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Easter Chrism Masses celebrated at cathedrals Bishop Rhoades Blessings celebrates the To all of our readers Eucharist with the South Bend area priests at the Chrism Mass at St. Matthew Co-Cathedral on The Mystery of Easter Monday, April 18. The An event unlike any other Chrism Mass in Fort Wayne was celebrated Page 2 April 19. At the Mass, Sacred Chrism and oils are blessed by the bishop. Priests Palm Sunday assemble with the bishop and renew Technology without God their commitment to pulls humanity down priestly service. Page 3
KAREN CLIFFORD SOUTH BEND — “This Chrism Mass express- At the Chrism Mass, which was also cele- as the dedication of churches and altars. Pope John Paul II es in a beautifully solemn way the unity of brated Tuesday, April 19, in Fort Wayne at the “Through these oils, the Lord’s grace will Beatified for holiness, Christ’s Church here in our diocese and in dio- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the flow within thousands of people’s souls ceses throughout the world: Bishop, priests, dea- Oil of the Sick, the Oil of Catechumens and the throughout our diocese, bringing light, support not his papacy cons, religious and laity, gathered together dur- Sacred Chrism are blessed by the bishop and and strength through the sacraments. The ing Holy Week for the consecration of the distributed to churches throughout the diocese. Church will be built up as the Holy Spirit Page 4 Sacred Chrism and the blessing of the Oil of the The Sacred Chrism will be used to confirm works through these oils, consecrating and Catechumens and the Oil of the Sick,” began the elect at the Easter Vigil. The Chrism will be sanctifying the members of Christ’s Body in the Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades in his homily at St. used in the coming months for infant Baptisms sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Matthew Co-Cathedral in South Bend on and priestly Ordinations. It is also employed for What made John Paul Monday, April 18. sacramental blessings and consecrations, such CHRISM, PAGE 20 II truly great? Chris Stefanick’s column Six-Church Passion Walk, BISHOP BLESSES BAPTISTRY Page 15 a day of retreat for diocese
BY LAURIE KIEFABER Kevin C. Rhoades after the Palm Sunday Mass at Holy Cross. “It was so prayerful and a wonderful way to begin Holy Week.” SOUTH BEND — The Six-Church Passion Before the walk began, Bishop Rhoades Walk on Palm Sunday in South Bend was talked about Jesus’ walk to Jerusalem when like a retreat for some and a pilgrimage for people walked with Him. others, depending on shoes or a lack of “We are spiritually united with them,” them. Either way, most participants polled Bishop Rhoades said. “I thank you for said it was a good way to prepare for Holy being here.” Week. Most people wore sensible shoes for the Approximately 100 to 175 people event, with participants walking from one attended the walk at any one time, with church to another between various stations. some people participating in a few Stations However, Gabriel Akre, 13, went the major- of the Cross, but most taking on the entire ity of the walk without his shoes. walk. The sunny but cool and breezy day “I’m giving up shoes for Lent,” said the with a daytime high of 52 degrees brought home-schooled teen. “Last year during the MARK WEBER together people from St. Joseph, St. Patrick, fall 40 Days for Life (I also gave up A newly-installed baptistry at St. John the St. Hedwig, St. Augustine, St. Stanislaus shoes).” and Holy Cross churches as well as those The St. Pius X member said he was Baptist Church, Fort Wayne, was blessed on outside the area. Local police assisted walk- inspired by the Franciscan Brothers Minor Saturday, April 16, by Bishop-emeritus John ers at intersections and a few golf carts who have gone barefoot before. were available to those who needed a break. M. D’Arcy with pastor Father Cyril “Today was like a day of retreat for me with my people of the diocese,” said Bishop WALK, PAGE 10 Fernandes, assisting. 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC APRIL 24, 2011 TODAY’S CATHOLIC Official newspaper of the The Mystery of Easter Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856
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Technology without God pulls humanity PUBLIC SCHEDULE OF down, pope says on Palm Sunday BISHOP KEVIN C. RHOADES • Thursday, April 21, 7 p.m. — Holy Thursday Mass of the BY JOHN THAVIS Lord’s Supper at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne VATICAN CITY (CNS) — • Friday, April 22, 1 p.m. — Good Friday Celebration of the Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass Lord’s Passion at St. Matthew Co-Cathedral, South Bend at the Vatican, Pope Benedict • Saturday, April 23, 9 p.m. — Easter Vigil Mass, Cathedral of XVI warned that technological the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne progress must not lead people to • Sunday, April 24, 10 a.m. — Easter Sunday Mass at St. think they can “become God.” Joseph Church, Bluffton About 50,000 faithful waved • Monday, April 25, 2 p.m. — Episcopal Ordination at St. Paul olive branches and palm fronds Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pa. in St. Peter’s Square April 17 at • Tuesday, April 26, 9:35 a.m. — Mass and pastoral visit at the start of the liturgy that com- Marian High School, Mishawaka memorated Christ’s triumphal • Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m. — Confirmation Mass at Our entry into Jerusalem five days Lady of Guadalupe Church, Warsaw before his crucifixion. • Thursday, April 28, noon — Luncheon Meeting of Advisory The German pontiff, who cel- Board of Today’s Catholic ebrated his 84th birthday the day • Thursday, April 28, 7 p.m. — Confirmation Mass at before, joined a procession that Immaculate Conception Church, Auburn led to the Egyptian obelisk in the • Friday, April 29, 12:05 p.m. — Mass at University of Saint center of the square. He asked Francis, Fort Wayne listeners to continue to prepare • Friday, April 29, 1:15 p.m. — Meeting with Faculty Forum, for Easter through penitence and University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne acts of charity. • Friday, April 29, 5:30 p.m. — LuersKnight Dinner and Holding a braided palm gar- Auction, Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne land, he then rode in a jeep to the • Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m. — Confirmation Mass at St. main altar for the two-and-a-half- Mary’s Church, Culver hour Mass. It was the beginning • Saturday, April 30, 5:30 p.m. — Confirmation Mass at St. of Holy Week, the busiest period Pius X Church, Granger of the year for the pope, with a demanding schedule of public appearances. Correction to schedule In his homily, Pope Benedict In the schedule of Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades and Bishop-Emeritus said the Palm Sunday procession John M. D’Arcy listed on page 2 of the April 17, 2011 issue of must be understood as more than Today’s Catholic, there were two errors. a “quaint custom.” It represents The Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper on April 21 will be the spiritual ascent that all at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Christians are called to make, a Wayne. Bishop Rhoades will celebrate the Mass. journey “along the high road that On Good Friday, April 22, Bishop Rhoades will celebrate the litur- leads to the living God,” he said. gy of the Lord’s Passion beginning at 1 p.m. at St. Matthew Co- Such an ascent is impossible Cathedral in South Bend. without God’s help, he said, CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING although men and women have People carry large palm fronds in procession at the start of Palm long attempted to “attain the Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 17. heights of God by their own BOY HOLDS OLIVE TREE BRANCH powers.” All the inventions of the ON PALM SUNDAY IN SPAIN human spirit are ultimately an Pope Benedict effort to become independent and XVI carries woven completely free — but without palm fronds as God, this effort is doomed to fail- he arrives in pro- ure, he said. “Mankind has managed to cession to cele- accomplish so many things: We brate Palm can fly. We can see, hear and Sunday Mass in speak to one another from the St. Peter’s Square farthest ends of the earth,” he at the Vatican said. April 17. “And yet the force of gravity which draws us down is power- ful. With the increase of our abil- ities there has been an increase not only of good. Our possibili- ties for evil have increased and appear like menacing storms above history,” he said. The pope said that despite progress, human limitations have been evident in recent disasters that “have caused so much suf- fering for humanity.” “The great achievements of need God and “abandon the pride He described people as caught technology are liberating and of wanting to become God.” between two “gravitational contribute to the progress of At the end of the Mass, the CNS PHOTO/OCTAVIO DURAN fields”: the force of gravity that mankind only if they are joined pope expressed greetings in A boy holds an olive tree branch during Palm Sunday serv- pulls people down toward self- to these attitudes — if our hands seven languages to the thousands ishness, falsehood and evil, and become clean and our hearts of young people in the square ice at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in El Puerto Santa the force of God’s love that pulls pure, if we seek truth, if we seek and said he was looking forward Maria, Spain, April 17. Children gather around “peni- people up. God and let ourselves be touched to the World Youth Day celebra- The spiritual ascent to which and challenged by His love,” he tion in Madrid next August. The tentes” — those repenting for their sins — to ask for wax Christians are called has some said. youths serenaded the pope with during a Holy Week procession. Wax from the penitents’ concrete elements, including In the end, he said, a spiritual an abbreviated version of “Happy purity, honesty and faith in God, ascent is effective only if people Birthday” in Italian. candles is collected by children and formed into balls as a he said. humbly acknowledge that they souvenir. 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC APRIL 24, 2011 Defunding Planned John Paul II being beatified Parenthood ‘not one of those hard choices’ for holiness, not papacy, speakers say BY CINDY WOODEN increased in recent years, and its BY DON CLEMMER provision of other services such as ROME (CNS) — Pope John Paul prenatal care and adoption refer- II is being beatified not because WASHINGTON— In an April 13 rals has declined markedly. Now of his impact on history or on the letter to the U.S. House of the national organization insists Catholic Church, but because of Representatives, Cardinal Daniel that all affiliates provide abortions the way he lived the Christian DiNardo of Galveston-Houston by 2013, a mandatory policy that virtues of faith, hope and love, urged Congress to vote for a reso- has led at least one affiliate to said Cardinal Angelo Amato, pre- lution to ban federal funding of the leave the organization.” fect of the Congregation for Planned Parenthood Federation of • “Third, the organization has Saints’ Causes. America. In the midst of a budget led numerous legislative cam- “Clearly his cause was put on debate involving shared sacrifice paigns and litigation strategies to the fast track, but the process was and hard choices, Cardinal oppose any meaningful limits on done carefully and meticulously, DiNardo wrote, “Whether to fund abortion, including modest meas- following the rules Pope John the largest abortion network in the ures such as public funding bans, Paul himself issued in 1983,” the country is not one of those hard informed consent provisions, and cardinal said April 1, during a choices.” parental notice requirements for conference at the Pontifical Cardinal DiNardo is chairman abortions on unemancipated University of the Holy Cross in of the Committee on Pro-Life minors. One of Planned Rome. Activities of the United States Parenthood’s legislative priorities The cardinal said the Church Conference of Catholic Bishops is to oppose conscience clauses wanted to respond positively to CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING (USCCB). (which it calls “refusal clauses”), many Catholics’ hopes to have Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, Cardinal DiNardo cited a so that hospitals, physicians and Pope John Paul beatified quickly, speaks at a conference about Pope John Paul II at the Pontifical March 4 letter to Congress from nurses will not be allowed to serve but it also wanted to be certain University of the Holy Cross in Rome April 1. He said Pope John Paul II is Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of the healthcare needs of women that the pope, who died in 2005, Stockton, Calif., chairman of the without taking part in abortion.” is in heaven. not being beatified because of his impact on history or the Catholic USCCB Committee on Domestic Cardinal DiNardo wrote that Cardinal Amato said the saint- Church but because of his living of Christian virtues. Justice and Human Development, some, in an effort to divert the dis- hood process is one of the areas which expressed the hope that cussion away from abortion, have of Church life where the consen- holiness. conference that the late pope’s “funds now provided to organiza- tried to make the debate about sus of Church members, techni- Beatification and canonization voice, his pronunciation, his use tions that perform abortions... will women’s access to basic health cally the “sensus fidelium” are not recognitions of someone’s of gestures and his presence at be redirected to meeting the basic care. He noted that Catholic and (“sense of the faithful”), really superior understanding of theolo- the altar or on a stage all con- needs of the poor.” Cardinal other religiously affiliated health- counts. gy, nor of the great works he or tributed to his success as a com- DiNardo offered additional rea- care providers generally do pro- “From the day of his death on she accomplished, he said. municator. sons for supporting H. Con. Res. vide mammograms, prenatal and April 2, 2005, the people of God Declaring someone a saint, the But the key to his effective- 36: maternity care for women, while began proclaiming his holiness,” Church attests to the fact that he ness was that he firmly believed • “First, it is indisputable that Planned Parenthood does not. and hundreds, if not thousands, or she lived the Christian virtues that each person was created in Planned Parenthood Federation of “To the extent that Planned visit his tomb each day, the cardi- in a truly extraordinary way and God’s image and likeness, America is by far the largest Parenthood does provide any legit- nal said. A further sign is the is a model to be imitated by oth- Navarro-Valls said. “I think this provider and promoter of abortions imate health services for women, number of biographies published ers, the cardinal said. was what attracted people even nationwide, performing about a however, those services can be about him and the number of his The candidate, he said, must more than the way he spoke.” third of all abortions (332,278 provided by others, since H. Con. writings that are translated and be perceived “as an image of People felt he was sincere in abortions in Fiscal Year 2008-9). Res. 36 does not reduce funding re-published. Christ.” his recognition of their dignity Abortions also account for over a for services by one cent,” Cardinal “In the course of a beatifica- Cardinal Amato said, “the and of their destiny to be with third of Planned Parenthood’s DiNardo wrote. “Therefore the tion cause, there is the vox pop- pressure of the public and of the God, he said. income. The organization has question at issue here is: When uli,” he said, which must be media did not disturb the process, “He was a man profoundly aborted over 5 million unborn low-income women need these “accompanied by the vox dei but helped it” because it was a convinced of the truth of those children since 1970.” legitimate healthcare services, (voice of God) — the miracles — further sign of Pope John Paul’s words in Genesis — ‘God made • “Second, the organization’s should the federal government and the vox ecclesiae (voice of widespread reputation for holi- man and woman in his image and involvement in abortion (now insist that they receive them from the Church),” which is the offi- ness, which is something the likeness.’ This gave him opti- including chemical abortions using the local abortion provider?” cial judgment issued after inter- Church requires proof of before it mism even when he could no RU-486) has substantially viewing eyewitnesses and con- moves to beatify someone. longer walk, and then even when sulting with historians, physi- Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who he could no longer speak,” cians, theologians and Church served as Vatican spokesman Navarro-Valls said. 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aged them to continue on their path Holy Week Services of excellence. schedule for Ancilla Domini Chapel Arborists giving away 1,500 trees at USF DONALDSON — The Poor ROUND THE IOCESE Handmaids of Jesus Christ invite A D FORT WAYNE —The Fort Wayne all to attend the Holy Week litur- Arborists will give away 1,500 free gies at the Poor Handmaids of trees in the south parking lot of the Jesus Christ Ministry Center. University of Saint Francis North Liturgies will be held in the YOUTH GROUP BUILDS HOMES IN WEST VIRGINIA Campus, 2702 Spring St., on Ancilla Domini Chapel on: Friday, April 29, from 7-10:30 a.m. • Holy Thursday, April 21, at 7 Community residents can p.m. choose from white spruce, Canaan • Good Friday, April 22 at 3 fir, serviceberry, black gum and p.m. hornbeam varieties, with a limit of The choir will sing “The three trees per person. Passion According to St. John by Environmentally-conscious William Byrd.” Jesuit Father “green” industry professionals will Edward Konerman will preside. be on hand to answer homeowners’ Mary Lou McCarthy-Artz is questions about tree types, mainte- director/organist. nance, ideal locations and benefits. • Easter Vigil, April 23, at 9 Ricky Kemery from the Allen p.m. County Extension Office will also • Easter Sunday Mass on April attend to provide information. 24, will be held at the Catherine The Arborists have conducted Kasper Home Chapel in the tree giveaway, with USF as the Donaldson at 11 a.m. main host, for around 20 years to stress to the community the value Girl Scout’s collection and importance of trees. benefits Women’s Care Saint Joseph’s teacher Center named Claes Nobel FORT WAYNE — Jessica Heise, sophomore at Bishop Dwenger Educator of Distinction High School and Girl Scout at St. SOUTH BEND Vincent de Paul School in Fort — Brian Dolezal Wayne, is currently working on a MEG DISTLER was nominated by project to earn the Gold Award, student Jesse M. the highest honor in Girl Scouts. The High School Youth Group of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Fort Wayne traveled Whitfield for out- Her project is to assist the to Franklin, W. Va., during the week of April 2-9 under the direction of St. Elizabeth pas- standing dedica- Women’s Care Center by raising tion and commit- community awareness and collect- tor Father Jim Shafer, Youth Director Jay Horning and parish volunteers to assist with the ment to excel- ing needed items for the program Habitat for Humanity house building program there. The 45 teens, who came from six lence in the class- that assists young women in preg- room. Student BRIAN DOLEZAL nancy crisis. Items needed for area high schools as well as home schooling, also delivered five tons or 10,000 pounds of members of the donation are diapers (size 4-6), food donated by the parish for the community’s exhausted local food bank. Pictured are National Society of High School new onesies (size newborn to 24 Scholars (NSHSS) have the oppor- months), and new clothes (size the 45 teens posed in front of a three-townhouse complex they helped build. tunity to nominate the educator newborn to 5 toddler). To donate who made the most significant con- call (260) 490-7833 or e-mail tribution to their academic career. [email protected]. recent years, apparently fueled by about preparing for globalization College All College Awards for both The Claes Nobel Educator of jobs in its manufacturing industry. and the importance of service to the administrators and faculty. Distinction award recognizes ND and Goshen College St. Joseph County, while still world. Father O’Hara has conducted teacher role models who have made experiencing immigration, seems His message comes from many research, served on panels, and a lasting difference in their class- publish study of Latinos to have a more settled Latino com- years of personal experience. Prior published numerous papers and room by encouraging students to in North Central Indiana munity. Noble County’s Latino to becoming president of his alma chapters on the role of religious strive for excellence. population is small by compari- mater, King’s College in Wilkes- lobby groups in the American pub- “Dedicated educators who NOTRE DAME — The Institute son. Its Latinos are highly concen- Barre, Pa., Father O’Hara assisted lic policy system. Papers he has exhibit a commitment to excellence for Latino Studies and Goshen trated in rural areas in the western in relief work with the Missionary written or presented include “The deserve our highest praise and College’s Center for Intercultural part of the county. Sisters of Charity, the religious Multifaceted Catholic Lobby,” appreciation,” said NSHSS Teaching and Learning (CITL) In all three counties, Latinos community of the late Blessed “The Pluralism of the Catholic President James Lewis. “We’re recently released the first in a face adversity. In comparison to Mother Teresa, in Dacca, Lobby” and “The Civil Rights excited to provide an ongoing series of three research reports non-Latino whites, Latinos have Bangladesh, where he also was pro- Restoration Act.” Other publica- means to do so, and we encourage examining the origin and present higher poverty rates, lower fessor of English at Notre Dame tions include “Interest Groups and our members to nominate teachers circumstances of Latinos in four income, lower educational attain- College. Previous to serving in the Right to Die,” “Rwanda: The who have contributed to their aca- north-central Indiana cities (South ment, and lower home ownership Bangladesh, Father O’Hara served Church Response” and “Uganda: A demic success.” Bend, Elkhart, Goshen and rates. Latinos’ low high school as professor of political science at Model of Democracy.” In the congratulatory letter to Ligonier). graduation rates are a particular the Philosophical Centre of Jinja, The 44th commencement cere- Dolezal, Claes Nobel stated, “I Co-edited by ILS Research concern, as they speak to the Jinja, Uganda. mony of Holy Cross College will have many duties bestowed upon Director Juan Carlos Guzmán, the future generation’s ability to Father O’Hara is a 1971 gradu- be held on Saturday, May 14, at 2 me in my roles as NSHSS chairman report offers a demographic, eco- improve its economic outlook. ate of King’s College with a bache- p.m. in the Pfeil Center on the cam- and of carrying on the tradition of nomic and educational overview lor’s degree in political science. He pus of Holy Cross. my family name. One of the most of Latinos in Elkhart, St. Joseph Father Thomas J. O’Hara received his master’s in theology important and pleasant of these and Noble counties and examines from the University of Notre Dame St. Charles honor roll duties is recognizing the achieve- area demographics and the history to speak at Holy Cross and his doctorate in political sci- ment of educators. ... Your student of Latino immigration to North College commencement ence from The American students honored named you as a role model and pos- Central Indiana since the 1990s, University, Washington, D.C. at school breakfasts itive influence, someone who has setting the context for an analysis NOTRE DAME Father O’Hara recently retired as made a difference — in short, a of the educational challenges and — Holy Cross President of King’s College (1999- FORT WAYNE — St. Charles great teacher.” opportunities local Latino students Father Thomas J. 2011). He also served as professor Borromeo School in Fort Wayne “Jacques Barzun, a French-born face. O’Hara, Ph.D., of political science at King’s. recently held two annual breakfasts American historian of ideas and The report finds, though, con- will be delivering Father O’Hara has received sever- honoring students in grades 5-6 and culture, said, ‘In teaching you can- tiguous Elkhart, Noble and St. the commence- al professional awards, including the 7-8 that have shown high achieve- not see the fruit of a day’s work. It Joseph counties have great diver- ment speech to Exemplar Award from the University ment by being on the school honor is invisible and remains so, maybe sity in their Latino populations. the Holy Cross of Notre Dame Alumni Association, roll for the past four quarters. for 20 years.’ We hope this letter Elkhart County has experienced College graduat- FATHER THOMAS the New York State Award for Principal Rob Sordelet spoke to the and certificate ... does make visible the most Latino immigration in ing class of 2011 J. O’HARA, CSC Dedication to Youth, and the King’s parents and students, and encour- the work that you do each day.” 8 TODAY’S CATHOLIC APRIL 24, 2011 Blessing offered for new Earthworks location in Plymouth
BY IDA CHIPMAN
PLYMOUTH — Father Ed Reutz of South Bend was a member of the first Earthworks board and has remained an enthusiastic supporter of the Earthworks mission as it has grown and evolved. On Saturday, April 9, Father Reutz offered the ceremonial blessing of Earthworks’ new location, asking God’s blessing on the work and service that will be done in the bakery, classroom and the market. Earthworks’ mission is a min- istry sponsored by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. Spearheaded by Sister Sue Rogers, Earthworks encourages people to be environmentally responsible. A large crowd toured the PHOTOS BY IDA CHIPMAN premises at Earthworks’ new Jan Allis, a devoted worker at Earthworks, entices Jim Masterson to buy location at 701 E. Jefferson St., more goodies. Plymouth, admiring the renova- tions done by volunteers, many Earthworks plans to hold gram for young adults in part- of them from Ancilla College’s classes in the new facility as nership with Heart and Hands baseball program. Everything in early as the end of April. and the Jesse programs. the building is recycled with the Future plans include a baking Some of the products offered exception of the linoleum. and employment training pro- are Earthworks’ artisan bread, homemade sweets, jams, jellies
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VINCENT DE PAUL GIRL SCOUTS to celebrate beatification St. Joseph-St. Elizabeth School of Pope John Paul II RECEIVE MEDALS AT LENTEN RETREAT SOUTH BEND — John Paul II will be beatified in Rome on May 1. He is and was a special source of pride for Polish and Polish American people. As the mother parish of the Polish immigration to the South Bend area, St. Hedwig will commemorate this occasion, and especially because he was elected pope on Oct. 16, the feast of St. Hedwig. The parish will have a special celebration on that day to com- memorate Pope John Paul II’s beatification — a noon Mass. It will be in English and Polish, with appropriate translations. Bishop John M. D’Arcy has accepted an invitation to be the celebrant. Parishioners of all parishes in PROVIDED BY ST. JOSEPH-ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON SCHOOL South Bend and Mishawaka, but A musical ensemble from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic visited St. especially all Americans of Polish Joseph-St. Elizabeth School at the St. Elizabeth campus on April 13. background are invited to attend PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHERYL HEISE this historic occasion. On two separate occasions FORT WAYNE — A musical cussion instruments on the last Recently the St. Vincent de Paul Girl Scouts held their John Paul spoke of the obligations ensemble from the Fort Wayne song, which was a polka from annual Lenten Retreat on March 26 at the school cafete- of Polish Americans to their her- Philharmonic visited St. Joseph- Liechtenstein. itage — they should know the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School at Music teacher Joan Abbott ria. The Girl Scouts brought donations for the Allen price their ancestors paid for them the St. Elizabeth campus on April helped arrange the visit and previ- County Children’s Bookshelf and the St. Vincent de Paul to be here, and they should help 13. The ensemble, made up of ously taught a unit to the students inform Americans at large of the Michael Pape, Jason Markzon, on the instrument families that Society. Nearly 90 girls participated in a series of stations history of Poland, especially the Anne Lewellen and Adrian Mann, make up an orchestra. The centered around the theme “Charity to our Neighbors.” partitions (1775-1918), World played percussion, xylophone, Philharmonic ensemble’s visit War II, the occupation by harp and the bass. introduced basic musical concepts The retreat concluded with Mass, after which Msgr. John Germany and the Soviet Union Students picked pictures of and familiarized the students with a Kuzmich, pastor, presented the Girl Scouts with their reli- for the full six years of the war, national flags from a bag and the variety of musical instruments in and in which 6 million Polish cit- ensemble then played a musical an orchestra. The ensemble offered gious medals. Seventeen second-grade girls who received izens lost their lives — 3 million piece from that country, including two performances for the St. their Family of God Medal include Sophia Barton, Kelly gentiles and 3 million Jews. Germany, Japan, Ireland and Italy. Joseph-St. Elizabeth School stu- Four students were chosen to dents from preschool to the fourth Connolly, Emily Elgie, Christina Gerbic, Maggie Leach, accompany the musicians with per- grade. Macy Miriovsky, Michaela Mooney, Victoria Parent, Kaitlyn Rentschler, Karsen Reuille, Emma Scrogham, Kaylah Snyder, Nora Steele, Elizabeth Stureman, Katie Tucker, Two profess final vows in Third Order of Carmel Nicoletta Verraco and Irina Wagner. Nineteen fourth FORT WAYNE — The Third graders earned their I Live My Faith Medal including Order of Carmel in Fort Wayne Madison Butler, Jordan Chodak, Amy Connolly, Elizabeth welcomed two members to final profession on Saturday, April 2. Davis, Kathryn Davis, Alyssa Dempsey, Jillian Gregory, Patricia Bader and Jim Kimes Natalie Guisinger, Julia Hunnicutt, Kaylee Jakabowski, professed their final vows at the Saturday Mass celebrated by Mariah Maddy, Gabrielle Moran, Alexia Mueller, Ellen Father Tom Lombardi at St. O’Brien, Kaylee Sheehan, Mary Simcox, Lucy Wagner, Joseph-Hessen Cassel Church. The Lay Carmelite Order of Rebecca Weber and Kendall Willwerth. the Blessed Virgin Mary (histori- cally known as the Third Order of Carmel) is an association mainly of lay persons who com- mit themselves “to live in the fol- lowing of Jesus Christ” according •Rosaries •Veils to the charism, traditions and spirit of Carmel under the author- •Crucifixes •Statues ity of the Prior General of the Carmelite Order. •Missals •Jewelry Kimes says, “Being a Lay PROVIDED BY NANCY SIMMONDS •Patron Saint Medals Carmelite is not just a devotion Pictured, in front, from left are Geoff Hake, Anne Mallet, Bob McIver; added to life; it is a way of life; it and back row, Jim Kimes, Nancy Simmonds, Patricia Bader. They are is a vocation.” members of the Third Order of Carmel in Fort Wayne. Lay Carmelites attend a monthly community meeting, 20% OFF participate in daily Mass when candidate for admission to the St. Jude and St. Vincent de Paul, One Regular Price Item possible, and spend half-an-hour Lay Carmelites must be a Fort Wayne, St. Mary of the COUPON EXPIRES MAY 31, 2011 in daily reflective prayer. They Catholic in good standing, age Assumption, Decatur, and St. Not valid with other discounts. wear the Brown Scapular of Our 18-69, a registered member of a Joseph-Hessen Cassel parishes. ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER Lady of Mt. Carmel daily as an parish and feels called by God to Local contact is Formation external sign of dedication to live more deeply his/her bap- Director Bob McIver at (260) Monday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mary. The Lay Carmelite also tismal vocation as a member of 226-0683 or Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:30 am - 7:00 pm FREE prays in union with the Church the Carmelite family according to [email protected] or Nancy PARKING through recitation of the Liturgy the charism of the Carmelite Simmonds, director of the local Extended Saturday Hours: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in our garage! of the Hours — Morning and Order. community, (260) 417-1540 or April 16 - May 7 Evening Prayer. Lay Carmelites in the area [email protected]. A person wishing to become a come from St. Charles Borromeo, 915 South Clinton Street • Fort Wayne 46802 • (260) 399-1443 10 TODAY’S CATHOLIC APRIL 24, 2011 Pilgrims begin Holy Week in Sout Neighborhoods in the area are and is serving an interim novi- deteriorating, but the diocese still tiate with the Mishawaka supports ministries such as soup Franciscans, was snapping photos WALK kitchens and clothing donations of the walk. “It’s a great way to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for people, Ashe said. prepare for Holy Week,” he said. Another St. Augustine mem- Sister Benedicta Duna, who ber, Jonathan Jones, 17, was had not yet professed her first The St. Pius X member said asked to help carry the hollow vows with the Sisters of St. he was inspired by the Franciscan cross between several churches. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Brothers Minor who have gone “It was heavy,” he said. “My Mishawaka, enjoyed seeing all barefoot before. hands were freezing when we the people who came to share a “It helps your faith grow,” he first started. It was a good experi- prayerful beginning to Holy added. “It definitely toughens up ence. I did it a couple years ago Week. my feet. ... The Franciscans are (for a smaller event).” “It was neat seeing the differ- really cool!” Gary King, a St. Joseph mem- ent churches in South Bend I His father, Tom Akre, said he ber, said this was the first time he haven’t seen before,” she said. “It was pleased he could participate had been inside St. Augustine. An also was neat to see the bishop’s barefoot, donning shoes inside addition to the church was built faith and understanding and mak- the churches and public places. ing the event public for the peo- “Sometimes doing something ple to see.” a little more extreme makes a Sister Mariana Collison, who statement and gets people to ask has yet to profess her second about it,” he said. “Hopefully, it vows in the same order, appreci- will get people to think. God ated the experience. “It’s really became flesh and (giving up powerful — walking,” she said. shoes and other physical activi- “It’s a time to meditate on the ties) make it more real.” stations. ... People were watching us at the intersections ... I identi- While inside each church, Pilgrims pray the fifth through eighth Stations of the Cross at St. Hedwig Church in attendees were able to listen to fied with Him as He walked.” beautiful meditations and prayers At the St. Stanislaus grotto by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar where palms were distributed, general emeritus of His Holiness Bishop Rhoades talked about for the Diocese of Rome, with how Jesus took charge of even permission. They also were edu- small details of His entry into cated on the history of each Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and parish and the people who built how He was different from other it. St. Augustine was established kings. in 1928 for black Catholics who “Worldly kings rode horses,” had come to South Bend, accord- Bishop Rhoades said. “The new ing to Holy Cross Father Pastor King — meek and humble of heart Leonard Collins. Father George — entered riding a donkey.” O’Connor was their first pastor. Jeanine Celmer of Holy Cross “(Father O’Connor) was born and St. Stanislaus was among the in Kansas and a tornado wiped out walkers who said the rosary and sang songs at the beginning. “It’s his whole family,” Collins said. “A Pilgrim Jonathan Jones of St. black family took him in.” such a beautiful idea,” she said. Augustine Parish carries the cross, “I’ve never been on a walk (like Before the church was built in which was commissioned for the 1941, Collins said black this) and will never make it on a Catholics met at taverns. Cheryl diocesan Sesquicentennial pilgrimage.” Ashe, a St. Augustine member, celebration in 2007. College students such as Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades blesses palms outside of St. Stanislaus Church in South Be said the Church was segregated Regina Slonkosky also were back then and African Americans enjoying the day. “We’re giving had to take Communion last. about 20 years ago. witness and preparing for the Before St. Augustine was built, “There’s a good mix of people Triduum,” the liberal studies some churches had a small room here,” King said. “I’m happy to major at Holy Cross College in set up for them so they would not see younger people participating South Bend said in front of the have to wait until the end, she in an old tradition. It’s a good grotto. “This is a great way to said. witness (of faith) to see people start Palm Sunday.” Ashe’s mother, Theresa, had walking through the streets of Chris Gautsch, a University of been a social worker and convert South Bend.” Notre Dame student, saw his to the faith. John Sikorski was one of the faith in the event. “It’s been “She wanted to align herself younger people taking the walk great!” he said. “I really enjoyed with people who lived the with his wife and two small chil- celebrating with the bishop — Gospel,” Cheryl Ashe said. dren — aged two and nine Palm Sunday, the Lord’s Passion When Theresa Ashe’s clients months. and following in the bishop’s needed a donation for something, “We wanted to instill the faith steps. ... Being here with the faith the Catholic priests did not ask if in them at a young age,” the St. community of Catholics is anoth- they were Catholic or attending Matthew Cathedral member said. er aspect of faith building.” Masses, as some ministers did, “We were really excited the bish- During his homily at Holy Cheryl Ashe explained. op wanted to bring this tradition Cross Church, Bishop Rhoades “I thought (this walk) was to South Bend. It’s a beautiful said, “It’s important for us to nice,” Ashe said. “It showed the experience what we’re doing in focus on the crucifixion. It’s a solidarity of all the city parishes. South Bend with the Universal horrendous way to die.” People think St. Augustine is Church. The bishop is the shep- Jesus endured mocking from dying, but it’s not. People may herd of the flock here.” people, having His clothes stripped move away (to St. Joseph, or Sikorski also mentioned that away and nails being painfully Buchanan, Mich.) but they still the walk was a powerful witness hammered through His hands and come back. to non-Catholics who might be feet, Bishop Rhoades said. “The church has not aban- watching the procession. “Hanging on a cross He doned (the local churches or peo- Several order priests and nuns embraced every feeling of intense ple). That’s what Jesus was also participated in the walk. spiritual and physical suffering,” about. He didn’t abandon us,” she Friar Gerard, whose order has he continued. “He entered into said. ties to Great Britain and Ireland complete solidarity (with man).” APRIL 24, 2011 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 11 th Bend’s Six-Church Passion Walk A pilgrim meditates at St. Patrick Church, South Bend, where the first four Stations of the Cross were prayed. Below, pilgrims carry the cross in the Six-Church n South Bend. Passion Walk. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades celebrates Palm Sunday Mass at Holy Cross end. Pilgrims process with palms to Holy Cross Church. Church, at the conclusion of the pilgrim walk. PHOTOS BY JOE ROMIE Pilgrims walk from St. Joseph Church to St. Patrick Church in the Six-Church Passion Walk on April 17, Palm Sunday. 12 TODAY’S CATHOLIC APRIL 24, 2011 New U.S. Catholics include former abortion clinic administrator, Marine States in 1993), he never felt a part is baptized during the Easter Vigil. of 319 catechumens and candi- United States. The Diocese of Thousands around the of a church. Kalene Laforest is an 18-year- dates in the diocese. Birmingham, Ala., has 487 people country will join Catholic After going through the RCIA old catechumen at St. Peter’s For many, taking the step of joining the Church at Easter; the process, he says he especially Church in LaGrange, Ga. She is a joining the Church is a family Diocese of Savannah, Ga., 421 Church at Easter appreciates the sense of communi- Marine and feels a strong urge to affair. At the Archdiocese of San people; the Diocese of Jackson, WASHINGTON — A young adult ty the Church has brought him. join the Catholic Church before Francisco’s St. Catherine of Siena Miss., 355 people. The Diocese of raised in communist Cuba, an “It’s the best. I feel welcomed and going on assignment in June. She Parish in Burlingame, Calif., seven Arlington, Va., will add 800 new African woman who grew up as a a part of something important. said she wanted a faith with depth, members of the House family will Catholics; the Diocese of Muslim, a marine being deployed Becoming Catholic has given me history, deep spirituality, tradition, join the Catholic Church this Cleveland, 513; the Diocese of in June, and a former abortion this freedom and it feels good.” and “no all-over-the-place crazi- Easter season. Parents James and Fort Wayne-South Bend, 450; the clinic administrator, along with The ceremony will be all the ness.” She is among 1,912 new Michelle House will come into full Diocese of Toledo, 572 people; tens of thousands of others around more special as his baby son, Catholics in the Atlanta communion at the Easter Vigil, and Grand Rapids, 568. the country, are joining the Felix, will also be baptized then. Archdiocese. and in the following week, infant The Diocese of Allentown, Pa., Catholic Church in the United “It’s symbolic in a way to share In the Austin, Texas, area, Abby David, 2 months old, will be bap- will welcome 434 people (98 elect States at Easter. this with him,” said Pujols. Johnson, a former Planned tized and children Kristina, 7, and 336 candidates). Over half These catechumens, now Ahdija Cheumbike Baker is the Parenthood clinic director and James, 6, Alexandra, 4, and (224) are Hispanic, the fastest known as “the elect,” and candi- daughter of a Detroit man and a author of the bestselling book Joseph, 2, will be received into the growing ethnic group in the dio- dates for full communion have all Tanzanian woman. She was raised “Unplanned,” is getting ready for Catholic Church. cese. participated in a process of conver- as a Muslim. Ahdija means “to be yet another “unplanned” conver- Michelle House said the family, Some rural dioceses, which sion and study of the Catholic faith loved,” and Cheumbike means sion that will bring her into the formerly Episcopalians, found a encompass an entire state — such through the Rite of Christian “one who is blessed.” Catholic Church. welcoming community at St. as the Diocese of Boise, Idaho, Initiation of Adults (RCIA). The She is one of the 282 catechu- In September 2009, Johnson Catherine Parish when they moved with 195 catechumens, and the RCIA has several stages, the most mens and candidates that the was asked to hold the ultrasound to northern California. Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, important of which is the moment Catholic Church in New Orleans probe during an abortion. In the Young people whose parents W. Va., with 128 catechumens and when they will receive or complete will be welcoming at Easter. monitor, she saw the baby struggle are in the RCIA program or who 247 candidates, for a total of 375 the sacraments of initiation, usual- Converting to Christianity from to get away. This experience, and are past the usual age for receiving soon-to-be new Catholics — also ly at the Easter Vigil. Islam was not an easy decision. her uneasiness with Planned the sacraments of initiation can are signs of active and effective A catechumen is a person who Through her young adult life Parenthood’s emphasis on increas- join a special version of the RCIA evangelizing faith communities. has never been baptized; a candi- she struggled with some of her ing abortions, gave her the courage for children. The Archdiocese of Even dioceses in remote areas date is someone who was baptized Muslim beliefs. “The love of the to leave her job and undertake a New Orleans reports that of the like Juneau, Alaska, where the in a Christian tradition and now Lord” and a love interest drove her journey of conversion. She went to 132 catechumens entering the Catholic communities are few and desires to enter into full commun- to start attending a Catholic the Coalition for Life’s office down Church at Easter, 48 are under age far apart, small parishes sometimes ion with the Catholic Church. In Church. After Hurricane Katrina, the street, a Christian pro-life 18; and of the 150 candidates, 10 comprised of a handful of families, some dioceses, the candidates also “I felt compelled to look for a organization whose members were are children. Likewise, the Diocese will welcome new Catholics into include baptized Catholics who church to call home so that I could a constant, prayerful and peaceful of Toledo, Ohio, shows that 56 of the Church. Juneau Diocese will never completed their sacraments give my thanks to God,” Baker presence outside the clinic. There the 206 catechumens and 28 of proudly add seven new members of initiation and weren’t raised in said. “If I had gone to a church she received practical help as she 366 candidates are children. at Easter. the faith. that gets you in and out in 45 min- navigated joblessness, legal prob- Though larger archdioceses These numbers are based on José Pujols is one of the 148 utes, I probably wouldn’t have lems with Planned Parenthood and usually boast the largest overall participation in the Rite of Election “elect” in the Diocese of Paterson, changed my religion; but at St. broken friendships. number of converts — New York and Call to Continuing N.J., who will receive the sacra- Peter Claver I feel a deep connec- Her pro-life advocacy also met (1,600), Philadelphia (811) Conversion, a part of the RCIA ments of initiation — Baptism, tion. The way that the priest speaks the disapproval of her pro-choice Washington (1,100), Seattle (1,000 process usually conducted at the Confirmation and First Eucharist in his homilies moved me. I felt at church. Many of her new friends plus), Portland-in-Oregon (875), beginning of Lent. They do not — at the Easter Vigil. His wedding home and accepted, and they have are Catholic, and through them she Cincinnati (1,100), Galveston- include infant baptisms, which in to his fiancé Eli sparked his desire become my family.” has learned about the faith. She Houston (2,490), Atlanta (1,912), 2010 totaled 857,410 according to to become a Catholic. Growing up Her friend’s parents will and her family will join the Louisville (504), Milwaukee (613), the “Official Catholic Directory” in Cuba (Pujols came to the United become her godparents when she Church at Easter, along with 911 St. Paul and Minneapolis (643) — (OCD). For 2010, OCD reported others in the Austin Diocese. the Diocese of San Diego, with that there were 43,279 adult bap- Dana Laviano is a baptized 1,253 people (425 catechumens, tisms in the United States and Catholic who was raised 828 candidates) entering the 75,724 people received into full Celebrate the Hour of Mercy! unchurched. After four years as a Church at Easter, is proof that you communion. secretary at the Diocese of don’t need to be large to show Cheryl Sickle, a staff member MERCY SUNDAY Manchester, N.H., Laviano decid- some very impressive numbers. in the Office of Worship and ed she wanted to go through the Comparatively smaller (in pop- Sacraments in Wheeling- May 1, 2011 RCIA process. She has been ulation) dioceses also report num- Charleston, summarized the feel- Holy Family Catholic Church chronicling her conversion journey bers that illustrate the vitality of ings of catechumens and candi- 46405 Mayflower Road and experiences on a blog (rever- the Catholic Church in the dates, and of the communities wel- South Bend sionstory.blogspot.com) and is one Midwest, South and Southeastern coming them, as the life-changing moment approaches. CLOSING MASS FOR “Each year, some of the most touching moments at the Rite of DIVINE MERCY NOVENA Election include the emotions expressed. We see faces full of joy Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades as catechumens and candidates CELEBRANT alike realize the bigger picture of their decision to join the Church. 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NOVENA Divine Mercy Chaplet Good Friday to Saturday, April 30 3 PM in St. Jude Church FORT WAYNE Starts Good Friday, April 22 Eleventh Worldwide Mercy Sunday May 1, 2011 Divine Mercy Sunday Devotion 4:00 - 5:00 PM: Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (NO RECONCILIATION ON MAY 1) 5:00 PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet • Procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament CNS/BPK/BAYERISCHE STAATSGEMÃLDE-SAMMLUNGEN/ART RESOURCE • Homilist and Presider An angel and three women are shown at the empty tomb of Christ in this depiction of Easter morning by Father Thomas Shoemaker German painter Peter von Cornelius. St. Jude Church Randallia Drive at East State Blvd., Fort Wayne THE LITURGIES OF EASTER www.stjudefw.org/adoration BY BRIAN W. MACMICHAEL Divine Mercy Last week, we began with Palm gies to be situated at much more Jesus Christ, our King, is risen! Sunday and walked through Holy appropriate times, lending a Sound the trumpet of salvation!” ¦ GIFTS ¦ Week, ending with Holy Saturday. greater authenticity to the cele- The Liturgy of the Word Now, at Easter, we look at the brations. Moreover, reforms after includes seven Old Testament •First Communion liturgical celebrations of our the Second Vatican Council readings, although that number •Cherished Memories Risen Lord. restored the character of the Vigil can be shortened for time con- as one of Christian initiation. straint reasons. Prior to Pope Pius •An exclusive collection Easter Vigil The Easter Vigil today con- XII’s reforms, there were 12 Old of hand selected gifts sists of four parts: 1) The Service Testament readings. The current Commencing at nightfall on of Light, 2) The Liturgy of the selection is drawn from Genesis, ROSARIES - BIBLES Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil – Word, 3) The Liturgy of Baptism, Exodus and prophetic texts — all VEILS - TIES - JEWELRY or the “Great Vigil” — is the with Christian Initiation (includ- alluding to creation and redemp- high point of the Easter Triduum ing Confirmation) and the tion. Then, the church bells are 320 Dixie Way North and of the entire liturgical year. It Renewal of Baptismal Promises, rung and the Gloria is sung, is when the Church keeps vigil at 4) The Liturgy of the Eucharist. marking the end of the expectant (574) 277-1400 the tomb and rejoices with the The Service of Light begins vigilant period and a rousing ele- 1/2 mile north of Notre Dame on State Road 933 arrival of Easter and Christ’s with “Lucernarium” (from the vation of our Easter joy. Resurrection. Latin word for “light”), when the Following a reading from www.divinemercygifts.com In the Early Church, the Paschal Candle, lit from the Romans, the Alleluia returns Easter Vigil was when the elect Easter fire outside the church, is from its Lenten absence to herald were baptized, given their white brought into the darkened church the Resurrection Gospel: “He is garments and welcomed to the building. The candle is dipped not here, for He has been raised Divine Mercy Chaplet Holy Eucharist. But the practice into the font that will be used to just as He said.” — Mt 28:6. and became lost, such that there actu- baptize the elect, symbolizing The subsequent rites of initia- ally was no true Easter Vigil until Christ sanctifying the waters. The tion begin with a Litany of the Nine Day Divine Mercy Novena Venerable Pope Pius XII began darkness (whose onset was Saints, followed by the public Begins Good Friday, April 22 instituting a number of liturgical recalled at Tenebrae) is dispelled Baptism of those who have com- reforms in the 1950s. In fact, by the “Light of Christ,” and the pleted their catechumenal journey and ends the following Saturday, April 30 Holy Thursday, Good Friday and flame is spread to the candles of and are now undergoing death the Vigil were all celebrated on the individual Christians gathered and rebirth in Christ by the Immaculate Conception Parish the mornings of Thursday, Friday in the Church. The Paschal power of the Holy Spirit, work- and Saturday. Candle itself will be used ing through the newly blessed AUBURN A main reason was the throughout the season of Easter, water. Afterwards, the newly bap- Tridentine fasting regulation, and especially for Baptisms and tized, and sometimes also those which strictly forbade that any funerals during the coming year. previously baptized who are now food be eaten between midnight When light has been restored, the being brought into full commun- and the reception of Holy magnificent and ancient text of ion with the Catholic Church, Visit Communion at Mass that day. As the “Exsultet” is chanted. The receive the Sacrament of facebook.com/diocesefwsb such, it was impractical to have current English translation Confirmation, using the Sacred evening Masses. When Pius XII begins: “Rejoice, heavenly pow- and loosened these regulations, it ers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, twitter.com/todayscatholic allowed for the Holy Week litur- all creation around God’s throne! EASTER, PAGE 14 14 TODAY’S CATHOLIC APRIL 24, 2011 Divine Mercy RESURRECTION OF CHRIST DEPICTED Sunday EASTER St. Mary of the Assumption Parish IN MURAL AT WEST BANK CHURCH 414 Madison Street • Decatur, Indiana CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 Sunday, May 1, 2011 Confessions 3:15 - 4:00 pm Chrism consecrated earlier in the week. All those in the assembly • Rosary 3:30 then renew their baptismal prom- Holy Mass: 4:00 pm* ises to reject Satan and remain faithful to God, and all are sprin- •St. Mary’s Full Choir kled with baptismal water. •Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament The first Mass of Easter then continues with the Liturgy of the •Prayer seeking intercession of Eucharist, and for the first time, Blessed Pope John II the newly baptized are permitted •Divine Mercy Chaplet •Benediction to join their brothers and sisters in Christ as they receive the *(Fulfills Sunday Obligation) Body and Blood of our Resurrected Lord. Easter Sunday Masses during daylight on Easter Sunday don’t contain quite as much splendor as the Vigil, but they are extraordinary cele- brations nonetheless. The Gospel is always taken from John Chapter 20, in which Mary Magdalene finds the stone removed from Christ’s tomb and runs to tell Peter and the other disciple, who return to find the tomb empty. A wonderful liturgi- cal practice, always observed on Easter Sunday, is the use of the Easter Sequence, “Victimae Paschali Laudes” (the title is from the first line, which trans- Easter lates as “Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer your thank- Blessings ful praises”) immediately before the proclamation of the Gospel. 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APRIL 24, 2011 COMMENTARY 15 The courage to refuse to cooperate in evil What made John Paul II n electrician by trade, Tim been developed over the centuries Roach is married with two in the Catholic moral tradition as a truly great children and lives about an way of discerning how properly to MAKING A ecular media often breezes hour outside Minneapolis. He was avoid, limit or distance ourselves laid off his job in July 2009. After from evil, especially intrinsically SENSE OF over the most important of looking for work for more than a evil actions. In particular, these Sdetails. The oft repeated THE GOOD year and a half, he got a call from principles enable us to recognize BIOETHICS headline after the announcement his local union in February 2011 that there are certain real-life situa- of John Paul II’s May 1 beatifica- NEWS with the news anyone who is tions when we must refuse to FATHER TAD PACHOLCZYK tion was, “Pope Benedict XVI unemployed longs for, not just a cooperate. puts John Paul II on the fast track ON YOUTH job offer, but one with responsibil- A simple example can be help- to Sainthood.” Hello! Did you ity and a good salary of almost ful to illustrate some of these prin- the suction machine, her coopera- notice the sister who was miracu- CHRISTOPHER STEFANICK $70,000 a year. He ultimately ciples: suppose a nurse were to tion would be morally unaccept- lously healed of Parkinson’s? turned the offer down, however, hand the instruments to a physi- able, and would be known as Secular doctors examined her and immediate material cooperation. couldn’t explain it. Doesn’t that because he discovered that he was cian performing a direct abortion, Some days later, during the The key point, then, is that both deserve a headline? being asked to oversee the electri- or turn on the suction machine same “ad limina” visit, the secre- types of cooperation (formal and But I can forgive the media cal work at a new Planned used to dismember the unborn tary to the Holy Father, then, immediate material) are morally because I tend to overlook life’s Parenthood facility under construc- baby. If the nurse intended the Msgr. Stanislaw Dziwisz, now car- unacceptable. Whenever we are most important details too. What tion in St. Paul on University abortion, she would be guilty of dinal, approached Bishop Brom to faced with the temptation to coop- made John Paul truly great was Avenue. Aware that abortions formal cooperation in evil. Yet say, “Don’t argue with the pope, erate in intrinsically evil actions that he never did. would be performed there, he even if she personally opposed the he remembers when he met you.” like abortion, destruction of There are few people through- knew his work would involve him abortion and did not share the “When?” Brom asked. “In embryos for stem-cell research, out history with the impact and in “cooperation with evil,” and he intention of the physician perform- November of 1963 outside the euthanasia, assisted suicide or charisma of John Paul II. Who can courageously declined the offer. ing the procedure, there would still Church of the Gesu in Rome.” direct sterilization, morally we forget watching his funeral and Significant moral issues can be grave moral objections to her Brom’s memory refreshed, he must refuse. This is different, for seeing world leaders sitting like arise if we knowingly cooperate in cooperation. Because she would be asked Msgr. Dziwisz, “How can example, from what theologians little school boys and girls before another’s evil actions, even though participating in circumstances he do that?” to which Msgr. call “remote cooperation” in his coffin, still reverent, still hum- we don’t perform those evil essential to the performance of that Dziwisz explained that for John actions ourselves. Some helpful particular act of abortion, like ble in the presence of this impos- ing figure with size-13 shoes. But Paul to meet another person is to “principles of cooperation” have handing instruments or turning on BIOETHICS, PAGE 16 lest we breeze over the most encounter God. important details, what made this It was only years later in anoth- man of immense shoes truly great er “ad limina” visit toward the end was his immense love for every of the Pope’s life that John Paul Jesus is the Lord of Life person he encountered. brought up the subject again. One In “Rise, Let Us Be on Our on one he asked Bishop Brom, community in general. unlikely. Other readings say that Way,” he wrote “I don’t like the “How many times have we met, THE For its second reading, the soldiers guarded the tomb specifi- word ‘crowd,’ which seems too and when was the first time?” to Church gives us a passage from cally to safeguard the body from anonymous; I prefer the word which Bishop Brom responded the Epistle to the Colossians. being taken. A heavy stone sealed ‘multitude.’” Even though he led properly. John Paul slapped the SUNDAY According to this epistle, the entrance. Secondly, in John’s the world’s 1-billion-plus desk and with a smile said, Christians also have been raised to account, the burial cloths were Catholics, he didn’t minister to the “Finally you remember!” GOSPEL new life. Their new life is in the neatly folded. No thief would have masses, but to the individual. He Pope John Paul II’s influence, resurrected, living Christ. As taken the time for such care. position and impact on the course MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION noticed each person in his path. Christ is in heaven, so the thoughts Very convincing is the fact that He also reflected in the same of history made him a very, very of Christians must be on heaven. all four Gospels, while written at book, “I simply pray for everyone “big deal.” But his superhuman St. John’s Gospel’s different times, in different places, every day. As soon as I meet peo- love for each individual he Easter Sunday Resurrection Narrative is the last and by different authors, all agree ple, I pray for them, and this helps encountered is what made him reading. Mary of Magdala was at that Jesus rose from the dead. me in all my relationships... I wel- truly “great.” And it’s that holy Jn 20:1-9 the tomb, but she found it empty. Furthermore, it was the constant come everyone as a person sent to love of God beating in the heart of oday the Church celebrates Upset, fearing that the Lord’s body view among the first Christians. me and entrusted to me by Christ.” a man that is about to get him the greatest day of its year, had been stolen, she rushed to In this reading, the Beloved This attention to each person is beatified. It’s not his power, social TEaster, the feast of the inform Peter. Reaching Peter, she Disciple alone understands what summed up in an encounter of impact or his charisma as a leader. Lord’s Resurrection. anxiously said that the Lord’s body the empty tomb reveals. He John Paul II with San Diego’s It was this superhuman love These readings are proclaimed had been taken away. already has been presented as a Bishop Robert Brom. that enabled this octogenarian with at Masses during the day on Easter “The disciple whom Jesus model of faith. It reminds us that Bishop Brom’s first meeting Parkinson’s wearing a Roman out- itself. loved,” traditionally thought to have faith opens our eyes. with the pope occurred in 1963 fit to draw more teens than Justin (On Holy Saturday, the day pre- been the Apostle John, but never Essential in our own coming to during the second session of the Bieber. It’s this love that moved ceding Easter, the Church will actually identified as such in the believe that the Lord lives is faith. Second Vatican Council. Brom people to tears standing a mile have celebrated the Easter Vigil, Gospel, and Peter then hurried to It is more than accepting an intel- was a seminarian at the North away from him in a crowd of a surely one of its most dramatic and the tomb themselves. The disciple lectual proposition, however veri- American College and Pope John million plus. They felt personally expressive liturgical moments.) arrived first, but he waited for Peter, fied. It is the acknowledgment that Paul was the auxiliary bishop of loved because they were. The first reading is from the another indication of Peter’s status. Jesus is the Lord of life, the source Krakow. Brom and several class- Here is my confession, which Acts of the Apostles, a source that Peter entered the tomb, saw that of life, and the Son of God. mates were leaving the Church of I’m comfortable making because will be very much used as the sea- it was empty, but evidently did not Realizing that the Lord lives forev- the Gesu after a visit there when it’s probably yours, too: In the son of Easter progresses. These realize that Jesus had risen, er in all these roles is the ultimate some Polish seminarians with midst of my busy life it’s easy for readings, and certainly this read- although the Gospel does not say wisdom. Bishop Wojtyla were entering. At me to forget to tell the people I ing, will give us a glimpse into life this. It does say that the disciple that time Brom and his classmates love that I love them; to uninten- in the early Christian community understood what had occurred. briefly met the man who would tionally let quality family time slip in Jerusalem and into the lives of thereafter become the Cardinal between my fingers; to forget to the 11 surviving Apostles after the READINGS call friends; to forget to take care Reflection Sunday: Acts 10:34a,37-43 Ps 118:1-2, Archbishop of Krakow and the Resurrection and Ascension of first non-Italian pope in 455 years. of myself; to get so caught up in 16-17,22-23 Col 3:1-4 Jn20:1-9 Jesus. These readings are powerful in Subsequently, Brom forgot all the “tasks” of my work that I don’t It is apparent that the words of their message. The centerpiece, of Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33 Ps 16:1- about the exchange. have time for the people my work Jesus, the risen Lord, were fresh in course, is the Gospel passage, 2a, 5, 7-11 Mt 28:8-15 In 1983 after his appointment as is serving. It’s so easy to overlook the minds of the Apostles and the highlighting the experiences of Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41 Ps 33:4-5,18- Bishop of Duluth, Bishop Brom in the most important things in life, other members of the community. Mary Magdalene, Peter and the 20,22 Jn 20:11-18 the context of his first “ad limina” namely, the people God has placed Strong also was the wish to follow Beloved Disciple as they find the Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10 Ps 105:1-4, visit met Pope John Paul for what he around me. the Lord’s instructions and example. Lord’s tomb empty. 6-9 Lk 24:13-35 thought was the first time. However, My thanks to Bishop Brom for The Gospel is remarkably his help filling in the details of his In what today is called evange- Thursday: Acts 3:11-26 Ps 8:2ab,5-9 John Paul, looking into Brom’s face detailed. The reactions of the prin- story. lization, the Apostles were com- Lk 24:35-48 said, “I think we have met before.” mitted to making the mercy of cipal figures are understandable. Friday: Acts 4:1-12 Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22- Bishop Brom assured the Holy God in Jesus known. In an age so dismissive of reli- 27a Jn 21:1-14 Father that they’d never met. “I Speaker and author Christopher Here, Peter is the spokesman gion, how authentic is the believe we have,” insisted the pope, Stefanick is director of Youth, Saturday: Acts 4:13-21 Ps 118:1, for all the Apostles. Indeed, Church’s, and the Gospel’s, mes- but Bishop Brom was equally sure Young Adult and Campus throughout Acts, Peter appears as sage that Jesus rose? First, was the 14-15, 16-21 Mk 16:9-15 they had not. A meeting with the Ministry for the Denver head of the Apostles and of the Lord’s body stolen? It is most pope isn’t easily forgotten! Archdiocese. 16 COMMENTARY APRIL 24, 2011 Christians in the Middle East SCRIPTURE SEARCH r. Habib Malik of the liberty.” Thus they have developed Gospel for April 24, 2011 Lebanese American a variety of survival strategies Matthew 28:1-10 DUniversity has been a which, having been thoroughly THE friend for many years. Few men internalized, now seem natural: Following is a word search based on the Gospel have such an informed and kowtowing to authority; accepting CATHOLIC reading for Easter Sunday, at dawn: the resurrection. humane view of the sad, even des- benefactions from dictators like The words can be found in all perate, position of Christians in the Saddam Hussein in Iraq or the DIFFERENCE Middle East. As a Lebanese Assad dynasty in Syria; remaining directions in the puzzle. Maronite with a Harvard doctorate silent in the face of atrocities com- GEORGE WEIGEL in intellectual history, what Dr. mitted against Christians by FIRST DAY THE WEEK MARY Malik knows comes from experi- Islamists and other Muslims; EARLY STILL DARK STONE ence as well as impeccable schol- blaming the current problems of SO SHE RAN SIMON PETER arship. Christians in the Middle East on by promoting Islamic moderation JESUS LOVED CLOTHS HIS HEAD The Hoover Institution Press at that great bugbear, the State of and openness. In Malik’s own ROLLED UP PLACE WENT IN Stanford University recently pub- Israel. words: HE SAW BELIEVED SCRIPTURE lished a short booklet by Dr. Malik 4) Christian communities in the “Such moderation is sure to be RISE FROM THE DEAD DISCIPLES that should be required reading for Middle East are also under strengthened when Muslims inter- anyone concerned with the fate of tremendous pressure because their act daily with confident fellow- ancient Christian communities numbers are shrinking while native adherents to a creed that THE FIRST DAY throughout the Levant, including Muslim populations are growing. does not condone suicide bombers, the Holy Land. “Islamism and the Emigration (to escape persecution respects women, is not out for reli- KOJ ESUSLOVED Future of the Christians of the or to seek prosperity) has played a gious domination, upholds the Middle East” can be read in one considerable role here; so has con- principle of religious pluralism, is SDYECALPYKA I sitting. Its brevity is an advantage: traception. compatible with liberal democracy, a concise mind and an accom- 5) Both free Christian commu- defends personal and group rights, TCLOTHSUAEBS plished pen distilling a vast nities and dhimmi Christian com- emphasizes the centrality of edu- IMRI SEEDDEEC amount of knowledge and experi- munities suffer from a paucity of cation, and is not uncomfortable ence into 68 pages. Let me try, indigenous leadership. (Dr. Malik with many features of modern sec- LAA I PNFETWL I with far greater brevity, to high- doesn’t say it, but I expect he ular living. Whenever local LLEEPOHLSE I P light several of the book’s key means both political leadership Christians have felt relatively points. and religious leadership.) This has unmolested, they have acted as DFTHWTYLRHEL 1) Middle East Christians today created another comparative disad- catalysts for positive change and AEBAMSUO I TVE have had two distinct historical vantage for Christian communities as conduits for some of the West’s experiences. One is an experience in the Middle East. For their finest and most enduring universal RFSO I LKRFMES values, and this in turn has of freedom. The other is an experi- Muslim neighbors, having rejected KERMH I SHEADA ence of being a “dhimmi,” a sec- various secular ideologies, have advanced Islamic tolerance and ond-class citizen existing on the increasingly turned to more strin- moderation.” HFOJSOSHERAN The defense of religious free- sufferance of the Muslim majority gent (and thus more intolerant) BN I TNEWLKYTA in an Islamic state. forms of Islam in recent decades dom for persecuted Christians in 2) Ninety percent of Christian — and have done so at a time the Middle East is a moral obliga- © 2011 Tri-C-A Publications www.tri-c-a-publications.com Arabs live in conditions of dhim- when few Christian leaders, cleri- tion. It is also a strategic impera- mitude today, including the Copts cal or lay, have been defending tive. Middle East Christians who in Egypt, the Chaldeans and Christians’ rights, much less pro- share a historical experience of Assyrians in Iraq, and the Greek posing Christianity as an attractive freedom, or who can shake off the Orthodox and Melkites in Syria, alternative to secular ideologies. psychological shackles of dhimmi- Catholic Home Missions Gratitude expressed Jordan and the Palestinian 6) Western indifference to the tude, are a strategic asset, not the Appeal appreciated for CRS collection Authority. These are the Christians fate of Arab and other Middle headache the State Department at greatest risk from Islamism and Eastern Christians has also con- usually imagines them to be. Please accept my deepest On behalf of Archbishop jihadism. tributed to their decline and their appreciation for your diocese’s Timothy M. Dolan, president of 3) Christians who have been present peril. This blindness has contribution of $44,071.38 from the United States Conference of subjugated for generations have, also imperiled the West. Vibrant George Weigel is a senior fellow of your 2010 Catholic Home Catholic Bishops, I extend my over time, “lost all sense of what it Christian communities can be a the Ethics and Public Policy Missions Appeal. The generosity gratitude for your contribution of meant to experience a life of true check on Islamism and jihadism Center in Washington, D.C. of your parishioners is needed $51,001.54 from the 2010 greatly by our U.S. mission dio- Catholic Relief Services ceses. Collection in your diocese. provide the morning-after pill for rect course of action in this situa- There are 87 home mission The collection supports six use by a woman who has had con- tion not only requires fortitude, but dioceses in the United States. Catholic agencies whose pro- BIOETHICS sensual sex and wishes to avoid a also could cause significant ten- These dioceses are unable to fund grams help families suffering pregnancy. The morning-after pill sion with his supervisor, the phar- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 basic and essential pastoral works from war, famine, extreme pover- has a contraceptive effect, and macy owner and with others who such as catechesis, seminary for- ty and natural disasters; victims may sometimes also work by alter- work there, particularly if such a mation and lay leadership train- of human trafficking; unaccom- another’s evil, as, for example, is ing the uterine environment and scenario had not been discussed ing or to provide aid to parishes panied minors; and immigrants done by the postal carrier who preventing implantation of an ahead of time. struggling to keep their doors trying to reunite with family delivers letters to an abortion facil- embryo (causing a pregnancy Modern healthcare is replete open. With your support, the members. ity; although what occurs there loss/abortion). Even if the pharma- with situations that tempt us to Catholic Home Missions Appeal Please convey to your priests might sicken the carrier’s stomach, cist personally opposed both con- cooperate immorally in evil. works to bridge the gap between and parishioners our heartfelt delivering the mail would not con- traception and abortion, by provid- Clearly, certain activities like abor- need and available resources. gratitude for their commitment stitute an essential ingredient to ing the pill and knowing the pur- tion are not authentic medicine at The 2011 Catholic Home and generosity to The Catholic the wrongful destruction of human poses to which it would be put, he all, but rather, acts of immorality Missions Appeal will be taken up Relief Services Collection. They life that occurs there. would cooperate in wrongdoing in veiled behind the professionalism in many dioceses the weekend of demonstrate genuine love and On the other hand, driving an immediate and material way. of white coats and institutional April 30-May 1. compassion for all who are someone to an abortion clinic so In fact, a pharmacist in these protocols. Great care, discretion Hundreds of priests in small helped by the collection — those she can undergo an abortion, circumstances would not even be and courage are required as we parishes across the country bene- who are truly Jesus in disguise. assisting as a nurse in the operat- able to refer the woman to a seek to avoid cooperation in med- fit directly from the appeal, as do Gratefully yours in Christ, ing room during a tubal ligation, coworker, because if he were to do ical situations where immoral the people they serve. Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell, D.D. or thawing out human embryos so, he would still be cooperating in practices may not only be tolerat- I am grateful for all you do to Bishop of Dallas from the deep freeze so that a an essential way in the causal ed, but even at times almost strengthen home mission dioce- Chairman, researcher might vivisect them for chain leading to the prevention or imposed on us. ses and wish you a blessed Committee on National Collections their stem cells — even if we ending of a pregnancy. He would remainder of the Lenten season. opposed the practices — all would rather have to decline to assist her, Sincerely yours in Christ, constitute unacceptable forms of forcing the woman herself to initi- Most Rev. Michael W. Warfel immediate material cooperation ate a new sequence of choices and Bishop of Great Falls-Billings with evil. actions that would not involve him Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk,Ph.D.is a Chairman, USCCB Subcommittee Real world decisions about — approaching a different phar- priest of the Diocese of Fall River, on Catholic Home Missions cooperation can be daunting and macist, for example, who might Mass., and serves as the director of complex. Pharmacists, for exam- then provide the drug. For a phar- education at The National Catholic ple, cannot in good conscience macist to choose the morally cor- Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. APRIL 24, 2011 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 17 BISHOP LUERS HOST ‘RUN WITH THE KNIGHTS!’ 5K RUN/WALK Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne will host a 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 7, in Foster Park, 3900 Old Mill Rd. The race begins at 9 a.m. at Pavilion No. 1. Registration will be at 8 a.m. The entry fee is $15 for those who pre-register before May 2. The entry fee is $20 per person after May 2. Runners and walkers are welcome. Registration forms are available to download from the Bishop Luers website, www.bishopluers.org. For more infor- Sports mation contact Sarah Shank at (260) 456-1261 ext. 3039 or e-mail [email protected]. LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN’S FAITH Lady Eagles start CYO season with soccer win PROGRAM TEACHES WAY OF CROSS by a narrow margin of 3-1 on girls, Strack lists 20 seventh and BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN Tuesday, April 12, over the eighth graders on his roster. Cardinals when they jumped out “We graduated several solid FORT WAYNE — The combined to an early 1-0 lead on a Colleen travel players, but now others are girls’ soccer team from St. John, Cerajewski goal. Aubrey Feipel stepping up and playing very Fort Wayne, and St. Joseph- added another score for the well,” Strack said. His goals for Hessen Cassel picked up right Eagles before St. Charles this year’s group do not necessar- where they left off a year ago, answered back. Maddie Devlin ily focus on seeking a third opening their 2011 Catholic scored in the second half and straight title, but rather, having a Youth League (CYO) season with Maddie Strack contributed two lot of fun. a rematch against St. Charles. assists in the win. “I want these girls to look The two went head-to-head in Coach Joe Strack explained, back and remember they had a the 2010 tournament champi- “It was a very evenly matched good time playing soccer,” Strack onship when the Lady Eagles contest and could have gone said. came out on top, 2-1. 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Informed by an eccentric Rio-based scientist NEW YORK (CNS) – Following is a (voice of Rodrigo Santoro) that her feathery friend is the last capsule review of a theatrical male of his species, his devoted movie recently reviewed by the owner (voice of Leslie Mann) reluctantly brings him back to his Office for Film & Broadcasting of native land so that he can mate the U.S. Conference of Catholic with his sole remaining female Bishops. counterpart (voice of Anne Director of Catechesis The Diocese of Evansville seeks an energetic and inspiring Director of Catechesis. CNS PHOTO/FOX The Director of the Office of Catechesis is responsible for Animated characters Blu and Jewell appear in a scene from the movie continuing the mission of Jesus Christ through catechesis and “Rio.” evangelization throughout the diocese. This includes supporting a vision that encourages parishes to provide quality catechetical Hathaway). But the potential Carlos Saldanha’s 3-D flight of programs for all parishioners in keeping with the latest church lovebirds get caught up in the fancy. A few nursery-level bath- St. James documents, norms and directives. illegal avian trade. Lessons about room references, a fleeting dou- Qualifications include, but are not limited to: environmental stewardship and ble entendre. The Catholic News Restaurant love-inspired loyalty are decked Service classification is A-I — Fully participating and practicing Catholic...Advanced degree in out in kaleidoscopic colors and general patronage. The Motion theology, religious education or related field... Five years of delivered in an overwhelmingly Picture Association of America successful experience in Parish Catechetical Ministry and an child-friendly tone in director rating is G — general audiences. awareness of diocesan needs and objectives...Strong organizational, managerial and interpersonal skills that inspire confidence among Ordained, Religious, Catechetical Leaders and other diocesan groups. Director of Nursing A complete position description can be found in the Employment 204 East Albion Street Opportunities tab on the diocese’s website www.evansville-diocese.org Avilla, Indiana Those interested should send a cover letter and resume to: Priests of Holy Cross offers an outstanding medical facility, 260-897-2114 [email protected] Holy Cross House, to those religious men that have retired Breakfast, Lunch The deadline for priority consideration is April 29, 2011. and are in need of continuous medical care. 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Dupont Road 3,000,000 lbs. of our mail your letter of interest, resume, and salary history to: 490-4745 FAMOUS FISH! Priests of Holy Cross, Attn: Human Resources, casarestaurants.net Celebrating our 33rd Anniversary! P.O. Box 774, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Banquets & Catering fax: (574) 631-5655 or email: [email protected] EOE 399-2455 622 North 13th Street • Decatur • (260) 724-8181 APRIL 24, 2011 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 19 REST IN PEACE Clear Lake Harold Effinger Jr., 78, Omer J.Boembeke, 90, HAT S APPENING Edward J.Disser, St.Elizabeth Ann Seton St. Bavo W ’ H ? St.Paul Chapel Rose Marie Smith, 85, Marianne Arata, 73, Decatur St.Jude Queen of Peace WHAT’S HAPPENING carries announcements about upcoming events in the diocese. Send in your Francis J.Geels, Goshen New Haven St.Mary of the announcement at least two weeks prior to the event. Mail to: Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Mary Jane Pestow, 88, Mildred G.Bowers, 91, Assumption Fort Wayne 46856; or e-mail: [email protected]. Events that require an admission charge St.John the Evangelist St.John the Baptist Elkhart or payment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please Bernard A.Eberhardt, Plymouth Catherine L.Bueter, 79, call our advertising sales staff at (260) 456-2824 to purchase space. 89, St.John the Barry F.Wiscons, 64, St.Thomas the Apostle Evangelist St.Michael Lorraine Berggren, 86, Remembrance Workshop Tickets are $10. Call (260) 456- Parish will host a level II forma- Granger South Bend St.Vincent de Paul Fort Wayne — Our Lady of Good 1261 ext. 3114 for information. tion course in Catechesis of the Paul D.Grasso, 63, Lillian M.Baloun, 80, Hope, 7125 St. Joe Rd., will have Good Shepherd on June 22-25 Fort Wayne St.Pius X St.Anthony de Padua a workshop Saturday, April 30 and 27-29, for adults interested Evening with Mary Audrey A.Deitche, 79, from 9 a.m. to noon for those who Monroeville — St. Rose Parish in learning a Montessori-based Monica T.Koehnke, 88, Eugene E.Edmonds, St. Peter have lost children through miscar- will have an Evening with Mary,, approach to faith formation for St.Pius X 80, Little Flower riage, stillbirth or other means. on Thursday, May 1, starting at the six- to nine-year-old child. William S.Sommers, Contact Joanie Rymsza at (574) Huntington Luella Joan Goins, 84, Activities include a keepsake 6:30 p.m. There will be 1/2 hour 79, St.Vincent de Paul craft, snacks and a fellowship. of congregational singing of 485-7462 or rymszagj@sbcglob- John H.Stoffel, 77, Holy Family Call (260) 493-1330 to RSVP. Mary songs. At 7 p.m. there will al.net for registration and infor- Mary Ellen Klee, 79, Ss.Peter and Paul Donald E.Hatfield, 45, be Expositon of the Blessed mation. Cathedral of the Agnes Geese, 89, Ss. St.Matthew Cathedral Fish fry Sacrament and Father David Immaculate Mary Engo will give a talk on Peter and Paul South Bend — The Knights of Dyngus Day Party Conception George M.Bagarus, 84, Columbus Council 553 will have Fatima, followed by the Rosary Granger — The Knights of Mary E.Kreider, 87, Ss. St.Anthony de Padua a fish fry Friday, April 22, from and Benediction. Columbus Council 4263 will Raul Rodriguez Peter and Paul 5-7:30 p.m. at the Knights hall, have a Dyngus Day Party Gonzalez, 79, Gilbert J.Koers, 83, 553 E. Washington St. Tickets Harvest House to offer Monday, April 25, from 5-10 St.Joseph Mishawaka St. Anthony de Padua are $9 for adults, $4 for children p.m. at St. Pius X Church, 52553 Older American Day Ralph J.Lema, 93, under 12 and children under 5 Auburn — The Garrett-Auburn Fir Rd. Music by Will Smaka Florence Ann Sarah L.Pricer, 84, St. Bavo free. Harvest House will sponsor an Polka Band. Tickets are $10 for Widmann, 102, Christ the King Older American Day Wednesday, adults, $5 for those 2-17 and St. Peter Knights plan fish fry May 11, at Immaculate under 2 free. Admission includes South Bend — The Knights of Conception Parish beginning dinner and entertainment. Food Columbus Council 5521, 61533 with a rosary at 10:40 a.m., Mass and beer will be available for S. Ironwood Dr., will have a fish at 11 a.m. with Father Derrick purchase. Wednesday, May 4, from 11 a.m. fish, chicken and tenderloin din- fry on Friday, April 22, from 5-7 Sneyd, followed by dinner and to 1 p.m. in the school gym at ner, by Dan's Fish Fry, on p.m. Adults $8, children (5-12) entertainment. Reservations are Day of Reflection 1331 N. Main St. Handicapped Saturday, April 30, from 5-8 p.m. $3. Chicken strips for $8 and $9 and needed by May 2 to Joan Mishawaka — A day of reflec- accessible. Serving hot chicken in the school gym. Carry-outs shrimp for $8.50 will be avail- Treesh-Reetz. Call (260) 868- tion will be held at St. Francis salad, many other salads, bread, available, homemade desserts, able. 0104 for information. Convent (across from Marian desserts and beverages. Donation raffle and bake sale also featured. High School) Wednesday, April is $6 at the door or by calling Tickets for adults are $8, children 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (574) 596-1673. 6-12 are $5 and children five and Rummage and bake sale Live chalk drawing at Queen of Angels under free. Fort Wayne — St. Joseph-Hessen Fort Wayne — A live chalk The theme for the day is “The Cassel will have a spring rum- drawing by Mary Hilger on a Book of Ruth.” Bring a Bible. Open house announced mage and bake sale Friday, April dramatization of the crucifixion The cost of the day is $15 and Mishawaka — St. Monica School Catholic Networking Group 29, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be Good Friday, April 22, at includes lunch. Register by April will have an open house Fort Wayne — The Catholic Saturday. April 30, from 8 a.m. 6 p.m. at Queen of Angels 22 to Sister Barbara Anne Saturday, May 21, from 2-5 p.m. Networking Group will meet to noon. $3 sack sale on Parish. Stations of the Cross will Hallman at (574) 259-5427. in parish activity center conclud- Friday, May 6, at the St. Mother Saturday. follow at 7 p.m. ing with Mass at 5:30 p.m. Theodore Guérin Chapel for 7 Spring salad luncheon planned Refreshments will be served. a.m. Mass, followed by network- Elkhart — St. Thomas the ing and speaker Mike Landrigan. Night of Healing planned Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Cost is $2. Call (260) 515-9472 South Bend — Father Apostle Church will have a Fish, Chicken, Tenderloin Dinner Course offered Huntington — St. Mary Parish, for information. Christopher Crotty, CPM, will South Bend — Christ the King spring salad luncheon on lead a Night of Healing Tuesday, 903 N. Jefferson St., will have a May 3, at St. Anthony de Padua Church, 2320 E. Jefferson. The The Catholic Schools Office evening begins with Mass at 5:30 p.m., followed by a Novena is accepting applications for to St. Anthony, confessions at 7 Thru ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL p.m., Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, a talk by Father St. John the Baptist School Crotty, laying on of hands, bless- CHRIST Fort Wayne, Indiana ing with relic cross, and Eucharistic Benediction. For fur- does our Enrollment: 296 Grades: PreK - 8 ther information, call St. Anthony de Padua at (574) 282- comfort Qualifications: 2308. abound. •Practicing Catholic •5 years teaching experience Rosary Society rummage and bake sale Fort Wayne — Most Precious •Commitment to maintain strong Catholic identity Blood Church, 1515 Barthold •Eligible for Indiana Administrative License St., will have a rummage and bake sale Thursday, May 5, and MEMORIAL CHAPEL Friday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 For more information and application, contact: p.m. and Saturday, May 7, from Since 1913 Mungovan & Sons CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Mohr Hall. has always had the time. 915 South Clinton Street • Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Performing Arts present “Hello Dolly!” 2114 S. Calhoun St. Tel: 260-422-4611 Fax: 260-426-3077 Fort Wayne — Bishop Luers Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Applications available online at: www.diocesefwsb.org/cso Performing Arts Department will (260) 744-2114 Applications will be reviewed beginning May 13, 2011 present a spring musical, “Hello Dolly!” May 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. 20 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC APRIL 24, 2011 awaited Messiah. In the synagogue as members of God’s holy Church, celebrate with the bishop and man- “And he taught us so much about of Nazareth, Jesus read these “have received from Jesus, the ifest their communion with him. the priesthood in his writings and words of Isaiah and applied them great High Priest, the dignity and During the Mass, the priests renew talks. He wrote the following: CHRISM to Himself: ‘Today this Scripture mission of sharing in His priest- their commitment to priestly serv- ‘Christians expect to find in the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 passage is fulfilled in your hear- hood. The promise of God to ice, dedicating themselves anew to priest not only a man who wel- ing.’ Jesus presented Himself as Israel: ‘You shall be to me a king- Christ and to service of the local comes them, who listens to them filled with the Spirit and consecrat- dom of priests and a holy nation’ Church, particularly through the gladly and shares a real interest in Orders, and bringing healing ed with an anointing, sent to bring has been fulfilled, as the book of sacred liturgy. them, but also and above all a man through the Anointing of the Sick,” glad tidings to the poor.” Revelation teaches us,” Bishop “In the sacrament of Holy who will help them to turn to God, Bishop Rhoades said. The bishop continued, “He is the Rhoades said. “The universal Orders, Jesus has sent His Spirit to rise up to Him.’” During the Blessing of the Oils, Messiah, ‘the Christ,’ which means priesthood of all the baptized is a on certain men to serve the com- Bishop Rhoades offered the for- which followed the homily, Bishop ‘Anointed One.’ He is ‘the Alpha real share in the priesthood of mon priesthood of all the faithful, mula for the priests’ prayer life. Rhoades poured the balsam in the and the Omega,’” as heard in the Christ by the anointing of the Holy to represent Him as the Good “It’s good to remember the basics oil and mixed the Chrism. He Book of Revelation, “‘the faithful Spirit. Through the common Shepherd leading His flock, acting of a healthy priestly spirituality — breathed over the Sacred Chrism witness, the firstborn of the dead priesthood, we are able to offer our in His Person as Head of the prayerful meditation with the and then with his hands extended, and ruler of the kings of the earth.’” lives in union with Christ as spiri- Church,” Bishop Rhoades said in Sacred Scriptures (lectio divina), he prayed the prayer of consecra- And from that same reading, “‘He is tual sacrifices to the Father, capa- the homily. “The gift of the Adoration of the most Holy tion. the one who loves us and has freed ble of living lives of faith, hope ordained priesthood is a gift of Eucharist, devotion to the Blessed Bishop Rhoades spoke of us from our sins by His blood, who and charity, capable of living by Christ to His Church, so that all Virgin Mary, and the Liturgy of the anointing in the homily: “‘The has made us into a kingdom, priests the Spirit as children of the light.” the members of His Body, through Hours,” Bishop Rhoades said. “At Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, for His God and Father.’” The evening also had a special the ministry of His ordained ordination, we assumed the obliga- because the Lord has anointed Bishop Rhoades spoke of how focus on the ordained priesthood. priests, might be nourished by the tion to celebrate faithfully the me,’ Isaiah wrote concerning the all gathered for the Chrism Mass, The presbyterate assembles to con- Word of God and the sacraments, Liturgy of the Hours for the people led to worship God in spirit and in of God and indeed for the whole truth, and guided along the way of world. This is a blessed obligation. holiness.” When we pray the (Liturgy of the) Advancing the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Bishop Rhoades noted that the Hours, we can personally lift up to call to holiness applies for priests, the Lord all the people who have religious and laity. He spoke of the asked us to pray for them or whom Honor Sister Adele or example of Pope John Paul II, who we have promised to pray for. This will be beatified May 1: “What an is not something secondary or inci- other Sisters of Providence example he is for us of what it dental to our ministry. It’s part of Donate to our capital campaign to renovate means to be a faithful and holy our priestly identity — interceding Providence Hall, “home” to many retired sisters. priest,” Bishop Rhoades said. for our people.” “I have vivid memories of great happiness and major challenges during the eight years of my ministry at St. John the Baptist (1961-1969). Teaching bright and energetic third graders would gladden the heart of any teacher. The challenge? I was appointed principal. Life was never quite the same! However, ‘as Providence would have it,’ an excellent faculty and supportive families with strong family values were my salvation.” -Sister Adele Beacham (formerly Sister Joseph Therese) Send your tax-deductible gift to: www.SistersofProvidence.org Pleasant Surprises Await You Office of Congregational Advancement www.SistersofProvidence.org 1 Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 at a Hearth Community The Hearth at Sycamore Village offers something for everyone. Our residents have the independence they want PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH along with comfort in knowing that if needed, personal care A Diocesan Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. and Emmitsburg and support services can be tailored to their individual needs. 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