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www.diosteub.org REGISTER Vol. 76, No. 20 Serving 13 counties in southeast ohio MAY 28, 2021 News Brief Bishop ordains Father Hahn to the priesthood Cable car crash kills 14 people

Police and rescue service members are seen near a crashed cable car after it collapsed in Stresa, near Lake Maggiore, Italy, May 23. Francis offered his condolences to the families of the 14 people killed and prayed for the lone child-survivor. (CNS photo/Italian police via Reuters) (CNS) — As Italian authori- ties investigate what caused a cable car to plunge 65 feet down into a mountainside in northern Italy, killing 14 people and leaving one child in serious condition, prayed for the child’s recovery and for everyone affected by the tragedy. The disaster occurred on the Mottarone Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton imposes his hands upon Transitional Deacon Jeremiah mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Hahn and invokes the Holy Spirit, in conjunction with the prayer of ordination, which constitutes the One rescue official said it appeared a cable had essential rite to the priesthood, at St. Peter Church, Steubenville, May 21. (Photo by Orsatti) snapped and an emergency brake had failed, By Dino Orsatti Steubenville, May 21. plunging the car into a pylon after which it rolled Editor Father Hahn, the son of Scott and Kimberly Hahn, grew until crashing into the tall pine trees below. STEUBENVILLE — “Excited and nervous,” is how up in Steubenville. Joining Father Hahn at the ordination Thirteen people died immediately, including a Transitional Deacon Jeremiah Hahn described his emotions were his family and friends as well as priests, religious and 2-year-old child, while a second child died later prior to becoming the newest priest in the Diocese of faithful of the diocese. The ordination was also livestreamed at the hospital. A 5-year-old child – the lone sur- Steubenville. Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton ordained Deacon on the diocese’s Facebook page. vivor – remained in serious condition. The child Hahn to the priesthood during a Mass at St. Peter Church, To Page 12 and his family are Israeli citizens living in Italy. His mother, father, brother and two grandparents visiting from Tel Aviv all died in the accident. A total of five families were in the cable car at the Mass obligation is reinstated, restrictions are lifted time. By Dino Orsatti weekend of June 5-6. In the telegram, addressed to Bishop Giulio Editor The Ohio bishops stated, as has always been the case, Brambilla of Novara and sent on behalf of the pope STEUBENVILLE/COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mass obligation those who have a serious reason are exempt from attending by Cardinal , the pope expressed his is being reinstated and virtually all COVID-19 protocols will Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation. This includes condolences to the victims’ family members. be lifted in the Diocese of Steubenville. those who are ill, have significant health risk factors, care Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton has lifted for someone who is ill or have significant fear or anxiety of the majority of its public health restrictions in the diocese, contracting the coronavirus in a large group. effective June 2. The bishop revoked most requirements and The bishops explained the Masses that are broadcast stipulations of the Norms for the Resumptions of Public through various media are not intended as a substitute nor Masses. do they fulfill the obligation for the persons who are able Mask-wearing and social distancing will no longer be to gather for a Sunday celebration or other holy days of required and churches will be able to return to full capacity. obligation. Instead, they are intended for the sick, home- The bishop strongly encouraged pastors to frequently bound, the imprisoned and those who are unable to attend replace the holy water and clean the fonts in a sanitary way Mass in-person. in their churches. The bishops said they decided to lift the dispensation Bishop Monforton, however, said, “We are continuing from the obligation to attend Mass because the worst of the the suspension of the distribution of the Precious Blood coronavirus pandemic is over and access to the COVID-19 to the faithful with two exceptions: those who are unable vaccine has become more widespread. to receive a low-gluten Host and the bride and groom at a The Ohio bishops said, “The book of Exodus reminds to nuptial Mass.” us to keep holy the Sabbath day. As Catholics, we are invited The bishop said while the regulations will no longer be by God to gather together in community, and participate fully mandatory, it is up to the discretion of the pastor whether in the Sunday Eucharist, which is the source and summit of any of the norms may continue to be implemented. the Christian life.” The bishops of Ohio, including Bishop Monforton, have Bishop Monforton added, “I am excited once again to Latest DPSC Figures also decided the general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays gather together in-person without restrictions in our parish Page 9 and holy days of obligation (including the Saturday/Vigil churches, and we may experience a renewal of faith in the Mass) will be reinstated in each of the dioceses of Ohio the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.” 2 THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 Bishop Monforton ordains TOR Franciscan Father Joseph Marie Krilich STEUBENVILLE —Third Order in biology from the university. Regular Franciscan Father Joseph Marie The May 22 ordination marked the first Krilich was ordained to the priesthood, time a priesthood ordination Mass took May 22, at Finnegan Fieldhouse, located place at Franciscan University since the on the campus of Franciscan University of 1996 priesthood ordination of Third Order Steubenville. Regular Franciscan Father Dave Pivonka, Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. president of Franciscan University, and Monforton was the main celebrant and Third Order Regular Franciscan Father ordained Father Krilich to the priesthood. Stanley Holland. Third Order Regular Franciscan Father “Franciscan played a significant role Joseph Lehman, minister provincial, and in my discernment journey,” Father other TOR friars concelebrated the Mass. Krilich said. “I feel honored to have my Bishop Monforton said in his homily: ordination take place where, in some “This is a great holy day for all the respects, my intentional discernment Franciscan Third Order Regulars, friars journey began.” and sisters alike.” The bishop added, “A Before entering the Sacred Heart Province good shepherd lays down his life for the in 2014, Father Krilich volunteered as a sheep. ... Encounter those words each day.” missionary and teacher in Belize with the Third Order Regular ordinations are Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy typically held at the motherhouse in Loretto, Trinity. He received his Master of Divinity Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton stands with Third Order Regular Pennsylvania, but due to the newly ordained from the Catholic University of America, Franciscan Father Joseph Marie Krilich, pictured at left, following his priest’s close connections to Franciscan Washington, D.C. ordination to the priesthood, May 22, at Finnegan Fieldhouse, located on University, his ordination took place there. Father Krilich grew up in Indiana with the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville. Pictured with the Father Krilich graduated in 2013 with a his parents and seven sisters, all of whom bishop and Father Krilich is Third Order Regular Franciscan Father Joseph bachelor of science in chemistry and a minor graduated from Franciscan University. Lehman, minister provincial. (Photo provided)

In the left photo, Third Order Regular Franciscan Brother Joseph Marie Krilich kneels before Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, placing his hands between the bishop’s hands, promising respect and obedience. In the right photo, the bishop imposes hands upon Brother Joseph Marie Krilich and invokes the Holy Spirit. This ancient sign, in conjunction with the prayer of ordination, constitutes the essential rite of ordination to the priesthood. Third Order Regular Franciscan Brother Joseph Marie Krilich prostrates himself before the altar at Finnegan Fieldhouse, May 22, during his ordination Mass to the priesthood. Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton is pictured standing in front of him. Catholic Central baccalaureate Mass

Newly ordained Third Order Regular Franciscan Father Joseph Marie Krilich is vested with the priest’s stole and chasuble by Third Order Regular Franciscan Father Dave Pivonka, president of Franciscan University. Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton observes. (Screenshots/Franciscan University of Steubenville Facebook page)

Class of 2021 graduates at Catholic Central High School, Steubenville, gather for a photo at the baccalaureate Mass celebrated by Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, May 23, at Finnegan Fieldhouse, located on the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville. (Photo provided) THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 3

Franciscan University graduates largest class Bishop Monforton’s Schedule June 1 Mass, Holy Rosary Church, Steubenville, 7 a.m. 2 Radio segment, WDEO 990 AM, 10:15 a.m. Baccalaureate Mass, St. Lawrence O’Toole Church, Ironton, 7 p.m. 3 WAOB radio segment, 7:40 a.m., 8:40 a.m. and 6:40 p.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, Ironton, 8 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration, Blessed Sacrament Church, Wintersville, 7 p.m. 4 Mass, Holy Rosary Church, Steubenville, 8:30 a.m. 5 Mass, Holy Rosary Church, Steubenville, 4 p.m., livestreamed and recorded (Triumph of the Cross Parish and diocesan Facebook pages) Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, third from left, and Third Order Regular Franciscan Father 6 Power and Purpose Conference Mass, Dave Pivonka, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville, pictured at left, welcome Archbishop Franciscan University of Steubenville, 11:20 a.m. Bashar Matti Warda, Chaldean archbishop of Erbil, Iraq, and Bishop Francis Kalabat of the Chaldean 7-10 Diocesan Information Solutions Community Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, May 14, at Franciscan University of Steubenville (DISC) conference, Texas for the celebration of the baccalaureate Mass. (Photo provided) 10 Mass, Community of God’s Love, Daughters of Holy Mary of the Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of the STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of that paved the way for increased cultural exchanges and Sacred Heart Oratory, Lovers Lane, Steubenville, Steubenville celebrated its 73rd commencement exercises programs between the Catholic University of Erbil and 7 p.m. May 14-15, making the Class of 2021 the largest in the Franciscan University. 11 Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe school’s history. Bishop Monforton met Archbishop Warda in Iraq in Subcommittee virtual meeting, 10 a.m. The 756 graduates eclipsed the previous record by the 2019 during the bishop’s visit at the request of the Catholic 12 Mass, Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Class of 2012, which totaled 731 students. Relief Services. St. Peter Church, Steubenville, 10 a.m. School officials said the new highwater mark was due to Commencement exercises took place May 15. Eugene Mass, Holy Rosary Church, Steubenville, 4 p.m., the steady growth of online programs, a large class in the Scalia, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, received an livestreamed and recorded (Triumph of the Cross Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and students honorary doctorate of public administration for his Parish and diocesan Facebook pages) who postponed graduation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 distinguished service to our country. The second oldest pandemic. of the nine children of Maureen and Antonin Scalia, the Events began May 14 with the baccalaureate Mass, late U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Scalia also delivered the Archbishop receives honorary doctorate which included Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey commencement address. M. Monforton as one of the celebrants. Archbishop Bashar He pointed out there are currently over 8 million job Matti Warda, Chaldean archbishop of Erbil, Iraq, presided openings in the United States – the most ever recorded. and gave the homily. “You will now enter a world in But challenges lie ahead, too, Scalia said. which you will be faced with difficult decisions of your “Our nation is more secular than a generation or two own just like those faced by Peter and the first Apostles. ago – church attendance is lower, and the percentage of How will you make these decisions and how will you Americans who see themselves as religious is lower. You’re become a leader? First, keep Christ close at all times. Ask privileged to have grown up in an environment with an ap- yourself if what you are doing is right in the sight of God,” preciation for faith – that’s no doubt part of what brought Archbishop Warda said. you to Steubenville. You’re privileged to be embraced by Archbishop Warda also received an honorary doctorate the , the institution we believe to have been of humane letters for his dedication to preaching the Gospel founded by Christ for the salvation of souls.” and nourishing the faith amid the heightened persecution, Father Pivonka, a graduate of the Class of 1989, presided terrorism and unrest in Iraq in recent decades. at both ceremonies on the Vaccaro baseball field, along with In 2019, Archbishop Warda and Third Order Regular members of the board of trustees and board of advisors. Franciscan Father Dave Pivonka, president of Francis- can University, signed a memorandum of understanding

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FDIC 4 THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 Christ Instituted a Sacrifice By Father Jonas A. Shell in remembrance of him as the free offering in which an altar from which those who serve the opposed to him saying, “do he delivers himself, but is tent (Jewish priests) have no right to eat” Dear reader, let us remember that what this in remembrance of me” led to the slaughter. The (Heb 13:10). Having an altar from which we do on Sundays at Mass is of utmost as he hung upon the cross. former shall be repeated, we eat alludes to both sacrifice (by the use importance in the Christian dispensation. That kind of remembrance but the latter is once for of the word altar) and to the “breaking of It may seem that we have labored too long could only happen once per all. Secondly, he speaks of the bread” which is a common reference on this topic of the Mass as a sacrifice, but person. the blood of the covenant. to the Eucharist. St. Paul makes a similar our insistence on this topic is because as The words of Jesus at Covenants are ratified by implication to the Eucharist as a sacrifice Catholics, we have labored so long under the Last Supper and some sacrificial blood. His words when speaking to the Corinthians. “What other impressions of what the Mass is. To statements of St. Paul lead are a clear allusion to Moses’ pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and deeply imbed within our minds and hearts us to the certain conclusion words when he sprinkled the not to God. I do not want you to be partners that it is the sacrifice of Jesus himself to the that Jesus was instituting a Father Shell sacrificial blood upon the with demons. You cannot drink of the cup Father, a sacrifice in which we participate sacrifice at the Last Supper. people, “Behold the blood of the Lord and the cup of demons. You and offer ourselves along with Christ, is to Jesus says that the chalice contains his of the covenant which the Lord has made cannot partake of the table of the Lord and open ourselves to an ever deeper and ever blood which will be shed for sins, this with you in accordance with all these the table of demons” (1 Cor 10:20-21). He more fruitful participation in the Mass. blood is the blood of the New Covenant, words” (Ex 24:8). The fact that he calls it does not say specifically that Christians Following course from the last article, and it is done during the sacrificial banquet the “blood of the covenant” implies that it offer sacrifice, but it is implied by the we are moving from the prophecies about of Passover in order is sacrificial blood, contrast between what the pagans sacrifice this sacrifice to the proofs from the New to take its place. which means he is to eat and drink to what the Christians eat Testament writings that the Mass is a From St. Matthew “The Last Supper is the free offering offering a sacrifice and drink. sacrifice. we read, “And he of his blood that occurs solely by his at the Last Supper. The overarching reality is that Christ In some way this should already be took a chalice, and own hands, and the cross is the Thirdly, the Last fulfills the law, and part of the law was evident to the reader from the previous when he had given free offering in which he delivers Supper takes place to offer sacrifice to God. It makes sense articles insofar as we have already thanks he gave it to himself, but is led to the slaughter. during the sacrificial that he would endow his church with a mentioned the relation between the cross them, saying, ‘Drink The former shall be repeated, but banquet of the new and better sacrifice than all of the and the Last Supper. That is to say that of it, all of you; for the latter is once for all.” Passover. With all of sacrifices of old. The Mass is that sac- the Last Supper was anticipating what this is my blood of the above in mind, rifice in which we have the privilege to was to happen on the following day, when the covenant, which It is quite clear that partake. May we continue to unite our Christ would freely offer his literal body is poured out for many for the forgiveness Jesus is instituting this new sacrifice in lives to Christ’s to make of them a pure and blood on the altar of the cross for the of sins’” (Mt 26:27-28). Of first note is that which he will become the true paschal offering to God. salvation of the world. The Last Supper is Jesus uses the present tense. It “is” his blood lamb. the offering of that same body and blood and it “is” poured out. This means that he This reality of the Mass as a sacrifice is Father Shell is a Diocese of Steubenville in a sacramental state, meaning it is done is already offering himself in sacrifice for corroborated by the words of St. Paul when priest and the pastor of Our Lady of under the appearance of bread and wine. the forgiveness of sins. The Last Supper is he is contrasting the worship of Christians Mercy Parish, Carrollton, and St. Mary It is quite comforting that the offering of the free offering of his blood that occurs with those of Jews and Gentiles. In the of the Immaculate Conception Parish, bread and wine is what we are told to do solely by his own hands, and the cross is Letter to the Hebrews, he says, “We have Morges. World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly By Sister Constance Veit save themselves without the “the throw-away culture and of fear and isolation, I am convinced that elderly.” societal indifference” and the seniors are uniquely qualified to support I’m almost afraid to say it, but it appears In order to come out of building of “bridges across and accompany the wounded through these that things are slowly beginning to return to the COVID crisis better the different stages of life.” difficult times. normal in our homes for the elderly around and not worse, the pope They also suggest enabling Even those seniors experiencing the the country. said, every society needs older persons to serve as infirmities associated with old age can do We recently celebrated Mother’s Day to accept its roots and re- active agents in the pastoral much good simply by lending a listening with a loosening of COVID-related re- envision its values, starting care of the wider community ear, offering words of encouragement or strictions, allowing families to hug their from dialogue with the of faith. praying for the wounded. loved ones, hold extended conversations elderly. Organizers of the Observing the joyful family reunions without a window of separation, enjoy a Wishing to show his “‘’ Family taking place at our home during Mother’s snack together and even take their elderly support for the role of Year” are also encouraging Day weekend, I realized that the elderly Sister Veit loved one home for a few hours – all things older persons in the family, the development of efforts give much more to their families than they that used to be taken for granted, but which Pope Francis recently to accompany “wounded receive. It would be wonderful if Catholics have been prohibited since the onset of announced the creation of the World Day families.” This suggestion seems especially the world over would use this year’s World COVID. of Grandparents and the Elderly, which will timely in light of the multi-dimensional Day of Grandparents and the Elderly to Our female residents received Mother’s take place each year on the fourth Sunday impact of the pandemic. celebrate the vital role that seniors play in Day gifts of flowers, sweets and other items in July, close to the feast of Sts. Joachim Millions of individuals and families have their families and in society. from our regular benefactors and people and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. This been “wounded” by the clinical effects of Sunday, July 25, will be here before they have never even met. Children sent year’s celebration will be held on July 25. COVID-19, the emotional toll of prolonged we know it. Let’s get started planning them handmade cards, and a local musi- The voice of the elderly is precious, isolation and grief and the pandemic’s robust celebrations of the World Day cian brought cheer by offering an open-air the pope tells us, “because it sings the devastating economic impact. of Grandparents and the Elderly in our concert. praises of God and preserves the roots of Surely no member of the human family families, parishes and senior living Each of these gestures was proof that the peoples.” The elderly “remind us that has been able to completely escape the communities! people have not forgotten the elderly, even old age is a gift and that grandparents are suffering caused by this scourge. though they have been hidden away for so the link between the different generations, Witnessing the wisdom and resilience Sister Veit is director of communica- long. to pass on to the young the experience of of our residents during these long months tions for the Little Sisters of the Poor. Pope Francis frequently speaks about life.” the throwaway culture and our society’s The World Day of Grandparents and the tendency to marginalize the elderly. While Elderly fits into the church’s larger vision Welcome to the Light of the East these trends are undeniable, we Little Sis- for the family. In March, Pope Francis St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church ters can testify that countless people from launched a year-long celebration of the 207 Standard St., Mingo Junction all walks of life continue to show concern family to mark the fifth anniversary of his Sunday Divine Liturgy – 11 a.m. for the elderly, even as the pandemic “Amoris Laetitia,” St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church stretches on and on. on the beauty and joy of love in the family. 814 N. 5th St., Toronto In his recent , “,” Among the suggestions on how to “walk Sunday Vigil Divine Liturgy – Saturday, 5 p.m. our Holy Father wrote that no one is with families” during this special year, weekdays/holidays – as announced at both churches saved alone. He reminded us that “young Vatican organizers recommend pastoral Rev. Father John Kapitan Jr, O.F.M. – [email protected] people, adults and our society cannot care for seniors aimed at overcoming THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 5 Vatican revises the synod process, beginning with local consultation By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Approving the revision of the entire process of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis has asked that it begin with serious, widespread consultations with laypeople on the diocesan level. “In reality, without this consultation there would be no synodal process, because the discernment of pastors, which constitutes the second phase, emerges from listening to the people of God,” Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, told Vatican News May 21. The cardinal’s office issued a statement that day explaining how the next general assembly of the Synod of Bishops would work, noting that the broader consultation on the diocesan, national and regional levels would mean that the gathering of representative bishops from around the world would take place at the Vatican in October 2023 rather than in 2022, as previously scheduled. The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the gathering is: “For a synodal church: communion, participation and mission.” The pope will formally open the synod process at the Vatican Oct. 9-10 this year, the synod office said. And the bishop of every diocese will open the process in his diocese Oct. 17. The diocesan phase will go through April 2022, featuring a consultation with local Catholics discussing a preparatory document and questionnaire that the synod office will send out along with guidelines for how the consultation should work. Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, center, and bishops from around the world walk in procession “For a long time, there was talk of communion as a from St. Peter’s Basilica at the start of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican in this constitutive element of the church,” Cardinal Grech told Oct. 7, 2019, file photo. Pope Francis has approved a revision of the process for the celebrations of Vatican News. “Today it is clear that this communion is the Synod of Bishops, emphasizing the need to expand reflections and consultations on a diocesan either synodal or it is not communion at all.” level. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) However, he said, for there to be true communion within the church everyone must participate, “each according to how and where the Spirit wants to lead the church.” entrusted above all to those bishops who are gathered in his or her own function: people of God, College of Bishops, Once the diocesan consultations have concluded, the assembly,” he said. bishop of Rome.” members of national bishops’ conferences should have “Some may say that this is clericalism,” the cardinal “Perhaps in the past there has been so much insistence “a period of discernment” so they can “listen to what the said, but it is not, because in the church, bishops have on the ‘communio hierarchica’ (communion of the Spirit has inspired in the churches entrusted to them.” A “a function of discernment, which belongs to them hierarchy) that there arose the idea that unity in the synthesis of that reflection should be sent to the Vatican’s because of the ministry they carry out for the good of church could only be achieved by strengthening the synod secretariat by April 2022. the church.” authority of pastors,” Cardinal Grech said. While that The new indications also envision “continental” “The strength” of the new process, he said, is found “in may be an important emphasis when faced with dissent, reflections between April 2022 and March 2023. the reciprocity between consultation and discernment. “that cannot be the ordinary way of living ecclesial All the listening sessions and discernment are meant There lies the fruitful principle that can lead to furthering communion, which requires circularity, reciprocity, to assist participants, mainly bishops, who will meet at development of synodality, of the synodal church and of journeying together with respect to the various functions the general assembly of the synod in October 2023, the the Synod of Bishops.” of the people of God.” cardinal said. “The Second Vatican Council teaches that the people of “We must not forget that the moment of discernment is God participate in the prophetic office of Christ,” he said. “Therefore, we must listen to the people of God, and this “Therapy From A Catholic Perspective” means going out to the local churches.” “The governing principle of this consultation of the people of God is contained in the ancient principle ‘that David Prosen, LPCC-S Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor which touches upon all must be approved by all’ – ‘Quod omnes tangit ab omnibus approbari debet,’” the cardinal 415 North 4th St., Steubenville, OH 43952 said. “This is not about democracy, or populism or anything **Openings available during summer 2021** like that. 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St. John Paul II Women in Church (No. 5)

By Diocese of Steubenville whole person. It also pervades God’s plan for mankind’s Bishop Emeritus Gilbert I. Sheldon redemption! That brings us to the question of, as John Paul puts it, “Women and the Ministerial Priesthood,” or St. John Paul now addresses the question of women and in more common terms, “Womens’ Ordination.” sacred orders, the controversial “Womens’ Ordination” John Paul explains: “Christ’s will was followed by the debate. In the last several articles, he has said a great deal apostles and leaders of the first (Christian) communities. positively about women and their contributions to the They gave rise to the Christian tradition, which, since church now and in the past. For many the question, then, then, has remained ever in force in the Christian church. is: “So why not let them be ordained?” It was John Paul I felt it my duty to confirm this tradition with the recent who issued the decree that officially closed the debate on apostolic letter, “Ordinatio Sacerdotalis,” (May 22, 1904), the note that women were not to be ordained to the priest- declaring that ‘the church has no right whatsoever to con- hood in the Catholic Church as was being done in, e.g., the fer priestly ordination on women and this judgment is to Anglican and Episcopal churches. We refer to his apostolic be definitively heldby all the church’s faithful’ (emphasis Bishop Sheldon letter, “Ordinatio Sacerdotalis,” (“Priestly Ordination,” added). At issue here is fidelity to the pastoral ministry May 22, 1994). as Christ instituted it. Pius XII had already asserted this priesthood: It was the will and choice of Christ. Period! The The pope points first to tradition, beginning with the Gos- when he pointed out ‘The church has no power over the church has no right or intention to change that. It has been pels themselves. He called Twelve Apostles all of whom substance of the sacraments, that is, over anything that stated clearly by what we are, and that fact reaches into our were male. (see, Luke, Chapter 9, Verses 1-6; Chapter 10, Christ the Lord ... wanted to be maintained in the sacra- spiritual lives as well. There are many places for reference Verses 1-20). It was only on them that he conferred the mental sign.’ He concluded that the church is obliged to in the two ’ writings in their official capacity. That power to celebrate the Eucharist (see, Luke, Chapter 22, accept as normative ‘his practice of conferring priestly should be enough for us, but, as we see, it is not enough Verses 14-20) and that of forgiving sins (see, John, Chapter ordination on men alone. ...’” for some. John Paul offers an argument from Scripture to 20, Verses 19-23). These are the primary powers of the The permanent and normative value of this practice can- support the choice of Christ, as if Christ’s choice needed priesthood. However, Our Lord did include both men and not be contested by saying that Christ’s manifest will was any support! women among his followers, his “disciples.” due to the mentality of his time and to prejudice against We said before that sexuality pervades all of the New It’s not so much a question of what women can do. women then and later. In reality, Jesus never conformed to a Testament where Christ is referred to as a bridegroom and It’s more a question of what mentality unfavorable to women the church as his bride. The most detailed is St. Paul’s men cannot do. What is the and indeed reacted against in- Letter to the Ephesians, which is a kind of treatise on first thing the Bible has to say “John Paul offers an argument from equalities based on sexual dif- the church. St. Paul says: “He who loves his wife loves about mankind in the account Scripture to support the choice of Christ, ferences. By calling women to himself ... even as Christ does the church, because we of creation? “Male and female as if Christ’s choice needed any support!” follow him, he showed that he are members of his body. ... This is a great mystery, but he created them!” God invented went beyond the customs and I speak in reference to Christ and the church” (Eph 5: a difference between man and outlook of his environment. If he 29-52). Therefore, Christ is to the church as husband is to woman: a sexual difference (sometimes referred to by the reserved the ministerial priesthood to men, he did it with wife. The difference that God created between the sexes grammatical term, “gender”). He apparently wanted that full freedom, and in his provisions and choices he took no is thereby reflected also in the spiritual life, and explicitly difference to remain, not to have it erased by those who stance unfavorable to women. so in the relationship between Christ and the church. The would make the sexes identical. Women have proved that After all, did God himself not see and understand the priest as “alter Christus” (“another Christ”) in that same they can fly supersonic military aircrafts, and do as good going prejudices of those times, and did he not choose to relationship, i.e., as husband to the church. The pope a job at it as men. But, men will never be able to gestate send his Son on earth, fully aware of what those prejudices observes: “Because the relationship between Christ and and deliver babies! That’s one reason why we should not were and what repercussions they would have in later the church is validly expressed in sacramental orders, it is tamper with human sexuality. Let’s keep it the way God times? Or should he have waited until the 20th century necessary that Christ is validly represented by a man. The made it, and never forget it! when women would acquire voting rights and the more distinction between the sexes is very significant in this Without becoming followers of Sigmund Freud, we can outspoken feminists would have their say, to effect man- case and cannot be disregarded without undermining the acknowledge the fact that sexual difference transfuses what kind’s redemption? sacrament. Indeed, the specific nature of the sign used is we are and who we are as human beings. It pervades our St. John Paul has stated the basic reason for the men-only essential to the sacraments. Baptism has to be performed with water that washes; it cannot be done with oil, which anoints, even though oil is more expressive than water. Analogously, the sacrament of orders is celebrated with men, without questioning the value of persons.” John Paul’s reasoning might take a bit of reflection, but A Saint for Our Time it makes great sense when we consider the nature of the “sacramental sign.” It must not only “effect what it signi- By Father Ron Rolheiser apropos in terms of the present moment? fies” but it must signify what it effects! Henri Nouwen is arguably the most influential spiritual- “It is not enough today to be merely a saint; we must ity writer of our generation. However, his spirituality was The Steubenville Register have a saintliness demanded by the present moment.” not born out of an easy temperament nor an untested faith. Biweekly publication of the Diocese of Steubenville Simone Weil wrote that, and she is right. We need saints As Michael Higgins writes in his biography of Nouwen, P.O. Box 969, 422 Washington St. demanded by the present moment and I would like to pro- his was a “genius born of anguish.” Nouwen was a saint Steubenville, OH 43952-5969 email: [email protected] pose someone whom, I believe, fits that description, Henri wracked with anxiety, an ideal patron for a generation Nouwen, the priest and popular spiritual writer who died awash with it. Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, publisher in 1996. What was his saintliness and why is it particularly He was a complex, anguished, anxious person with a hypersensitive personality. He was prone to obsessiveness Dino Orsatti, editor in his intimate relationships, occasionally manifested a [email protected] neediness that was more childish than childlike and was Matthew A. DiCenzo, forever haunted by the sense that (despite all the love, ac- staff writer, social media coordinator ceptance, and success he experienced) he was not really [email protected] Florence E. James, circulation/advertising loved, and no place was home for him. As well, he nursed [email protected] a wound inside that he could never explain to others nor make peace with himself. Coupled with all this, he had an Telephone (740) 282-3631; FAX (740) 282-3327 artistic temperament (with both its gifts and its burdens) Subscription rate $15 per year in state of Ohio; and, like many artists, had to struggle to remain robust, $17 per year outside the state of Ohio; normal and balanced in the creative process, enjoy a down- $24 per year to all foreign countries to-earth sanity, and keep his sexuality within the bounds of Periodicals postage paid at Steubenville, OH 43952 SSN 0744-77IX Father Rolheiser To Page 8 THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 7

Presbyteral Ordination of Father Jeremiah Hahn By Diocese of Steubenville at the church’s entrance following Mass. The people of Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton God deserve nothing less. There is an irreplaceable two-fold witness here: your Bishop Monforton delivered this homily during physical presence conveys that abiding love to the people the priesthood ordination of Father Jeremiah and a fraternal bond with your brother priest who just Hahn, May 21, at St. Peter Church, Steubenville. celebrated the Mass. It may be easier just to stay in your room and surf the internet, but while a computer can be Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and forever! helpful, it also can be an impediment to priestly fraternity, This evening, I welcome the Hahn Family as a malignant cancer to a shepherd’s humble service. we celebrate the imparting of the Holy Spirit upon Take your day off, your vacation time, and most impor- Jeremiah at this, his presbyteral ordination. Scott tantly, your annual retreat. No priest is the Messiah, but and Kimberly, you have provided Jeremiah with the through presbyteral ordination, we have put on Christ as support of the domestic church nurturing from the the Good Shepherd and that requires optimum health in earliest of years Jeremiah’s vocation to the priest- body, mind and spirit. Besides, church law provides you hood. You offered him the family setting which that right! enabled him to explore the priestly vocation and you As a priest celebrates the sacraments, especially the holy affirmed him in his decision. Also, if I may, perhaps sacrifice of the Mass, with the people of God, he is to do your book “Rome Sweet Home” has just taken on a so, as St. Paul instructs in his Letter to the Ephesians, with new chapter, namely, the priesthood of Jesus Christ. humility, gentleness, patience and love: essential attributes Bishop Monforton We are profoundly grateful to Sacred Heart Major for any faithful priest. A priest offers himself as a gift and Seminary for Jeremiah’s formation as a theologian. places himself at the service of anyone in need. Each day, In this Year of St. Joseph, we are reminded the As a former rector at Sacred Heart, I am personally like Jesus in the upper room at the Last Supper, the priest same attributes of the guardian of the Holy Family familiar with the excellence in which the seminary washes the feet of the faithful in countless ways. are a faithful priest’s as well. As St. Joseph both strives for in the preparation of priests after the Most In St. Paul’s other letter this evening, his First Letter saved and served the Word of God, so too does the Sacred Heart of Jesus. to Timothy, we are instructed how a priest demonstrates priest. A persevering spirit governs a priest’s daily As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. daily through right conduct and words that he is a credible routine as he serves those entrusted to his care as he Remain in my love. We read in the holy Gospel herald of the Gospel. To share the mystery of salvation with strengthens them in faith, hope and love. according to John constantly how Jesus’ ministry God’s people is both a sacred privilege and a holy treasure. Jeremiah, as you put on Christ, as you exercise has God the Father as both source and goal. Jesus Jeremiah, every time you mention the words, “The mystery your part the office of Christ, Head and Shepherd, invites his disciples into the oneness he shares with of faith,” do so with reverence and ever-renewed amaze- while united to me your bishop and subject to me, his Father. We priests abide in his love when we live ment at the extraordinary miracle God has just provided strive to gather all you encounter together into one his commandments, namely, to do something. The ... with your hands. Priests are not just celebrants, but we family, in order that you may lead them to God the very abiding in God’s love is demonstrated by our also are guardians of this exalted sacred mystery. Too many Father through Christ in the Holy Spirit. The Good priestly joy and our shepherd’s love. times a priest can come across as if presiding at the holy Shepherd, whose selfless service we heard today When I was newly ordained nearly 27 years, a sacrifice is a task instead of a sublime celebration of Jesus from the very words of Jesus is your perfect example wise priest told me one of the telling ways people Christ’s presence among us. who came not to be served, but to serve, and who witness God’s abiding love in our lives as priests Each one of us priests share in the priesthood of Jesus came to seek out and save what was lost. is through our availability for and presence to the Christ, a sacramental ordination in Christ’s priesthood. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: This is the day people of God. For instance, Jeremiah, if you are This means, as sharers in the inscription of Jesus Christ’s the Lord has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad not the celebrant at a certain Mass, but are in the redeeming service, we act on behalf of Christ as well as (Ps 118:24). parish rectory, you should be present to the people the people of God in relation to God himself. Amen.

Stretching Out to Great Things: A Commencement Address for the University of St. Thomas By Bishop Robert Barron at UST. A standard view today, on display in practically spiritual order. every nook and cranny of our cultural life, is that the Your time here at the University of St. Thomas has been Bishop Barron delivered this commencement address individual person has the prerogative of creating his or a kind of ritual of initiation. The point of these last four at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, May 8. her own values. Freedom, especially the freedom of self- years has been to break you out of your self-regard and to determination, is practically unassailable. Frankly, I cannot invite you to an adventurous exploration of new worlds of I have the very happy responsibility today of congratu- think of anything more boring! thought and experience. I am concerned that “safe” and lating the University of St. Thomas Class of 2021! And, If we define our own values, our own truth, our own “safety” have become, for the present generation, such also, to express my pride in becoming today a member of purpose, we effectively lock ourselves into the tiny space conspicuous words. No one would deny, of course, that a your class. I’m delighted to be in your company. I would of what we can imagine or control. When we follow these modicum of safety is required for any sort of peace of mind also, of course, like to thank and congratulate your parents, prompts of our culture today, we become cramped souls, or achievement; nevertheless, one would be hard pressed your siblings, your friends and your professors, who have what the medieval philosophers called “pusillae animae.” to say that a religion that places at the very center of our done so much to bring you to this day and who feel a very The entire point of a Catholic intellectual formation is to attention a man nailed to a cross is concerned primarily with justifiable pride in your accomplishments. produce “magnae animae” (“great souls”). A great soul safety. According to the cliche, ships are safe in harbors, My fellow graduates, I would like to reflect with you, doesn’t invent her own values; rather, she intuits the but ships are not meant for harbors; rather, they are meant very briefly, on the meaning of the formation in the marvelous intellectual, moral and aesthetic values that for the open sea. In a similar way, you are safe within the Catholic intellectual tradition that you have received here are found in the objective order – and then she responds confines of your own desires and expectations, but you to them with her whole heart. She thereby expands in a are not meant to live in that small world, but rather in the manner commensurate with the goods that have captivated infinitely wider and more fascinating world of objective her. value. The basic purpose of the initiation rituals found among Your generation, I would submit, is especially oriented primal peoples around the world was to convince a young to the realm of value in regard to two areas: the natural person that his life is not about him. Typically, he would be sciences and social justice. In the course of my evangelical wrested away from his comfortable domestic environment, work, I find that there is, among many young people, a great scarified in some way, instructed in the lore of his tribe, reverence for the sciences and the technology that they have and then, equipped with only a few provisions, cast out produced. Even as they demonstrate a certain impatience into jungle or forest or tundra and told to make it on his with other disciplines, they tend to accept physics, chem- own. This was not arbitrary cruelty; it was an invitation to istry, medicine and engineering as authoritative. In doing move out of his own space and to discover the objective so, they are acknowledging an extraordinarily significant Bishop Barron values in his people’s history, in nature, and finally in the To Page 8 8 THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 Pope Francis calls for prayers for forgiveness, coexistence in Holy Land By Carol Glatz hope, to coexistence among brothers and ing that claimed hundreds of lives. Catholic News Service sisters,” he said. While the current cease-fire brings a VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has The pope’s comments came as he much-needed halt to violence in the Holy called on the world’s Catholics to pray May welcomed nine new ambassadors to the Land, true peace can only be achieved if 22 for dialogue, forgiveness and peaceful Vatican. both sides are recognized as equals, said coexistence in the Holy Land. He told the diplomats that he could not the Palestinian ambassador to the Holy As local Catholics were set to gather help but think of the events unfolding in See. Ambassador Issa Kassissieh said at St. Stephen’s Church in Jerusalem to the Holy Land. the road to peace begins with returning “implore the gift of peace” on the vigil of “I thank God for the decision to halt the to a two-state solution within the borders Pentecost, the pope asked “all the pastors Palestinians evacuate a body from armed conflicts and acts of violence, and established before 1967. and faithful of the Catholic Church to unite the site of Israeli strikes in Gaza I pray for the pursuit of paths of dialogue In this most deadly violence since 2014, themselves spiritually with this prayer.” City May 17. (CNS photo/Mohammed and peace,” he told the diplomats. at least 230 Palestinians – including 65 “May every community pray to the Holy Salem, Reuters) The pope’s remarks came the same day children – have been reported killed, and Spirit ‘that Israelis and Palestinians may be patient builders of peace and justice, Israel and Hamas began a cease-fire after thousands injured. Israel reported 12 Israe- find the path of dialogue and forgiveness, and be open, step by step, to a common days of airstrikes, rocket attacks and fight- lis killed, including two children. A Saint From Page 6 Aquinas affirmed that every choice is a own complexity, by falling to his knees so far removed from our own earthy his vows. Thus, he could go out on a stage, renunciation. That’s an understatement. in prayers of helplessness when his own and messy struggles that we look at her radiate a powerful energy and then step off Every choice is a series of renunciations, strength wasn’t enough and by letting the as a saint we can admire, but not quite the stage and within minutes break down and that makes both choosing and saintli- poor love him. And, he did it by sharing his imitate. That’s unfair of course. She also in tears and beg someone to console him. ness difficult. wounds with the world, by seeking profes- had her struggles, mammoth ones. Still, In terms of his sexuality, though he was a Writing his diaries, Nouwen describes sional help whenever he broke down, and it is not her struggles that are generally vowed celibate who remained faithful to his struggle in this way: “I want to be a by learning from all the pain, obsessiveness highlighted when her story is told. his vows, occasionally he would fall in great saint, but I also want to experience and heartache that, in the end, our hearts Henri Nouwen’s story and his writings love so obsessively with someone that he all the sensations that sinners experience. I are stronger than our wounds; because of highlight his struggles, not just his virtue was able to keep his vows and his sanity want to withdraw into the silence of prayer, that we can keep our commitments and and wisdom. Knowing the earthiness only by checking himself into a clinic for but I don’t want to miss anything happen- ultimately find peace inside of complexity, of his struggles can give the impression professional help. ing in the world. I want to bury myself temptation and struggle. that there is less in him to admire than in This isn’t the stuff you normally read in anonymity among the poor, but I also The saints of old, no doubt, had their someone like Mother Teresa. Perhaps. But, in the lives of saints, at least of those who want to write books, be known by others, own struggles in trying to will the one in Nouwen, we see someone we can more are officially canonized and held up as see places, meet people and do interesting thing, to healthily channel their wild en- easily imitate. models of sanctity; but that is in fact the things.” That’s what he wrestled with, just ergies and give themselves over to God. stuff of saintliness. Soren Kierkegaard, as we all do, but he managed, in the end, However, the stories we hear of their Father Rolheiser, a Missionary Oblate whom Henri idealized, defined a saint this to will the one thing. lives tend to highlight more their virtue of Mary Immaculate priest, is an author, way: a saint is someone who can will the How did he do it, how did he become than their struggle. For example, Mother a retreat master and a newspaper one thing. Not an easy task. Not because a saint despite it all? He did it through Teresa is also a saint from our generation columnist. More information about his the right thing is hard to will, but because a humble honesty that never denied his and a very inspirational one at that. For ministry is available on his website: we also will many other things. Thomas struggles. He did it by accepting his many of us, her life and her virtue seem www.ronrolheiser.com. Stretching Out From Page 7 the products of mere social consensus, but to say in this address. What are these “great that I particularly savor. Toward the end realm of value – namely, objective intel- rather objective features of reality, we read- things” that Thomas references but the of his life, Thomas was laboring over the ligibility. No scientist – physicist, chemist, ily ask, “Where did they come from?” The objective values that summon the soul? So, section of the “Summa theologiae” dealing astronomer, psychologist, etc. – could get answer of the great Catholic intellectual the key to a spiritually successful life is to with the Eucharist. Though it is commonly her work off the ground unless she believed tradition is that they came from the creator go for them, to stretch out toward them. To taken now for a masterpiece, Thomas him- that the world she investigated was marked God, who is intelligibility itself and moral stay within the musty confines of the self, self was uneasy with his treatise, convinced by form, pattern, understandability. The goodness itself, from the God who is su- or to see the values in question, but never that it did not do justice to the mystery he responsible researcher is not inventing premely wise, supremely good, supremely to reach out toward them, to settle thereby was attempting to describe. And, so he intelligibility; she’s finding it, following beautiful – and who therefore ought to for a kind of spiritual mediocrity – that’s placed the text at the foot of the crucifix it, rejoicing in it. engage our attention most completely. The the tragedy of being a small soul. Here is and asked for God’s help. According to the And, you and your peers are passion- great command found in the Sixth Chapter St. Thomas again: “For just as the mag- legend, a voice came from the figure of the ate about issues of social justice. You of the Book of Deuteronomy and reiterated nanimous person tends to great things out crucified Christ: “Thomas, you have writ- are eager to fight corruption, discrimina- centuries later by Jesus, himself, gives ex- of greatness of soul, so the pusillanimous ten well of me. What would you have as a tion, race prejudice and inequality; you pression to this conviction: “You shall love person shrinks from great things out of reward?” The great man could have asked advocate for inclusivity, the acceptance the Lord your God with all your heart, all littleness of soul.” for anything – for fame, for wealth, for a of diversity, and care for those on the your mind and all your strength.” We can So my young friends, fellow graduates powerful office. But, instead he said, “Non margins of society. In so doing, you now see the point of a Catholic education: of the Class of 2021, identify a value nisi te, Domine” (“Nothing except you, are acknowledging the existence of to beguile you with the objective values – that you have learned here at UST, some Lord”). The patron of this university spent certain moral values that you have not epistemic, aesthetic and moral – that exist goodness or truth or beauty that has sung his life discerning and seeking objective invented and that apply in all circum- in the world and that direct you finally to to your soul, and then give yourself to it values, and he knew that all of those goods stances. None of you, I wager, would the divine source of those values. Once you with reckless abandon. Stretch out toward find their source in the supreme value of say that racism or sexism or human understand this, you’re ready for spiritual it, and it will give you satisfaction and God. His soul stretched out to great things trafficking are acceptable in some con- adventure; you’re ready to move the ship finally lead you to God. The literature of and finally to the creator of those great texts or that opposing these is simply a out of the safe harbor; you’re ready to the world is filled with stories of people things. matter of personal opinion. No, in point become a great soul. who have spent their lives satisfying their The purpose of this university is to make of fact, you feel so strongly about these How can I address this assembly and egos, building up wealth, pleasure, power you like Thomas Aquinas. So put the ship matters precisely because you know that not make reference to your patron, St. and honor, but neglecting the development out to the perils and possibilities of the they are moral absolutes that summon Thomas Aquinas? In the second part of of their souls. Perhaps, you have met such open sea. Be great souls! your attention and demand your acqui- his magnificent summary of Christian people: glittering on the outside, but at- escence. Like the intelligibility of the doctrine, the “Summa theologiae,” Thomas rophied on the inside. And, perhaps you Bishop Barron is an auxiliary bishop world, these objective moral truths draw discusses the virtue of “magnanimitas” have encountered the opposite case: those of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. you out of yourself and toward spiritual (“magnanimity”), the quality of having a who have very little in the eyes of the He is the founder of Word on Fire adventure. great soul. He writes, “Magnanimity by its world, but who are vibrantly alive, spiritu- Catholic Ministries, headquartered in Now let us take one more step. If the pat- very name denotes the stretching forth of ally on fire, for they have cultivated their Des Plaines, Illinois. A nonprofit global terned structure of nature and moral values the soul to great things.” That pithy defini- souls. media apostolate, additional information are not projections of our subjectivity, or tion expresses everything I’ve been trying There is a story told of Thomas Aquinas is available at www.wordonfire.org. THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 9 Parishioners pledge approximately 1.6 million dollars to DPSC

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Adena — A community ecumenical Churchtown — St. John Central School memorial service will be held at 9 a.m., is accepting registrations for the 2021-22 May 31, at St. Casimir Church. During the school year. For registration material, or for Bishop celebrates confirmation Mass service, a roll call of fallen soldiers and additional information, contact the school “poppy presentation” will take place. office at (740) 896-2697. CWC presents two scholarships

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Steubenville — The Daughters of Holy information, telephone (740) 346-2625. Mary of the Heart of Jesus will celebrate Weirton, W.Va. — The FertilityCare the Solemnity of Our Lady of the Sacred Center of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc. and Heart, May 29, at Our Lady of the Sacred the Weirton Catholic Pro-Life Group will Heart Oratory, 700 Lovers Lane. The be sponsoring a memorial Mass at 7 p.m., rosary will be prayed at 10:30 a.m.; flowers June 18, at Sacred Heart of Mary Church, will be offered to Mary at each decade of 200 Preston Ave., for babies who died the rosary. Attendees can bring flowers before birth by miscarriage, abortion, and present them with the sisters. Mass ectopic (tubal) pregnancy (no distinction will be celebrated at 11 a.m. During Mass, will be made), either occurring recently Mary Samuel, a member of the Catholic Woman’s Club, Assumption the sisters will renewal their vows. After or years ago. Confessions will be heard of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Barnesville, pictured center, Mass, girls in first-grade through college at 5:30 p.m. In order for a child to be presents the first CWC scholarship to Tori Froehlich, who will be can stay for brunch and the sister’s monthly honored, telephone (304) 723-0478. To attending Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, “DOYMAR Prayer Encounter,” followed make reservations, telephone (304) 748- studying resort and attraction management, at left, and Morgan by games until 2 p.m. For additional 0688. Winters, who will be attending The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, studying architecture. (Photo provided) Flags are placed on veterans graves

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Knights of Columbus Council 1641, Cambridge, honors 207 veterans at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cambridge, for Christ Our Light Parish, Franciscan University of Steubenville students dropped off personal by placing flags on their graves for Memorial Day. Also, they hygiene products and snacks to Catholic Charities of Southeastern coordinated efforts to see that flags were placed on graves at Sts. Ohio, located at the Sacred Heart Center of Hope, Steubenville, May Peter and Paul and Holy Trinity cemeteries. (Photo provided) 14. (Photo provided) THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 11 Draw lessons from St. Ignatius’ cannonball experience, Pope Francis says By Cindy Wooden encounter with the Lord.” Catholic News Service The pope said: “On this earthly ROME — Sometimes a person’s dreams pilgrimage, we meet others like Ignatius and aspirations go up in smoke, but God did in his life. These other people are always is there with bigger and better signs that help us to stay on course plans, Pope Francis said, pointing to St. and who invite us to convert again and Ignatius of Loyola as an example. again.” “In Pamplona, (Spain), 500 years ago, all He said, “Conversion always occurs Ignatius’ worldly dreams were shattered in through dialogue – dialogue with God, an instant” when he was hit in battle. “The dialogue with others, dialogue with the cannonball that wounded him changed world.” the course of his life, and the course of Pope Francis prayed that all Christians the world,” Pope Francis said in a video who are inspired by Ignatian spirituality message May 23. would continue their journey of conver- The pope, a Jesuit, joined his confreres, sion together, helping one another draw members of other orders of women and closer to Christ and reaching out to others men who follow Ignatian spirituality, lay as well. collaborators and others for an online Pope Francis delivers a message to an online prayer service marking the “Only Jesus has shown us the way. We prayer service as part of the Ignatian Year 500th anniversary of the conversion of St. Ignatius of Loyola, in this still help each other to find and follow this marking the 500th anniversary of St. image taken from video released by the Vatican May 23. The pope said God’s path,” the pope said. “No one is saved Ignatius’ conversion after being wounded plans for individuals are greater than the plans they have for themselves. alone; either we are saved as a community in battle. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) or we are not saved.” “That cannonball meant that Ignatius “The same thing happened with the failed in the dreams he had for his life,” founding of the ,” he the pope said, “but God had a bigger dream said. “Things didn’t go smoothly like in for him. God’s dream for Ignatius was not some sort of business plan, rather it was about Ignatius. It was about helping souls. a continual listening to the Spirit and a It was a dream of redemption, a dream of daily conversion, not putting a focus going out into the world, accompanied by on the society as an institution, but on Jesus, humble and poor.” Christ.” Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of Usually, Father Sosa said, discernment the Jesuits, introduced the prayer service and help in the continual process of by explaining that while St. Ignatius’ conversion is aided by other people one conversion started with a life-changing meets along the way and through whom event, it was a gradual process that lasted God works. throughout his life. Pope Francis, in his message, said that “Ignatius learned on his way that “discernment does not consist in always conversion means to be available and succeeding from the beginning, but rather open to God, to be trusting, laying his life in navigating and having a compass in completely in God’s hands,” Father Sosa order to be able to set out on the path – said. That involved repeatedly setting which has many twists and turns – but aside his own ideas and preferences “to always allowing oneself to be guided put Christ at the center.” by the Holy Spirit, who leads us to the A Vatican stamp marks the 500th anniversary of the conversion of St. Ignatius of Loyola. (CNS photo/Vatican stamp and coin office) Sister Carol Juckem celebrates 50 years St. Mary School partners with Energy Optimizers, USA, to save $25,000 annually MARIETTA — St. Mary School, to be high achieving in all aspects of our Marietta, is making an investment of operations, from academic performance $86,704 in a facilities improvement project to financial management,” said Elizabeth with Energy Optimizers, USA, located in Tokodi, principal. “We believe that this in- Dayton, Ohio. vestment in our building will pay dividends The school paid cash for the project, to our bottom line while directly supporting which includes energy efficient LED our strategies to improve student outcomes interior and exterior lighting retrofits. and our overall school climate.” The school’s staff anticipate a reduction “We take great pride in our ability in annual utility costs of about $25,000. to provide schools with cost-effective The payback for the project is just three solutions that make measurably better and a half years. improvements to their facilities and, by The LED lighting retrofits offer up to extension, their overall performance,” said Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Carol Juckem celebrates 75% savings over the former lighting Rusty Bookman, senior account executive her 50 years of dedicated religious profession May 23, Pentecost systems, offering an almost immediate with Energy Optimizers, USA. “St. Mary Sunday, at St. Benedict Convent, Cambridge. Sister Carol is a native reduction in utility costs. They will also Catholic School will be able to channel of Wisconsin and a music teacher at St. Benedict School. She will last three to four times longer, which will the savings it gains right back into its celebrate again in July with her profession group at Holy Family further reduce long-term operations and classrooms or into other needed capital Convent, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. (Photo provided by Sister Sharon Paul) maintenance costs. improvements. That’s a victory for the “At St. Mary Catholic School, we aim school, its students and the parish.” Obituaries

Charlotte M. Agnone, 95, Athens, Janet McCart Cope, 79, Toronto, St. Elaine Hall, 75, Blessed Sacrament, Geno Lelli, 88, Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King University Parish, May 6. Francis of Assisi, May 18. Wintersville, April 26. Wintersville, May 10. Donald L. Bell, 88, Triumph of the Elizabeth R. Fazi, 101, Triumph of the Harold M. Irwin Jr., 80, Triumph of the Dennis Saelens, 77, Pomeroy, Sacred Cross, Steubenville, May 13. Cross, Steubenville, May 13. Cross, Steubenville, May 6. Heart, May 11. Joanne Chmelovski, 83, Blessed Rose M. Grueser, 83, Pomeroy, Sacred Rosalyn Karabaic, 94, Blessed Carmela L. Serafini, 86, Triumph of the Sacrament, Wintersville, April 5. Heart, May 7. Sacrament, Wintersville, May 6. Cross, Steubenville, May 12. 12 THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER MAY 28, 2021 Bishop ordains Father Hahn From Page 1 Bishop Monforton praised the new Bishop Monforton said in his homily priests’ parents for providing their son directed to Deacon Hahn, “Each one of with the support of the domestic church, us priests share in the priesthood of Jesus nurturing from the earliest of years of his Christ, a sacramental ordination in Christ’s vocation to the priesthood. “You offered priesthood. This means, as sharers in the him the family setting which enabled him inscription of Jesus Christ’s redeeming ser- to explore the priestly vocation and you vice, we act on behalf of Christ as well as the affirmed his decision,” the bishop said. people of God in relation to God himself.” Scott Hahn was visibly touched after The bishop told Deacon Hahn, “In this watching his son’s ordination, referring to Year of St. Joseph, we are reminded the it as “unspeakable joy, a powerful moment. same attributes of the guardian of the Holy I am experiencing something entirely Family are a faithful priest’s as well. As St. new. I am witnessing God’s marvel in the Joseph both saved and served the Word of present tense, from the inside.” God, so too does the priest. A persevering Father Hahn celebrated his first Mass of spirit governs a priest’s daily routine as Transitional Deacon Jeremiah Hahn places his hands between Bishop Thanksgiving May 22 at St. Peter Church. he serves those entrusted to his care as he Jeffrey M. Monforton’s hands, promising respect and obedience to him and He will be assigned as parochial vicar to Msgr. John Michael Campbell, rector of strengthens them in faith, hope and love.” his successors, at St. Peter Church, Steubenville, May 21. (Photo by Orsatti) (See the bishop’s entire homily in his the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, column, Page 7) upon him, invoking the Holy Spirit. Father Hahn said at the end of the cer- Marietta, and pastor of St. Henry Parish, Following the homily, the elect prom- “When the bishop laid his hands on me, mony, “I was handed a chalice and paten, Harriettsville, effective June 6. ised his obedience and respect to Bishop I heard the words ‘You are a priest forever’ symbols of how I serve and nourish the “I’ve felt accepted and loved wherever Monforton and his successors, kneeling echo around in my head. As each priest people of God. I heard and felt the words I’ve gone in the diocese. My goal is to serve and placing his hands between the bishop’s then laid hands on me, as per tradition, I ‘I am yours and you are mine’ echo in my so well that when others see me, they can hands. He then prostrated himself before also heard ‘He is a priest forever,’” Father mind. This isn’t just a job. It’s like the re- see Christ in me then receive his comfort the altar, where the saints were called to Hahn said. sponsibility of being a spouse. At its best, I or grace. As we grow closer to God, we intercede for the elect. Father Joshua D. Erickson then vested have someone to treasure and cherish all the become more like him. I hope to lead others After the litany of saints, the elect knelt the newly ordained priest with his stole days of my life, wherever I’m sent. Thanks to Jesus, and through him to his Father, our before the bishop, who imposed hands and chasuble. to him, I can and will cherish you all, too.” heavenly Father,” said Father Hahn.

Father Joshua D. Erickson, vests newly ordained Father Jeremiah Hahn with the priest’s stole and chasuble, left photo. Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton Transitional Deacon Jeremiah Hahn is pictured prostrating himself before receives a first blessing from Father Hahn, right photo. the altar at St. Peter Church, Steubenville. He affirmed his intention to serve the church in the office of the priesthood.

Father Jeremiah Hahn, fourth from left, stands with his parents, from left, Father Jeremiah Hahn blesses Daughters of Holy Mary of the Heart of Jesus Kimberly and Scott Hahn; Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton; grandparents, at his ordination reception in the social hall at St. Peter Church, after the the Rev. Jerry and Patricia Kirk; and brother, Joseph Hahn, a diocesan ordination Mass. seminarian; after being ordained to the priesthood. (Photos by Orsatti)