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www.archindy.org February 16, 2001 Vol. XXXX, No. 18 50¢ New Latvian cardinal is an inspiration for Father John Beitans By Mary Ann Wyand ship provided by the National Catholic nity in the Archdiocese of Father John Welfare Council. The ship took them to Indianapolis in addition to his Beitans, pastor Love for Latvia, his parents’ homeland, northern Germany, where there was a dis- parish assignment. of St. Lawrence has prompted Father John Beitans of placed persons camp. These were neces- “I was elated when I heard the Parish in

Indianapolis to make plans to fly to Rome sary as World War II was ending because news of Archbishop Pujats’ nomi- Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann Indianapolis, next week for the elevation of Archbishop there were huge populations of people nation,” Father Beitans said. “I was holds a copy of Janis Pujats of Riga, Latvia, to the rank of who didn’t have time to get visas and so thrilled when Archbishop the directory for cardinal on Feb. 21. passports as they fled before advancing Julijans Vaivods was made a cardi- the Catholic Father Beitans, pastor of St. Lawrence armies. I was born in a displaced persons nal in 1983 that I went to Rome Church in Latvia. Parish in Indianapolis, said his parents camp in 1947. When I was almost 5 years for his elevation. There is some- The cover photo- were born in Latvia and were married old, we immigrated to the United States thing in me that is drawing me graph shows the there just before World War II. and settled in the country near Terre there again [for this ceremony]. site where “During the final days of the war, they Haute, Ind.” Something in me longs to be there. Christianity was were forced to flee from their home to Father Beitans, who speaks Latvian I almost feel that I belong there.” introduced in escape the advancing Russian army,” he fluently, has visited his parents’ homeland When Pope John Paul II Latvia. said. “They were able to get on a relief and now ministers to the Latvian commu- See LATVIA, page 8

The Church in Cuba John DiIulio Archdiocese shares faith with Cuba is ready to Editor’s note: “Stewards Abroad” is an create new occasional series that will look at the missionary efforts of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis throughout the world. faith-based Photo by Michele Wessler Michele Photo by By Mary Ann Wyand initiative Second of two parts WASHINGTON (CNS)—Two people A call to Christian stewardship that who know John DiIulio describe him this inspired a global solidarity partnership way: “dresses like a building inspector” between the Archdiocese of Indian- and “Joe Pesci with a Ph.D.” apolis and the Archdiocese of They mean it as high praise, because Camagüey in Cuba offers multiple such descriptions support their observa- opportunities for evangelization as well tion that DiIulio, the director of the new as friendship and White House Office of Faith-Based and humanitarian assis- Community Initiatives, is doing what he tance. does because he believes in it passion- Facilitated by ately, not because it gets him anywhere in Catholic Relief the political world. Stewards Services as a pilot pro- Probably precisely for that reason, Abroad gram, C.U.B.A. 2000 Washington’s political commentators (“Community don’t seem to know quite what to make of Understanding by DiIulio as he creates an office that is Action”) is expected to charged with “leveling the playing field” lead to additional partnerships between of barriers that prevent community and U.S. dioceses and dioceses in other religious organizations from being able to underdeveloped countries. compete for government funding for This sharing of faith, culture and social service programs. resources reflects the true nature of the DiIulio is a Catholic, a Democrat and an word “catholic,” which means “univer- Sister Demetria Smith, a Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa and the mission educator for the academic working for a Republican admin- sal,” and is a response to Pope John Archdiocese of Indianapolis, talks with Cuban children in the northern Camagüey neighborhood istration in an effort that has been encour- Paul II’s frequent requests to reach out of Albaisa. aged by leaders of both the Christian to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Coalition and the Call to Renewal. He has The need to support Church mission ill, children, women and families. were to meet their future partners in the held positions at think tanks with philoso- work also is emphasized by the U.S. The role of the Catholic Church in Archdiocese of Camagüey, Arthen said, phies at opposite ends of the political spec- bishops in their statement “Called to Cuban society is rather unique because to better understand their reality and trum and has collaborated on books about Global Solidarity: International the Church is the only entity on the island discuss plans for their future relation- See FAITH, page 8 Challenges for U.S. Parishes.” that has a national network and a relation- ship. Catholic Relief Services initiated a ship with the Vatican, which is considered “The host during our four-day visit humanitarian relief program in Cuba in a foreign government, explained Chris- to the Archdiocese of Camagüey, 1958 to assist the people who suffered topher Arthen, coordinator of this global Archbishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera, from food shortages and political solidarity partnership for Catholic Relief embodied the depth of faith, gentleness unrest. CRS now supports the efforts of Services. and grace of the people our group was Caritas Cuba, the social arm of the The goals of the Indianapolis delega- to meet in Cuba,” he said. “This Church, to help the elderly, chronically tion during their eight-day trip to Cuba See CUBA, page 2 Marian College library is helping Catholics in the archdiocese learn about the faith By Jennifer Del Vechio topics and more than 5,000 videos. enrich their teaching or their own personal It was formed in 1991, but its usage did- faith by explaining what the library has to Tucked inside the Marian College library n’t increase until about three years ago as the offer. in Indianapolis is a resource center that is college worked to increase the collection and It is open to anyone in the archdiocese, helping people across the archdiocese learn inform people about the resources available. and people who live in the southern part of more about their faith. Since 1997, usage has increased 35 per- the archdiocese—such as New Albany— The Mother Theresa Hackelmeier cent, said Barb Mathauer, the library’s can have books or tapes shipped to their Memorial Library, also known as the resource coordinator for the collection. local library on loan. Catholic Identity Collection, includes access Mathauer helps individuals, directors of Marianne Underhill, a student in pas- to 150,000 volumes of books on Catholic religious education, catechists and students See LIBRARY, page 12 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001 CUBA continued from page 1 mission was accomplished quite success- Wessler Michele Photos by fully as bonds of trust and friendship were formed in a very short period of time.” Arthen said the delegation “witnessed the physical and spiritual presence of the Church as they visited numerous parishes in differing stages of refurbishment, met with laypeople and clergy engaged in keeping alive their Catholic faith, and walked together with Caritas staff to learn about their efforts to help materially sus- tain the Cuban people.” When the delegation visited St. Joseph Church in Camagüey, Arthen said, a woman attending an adult religious educa- tion class told them that she came to church to learn more about her faith because “He is the only salvation we have.” During another parish visit, he said, C.U.B.A. 2000 members gained “a realis- tic perspective of the Church as it strug- gles to pass the faith from one generation to the next, assisted by the courageous efforts of lay volunteers and clergy.” Catholics living in a village about 10 kilometers outside of Camagüey received government permission to offer Mass once a month after the pope’s 1998 visit to Cuba, Arthen said, but they must wor- ship in the open air under a corrugated iron roof with wooden benches and no walls while awaiting government approval Members of the Mercedes family stand outside their home in northern Camagüey. They open their to build a chapel. home every Saturday for catechism classes for children ages 4 through 10. After attending Sunday Mass at Camagüey’s main cathedral, Arthen said, members of the delegation again met with While in Camagüey, the group also he told delegation members that, “the Archbishop Rodríguez, who explained toured a farm operated on land that had clergy in Cuba have successfully main- that, “In our landscape, the customs may been granted to the Church in 1997. tained a high degree of unity over the be different, but the sun that shines on us Produce from this farm supplies food for years.” is the same that shines on you. In Mass, a Church program for the elderly. Archbishop Rodríguez explained that you say, ‘The Lord is with you.’ We say The delegation learned that cattle are many Catholics are not practicing their the same. … The most important thing is registered by the government, and each ani- faith, and the priests hope that more peo- faith in Jesus Christ—the same love, the mal must be accounted for properly during ple will return to the sacraments. The same hope. official inspections every few months. clergy also struggle with pastoral out- “The revolution belongs to the city of During Archbishop Rodríguez’weekly reach to high school students who attend man,” he said, “and not the city of God.” meeting with priests in the archdiocese, government educational institutions far from their homes. Msgr. Juan Garcia, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Camagüey, asked the delegation to “take to heart” what they had seen and heard in order to “witness back home to the difficult times in the life of the Church in Cuba.” A priest in charge of the pre-seminary in Camagüey suggested a seminary-to- seminary connection within the diocesan partnership, and that possibility will be discussed as plans continue for C.U.B.A. Cuban Catholics enter the church for the parish 2000 programming. of El Oratorio Festivo in Camagüey. Another priest expressed concern about abortion in Cuba. No statistics are avail- M. Buechlein, C.U.B.A. 2000 member able to gauge the scope of the problem, Thomas Gaybrick, secretary for Catholic the priest said, and there also are no min- Charities and Family Ministries in the istries to reach out to women and families Archdiocese of Indianapolis, said there is dealing with the trauma of abortion. “tremendous potential for faith develop- C.U.B.A. 2000 delegates also will ment” in Cuba. explore the possibility of providing pro- “The unity that exists between the life and abortion reconciliation pamphlets bishops, the clergy and the laypeople was in Spanish as part of the diocesan twin- so obvious,” Gaybrick said. “The fact that ning arrangement. the Catholic faith has survived during In Havana, the delegation talked with four decades of communism is another Bishop Luis Robles, the papal nuncio, illustration of how the Church perseveres. Cuban boys play outside the parish of El Oratorio Festivo. The parish has two basketball courts, a vol- about providing support for a youth sports “I also was struck by the fact that the leyball court, places to play table tennis and swings that are open for use by neighborhood children. and jobs skills training project within kind of work that Catholic Charities [in Caritas’ Infancia program. Indianapolis] and Caritas are doing is The delegation also toured a home for very similar,” he said, “although certainly persons with disabilities that is operated under very different circumstances.” The Criterion (ISSN 0574- by the government but primarily staffed St. Barnabas parishioner Michele 4350) is published weekly by the Daughters of Charity. 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In his trip report for Archbishop Daniel story.) † The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001 Page 3 Lay group hopes to start a Catholic radio station in Indianapolis By Jennifer Del Vechio the Masses at Our Lady of the with the possibility of local program- some Catholic programming, he said. Greenwood Church on Feb. 24 and 25. ming—and began researching what sta- There are Catholic radio stations in Plans are being made to bring Catholic Teipen, a member of St. Lawrence tions were available for sale. Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, radio to Indianapolis. Parish in Indianapolis, began pursuing the The signal of the station, likely an AM Cincinnati and Ann Arbor, Mich. But buying a station and getting it on idea in December of 1998. station, would mainly reach metropolitan “I know this is going to happen. I the air is a slow process that needs a lot At a retreat, he remembers hearing Indianapolis, he said. just can’t tell you when,” Teipen said. of money. about evangelization and was wondering It also depends on the station that “The goal is to teach the Catholic faith It’s estimated that buying a radio sta- how he could fulfill that call. could be bought, meaning the signal through radio. We want to give the tion in the Indianapolis metropolitan area Less than two weeks later, he read an could be strong enough to reach the Ohio Catholic view and do it according to the could cost $3 million. Despite the high article about a traveler who was frustrated River, Teipen said. Magisterium.” cost, Robert Teipen believes Catholic by the lack of Catholic radio, and Teipen The organizers of the station are not ask- While Teipen said he believes Catholic radio can happen in the archdiocese. began thinking about the Indianapolis area. ing for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to radio will become a reality for Indian- Already, a not-for-profit corporation Through prayer, Teipen said he felt support it financially. Instead, it will be a apolis, he said any money raised and not has been formed at raise funds, and called to explore the idea of bringing lay movement, Teipen said. used for a radio station would be given to Teipen is speaking at area parishes, with Catholic radio to Indianapolis. Statistics show that rationally there are the archdiocese. permission, about Catholic radio. He found free 24-hour programming— 17 radio stations that identify themselves as For more information, call 317-598- His next presentation will be before all much of it would be the same as EWTN’s Catholic. At least 40 other stations offer 6700. † Sisters of Providence to begin $6 million building project By Mary Ann Wyand connect Lourdes and Karcher halls, and will absolutely thrilled that she has agreed to make recommendations for the project. house dementia and custodial care wings as do this. A construction manager will also The congregation hired the Troyer Looking to the future, the Sisters of well as a large therapy space, administrative be hired to be on site and work closely Group, based in South Bend, to oversee Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods offices, a doctor’s examination room and with architects and contractors.” the master plan and conduct a facilities announced plans on Feb. 8 to renovate an other service and support areas. Sister Diane said the congregation audit, and Herrin Associates Co. Inc. of existing health-care facility and construct She said renovations to Karcher Hall intends to explore licensure and certifica- Indianapolis to study operational stan- a new building to meet the congregation’s will improve ventilation and lighting, and tion of the new health-care facility so a dards and procedures. increasing medical needs. also resolve privacy concerns related to certain number of beds will qualify for “The Troyer Group and Herrin Providence Sister Diane Ris, general bedrooms and baths. Medicare reimbursement. Associates helped us identify a real need superior, said the $6 million project is a “The strong affirmation of congregation “We will seek the expertise of our con- for our congregation,” Sister Diane said. culmination of two years of professional members to the direction proposed at the sultants in this regard as well as the experi- “This is a big step toward the future for studies and discussion among members of fall gatherings was a major factor in our ence of other religious congregations that us. There is no doubt this project will the congregation. decision-making process,” Sister Diane have taken this course of action,” she said. help us provide quality health care for our Of that total, she said, $5 million will be said. “Members of the general council read “These are very important issues because sisters for many years to come.” † spent on Phase I plans to construct the new every response form and, at the future they address our ability in the future to facility and demolish part of Lourdes Hall. planning sessions with the Health Care extend our ministry of health care beyond Correction Phase II plans to renovate Karcher Hall, one Long Range Planning Committee, will cer- ourselves. Many sisters expressed great of the congregation’s health-care units, are tainly consider many of the fine recom- interest in accepting laypeople. For some Archdiocesan Youth Council chair- expected to cost $1 million. mendations suggested.” [sisters], it was the most important consid- person Petula Fernandez is a member Construction is scheduled to begin later The general council also appointed eration in stating their support for the build- of St. Joseph University Parish in this year, and each phase is expected to Providence Sister Barbara Ann Zeller as ing and renovation project.” Terre Haute, not St. Joseph Parish in take 18 months. the project director. Sister Diane said a $25,000 grant from Universal. Her parish was incorrectly Plans also are under way to begin a capi- “Sister Barbara Ann has a great deal of the National Religious Retirement Office listed in a story about the Archdio- tal campaign to finance part of the project. experience in building projects, much of it in Washington, D.C., was used to hire cesan Youth Conference published in Sister Diane said the new building will recently,” Sister Diane said. “We are consultants to complete a site study and the Feb. 9 issue of The Criterion. Stewardship and Development to popularResponding demand! office names two directors The The archdiocese’s Office of Steward- households and other friends of the ship and Development has named two Church. new appointments to key positions. Whitaker comes to the archdiocese Great B. Scott from the National FFA Foundation in Whitaker has been Indianapolis, where he led the organiza- named director of tion’s annual fund-raising campaign. Jubilee parish services and Townsend has Dana Townsend worked for the has been named archdiocese for the Video director of donor past two years as services. database coordina- he joyous gathering of Whitaker will tor. She has been Tmore than 30,000 people direct the efforts to involved in main- in the RCA Dome on Septem- increase involve- taining and updat- ment in parish ing individual, cor- ber 16 is now available on a B. Scott Whitaker stewardship and porate and founda- two-hour videotape. This stewardship to the greater archdiocesan tion records for all event was a special, historic community through year-round parish archdiocesan cam- Dana Townsend occasion for the Archdiocese stewardship efforts and the annual Called paigns and events. of Indianapolis, and the video to Serve campaign. She will oversee the conversion to a Whitaker also will oversee the follow- new archdiocesan software program in will make a terrific Christmas up efforts to the Legacy of Hope from the spring of 2001. present! Generation to Generation campaign. As director of donor services, Legacy of Hope was a special archdioce- Townsend will continue to build services For questions, please call (317) san capital and endowment campaign, that meet the stewardship needs of the 236-1585 or 1-800-382-9836, which raised $88 million in three- to five- archdiocese’s donors, parishes, schools ext. 1585.To order, please fill out year pledges from nearly 36,000 Catholic and agencies. † the order form below and mail to the address on the form. Scouts Order today! Please send ___ copies of the Jubilee Jessica Reeves, a Video at $24.95 per copy. Price includes member of St. Mark shipping and handling charges. 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Seeking the Face of the Lord Official Weekly Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler TheCriterion 1915 - 1994 Criterion Founding Editor Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher William R. Bruns, Executive Editor Greg A. Otolski, Managing Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Church in Editorial Mexico is great gift Unity with the Armenian Church to Church in U.S.

ere’s a trivia question for you: Russia comes up, Patriarch Alexei Where was Christianity first expresses his opposition because of ten- spent the month of January in tive that the cardinal will send two Hadopted as the official state reli- sions between the Russian Orthodox Guadalajara, Mexico. For the first priests on loan to our archdiocese as gion? Church and Catholicism in Russia and time in 35 years, I was back in a missionaries. We have become accustomed to think other countries that formerly were part of Iclassroom as a student for six I am grateful for and encouraged that this happened in the Roman Empire the Soviet Union. hours a day! I was tutored by truly by the Mexican experience. There is when Emperor Constantine proclaimed Similarly, Bulgarian Orthodox Patri- experienced and excellent teachers of a much larger world than our arch- Christianity the state religion early in the arch Maxim has told Cardinal Edward Spanish, and, being the only student diocese! The Church in Mexico is an fourth century. Actually, though, it hap- I. Cassidy, president of the Pontifical in the classroom, there was no possi- important gift for the Church in pened in Armenia, even earlier in the Council for Promoting Christian Unity, fourth century, when St. Gregory the that a papal visit to Bulgaria would not bility of slipping away into day- America. True, secular materialism is Illuminator converted King Tiridates III. be welcomed. dreams or hiding from questions. invading from the north, but so far, This year, the Armenian Catholic The Catholic Church seems to be At my age, memorizing rules of the Mexicans in Jalisco have main- Church and the Armenian Apostolic more interested in Christian unity than grammar and vocabulary pushed me tained an identifiably Catholic cul- Church are celebrating the 1,700th most of the Orthodox Churches. Twice to the limit. As another student ture. Where else would you hear the anniversary of Armenia’s conversion to it appeared that unity was reestablished, remarked at the end of a long day, acknowledgment of the feast day of Christianity. in 1274 and 1439, but both times deci- “and to think I am paying for this!” I patron saints on the morning radio? Of all the Eastern Christian Churches sions of ecumenical councils were learned a lot of Spanish, and I learned While I was in Mexico, Pope John that are not part of the Catholic Church, rejected by the Orthodox faithful after how much more there is to be Paul II released his apostolic letter the Armenian Apostolic Church seems to their bishops returned from the coun- learned. I learned a lot about the Novo Millennio Ineunte. He wrote: be the closest to Catholicism. Its patri- cils. Today most Orthodox faithful beautiful Mexican culture and how “At the beginning of the new millen- arch, Catholicos Karekin II, has invited believe that they have the true faith and, Pope John Paul II to visit Armenia in if there is to be unity, it is up to the much more there is to be learned. nium, and at the close of the Great September for the celebration of the Catholic Church to join the Orthodox. I lived in the major seminary with Jubilee during which we celebrated anniversary. Last November, the patri- It’s different with the Armenian 16 diocesan priests and 353 seminari- the 2,000th anniversary of the birth arch visited the Vatican where he and the Apostolic Church. Although it is part of ans studying philosophy and theol- of Jesus, and a new stage of the pope signed a document that says that the Oriental Orthodox Church, it sepa- ogy. In addition, 53 deacons are Church’s journey begins, our hearts the two Churches share the same faith, rated from the Catholic Church after the doing pastoral service in parishes ring out with the words of Jesus true sacraments, apostolic succession of Council of Chalcedon in 431 rather than until their ordination in June. With when one day after speaking to the bishops, the priesthood and the at the time of the Great Schism of 1054. the exception of one seminarian who crowds from Simon’s boat, he invited Eucharist. In recent decades, though, it has become could speak a bit of broken English, the apostle to “put out into the deep” Throughout his pontificate, Pope John close to the Catholic Church. Paul has worked for Christian unity. It This has been achieved mainly no one else did. All of them happily for a catch: ‘Duc in altum … Duc in appears that unity between Catholicism through the efforts of Pope John Paul and took on the role of teacher. It was altum!’ These words ring out for us and the Orthodox Churches might be the Armenian patriarchs. Patriarch total immersion! The seminarians today and they invite us to remember closer than unity between Catholicism Catholicos Vaskin I was head of the were frequent visitors to my room the past with gratitude, to live the and the Protestant Churches for the rea- Armenian Apostolic Church for 30 years and loved to ask a thousand questions present with enthusiasm and to look sons listed in the previous paragraph. A during the communist era, sharing expe- about life in our archdiocese. They forward to the future with confi- major problem, though, is that there is riences with then-Archbishop Karol were merciless in correcting my dence.” not only one Orthodox Church. The Wojtyla of Krakow. Spanish. As I read these words in Mexico, it Orthodox Churches are organized in After Patriarch Vaskin died in 1995, At the insistence of the rector, I struck me how true they can be. approximately 15 autocephalous (inde- his successor, Patriarch Catholicos presided at the community Mass just During the first half of the last cen- pendent) Churches that usually corre- Karekin I, signed a document with Pope spond to national or ethnic groups. John Paul acknowledging that Jesus about every day. With difficulty and tury, the Church in Mexico suffered a Religious nationalism, or phyletism, is Christ was both fully human and fully the help of my teachers, I delivered great persecution, especially against a major problem for the Orthodox. Each divine, the only doctrinal difference three homilies in the major seminary the clergy. Between 1919 and 1938, Eastern European country has its own between the two churches. The pope and one in the minor seminary. (By 25 priests were martyred simply Orthodox Church. His All Holiness planned to visit Armenia in 1999, during the way, there are more than 500 because they were priests. They were Bartholomaos I, ecumenical patriarch of his trip to Poland, but learned that minor seminarians! Who said God canonized this last May. Constantinople, has primacy among the Patriarch Karekin was dying. isn’t calling!) In 1938, no one would have pre- Orthodox patriarchs, but he is not a When the pope and Patriarch Karekin The seminarians were quick to dicted that in the Archdiocese of supreme authority as the pope is in II signed that document last November, it invite me to join their families for Guadalajara, where they were mar- Catholicism. included this sentence: “We continue to their Sunday afternoon feasts. (The tyred, there would be more than 900 The Russian Orthodox Church is by far pray for full and visible communion sems go home after morning Mass diocesan priests and 1,000 seminari- the largest. Russian Patriarch Alexei II has between us.” How or when that can hap- a third of the world’s Orthodox believers pen is still unknown. As with all the and return for vespers at 7 p.m.) I ans in the year 2000. No one would under his jurisdiction, 20 times the num- Orthodox Churches, differences about the accepted several invitations and the have predicted that the houses of reli- ber Patriarch Bartholomaos can claim. status of patriarchs and the primacy of experience was rewarding. In addi- gious would be filled as well. Fifteen When talk about a possible papal visit to the pope remain problems. † tion to great food, I was able to of the martyrs were alumni of the observe a bit of the life of a “middle- seminary, and the seminarians speak — John F. Fink class” family and of “poor” families. proudly of their intercessory role. The entire family gathered, including They attribute their vocations to the grandparents, uncles, aunts and chil- martyrs, to the witness of their priests dren. I was told the Sunday feast was and to their family prayer. typical. By the way, I loved the I come away convinced that as Mexican food and tried everything. God worked miracles there—at a Cardinal Juan Sandoval, the arch- great price to be sure—God can do bishop of Guadalajara, was most hos- the same here! Pope John Paul says Published weekly except the last week of December and the first week of January. Mailing Address: 1400 N. Meridian Street, Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1717. Periodical pitable. We discovered that both of us (like Peter), “Cast out into the deep!” Postage Paid at Indianapolis, IN. Copyright © 2000 Criterion Press, Inc. ISSN 0574-4350. had been seminary rectors for the bet- even when the fish don’t seem to be ter part of 17 years. It remains to running. 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Buscando la Cara del Señor Letters to the Editor Arzobispo Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. Rapper with violence- country, it would be grossly irresponsible filled music nominated for the academy to honor him. Furthermore, it is our understanding that for Grammy awards Eminem may have the chance to perform his hate-filled music for thousands of La Iglesia en I am writing on behalf of the staff and viewers. It would be grossly irresponsible board of Breaking Free Inc. to inform for CBS to give Eminem time on national readers of the most recent controversy television to espouse violence against involving rapper Eminem. The 43rd women and girls. annual Grammy Awards will be held What readers can do: México es un gran Feb. 21 in Los Angeles and broadcast by • Send messages to CBS at www.cbs.com CBS. 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Por dotes a cuenta de préstamo a nuestra and gay people are consistent themes cacy agency known for its support primera vez en 35 años, ¡volví arquidiócesis como misioneros. throughout his music. Please join us in groups throughout the Greater Indian- Pcomo estudiante a un salón de Estoy agradecido y fortalecido por la countering these hateful messages. apolis area and its work with children clases por 6 horas al día! Fui tutorado experiencia mexicana. ¡Existe un While Eminem has the right to use any who have witnessed domestic violence. por excelentes profesores de español, mundo mucho mayor que nuestra lyrics he chooses, it is our firm conviction Each person in our society has the verdaderamente experimentados, y archidiócesis! La Iglesia en México es that he should not be honored for sending right to be safe. Eminem’s lyrics negate siendo el único estudiante en el salón un regalo importante para la Iglesia en messages that glorify domestic violence that right and makes our world less safe. de clases, no había posibilidades de América. Es cierto, el materialismo and murder. These messages are danger- Contact CBS and the academy right away soñar despierto o esconderse de las pre- secular está invadiendo desde el norte, ous, desensitize people to abuse and do to register your concern. guntas. pero no tan lejos, los mexicanos en not deserve a national platform. We work Sister Jackie McCracken, O.S.F., Indianapolis A mi edad, memorizar las reglas Jalisco han mantenido su identificable every day with women and children ter- gramaticales y el vocabulario me lle- cultura católica. ¿Dónde más oiría rorized by people who do what Eminem (Sister Jackie McCracken is executive varon al límite. Así como recalcó otro usted el conocimiento del festín de los raps about. At a time when domestic vio- director of Breaking Free Inc. in estudiante al final de un largo día “¡y santos patronos en la radio matutina? lence is destroying families all over our Indianapolis.) † pensar que estoy pagando por esto!” Mientras estuve en México, el Papa Aprendí mucho español, y aprendí lo Juan Pablo II publicó su carta apos- mucho que falta por aprender. Aprendí tólica Novo Millenio Ineunte. Él mucho acerca de la bella cultura mexi- escribió “En el comienzo del nuevo cana y lo mucho que falta por aprender. milenio, y al cierre del Gran Jubileo Viví en el Seminario Mayor con 16 durante el cual celebramos el 2000 Letters Policy sacerdotes diocesanos y 353 seminaris- aniversario del nacimiento de Jesús, y tas estudiando filosofía y teología. el comienzo de una nueva etapa en la Letters from readers are published in letters from readers as necessary based on Además, 53 diáconos que están real- jornada de la Iglesia, nuestros cora- The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s space limitations, pastoral sensitivity and izando su servicio pastoral en las par- zones laten con las palabras de Jesús commitment to “the responsible exchange content (including spelling and grammar). roquias hasta su ordenación en junio. cuando un día después de hablar a las of freely-held and expressed opinion In order to encourage opinions from a Con la excepción de un seminarista multitudes desde el bote de Simón, él among the People of God” (Communio et variety of readers, frequent writers will que podía hablar un poquito de inglés, invitó al apóstol a “salir a lo profundo” Progressio, 116). ordinarily be limited to one letter every nadie más hablaba inglés. Todos ellos para agarrarlo: ¡‘Duc in altum ... Duc Letters from readers are welcome and three months. Concise letters (usually less gustosamente asumieron el papel de in altum!’ Estas palabras nos llaman every effort will be made to include letters than 300 words) are more likely to be maestros. ¡Fue una inmersión total! hoy y nos invitan a recordar el pasado from as many people and representing as printed. Los seminaristas frecuentemente vis- con gratitud. A vivir el presente con many viewpoints as possible. Letters Letters must be signed, but, for serious itaban mi habitación y les gustaba pre- entusiasmo y a mirar hacia el futuro should be informed, relevant, well- reasons, names may be withheld. guntar miles de preguntas relacionadas con confianza.” expressed and temperate in tone. They Send letters to: “Letters to the Editor,” con la vida en nuestra archidiócesis. A medida que leí estas palabras en must reflect a basic sense of courtesy and No tenían misericordia al corregir mi México, me pegó el que tan verdaderas The Criterion, P.O. Box 1717, Indianap- respect. español. pueden ser. Durante la primera mitad olis, IN 46206-1717. Readers with access A insistencia del rector, presidí la del siglo pasado, la Iglesia en México The editors reserve the right to select to e-mail may send letters to: Misa comunitaria casi todos los días. sufrió una gran persecución, especial- the letters that will be published and to edit [email protected]. Con mucha dificultad y la ayuda de mis mente en contra del clero. Entre 1919 y maestros, di tres homilías en el semi- 1938 25 sacerdotes fueron martiriza- nario mayor y una en el seminario dos. Ellos fueron canonizados el menor. (De paso, ¡hay más de 500 sem- pasado mes de mayo. inaristas menores! ¡Quién dijo que En 1938, nadie hubiese podido pre- Dios no está llamando!) decir que en la Archidiócesis de Rápidamente los seminaristas me Guadalajara donde fueron martirizados invitaron a reunirme con sus familias hubiese más de 900 sacerdotes dioce- para sus festines dominicales. (Los sanos y 1000 seminaristas para el año seminaristas van a sus casas después de 2000. Nadie hubiese podido predecir la misa de la mañana y regresan para que las casas de religiosos estarían las vísperas a las 7:00 p.m.) Acepté llenas también. Quince de los mártires varias invitaciones y la experiencia fue eran alumnos de este seminario, y los gratificante. Además de la grandiosa seminaristas hablan orgullosamente del comida, fui capaz de observar un papel de intercesores. Ellos les poquito de la vida de las familias de atribuyen sus vocaciones a los mártires, “clase media” y “pobre”. La familia al testimonio de sus sacerdotes y la completa se reunió, incluyendo a los oración de sus familias. abuelos, tíos, tías y los niños. Me con- Vuelvo convencido que Dios ha real- taron que el festín dominical era típico. izado milagros allá - seguro que a un De paso, amo la comida mexicana y gran precio - ¡Dios puede hacer lo probé de todo. mismo aquí! El Papa Juan Pablo dice El Cardenal Juan Sandoval, arzo- (como Pedro) “Arrojen en lo profundo” bispo de Guadalajara, fue de lo más aún cuando parezca que no hay peces hospitalario. Descubrimos que amos nadando. Con Dios, todas las cosas hemos sido rectores de seminario posibles. † aproximadamente 17 años. Aunque todavía hay que trabajar algunos Traducido por: Language Training detalles, parece ser positivo el hecho Center, Indianapolis

La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en febrero Adultos jóvenes: que se den cuenta de la importancia de su presencia en nues- tras parroquias y tengan la generosidad y el valor de considerar el servicio en la iglesia, especialmente como sacerdotes y religiosos. A survey of the general public by the organization Public Agenda found that people think they under- stand the beliefs of Catholicism better than they do other faiths. Page 6 The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001

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Holy Name School in Beech Grove will host its fourth beginning March 5 at 7 p.m. in the school. The sessions are our understanding and appreciation of our adult religious annual “Sow the Seeds” Dinner and Dance at 7 p.m. on for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers to faith. The cost is $125. For information, call 317-545-7681. Feb. 24 at Primo’s Banquet Hall, 2615 National Ave., in questions about returning to the Church. There will be infor- Indianapolis. Light Touch, Third Generation and Second mal sharing and an update about the Catholic faith. For more The Servants of the Gospel of Life will hold vocation Wind will provide music. The cost is $25 per person. information, call 317-255-3666. discernment weekends for women ages 18-45. Women are Corporate and family tables are available for $250 and $500. invited to spend weekends at Our Lady of Guadalupe All proceeds benefit the students of Holy Name School. For Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School, 5000 Convent, 8300 Roy Road, in Indianapolis for vocation dis- more information, call 317-784-5454. Nowland Ave., in Indianapolis will host its annual Track cernment. The weekends will consist of daily Mass, and Field Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Eucharistic adoration, communal praying of the Liturgy of Marian College of Indianapolis will host a free informa- Feb. 17 and Feb. 24 at the McDonalds at 10th and Bosart the Hours, private prayer, conferences on vocation discern- tion session on parish nursing from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. streets. The cost is $3 and includes pancakes, hash browns ment and an introduction to the charism and spirituality of on Feb. 20 and from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 24. For and juice or milk. All proceeds benefit the track and field the Servants of the Gospel of Life. For more information, more information, call 317-955-6132. program. For more information, call 317-356-6377, ext. 135. call 317-899-2376.

The Answer the Call Catholic Men’s Conference will The Birthline Guild will present its “Love Works The Indiana College Preparatory Program is searching for be held March 24 at Xavier University in Cincinnati. The Magic” luncheon and fashion show on March 17. Fashions tutors to work with elementary and middle school students. conference is open to single and married men seeking to will be presented by Red Ella at the Ritz Charles, 12156 N. The program focuses on students in kindergarten through the deepen their faith. Doors open at 7 a.m., with the first pro- Meridian St., in Carmel. The event begins with an 12th grade and their parents. It is administered through gram at 8:45 a.m. The first Catholic chaplain serving 11:30 a.m. social followed by lunch at noon. Tickets are Martin University in Indianapolis. For more information, Congress will speak, among others. The cost is $25. For $20, with advance sale only. For more information, call 317- call 317-543-3526. † more information, call 513-321-4673 or visit their Web site 466-9656 before March 3. at www.thecall.org. A parish Lenten mission will be held from 7 p.m. to Marian College Christ the King Parish, 1827 Kessler Blvd., East Drive, in 8:30 p.m. on March 4-7 at Mary, Queen of Peace Church, Indianapolis will conduct an ongoing series called 1005 W. Main St., in Danville. Franciscan Father Finian offers new programs “Welcome Home” on six consecutive Monday evenings Zaucha will present the mission. He will speak on how to be better disciples of Jesus Christ, how to build the Kingdom of Marian College has added seven new academic pro- God on earth and how to attain salvation. For more informa- grams for the fall semester. VIPs . . . tion, call 317-745-5080. The Catholic college in Indianapolis will add pre-law, political science, management information systems, Frank and Doris Thieneman of St. Mary-of-the Rosaries for Life is sponsoring a pro-life prayer event to chemical technology, environmental studies and a dual- Knobs Parish in Floyd Knobs celebrated their 50th wed- have 1 million people pray the rosary for an end to abortion. degree in computer science and graphic design. ding anniversary on Jan. 27. They were married on that The prayer event is May 12, but people are being asked to The dual-degree program is with Purdue University’s date in 1951 at promote the event now. The goal is to have 1 million people School of Science at IUPUI in Indianapolis. It is Marian Our Mother of praying the joyful mysteries at the same hour for an end to College’s first dual-degree program, and will combine Sorrows abortion. For flyers to promote the event, write to Rosaries Marian’s values-based education with technology at Church in for Life, P.O. Box 41831, Memphis, Tenn., 38174 or call Purdue to strengthen the competitive advantage the Louisville. 901-725-5937. degree will offer students. Graphic design is a new major They celebrated that was formerly available as a concentration. with a renewal Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Terre Haute and its For more information about the programs, call 317- of vows at their Women’s External Degree Program are hosting a campus 955-6000. † parish church. visit from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 19. The campus visit will A reception be an opportunity to learn about the program and meet with followed at staff and faculty. Reservations are requested. For more infor- Connersville parish their daughter’s mation, call 812-535-5263 or 800-926-SMWC. house. They have seven Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School, 5000 plans mission children: Frank Nowland Ave., in Indianapolis will have its annual Baseball The 150th anniversary celebration of St. Gabriel Parish Jr., Tony, and Fish Fry from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 28 (Ash in Connersville will begin with a parish mission. Kevin Wednesday) in the school cafeteria. Dinners are $5 and The parish, established in 1851, will host the mission, Thieneman, Patty Slinker, Pam McIntire, Karen Julius and include fish or cheese pizza, French fries, coleslaw, dessert called “Here I Am Lord,” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 18-22 in the Carol Hurst. They also have 15 grandchildren and one and a drink. All proceeds benefit the baseball program. For church. great-grandchild. more information, call 317-356-6377, ext. 155. Redemptorist Father Jack Dowd from Chicago will be the main speaker. Father Dowd was ordained to the priest- Stephanie Ehrgott, a special education and journalism A men’s Lenten retreat, “Four Stops on the Journey to hood in 1961 and has held many pastoral positions, teacher at Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School God,” will be held March 2-4 at Fatima Retreat House in including high school teacher, vocation ministry, parish in Indianapolis, had her article, “New Advisor: Outcomes Indianapolis. The retreat by Holy Cross Father William work, pastor, provincial of the Midwest Province of the Worth the Struggles,” featured in the December issue of Simmons will use stories and parables from Scripture to talk Redemptorists and a member of the order’s Mission Team. J*Communique. † about the stops we make on our spiritual journey that deepen The parish mission committee is hoping the event will be a time of renewal for the parish. The mission is open to people of all faiths. Transportation and babysitting services are available. There also are special children’s activities each evening for children aged 3 through the fifth-grade. For more “Called by Name” information, call 765-825-8578. † Catholic Teacher Recruitment Day Fatima Sponsored by Retreat House The Office of Catholic Education March 9–11 Women’s Lent retreat and Seeking the Gift of Simplicity with Sr. Norma Rocklage and Fr. Larry Voelker

March 16–18 Lenten Retreat for Women & The Archdiocesan Principals Association Men Sacred Landscapes May 9, 2001 with Fr. Jeff Godecker

8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. March 23–25 Silent retreat for Women & Men Listening Through the Little Way of St. Thérèse Contact your placement office for information with Fr. Ted Haag, O.F.M. or April 6–8 Lenten retreat for Women Prayerful Journaling: A Spiritual Way to God The Office of Catholic Education with Fr. Noel Mueller, OSB or ext. Come, practice the Art of renewal... 317.236.1544 1.800.382.9836 1544 call for a brochure Registration form obtained on-line [email protected] (317) 545-7681 Registration due March 9, 2001 www.archindy.org/fatima The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001 Page 7 Disciples in Mission information sessions drawing large crowds Large groups of parishioners from question period, and there have been resources for the next three Lents. Another important support is the net- around the archdiocese have been turning several common concerns and some per- In a similar fashion, he said, the work that forms when parish teams go out for the Disciples in Mission informa- ceptive comments. One issue that came up parish team could deal with the pre-Lent through the training along with the teams tion sessions. With four more on the in every session was the practical issue of prayer campaign by asking for help from other parishes. They can call on schedule, the totals stand at 437 people finding enough people and enough time to from the existing Liturgy and/or each other for ideas and other help. representing 99 parishes and missions. present the Disciples in Mission process. Spiritual Life committees. In fact, this is Participants in the information sessions Disciples in Mission is a process to Father Folzenlogen responded by not- one of the key things that Disciples in found the resources a two-edged sword. help parishes and its members evange- ing that Disciples in Mission begins in, Mission tries to encourage. Evangeli- They appreciated the highly detailed man- lize—to reach out to people without a integrates with and builds on what is zation is a component of everything we uals, but they also felt overwhelmed. The Church home as well as Catholics who already happening. The resource materials do, not just a set of special projects. presenters kept reminding people that the may not be actively taking part in the focus on “existing” and “new.” If we operate with this mentality, he manuals present an ideal way of doing the faith. Father Folzenlogen said much of what said, we will start noticing new opportuni- process. Each parish needs to adapt and Jesuit Father Joe Folzenlogen, evange- we already do in our parishes already has ties for things like improving our hospital- tailor the process to its own situation and lization coordinator for the archdiocese, an evangelization dimension, but we do ity and welcoming, reaching out to inactive resources. has been one of the presenters for the not pay attention to that. Disciples in Catholics or more explicitly inviting those Several people noted ways the process gatherings along with Brian Foust, Judy Mission encourages us to operate with a without a Church family. Disciples in could challenge their parish to grow. For Koch, Kay Taylor, Nancy Fahringer, Mark heightened awareness of continuing the Mission promotes being very focused, example, the focus on diversity could be Braun, Harry Dudley, Celina Acosta- mission of Jesus. We are not going to pile identifying just one or two things to work very helpful, not just in terms of people Taylor, Angie Munoz Silver, Oscar and a huge new agenda on top of everything on. with different languages and cultures, but Eva Morales, Chelo Quiroz, Carmen else, he said, but rather will do our cur- Parish staff members expressed con- also in noticing and working with persons Montanez, Bill and Margot Bradbury, rent agenda with a different mindset. cern about ongoing support for parish with disabilities, different age groups and Cheryl Schnitzius, Maru Villalta and For instance, most parishes and most coordinators and team members. Father even the diverse spiritualities active Olga Villa-Parra. parishioners normally give extra attention Folzenlogen stressed the partnership that among current parishioners. The presenters have appreciated the to their faith life during Lent. Disciples in Disciples in Mission creates. The Paulists, Once the information sessions are com- variety of viewpoints offered by the Mission works with that natural motiva- the archdiocese and the parishes are pleted, letters will be sent to pastors and parish teams and the energy and enthusi- tion by making Lent the focus of its for- involved in this together. parish life coordinators inviting their asm that have accompanied their personal mation activities. A parish will not be The archdiocesan leadership team not parish to commit to the process. Then the insights. doing something unusual, but would actu- only conducts the training sessions, it also schedules will be drawn up for parish Each session has concluded with a ally have the benefit of a rich set of functions as an ongoing resource. coordinator and team trainings. † Indiana taxpayers can influence legislative school decisions By Margaret Nelson how to improve education. She could tion is the public school system going to Ryan, director of the Indiana Catholic select from four options or “other.” be open to fixing the problems,” Chandler Conference (ICC), both houses of the leg- While the Indiana legislature considers Chandler chose “other,” because the first said. islature are currently considering bills ways to improve education, many four applied only to public schools. In the Chandler’s own parents gave her and advocating charter schools. Catholics and other parents of the 94,500 space provided, she wrote that the state her five siblings a 12-year Catholic educa- Legislators consider charter schools as children in Indiana non-public schools are should introduce vouchers, which her non- tion at a time when there was no tuition in an alternative and as a means of educa- offering their opinions to their representa- Catholic husband supports as well. the schools—just a requirement to con- tional reform. tives in the House and Senate. “I would love to see vouchers,” she said. tribute to the parish. INPEA wants parents to know that Diane Chandler, the mother of two chil- “It’s only fair that we have a choice in how The Indiana Legislature is considering charter schools are only one choice and dren at St. Louis de Montford Catholic our money is spent. It’s not just being fair, several measures to improve schools. that they are within the public school sys- School in Fishers, in the Lafayette but educational choice is the answer to According to Glenn Tebbe, director of tem. Tebbe, who testified in late January Diocese, recently received a card from her what’s ailing the public schools. the Indiana Non-Public Education before the Senate Education Committee, state senator requesting her opinion on “Only by opening the door to competi- Association (INPEA), and M. Desmond See SCHOOL, page 24 Information you can use Archdiocesan Directory and Yearbook 2001

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ticularly regarding the status of Latvia’s its northern location. From that moment on, there has never LATVIA Russian minority. “The original Christianization of the been any attempt to destroy Latvia as a continued from page 1 “In our family history, we just assumed country was Catholic by the Germans,” nation or to destroy its ethnicity that has that the Soviet Union would be in control Father Beitans said, “but the Protestant had a chance of success.” announced the nominations of seven addi- and that forced atheism would stay the sys- Reformation had a huge effect on Latvia Father Beitans said he felt called to tional cardinals on Jan. 28, he said the tem,” Father Beitans said. “We dreamed of because of its nearness to Norway and attend the elevation of Archbishop Vaivods new nominees included the archbishops just being able to set foot in the country to Sweden. The southern part of Latvia held of Riga to the rank of cardinal in Rome in from Ukraine and Latvia, whom he had meet a relative. That would have been on to its Catholicism because it communi- 1983 because he was Latvia’s first cardinal designated as car- incredible at a time when it was unique that cated freely with Lithuania and Poland, and had been imprisoned for practicing his dinals “in pec- even mail could go back and forth, and it but the northern part became Lutheran faith in the hostile Soviet state. tore”—“in his was heavily censored. To think that even because they communicated very freely “Pope John Paul II had a personal sen- heart”—in 1998 little things like that could happen was a with Estonia, Finland, Norway and sitivity to the situation in the Church “but whose names dream. What has happened—normalization Sweden, which were bastions of the behind the Iron Curtain,” Father Beitans could not be of the country—is beyond any dream. It’s Reformation.” said, because he is a native of Poland. divulged until an answer to prayers. During the country’s troubled history, After that ceremony, Father Beitans now.” “The religious urge in the human spirit many Latvian people were forcibly reset- was among a small group of Latvian With those two is a universal thing all over the planet,” he tled in the Soviet Union, and Russians Catholics invited to meet the Holy Father. nominations, the said. “When anybody tries to suppress were brought to Latvia to destroy its The room was crowded, and there was no Holy Father said, any religion anywhere, it never works. ethnicity. room to kneel to kiss the pope’s ring. Cardinal-designate he wanted to honor People will eventually throw off the “‘Russification’ is what Latvians call When the pontiff turned to greet him, Janis Pujats East European tyrant. The Holy Spirit always prevails.” the efforts of the Soviet government at Father Beitans said he could only offer Catholic communi- Father Beitans said through the years that time to purposefully try to destroy his hand in greeting. ties that offered “heroic example to the “the people of Latvia had enough faith to their ethnic identity,” Father Beitans said. “I’m very pleased to meet you, Your rest of the Church in the 20th century. keep hanging on, but never dreamed of “It started when the czars ruled Latvia at Holiness,” Father Beintans told the pontiff “They knew how to witness their faith having a cardinal. Now we feel surprised various times, even before World War I. as he shook his hand. among sufferings of every kind,” the pope and delighted that this has come to pass. They felt that everybody should be The pope looked at him without smil- said, “which not infrequently culminated Two cardinals during one papacy is truly Russian. ing and replied, “You must be from the in the sacrifice of one’s life.” remarkable.” “For many years, there was a very United States.” Catholic News Service reported that in Latvia is located near the Arctic weak sense of Latvian national identity,” Seventeen years later, Father Beitans 1998, the last time the Holy Father named Circle in eastern Europe, adjacent to he said. “It was only when scholars dis- finally got a chance to kiss Pope John cardinals, Archbishop Pujats was making Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, covered the rich traditions in the unwrit- Paul’s ring after a Jubilee Year liturgy last news by publicly urging Russia to stop Lithuania and Poland. It was one of the ten folk songs that the Latvians began to October in St. Peter’s Square. It was interfering in Latvia’s internal affairs, par- last countries Christianized because of say, ‘We have a history. We are a people.’ another dream come true. †

store saleswoman. After attending zine Christianity Today says that while FAITH neighborhood Catholic elementary sitting in Mass with his family on Palm continued from page 1 schools, he got a scholarship to a presti- Sunday in 1996, he realized he was called gious prep school across the city. That to work on the problems of the people in modern culture with both liberal-leaning education paved the way for a subse- the inner city. CNS photo from Reuters syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne and quent scholarship to the University of About that time, he joined the board of William Bennett, who was education secre- Pennsylvania. trustees of the Gesu School in Phila- tary under President Reagan and “drug He went on to graduate school, writing delphia, an inner-city Jesuit elementary czar” in the first Bush administration. a dissertation on prison management for school with impressive results in educat- At one of the events organized by the his doctorate in government from Harvard ing future college graduates. White House to publicize the faith-based University. By age 30 he was a full pro- The school’s development director, initiatives, DiIulio gave Washington’s pro- fessor at Princeton. Most recently, he has Kevin Smith-Fagan, described DiIulio as tocol wonks heart palpitations when he been a member of the faculty of the an intellectual giant who is personally walked right past his new boss—the pres- University of Pennsylvania and lives in a very humble, likable and focused on his ident—to give a big hug to his friend and Philadelphia suburb. family of three grade-school-age chil- fellow Democrat, Connecticut Sen. Joe DiIulio’s research and writings about dren. Lieberman. prisons and crime helped shape the “He is a devout, genuinely religious At another event, he suggested that the debate of the last decade about how to person” who has been “a wonderful way to solve the inevitable battles the control crime, bolstering those who advocate and friend to our kids,” Smith- faith-based initiatives will start is, “We pushed for tougher sentencing and new Fagan said. ought to sue each other. Because when prisons. He had plenty of critics who Not content with merely attending Americans are serious about something, questioned his predictions about “super- trustees’ meetings, DiIulio taught govern- then we sue each other.” predator” juvenile criminals, for ment classes at the school a couple years No wonder the headline on a instance. ago—successfully using his textbook Washington Post column about him car- But midway through the 1990s, DiIulio from Princeton, Smith-Fagan said. He John DiIulio listens as President George W. ried the headline: “Will the real John became involved with Church-based pro- also does things like visiting Gesu with Bush announces the White House Office of DiIulio please stand up?” grams that had impressive results in turn- his staff from the University of Penn- Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Jan. 29 There are, however, areas of agreement ing around problems in inner-city neigh- sylvania just before Christmas and bring- in Washington. DiIulio was chosen by Bush to even among those who aren’t quite sure borhoods. ing a load of new books for the school head the office aimed at helping faith-based and what to make of him. His focus shifted to faith-based efforts library. community organizations work with the govern- DiIulio, 42, made a name for himself to combat the problems of the inner city. After working with him on the bish- ment in providing social services. in his 20s and 30s as a brilliant crimi- His recent work has included serving as a ops’ criminal justice statement, John Carr, nologist who advocated strong punish- consultant for the U.S. bishops in prepar- head of the bishops’ Secretariat for Social ceed with his new mission in Washington ment and mandatory prison terms. Over ing last year’s statement: “Responsibility, Development and World Peace, is an because “he’s not an entrenched ideo- the last five years or so, he’s shifted his Rehabilitation and Restoration: A enthusiastic DiIulio fan. logue. emphasis from punishment to crime pre- Catholic Perspective on Crime and “He’s smart, he cares about the poor, “He’s working from a genuine inter- vention, particularly through faith-based Criminal Justice,” and co-editing the book he cares about racism, he knows Catholic est in the welfare of others,” Smith- organizations. “What’s God Got To Do with the social teaching,” Carr said. “He’s given Fagan said. “He gets along with every- DiIulio is the son of a south Phila- American Experiment?” with Dionne. his life to these issues.” one from conservative Baptists to liberal delphia deputy sheriff and a department A 1999 profile of DiIulio in the maga- Smith-Fagan believes DiIulio will suc- Catholics.” † Little Girl Dresses First Communion Gift Sets 150 Gowns in Stock $2500 to $6500 Sizes 0–18

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By Sheila Garcia CNS photo When Mary lost her husband of nearly 50 years, family members rallied around her. A sister-in-law helped with the wake, and a nephew cut short a European business trip to attend the funeral. In the following months, Mary’s teen-age grandson took care of her yard work, while her daughter called every day and visited almost every weekend. Mary’s family is not unique. Many families pitch in to support one another, especially in times of cri- sis, but they probably would not identify this solidar- ity as a family strength. Families often lose sight of, or take for granted, the particular strengths that bind a family together and help both the family unit and individual members to flourish. In “A Family Perspective in Church and Society,” the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Marriage and Family defines family strengths as characteristics that enable families to operate effectively. These strengths allow families to cope with the daily stresses and problems of family life as well as major events such as illness and job loss. Each family has particular strengths, such as soli- darity, that it can develop and build upon. Religious faith is one strength. Families who wor- ship together deepen their unity. When families pray at mealtimes, and discuss religious beliefs and values, or join in service to the poor, they develop a spiritual reservoir upon which to draw, especially in difficult times. Such religious activities can be a strength even when husbands and wives do not share the same faith. Rituals and traditions, some of them religious or ethnic, are another family strength. The daily bedtime routine, pancakes every Sunday or Thanksgiving at Grandma’s give stability to family life. Families that worship together deepen their unity. When family members pray together, they develop a spiritual reservoir upon which to Rituals and traditions can bridge the generation draw, especially in difficult times. Having a clear sense of values also helps make a family stronger. When family members have put their pri- gap. They can connect families to beloved members, orities in order, they understand that it is important to invest in people and relationships rather than in possessions. now deceased, whose presence is felt as familiar ritu- munication, which is why marriage enrichment and par- als are re-enacted. a family strength, whether it’s a long-planned vacation enting programs often are built around communications Families that are strong have developed a clear to Disney World or a spontaneous trip to the movies. skills. sense of values. They have put their priorities in The memories created by these happy times can be order, and they invest in people and relationships We sometimes assume that family members, espe- vivid and lasting. rather than in possessions. And such families under- cially those who live with us, automatically know our On hot summer evenings, my parents would occa- stand that not everything is worth fighting about. needs and desires. Then we become frustrated when sionally take the family to the best ice cream parlor in When my son was 17, he backed into a young their actions prove otherwise. town. Whenever I pass that building—even though the mother’s car in the parking lot. Fortunately, the dam- A friend of mine loves birthdays. She enjoys cele- ice cream business is long gone—I fondly remember age was minor. When I called to discuss the repair, brating them on the day itself with cards, gifts and my late father and his love for banana splits. she quickly brushed off my apologies. activities. Of course, she expects the same treatment on Humor can be an important part of family play. It It’s no big deal, she said, then explained that sev- her own birthday. Year after year, she was disappointed can defuse potential conflicts or ease awkward situa- eral months earlier her sister had died and that when her husband and sons failed to follow through. tions. A family’s sense of humor is as unique as the tragedy had taught her what is really important in Finally, she explained to them how important birth- family itself, ranging from practical jokes to puns to life. days were to her. They had no idea! Now enlightened, gentle teasing. Families often recount inside jokes or Older family members can be a tremendous they happily treat her to dinner and presents. humorous stories that mystify outsiders but delight their resource, helping to put situations in perspective, as Communication also means effective listening. Do own members. family members sort through their values and priori- we try to understand what family members are saying, Family strengths are many and varied, but what binds ties. What seems like a crisis right now may barely be not just the words, but also the feelings and concerns them together is love. Families who seek to grow in remembered in five years. behind them? Listening to others shows that we respect love possess a strength that enables them to meet life’s Communication is a major family strength. In her and value them. Being listened to makes us feel challenges and to embrace its joys. book Traits of a Healthy Family, Dolores Curran affirmed and supported. identifies communication and listening as the No. 1 Family life is not all serious, however. Family mem- (Sheila Garcia is the assistant director of the U.S. characteristic of healthy families. bers need time to play, to enjoy each other’s company bishops’ Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Most families must work at improving their com- and to take a break from the routine. Having fun is also Youth.) † Discussion Point Talking resolves hurt feelings This Week’s Question from on specific topics. We all need to slow down when speaking with one another. We need to look What are the greatest causes of misunderstandings at at each other when we talk.” (DeAnna Cooper, home? How can they be approached? Peoria, Ill.) “Poor communication. People need to talk more.” “Maybe when someone wants to be in control all the (Bev York, Columbia Falls, Mont.) time.” (Martha Trujillo, Belen, N.M.) “I’d say it would be in disciplining children. There can Lend Us Your Voice be a lack of agreement in how to do it, and this is probably due to how the individual parents themselves An upcoming edition asks: What is your favorite form were brought up. I conduct marriage preparation semi- of private prayer? Why? nars, and it’s a topic we always discuss.” (Deacon Jim To respond for possible publication, write to Faith Young, Oklahoma City, Okla.) Alive! at 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. “We have to understand where people are coming 20017-1100. † CNS photo Page 10 The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Catholic Social Thought/ Doctors of the Church: Hilary and Cyril Fr. William J. Byron, S.J.

(Fifth in a series) exposition of the orthodox doctrine about momentous events in Christian salvation The Principle the Trinity. history happened in Jerusalem. He cam- St. Hilary was born in Poitiers, in west- Hilary was able to return to Poitiers in paigned for recognition of the Church in of Subsidiarity ern Gaul (modern France), probably in 315. 360. Once back in his diocese, Hilary man- Jerusalem as the primary Church in His studies in philoso- aged to eliminate the last traces of Palestine. (Part VIII) phy and his reading of Arianism in Gaul. He then settled down to This inflamed a controversy that already the Bible led him to a more peaceful life and resumed his writ- existed between the Churches in Jerusalem The principle of subsidiarity serves to Christianity and he was ing on the Scriptures. and Caesarea, since the bishops of keep government in its place and points baptized, probably Hilary died in Poitiers, probably in 386. Caesarea were Arians. In 357, a council of to the importance of when he was in his Pope Pius IX proclaimed him a doctor of Arian bishops condemned Cyril and drove private voluntary early 30s. the Church in 1851. The Church celebrates him out of Jerusalem—his first exile. He associations. Hilary was married his feast on Jan. 13. was to endure two more exiles. The great social and had a daughter St. Cyril of Jerusalem, like He returned to Jerusalem after his third encyclical named Apra when the SS. Athanasius and Hilary, lived much of exile in 378 to find the city in a state of Quadragesimo Anno people of Poitiers his life exiled from his diocese. He was in severe moral decay. He tried to bring (issued by Pope chose him as their bishop in 350 or 353. He exile for 16 of his 35 years as bishop. reforms to his city. Pius XI in 1931 on the soon became the main defender in the West He was born in Jerusalem about 315. He Cyril attended the second ecumenical 40th anniversary of the against Arianism, as St. Athanasius was in was ordained a priest and given responsibil- council, the First Council of Constan- publication of Pope the East. He has become known as “the ity for teaching catechumens the fundamen- tinople, in 381. The council praised him as Leo XIII’s “Rerum Hammerer of the Arians” and “the tals of the faith before their baptism. a champion of orthodoxy against the Novarum”) refers to subsidiarity as “that Athanasius of the West.” Eighteen of his catechetical discourses for Arians. most weighty principle, which cannot be Because of Hilary’s opposition to baptismal candidates, known as Catecheses, He died in Jerusalem in 386. Pope set aside or changed, [and which] remains Arianism, Emperor Constantius, one of and five for the newly baptized, known as Leo XIII declared him a doctor of the fixed in social philosophy” (#79). Constantine’s sons, exiled him to Phrygia, the Mystagogic, have come down to us. It Church in 1882. The Church celebrates his It is wrong, this principle would say, for in Asia Minor. He remained in exile for was mainly these works that earned Cyril feast on March 18. a higher level of organization to perform four years, and it was during those years the designation as a doctor of the Church. any function that can be handled effec- that he composed his masterpiece, 12 He became bishop of Jerusalem in 350 (John F. Fink’s new two-volume book, The tively and efficiently at a lower level of “books” (really long chapters) of De and led efforts to make Jerusalem a place Doctors of the Church, is available from organization by those who are closer to the Trinitate (On the Trinity). It was a complete of pilgrimage, emphasizing that the most Alba House publishers.) † problem and closer to the ground. This is a solid democratic principle, a safeguard Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes against both left-wing collectivism and right-wing totalitarianism. Oppressive gov- ernments are always in violation of the Getting life’s lessons down cold principle of subsidiarity; overactive gov- ernments frequently violate this principle. Garrison Keillor has summed it up cor- are trapped together in the bleakness and Minnesota not to show off, but to show This is not to say that no government is rectly: in Minnesota, all the women are intensity of such a climate. off while surviving. Those ads showing the desirable goal. Nor does it suggest that strong, the men are Let’s consider that climate. I spent one SUVs perched atop rugged mountain big government is never justified. The good-looking and the entire Minnesota January when the ther- peaks are just silly compared to getting to Social Security Act of 1935 was a “big children are above mometer was well below freezing, as in work or school in such a vehicle when a government” initiative that showed then, average. All this, –30 degrees. Despite the fact that I wore blizzard is raging and the snow is already and continues to display, respect for the despite the fact that long-johns and ski pants and Lord knows four-feet deep. principle of subsidiarity. many of them are what-all, I frostbit my shins. For years St. Paul residents make ice seem fun A major new monument in Washington, evangelical Lutherans afterward, my legs turned blue whenever during their annual Winter Carnival by D.C., frames the years of the Great and thus not given to the weather was cold. creating huge ice sculptures on the theory Depression in sculpture and inscriptions superlatives. It’s always amusing to hear the TV that the stuff must be good for something. related to the presidency of Franklin My credentials for weathercasters in Indiana raving on about Of course, it’s also good for ice fishing, Delano Roosevelt. The FDR Memorial these observations are wind chill. The temp may be somewhere although the appeal of gazing into a hole occupies seven open-air acres of land near impeccable, since I’m a natural-born barely below freezing and they’re whining cut in the ice out in the middle of a frozen the Tidal Basin. The designer created four Minnesotan myself and have lived with about how cold it feels due to “wind lake escapes many, especially women. architectural “rooms” representing each of Lutherans all my life. I’m related to them chill.” Let me tell you, an actual –30 Nevertheless, men (mostly) spend hours FDR’s four terms as president. by blood and marriage, and I missed degrees leaves wind chill in the realm of perched on stools next to the hole with a In the section dedicated to the second being one myself by a hair. A priest once “let’s pretend.” fishing spear poised in one hand, and a term, 1937-40, one sculpture depicts a told me that Lutherans are theologically In Minnesota, people dress for the beer in the other. Sometimes their winter bread line: five bronze figures of men with closest to us Catholics. weather and think nothing of tramping madness inspires them to build structures overcoat collars turned up, eyes and hat Whatever. At any rate, it’s my theory around in huge down coats and parkas and around the holes, ranging from something brims turned down, shoulders bent as they that Lutherans and other Scandinavians boots the size of mastodon feet. Even at like an outhouse to small cottages with line up against a soup kitchen’s brick wall were drawn to Minnesota precisely formal and elegant occasions, time is set space heaters and furniture inside. waiting for the door to open. because they are strong, good-looking and aside for donning and then unpeeling the All kinds of life lessons related to Each time I’ve visited this place, I’ve above average, not to mention stoic. Who wraps necessary for going outdoors, and patience, courage and self-reliance are seen tour buses unloading platoons of else could survive the frigid winters and no one bats an eye at what you look like mandated by Minnesota winters. Since school children. The youngsters invariably summer mosquitoes? wrapped. we’re stuck with relatively puny Hoosier move toward that bread line and insert The strong and above average qualities There’s even a certain sub-zero chic to winters, I guess we’ll just have to learn themselves between the bronze figures to are obvious assets in such a place, but the it all. The prevailing theory is, if you can’t them some other way. pose for their souvenir snapshots. The good-looking part may be a mystery until beat it, enjoy it. This is true not only of irony is striking. we consider the long winter nights and, in fashion, but also of transportation, enter- (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the The sculptured figures represent the summer, the midnight-sunny nights. tainment, the works. Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regu- great grandfathers of these children of Surely good looks would help when folks People buy four-wheel drive vehicles in lar columnist for The Criterion.) † affluence. These fun-loving children would not have the health, wealth, educa- Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister tion, economic security and long life expectancy that they take for granted had not government, in the form of Social ‘What? Me worry?’—a simple concern Security and other strong executive and legislative initiatives, stepped in to do Once upon a time, I was an avid worry- ment with comfort-coping. mentally mimic Alfred E. Neuman, the something during the Great Depression to wart. Until I learned to roll with the I have a friend, Janie, whose daughter, Mad magazine character who once made combat poverty and protect the elderly, punches better, I fret- Susie, has had multiple sclerosis for more “What? Me Worry?” so popular. people with disabilities and the survivors ted about the simplest than 30 years. Although Susie’s communi- Recently, The Indianapolis Star’s daily of breadwinners who lost their lives. things. After I realized cation is extremely limited, she can still say prayer was this: Lord, it seems when we No individual or group, no lower levels that, with God’s in a good-natured way, “I’m very con- trust in you instead of worrying about our of governmental or private organizations, grace, I could adapt to cerned about that.” From her I’ve learned future, all things seem to come together. could have done what Social Security or cope with almost it’s OK to be concerned, but to try not to let Our needs are always met and everything began to do in 1935. anything that comes that concern turn into the kind of anxiety has a purpose. We are thankful to you. But here we are in the new millennium. along, life became that affects my demeanor toward others. Amen. Both government and private-sector initia- easier, even though Likewise, Susie’s mother is inspiring in At first, I was concerned that the prayer, tives are still necessary. Needed also are the challenges became how she’s loved and cared for her daugh- originally printed at the top of the front private voluntary associations. The princi- more difficult. Some ter all these years without wallowing in page, has been relegated to the bottom of ple of subsidiarity is still necessary if would call that maturity; others would call worry or showing self-pity. I see the work- the second page. Then I realized how higher levels of decision-making are to be it resignation. Maybe it’s a bit of both, but ing of the Holy Spirit in Janie Coombs grateful I am the paper runs a prayer at all. kept from overreaching and from crushing there’s another side to consider. and through Susie. I find God’s love in Even in the most dire circumstances, those below. What got me thinking about this was a their St. Augustine Home environment in prayer mellows one’s worries—I mean quotation I ran into from an unknown Indianapolis, where I’m sure the Little concerns. And if I don’t always master (Jesuit Father William J. Byron is a pastor author: “Worry is like a rocking chair. It’ll Sisters of the Poor, who operate the home, my concerns, I’m certainly not going to and a noted economist, former distin- give you something to do, but you won’t have plenty to worry about. However, as a worry about it. guished professor of the practice of ethics go anywhere.” True, but worrying while volunteer, I never see this. I see only at Georgetown University and former enjoying a rocking chair—or a porch serenity, joy and trust in the Lord. (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of president of The Catholic University of swing—can be less worrisome. See: I The older I get, the more I learn about Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is America and the University of Scranton. even try to temper the rocking chair state- the futility of worry. Sometimes I even a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † This 10-part series appears biweekly.) † The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001 Page 11

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, Feb. 19 Psalm 23:1-6 Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001 Sirach 1:1-10 Matthew 16:13-19 Psalm 93:1-2, 5 • 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 given by God to protect the people and to Mark 9:14-29 Friday, Feb. 23 lead them to God. Nothing could thwart • 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 Polycarp, bishop and martyr • Luke 6:27-38 the will and plan of God. Throughout his writings, the apostle Tuesday, Feb. 20 Sirach 6:5-17 Paul gives his readers the benefit of his Sirach 2:1-11 Psalm 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34-35 The First Book of Samuel is the source magnificent insights into the mission and Psalm 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, Mark 10:1-12 of this weekend’s first reading. person of Jesus. 39-40 Originally the two The second reading this weekend, from books of Samuel were Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, is Mark 9:30-37 Saturday, Feb. 24 one. As was the case an example of this richness of spiritual Sirach 17:1-15 with other biblical understanding. Wednesday, Feb. 21 Psalm 103:13-18 books, such as Kings Here Paul contrasts humanity before Peter Damian, bishop and Mark 10:13-16 and Chronicles, editors and after Christ. As children of Adam, doctor of the Church divided Samuel into each human is finite and destined to die. Sirach 4:11-19 Sunday, Feb. 25 two parts many years As brothers and sisters of Jesus in faith, after its composition. and therefore heirs with Jesus, humans Psalm 119:165, 171-172, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary First Samuel recalls who are believers are entitled to eternal 174-175 Time the early history of the life. Mark 9:38-40 Sirach 27:4-7 Hebrew nation. Its central figures are St. Luke’s Gospel provides the last Psalm 92:2-3, 13-16 Samuel, a leader as this nation developed; reading this weekend. Thursday, Feb. 22 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 Saul, its first king; and David, Saul’s suc- This reading too is a splendid glimpse cessor. into the reality of Jesus. He is love. The Chair of Peter, apostle Luke 6:39-45 In reading biblical histories, the most Total, generous and forgiving love is the 1 Peter 5:1-4 important fact to keep in mind is that his- Lord’s gift. tory, as we understand the writing of his- Luke details the love of Jesus. It is a tory, was not paramount. It was not as if love that returns good for evil. It is the ancient writers wished to mislead any- heroic. It rests upon the highest of values born of assurance and conviction. David We believers are called to imitate Jesus. one. Rather, their interest was in conveying and beliefs. It also is the most compelling was strong. Indeed, his image was of Thus, we are called to courageous love to readers and hearers the religious mes- expression of strength and power. Persons strength, for he was able to overcome the ourselves. It too will be for us a sign of sage occurring in the history. who are able to love as Jesus was able to giant Goliath. great strength and great maturity. This reading depicts the days when Saul love are in no sense weak or surrendering. With God at his side and in his heart, Such love is very demanding. Many and David were in dispute. David is alerted They, in fact, can control themselves, David had nothing to fear. humans are, and might feel themselves to to the fact that Saul is in a very vulnerable their fears and their instincts to serve a The Church follows this picture with be, incapable of such love. situation. It would have been easy under greater good. another. It is a picture of Jesus, the perfect In First Corinthians, Paul reminds us the circumstances to assassinate Saul. embodiment in human flesh of divine love. that if we are in Jesus—and if in Jesus the However, David resisted the temptation. Reflection Again, the love of Jesus indicates strength Holy Spirit dwells in us, heals us, strength- He spared Saul. The Church guides us onward as, in and profound courage, never surrender or ens us and guides us—then we are capable The message is twofold. First, David these weeks after Christmas and the flight. of the greatest of love. † was upright and not at all bloodthirsty. (In Epiphany, we remember Jesus, reflect his later years, he did not always maintain upon the meaning of Jesus in our lives and Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen these virtues.) He was a man of restraint, anticipate Lent and the ultimate union with compassion and justice in the mind of the Jesus guaranteed by the Resurrection. author of First Samuel. In First Samuel, the Church gave us the David also had nothing to fear. He was image of a serene and compassionate What happens to the God’s anointed. He was the instrument David. His was a serenity and compassion soul after death? My Journey to God Some friends and I were discussing a thing as a truly human soul floating Qwhat happens to your soul when you around without a body. If a soul does not die. I thought the soul have some relation to a body, it is not a The Funeral immediately goes to human soul. Whatever it is, if such a sepa- heaven. A friend rate existence were even possible, it would When I was just a little girl, Beneath the big old sycamore thought one’s soul not be a human being. I barely can remember, where we all used to play remains sleeping until Without getting too philosophically But we small playmates found a mouse (Or rest instead) Jesus comes again; technical, all this follows from the by some old pile of timber We went back to the river, then we go to heaven, Church’s traditional explanation of our (Tho it was dead) for on the bank we knew but it will feel like you human nature (“body” and “soul”) in terms We all decided it should have a funeral, That we could find wildflowers, have been asleep for of the Greek metaphysics passed down to don’t you see? every shape and every hue only a second. us by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, in Tho this was 60 years ago, (More by the shed) (Maryland) which elements called matter and form are the thoughts come back to me So then we pulled the casket the inseparable, interwoven components of (In my gray head) down along the railroad track Most of what you asked cannot be all material beings. We had to have a casket, Then crossed the street and sang a Aanswered with anything more than This all fits and presupposes, of course, and a matchbox we did find, song, pure speculation. A few considerations what we profess in the Apostles’ Creed: “I A little piece of cloth so soft, as we mourned coming back may throw hopeful light on your discus- believe in the resurrection of the body.” to make it “inner-lined” (Hearts filled with lead) sion. Attempts at this sort of reflection com- (Tho it was red) We marched back with the casket First, we know that people are in heaven monly raise the question: How can we We all went to the riverbank where within the dead mouse lay, right now, including Jesus, of course. Our explain the continued existence of to hunt a special rock, We knew that for his little soul Catholic and general Christian understand- deceased human bodies through centuries It had to have a tombstone, that we should kneel and pray ing of saints who have died, been canon- of time? I don’t think we can explain it. and we found one at the dock (And Jesus led) ized or otherwise, is that they are with It is commonly acknowledged today (And then we fled) “Now I lay me down to sleep,” God—or “in heaven.” that the awakening of the dead to the It was OK, except for shape… a prayer we each one knew, Second, as far as we can theorize, for sound of the trumpet at the end of time, of (we couldn’t find one square) We bowed our heads and folded hands, reasons that are obvious there will be no which St. Paul speaks (1 Cor 15) is his And none of us yet could write, beneath the sky so blue “time” as we have it here (hours, days, metaphorical effort to put into human lan- so we just left it bare (Our young hearts bled) years) in whatever existence comes after guage an event, the cosmic mystery of (We put an “X” instead) One little girl was crying death. Time-related words like “until,” transformed life, that transcends all human One little friend brought ribbon, for the little mouse we found “later,” “before,” “after” and so on, really experience and concepts. and we made a little bow And then we all got sniffles, are thus meaningless in that setting. Your friend’s comment about being To make it all look pretty as we placed it in the ground As we know, with God there is no past “asleep for only a second” is interesting. as we put our mouse below (Its final bed) or future, no yesterdays or tomorrows. All Putting all the above (and lots of other fac- (We did not tread) I wonder now what e’er became that is exists in one eternally present tors) together, many have suggested that We took a piece of fishin’ line of friends I used to know moment in and for God. If we think about when we die, our next conscious moment from grandpa’s worn-out reel And if they have a mem’ry it, that is the nature of eternity—no limits, will be the resurrection, our rising to the To tie on to the casket … of that funeral years ago no boundaries, no markers into the future. new life that Paul attempts to describe in this we never did reveal (Or are they dead?) Third, we cannot think of the soul as the that letter. (For scoldings we did dread) real “me” and our body as a dispensable Perhaps the response Jesus seems to We used a teaspoon in the dirt By Jean Cox attachment that we need in this life, but no give about such questions (in John 14, for to dig a little grave longer. Both our spiritual and material example) is still the best: Don’t be afraid. parts, traditionally referred to as body and Trust me, and don’t be too concerned (Jean Cox is a member of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Franklin. This poem is based on soul, are essential for our human nature, about it. If I told you, you couldn’t under- a true story from her childhood in Madison.) whether here or in the next life. stand anyway. Just know it will be worth In other words, there can never be such waiting for. † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001 Photo by Jennifer Del Vechio tion was only filmstrips and was located at The collection also offers materials for LIBRARY the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center on Sunday Morning Religious Education teach- continued from page 1 North Meridian Street. ers who need resources, whether its games, Now the collection has more to offer and activities or videos to help illustrate the toral leadership at Marian College and a patrons can take advantage of other Marian sacraments or explain what the Church member of St. Luke Parish in Indianapolis, College library materials. teaches. discovered the library last fall. She said the collection helps her with “It runs the gamut of fluffy entertain- As part of her major, she is required to adult and children’s religious education pro- ment for younger children to religious complete a volunteer ministry assignment. grams by keeping costs down due to a lim- material to assist theological religious “It was invaluable,” Underhill said. “It’s ited budget. study or your own personal enrichment,” hard to get through it all. They have so The library has seen the free resource Griffith said. much stuff.” help others who were struggling financially. The library was named after Mother Underhill was required to form programs Kelley Griffith, the college’s library direc- Theresa, who founded the Congregation of for spiritual enrichment days for Seton Cove tor, remembers how the Catholic Identity the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis Spirituality Center that is connected with Collection helped a student’s mother. in Oldenburg. Franciscan sisters also St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. The girl told Griffith she was going to a founded Marian College. They would give her a topic, such as bookstore to find a book for her mother, who The collection is free to everyone. All prayer or hope, to develop exercises and was suffering over the loss of a loved one. that is needed is a card, which takes about reflections for the staff and the volunteers. However, the student didn’t have a lot of three minutes to acquire. The collection “They have any type of [resource] for money and didn’t know about the Catholic can also be accessed through the Internet Barb Mathauer said the Catholic Identity spiritual formation programs and even for Identity Collection. at www. Marian.edu/library/index.html. Collection at Marian College in Indianapolis is a your personal journey,” Underhill said. Griffith ended up finding two books that Patrons can search for a topic and find out resource for everyone. The collection is free to Mary Jo Thomas Day, the director of reli- the girl could loan to her mother. if it’s available, and then reserve the book those who want to use books, audio tapes or gious education at St. Monica Parish in “This touches lives in ways that you or video. For more information, call 317- video tapes for their religious classes, adult Indianapolis, remembers when the collec- wouldn’t ordinarily expect,” Griffith said. 955-6000. † education or their own personal enrichment. Program prepares college students to teach Catholic faith WASHINGTON (CNS)—Sister Angela “They’re also not afraid to dream,” Dayton students enrolled. Sister Angela said the idea for such a pro- Ann Zukowski is not worried about the Sister Angela told Catholic News Service The program is divided into four seg- gram has been in the back of her mind for future of religious education. in a telephone interview from her office at ments, involving retreats and sessions some time, triggered by talks she has given That’s because she’s been keeping her the University of Dayton, Ohio. spread out over each semester led by facili- at national conventions where she has seen eye on a group of college students who have She and Marianist Brother Edward tators from the University of Dayton and fewer and fewer young people attending. been working on ways they hope will pass Brink are coordinating a two-year program diocesan religious education leaders. In “We keep talking about young people as on the basic tenets of the Catholic faith in called the Forum for Young Catechetical between sessions, the students keep up with the future of the Church, but we’re missing parish religious education programs or Leaders. It is designed to form a new gen- each other through meetings and online the mark by not investing in them,” she Catholic schools. eration of religious education teachers. discussions. said. The students have come up with some Brother Edward works for the As Sister Angela sees it, a major goal of The Dayton program, which Sister Angela pretty innovative ideas, according to Sister University of Dayton’s Lalanne program, a the program is to form a community for thinks is the first of its kind, attempts to tap Angela, a Mission Helper of the Sacred teacher service program for urban Catholic these young adults who are working into the energy of young Catholics and steer Heart and director of the Institute for schools sponsored by the university’s together with a shared interest in becoming them in a direction where they can use their Pastoral Initiatives. Center for Catholic Education. catechists. talent. 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his past fiscal year—from July 1, Renewed schools, new schools T1999, to June 30, 2000—was a On the education front, a new Holy year of continued growth for our Angels School was opened in Church in central and southern Indianapolis in August 1999. At the Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B.

Indiana. It has also been a year of time, it was the first new center-city Archbishop of Indianapolis EPORT challenge for us. And we really Catholic school to be opened in the wouldn’t expect it to be any other U.S. in four decades. Construction way. began on a second new Indianapolis Deficit budget improving center-city school—Holy Cross We continue to face challenges. Our Signs of continued growth Central School—which is scheduled deficit operating budget continues to R be with us, but, as you will see in Last Easter, we welcomed more than to be open for students next fall. 1,400 new Catholics into the Church. other parts of this report, we are What a witness they are to us of the Two other new schools are on the making good progress to arrive at a power of the Holy Spirit, the uncon- drawing boards—Seton Catholic High balanced budget. Our growth itself ditional love of God, and the redeem- School in Richmond and St. Mary-of- also presents us with a happy chal- ing grace of Jesus Christ. These new the-Knobs School in Floyds Knobs. lenge. How can we better anticipate Catholics serve as models for us and They hope to be accepting students and manage the growth we are expe- as sources for our renewed enthusi- in the fall of 2001. riencing as a Church? We are now in asm for our faith. the very early stages of developing a In addition, Oldenburg Academy, oper- process that should help us be better In late January, a new parish in north- ated by the Sisters of St. Francis, prepared for the busy future we face. eastern Dearborn County was offi- admitted boys last fall for the first time cially established under the patronage in its 148-year history. Celebration in the Spirit of Hope: of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross The Great Jubilee (Edith Stein), a philosopher and a Adult education, formation We would be remiss not to mention convert from Judaism who became a In the area of adult education and the wonderful gathering of our local Discalced Carmelite nun and died at formation, the archdiocese has begun Church on Sept. 16 in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis (even though it did Auschwitz during World War II. a new lay ministry formation pro- gram in collaboration with Saint not occur during the fiscal year Unprecedented construction Meinrad School of Theology’s which is the subject of this report). Our successful fund-raising efforts Continuing Education Office. Classes Some 30,000 of us came together to over the last few years have resulted are currently being offered at Marian celebrate the Great Jubilee with the Eucharist, the confirmation of more in unprecedented levels of construc- College in Indianapolis. We hope the than 3,200 young people and adults, tion and renovation being undertaken program will expand and be able to and the blessing of married couples. throughout the archdiocese to be offered in other locations in the What a fine day that was! And what a address some of our deferred mainte- archdiocese. great experience of our vibrant and nance and our growth needs. During growing Church. We have much to the seven-year period from Missionaries of Charity arrive be thankful for! 1997–2003, we expect expenditures This past year also saw the establish- for construction and renovation to ment in our archdiocese of the Sincerely yours in Christ, reach $174 million for parishes, Missionaries of Charity, the order of schools and agencies across the arch- sisters founded by Mother Teresa of diocese. In fact, nearly every parish in Calcutta. Four sisters have estab- the archdiocese will be involved in lished a house and a ministry to Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B. some construction or renovation homeless and abused women in Archbishop of Indianapolis activity during that time. St. Philip Neri Parish in Indianapolis.

Archdiocese of Indianapolis Mission Statement e, the Church in central and Values Goals southern Indiana, called to faith W • Prayer and spiritual growth • More personal prayer in our homes and salvation in Jesus Christ in the • Lifelong learning and sharing our faith • Much larger attendance at Sunday Roman Catholic tradition, strive to • Parish and family, the individual and Mass live the Gospel by worshiping God in community • More frequent confession • Increase in vocations to the priesthood word and sacrament; learning, teach- • Compassion and respect for human CCOUNTABILITY life and all creation and religious life ing, and sharing our faith; and serv- • Larger participation in our lifelong • Justice and consistent moral ing human needs. We commit our- religious education programs standards selves to generosity and to the • More people returning home to the • Proactive leadership and shared respon- responsible use of our spiritual and Church sibility • More generous support for our A material resources. • Vital presence in urban, suburban, and Church’s mission rural neighborhoods • A successful capital and endowment • Stewardship campaign • Fewer meetings and more pastoral ministry 2001 Summary Chancery and Certain Entities of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis of Financial Combined Statement of Financial Position as of June 30, 2000 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CATHOLIC CATHOLIC OTHER Status ASSETS CHANCERY FOUNDATION CHARITIES CEMETERIES ENTITIES ELIMINATIONS COMBINED his summary of the financial status of the Cash and short-term investments $ 16,678,259 $ 10,103,934 $ 1,724,298 $ 884,070 $ 1,688,388 $ 1,926,197 $ 29,152,752 T Archdiocese of Indianapolis reflects activi- Investments 41,100,220 51,010,842 1,076,710 1,090,922 577,666 2,696,053 92,160,307 ties of the chancery of the archdiocese and cer- Receivables tain affiliated agencies with direct accountability Deposit and Loan Fund 33,668,453 6,472,443 27,196,010 to the Most Reverend Daniel M. Buechlein, Amounts due from (to) parishes and O.S.B., archbishop of Indianapolis. The informa- other Archdiocesan entities 5,813,660 41,943 238,250 (161,154) 606,617 5,326,082 tion presented has been reformatted from the Pledges 43,788,198 787,526 44,575,724 audited financial statements and does not include Other 19,399 198,641 479,066 408,874 291,766 1,397,746 the activities of parishes, missions, and schools Accrued investment income 585,441 125,307 710,748 of the archdiocese. All significant transactions Allowance for doubtful accounts (1,411,047) (40,148) (7,425) (34,380) (1,493,000) among entities detailed in this summary have Total receivables, net 82,464,104 365,891 1,226,444 639,699 96,232 7,079,060 77,713,310 been eliminated. As always, the complete audited financial statements are available for Prepaid expenses and other 83,738 65,729 41,959 191,426 public inspection by contacting Jeff Stumpf, Burial spaces and other inventories 11,989 4,260,476 4,272,465 chief financial officer of the archdiocese, at 317- Land, buildings and equipment, net 4,680,967 2,830,527 3,290,784 692,040 11,494,318 236-7325. Total assets $ 145,019,277 $ 61,480,667 $ 6,923,708 $ 10,165,951 $ 3,096,285 $ 11,701,310 $ 214,984,578

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Legacy of Hope allocations and Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 1,297,648 $ 2,887,825 $ 405,807 $ 656,787 $ 153,642 $ 606,617 $ 4,795,092 distributions Capital campaign due to parishes 36,965,805 36,965,805 CAPITAL TOTAL AUGUST 1999 JULY 2000 Bonds and notes payable 35,977,395 35,977,395 PROJECTS ALLOCATION DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION Reserve for self-insurance 1,741,000 1,741,000 High schools $ 4,000,000 $ 1,252,188 $ 1,252,188 CYO 750,000 234,785 234,785 Other liabilities 46,079 135,514 427,935 958,330 1,567,858 Fatima Retreat House 200,000 62,609 62,609 Deposit and Loan Funds payable 31,571,390 146,669 6,286,885 39,091 8,398,640 29,645,395 Catholic Charities 1,000,000 313,047 313,047 Home missions 1,050,000 328,699 328,699 Total liabilities 107,599,317 2,887,825 687,990 7,371,607 1,151,063 9,005,257 110,692,545 7,000,000 2,191,328 2,191,328 ENDOWMENTS Net assets Clergy pension $ 2,500,000 — $ 1,407,508 Unrestricted 23,108,962 49,112,682 3,389,799 2,794,344 1,574,758 (2,691,838) 82,672,383 Archbishop’s Endowment 300,000 — 300,000 Temporarily restricted 3,710,488 1,981,777 2,199,223 262,185 629,939 7,523,734 Lay ministry 1,000,000 313,047 — Seminary education 1,500,000 313,047 686,953 Permanently restricted 10,600,510 7,498,383 646,696 108,279 4,757,952 14,095,916 Teacher/catechist training 1,000,000 313,047 686,953 High school facilities 1,000,000 — 200,000 Total net assets 37,419,960 58,592,842 6,235,718 2,794,344 1,945,222 2,696,053 104,292,033 Home missions 2,000,000 1,721,759 278,241 9,300,000 2,660,900 3,559,655 Total liabilities & net assets $ 145,019,277 $ 61,480,667 $ 6,923,708 $ 10,165,951 $ 3,096,285 $ 11,701,310 $ 214,984,578 TOTAL $ 16,300,000 $ 4,852,228 $ 5,750,983 Chancery cash and short-term investments and investments include the following: Capital campaign cash $ 16,167,836 Parish, School and Agency Benefit Fund investments 20,000,000 Construction/Renovation Expenditures Net Deposit and Loan Fund deposits 23,200,308 Designated cash 2,845,023 40 ...... Operating cash (4,434,688) Total $ 57,778,479 35 ......

30 ...... Combined Statement of Activities as of June 30, 2000 25 ...... CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CATHOLIC CATHOLIC OTHER 20 ...... CHANCERY FOUNDATION CHARITIES CEMETERIES ENTITIES ELIMINATIONS COMBINED

OPERATING REVENUES 15 ...... Dollars (Millions) Assessments $ 5,237,627 $ 5,237,627 Service fees 14,110,744 $ 183,314 $ 1,153,518 13,140,540 10 ...... Contributions 477,599 $ 14,983,456 $ 3,414,522 $ 177,726 371,730 13,431,361 5,993,672 United Catholic Appeal 4,631,532 4,631,532 5 ...... Other public support 4,448,928 389,779 4,838,707 Sales of goods and services 650,483 1,900,609 1,810,807 4,361,899 0 YEARS 97 98 99 2000 2001 2002 2003 Program service fees and other 428,537 3,021,179 32,399 1,786,839 5,268,954 (forecast) (forecast) (forecast) Interest income-Deposit and Loan Fund 2,845,794 502,377 2,343,417 Investment income 3,330,678 2,355,225 233,992 109,386 138,010 1,141,889 5,025,402 Legacy of Hope and Building Total operating revenues 31,712,994 17,338,681 11,118,621 2,220,120 4,680,479 16,229,145 50,841,750 Communities of Hope Capital and Endowment Campaigns - Results through 2000 OPERATING EXPENSES Salaries and wages 4,192,389 6,183,374 118,657 1,723,688 12,218,108 130...... Employee benefits 1,823,678 1,366,459 89,081 266,294 634,372 2,911,140 Health care costs 8,033,780 8,033,780 120 ...... Retirement plan contributions 3,151,973 3,151,973 Cost of equipment and supplies sold 619,693 352,244 1,368,197 2,340,134 110...... Administrative 670,730 438,000 204,025 6,933 222,334 438,000 1,104,022 100...... Property insurance 1,415,360 25,092 6,935 51,062 1,396,325 Depreciation 589,105 435,324 177,668 90,987 1,293,084 90...... Repairs and maintenance 539,818 24,963 39,311 28,812 632,904 Occupancy costs 238,403 788,352 10,942 25,253 1,062,950 80...... Interest - Deposit and Loan Fund and other 3,626,446 1,018 498,159 628,340 3,497,283 Bad debts 2,002,281 21,919 833 15,569 2,040,602 70...... Professional services 1,662,201 557,783 1,172,337 355,573 9,645 3,738,249 Contributions 2,697,018 2,838,071 176,123 46,767 1,763,802 3,994,177 60 ...... Other 1,225,855 53,677 1,185,964 2,423 360,749 20,662 2,808,006

Dollars (Millions) 50...... Total operating expenses 32,488,730 3,329,748 10,945,304 2,493,680 4,511,158 3,545,883 50,222,737 Increase (decrease) in net assets due 40...... to operations (775,736) 14,008,933 173,317 (273,560) 169,321 12,683,262 619,013

30...... CAPITAL CAMPAIGN REVENUES 3,146,052 458,389 3,604,441 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN EXPENSES 15,204,359 11,397,203 3,807,156 20...... Increase (decrease) in net assets due to capital campaign (12,058,307) 458,389 (11,397,203) (202,715) 10...... Total increase (decrease) in net assets (12,834,043) 14,008,933 631,706 (273,560) 169,321 1,286,059 416,298

0 NET ASSETS: Beginning of year 50,254,003 44,583,909 5,604,012 3,067,904 1,775,901 1,409,994 103,875,735 Minimum Total pledged Total collected Remaining Goal (213% of goal) through pledges to be NET ASSETS: End of year $ 37,419,960 $ 58,592,842 $ 6,235,718 $ 2,794,344 $ 1,945,222 $ 2,696,053 $ 104,292,033 Current pledges $107 12/31/2000 collected Planned Gifts $21 Chief Financial Officer’s Report The 1999-2000 fiscal year was noteworthy for growth in strong growth can be largely attributed to the commit- Archdiocesan Growth, Expansion Endowment Fund the Catholic Community Foundation; for blessings ment of pastoral and lay leaders throughout the archdio- Growth and expansion projects, such as a new service- received in the Legacy of Hope and Building cese to spread the message of Christian stewardship, delivery site for a Catholic Charities agency, new class- Communities of Hope campaigns; for the success of particularly through Called to Serve: Parish Stewardship rooms for a school, or the establishment of a new Called to Serve: Parish Stewardship and United Catholic and United Catholic Appeal. parish, all require substantial investment. Often, though, Appeal; for continued parish, school and agency con- the constituent body that these ministries will eventu- The 1999 United Catholic Appeal received pledges of struction and renovation; for an improved archdiocesan ally serve is not yet in place when construction expendi- $4.77 million, of which $4.3 million has been received operating budget; for weak investment returns; and for tures are needed to establish the ministry. the creation of the Archdiocesan Growth and Expansion (as of January 2001). While a minimum of $4.5 million Endowment Fund. is needed to meet budgeted expenditures for home mis- Beginning July 2000, the parishes, schools and agencies sion and shared ministry needs for the 1999-2000 fiscal of the archdiocese have begun to fund the Archdiocesan Catholic Community Foundation growth year, we remain optimistic about collecting this amount. Growth and Expansion Endowment Fund in the The Catholic Community Foundation’s total assets Catholic Community Foundation. This endowment is Construction and renovation climbed to $61.5 million at June 30, 2000, an increase expected to receive approximately $2.5 million in fund- It was another active year for construction and renova- of nearly 34 percent over the previous year. Parishes, ing over a three-year period, ending in June 2003. tion. More than $13 million was spent by parishes, schools and agencies of the archdiocese added 21 new Future distributions will benefit capital projects for min- schools and agencies on construction and renovation endowments during the year, bringing the total number istries in need of growth. of endowments held in the foundation to 232. These projects. This follows $78 million of construction and new endowments accounted for nearly $7.8 million of renovation spending in fiscal years 1997-1999. Forecasts Accountability the foundation’s growth. Catholic Community Foun- for 2001-2003 project another $83 million in projects. Accountability is an important part of our stewardship dation endowments distributed nearly $2.84 million last The majority of the funding for this spending was raised responsibilities. Each year, the archdiocese subjects itself year to support parish, school and agency ministries. in the Legacy of Hope and Building Communities of to the scrutiny of an independent audit. The firm of Hope campaigns, while many parishes have undertaken Deloitte & Touche performed the audit for the last fiscal Legacy of Hope allocations follow-up campaigns to prepare for future projects. year. The financial statements on the preceding pages Five and three-quarter million dollars was allocated July are excerpts from its audit report. 1, 2000, from the archdiocesan share of the Legacy of Operating results for 1999-2000 Hope campaign, bringing the total allocated to date to The chancery agencies of the Archdiocese of Archbishop Buechlein has established and regularly con- $10.6 million. (This allocation technically occurred one Indianapolis operated during 1999-2000 under a fore- fers with the Archdiocesan Finance Council. The council, day after the end of the fiscal year covered in this casted operating budget deficit of $900,000. Actual whose existence is required by canon law, focuses on accountability report. The initial allocation occurred results of operations were slightly better than budgeted, financial policies, procedures and activities of the Church August 1, 1999, during the fiscal year covered by this although results for investments and the Archdiocesan in central and southern Indiana. Current members of the accountability report. This initial allocation was Deposit and Loan Fund did not meet expectations. In Archdiocesan Finance Council are: total, chancery results came in at a loss of $893,086 reported in last year’s accountability report.) Catholic • Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Youth Organization, Fatima Retreat House, Catholic (excluding capital campaign revenues and expenses), very close to the budgeted amount. archbishop, chairman Charities agencies, archdiocesan high schools and home • Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar general, mission parishes received $2.2 million for capital pro- The Catholic Cemeteries Association, which had lost in vice-chairman jects. Another $3.55 million was allocated to Catholic excess of $700,000 each of the previous two years, part- • Patrick Carr, president Community Foundation endowments to support retire- nered with an Indiana firm to manage operations begin- • Jay Brehm, vice-president ment and other benefits for archdiocesan clergy, semi- ning in August 1999 and finished 1999-2000 with a • Jackie Byers, secretary narian education, teacher and catechist training, high much improved net loss of $273,000. While there is still • L. H. Bayley school facilities needs and archdiocesan home mission quite a way to go, all signs indicate stronger times ahead • Michael Bindner parishes. and the hope of a break-even cemetery budget in com- • Michael Dilts ing years. • Dale Gettelfinger Building Communities of Hope allocations • Joseph Naughton Six and one-quarter million dollars was allocated to The archdiocese is operating in 2000-2001 with a bud- • Dennis Schlichte Indianapolis center-city education and Catholic geted operating deficit of approximately $266,000, and • James Shanahan Charities needs in the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Significant expects the budget for 2001-2002 to be near break-even. • Jeffrey D. Stumpf, chief financial officer, staff investments were made in Holy Angels School, which Recovering from deficit budgets that reached their peak opened in August 1999, and other center-city schools in 1998-99 at $2.2 million has taken several years, and The fiscal year 1999-2000 was one dedicated to placing and charities agencies. This allocation included $4 mil- all parishes, schools and agencies are to be commended the ministries of parishes, schools and agencies of the lion distributed to the Making a Difference Endowment for their efforts in this process. Archdiocese of Indianapolis on a more sound financial to provide financial assistance to needy children and footing. Catholic Community Foundation endowments families. Investment returns Investment returns suffered through their weakest were grown, renovation and capital needs were Called to Serve: Parish Stewardship and United period in the last several years. Composite returns for addressed, and archdiocesan operations took great Catholic Appeal the Catholic Community Foundation were 4.4 per- strides toward a break-even operating budget. May God After an 18-month break for completion of the Legacy cent—considerably lower than the performance we’ve lead us toward continued success in our ministries. of Hope campaign, Called to Serve: Parish Stewardship experienced the past several years. The Catholic Respectfully submitted, and United Catholic Appeal returned in the fall of 1999. Community Foundation’s five-year composite return is Parish stewardship, through Sunday and Holy Day col- still a very respectable 15.3 percent. One-year returns lections continued to show strong growth. Total parish for other investment funds were similar—2.8 percent for Sunday and Holy Day collections throughout the arch- the Lay Pension Plan, 3.5 percent for the Benefit Fund, Jeffrey D. Stumpf, M.B.A., C.P.A. diocese grew at a rate of 4.8 percent. 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VATICAN CITY Their territories are enor- has opened in Mongolia. of 2.4 million people their care for the poor, espe- since he arrived in 1993, a (CNS)—Bearing formal mous and so is their work, He was making his ad includes about 3,000 cially the hundreds of aban- significant portion of the reports and even a photo but in early February inter- limina visit to the Vatican Catholics. They live in a doned children and families ethnic German Catholic album, a dozen bishops and views they focused on signs Feb. 4-10 along with the country more than twice the who live on the streets, community has since emi- priests working in Russia of the Catholic Church’s heads of other jurisdictions size of Texas. Father Padilla said. grated to Germany. Many of and other former Soviet growth and its contributions of the former Soviet Union; Father Padilla said when Bishop Henry T. the area’s ethnic Poles, also republics came to Rome to to society. Church leaders make the a handful of missionaries Howaniec, a Franciscan predominantly Catholic, share good news with Pope Missionhurst Father visits every five years. arrived in the country in from Chicago who serves as would like to move to John Paul II. Wens Padilla, a 51-year-old Father Padilla said the 1992, “we started from apostolic administrator of Poland, he said. Ten years after indepen- Filipino who leads the pope “was very much inter- zero.” Almaty, Kazakstan, said, “Catholics were deported dence and freedom, the Catholic mission in ested in our activities. I He hopes to build a “only God knows” how to Kazakstan” under the Church leaders work in the Mongolia, bubbles with brought him a photo album church in conjunction with many Catholics live within communists, he said. “Some midst of complicated enthusiasm while talking and we went through it the 10th anniversary of his his territory. The total kept the faith alive secretly, bureaucracies, frigid winter about the 95 Mongolians together. I think he was mission in 2002. weekly Mass attendance in others were Catholic but did temperatures and often stag- who have joined the Church pleased that the Church is The 21 Catholic mission- seven parishes is about not pass the faith on to their gering poverty. over the past five years and so energetic in Mongolia.” aries in Mongolia focus 1,500, he said. children,” so religious edu- of the shelters, schools and According to Vatican fig- much of their energy on giv- While the overall number cation programs for soup kitchens the Church ures, Mongolia’s population ing witness to the Gospel by of Catholics has grown Catholics of all ages are a Mature Life Choices Section

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funded educational choice program schools, Tebbe said. support any decreased funding for public SCHOOL should include an option for parents of But educational choice, according to schools. Instead, it supports public poli- continued from page 7 children enrolled in private and reli- Tebbe, presently depends on the family’s cies that have worked well in other states giously affiliated schools. ability to pay tuition or live in a neighbor- such as tax credits which support school Opponents of vouchers argue that sup- hood where the public school system meets choice while maintaining or increasing pointed out that there are differences port of students in non-public schools is the needs of their children. (There are some funding to public schools,” said Tebbe. between non-public schools and charter unconstitutional. But a 1925 Supreme matching grants available to children from “If parents in Indiana are going to have schools. Court decision excluded any general low-income Marion County families.) choice, they need to have full choice with • Charter schools will be public schools. power of the state to force children to INPEA supports the right of all Indiana options in more than one system.” • Although charter schools may be free attend public schools, upholding the nat- parents to choose the school they believe “Now is the time for people to speak to choose curriculum, program for- ural right of parents to choose the means is best for their children—particularly the up if they feel the question should be mats and be free of some regulations, of educating their children. children of the poor—and for the protec- broadened,” said Ryan. “The voice of the they will be limited by legislation. Tebbe said that 10 percent of Indiana tion of each school’s mission and people is really the key.” • Charter schools will not be free to students, kindergarten through high integrity, said Tebbe. Those wishing to contact their state incorporate religious curriculum and school, attend non-public schools—and He said a more equitable educational senator should call 317-232-9400 or 800- practice into the schools program. that one in four of Indiana’s elementary choice would enable parents to choose 382-9467; the House switchboard is 317- • Charter schools may imitate non-pub- and secondary schools is privately funded. from a wide array of school settings, 232-9600 or 800-382-9842. lic schools, but they cannot duplicate Parents who choose these schools bear including traditional and charter public the unique climate and curricular inde- the dual burden of paying school tuition schools and non-public schools, said Tebbe. (Margaret Nelson is a member of pendence of non-public schools. while also contributing their share of In late January, Tebbe told the Senate St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Tebbe believes that any publicly taxes to support government-funded Education Committee, “INPEA does not Indianapolis.) † Woman says God gave her sign to help her discern vocation

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (CNS)— from acting on it. Providence Sister During a Cursillo weekend she was help- In high school, she was voted “best Evelyn Ovalles CNS photo ing lead more than eight years ago, actress” by her peers. In college, she embraces Evelyn Ovalles knelt before the Blessed majored in communication arts, with plans Providence Sister Sacrament and challenged God. of working in radio and TV production. Bernice Kuper at the “You know I want to become a reli- After college, she went to law school, Mass during which gious,” she recalled praying. “If this is which she completed in 1981. But after Sister Evelyn pro- what you want, give me a sign in black failing to pass the bar exam in 1982, she fessed her first vows and white.” held a variety of jobs for the next five at Saint Mary-of-the- The next evening, driving from San years. Woods, Ind., last Bernardino, Calif., to her home in Los Then she moved to the United States, August. Angeles, Ovalles was involved in an acci- taking a job as a paralegal with a Los dent that totaled her car. Angeles firm, and began to more seri- Three days later, she said, she realized ously discern her call to religious life. the accident “was a sign.” She considered becoming a lay mis- It was one of several “life-changing sionary, but said that vocation “just didn’t events” for the 47-year-old woman, who click” for her. today is ministering in the Diocese of Gary Then in 1993, a year after she had in northwest Indiana, where she has taken asked God for that “sign in black and her first vows as a Sister of Providence. white,” business at the law firm had Born and raised in Polillo, Quezon, in slowed to the point where staff had to be Sisters of Providence. She learned about that brought her to northwest Indiana. the Philippines, Sister Evelyn was the laid off. Even before the downsizing, she their ministries throughout the country, Last summer, Sister Evelyn took her only child of Lucy, a municipal judge, knew that her next job—wherever it including work at a center for AIDS first vows—obedience, poverty and and Johnny, a teacher, high school princi- might be—would be in the Church. patients, pastoral visits to the elderly and chastity—as a Sister of Providence. She pal, community development officer for She landed a job in the marriage tri- work with the elderly. will renew those vows during each of the the government and mayor of Polillo. bunal of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. During her novitiate, her second year next three summers and perhaps take final “We were a very prayerful family,” While working for the archdiocese, she in the community, she lived at the mother- vows in 2004. Sister Evelyn told the Northwest Indiana continued her search for a religious com- house at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, learn- “I hope I am bringing the face of God Catholic, Gary’s diocesan newspaper. munity, which ended during a discern- ing about the history and the work of the to the people I meet through my work and Her first thoughts about a vocation to ment weekend with the Sisters of Sisters of Providence. She also studied through how I live my life,” she said. religious life came to her when she was Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, spirituality, including artist spirituality. In the meantime, Sister Evelyn said she around 5 years old, but her “ultimate goal Ind., where she immediately felt a “sense In 1999, during her apostolic year of continues to grow in her vocation and in was to become a saint.” of belonging.” formation, Sister Evelyn came to the Gary her relationship with God. Thoughts of sainthood faded, but the Sister Evelyn entered the community in Diocese to serve as an advocate on its “When I said yes to God, I found idea of becoming a religious sister did August 1997. marriage tribunal. peace,” she said. “I feel stronger that this not, although she was still years away Her first year, as a postulant, was a “This is where I could best use my is what God wants me to do, where God time of “immersion into the life” of the gifts,” she said of the discernment process wants me to be.” † Mature Life Choices Section LEGAL ADVICE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS Ruth Ann Hanley, Attorney This Ad Is (317) 815-5944 Camera Ready! CTK Parishioner 1060 E. 86th St., Ste. 63-A 4x6 Flexible Hours New Lifestyles Drive-up Parking 7141

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The Criterion welcomes announcements of archdiocesan “The Faith Explained,” by Ave., Sellersburg. Prayer Church and parish open-to-the-public activities for “The Father Greg Bramlage, 7- group, 7-8:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Information: 812- Information: 812-246-4555. Active List.” Please be brief—listing date, location, event, 934-5854. sponsor, cost and time. Include a phone number for verifi- Fatima K of C, 1040 N. Post cation. No announcements will be taken by telephone. St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 Road, Indianapolis. Euchre, Notices must be in our office by 10 a.m. Monday the week Central Ave., Indianapolis. 1 p.m. Information: 317-638- of (Friday) publication: The Criterion; The Active List; Bible sharing, 7 p.m. 8416. 1400 N. Meridian St. (hand deliver); P.O. Box 1717; Information: 317-283-5508. Indianapolis, IN 46206 (mail); 317-236-1593 (fax); First Mondays [email protected] (e-mail). Wednesdays Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., February 16-17 Sellersburg. Annual winter 30th St. (behind St. Michael Indianapolis. Guardian Angel St. Mary Parish, 317 N. New sausage social, doors open, Church), Indianapolis. Marian Guild board meeting, 9:30 a.m. Jersey St., Indianapolis. 3 p.m. Information: 812-246- prayers for priests, 3-4 p.m. 3266. Information: 317-271-8016. First Tuesdays “Exploring Our Catholic Faith” workshop, Benedictine Father Divine Mercy Chapel, 3354 W. Our Lady of the Greenwood Guerric DeBona and Dr. Mary’s Schoenstatt, Rexville, 30th St., Indianapolis. Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., Richard Stern, Fri. 7-9:30 p.m., (located on 925 South, .8 mile Confession, 6:45 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m-noon, Sat. 1-4 p.m., east of 421 South, 12 miles Greenwood. Rosary and Benediction of the Blessed $50, less for seniors. south of Versailles). “Family Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Sacrament, 7:30 p.m. Compartment,” 2:30 p.m., fol- 7 p.m. “Until today's geography test, sir, I never realized Registration: 317-955-6451. lowed by Mass, 3:30 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. just how much Earth you did create.” February 17 Father Elmer Burwinkel. Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Joe Rd. W., Sellersburg. Holy Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., St. Andrew the Apostle School Information: 812-689-3551. hour for religious vocations, © 2001 CNS Graphics Indianapolis. Adult Survivors Cafeteria, 4052 E. 38th St., Benediction and exposition of Indianapolis. Chili supper, February 28 of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Blessed Sacrament after 7 p.m. Catholic Social Services pro- Second Mondays Information: 812-934-2524. bring your own drinks, admis- Benedict Inn Retreat and Mass. Conference Center, 1402 gram, 6-8 p.m. Information: Church at Mount St. Francis. sion $2. Information: 317-546- Calvary Mausoleum Chapel, 7649. Southern Ave., Beech Grove. 317-236-1538. First Fridays Holy hour for vocations to 435 Troy Ave., Indianapolis. “Introduction to Centering Our Lady of Perpetual Help priesthood and religious life, Prayer,” presenters Denis Kelly Immaculate Heart of Mary 7 p.m. Mass, 2 p.m. Knights of Columbus Hall, Church, 5692 Central Ave., Church, 1752 Scheller Lane, Batesville. “A Night on Broad- and Laurel Simon, 8:30 a.m.- New Albany. Adoration, con- 4:30 p.m. Information: 317- Indianapolis. Marian Second Tuesdays Third Thursdays way,” Oldenburg Academy’s Movement of Priests prayer cluding with confessions at 12th annual dinner and auction, 788-7581. St. Pius X Parish, 7200 Sarto Our Lady of Peace Mausoleum cenacle, 1 p.m. Information: 6 p.m. Benediction at 6:45 p.m. 6 p.m., $37.50 per person. Dr., Indianapolis. Separated Chapel, 9001 Haverstick Rd., 317-257-2266. and Divorced Catholics support Reservations: Oldenburg Benedict Inn Retreat and Holy Guardian Angels Church, Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m. Academy Development Office, Conference Center, 1402 405 U.S. 52, Cedar Grove. group, 7-9 p.m. Information: Southern Ave., Beech Grove. Thursdays 317-578-8254. 812-933-0737. Eucharistic adoration after St. Elizabeth’s, 2500 “Ash Wednesday Retreat,” St. Lawrence Chapel, 6944 E. 8 a.m. Mass-5 p.m. Churchman Ave., Indian- February 18 Benedictine Sisters Juliann 46th St., Indianapolis. Second Thursdays Ike and Jonesy’s, 17 Jackson Babcock and Carol Falkner, Adoration of the Blessed Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Focolare Movement, Komro apolis. Daughters of Isabella, Pl., Indianapolis. All Saints presenters, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sacrament, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 5333 E. Washington St., home, Indianapolis. Madonna Circle meeting, noon, Information: 317-788-7581. Mass. Gathering, 7:30 p.m. dessert and beverages served. School, Blues for Kids, 5-9 Indianapolis. Exposition of p.m., $12. Information: 317- Information: 317-257-1073. Information: 317-849-5840. St. Mary Church, 415 E. Blessed Sacrament, prayer ser- 636-3739. Recurring Eighth St., New Albany. vice, 7:30 p.m. St. Luke Church, 7575 Third Fridays Shepherds of Christ prayers for St. John the Evangelist Church, Daily Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Holliday Dr. E., Indianapolis. Blessed Sacrament Chapel, SS. Our Lady of the Greenwood lay and religious vocations, Holy hour for priestly and reli- 126 W. Georgia St., Indian- 1530 Union St., Indianapolis. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1347 7 p.m. gious vocations, 7 p.m. apolis. Archdiocesan Gospel Parish, 335 S. Meridian St., Exposition of Blessed Greenwood. Perpetual adora- N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Choir concert celebrating St. Malachy Church, 326 N. Sacrament after 8 a.m. Mass- tion. Third Sundays Mass for Civitas Dei, Catholic Black History Month, 4 p.m., Green St., Brownsburg. noon communion service. Mary’s Schoenstatt, Rexville business group, 6:30 a.m.; no admission fee. Information: Liturgy of the Hours, 7 p.m. Holy Rosary Church, 520 St. Vincent de Paul Church, (located on 925 South, .8 mile Indianapolis Athletic Club, 317-236-1562. Information: 317-852-3195. Stevens St., Indianapolis. 1723 “I” St., Bedford. east of 421 South., 12 miles breakfast, talk, 7:15-8:30 a.m., Tridentine (Latin) Mass, Mon.- February 18-22 Christ the King Chapel, 1827 Exposition of Blessed south of Versailles). Holy $20. Information: Mike Fox, Fri., noon; Wed., Fri., 5:30 p.m. St. Gabriel Church, 232 W. Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Sacrament, after 8:30 a.m. Hour, 2:30 p.m.; Mass, 3:30 317-259-6000. Ninth St., Connersville, “Here Information: 317-636-4478. Mass-9 p.m.; reconciliation, p.m., Father Elmer Burwinkel. Indianapolis. Marian prayers I Am, Lord” parish mission, 4-6 p.m. Information: 812-689-3551. E- St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 for priests, 5:30-6:30 a.m. St. Francis Hall Chapel, Redemptorist Father Jack mail: [email protected]. Central Ave., Indianapolis. Marian College, 3200 Cold Dowd, 7 p.m. each evening. Fatima K of C, 1040 N. Post St. Joseph Church, 113 S. 5th Prayer line, 317-767-9479. Spring Rd., Indianapolis. Information: 765-825-8578. Road, Indianapolis. Euchre, St., Terre Haute. Eucharistic Christ the King Church, 1827 adoration, after 9 a.m. Mass- Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- Catholic Charismatic Renewal Weekly 7 p.m. Information: 317-638- February 20 8416. 5 p.m.; rosary, noon. apolis. Exposition of the of Central Indiana, Mass and St. John the Evangelist Blessed Sacrament, 2 p.m.- healing service, 7 p.m. Rectory, Blue Room, 126 W. Sundays Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish St. Mary Church, 415 E. 7 a.m. (Monday); rosary, Georgia St., Indianapolis. Holy Rosary Church, 520 Hall, 1125 S. Meridian St., Eighth St., New Albany. 8 p.m. Open until midnight. Third Saturdays Stevens St., Indianapolis. Lecture series, Franciscan Indianapolis. Adult religious Eucharistic adoration, reconcil- St. Andrew Church, 4052 E. Sister Barbara Leonhard, Tridentine Mass, 10 a.m. iation, after 9 p.m. Mass-mid- Third Mondays education, 7:30 p.m. 38th St., Indianapolis. Mass “Living Christian Spirituality night. St. Matthew Parish, 4100 E. St. Rita Church, 1733 Dr. Information: 317-638-5551. for Life by archdiocesan in Modern Society.” 56th St., Indianapolis. Young Andrew J. Brown Ave., Information: 317-635-2021. Fridays Christ the King Church, 1827 Widowed Group (by archdio- Office of Pro-Life Activities, Indianapolis. Mass in St. Susanna Church, 1210 E. Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- cesan Office for Youth and 8:30 a.m.; walk to Clinic for Vietnamese, 2 p.m. apolis. Exposition of the February 23 Main St., Plainfield. Adoration Family Ministries), 7:30 p.m. Women (abortion clinic), 2951 Blessed Sacrament Chapel, SS. Blessed Sacrament after St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. of the Blessed Sacrament, Child care available. E. 38th St., rosary; return to Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1347 7:15 a.m. Mass-5:30 p.m. Joe Road W., Sellersburg. “Be 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Information: 317-236-1586. church for Benediction. N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Benediction and service. Not Afraid” holy hour, 6 p.m., Civitas Dei, Curtis Martin, St. Lawrence Chapel, 6944 E. Third Wednesdays Fourth Saturdays “Building Christ-centered confessions, Benediction. St. Peter Church, 1207 East 46th St., Indianapolis. St. Jude Church, 5353 Our Lady of Guadalupe Leaders For Our Modern Adoration of the Blessed Rd., Brookville. Exposition of Christ the King Church, 1827 McFarland Rd., Indianapolis. Convent Chapel, 8300 Roy Culture,” Mass, 6:30 a.m., Sacrament, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. the Blessed Sacrament after Rosary, 6:15 p.m. Information: Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- Road, Indianapolis, breakfast and speaker, 7:15-8:30 apolis. Exposition of the Benediction and Mass. 8 a.m. Communion service-1 317-783-1445. a.m., Indianapolis Athletic Club. Blessed Sacrament, 7:30-9 p.m. Eucharistic Holy Hour for Life, Information: 317-259-6000. Affiliated Women’s Services, Archbishop O’Meara Catholic 10:30-11:30 a.m., faith sharing p.m.; rosary for world peace, First Saturdays 8 p.m. Inc. (abortion clinic), 2215 Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., and Scripture reflection, February 24 Distributors Dr., Indianapolis. St. Nicholas Church, 6461 E. Indianapolis. Catholic 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Holy Name Church, 89 N. 17th St. Gabriel Church, 6000 W. Pro-life rosary, 10 a.m. St. Nicholas Dr., Sunman. Widowed Organization, 7-9:30 Information: Servants of the Ave., Beech Grove, alumni Mass, praise and worship, 34th St., Indianapolis. Spanish p.m. Information: 317-784- Gospel of Life Sister Diane Mass, 5:30 p.m., reception in Mass, 5 p.m. Christ the King Chapel, 1827 8 a.m.; then SACRED gather- 1102. Hartman Hall after Mass. Kessler Blvd. E. Dr., Indian- ing in the school. Carollo, director of the arch- Information: 317-784-5454. Mondays apolis. Marian prayers for Holy Family Parish, Main St., diocesan Office of Pro-Life Our Lady of the Greenwood priests, 5:30-6:30 a.m. Little Flower Chapel, 4720 E. Oldenburg. Support group for Activities, 317-236-1521 or Holy Name School, Beech Chapel, 335 S. Meridian St., 13th St., Indianapolis. the widowed, 7 p.m. 800-382-9836, ext. 1521. † Grove, fourth annual “Sow the Greenwood. Prayer group, Saturdays Apostolate of Fatima holy Seeds” dinner dance and silent 7:30 p.m. Clinic for Women (abortion hour, 2 p.m. auction, 7 p.m., $25 per per- clinic), E. 38th St. and Parker son, Primo’s South, National St. Thomas the Apostle Ave., Indianapolis. Pro-life Our Lady of the Greenwood Ave., Indianapolis. Church, 523 S. Merrill St., rosary, 9:30 a.m. Church, 335 S. Meridian St., Information and reservations: Fortville. Rosary, 7:30 p.m. Greenwood. Devotions and Make a resolution to help 317-784-5454. Holy Rosary Church, 520 sacrament of reconciliation, Tuesdays Stevens St., Indianapolis. after 8 a.m. Mass. those less fortunate Catholic Widowed St. Joseph Church, 2605 St. Tridentine Mass, 9 a.m. Organization, pizza party, Joe Rd. W., Sellersburg. Holy Angels Church, 740 W. than yourself! Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Shepherds of Christ rosary, St. Patrick Church, 950 28th St., Indianapolis. Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., prayers after 7 p.m. Mass. Prospect St., Indianapolis. Exposition of the Blessed Indianapolis, 4 p.m. Mass in English, 4 p.m. Sacrament, 11 a.m.-noon. The Crisis Office of Catholic Social Information: 317-547-5255. Holy Name Parish, 89 N. 17th Services is always in need of the St., Beech Grove. Prayer Monthly St. Mary Church, 415 E. February 25 group, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Eighth St., New Albany. following items: First Sundays St. Paul School Activities Eucharistic adoration and con- Building, 216 Schellers Ave., St. Anne Parish, Hamburg. St. Paul Church, 218 Scheller fessions after 9 p.m. Mass. Food Used clothing Paper grocery bags Page 26 The Criterion Friday, February 16, 2001

Dec. 14. Mother of Rita Crist, White, Eitel, Harrison, Herbert Dennis and Melvyn Leonard. and Warren White. Grand- Grandmother of nine. Great- mother of six. Tell City parish grandmother of 12. SOCHACKI, Stanley A., 81, Rest in peace LOUGH, Dorothy St. Jude, Indianapolis, Feb. 8. starts basketball (Kulpinski), 83, Holy Name, Father of Alan Sochacki. Please submit in writing to our Grandmother of 26. Great- Beech Grove, Jan. 27. Sister of Brother of Sally Karlowski. office by 10 a.m. Mon. the grandmother of 42. Great- Viola and Annabelle Kulpinski. Grandfather of one. program for youth great-grandmother of three. week of publication; be sure to PITZ, Roseann T., 83, STOCTON, Paul J., 85, By Pam Drake state date of death. Obituaries DEL ROSSI, Mary Rose, 86, St. Michael, Indianapolis, St. Mark, Indianapolis, Feb. 8. of archdiocesan priests and Jan. 31. Mother of Janeann, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Husband of Helen (Miron) TELL CITY—St. Paul Parish in Tell City started a new religious sisters serving our Feb. 3. Mother of John Del Marylynne, John, Michael, Stocton. Father of Barbara archdiocese are listed elsewhere Rossi. Sister of Florence Del Paul and Thomas Pitz. Sister of Christian sports program for children in January called Rene. Brother of Gertrude Upward Basketball. Seventy children are participating in in The Criterion. Order priests Vechio and Adeline Petrucci. Mary Manta Hickman. Blankenship. Grandfather of the program’s first season. and brothers are included here, EHLMANN, Martha Lucille Grandmother of seven. five. Great-grandfather of six. unless they are natives of the Jason Merkel, coordinator of youth ministry, said the (Keyer), 86, Holy Name, REIBER, Mary Helen TONEY, Emma M. (Davmit), archdiocese or have other Beech Grove, Jan. 6. Wife of (Beechem), 86, St. Lawrence, ecumenical basketball program was started in 1986 in connections to it. 87, St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, South Carolina by “Caz” McCaslin. Arthur Ehlmann. Mother of Indianapolis, Feb. 1. Wife of Jan. 31. Mother of David He said St. Paul Parish is the first Catholic community BELFI, Agnes C., 82, Mary Pat Ehlmann and Sue E. Howard Reiber. Mother of Toney. Sister of Victor Davmit. St. Benedict, Terre Haute, Jan. Luichinger. Grandmother of Nancy Hall and Rosemarie Grandmother of three. in the nation to adopt this Christian sports program for 28. Mother of Joan Stevenson, four. Webber. Sister of Tom children in the first through sixth grades. Bob and Frank Belfi. Sister of Beechem. Grandmother of WELLS, VanDevender, 85, Merkel and St. Paul parishioner Mary Straneva partici- FEDERLE, Emma A., 95, St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Elenor Sontag. Grandmother of St. Mary, Rushville, Feb. 4. four. Great-grandmother of pated in a training session at Nashville, Tenn., last Jan. 30. Father of Kathryn six. Great-grandmother of 10. Great-aunt of several. five. September to establish an Upward Basketball program that Aiello, Terry-Hunter-Wells and RILEY, Teresa (Moorman), COMELLA, Michael GELTMAKER, F. S. “Straw- Dr. Michael Wells. Brother of could be easily adapted to a Catholic focus for use at the 94, Holy Cross, Indianapolis, Anthony, 68, St. Pius X, berry,” 78, St. Michael, Louise Tyson. Grandfather of southern Indiana parish. Jan. 28. Mother of Mary Ann Indianapolis, Feb. 1. Husband Bradford, Jan. 31. Husband of eight. Great-grandfather of one. The Christian basketball league stresses sportsmanship, of Lucy Comella. Father of Bertha Geltmaker. Father of Boone and James Riley. prayer and self-esteem, much like the Catholic Youth WENNING, Alvina T. Julie Comella-Meadors, Janet, Brenda Baylor, Janet Lambert, RINGHAM, Marie C., 85, Organization’s sports programming in the archdiocese. Jessica, August, Charles, Barry, John and Scott Gelt- Our Lady of Lourdes, (Gehring), 83, St. Mary, Greensburg, Feb. 5. Mother of No yelling, double-teaming or full-court presses are per- Michael Jr. and Nicholas maker. Grandfather of 10. Indianapolis, Jan. 25. Mother mitted, Merkel said. No scores are recorded for the Comella. Son of Anna Mascari Great-grandfather of two. of Bob Sullivan. Grandmother Anita Kurtz, Diane Penniston, Mark and Neil Wenning. Sister youngest players. With the older players, scores are Comella. Grandfather of four. KOBZA, Gene, 62, St. Pius of two. Step-grandmother of of Emma Blitz, Emil and Leo recorded but no league standings are maintained. COOK, Harvey Weir, Jr., 76, X., Indianapolis, Jan. 30. three. Step-great-grandmother Gehring. Grandmother of six. Coaches pray with the youth before and after each game, St. Rose of Lima, Franklin, Husband of Karen Kobza. of 10. Great-grandmother of one. and devotions are part of every practice. Participants earn Feb. 7. Father of Joanne Del Father of Maureen Sitzman, RITTMAN, Robert L., Sr., stars for remembering Bible verses, but aren’t penalized if Greco, Constance Fewell, Christopher and Stephen 83, Sacred Heart of Jesus, WHELAN, Elsie, 82, St. Pius Kathleen Foulk, Margaret Kobza. Son of Helen Pecha. X, Indianapolis, Feb. 1. Mother they haven’t memorized the Scripture passages. A referee Terre Haute, Feb. 2. Husband also leads a group prayer for players and members of the Locke, Dorothy Mann, Brother of Betty Janecek, of Ilene Rittman. Father of of Dennis Whelan. Sister of Maureen Pinnick, Patricia Margie Karle and Michael Ruth Allen and Robert Rita Custer and Margaret audience before the start of games. Shore, John, Thomas and Weir Kobza. Rittman Jr. Brother of Reimsberger. Grandmother of As part of the league rules, every child gets equal play- Cook III. Brother of Suzanna LASHER, Mary Veronica Margaret “Peg” Perigo. three. Great-grandmother of ing time and each player is substituted every six minutes. Cook. Grandfather of 23. (Lechner), 74, Our Lady of Grandfather of four. Great- seven. Each participant receives an award at the end of the season, DALY, Anna, 87, Holy Name, Lourdes, Indianapolis, Feb. 2. grandfather of three. WILLIAMS, Barbara J., 62, and coaches, referees and other volunteers are recognized Beech Grove, Jan. 22. Mother Mother of Peggy Walker, Brian SHAUGHNESSY, Patricia St. Benedict, Terre Haute, Jan. for their service. of Catherine Adimare, Ann and Timothy Lasher. Sister of Ann, 78, Our Lady of Lourdes, 30. Mother of Susan Aleshire, Upward Basketball rules are designed to teach respect Callmare, Pearl Daly, Carole Juanita Orange. Grandmother Indianapolis, Jan. 25. Mother David and James Williams. and safety, encourage equal opportunity for improvement Day, Mary Deford, Flora of four. of Harriet Buchann, John, Grandmother of six. for all players, raise the level of healthy competition and Hammill and Anita Smith. LEONARD, Mary F. (Mae), Michael and Thomas WILLIAMS, Robert C. ensure that every child is a winner. Sister of Madonna Strunk. 87, St. Andrew, Indianapolis, Shaughnessy. Sister of Harriet (Bobby), 62, St. Louis, The spiritual component of the program focuses on shar- Batesville, Feb. 11. Son of ing the love of Jesus; helping each child grow physically, Leona Williams. Brother of spiritually, socially and mentally; developing character, Connie Deal, Jennifer Eisert, self-esteem and a sense of personal value; and teaching Diane Harpring, Bertha Miller, basketball fundamentals. Ramona Stille, Joan Merkel said a common goal with the Upward Basketball Weisenbach, Barbara program is to teach children to be more Christ-like and to Whalbring and Jerome share those qualities with other players and families. Williams. † This Ad Is (Pam Drake is a member of St. Paul Parish in Tell City.) † Camera Ready! 200,000 People Dignity Funeral Service CNS photo from Reuters Will Read 7441 This Space 3x4 In One Week. Paper Imagine what that could do for your business! Call us and find out. 317-236-1572

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inactive Catholic identified, inviting him or her to second of a two-part meeting sponsored by the Catholic return to the Church. “We ache for those who are away Common Ground Initiative, said organizer Paul Covino, NewsNews briefsbriefs from us. ... We’re incomplete without them,” the arch- who is a Common Ground committee member and bishop said. The archdiocesan evangelization office has associate chaplain and director of liturgy at the Jesuit- U.S. scheduled eight listening sessions across the archdio- run college. cese in March. Follow-up resources will include coun- seling services and parish contact teams. Louisville Archdiocese reaches out Virginia bishop says informed to inactive Catholics with letters Building a church: Views on consent on abortion makes sense LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS)—In the first two weeks of architecture aired at meeting ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS)—Arlington Bishop Paul S. Catholic Connection, a campaign to reach out to inac- Loverde said legislation passed by Virginia’s House and tive Catholics, the Louisville Archdiocese got some WORCESTER, Mass (CNS)—What should a Senate to require informed consent and a 24-hour wait- 2,800 responses. The multifaceted campaign started off Catholic church look like? Views are sharply divided. ing period for women seeking abortions makes sense. with a series of radio spots, print ads, news coverage in Behind the disagreement is the bigger question: How “It absolutely makes sense for women to have a period the archdiocesan newspaper, The Record, and requests does what you believe about God, people and worship of education and reflection before such a life-changing in churches throughout the archdiocese for active affect your choice of church design? Catholics with experience,” he said in a Feb. 8 statement. The bishop Catholics to send in cards identifying any inactive differing views gathered Jan 26-28 at Holy Cross said the legislation, which passed in the Senate with a Catholics they know. Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of College in Worcester. They included bishops, theolo- 24-16 vote Feb. 6 and passed in a 60-38 vote Feb. 3 in Louisville said he would send a personal letter to each gians, architects and liturgists. The gathering was the the House, “is an act of compassion reaching out to women in a difficult situation, offering information that may otherwise be withheld.” The measure requires that women be informed of the risks, benefits and alterna- tives to abortion, and then wait 24 hours before under- going the procedure.

Combination of spirituality, action encouraged to fight injustice KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS)—More than 800 people from two dioceses heard a call from Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister for a new kind of spirituality based on doing God’s work in the world to bring about socially just communities. “What God saves, God saves only through us,” she told diocesan and parish workers and volunteers from throughout the Diocese of Kansas City- St. Joseph, Mo., and the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 7. “We need to intervene for one another.” The task for today is to link personal spirituality with the public dimensions of life to change the underlying systems that institutionalize injustice, she said.

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Unity with Rome strengthens identity of Melkite Catholics VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II told Melkite Catholics that Church unity with Rome, far from threatening their Eastern identity, further strength- ened their unique character. Addressing the Church’s This Ad Is newly elected Patriarch Gregoire III Laham and about 700 pilgrims Feb. 12, the pope praised the Melkite Catholic Church’s recent efforts in ecumenism and Camera Ready! liturgical renewal. “Union with the See of Rome does not diminish your specificity nor your own richness,” he said. “On the contrary, it strengthens them and makes them a precious gift that enriches” the whole Shirley Brothers Catholic Church. The pope said Melkite Catholics were “justifiably proud” of their Eastern Christian traditions. 1090 4x12 Haitian bishop calls on Aristide to address poverty, corruption Camera Ready Paper PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS)—The president of the Haitian bishops’ conference called on newly inau- gurated Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to improve the lot of the country’s poor majority, to fight violence and corruption, and to promote dialogue to end political crisis. “Dialogue is necessary to build rec- onciliation,” Bishop Hubert Constant of Fort-Liberte said at a Feb. 7 thanksgiving Mass attended by the new president and concelebrated by almost all members of Haiti’s bishops’ conference as well as about 60 priests. The Mass was held following the presidential swearing- in ceremony earlier that day. The Caribbean island nation has had a deepening political crisis since parlia- mentary and local elections in May.

Indonesian bishops urge citizens to solve problems democratically JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS)—The bishops of Indonesia called on fellow citizens to solve problems facing the nation in a democratic manner instead of resorting to violence. The inclination to use violence, particularly during the current political situation, “wor- ries us, though we do not lose hope,” the bishops’ con- ference of Indonesia said in a statement Feb. 8. “We are worried because the unending conflicts have claimed lives,” the bishops said, also expressing concern “that the ideal of living a democratic and constitutional life will not be achieved.” Their comments were reported by UCA News, an Asian Church news agency based in Thailand. †