Mercy Retreat,” minister of the Christian Church be represented at the service. offering. Information: 812-933-6437 or (Disciples of Christ), will present A collection of money and food will Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, presenters. [email protected]. Information: 812-825-4642, ext. 200, or a reflection. be gathered during the service to assist [email protected]. November 16 The service is co-sponsored by the Interfaith Hunger Initiative and Cathedral Parish and the Christian Gleaner’s Food Bank in Indianapolis. November 13 Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Catholic Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. For more information, call Kordes Retreat Center, 802 E. 10th St., Prelude music will begin at 6:30 p.m., 317-634-4519. † Ferdinand, Ind. (Diocese of Evansville). Identity and Doctrine–Catholic Belief in the “Saturday Morning at the Dome–Art and Last Things,” Session 4 of four programs, Soul: Art As a Prayer Form,” Benedictine Father Matthias Newman, presenter, 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., $45 per person includes 6:30-9 p.m., $25 per person includes dinner and lunch. Information: 812-367-1411 or presentation. Information: 317-788-7581 or www.thedome.org. [email protected]. † Submitted photo Carmelite Submitted photo novice

After being received as a novice in the community, Carmelite Sister Michael Joseph of Our Lady of Mount Carmel poses for a photo on Oct. 1 at the Carmelite Monastery of Mother of Mercy and St. Joseph in Alexandria, S.D. Sister Michael Joseph, the former Meredith Willen before entering religious Life insurance gifts life, was previously a member of Our Lady of the Representatives of St. Ambrose Parish, Council #1252, and the Boys and Most Holy Rosary Parish in Girls Clubs, all in Seymour, pose for a photo with checks they received from Chad Lueken, a Indianapolis. general agent for the Knights of Columbus Insurance, on Oct. 5 in Seymour. More than $30,000 was distributed to the organizations from life insurance proceeds from the late Victor “Tom” Fettig of Seymour. Standing, from left, are Rick Fettig; Mike Spalding, the deputy grand knight of Council #8052; Chad Lueken; Father Daniel Staublin, the pastor of St. Ambrose Parish; Barbara (Fettig) Stout; Charlie Fettig; and Steve Stanfield, the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Seymour. The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 Page 7 What was in the news on Nov. 11, 1960? Catholic policy agenda unchanged By Brandon A. Evans Catholic liturgy all that is true and good in the Lutheran tradition. Catholic elements by election results, panelists say This week, we continue to that have been lost as a result examine what was going on of the Protestant BALTIMORE (CNS)—Despite the less than $30,000 a year. He said Catholic in the Church and the world will be regained, he said. “endless, endless commercials” during the lobbyists will work to get a refundable child 50 years ago as seen on the Among them, according to 2010 political cycle, “you didn’t hear much tax credit, and to preserve and expand the pages of The Criterion, Pastor Lackmann, are about the poor and vulnerable,” said earned income tax credit. which is celebrating its the acceptance of the John Carr, executive director of the Doerflinger agreed with Carr that the 50th anniversary. Holy Eucharist as a true U.S. bishops’ Catholic position “does not at all line up Here are some of the items sacrifice, confession, and the Department of with” either political party, saying that found in the Nov. 11, 1960, issue of .” Justice, Peace and Church lobbyists on life issues look instead The Criterion: • Challenge of 1960s: Priest charts Human at whether a member of Congress can be • An Editorial: The election [of program for racial integration Development. considered a solid vote on the President John F. Kennedy] • Top Mason stops showing of movie, “Nobody talked pro-life side. “Chet Huntley and David Brinkley got a calls it bigotry about them— By that criteria, “the pro-life agenda wry smile out of many U.S. Catholics when • ‘Dialogue’ on move in Toledo Democratic or picked up 44 votes in the House and six in they observed in the late hours of their • Hoosier writes from Italy: Do we Republican,” said the Senate, according to NARAL election coverage that the Catholics of this really appreciate our Catholic schools? Carr, who [Pro-Choice America],” a group that lobbies country must be ‘pretty tired of being poked, • Two test cases decided on religion in participated with to expand abortion access in the United prodded and analyzed on the schools two others in a States, Doerflinger said. He added that the so-called religious question.’ Everyone will • Urges Catholic groups to support John Carr panel discussion contingent of pro-life Democrats in the be happy to hear the end of that issue, they Civil Rights about Catholic policy priorities following Senate “increased by 50 percent”—from opined, and one of them remarked that he • Democracy’s greatest threat the Nov. 2 election. two to three—with the election of former thought Catholics had taken the whole “PITTSBURGH—The greatest threat to Nevertheless, the Catholic public policy Gov. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. unpleasantness very well. We think so, too. democracy is irreligion, the Bishop of agenda in the lame-duck Congress, which Catholic priorities on life-related Catholic Republicans were getting mighty Pittsburgh told members of the legal will complete its work this year, and in the legislation in the next months, Doerflinger tired of being considered somewhat strange profession attending the second annual 112th Congress, which convenes in January, said, will include passage of the Protect Life this election year, and Catholic Democrats Red Mass in St. Paul’s Cathedral. will remain focused on the poor, the unborn, Act and the No Taxpayer Funding for were equally uncomfortable about being Bishop John J. Wright said that the basic the immigrant and other vulnerable Abortion Act to ensure conscience suspected of voting their religion.” concept of democracy, ‘it’s very foundation, populations, the panelists told participants protections and a ban on abortion funding • Heroic bishops, priests risk death was when God said to man: “Subdue the on Nov. 5 at the Eastern regional convention in the health reform and other laws; behind the curtain earth and rule over it.” ’ … Bishop Wright of the Catholic Press Association in appropriations and reauthorizations bills • Lutheran group lays plans for said that if over the centuries ‘the democracy Baltimore. that could include abortion funding in reunion that was in the beginning ceased to exist,’ it Along with Maria Odom, executive military hospitals or foreign aid programs, “ROME—A German Lutheran was always because man forgot two basic director of the Catholic Legal Immigration for example; and guarding against any theologian said here that the time for principles: his right to choose his rulers, and Network, known as CLINIC, and expansion of government funds for groups of Lutherans to join the Catholic the divine source of his rights.” Richard Doerflinger, associate director of embryonic stem-cell research. Church may be at hand. The Rev. Mr. Max • Hungarian Church still persecuted, the U.S. bishops’ Odom said the Catholic priorities on Lackmann … is one of the leaders of the Vatican Daily says Secretariat for immigration include support for global new German Lutheran league that promotes • Catholic effort urged for poor nations Pro-Life Activities, anti-poverty initiatives that address the [the] reunion of Protestants and Catholics. Carr looked forward root causes of migration, expansion of … He said in his Unitas lecture that the new (Read all of these stories from our after the election, opportunities for family reunification, and reunion league will be a community with its Nov. 11, 1960, issue by logging on to our saying that passage of the DREAM Act that would help own form of worship, incorporating into the archives at www.CriterionOnline.com.) † campaign rhetoric the children of undocumented immigrants or the results in work toward legal status and get a Vatican urges protection of Christian minorities terms of parties are college education. not the Catholic In addition, she said, the U.S. bishops VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In the wake Vatican’s security forces joined Interpol in Church’s focus. believe that “comprehensive immigration of a deadly church bombing in Iraq, a 2008. Maria Odom “Our focus is the reform is necessary” for the estimated Vatican official urged greater protection of Archbishop Vigano said the Oct. 31 least of these,” he 10 million to 12 million undocumented Christian minorities in the Middle East. siege and attempted rescue at the Syrian said. “And that is not the focus of immigrants. “They want them to be able to “The violation of human rights occurs Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, which left Washington no matter who is in charge.” live out of the shadows in safety and around the world today in far too many 58 dead and at least 75 injured, was “an act Carr said that during the coming debate dignity,” Odom added. ways. One of the most glaring is that being of unheard of ferocity against defenseless on tax policy, “there will be a huge She urged members of the Catholic press experienced by the Christian communities people united in prayer.” argument on how people at the top to help “change hearts and minds” on the of the Middle East,” said Archbishop Carlo The archbishop, who once served as a get taxed. immigration issue by telling the stories of Vigano, secretary-general of the Vatican diplomat in Iraq, said that for years “But we are not focused on that fight,” immigrants in ways that help readers Vatican City governor’s office. Iraqi Christians have been the object of he said. “We are looking at how it affects “understand we are not that different from The archbishop spoke on Nov. 8 in “atrocious attacks” as well as daily the most vulnerable,” such as those making the person who crosses the border.” † Doha, Qatar, at a general assembly of limitations. On the other hand, he said, Interpol, the Iraq’s dominant Muslim communities also International have suffered terrorist attacks, often by Criminal Islamic groups that “show no respect, not Police for the dignity of the human person, and Organi- not even for [those belonging] to the same zation. The religion.” †

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Punctuating faith stories with his Cajun-style humor, the Catholic chaplain for the New Orleans Saints captivated 750 Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference participants on Nov. 7 at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis. Father R. Tony Ricard, the pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in New Orleans and author of several books, entertained teenagers from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and Diocese of Lafayette with jokes and humorous stories during his keynote address on the “Pursuit of Glory.” Yet each of his funny monologues ended with reminders that God has a purpose for each of them, and they should pay attention to his call and make the right choices in life. “After death, … those who live with God Father R. Tony Ricard, the Catholic chaplain for the New Orleans Saints, holds a carved stick from Senegal during his keynote address on the “Pursuit of in heaven are called saints,” Father Ricard Glory” on Nov. 7 at Bishop Chatard High School. said. “ … How many of you are planning on being a saint one day?” As the teens listened attentively, he presented an amusing interpretation of the creation story from the Book of Genesis. Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann But the moral of his talk was serious. Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann “In the creation story, we realize that God made us to be his disciples,” Father Ricard explained, “to know him, to love him and to serve him so that we can indeed reach that ultimate goal of glory in the kingdom of heaven. But the problem is that we mess it up because we forget that, first, God made us and, second, we’re supposed to be living according to his commandments.” During his childhood in New Orleans, he said, his mother taught the Ricard children an easy-to-understand lesson on how to live Above, St. Alphonsus Liguori parishioner Mitchell McCurren, left, of Zionsville, Ind., in the out the Ten Commandments in their Lafayette Diocese, dances in the aisle with other teenagers during the Indianapolis Catholic Youth daily life. Conference on Nov. 7 in the gymnasium at Bishop Chatard High School. The youth conference was “One of the things my mama told us co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the Diocese of Lafayette. when we were little is that every time we left the house there was a simple thing we Left, Catholic vocalist Sarah Bauer, who is a Cathedral High School graduate, and her husband, had to keep in mind,” Father Ricard said. Chris Sansome of Carmel, Ind., perform during the Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference on “She would always say, ‘Remember who Nov. 7 at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis. Bauer has released four CDs titled you belong to, and don’t be stupid.’ She “Delighting in Dreams,” “Lead Me Home,” “All Access” and “Radiance.” taught us that whenever we left the house, we represented our family. And whatever gave us Ten Commandments. … Follow your family. In the end, all God wants is for school youth ministry for 13 years. They we did, be it good or bad, was going to them and you’re going to be all right. you to be with him in the kingdom of were married in 2001, and have reflect on how good a job our parents were “If you’re doing something that you know heaven.” four children. They have spoken together doing … in teaching us right and wrong.” you’re not supposed to do, you can’t plead and separately at retreats and youth When he got in trouble, his mother ignorance,” he said. “… You cannot reach A call for a ‘new sexual ’ conferences across the United States. always seemed to find out about it before he the glory that we’re all striving for by being Before “The Pill” and the sexual In their presentation, titled “Pursuit of returned home, the priest recalled. “She stupid on Earth. So your challenge is to ask revolution of the 1960s, most couples waited Glory in Others,” they talked about their would ask, ‘Where have you been? What yourself, ‘What might I be doing … that is until marriage before they engaged in sexual lives before and after marriage, the have you done?’ ” just plain stupid?’ If you’re doing something relations. importance of chastity, and how human And he knew there would be major that you know will not get you into the When chastity became—in the view of relationships should reflect God’s love. consequences because he had disobeyed kingdom of heaven, … [then] I’ve got the millions—“old-fashioned,” social and moral Louis Paiz said he was overweight in her orders. solution for you. Stop. That’s it. It is not that upheaval followed. Abortion was legalized high school and hungry for acceptance. He “The second part of what she always complicated. And if you’re doing something in 1973, divorce rates soared, families turned to drinking and pornography, and said was ‘Don’t be stupid,’ ” Father Ricard wrong that you don’t think you can stop on splintered and children suffered. accepted the notion that to be a man was to explained. “She taught us that ignorance is your own, find somebody who can help Pope Benedict XVI is continuing “conquer a woman.” when you don’t know something, and you stop.” Pope John Paul II’s call for a “new sexual “God intervened, by the grace of God, stupidity is when you know it’s wrong but The Catholic Church has “a way of revolution”—a countercultural one that when I was 18,” he said. “There was a you still do it.” getting rid of stupid stuff,” Father Ricard stresses real love, respects the sanctity of the newness in my life. God slapped me on the By the ninth grade, he told the teenagers, said. “It’s called the . body, strengthens families and lays the head.” they already know right from wrong and All you have to do is go to [confession], do foundation for marriage that draws both Rebecca Paiz said that she dated a should stay out of trouble. the ‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned’ part, partners closer to God. college man when she was in high school. “How many talks about drunk driving do and just start off with ‘I’ve been stupid’ then That was the message delivered by She wanted to be told that she was you need to hear?” he asked. “You have list your degrees of stupidity. It’s that simple. Louis and Rebecca Paiz, youth ministers beautiful, that she was loved. The been to at least four programs and have “Your challenge is to be who God made at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in relationship turned toxic. three T-shirts to prove it. You don’t really you to be,” the priest emphasized. “Realize Carmel, Ind., in the Diocese of Lafayette, “If you’re in a relationship and you want need another talk.” that in creating you, he knew what he was during a Nov. 7 workshop at the to keep it a secret, I’d say, ‘Get out,’ ” she The same rule applies for warnings about doing and he saw that it was very good. And youth conference. said. “God is the father of truth. If what the danger of using drugs and problems that then make sure that you live a life showing “Right now, you are starting to prepare you are doing can’t be seen in the light, ask arise from premarital sexual relations, him how much you appreciate all that he has for marriage,” Louis Paiz told a classroom God to clean it up. Father Ricard said. “All I need to tell you is done for you, all that he will do for you, and full of teenagers. “The priority has to be in our heart,” [that] God told you right from wrong and all the ways that he has blessed you and The Paizes have been involved in high continued on next page The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 Page 9 she said. “In a relationship, ask, ‘How close can I lead this person to heaven?’ I want to help my husband get to heaven.” She said she would rather see her children get to heaven than attain the usual career goals. Worldly “success,” after Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann all, she said, is what you make of it. Chastity should be seen as a positive lifestyle because it brings a person closer to God. She said that temptations should not be indulged or repressed, but brought to Jesus for redemption. Boundaries in a relationship should be set in advance through prayer, “not when you’re lying on a couch [with a boyfriend or girlfriend] … in the dark,” Rebecca Paiz said. Teenagers who have abandoned chastity should go to confession, receive forgiveness and vow to start their lives anew. “Jesus says, ‘I love you. Come back higher, my beloved,’ ” she said. “ … Jesus says, ‘I have another way for you.’ ”

‘God is calling us all to something’ God has a plan for each of us. Dan Harms and Kyle Heimann are proof of that. The duo, who make up the Catholic musician and speaking team known as Popple, met after Heimann graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., and began working as a full-time youth minister. Harms came in as a student and started volunteering with Heimann’s youth program. They began playing, writing and recording music, and now travel around the country “sharing their unique blend Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein processes into the Bishop Chatard High School gymnasium for the Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference of comedic-acoustic-fun-loving music and their passion for Mass on Nov. 7 with Father James Farrell, left, pastor of St. Pius X Parish and director of Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, both in their faith,” according to their Web site, www.popple.us. Indianapolis, and Father Noah Casey, right, pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. Harms and Heimann were the masters of ceremonies and program presenters at the Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference. Their message during a workshop resonated with the young people in attendance. Photo by Mike Krokos Mike Photo by “God is calling us all to something,” said Heimann. Krokos Mike Photo by “True happiness is following … where God is calling us,” added Harms. To get there, individuals need to be “quiet for a little bit” to listen to how God is calling them, Harms added. No matter what one’s vocation is, he said, we each need to strive to be better servants of others. Being able to live our lives that way, he added, is “one of the gifts of God’s glory.”

Make your heart available to God Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette was the principal celebrant and homilist for the youth conference Mass. Above, Dave Gehrich, a well-known youth speaker, leads a workshop “There are parts of our pursuit of the glory of God that on “Pursuit of Glory in Success” at the 2010 Indianapolis Catholic are intellectual,” Bishop Doherty said in his homily. Youth Conference on Nov. 7 at Bishop Chatard High School. “… True glory comes by also making our heart available to God.” Right, Andrew Lemna, left, Shannon Collyer and Meg Collyer, all Life is a wonderful experience of intellectual discovery members of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Noblesville, Ind., in the and emotional searching, he explained. “God wants our Lafayette Diocese, raise their hands during a song at the minds and our hearts. Sometimes it is that precise nature Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference on Nov. 7. of unsettledness in us that keeps us searching. … Bring [your mind and heart] to God’s altar and say, ‘Here, God, this is who I am today. … Please help me. … I’m giving you as much of myself as I can today in prayer.’ ” The pursuit of glory involves a personal relationship Krokos Mike Photo by with God, Bishop Doherty said. “Trust Jesus. Trust the love Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann of God. … When you reach out, … [then] God reaches out to you. … God’s greatest wish for us is that we be happy— and happy certainly in heaven—but that we would enjoy the happiness that comes from our dear Creator even here.”

‘Ask God to show you the way’ During a conference workshops on vocations, Father Ricard reminded the teenagers that “all of us are called by God to do something, and when you get the call you better answer it. … Whatever God is calling you to do, do it in the name of Christ. I can guarantee Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of the Diocese of that you will have a great time. .. When you are doing Lafayette celebrates Mass during the what God needs you to do, you will find true peace. Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference on Ask God to show you the way.” Nov. 7 at Bishop Chatard High School. St. Matthew parishioner and Bishop Chatard freshman Two youth conference participants have fun trying sumo wrestling at the Indianapolis Bishop Doherty was the principal celebrant Delaney Whitlock of Indianapolis said after the keynote Catholic Youth Conference on Nov. 7. and homilist for the liturgy. address that “Father [Ricard’s] talk was really engaging, and he kept our interest the whole time.” St. Barnabas parishioner Justin Hoch of Indianapolis, who is a senior at Center Grove High School, said after the Photo by Mike Krokos Mike Photo by conference that he “loved hearing Father [Ricard’s] talk. Krokos Mike Photo by He’s so inspirational and so upbeat. He told the creation story in a way that we can relate to it.” Elizabeth Stange, a high school senior and member of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Parish in Bright, said her faith is re-energized by attending events like the Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference. “I love it,” said Elizabeth, who earlier this year attended the archdiocese’s Consumed retreat and participated in the “One Bread, One Cup” liturgical leadership conference at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology during the summer. Listening to the talks, she said, and “getting the spiritual high that it gives you … helps carry you through” life’s challenges. Elizabeth Stange and seminarian Anthony Stange pose with a life-size poster of Dan Harms and Kyle Heimann, who make Pope Benedict XVI in the thematic park at the Indianapolis Catholic Youth Conference on up the duo known as Popple, perform a (Editor Mike Krokos and Kevin Cullen, editor of Nov. 7. The brother and sister are members of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Parish in song during a Nov. 7 workshop titled The Catholic Moment, newspaper of the Diocese of Bright. Elizabeth is a high school senior. Anthony is a sophmore at Bishop Simon Bruté “His Pursuit of Glory” at the Indianapolis Lafayette, contributed to this story.) † College Seminary in Indianapolis. Catholic Youth Conference. Page 10 The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 Supreme Court case takes aim at violent video games WASHINGTON (CNS)—The U.S. video ping-pong game that seems archaic Supreme Court entered the world of virtual today, but was revolutionary 30 years ago in violence on Nov. 2 that players could get their television screen to when the justices show something other than broadcast TV. heard oral arguments “There are both short-term and long-term CNS photo/Lisa A. Johnston CNS photo/Lisa A. in a case involving a effects to playing violent video games,” California law, Anderson told CNS in a Nov. 4 telephone enacted but never put interview. “In both cases, what we find is that into effect, that bans exposure to violent video games increases the the sale of violent likelihood of later aggressive behavior, video games aggressive feelings, aggressive thinking. Such to minors. games also lead to a decrease in pro-social or The issues at hand include just how helping behavior and a decrease in empathy— deleterious the effects of violence are on the or what some people would call an increase in underage targets of the manufacturers, and desensitization to scenes of violence whether First Amendment freedom-of- and victims.” speech rights trump the content of the The Supreme Court got the message on violent message. Nov. 2 that the jury is out on the effects of Darcia Narvaez, a professor at the prolonged exposure to violent video games. University of Notre Dame in South Bend, But “the ones who are claiming the evidence is A boy is pictured in a photo illustration playing a video game rated suitable for teens to play. The Ind., studies the effects of experience on mixed are ignoring the vast majority of studies U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Nov. 2 in a suit challenging a California law banning the moral development. that are out there,” Anderson told CNS. “I’ve sale of violent video games to minors. “A couple of years ago, my lab did been a gamer for many, many years, but that several studies comparing violent versus hasn’t blinded me to the fact that there can be Obscenity, likewise, is not immune, “You can regulate speech or proscribe helping game play,” Narvaez told harmful effects.” Greenberg said. “Whatever it is, it’s not speech when it presents a clear and present Catholic News Service in a Nov. 3 e-mail. But Donald Greenberg, an associate protected,” he added, noting, “the court has danger to the public,” he said. “The danger “We found that people who played the professor of politics at Fairfield University in not done anything on this in 25 years.” has to be clear—very, very obvious—and helping game were more pro-social Fairfield, Conn., said he believes the studies One other area where the very immediate.” afterwards in the task we gave them.” will not be enough to persuade the court to First Amendment is not absolute is in “Violent media should be considered as Narvaez also discovered one unwanted deny First Amendment rights. the protection of minors. Even there, though, unhealthy as cigarettes are for kids so sales side effect during her research: “Unfortu- “The only thing I think the legislature can the high court has preferred a minimalist should be carefully monitored,” declared nately, we found that everyone came in with do, and the only thing I think that works, is approach, Greenberg said, citing an Internet Notre Dame’s Narvaez. “[It’s] funny how the elevated levels of aggression, suggesting that labeling,” Greenberg told CNS on Nov. 4. censorship case in which the court ruled U.S.A. is so nonchalant about violence when youth experience so much violence—in The justices would have to define, and “not that it was inherently wrong to do, but the empirical evidence shows it [is] media or life—that they are more aggressive score, a test on violence in the same manner as that parents had less intrusive means to overwhelmingly harmful in the short and than in the past.” they would on obscenity. Greenberg recalled make it work. You can put filters on, you can long term. Craig Anderson, a psychology professor former Justice Potter Stewart’s quote on put caps on ... so there’s no need to go so “U.S. society is toxic for children these and director of the Center for the Study of obscenity: “I know it when I see it.” “What’s draconian” as outright censorship. days wherever you look: food, consumer Violence at Iowa State University in Ames, actionable?” Greenberg asked aloud. “It’s still The other First Amendment exception is products, air, water, soil, media,” Narvaez has been conducting research into video going to be a difficult thing to determine.” commercial speech, which does not enjoy added. “It’s really unfair to put policing all games and behavior since the 1980s. While many hold the First Amendment the same level of protection as “social” or these things onto parents. Plus parents Anderson calls himself a “gamer,” sacrosanct, according to Greenberg, it is not political speech. Greenberg said he didn’t don’t have the information they need on all someone who plays video games, dating absolute. One of the “classic” limitations on know if the state of California made a these things. Society needs to step in and back to text-based games in the 1970s when free speech is former Justice Oliver Wendell sufficiently strong argument on Nov. 2 that make things safe for kids, like banning he was a university student. He even recalls Holmes’ test: “You cannot yell ‘fire’ in a the commercial speech involved in violent BPA plastics or monitoring violent video having one of the early versions of Pong, the crowded theater.” video games warranted government action. game sales.” † A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2010 by Catholic News FaithAlive! Service. Society has a special duty to car e for homeless children

By David Gibson

Who first comes to mind for you when homelessness is mentioned? Do you think of children? The number of children in America who have no place to call home seems to be growing. They are the children of Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. homeless families. Many experts believe the recession that began in 2008 drove more and more families into homelessness. When the job losses of the recession collided with society’s shortage of affordable housing, homelessness frequently resulted for families. The most recent Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said the “recession may be causing an increase in the number of people who are homeless for purely economic reasons.” The recent rise in family homelessness is “almost certainly related to the recession,” the report said. In the HUD report, a “family” by definition includes an adult and at least one child. Three-fifths of the children in homeless families are under 6 years old, it said. I take it as a given that every child is gifted in inestimable ways. Adults invest so much hope in children because they know inwardly that children’s minds and spirits are just waiting to spring to fuller life. And children invest the world around them with Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York smiles as he holds 2-year-old Jeremiah during a visit to Covenant House in New York. tremendous happiness. A 4-year-old’s smile and play Covenant House is a global agency that offers food, shelter, and other services to homeless and runaway youths. activities are wondrous to behold! Of course, homelessness is poverty’s close cousin. The otherwise prosperous neighborhood. We might even suspect homeless, to be sure,” Bishop Lynch said. He viewed these realities of poverty surely compound the challenges of daily that they are charlatans who are simply too lazy to earn an people as “victims of an increasingly heartless govern- life for homeless children. honest living like us.” mental system that has closed shelters, hospitals for the Does poverty mean in too many cases that homeless The truth, he said, is that “there are hungry people in our emotionally and mentally challenged, and put these people children will not receive the medical or dental or vision care midst, most of whom never parade their hunger because they on the streets in the first place.” that children their age need? are too young, too old, too sick or simply too frightened.” Efforts to understand and address the phenomenon of What about the quality and quantity of food that children Bishop Robert N. Lynch of St. Petersburg, Fla., examined homelessness can be approached from a government policy need to stay healthy? preconceptions about homeless people in perspective or from perspectives that are What about the games, books, music lessons or sports a 2007 column written at a time when a sociological, psychological or activities that society tends to judge as good for children’s debate over homelessness in educational. development? St. Petersburg made the national news. Perhaps looking into For Catholic Christians, another What about the tutors that charge upwards of $35 an hour One misconception about homeless the faces of homeless perspective inquires how the Gospel whose services are often required by children in order to people is that “they are too lazy to find children is a way to and Church teaching apply to achieve success in school? jobs and work,” Bishop Lynch said. homeless people. Often, homeless people are ignored. But it is not easy to However, he noted, many homeless begin all over again Church teaching may not resolve all ignore or look away from homeless children. people at the center of the debate in to understand the public policy questions related to Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta said in 2005 that St. Petersburg worked at jobs during the homelessness, but it sets a high standard there is a tendency in society to misjudge people who are day and did “actually earn some money.” homelessness. when it comes to finding ways to hungry, poor or homeless. Some of these people, Bishop Lynch respect the God-given dignity of every These conditions are not confined to developing nations, said, “are forced into homelessness human person. he said in his remarks during an interfaith service in Atlanta because they cannot afford shelter due to the lack of And the Gospels strongly call for recognition of the face for National Hunger Awareness Day. affordable housing.” of Christ in everyone’s face. “Many of us have grown accustomed to seeing people at Another misconception is that homeless people are Perhaps looking into the faces of homeless children is a expressway exits who carry signs saying that they are dangerous, Bishop Lynch said. However, he wrote, “the way to begin all over again to understand homelessness. hungry,” Archbishop Gregory said. “There are street people greatest fear of those who sleep on the streets or under the Children defy all stereotypes, and the call to nurture who mingle among us and tell us by their very presence that expressway comes not from their fellow homeless, but from children is universally understood. they are hungry and homeless.” gangs or persons intent on robbing them of what little Often, homeless people are considered to be “a nuisance,” they have. (David Gibson served on Catholic News Service’s editorial the archbishop said. “We regularly see them as a blight on an “There are mentally ill and disturbed among the staff for 37 years.) † Discussion Point People want to help others who ar e homeless This Week’s Question bad that I don’t count my own blessings. They pique my conscience.” (John Murphy, Papillion, Neb.) Where do you encounter homeless people? How do you feel when you see someone who is homeless? “I see [homeless people] on the streets. But judging from organizations I volunteer for, I know they are “I’ve seen [homeless people] on the streets in New York usually homeless because of mental problems or by and Atlanta. I feel bad and think that something needs choice. ... I know the poor will always be among us and, due to my experience, have found many [homeless to be done for them, but haven’t gotten involved in any people who] resist help. [I might tell friends] who can organized efforts. My daughter and I sometimes will help ... or do what I can.” (Thomas Donohoe, Hastings buy a meal—perhaps McDonald’s—and leave it with on Hudson, N.Y.) them.” (Annette Hew, Acworth, Ga.) Lend Us Your Voice “I do a lot in jail ministry, and once a year I visit [people] in [state] prisons. I intersect with a lot of An upcoming edition asks: What does it mean to be homeless [people], but generally I talk to them in jail. ... faithful to Christ? What are some areas in our lives [I] have ... an attitude of mercy toward them because where we as Christians are called upon to demonstrate I’m there for them. My main focus is ... to bring them our complete faithfulness to Jesus Christ? to God.” (Bob Roleke, Ann Arbor, Mich.) To respond for possible publication, send an e-mail to “I just drove by some [homeless people] this morning [email protected] or write to Faith Alive! at as I passed the homeless shelter. I feel sad for them and

3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. † CNS photo/Bob Roller Page 12 The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something Christina Capecchi Wisdom of the saints: St. Albert the Gr eat A vocation is Albertus Magnus, or Albert the Great, However, she said, his wisdom and sacrament to the Father for our redemption whose feast is on Nov. 15, was called knowledge were gifts from God, and he and to us for our use. no minor call “the great” while he would be deprived of them before We cannot do anything more pleasant, was still living, such his death. he said, “for what is better than God The question on the cover of the was his reputation for In 1278, while delivering a lecture, manifesting his whole sweetness to us?” November issue of O, The Oprah being an expert in Albert suddenly lost his memory. His God gave us “bread endowed with all Magazine, caught my every branch of wisdom and knowledge left him for the last delight and pleasant to every sense eye: “What’s your true learning. He wrote two years of his life—perhaps a form of of taste,” he explained. calling?” books on natural Alzheimer’s disease, unknown in the Christ could not have commanded It appears beside a science, logic, rhetoric, 13th century. anything more beneficial, Albert wrote, “for photo of a pared-down mathematics, ethics, One of Albert’s writing was on the this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Oprah Winfrey—which economics, politics, Eucharist. He said that we should note Anyone who receives this sacrament with is to say her fake astronomy, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, two things about Jesus’ command, “Do this the devotion of sincere faith will never eyelashes are less anthropology, zoology, agriculture, in memory of me” (Lk 22:19). taste death.” dramatic. The geography, philosophy and theology. First, we should use this sacrament, as Nor could he have commanded anything cosmetics are Despite all this, he is best known for indicated by the words “Do this.” Second, more lovable, he said, for this sacrament softer—brown eye being the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas at this sacrament commemorates the Lord’s produces love and union. He wrote that shadow, peach lipstick. the University of Paris from 1245 to 1248. going to death for our sake. Jesus was telling us, “I have loved them Wrapped in an ivory sweater, Oprah has One of his treatises proved that the world He wrote, “Certainly, he could demand and they have loved me so much that I her hands drawn to her heart. She is was round, and he even wrote that nothing more profitable, nothing more desire to be within them, and they wish to practically down-to-earth—except for the somewhere out in the Atlantic Ocean there pleasant, nothing more beneficial, nothing receive me so that they may become my walnut-sized emerald on her right hand. was “another island.” more desirable, nothing more similar to members. There is no more intimate or “True calling,” of course, is a safe, Christopher Columbus discovered that eternal life.” Then he elaborated on more natural means for them to be united to secular way of saying “vocation,” and the “island” more than two centuries later. these qualities. me, and I to them.” words have the same origin. Albert had a great devotion to the The Eucharist is profitable, he wrote, Finally, he said, Jesus could not have “Vocation” comes from Latin—the noun Blessed . As a youth, he prayed to because it grants remission of sins, and it is commanded anything more like eternal life: “summons,” based on the verb “to call.” It her for help with his studies. She useful because it bestows the fullness of “Eternal life flows from this sacrament is, by definition, a call or summons, appeared to him, and told him that no grace on us in this life. because God with all sweetness pours something with an irresistible pull—not a one would surpass him in knowledge. Christ, he said, offers himself in this himself out upon the blessed.” † could-do or a should-do but a must-do. The life you were born to lead was Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes designed by a detail-oriented Creator who counted the hairs on your head, It’s the Christian thing to do … and the Catholic thing, too and stamped you with unmatchable finger- prints. A dear Methodist friend recently told me Catholic Church does it better in such family members are open with each other As Catholics, we identify the about a growing rift at the church that she cases because parishioners do not choose about expectations and decisions, they are big-picture vocations to marriage or attends and loves. It or hire their pastors, something which is apt to get along. religious life. When it comes to the smaller- seems that the new done at the diocesan level. While it is true Secrecy leads to brooding over real or scale vocations, a person’s work, the pastor there is trying to that pastors are assigned to parishes, that imagined slights, conspiracy theorizing options are multiplied exponentially and “modernize” their can lead to other conflicts when pastors and creating an atmosphere of suspicion. things get fuzzy. Suddenly, it is time to worship with increased and parishioners are suspicious of It just ain’t good for parents, children or declare a major, submit a resumé, and technology. each other. relatives in general. navigate a labyrinth of salaries, superiors Unfortunately, he is After thinking about this, I decided that Naturally, all families are not the and suits. doing it at the expense the problem—as it so often is—is one of Waltons or the Brady Bunch, but if the Few jobs provide a perfect fit, satisfying of beloved traditions authority. This is not just an American desire for a wholesome life together is that quiet hunger to use all your gifts and and without much tact. thing, although as a people we are there, reasonable success will follow. The talents at once, heart and head in concert. For example, rather historically opposed to authority. same is true of work environments, Whether it is designing a house, building it, than produce a church bulletin to be handed My friend’s story sounded familiar classrooms or church families. The Boss decorating it, selling it or raising a family in out at each service, he puts a weekly church since I have heard the same scenario and the Worker Bee must act together. it, a vocation feels both important and fun, blog online. He does this even though at expressed about situations in families, Ditto in the Church, as my friend exhausting and life-giving. least half the people in his congregation workplaces, schools, government or other knows. While the pastor is the nominal We can delay or deny, but the summons don’t even own a computer. He is communities we belong to. We tend to leader of the congregation, he is still of a vocation cannot be escaped. I was unintentionally driving away the core group resist authority when we think it impinges answerable to the authority of God and reminded of this last week when I indulged of his church. These are the folks who on our needs or rights. the mission of the spiritual community in an hour-long massage. The lights were volunteer the most, who contribute the most Of course, success in any organization that he leads. And the parishioners are dimmed, and I could hear the sound of money, and who most often represent the comes only when those in authority are similarly subject to God’s plan for our ocean waves. I closed my eyes, preparing to Christian faith in their community. just, as God, the supreme authority, is just. salvation. On both sides, this includes shut up and shut down—until a nagging This is not a generational thing, Like God, the Chiefs must consider the listening with love to the other and curiosity bobbed in my brain. although that is often the case in such abilities, needs and aspirations of those praying always to follow God’s will. Where is my masseuse from? Where disputes, especially over technology. whom they lead, and act accordingly. One of the greatest joys in life is does she live? What is her family like? Rather, it seems to be arrogance on the Those Indians who follow must consider harmony, indeed love that is a reflection I lobbed a few questions her way and, as part of the pastor, as in “I know what’s fairly the reasons for the directions they of God’s love, in our relationships with she massaged my neck, I made eye contact best for you.” And it is also impatience on are given. And finally, dialogue and others. several times, which required a lot of my the part of the disaffected members of the compromise are essential between both. eyeballs. church or even unwillingness to “give the This is the same dynamic that should (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the I silently scolded myself then decided to guy a chance.” exist in a family between spouses, and Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular accept the Chatty Kathy attack. I am an My friend said she thought the between parents and children. When columnist for The Criterion.) † eternal reporter. So be it. My masseuse proved just as committed Our Turn/Therese Bochard to her vocation. Sitting beneath a framed diploma, Paula told me that she had been Spiritual friendships form a bond like no other called to her industry as a teenager. She rattled off the health benefits of massage I have long known the truth of Catholic Tradition of Spiritual Friendship met , her partner in the and dismissed her lengthy commute. Martin Buber’s line: “When two people by journalist Mary DeTurris Poust. Her Catholic Worker Movement. The next day, I watched Chilean miners relate to each other text examines examples of spiritual In 1932, Day was in Washington emerge from their deep desert tomb. The authentically and friendship from well-known saints, writers reporting on a hunger march. She escaped second man rescued, 39-year-old humanly, God is the and modern religious leaders, and gives to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Mario Sepulveda, gave an early interview to electricity that surges instructions on how to cultivate Immaculate Conception, where she prayed CNN, professing a renewed commitment to between them.” meaningful relationships in a world where that God would make known to her a way his vocations of marriage and mining. It is the same people feel increasingly isolated despite she could use her talents in service to the He resisted the celebrity awaiting him. message that Jesus all the technology and social networking working poor. When she arrived home, “I want to be treated as Mario speaks in the tools designed to keep us connected. Peter Maurin was waiting on her doorstep. Sepulveda, as a worker, as a miner,” he Gospel of Matthew: Why are spiritual friendships The best spiritual friendships bring us said. “I want to continue to work because I “For where two or important? closer to God, and teach us to love like think I was born to die tied to the anvil.” three come together in Poust explains, “Spiritual friendships Jesus did. Then came the marriage bit, his counsel my name, there I am with them” are connected to our God-given mission, In his Letters, Maurice Belliere wrote against divorce. “You’ve got to talk. Don’t (Mt 18:20). our calling to live out our faith in the this to Thérèse of Lisieux: “There is no put an end to things just like that. Love is I have always been intrigued and everyday world. ... They are not about doubt that Jesus is the treasure, but I found the most beautiful thing in the world. … fascinated by the classic stories of possession, but about transformation.” him in you. And he was easier to approach. I’m going to live a long, long time, to have spiritual friendship, especially in the However, these bonds aren’t entirely up And it is still through you that he will a new beginning with my son, my dear wife Catholic tradition—Francis of Assisi and to us to form. Poust quotes Christian come to me from now on, won’t he?” … and my daughter.” Clare, Thérèse of Lisieux and apologist C.S. Lewis, who reminds us that I love that notion because I experience it So go, pull yourself out of your own Maurice Belliere, Teresa of Avila and God chooses our companions for us. often in my own friendships. These rocky entrapments. Follow your love and John of the Cross, Hildegard of Bingen Lewis asserts, “The friendship is not a spiritual bonds strengthen us, purify us and embrace your loved ones. and Bernard of Clairvaux, reward for our discrimination and good transform us, just as Poust asserts in her It is your true calling. and Peter Maurin, and Peter Abelard and taste in finding one another out. It is the insightful chapters. Heloise. instrument by which God reveals to each (Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer It was with great interest, then, that I the beauties of all the others.” (Therese Borchard writes for Catholic from Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can read Walking Together: Discovering the Take the example of how Dorothy Day News Service.) † be reached at www.ReadChristina.com.) † The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010 Page 13

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, Nov. 15 Friday, Nov. 19 The Sunday Readings Albert the Great, bishop and Revelation 10:8-11 doctor Psalm 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 The message is crystal clear in this Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5 131 reading. Indeed, Jesus warns the disciples • Malachi 3:19-20a that they will be hated simply because they Psalm 1:1-4, 6 Luke 19:45-48 • 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 are disciples. He predicts catastrophes that Luke 18:35-43 • Luke 21:5-19 in time actually occurred. Saturday, Nov. 20 Most shocking of all the predictions was Tuesday, Nov. 16 Revelation 11:4-12 The Book of Malachi is the source of the Lord’s announcement that one day the Margaret of Scotland Psalm 144:1-2, 9-10 this weekend’s first biblical reading. temple would be destroyed. It was so Gertrude, virgin Luke 20:27-40 The author’s name, shocking to the disciples because the temple contrary to what might was regarded as God’s dwelling on Earth Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22 seem to be the case, is and was a symbol of God. Psalm 15:2-4b, 5 Sunday, Nov. 21 not Malachi. Rather, To say that the temple would fall could Luke 19:1-10 Our Lord Jesus Christ the King the word is a title or be construed to mean that God, the 2 Samuel 5:1-3 description for the almighty, the eternal, would fall as well. Wednesday, Nov. 17 Psalm 122:1-5 author. It means Of course, Jesus also said that God would “Messenger of God.” rebuild the temple, and that the new temple, Elizabeth of Hungary, religious Colossians 1:12-20 The book was not the new dwelling of God, would be the Revelation 4:1-11 Luke 23:35-43 dated when it was Lord Jesus. Psalm 150:1b-6 written, but the context Luke 19:11-28 leads scholars to think that it was composed Reflection about 450 years before Christ. This week’s reading from St. Luke’s Thursday, Nov. 18 As in the cases of all the prophets, the Gospel is typical of other sections of the purpose of Malachi is to summon the same Gospel. It is somber and almost The Dedication of the Basilicas people to greater religious devotion. This chilling. Terrible things will happen. of St. Peter and St. Paul in book was written, it is believed, in the When the Gospel was written, also quite Rome, Apostles aftermath of religious reforms. It probably likely at the time of Jesus, Christians were Rose Philippine Duchesne, was an effort to reinforce these reforms. seeing their own friends and enemies turn virgin Such attempts involved encouraging the against them. It was a frightening people. But warnings also came, reminding experience to be left alone in the face of Revelation 5:1-10 the people that digressions from God’s law enemies. Psalm 149:1b-6a, 9b reaped the whirlwind. These readings together remind us that Luke 19:41-44 These warnings often were bleak and we cannot choose our circumstances in very much to the point. One terrible day every situation. We are often at the mercy of God will come with swift and final justice. other human beings. Others can gather The wicked and the lukewarm will against us. Circumstances in our lives can Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen not escape. be very perplexing. For its second reading, the Church offers Our task as Christians, indeed our only Jesus was once alive then he died and a passage from St. Paul’s Second Epistle to option, is to be true to the Gospel. As Paul the Thessalonians. indicates, nothing else truly matters. Being In this Scripture passage, Paul again with God for eternity is the only reason to is alive again in the heavenly kingdom declares how seriously he takes his live. In the creed at Mass, we say that on the breathe without medical assistance and is vocation to be an Apostle. He says that he Pursuing this ideal of being with God Qthird day Jesus rose “again” from the afflicted with a fatal disease. works day and night to meet the obligations requires deep and uncompromising dead. All of this is depressing my friend even imposed by his vocation. Discharging his commitment. We cannot hesitate. We When and where did more, and I’m afraid that she is blaming God. obligations is his only purpose. cannot turn away. However, God will assist Jesus first rise? No one She says that we can’t always understand St. Luke’s Gospel is the source of the us. He will reward us with everlasting life. † has been able to answer his plan or don’t know what lesson God last reading for this weekend. my question. (Maryland) wants us to learn from something like this Generally speaking, in the four Gospels baby’s suffering. the Church teaches that we should be aware Readers may submit prose For some reason, it What can I say in these moments to of three stages of interest. Aseems that this has support her? (Louisiana) The first stage is the actual life of Jesus. or poetry for faith column confused a number of The events in the Lord’s life, told in the The Criterion invites readers people lately. I congratulate you for your desire to give Gospels, are important. Circumstances to submit original prose or poetry First, the words that Aher the support and help that she sorely surrounding these events are important. relating to faith or experiences of you quote are an unfortunate translation. needs. The second stage is the experience of prayer for possible publication in the Apart from the prefix of the Latin verb There are many deeply personal and the Christian community existing when the “My Journey to God” column. “resurrexit” in both the and the hurtful human situations that do not allow for Gospel was written, and for which the Seasonal reflections also are Apostles Creed, which could—but does not a generic, one-size-fits-all response. 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They’re hurting in the heart and they need, Jesus was not merely resuscitated the more than anything else, an awareness of the All the Saints way that Lazarus was, for example, when presence and compassionate tenderness of All the saints are shining round us, Jesus brought him back to life at Bethany God, and assurance of God’s deep love Shining, shining, they surround us. (Jn 11:1-44). Lazarus was raised from death for them. Loving, praying, hoping for us, by Jesus, but died finally later on. Obviously, this awareness must be Like a family who adores us. Jesus, however, has entered a wholly new mediated through people they know and trust, kind of life where death is no more. It is this such as you apparently are for her. Love of God extended through them, spiritual, incorruptible body which he now Equally obvious, this cannot be Mystic, sacrificial emblem possesses definitively, and which he invites accomplished once and for all. 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CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, CNS photo/Gregory A. By Linda Abner A friend is suffering from several baptism practices and sponsors, is available Qdisorders brought on by extensive by sending a stamped, self-addressed (Linda Abner is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Indianapolis. She wrote physical and emotional abuse since she was a envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 3315, this poem for All Saints Day. Statues of St. Jude and St. Padre Pio overlook the child. Peoria, IL 61612. Questions may be sent to narthex at St. Pius X Church in Plainview, N.Y.) Recently, her close relative gave birth Father Dietzen at the same address or by prematurely to a child who is unable to e-mail in care of [email protected].) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, November 12, 2010

MERVAR, Alma, 95, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Oct. 24. Wife of Stanley Mervar. Mother of Mary Babione, Joana Rest in peace Blubaugh, Daniel and Bob Mervar. Grandmother of 12. Please submit in writing to our Indianapolis, Sept. 19. Mother Great-grandmother of 14. office by 10 a.m. Thursday of Cathy Gardner, Joann Reuters Rivas, CNS photo/Oswaldo before the week of publication; Renner, Teresa Swaffard, Reatta OCA, Dr. Clemente F., 86, be sure to state date of death. Walker, Herbie, Robert and Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Obituaries of archdiocesan William Epp. Grandmother of Jeffersonville, Oct. 12. Father of priests serving our archdiocese 10. Great-grandmother of five. Kimberly Matthews, David and are listed elsewhere in HABERMEL, Thomas K., 70, Marc Oca. Brother of Marietta The Criterion. Order priests St. Anthony of Padua, Caparas and Amelia Herrera. and religious sisters and Clarksville, Oct. 20. Husband of Grandfather of five. brothers are included here, Merrily Habermel. Father of unless they are natives of the ORR, Ralph E., 90, Noel Dawson, Holly Morris, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, archdiocese or have other Brian and Kent Habermel. Oct. 28. Husband of Helen Orr. connec tions to it; those are Brother of Fred Habermel. separate obituaries on this Grandfather of seven. Father of Janine Orr. page. ISAACSON, Mary Frances, QUINLAN, Elizabeth, 101, BAGOSY, John Alexander, 71, 85, Most Holy Name of Jesus, Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Beech Grove, Oct. 29. Mother Indianapolis, Oct. 19. Mother of Nov. 2. Husband of Margie of Marilyn Wilcox. Sister of Elizabeth Grady and Nancy (Crigger) Bagosy. Father of Jill Rosemary Dalton. Hamilton. Grandmother of 11. Wagner, Emily, Jacqueline and Prayers for loved ones Alex Bagosy. Brother of Ann KINSLOW, Bernadine, 89, Great-grandmother of 16. Selby and Stephen Bagosy. Sacred Heart of Jesus, RANDOLPH, Angela Marie A young man visits the graves of deceased relatives at a cemetery in Managua, Nicaragua, on Oct. 31, Grandfather of three. Indianapolis, Oct. 7. Mother of (Hunger), 77, Holy Spirit, the eve of the feast of All Saints. The feast commemorates all people who have gone to heaven. Mary Katherine Sauceda. Indianapolis, Oct. 19. Wife of BENNETT, Timothy, 52, Grand mother of three. Great- St. Mary, New Albany, Oct. 26. grand mother of three. Thomas Randolph. Mother of Son of Edward and Regina Julia and Thomas Randolph. Franciscan Sister Mary Mark Deters was a teacher, KRELIS, Stanislava (Christiansen) Bennett. Brother of , 91, Sister of Edward Hunger. principal and administrator for 61 years Alan, Christopher and Thomas St. Mark the Evangelist, (correction) Franciscan Sister Mary Mark Deters, a Orphanage in Vincennes, Ind., in the Bennett. Indianapolis, Oct. 18. Father of George Kreilis. Grandfather of RAVER, Esther M., 86, St. John member of the Sisters of the of Evansville Diocese. BISCHOFF, William C., 66, three. the Evangelist, Enochsburg, St. Francis in Oldenburg, died on Oct. 13 at Sister Mary Mark also taught or served as the St. Louis, Batesville, Oct. 25. St. Clare Hall, the sisters’ health care facility, at principal at Catholic schools in Ohio, Illinois and Oct. 27. Wife of Hubert Raver. Husband of Carlan Bischoff. LAWRENCE, Terrence the motherhouse. She was 96. Missouri. Father of Mike, Quentin and Will William, 57, St. Mark the Mother of Kate and Mary Bedel, The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated In 1998, Sister Mary Mark was honored as the Bischoff. Grandfather of six. Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sara Hermesch, Monica Neuman on Oct. 18 at the motherhouse chapel in first recipient of a “Religious of the Year Award” Sept. 29. Son of Henrietta CAVANAGH, Michael Joseph, and Michael Raver. Grandmother Oldenburg. Burial followed at the sisters’ from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. (Steining) Lawrence. Brother of of 19. Great-grandmother of 10. cemetery. In 2000, she was honored at the “Called by 55, St. Charles Borromeo, Ellen Krudy and Robert Bloomington, Oct. 19. Husband ROCAP, Barbara Ann Sister Mary Mark was born on Dec. 9, 1913, in Name–A Celebration of Service” banquet in Lawrence. Uncle of several. Bowling Green, Mo. Cincinnati for her 61 years of educational of Joan Cavanagh. Father of Anne (Sheerin), 92, St. Luke the LEEUW, Katherine, 89, She entered the Oldenburg Franciscan ministry. and Sean Cavanagh. Son of Mary Evangelist, Indianapolis, Oct. 26. Cavanagh. Brother of Kathy Sacred Heart of Jesus, community on June 8, 1932, and professed her Sister Mary Mark’s last assignment was at Mother of Patricia Dyer, Amy Henderson and Russell Cavanagh. Indianapolis, Sept. 24. Mother final vows on Jan. 6, 1938. John XXIII School in Middletown, Ohio, where of Judy Jensen and Gene Paynter, Dr. Mary Rouse, Joan, Sister Mary Mark ministered as a teacher and she spent 26 years in service as the vice principal DeKAY, Verna A., 85, Leeuw. Grandmother of six. James, Michael and Richard principal in Catholic education for 61 years. and in other ministries. St. Charles Borromeo, Great-grand mother of five. Rocap. Sister of Dorothy Brown. She served an additional seven years as a She retired to the motherhouse in 2001. Bloomington, Oct. 24. Mother of supervisor for the Office of Catholic Education in MARKWELL, Joyce M., 49, Grandmother of 19. Great-grand - Surviving are a brother, Richard Deters of Michelle Yeger. Grandmother of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. St. Bartholomew, Columbus, mother of three. Columbia, Mo., as well as several nieces and two. Great-grandmother of two. In the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Sister Mary nephews. Oct. 17. Mother of Tosha RUSSELL, Joseph E., 59, Mark taught at St. Louis School in Batesville. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of DICKEY-BAINS, Teresa A., 54, Markwell and Greg Penrose. Holy Cross, Indianapolis, She also taught at the former St. Vincent St. Francis, P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036. † St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Sister of Gloria Hartwell, Sandy Oct. 23. Husband of Lois (Jones) Sept. 12. Wife of Rusty Bains. Hundley, Dennis and Gary Daughter of Mary Dickey. Sister Markwell. Grandmother of five. Russell. Father of Christy Walton Franciscan Sister Betty Gittins served the poor and of Kathy Toburen, Chris and and Andrew Russell. Son of Kevin Dickey. McKINNEY, Arlene Edward and Marguerite (Ash) ministered at Holy Cross Parish in Indianapolis (Allsopp), 85, St. Luke the DOYLE, Eva June, 87, Russell Jr. Brother of Agnes Franciscan Sister Betty Gittins, a member of advocate coordinator for the Metro Advocate Evangelist, Indianapolis, the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Ministry in Indianapolis. St. Joseph, Indianapolis, Oct. 20. Oct. 18. Wife of Robert Dodd, Eileen Dyson, Mary Oldenburg, died on Sept. 18 at Christ Hospital in Sister Betty also ministered at Holy Cross Mother of Patty, Terry and McKinney. Mother of Marni Margaret Jensen, Kathleen, William Doyle. Donald, Edward, John and Cincinnati. She was 83. Parish in Indianapolis from 1994-96 then retired at Waterfield, Lisa, Kevin, Kent The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated EPP, Mary Lorraine Leonard Russell. Grandfather the motherhouse. , 86, and Rob McKinney. Grand - on Sept. 22 at the motherhouse chapel in Sacred Heart of Jesus, mother of five. In later years, Sister Betty lived at St. Clare of seven. † Oldenburg. Burial followed at the sisters’ Hall, the sisters’ health care facility at the cemetery. Sister Betty was born on Jan. 7, 1927, in motherhouse. Newark, Ohio. Surviving are a sister, Mary Etta Kiefer of She entered the Oldenburg Franciscan St. Albans, W.Va., as well as several nieces and ace, Heat P community on Jan. 28, 1989, and professed her nephews. Furn ump & A ir Conditi Sale final vows on June 10, 1995. Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of oner From 1991-94, Sister Betty served as an St. Francis, P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036. †

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Barcelona, where he consecrated the Basilica of the During an outdoor Mass celebrated in front of the Sagrada Familia. 12th-century cathedral of Santiago de Compostela on During the Nov. 7 Mass in which he blessed and Nov. 6, the pope said when societies and governments are anointed the altar of the church dedicated to the no longer at the loving service of all people, then arrogance of Nazareth, he said that Christians must and exploitation risk snuffing out true human development resist every attack on human life and promote the natural and fulfillment. institution of the family. Only by loving and serving others like Jesus did, even Under the government of Prime Minister Jose Luis with the simplest of gestures, will humanity regain a sense Rodriguez Zapatero, who came to power in 2004, Spain of happiness and hope, he said. has relaxed its divorce laws, eased restrictions on About 6,000 people filled the tiny square to capacity, abortion, legalized same-sex marriage and allowed gay and 200,000 more were present in the small city, lining the couples to adopt. streets and squares, according to local authorities. The In his homily, the pope praised the technical, social cathedral bells tolled and pilgrims cheered and screamed, and cultural progress made over the years. However, he “Viva el papa!” said, a country must also advance morally. For the past century, a growing belief has taken hold He asked that courts, legislative bodies and society as a of Europe suggesting that God is an “antagonist and whole respect and defend the sacred and inviolable life of enemy” of human freedom, he said in his homily in the child from the moment of conception. Compostela’s Plaza del Obradoiro. “For this reason, the Church resists every form of As a result, he said, human dignity is threatened because denial of human life and gives its support to everything it has been stripped of its “essential values and riches” and that would promote the natural order in the sphere of the “the weakest and poorest” in the world are marginalized institution of the family” based on marriage between a and left to die. man and a woman, he said. Even Jesus knew that when the rulers of nations no More than 6,000 people filled the church, which the longer serve the best interests of others, “there arise forms pope elevated to a minor basilica during the Mass. of arrogance and exploitation that leave no room for an Another 50,000 people followed the event outside on authentic integral human promotion,” the pope said. 33 jumbo screens that dotted the surrounding streets and The pope came as a pilgrim to commemorate the Pope Benedict XVI leads the Angelus prayer outside the Basilica of the squares. holy year of St. James, which occurs every time the feast Sagrada Familia after consecrating the church in Barcelona, Spain, on The Church, begun in 1882 and expected to be of St. James—July 25—falls on a Sunday. Nov. 7. The pope, on a two-day trip to Spain, urged Catholics to resist finished by 2026, is the masterpiece of Catalan architect To go on pilgrimage is a chance to “step out of every attack on human life and promote the natural institution of Antoni Gaudi, a Catholic whose beatification cause is ourselves in order to encounter God” and experience the family. under way. conversion, he said in remarks earlier in the day inside the The pope sprinkled the main altar with holy water and city’s cathedral. rubbed chrism oil into the immense, roughly hewn block He took part in some of the traditional pilgrim rituals of rose-colored stone. The basilica interior was bathed in such as kneeling in prayer in the small crypt housing the golden light as Spanish bishops anointed some of the Apostle’s tomb, walking through the holy door and white treelike columns branching out to support the admiring the immense stone and silver-plated statue of 200-foot-high vaulted ceilings. St. James that most pilgrims embrace. The minor basilica is a splendid example of the natural The pope also lit a large silver incense burner, called a synthesis of tradition and novelty as well as of faith and “botafumeiro” in Galician. Nine men pulled on thick ropes Rellandini, Reuters CNS photo/Stefano art, the pope said in response to journalists’ questions attached to a pulley that made the large burner swing aboard the papal plane from Rome on Nov. 6. across the church at impressive speed. The “certain dissonance” between the world of art and After the Mass in Barcelona on Nov. 7, the pope visited religion “hurts both art and faith,” he said. Art and faith Obra Nen Deu, a center run by the Franciscan Sisters of need to be brought back together again and be in the Sacred Heart for children with mental disabilities. The dialogue, he said, because truth is expressed in beauty and pope urged Christians to keep offering financial support for Priests attend Pope Benedict XVI’s Mass celebrated outside the in beauty one finds the truth. charitable works even at a time of economic crisis. † cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain on Nov. 6.

1986 hasta 1998, el presupuesto de la a los de hace 100 años. Hoy en día el mayoría de los inmigrantes cruzan ilegalmente ARZOBISPO Patrulla Fronteriza se ha sextuplicado y la porcentaje de la población nacida en la frontera. De hecho, alrededor del 75 por cantidad de agentes apostados en la territorio extranjero es del 11,5 por ciento; a ciento de los inmigrantes hoy en día cuentan seguido de la página 5 frontera suroeste se ha duplicado hasta comienzos del siglo XX, era aproxima- con visas de permanencia legal (de La Iglesia en EE.UU. está especialmente llegar a 8500. Desde 1983 hasta 2004 se damente 15 por ciento. Si analizamos objeti- inmigrantes). Del 25 por ciento que se consciente de los inmigrantes porque somos han cuadruplicado los gastos en concepto vamente la historia, recordaremos que cada encuentra indocumentado, 40 por ciento una Iglesia de inmigrantes, conformada por de vigilancia fronteriza. Y sin embargo, la nueva oleada de inmigrantes se ha excedió la estadía de su visa temporal (de no personas de todas partes del mundo. cantidad de visitantes no autorizados ha enfrentado a la desconfianza y a las dudas y, inmigrante). Existe la idea preconcebida de que una aumentado. sin embargo, al final cada oleada de Estamos hablando de personas de carne y mejor vigilancia de nuestras fronteras Está la percepción de que los inmigrantes inmigrantes anterior se ha reivindicado. hueso que necesitan y merecen nuestro resolverá el problema migratorio. Desde de hoy en día son distintos, en comparación La última idea preconcebida es que la respeto y nuestra comprensión en la caridad. †

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At Mercy Providence We Treat Mary, George and Ruth.

Not just Replacements, Fractures and Strokes.

At Mercy Providence, our compassionate, caring staff of professionals is hand-picked to assist your loved one with the caring commitment promised by Mercy. Call us today to schedule a personal tour. You’ll feel and see the Mercy difference. It’s all part of the Mercy Circle of Caring.

EQUAL HOUSING 4915 Charlestown Road • New Albany, IN 47150 • (812) 945-5221 • e-mercy.com/seniorliving OPPORTUNITY