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Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 4, 5 Editorial. 4 From the Archives. 10 Criterion Question Corner . 21 TheCriterion Sunday & Daily Readings. 21 Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 www.archindy.org February 4, 2000 Vol. XXXIX, No. 17 50¢ Pope plans to Birth of a parish canonize Blessed Katharine Drexel Pastor tells VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II plans to canonize Blessed Katharine parishioners to Drexel, the U.S. heiress who dedicated her life to defending and educating African- follow St. Teresa Americans and Native Americans. During a Jan. 27 meeting with the Benedicta’s Congregation for Sainthood Causes, the pope published a decree recognizing as a devotion to prayer miracle the 1994 healing, following prayers to Blessed Katharine, of a U.S. toddler born By Mary Ann Wyand deaf. The Vatican did not announce a date for BRIGHT—Father William Marks, the the canonization ceremony, but people founding pastor of St. Teresa Benedicta familiar with Pope John Paul’s Holy Year of the Cross Parish in Bright, asked char- calendar said Blessed Katharine probably ter members to “live in hope and function would be declared a saint during an Oct. 1 in prayer” during an 11 a.m. liturgy on Mass at the Vatican. Jan. 30 that celebrated the establishment The decree in Blessed Katharine’s cause of the newest parish in the archdiocese. was one of 11 promulgated at the Jan. 27 More than 500 people filled the chairs meeting. The others included recognition of and bleachers in the gymnasium of the new the miracles needed for the beatification of Bright Elementary School to mark the Pope John XXIII and of Redemptorist founding of the parish under the patronage Father Francis Xavier Seelos, a German of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. who worked among immigrants in New Born in 1891 at Speyer, Germany, Orleans in the mid-1800s. Edith Stein was a teacher who converted Also during the meeting, the pope offi- from Judaism and became a Discalced cially recognized Vietnam’s earliest martyr, Carmelite nun in 1933. She was killed in Ann Wyand Photo by Mary Andrew, a lay catechist who was killed in the Nazi concentration camp at Father William Marks, founding pastor of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Parish in Bright, dis- 1644. The 111 Vietnamese martyrs canon- Auschwitz, Germany, in 1942. plays an original watercolor painting of the saint during a Jan. 30 liturgy celebrating the establish- ized in 1988 were killed between 1745 and Pope John Paul II canonized Blessed ment of the new Batesville Deanery parish. 1862. Teresa Benedicta on Oct. 11, 1998, dur- The decree of martyrdom clears the ing a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square. a faith-filled life of prayer during wartime. … and she died because of her faith. way for Andrew’s beatification without the St. Teresa Benedicta is a wonderful “She faced more obstacles than we “That power of Christ is not just for necessity of a miracle. patroness for the parish, Father Marks could ever imagine,” he said, yet “she saw saints,” Father Marks said. “We can have The pope also issued decrees recogniz- explained in his homily, because she lived the power of Christ and opened her heart See PARISH, page 8 ing the martyrdom of a diocesan priest who died in a Thai prison during World War II and of Peter Calungsod, a lay Filipino catechist killed in 1672 in Guam. Residents pull together to create new parish Introducing the causes to the pope, Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect By Mary Ann Wyand Last January, Archbishop Daniel M. As the Catholic Community of of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, Buechlein assigned Father William Northeast Dearborn County grew larger, called Blessed Katharine “an authentic BRIGHT—In the Gospel of Matthew, Marks to minister to Catholics in north- liturgies were scheduled at the pioneer” in the struggle to recognize the Christ tells the disciples, “For where east Dearborn County and explore the Providence Presbyterian Church in dignity and civil rights of African- two or three are gathered together in my feasibility of establishing a new parish Bright at 5 p.m. on Saturdays and in the Americans and Native Americans in the name, there am I in the midst of them” in that area of the Batesville Deanery. multipurpose room of the Taverne on United States. † (Mt 18:20). The first liturgies were held in the Lake at Hidden Valley Lake at And that, in essence, is the story of homes, much like the small Church 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sundays. For more the founding of the newest parish in the communities in the early days of On Dec. 9, the Catholic Community archdiocese. Christianity. See BRIGHT, page 9 on the life of Blessed Katharine A brief meeting leads to Drexel, see five decades of marriage page 28. By Susan M. Bierman BLOOMINGTON—Ray and Mary Jane Olley vividly remem- ber the day they met more than 50 years ago. Ray was in the Navy and his ship was docked in Chicago. He was hanging his laundry out to dry when Mary Jane, her sister and another girl came walking by to catch a train. “They were laughing at my laundry,” Ray said. At the time, Ray, 76, was 21 years old and Mary Jane, 72, was 17. The girls stopped to talk to Ray and there on the Michigan Avenue Bridge, Mary Jane and Ray exchanged addresses. It was the beginning of a romance that would lead to a lifetime of memo- ries and seven children in nearly 54 years of marriage. They said it has been a marriage that has been sustained by a Photo by Susan M. Bierman lot of love and patience and their Catholic faith. Ray and Mary Jane Olley of Bloomington read letters they wrote to each Not long after their brief chance meeting in Chicago, Ray’s ship other during their two-and-a-half-year courtship some 50 years ago. went down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Upon arrival, Ray found that Mary Jane had mailed three letters to him. Although she didn’t know him, Mary Jane said she wrote the letters because World War II was going on and women were Marriage Supplement, page 11. See MARRIED, page 3 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, February 4, 2000 Five Indiana dioceses plan state education convention Religious educators from Indiana’s five and the Westin Suites at Keystone at the Another keynote speaker will be sentation entitled “Catholic and All dioceses will meet Oct. 17-19 in Crossing. Father Robert Hater, professor emeritus Grown Up.” Indianapolis for the Indiana Conference “This event is a golden opportunity in the religious studies department of the Other convention opportunities will of Catechetical Leaders State Conven- for catechetical leaders to grow profes- University of Dayton and professor of include an optional pre-convention tion—“God’s Call, Our Challenge: A sionally in the ministry of faith forma- systematic and pastoral theology at the retreat and break-out sessions on practi- New Beginning.” tion and religious education,” said Frank Athenaeum in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will cal issues led by experienced catecheti- Parish directors and coordinators of J. Zolvinski, director of religious educa- address the convention on “Discipleship: cal leaders. religious education, faith formation and tion, Diocese of Gary, and a member of A Hope-Filled Response to the Spirit of A large number of publishers and other catechetical leaders throughout the the planning committee. Jesus.” vendors will exhibit the most current state are invited to attend the biennial Jesuit Father J-Glenn Murray, director Father Hater is a diocesan priest who resources for religious education and conference. of the Office for Pastoral Liturgy, has written 12 books, the most recent faith formation. The event is a collaborative effort of Diocese of Cleveland, will be a keynote being The Search for Meaning: Myth and For more information on the confer- the offices of religious education from speaker on “Liturgy and Catechesis, Mystery in the New Millennium. ence, contact Dr. Harry J. Dudley at the the five dioceses of Indiana and the Telling the Good Oct. 18 at the banquet dinner, Kate Archdiocese of Indianapolis Office of Association of Directors of Religious News.” Father Murray is a nationally Ristow, curriculum consultant for Catholic Education, department of faith Education in Indiana. celebrated speaker and teacher of Resources for Christian Living, and con- formation, at 317-236-1446 or 800-382- The conference will be held in Indian- homiletics. He is known for his dynamic, tributing editor for Catechist magazine, 9836, ext. 1446. † apolis at the Sheraton Indianapolis North motivational style. will reflect on Catholic identity in a pre- Jubilee year means no tuition at one Catholic school OAK HARBOR, Ohio (CNS)—It’s a John Paul II’s jubilee year challenge, “Everyone agreed,” said Father always a burden with a small school.” move that might send a Catholic school “Open Wide the Doors to Christ,” in Peiffer. “The Holy Spirit was alive in While forgoing tuition did not seem business manager into shock: no tuition their parish. that room.” The pastor to make business sense, he said, the income for a full year. Bishop Hoffman said the committee recog- parish leaders felt it was needed to take Yet that’s exactly what St. Boniface announced diocesan debt nized the implications for the jubilee year seriously. School in Oak Harbor is doing to mark cancellations at the start ‘What better way the parish’s finances but “What better way can we express our the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.

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